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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: Virginia Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum virginianum Virginia waterleaf flowers in May and early June with purple to almost white flowers. Early in the season, the leav...

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

Although plants can't run away from danger, they can defend themselves. Some, like this thistle, have spines, thorns, or prickles to ward off herbivores. Follow the image for a TED-Ed video about plant defenses. (6:12)

Featured Web Resources

Tree ID cards & A beginner's guide to Minnesota trees (1995). University of Minnesota.
Interactive Tree Identification Key. Iowa State University.
Identifying Trees of Northern Minnesota. Lakeland PBS video, 27::04.

Featured Video

Froghoppers (aka Spittlebugs) - The Behind Bubble-Blowing Insect. Dodge Nature Center, Nature to Go. 3:14.

News & Articles

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.
Building biodiversity in your forest: Native plants. Anna Stockstad, U of MN Extension. June 25, 2025.
After the storm: A woodland owner's guide to managing wind-damaged forests. Eli Sagor, U of MN Extension. June 25, 2025.
Carnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger? Riley Black, Smithsonian magazine, June 6, 2025.
What landowners need to know about spruce budworm and wildfire. Anna Stockstad and Eli Sagor, UMN Extension. May 31, 2025.

Research

Seasonal nonstructural carbohydrates in the crowns and rhizomes of in situ populations of Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) and the hybrid Bohemian knotweed (Polygonum x bohemicum). Roger L. Becker et al. Cambridge University Press, April 25, 2025.
Unexpected soundscape response to insecticide application in oak forests. Oliver Mitesser et al. Conservation Biology 39: e14422. 2025.
Habitat and Migration Dynamics of North American Tree Species Under Climate Change. Anantha Prasad et al. 2025. Journal of Biogeography.

Upcoming Events

There are no live events at this time. Please see the list of recorded webinars below.

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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