OK, garden detectives. Plants offer lots of clues to help identify them and their various characteristics. “All plants have unique parts that can be used to identify them,” says botanist Karen Clary.

Every year when spring officially arrives, people spend more time in the great outdoors as the season gears up. Whether you’re looking for help identifying plants along your morning hike or designing ...

Sometimes Mother Nature gives gifts in the garden or yard, though we perhaps don’t know what they are. That entails the tricky job of plant identification. Fortunately, curious gardeners have many ...

The University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR), has an online plant identification tool ...

Before we all carried computers in our pockets, the best way to identify wild plants and animals was to consult a physical field guide. Now, nature enthusiasts have easy access to a plethora of phone ...

Wildflowers are starting to pop up along the trails at local parks and wooded areas, and many of those parks, along with other organizations, are planning hikes and hunts to find them during the ...

Our ancestors knew how to find edible, nutritious plants in the wild — a survival skill that's been all but forgotten, says Charles Allen. The botanist, author and plant taxonomist presents a workshop ...

Most people know how to identify toxic plants like Poison Ivy, “Leaves of three, leave them be.” However, the Wild Parsnip is a less known invasive species that is spreading throughout the Northland.