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Also called evergreen wild ginger, it does have roots with a spicy aroma.
As with other "gingers", the root stimulates digestion and tones the stomach.
Large spider, black & white striped legs, Red abdomen w/ white spots. Easily ...
Small understory shrub with opposite, palmate leaves. Looks superficially like ...
flowers are aromatic.
Native Americans used its hard, strong
small black bee with a yellow and black striped pattern on abdomen some black ...
This poisonous plant has been used to to tip
A very small, but very striking spider. Common in my garden.
Green Arrow leaf with spots of silver, ...
Flowers are deep purple-violet with two upper petals aligned side by side and 3 ...
Native Americans used the plant as a medicine and a soap, and sometimes for ...
This is a very old specimen. Male trees have small thorns on twigs. Leaves are ...
The white birch grows at a height of about 70-80 feet tall. They have a ...
this spotting, has well-marked androconia on its forewings, (indicated with an ...
tailed deer are prolific breeders in the Southeast USA. Hunting (by humans ...
I figured it was time for me to learn about trees by their bark. The bark of ...
. Native American Californians used the hard
Encoelia furfuracea Spring Hazel Cup (Roth) P.Karst. Orange-brown cups with a ...
A deciduous shrub in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. The white berries ...
, with an arrow like abdomen (narrow in ...
poison arrow frog, and sometimes mint ...