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How to Identify Narrowleaf Bittercress

How to Identify Invasive Plants in the Carrot Family

How to Identify Native and Introduced Phragmites, Common Reed

How to Identify Oriental Bittersweet in Winter

How to Identify Common Buckthorn in Winter

Winter Identification of Deciduous Trees and Shrubs: Some Tips and Terms

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Plant Profile: Ragweeds

Common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia , and great ragweed, A. trifida . Common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia , flowering in late Augus...

How to Identify Common Buckthorn in Winter

A female Buckthorn displays a persistent leaf, fruits and terminal thorn that help with winter identification. For an explanation of the ter...
Plant Profile: Wild Ginger

A single flower emerges between a pair of leaves of wild ginger, Asarum canadense . In spring, wild ginger is one of the first plants to eme...
Plant Profile: Wild Carrot

Daucus carota L./Carrot family, Apiaceae Wild carrot, Daucus carota , growing along a roadside near Maple Plain, MN, on August 10, 2024. ...

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Snapshots

Ghost plant emerges and flowers in fall. It survives by tapping into mycorrhizal fungi. Follow the image for more information.

Featured Web Resources

The Science Behind Fall Colors. MnDNR.
Why Leaves Really Fall Off Trees. NPR.

Featured Video

Two Minutes of Peace: Goldenrod and Jewelweeds, Sept. 10, 2025.

News & Articles

Plant Pest Insider. MDA newsletter with many articles about invasive plants and plant pests. August 15, 2025.
August 2025 Featured Plant: Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana). Sarah Hewitt for BWSR.
From Roots To Seed: Specialized Orchid Conservation Blossoms In Wisconsin. Katharine Cavwood, Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine, Summer 2025.
American Water Lotus (Nelumbo lutea). Donna J. Perleberg, MN Consesrvation Volunteer, July-August 2025.
The Cover It Up! Project: Using Native Plants to Control Buckthorn. Dr. Mike Schuster on WIGL. July 1, 2025.
July Featured Plant: Canadian Wild Ginger, (Asarum canadense). Annie Gunness, BWSR.
Building biodiversity in your forest: Forest structure. Anna Stockstad, UMN Extension. June 27 2025.
New rapid test kit offers land managers the upper hand against oak wilt. Carolyn Bernhardt, MITPPC. June 13, 2025.

Research

Return of diversity: Wetland plant community recovery following purple loosestrife biocontrol. Stacy B. Endriss, Victoria Nuzzo, and Bernd Blossey. Ecological Applications 35 (4). June 2025.
Plant Community Restoration Efforts in Degraded Blufftop Parkland in Southeastern Minnesota, USA. Neal D. Mundahl, Austin M. Yantes, and John Howard. Land 14 (7). June 2025.
If you build it, will they come? Insect community responses to habitat establishment at solar energy facilities in Minnesota, USA. Leroy J. Walston and others. Environmental Research Letters Vol. 19, No. 1. 2023.
Diversity of bumble bees and butterflies in Minnesota roadsides depends on floral diversity and abundance but not floral native status Ashley L. Darst and others. Insect Conservation and Diversity Vol. 17, Issue 4. 2024.

Upcoming Events

All times are Central Time unless stated otherwise. See also the recorded webinars below.
Effects of Invasive Woody Shrubs on Animal Behavior and Native Plants: Implications for Restoration. MIPN. Oct. 1, 11:30 am.

Webinar Recordings

Outdoor skills webinar archive. Mn DNR.
My Minnesota Woods. UMN Extension.
Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative, UMN Extension.

Programs & Events Calendars

Minnesota State Parks and Trails
Three Rivers Park District
Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas
Minnesota Native Plant Society

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More to Explore

Bug Banter Podcast. Xerces Society.
BWSR Featured Plant Series
Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin - WI DNR
Fridays with a Forester series, UMN Extension.
Invasive Plants. Friends of Minnetonka (MN) Parks.
Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center
Minnesota Native Plant Encyclopedia - MN DNR
Minnesota Noxious Weed List. MDA.
Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas
Minnesota's Ecoregions - MN DNR
Minnesota's Native Plant Communities - MN DNR
Native Plant Suppliers & Services in Minnesota
Plant Native Plants to Help Nature - WI DNR
Plants of Minnesota - MN DNR
Prairie Pod: A MNDNR podcast about prairies.
Smarty Plants: "A podcast exploring invasive insects and noxious weeds that threaten Minnesota’s natural and agricultural resources." MN Dept. of Ag.
The Wandering Naturalist - Podcast by Three Rivers Park District
UMN Extension Native Plants Web Page
Weed of the Month Series - Minnesota Dept of Ag

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