Category: American Lady Butterfly

  • White Wood Asters

    White Wood Asters

    Like many things early in April, White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata) is emerging from the soil to greet spring. I’m thrilled to see it in many places in the woods up here. An herbaceous perennial found in the eastern US and southeastern Canada but most often found in the Appalachian Mountains. One of the first…

  • Ironweed

    Ironweed

    Got a spot in the woods? If you do, I hope you have this plant somewhere close by. An amazing color and a beautiful flower. Ironweed. Quite possibly New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis), but then again it might be Upland Ironweed (Vernonia glauca), or Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea). These three species all reside in Virginia…