Weekly Puzzler #166:Purple Berries on Pink Stems
Last week’s puzzler was redbud–a tree with gorgeous pink/purplish flowers that decorates our forest in the springtime. This week I will feature a plant that decorates our fields and woodland
Weekly Puzzler Answer #164
Did you recognize last week’s puzzler as Wild Ginger or Asarum canadense? Just like the previous puzzler–Dutchmans pipevine, it is in the Birthwort family. It has gorgeous, heart shaped leaves
Weekly Puzzler #164: Another Plant with Heart-Shaped Leaves
Since last week’s puzzler was Dutchman Pipevine, a plant with heart-shaped leaves, I thought I would do another plant with this gorgeous shape leaf. When you see a bunch of
Weekly Puzzler #163: A Vine with Heart-Shaped Leaves
Several years ago I was leading a backpacking trip into Great Smoky Mountains National Park and we kept seeing a vine with large, heart-shaped leaves that we commented on, wondering
Weekly Puzzler Answer #162
Did the three-leafed vine in last week’s puzzler look familiar? Did you recognize it from walks in the woods? Is is called Hog Peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata. This vine is native to
Weekly Puzzler Answer #161
Did you recognize the vine from last week’s puzzler? Many people mix it up with poison ivy, but they are different, as poison ivy has leaflets of 3 and this vine,
Weekly Puzzler Answer #160
Last week’s puzzler, like the 3 before it, is a HUMMINGBIRD magnet! You probably know that there are some flowers that the tiny birds can’t stay away from and red