Tag Plants

3/2/25: Learning and teaching natural history

This episode is a continuation of an interview with both Jill Weber and Karen Zimmermann who talk about their experience with learning and teaching natural history.

2/16/25: Discussion with a dedicated botanist

This episode is an interview with Jill Weber, a dedicated botanist from Maine whose work focuses on preserving the unique plant ecosystems of Maine.

2/9/25: Journey into Field Botany

This episode is an interview with Finn O'Connor about their journey into the world of field botany and how it all began.

2/2/25: American Rowan

Found atop the Western Maine Mountains and along the rugged Downeast coast, the humble mountain-ash is a boon to wildlife, large and small.

1/19/25: Hollies of Maine

Hollies have long been associated with winter celebrations, both "across the pond" and here at home. Here we introduce Maine's three native species: winterberry, mountain holly, and inkberry.

This book is the result of decades of published and unpublished plant inventories of Maine islands made by numerous botanists, my 25 years of plant inventories along
the Maine coast, and assessment of thousands of plant collections preserved in various herbaria.

Sedges of Maine: A Field Guide to Cyperaceae

The sedge family is frequently considered by professional and amateur botanists alike to be one of the most challenging groups of plants to study. This unflattering reputation is due in large part to the vast number of sedge species not only in Maine but also throughout the United States and Canada.

Grasses and Rushes of Maine

This guide is an identification manual for all grass and rush species currently found in the state of Maine.

The Plants of Baxter State Park

Maine’s Baxter State Park is one of the most ecologically diverse and beautiful protected sites in the Northeastern United States. The Plants of Baxter State Park presents scientific descriptions of 857 plant species.

Coastal Plant Inventories

The Observatory has conducted plant inventories on over 75 islands along the coast of Maine and counting. This project aims to improve understanding of plant abundance and distribution on Maine’s coastal islands and set down baseline data. The maps and…