Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The Hemlock Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae), also celebrated as the Hemlock Varnish Shelf, is an incomparably magnificent, glossy polypore fungus native to the ancient hemlock forests of eastern North America. Revered as the North American counterpart of the legendary Asian...
Plants > Flowering Plants
White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) is a whimsical, uniquely architectural wetland wildflower native to the damp meadows and shaded stream banks of eastern North America. Named for its bizarre, snapdragon-like blossoms that uncannily resemble the open beak or head of a...
Plants > Flowering Plants
The Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is universally acclaimed as one of the most vividly, intensely brilliant native wildflowers in North America. Named for the blazing scarlet robes worn by Roman Catholic cardinals, this regal wetland perennial erupts in late...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
The Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) is an impressive, titanic arachnid that reigns as one of the largest native spiders in eastern North America. Boasting a formidable leg span that can reach five inches across, this handsome, velvety giant is famous for...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
The Brilliant Jumping Spider (Phidippus clarus) is a captivating, charismatic predator native to the sunlit meadows and old fields of North America. Renowned for its enormous, gleaming anterior median eyes that provide sharp, high-definition stereoscopic color vision,...
