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 |
Cardamine concatenata | Cutleaf Toothwort Pepper Root | |
Cardamine cordifolia | Heartleaf Bittercress | |
Carex comosa | Longhair Sedge | |
Carex comosa | Longhair Sedge | |
Carex crus-corvi | Ravenfoot Sedge | |
Carex crus-corvi | Ravenfoot Sedge | |
Carex crinita var. crinita | Fringed Sedge Long Hair Sedge | |
Carex crinita var. crinita | Fringed Sedge Long Hair Sedge | |
Carex davisii | Davis' Sedge | |
Castanea dentata | American Chestnut | |
Castanea dentata | American Chestnut | |
Cardamine diphylla | Crinkleroot Two-leaved Toothwort Two-leaf Toothwort | |
Carex diandra | Lesser Panicled Sedge | |
Carex digitalis | Slender Woodland Sedge | |
Cardamine douglassii | Limestone Bittercress | |
Cardamine douglassii | Limestone Bittercress | |
ŚCalammophila don-hensonii | Henson's Calammophila | |
Carex eburnea | Bristleleaf Sedge | |
Carex exilis | Coastal Sedge | |
Carex flava | Yellow Sedge | |
Carex formosa | Handsome Sedge | |
Carex folliculata | Northern Long Sedge | |
Carex garberi | Elk Sedge | |
Caulophyllum giganteum | Giant Blue Cohosh | |
Caulophyllum giganteum | Giant Blue Cohosh | |
Caulophyllum giganteum | Giant Blue Cohosh | |
Caulophyllum giganteum | Giant Blue Cohosh | |
Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory Sweet Pignut Hickory Coast Pignut Hickory Pignut Sweet Pignut Smoothbark Hickory Broom Hickory Red Hickory Swamp Hickory Switch Hickory Switchbud Hickory | |
Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory Sweet Pignut Hickory Coast Pignut Hickory Pignut Sweet Pignut Smoothbark Hickory Broom Hickory Red Hickory Swamp Hickory Switch Hickory Switchbud Hickory | |
Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory Sweet Pignut Hickory Coast Pignut Hickory Pignut Sweet Pignut Smoothbark Hickory Broom Hickory Red Hickory Swamp Hickory Switch Hickory Switchbud Hickory | |
Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory Sweet Pignut Hickory Coast Pignut Hickory Pignut Sweet Pignut Smoothbark Hickory Broom Hickory Red Hickory Swamp Hickory Switch Hickory Switchbud Hickory | |
Carex grisea | Inflated Narrow-leaf Sedge | |
Carex granularis | Limestone Meadow Sedge | |
Carex grayi | Gray's Sedge | |
Carex gynocrates | Northern Bog Sedge | |
Carex hyalinolepis | Shoreline Sedge | |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush | |
Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush | |
Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush | |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
Carex jamesii | James' Sedge | |
Carex jamesii | James' Sedge | |
Carex lasiocarpa | Woollyfruit Sedge | |
Carex laevivaginata | Smoothsheath Sedge | |
Carex lacustris | Hairy Sedge Lakebank Sedge | |
Carex lacustris | Hairy Sedge Lakebank Sedge | |
Carex leptonervia | Nerveless Woodland Sedge | |
Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall Poppymallow Annual Winecup Tall Poppy-mallow Tall Poppy Mallow | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |