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Tag Archives: Rosaceae
Know Your Natives – Woodland Agrimony
Woodland agrimony (Agrimonia rostellata) of the Rosaceae (Rose) family has leafy stems terminating with a raceme(s) of small yellow flowers. The genus name is a corruption of Argemone, the botanical name of the prickly poppy. The specific epithet is based … Continue reading
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Tagged Agrimonia, Agrimonia rostellata, Agrimony, Know Your Natives, Rosaceae
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Know Your Natives – Climbing Rose
Flowers of climbing rose (Rosa setigera) of the Rose (Rosaceae) family, one of four native roses that occur in Arkansas, have a single layer of five pink (occasionally white) petals. The genus name is Latin for “rose,” the specific epithet, … Continue reading
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Tagged Climbing Rose, Know Your Natives, Rosa, Rosa palustris, Rosaceae
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Know Your Natives – Downy Serviceberry
Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) of the Rose (Rosaceae) family is a small tree or large shrub that produces showy white flowers very early in spring. The genus name likely originates from a common name of the type species of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelanchier, Amelanchier arborea, Flowering Tree, Know Your Natives, Rosaceae, Tree
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Know Your Natives – American Ipecac
American ipecac (Gillenia stipulata; previously Porteranthus stipulatus), of the Rose (Rosaceae) family occurs in the U.S. from northeast Texas to southeast Kansas, to Michigan, New York and south to Georgia. In Arkansas, this species is found mostly statewide except for portions of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Ipecac, Gillenia, Gillenia stipulata, Know Your Natives, Rosaceae
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Know Your Natives – White avens
White avens (Geum canadense) of the Rose (Rosaceae) family occurs in the U.S. from Texas to Nebraska to Montana thence to the eastern and southern borders with the exception of Florida. In Arkansas, it is found throughout the state. Habitats … Continue reading
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Tagged Geum, Geum canadense, Know Your Natives, Rosaceae, White Avens
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Trees of Arkansas Is Now User-Friendly with Full Color Pictures
The tried and true handbook of the Arkansas Forestry Commission, Dwight Moore’s Trees of Arkansas, has been reissued (2014) in a smart, new, user-friendly, and full-color edition. Moore’s book dates back to 1950, when the author revised Lewis M. Turner’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Flowering Tree, Mexican Plum, Plum, Prunus, Prunus mexicana, Rosaceae, Trees of Arkansas
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Neat Plant Alert: Early to Bloom Plum Ripens in May
Chickasaw plum, Prunus angustifolia, is Arkansas’ most common thicket-forming plum and the earliest to bloom. Thickets at Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, from two to about fifteen feet in height, were so impressively massive, they seemed to monopolize acres of ground. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chickasaw Plum, Holla Bend, Neat Plant Alert, Prunus, Prunus angustifolia, Rosaceae
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