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Golden yellow flower of Uvularia grandiflora

Uvularia grandiflora

Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 14, 2018

Uvularia grandiflora is a native of eastern Canada and USA, with a range roughly imitating a triangle formed by southern Manitoba, Alabama, and southern Quebec at its vertices. It is one of five species in the genus, all of which are endemic to that approximate region.

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Mimosa microphylla, or littleleaf sensitive-briar

Mimosa microphylla

Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 16, 2018

Fancy a mimosa, anyone? Pictured here is Mimosa microphylla, or littleleaf sensitive-briar, growing as it typically does–low to the ground. It is one of many Mimosa species with intriguing properties.

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Cercis canadensis in habitat

Cercis canadensis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on October 5, 2017

Eastern redbud was featured this past spring, but here is a photograph in habitat.

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Blue Ridge Parkway, southwest of Asheville, North Carolina in April

Blue Ridge Parkway

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 20, 2017

The Appalachian-Blue Ridge Forests of eastern USA are among the world’s most biodiverse temperate broadleaved forests. This region includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the US National Park system’s most biodiverse park (over 19000 documented species) and most visited (over 11 million people in 2016).

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Platanus occidentalis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 29, 2006

Platanus occidentalis
Platanus occidentalis

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