Kentucky Native Plant and Wildlife

Some folks consider these delicate spring wildflowers to be weeds because they flourish in older, established neighborhoods and carpet the...

I absolutely love this tiny, dainty early spring wildflower.  It is sometimes called "pepper and salt" plant because of the w...

Perhaps one of the most loved small flowering trees planted throughout Kentucky is the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida).  It is a qui...

Don't let this delicate and dainty plant fool you because it is one tough native woodland wildflower that will survive almost an...

Many folks are surprised that we have a native cactus in Kentucky and that it is actually quite common pretty much across the state.  I...

This is one of a handful of evergreen shrubs found in Kentucky and it has dark green glossy leaves that appear like small rhodendron le...

This species has received a bad rap by farmers because it is considered weedy and has the tendency to spread profusely into agricultura...