“What’s the name of that plant, again? Is that a native or an invasive species? If only I’d brought my field guide with me.” If you often find yourself asking these questions, it might be time to download a plant identification app...
Archive for category: Plant ID
Quiz – Know and Enjoy Your Winter Woods
To identify trees and shrubs – everybody knows – look at the leaves. Like nametags, leaves identify who’s who. For this reason, your winter woods...
Fall invasive control methods
As native trees and plants approach dormancy and lose their leaves, now is a great time to be in the woods tackling invasive species which...
Can You Tell Native From Invasive Brush?
Cutting invasive brush, like buckthorn, is great winter work — no heat, humidity, bugs, or other vegetation to get in your way. Great, except for...
Can You Successfully Key Out Dandelion?
Of course you can! We walk you through it! Start at IDnature guides. First, select Wildflowers. Second, select Wisconsin. Third, check off what you know...
Plant ID Just Got Easier
By Steve Swenson, Ecologist, Aldo Leopold Foundation I’ll be the first to admit, using plant ID keys isn’t what I do for fun. It’s like...
Everybody Knows Acorns, But How Well Do You?
Do you know the differences between the acorns of red and white oak? Red oak acorns have more of everything: more hairs on the shell;...
Three Heart-Shaped Leaves in Your Woods: Two “Lovely” and One “Heartless”
Plant identification is generally easy when you know the combination of leaf shape and leaf edge, also called leaf margin. For example, the three species...