Last week I posted about 2 Catskills wildflowers, Dutchman’s Breeches and Squirrel Corn. Both are species in the genus Dicentra, and they are very closely related to the popular garden plant, the Bleeding Heart. I described their special relationship with bumble bees, and mentioned also their relationship with ants. Well,…
Last week, I focused on the Bleeding Heart, a popular garden plant which used to be in the genus Dicentra. Dicentra has two species native to the Catskills region. One is Dicentra cucullaria, the Dutchman’s breeches and the other is D. canadensis, aka Squirrel Corn. These two Catskills wildflowers are…
Gardeners often hate it when botanists change the names of plants, but gardeners and botanists use names differently. Gardeners use a plant name as a tag, an identifier, a way of searching on the internet. To botanists, a plant name is rich in information. Botanists use a plant’s scientific name…
