Growing best in US hardiness zone 3 to zone 7, the northern red oak, Quercus rubra, is a Midwest native, growing wild across states including Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Nebraska. Fully hardy, this species is well suited to those cooler, northern regions with significant snow storms each ...
Michigan’s rich botanical heritage is an excellent resource for native plants suitable for growing in the state. This article offers a list of native plants 17 Min Reading Native Plants Plants Native to Oklahoma for Landscaping [with Pictures] Oklahoma has a variety of different environments and ...
“What we do in our yards matters. It matters a lot,” says Cheryl Gross, president of Plant It Wild, a nonprofit organization based in Benzie and Manistee counties fostering the appreciation, understanding, and use of plants native to Michigan....
If you’re a lover of Michigan forests, you probably know Norway maple (Acer platanoides) is one of these deliberate introductions now seen as a big mistake. The species seeds prolifically into our woods, crowding out native saplings so that autumn hillsides once red maple scarlet in fall a...
Native American Ethnobotany, University of Michigan, Dearborn There are two other smaller Honeysuckle shrubs that may be encountered in the Pacific Northwest.Bluefly Honeysuckle,Lonicera caeruleavar.caurianahas white “twin” flowers and grows 0.5-6 feet (0.2-m) tall. The Eurasian variety, Sweetberry...
Relationships:The genus Ceanothus consists of about 60 shrubs or small trees found only in North America with about 40 occurring only in California. Many have blue or purple flowers, earning the genus the common name, “Wild Lilacs,” but our creamy white-flowered northwestern species are genera...
Mackinac Bridge Walk- Residents in the state of Michigan walk across the Mackinac Bridge early in the morning on Labor Day every year. The Walk is traditionally started by the Governor of Michigan. Boomsday- fireworks display and festival on the Tennessee River in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. ...
Diagnostic Characters:Its oval to lance-shaped foliage is evergreen, leathery and irregularly toothed (1-2 inches or 2-5cm long); often with a pinkish-brown or purplish tinge. The flowers are pinkish-white bells, typical of many of our ericads. The fruits are usually small purplish-black ...
Beach plum is another native North American fruit that grows along the beaches and sand dunes from Virginia to Canada’s Nova Scotia. In early spring, their bush branches are covered in vibrant, white-petaled flowers that later turn pink after being pollinated by bees and other insects. Then...
[60] examined residues in samples of highbush blueberry flowers (Vaccinium corymbosumL.) and honey bee trapped pollen in Michigan (USA). They found that residues found for flowers were not similar to the residues found in trapped pollen, and concluded that most of the pesticide risk to honey...