Getting dressed for work one morning last week I spied my TG 5 camera on the edge of my dresser,…
For hundreds of years these tiny aquatic plants were considered to form part of the family Lemnaceae. But morphological similarities…
I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know we even had multiple genera of freshwater mussels in our…
Although I had read about these interesting, and rather beautiful, tiny ferns in the family Salviniaceae (water ferns), I had…
This distinctive and handsome Noctuid moth is a Eurasian import that was first found in North America in the Portland,…
I know that many people really dislike Oxalis corniculata, but, as a non-gardener or lawn enthusiast, I’m rather fond of this pretty…
Proving the adage that habitat is where you find it, I found these very cool members of the wasp family…
In our region this wonderful, circumboreal member of the family Asteraceae is composed of both native and exotic strains. This…
I believe these beautiful snails in the family Helicidae are Cepaea nemoralis (also known as Brown-lipped Snails and Banded Grove…
I love weeds! Possibly I’d feel different if I was a gardener, but since I’m not, and I live in…