Our witch-hazel has been in bloom for a couple of weeks (late January and early February). The fact that it is blooming now is a clue that it is Hamamelis vernalis rather than Hamamelis virginiana, which blooms in the fall. Witch-hazels are nifty plants. Extracts from witch-hazels are mildly astringent and their forked-branches have been…
Tag: native range
IS THIS PLANT NATIVE?
Ask The Biota of North America Program, http://www.bonap.org We’ll leave the subject of how we define native for another post. (At Catchfly Commons, we don’t necessarily base “native” on state boundaries.) BONAP is a go-to site for determining the distribution of plants1. If you’ve clicked on RANGE MAP on a prairiemoon.com plant page for example,…
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