I first created this site back in 1998 to document the wild plants that I encountered. But it has grown into a clearinghouse of information on landscaping, backyard birds, butterfly gardening, plant identification and making paper from plant fiber. After leaving Kansas, I thought of deleting the site. But realize it has a wealth of information that people rely upon.
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About the Plant Identification Guide
About the Guide
The plants in this guide are found in northeast Kansas. It includes both native plants and introduced plants. Native plants are those that were found in Kansas before it was settled by Europeans. Introduced plants are those that have come from other continents and even other parts of North America.
The guide include growth characteristics as well as images of the plants.
The guide uses a Searchable Plant Database.
But you may want to use predefined Plant Lists for more common plant groups.
Plant Images
Plant of the Day
The images include pictures of the following:
- single simple flowers and a group of flowers that form an inflorescense
- leaves, one of the most useful part of the plant used for identification
- stems of herbaceous plants & twigs, trunks, and bark of woody plants
- fruits, such as pods, nuts, and berries
Plant Characteristics
Characteristics include the following:
- average mature plant height
- average mature plant width
- upto two flower colors per plant
- months when plants bloom
- moisture requirments
- sun requirements.
- native status
- invasive status
- landscape status
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