Native Plants
Smith, R.W.
Robert Smith is not a botanist, but he's been interested in botany for many years, starting as a grade-schooler in West Virginia. If life circumstances had been different, he might have become a botanist.Robert is now retired from the State of Michigan where he was a social worker and administrator, mostly in child welfare. He's been a frequent contributor to the University of Michigan herbarium, and owes much to the staff there, especially Ed Voss, Tony Reznicek and Bev Walter who have mentored his efforts. Robert got his first camera while serving in Viet Nam in 1966, and has been involved in photography periodically ever since. From 1977 to 1982, Robert did regional art fairs. His main photographic interest was natural subjects, particularly wildflowers.
In 1979, Robert stopped near his home in Adrian, Michigan to check out an interesting spot. It turned out to be so interesting he became more involved in botanizing and conservation, and mostly let photography go. That spot became the Nature Conservancy's Ives Road Fen Preserve, a globally endangered habitat.
For Christmas of 2009, Robert's wife gave him a digital Canon camera, and you're now seeing the results. So, Robert has no formal training in botany or photography, but he happily reports, "I sure am having fun in retirement!"
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scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Coreopsis verticillata | Threadleaf Coreopsis Whorled Tickseed Whorled Coreopsis | |
Commelina virginica | Virginia Dayflower | |
Crepis acuminata ssp. acuminata | Tapertip Hawksbeard | |
Crepis acuminata ssp. acuminata | Tapertip Hawksbeard | |
Crataegus brainerdii | Brainerd's Hawthorn | |
Crataegus brainerdii | Brainerd's Hawthorn | |
Crataegus calpodendron | Pear Hawthorn Late Hawthorn Pear Haw Pear Thorn | |
Crataegus calpodendron | Pear Hawthorn Late Hawthorn Pear Haw Pear Thorn | |
Crataegus calpodendron | Pear Hawthorn Late Hawthorn Pear Haw Pear Thorn | |
Croton cascarilla | Pineland Croton Grannybush Narrowleaf Croton Woolly Croton | |
Cryptotaenia canadensis | Canadian Honewort Wild Chervil | |
Cryptotaenia canadensis | Canadian Honewort Wild Chervil | |
Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn Cockspur Thorn Newcastle Hawthorn Newcastle Thorn Hog Apple | |
Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn Cockspur Thorn Newcastle Hawthorn Newcastle Thorn Hog Apple | |
Croptilon divaricatum | Slender Scratchdaisy Scratch Daisy Granite Daisy | |
Crataegus douglasii | Black Hawthorn | |
Crataegus douglasii | Black Hawthorn | |
Cryptantha fendleri | Sand Dune Cryptantha | |
Cryptantha fendleri | Sand Dune Cryptantha | |
Croton glandulosus | Tooth-leaved Croton Sand Croton Tropic Croton Vente Conmigo | |
Crataegus macrosperma | Bigfruit Hawthorn Large-seeded Hawthorn | |
Crataegus macrosperma | Bigfruit Hawthorn Large-seeded Hawthorn | |
Crataegus macrosperma | Bigfruit Hawthorn Large-seeded Hawthorn | |
Croton michauxii | Michaux's Croton | |
Crataegus mollis | Downy Hawthorn White Thorn Whitethorn Scarlet Hawthorn Scarlet Haw Red Haw Downy Thorn | |
Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington Hawthorn Washington-thorn | |
Crataegus pruinosa | Waxyfruit Hawthorn | |
Crotalaria pumila | Low Rattlebox | |
Crotalaria pumila | Low Rattlebox | |
Crotalaria purshii | Pursh's Rattlebox | |
Crepis runcinata | Fiddleleaf Hawksbeard | |
Crataegus spathulata | Littlehip Hawthorn Pasture Hawthorn Smallfruit Hawthorn | |
Crataegus succulenta | Fleshy Hawthorn | |
Crataegus succulenta | Fleshy Hawthorn | |
Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn Southern Hawthorn | |
Cuscuta cephalanthi | Buttonbush Dodder Button-bush Dodder | |
Cuscuta gronovii | Scaldweed Dodder | |
Cunila origanoides | Common Dittany | |
Cypripedium acaule | Moccasin Flower Pink Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium acaule | Moccasin Flower Pink Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium acaule | Moccasin Flower Pink Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium ×andrewsii | Andrews' Lady's-slipper | |
