Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 20, 2018
The diminutive bog cranberry or small cranberry is wide-ranging across northern Europe, Asia, and North America. As one of its common names implies, it is a species of bogs–and also fens, muskeg, and arctic-alpine tundra.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 14, 2018
Ramadan concludes at sunset this evening. For many Muslims, the associated fasting extends to the discouragement (if not prohibition) of using toothpaste and mouthwash. Instead, a miswak, or tooth-cleaning stick, is the prescribed dental tool. Most often, these teeth-cleaning roots or twigs originate from Salvadora persica, sometimes commonly known as the toothbrush tree.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 23, 2018
Wild thyme or creeping thyme is a subshrub or short-statured shrub native to Europe and perhaps western Asian and northern Africa; the range information on the IUCN Red List for Thymus serpyllum is contradictory. This species is not typically a culinary thyme (which is most often Thymus vulgaris).
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 1, 2018
Spring is now arriving throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere. For those of us in this part of the world, it’s nice to know that we can begin to enjoy blooming flowers not only on our computer screens, but also in person. For me, it is also satisfying to put a name to a plant […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 27, 2018
Chilean wood sorrel or silver shamrock concludes this week’s series on flowering plants of South America. This is a plant that can grow in most temperate regions of the world, either outdoors or as a houseplant.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 11, 2018
The ripe and unripe fruits of Momordica balsamina (aka balsam pear) are photographed alongside each other for today’s image. Not only am I a big fan of the vibrancy and contrast in this picture, but the seemingly too-perfect appearance of the stinkbug–as if it were placed there–adds more life to the image.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 21, 2018
It is the International Day of Forests. The theme this year is “Forests and Sustainable Cities”, so I’ve chosen a tree associated with urban landscapes (particularly in India!). Banyans, or banyan figs, can become so massive in both girth and canopy spread that they become destination sites for tourists.
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