Keystone Flora Native Plants

2012-01-23T10:47:00.000-05:00

Got Bugs....
Cant wait until summer
so I'm pulling some out
of the closet today...

LIBERO VOLARE.: A PHOTO FROM AMERICA: APE SULLA PASSIFLORA

2012-01-21T17:55:00.000-05:00

My photo on a Italian website - LIBERO VOLARE.: A PHOTO FROM AMERICA: APE SULLA PASSIFLORA: Bee on Passionflower of Diana Anche stasera direttamente dall'America ( Cinncinati , Ohio) , ci giunge una foto molto interessante scat...

Call of the Scenic River_Trailer-Ohio

2012-01-10T21:53:00.000-05:00

FLY OUT #4 // AUTUMN COLORS

2011-11-25T19:47:00.000-05:00

A History of the Sky

2011-11-25T19:36:00.000-05:00

The Amphibians of Adams County, Ohio

2011-11-20T23:02:00.000-05:00

The birds of Adams County

2011-11-20T23:00:00.000-05:00

The Reptiles of Adams County, Ohio

2011-11-20T22:42:00.000-05:00

How to take better insect photos: the video

2011-11-09T18:34:00.000-05:00

How to take better insect photos: the video

(for the 1st time ever) FREE NIGERIA video!

2011-10-20T11:43:00.000-04:00

World premier of FREE NIGERIA!

Cincinnati's own musician Baoku... very well done, check it out.

The Natural Treasures of Ohio: Saving the Best for Last

2011-10-12T16:51:00.000-04:00

The Natural Treasures of Ohio: Saving the Best for Last: Is it really October already? It seems like just last month I was looking out my frosted windows with dreams of hepaticas and snow trillium...

Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

2011-10-08T22:08:00.001-04:00

East View Barrens Hardin Co. KY.

2011-09-28T09:08:00.000-04:00

Blooms and seeds of late summer

2011-09-17T21:45:00.000-04:00

Autumn Colors of Native Shrubs

2011-09-17T21:31:00.000-04:00

The Natural Treasures of Ohio: Adams County's Prairies Revisited

2011-09-16T22:57:00.000-04:00

The Natural Treasures of Ohio: Adams County's Prairies Revisited: I'm quite excited to move on with my series on Ohio's native prairies! For part two I will focus on the tall grass prairies of north and w...

The Natural Treasures of Ohio: Ode to Ohio's Prairies: Bluegrass Region (Part I)

2011-09-10T09:13:00.000-04:00

The Natural Treasures of Ohio: Ode to Ohio's Prairies: Bluegrass Region (Part I): Those with a thirst for Ohio's natural history are in for quite the treat! I've had this project on the blogger shelf for quite some time a...

An evening at Keystone Flora

2011-09-08T18:17:00.000-04:00

Bug Eric: Wasp Wednesday: Wasp Workshop

2011-08-31T11:45:00.000-04:00

Bug Eric: Wasp Wednesday: Wasp Workshop: I recently had the privilege of leading a wasp identification workshop at the ultra-modern Eulett Center in Adams County, Ohio. The ten par...

Why Wind Turbines Can Mean Death For Bats

2011-08-03T10:18:00.000-04:00

Why Wind Turbines Can Mean Death For Bats , their lungs can explode with the air pressure change that surrounds Wind Turbines!

What's underneath it all

2011-05-14T22:28:00.000-04:00

A wonderful blog about the nature of, What's underneath it all

The Natural Treasures of Ohio: The Elusive Kentucky Lady's Slipper Orchid

2011-05-14T09:05:00.000-04:00

The Natural Treasures of Ohio: The Elusive Kentucky Lady's Slipper Orchid: "Orchids. For many it draws up images of far away equatorial rainforests and steamy jungles but it doesn't end there, not by a long shot. I..."

Time with Trout-lilies

2011-04-11T10:00:00.000-04:00

Time with Trout-lilies is a wonderful view of one of our lovely spring ephemerals!

Doppler Tim's Blog: Flooding in Austrailia

2011-01-13T09:58:00.000-05:00

A must watch video of what runoff can do to our rivers Doppler Tim's Blog: Flooding in Austrailia: "This is Toowoomba flooding in Australia. Quite possibly some of the worst flooding pictures I have ever seen."

2010-11-01T10:55:00.000-04:00

share: This is a great video of a virgin forest around Belmont, Ohio!

Keystone Flora Native Plants: Native caterpillars invade Keystone Flora

2010-08-22T19:15:00.000-04:00

Keystone Flora Native Plants: Native caterpillars invade Keystone Flora: "The Giant Swallowtail has emerged !!! Giant Swallowtail larva (Papilio cresphontes), on Wafer Ash, Ptelea trifoliata Red-spotted Purp..."

Native caterpillars invade Keystone Flora

2010-08-22T19:07:00.000-04:00

The Giant Swallowtail has emerged !!!

Giant Swallowtail larva (Papilio cresphontes), on Wafer Ash, Ptelea trifoliata

Red-spotted Purple larva (Limenitis arthemis), munching on Rose Mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos


Spicebush Swallowtail larva (Papilio troilus), wrapped in Spicebush

Munched up Spicebush seedlings, Lindera benzoin


Monarch larva( Danaus plexippus) munching Swamp Milkweed, Asclepius incarnata

Pocket Prairie Garden

2010-07-18T09:18:00.001-04:00

This pocket prairie is my front yard in Cincinnati,Ohio. I started this small prairie community 4yrs. ago, using plugs of several species of native plants. The first year, there was not an abundance of bloom, the prairie plants were putting down there roots! As with any garden just started,I had to weed and water. But once the natives got established and started reproducing, they fill in nicely...weeds no more!
Now I can sit back and watch the flora and fauna!
Some species here are:
Purple Coneflower, Royal Catchfly, Partrige Pea, Blackeyed Susan, Lance Leaf Coreopsis, Butterfly Weed, and Nodding Onion.

Prairie

2010-07-15T09:41:00.000-04:00

The prairie is about in full bloom, about a month early this year! It's very beautiful and full from all the rain that we had, in south west Ohio during the month of June. I've been taking photo's of all our native plants as they come into bloom this year, we need some shots for our website still!