Monthly Archives: March 2008

Berry Go Round #3

More interesting plant material is up at Berry Go Round #3, posted at Greg Laden’s Blog. There’s something for everyone interested in plants – artichokes, borage, liverwort sex (the movie!), and tropical forests, wet and dry. And more.

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Cojoba – the coral snake tree

What feature brings a plant – whether a tree, shrub, vine, or garden variety – to your attention? For me, it’s often the flower. I’ll be aware of a plant in the background, but when it blooms, then I really … Continue reading

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Nance Macho, Accidentally

Sometimes I think I should name this blog The Accidental Botanist. So many of my serious efforts at identification have ended up erroneous whereas I often stumble across an identification that just “clicks” with something I’ve seen recently. So it … Continue reading

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