Cycloloma atriplicifolium | Winged Pigweed | |
Cyperus bipartitus | Slender Flatsedge Shining Cyperus | |
Cystopteris bulbifera | Bulblet Bladder Fern | |
Cypripedium candidum | White Lady's Slipper Small White Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium candidum | White Lady's Slipper Small White Lady's Slipper | |
Cyperus esculentus | Yellow Nutsedge Chufa Sedge Yellow Nut-grass | |
Cypripedium kentuckiense | Southern Lady's-slipper Kentucky Lady's-slipper Ivory Lady's-slipper Purloined Slipper | |
Cystopteris laurentiana | St. Lawrence Bladderfern | |
Cystopteris laurentiana | St. Lawrence Bladderfern | |
Cyperus lupulinus | Great Plains Flatsedge | |
Cypripedium parviflorum | Yellow Lady's-slipper Orchid Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium parviflorum | Yellow Lady's-slipper Orchid Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium parviflorum | Yellow Lady's-slipper Orchid Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium parviflorum | Yellow Lady's-slipper Orchid Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium parviflorum | Yellow Lady's-slipper Orchid Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium parviflorum | Yellow Lady's-slipper Orchid Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper | |
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens | Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper Large Yellow Lady's Slipper | |
Cyrilla racemiflora | Titi Swamp Titi Black Titi White Titi Red Titi Leatherwood Swamp Cyrilla American Cyrilla Burnwood Bark Palo Colorado | |
Cypripedium reginae | Showy Lady's Slipper | |
Cyperus strigosus | Straw-colored Flatsedge | |
Cyperus strigosus | Straw-colored Flatsedge | |
Cystopteris tenuis | Upland Brittle Bladderfern | |
Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | |
Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | |
Danthonia compressa | Flattened Oatgrass | |
Dalea feayi | Feay's Prairie Clover Globe-headed Prairie Clover | |
Dasiphora fruticosa | Shrubby Cinquefoil Golden Hardhack Potentilla | |
Dasiphora fruticosa | Shrubby Cinquefoil Golden Hardhack Potentilla | |
Dasistoma macrophylla | Mullein Foxglove | |
Dasistoma macrophylla | Mullein Foxglove | |
Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | |
Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | |
Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | |
Danthonia spicata | Poverty Oatgrass Poverty Wild Oat Grass Curly Grass | |
Deparia acrostichoides | Silver False Spleenwort Silvery Spleenwort Silvery Glade Fern | |
Dennstaedtia bipinnata | Cuplet Fern Bipinnate Cuplet Fern Cuplet Hay-scented Fern | |
Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur | |
Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur | |
Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | |
Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | |
Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | |
Desmodium canescens | Hoary Ticktrefoil | |
Desmodium canescens | Hoary Ticktrefoil | |
Desmodium canescens | Hoary Ticktrefoil | |
Desmodium canescens | Hoary Ticktrefoil | |
Desmodium ciliare | Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil | |
Desmodium ciliare | Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil | |
Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa | Wavy Hairgrass | |
Desmodium glutinosum | Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil | |
Desmodium glutinosum | Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil | |
Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie Bundle Flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie Mimosa | |
Desmodium illinoense | Illinois Ticktrefoil Illinois Tick-trefoil | |
Desmanthus leptophyllus | Slenderleaf Bundleflower | |
Desmanthus leptophyllus | Slenderleaf Bundleflower | |
Desmodium marilandicum | Smooth Small-leaf Ticktrefoil | |
Desmodium marilandicum | Smooth Small-leaf Ticktrefoil | |
Delphinium nuttallianum | Twolobe Larkspur Two-lobe Larkspur Delphinium | |
Desmodium nudiflorum | Nakedflower Ticktrefoil | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |