Skunk cabbage is the first native wildflower to emerge in Chicago’s woodlands in spring. Other ephemerals will follow, ...

Spring is in bloom. Here are our favorite places to frolic through fields of flowers, from the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian Mountains.

The fungi can’t survive without carbon, and the plants produce plenty of carbon through photosynthesis. The plants need water ...

Poodle-dog bush thrives in Southern California mountains after wildfires. It's pretty but petting it can result in a severe ...

Find California poppies, fiddleneck, lupine, Indian paintbrush, purple vetch, blue dick, western redbud and more at these ...

The sun shone bright, birds zipped around the sky and tiny, vivid purple, yellow and white flowers flared at my feet.