Category Archives: Plant comparisons

While walking through the woods on a spring day, you may be fortunate enough to see the above plant.  Or this plant . . . Wait a minute!  Aren’t those the same species of plant? Let’s look at the leaves.  … Continue reading →

One way to identify a tree during winter is to look up.  Sometimes there will be dried seed capsules still hanging from the otherwise bare branches.  Here’s another tree in winter: And here’s a third tree: It’s still difficult to … Continue reading →

These two groups of plants look like they might be the same plant — even though the leaves are red-tinged in the top photo and green in the bottom photo.  Let’s look at the plants with some photos taken a … Continue reading →