Sunday, August 12, 2012

The shrubby cinquefoil that's not a cinquefoil

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Species name: Dasiphora fruticosa (formerly Potentilla fruticosa ) Common name: Shrubby cinquefoil Location: Ontario ...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Spiraea: one of the top potential invasive species

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Species name: Spiraea japonica Common name: Japanese spiraea Location: Ontario This species or ornamental plant is nati...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

The Scottish bluebell, but not the British or American bluebell

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Species name: Campanula x hybrida Common name: Bellflower, bluebell (although not truly a bluebell at all!) Location: Ontario...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Let's play a game: ID this plant!

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UPDATE: The general consensus reached for the ID of this plant is Thymus pulegioides . This ID still doesn't feel right to me, but sin...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Stone-cold stonecrops

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Species name: Hylotelephium cauticola Common name: showy stonecrop Location: Ontario Let me start off by saying that ...
Thursday, August 2, 2012

The kidney stone hydrangea

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Species name: Hydrangea arborescens Common name: Smooth hydrangea, wild hydrangea Location: Ontario This species of hyd...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Are you telling me that dog vomit is alive?!

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Species name: Fuligo septica Common name: dog vomit slime mold Location: Ontario You might be wondering why I'm includ...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Do Lamb's ears hold the key to multi-drug resistance?

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Species name: Stachys byzantina Common name: Lamb's ears Location: Ontario This plant is one of the few that we use as...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Black-eyed Susans rarely actually take a beating

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Species name: Rudbeckia hirta Common name: black-eyed Susan, yellow ox-eyed daisy Location: Ontario Black-eyed Susans a...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Ribbon grass is an invasive native plant

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Species name: Phalaris arundinacea Common name: reed canarygrass, ribbon grass Location: Ontario This is one example of...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Is the population of pickerelweed in a pickle?

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Species name: Pontederia cordata Common name: pickerelweed Location: Ontario This species of aquatic plant is native fr...
Friday, July 27, 2012

No matter how you pronounce it: the zebra that's a grass

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Species name: Miscanthus sinensis Common name: zebra grass Location: Ontario I mentioned in a previous blog post about the ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

When is a Beebalm a Bergamot?

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Species name: Monarda media Common name: purple bergamot Location: Ontario This species of plant is a common garden pla...