There are a few of these trees growing in our suburban Charleston neighborhood, and after squinting at a lot of online photos, I’m thinking this […]

Fast and prolific grower, flowers in fall and produces copious airy seeds like dandelion, seems to grow nearly 12 ft tall with trunks a few […]

Hi, Dr. Hill, This plant is growing in full sun in a semi-moist area adjacent to a pond in the SC fall line and was […]

Hi, Dr. Hill, This fairly smooth, pale green vine is growing in shady white oak and pine woods in the fall line. Even on January […]

Hi, Dr. Hill, I don’t want your skills to get rusty during winter, so I’m seeking identification of a pond-side plant that I photographed Sept. […]

We found this plant blooming in December at the Cuddo Unit of the Santee National Wildlife Refuge. Plant was growing in the center of one […]

Plant is located in Western Maryland has a very strong thick root Hi Royce, sorry for the slow reply. This is the young growth and […]

Hi, Dr. Hill, This is a shrub or small tree (deer keep eating it back, so it’s hard to be sure), growing in full sun […]

Hi, Dr. Hill, This plant was photographed on 6 Nov., growing in the fall line, sandy-clay (mostly clay) soil, mostly sunny, near a peach orchard […]

Is this flower in the wild aster family, grown in dry, sandy soil (taken today…10/31)? Hi Mary, yes this is one of the native blue […]