Kentucky Native Plant and Wildlife

It goes by the name cedar glade or golden St. John's wort and it is one colorful, small to medium sized shrub, reaching a maximum he...

As spring winds down and summer begins, the woodland wildflowers begin slowing down and woodland edge species begin appearing, particula...

Coral hairstreak on butterfly milkweed Monarch on common milkweed Monarch on ironweed Buckeye on swamp or red milkweed The long-term tre...

Finally.  After several years of the Kentucky Snake Identification Site being down due to a server crashing and not having the files backed ...

This is the center showpiece of any woodland wildflower garden.   While not the largest of Kentucky's native slipper orchids, it is p...

Red-banded hairstreak feeds on dwarf and staghorn sumac and several oaks. Monarch caterpillar feeds on milkweed Gray hairstreak feeds on le...

This bright and cheery flower brings much color to the woodland border and stands out when planted in front of wild geranium or one of our ...