Fungi > Bracket & Crust Fungi
The Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum), also celebrated as the False Turkey Tail, is a common, strikingly vibrant crust fungus native to deciduous woodlands worldwide. Forming undulating, overlapping tiers of leathery shelves along dead hardwood branches and oak...
Plants > Herbaceous Plants
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is one of the most beloved, cheerful, and iconic wildflowers in North America. Widely celebrated as the state flower of Maryland and an enduring symbol of the American prairie, this sun-loving member of the sunflower family...
Plants > Herbaceous Plants
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is an irreplaceable, majestic wildflower native to the prairies and meadows of eastern North America. Famed across the continent as the primary, indispensable host plant of the iconic Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), this...
Invertebrates > Hemiptera
The Dog-day Cicada (Tibicen canicularis), often known as the Northern Dog-day Harvestfly, is the iconic sound of late summer across eastern North America. Appearing reliably each year during the sweltering ‘dog days’ of July and August when Sirius the Dog...
