If you want to see year-round color, you don't need to look further than your backyard. There are many native shrubs and ...

In maturity, the basswood develops a pyramidal shape and can grow to 80 feet high and 50 feet wide. The heart-shaped leaves ...

Calycanthus floridus, commonly known as sweetshrub or Carolina allspice, is an unusual plant native to North America. Not only does this deciduous shrub have striking pink-red blooms, but the flowers ...

The Native Plant Initiative (NPI) is working to restore native plant biodiversity across the Northern Great Plains through ...

Now, more than ever, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) continues to encourage ...

In the 16th century, Spanish colonists brought horses from Europe, reintroducing them into the deserts and grasslands of western North America. Some Native peoples quickly ... three-toed plant eater ...

The tops of the peyote plants contain mescaline, an alkaloid drug with hallucinogenic effects. The Native American Church of North America, also known as Peyotism, was developed into a religion ...

Also known as basswood, the American linden is a native species found across a broad swath of eastern North America ... with three to four trunks. Native Plant: Native plants are important ...