Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 27, 2017
For the 2500th Botany Photo of the Day entry, I thought I’d return to a favourite species, vine maple. Acer circinatum has the most number of individual entries on BPotD, which you can revisit by clicking on the Sapindaceae tag above (or just follow the link). I’ve updated the previous entries for vine maple, which […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 16, 2017
Not (likely) the burning bush of the Bible nor the dittany of the Harry Potter universe, Dictamnus albus is nevertheless sometimes assigned these common names in English. It is also known as gas plant or fraxinella. I’ll opt to use gas plant, though I suppose that common name could also apply to some members of […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 2, 2017
When snow melts rapidly on a sunny day, the backlit water droplets provide a photographic opportunity. This is particularly the case in a garden, when the droplets are suspended from the lattice of tree branches.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 1, 2017
Turraea nilotica is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to tropical areas in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania & Sudan, and south to the northern part of South Africa. It can be found growing in sandy to rocky ground or on termite mounds in wooded grasslands including Bushveld regions, and is commonly known as the Bushveld […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 24, 2017
North America’s most widely-distributed maple species is Acer negundo. The range of the species extends from central Canada to Mexico and Guatemala.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 17, 2015
Cupaniopsis flagelliformis is a tree species native to the subtropical rainforests of Australia. It has densely hairy young growth, with the branchlets covered in a rust-coloured pubescence. The leaves are 20-30 cm long and have 10-16 serrated leaflets. Similar to the fruit, the inflorescence is also quite striking. Long, drooping panicles hang from the tree, […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 23, 2015
Do not worry — Botany Photo of the Day has not decided to change its content to science fiction! Today’s photo may look like a creative writer’s vision of unexplored planets, but it in fact shows the fruit and thorny branches of Citrus trifoliata.
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