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wiley-treehouse-gardens · 3 days

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#haworthia #haworthia cooperi #plant blog #original photographers #cool plants

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headspace-hotel · 2 months

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super rare plants that ONLY grow in Appalachian region

Gentiana decora

Castilleja kraliana

Scutellaria montana

Clinopodium talladeganum

Blephilia subnuda

Phacelia fimbriata

Sarracenia jonesii

Euphorbia purpurea

Draba ramossisima

Paronychia argyrocoma

Trillium tennesseense

Marshallia mohrii

Convolvulus sericatus

Corallorhiza bentleyi

...and many more!...

#plants #Appalachia #Appalachian plants #cool plants #nature

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troythecatfish · 6 months

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Here’s my personal recommendation of a YouTube video to check out:

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los-plantalones · 21 days

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y’all know what this is?!

it is a clump of jewelweed seedlings!

common jewelweed (impatiens capensis) is native to north america and likes to grow along waterways. in the summertime she grows lovely little orange flowers.

but my favorite thing about her is her sap! it’s great for topical use on irritated skin. i make salves out of it and other happy-skin plants every summer. AND anD if you apply the sap to an area of skin that’s been exposed to poison ivy, it can prevent the rash from developing.

OMG there’s a poison ivy preventative!? well. . . no. this is a more of a “i am in the middle of the woods and have no soap and water but i DO have this plant” situation.

the thing is, you have to have to apply the jewelweed sap almost immediately after exposure to urushiol (the itchy juice in poison ivy), and if you’ve been in contact with poison ivy for more than a few minutes – which most people are because they don’t recognize/notice it – then it’s DEF not going to work. urushiol is absorbed by the skin too fast.

it’s still a cool plant and it DOES reduce itchiness and irritation from dermatitis and bug bites. 🦟

#plants #plant identification #jewelweed #impatiens capensis #us native plants #plant facts #cool plants #medicinal plants #wildcraft #my photos

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cool-plants-daily · 11 months

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Cool Plant: Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Tuliptree

This tree, found throughout the eastern USA, is not really a poplar, or a tulip for that matter—it is a living fossil from a genus that existed all the way back in the Cretaceous period, most closely related to magnolias.

The tulip poplar can reach 170 feet tall in the hollers of Appalachia, with the tallest known tree (in West Virginia) measuring 191 feet 10 inches tall, making it the tallest known tree in eastern North America. Old growth tulip poplar trees are often 4-6 feet wide.

Tulip poplars grow very straight and in forests they often have no side branches until over 100 feet up, which sadly makes them a highly valued tree for timber.

Their huge flowers produce loads of nectar in mid spring, making them very...popular with bees.

#trees #plants #cool plants #ecology #environment

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lycomorpha · 1 year

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Califlora - polychromos pencil over watercolour

Still one of my favourite drawings, but I love the test sheet too. When I make commissions, I draw two identical outlines on the same acid-free paper. One sheet gets used to test everything & becomes like that damaged portrait in the Oscar Wilde book, while the other becomes the nice shiny final artwork. Once the finished piece has shipped, the test sheet is the part I get to keep. I return to these sheets again and again, to relearn ways to draw difficult subjects.

I live in the UK and probably won't ever meet the Californian wildlife in this drawing for real. So it was cool to get to research parasitic plants, fritillaries, etc from somewhere else in the world!

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hobohobgoblim · 1 year

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But

What if I want to sink into it?

What if I NEED TO SINK INTO IT!?!?!

#goblincore #forestcore #goblim #goblin #crowcore #cottagecore #goblin aesthetic #mosscore #cool plants #very green #10/10 would decompose for

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statecryptids · 4 months

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Starting off my 2024 by cleaning and refreshing my mini-terrariums of moss, spikemoss, and liverworts.

#cool plants #terrarium #moss

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poop-me-a-flower · 8 months

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This was really, really cool to see - a Welwitschia mirabilis with strobili!

Not my plant but damn do I wish.

#plantblr #welwitschia #welwitschia mirabilis #Cool plants #weird plants #not my plant #strobili

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fullmetal-optimists · 4 months

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A bunch of my carnivorous plants are in bloom right now! Top left is my Pinguicula gigantea, top right is my Pinguicula aphrodite, bottom left is my Utricularia sandersonii, and bottom right is my Utricularia subulata! Most have been pushing out blooms since July, but this is the first time my P. gigantea has bloomed, I've neglected it several times the past 3 years I've had it, but it's a trooper.

#butterwort #carnivorous plants #bladderwort #utricularia #pinguicula #cool plants #plants #mine

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sagebay · 1 year

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Current obsession:

Air plant jellyfish

Need I say more?

Pictures are from Pinterest

#jellyfish #air plant #houseplants #plant #air plant jellyfish #interesting plants #cool art #plant art #cool plants

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wiley-treehouse-gardens · 4 months

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headspace-hotel · 2 months

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Here's a picture I took today of (I think?) Danthonia spicata, Poverty Oatgrass. I love how curly this species gets in the winter

#plants #cool plants

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wch3l3 · 6 months

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Definitely need this for my Garden

#plant mom #cool plants #gardening #garden

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oldmossyletters · 1 month

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Spring has sprung, the earth knows it

#nature is is everything #cool plants #flowers #spring #blue skies #oak trees #dandelion #green academia #cottagecore #original photography on tumblr #art #naturecore

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cool-plants-daily · 1 year

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Cool Plant: Cladrastis kentuckea

Kentucky Yellowwood, Virgilia

Found in the U.S. states of North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee, with scattered populations in the surrounding states.

It is one of the rarest trees of Eastern North America, found in the wild mostly on limestone cliffs. It is named for its bright yellow wood. It is a legume and very valuable for pollinators.

#plants #cool plants #native plants #gardening #native plant gardening

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