Nephroma resupinatum is found in the Upper Midwest and north of the United States and Canada border along the Great Lakes and east to the Atlantic Coast. This species also occurs in northern California, coastal Oregon, Washington, and extends into British Columbia.]]> http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/nephroma_resupinatum.shtml Mon, 7 May 2012 14:59:55 -0800 American cancer-root is a fully parasitic plant that occurs only where it can grow attached to the roots of some species of oak. It occurs over a wide geographic range in most of the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/conopholis_americana.shtml Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:56:46 -0800 Silverling is a perennial, mat forming member of the carnation family (Carophylaceae). It occurs only in the eastern United States in two distinct regions: the central/southern Appalachians and New England. In both regions it occupies similar habitats, primarily granitic rocky outcrops, cliffs and ledges or gravel barrens/bars along major rivers. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/paronychia_argyrocoma.shtml Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:11:44 -0800 Lyreleaf greeneyes is in the small genus Berlandiera, which consists of six species of perennial herbs native to the southern and southwestern United States and Mexico. Lyreleaf greeneyes thrives in sunny places with well-drained disturbed soils so it is often seen along roadsides and in vacant lots. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/berlandiera_lyrata.shtml Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:27:04 -0800 Hairy sunflower is an open land and open forest species, generally on drier soils. It is a species of prairies and other grasslands, old fields, roadsides, savannas and woodlands, and upland forest without a dense shrub layer. It also occurs in forest openings. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/helianthus_hirsutus.shtml Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:18:15 -0800 View the latest Native Plant Material accomplishment reports from around the country about local efforts to identify and characterize target species, collect and propagate seed and planting stock, develop seed zones and plant movement guidelines, provide training, and utilize native plants in restoration. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/nativeplantmaterials/reports.shtml Thu, 5 Apr 2012 02:30:20 -0800 Lomatium, better known as biscuitroot or desert parsley, are distributed throughout the western United States and Canada. Members of the carrot family (Apiaceae), biscuitroot flowers attract numerous pollinators including bees, butterflies, and insects.]]> http://frdev.ftcol.wo.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/lomatium_triternatum.shtml Mon, 2 Apr 2012 22:16:21 -0800 Alpine milkvetch is usually found in mountainous meadows, occurring widely across northern Eurasia, Alaska, and Canada south to Vermont, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, and Oregon. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/astragalus_alpinus.shtml Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:33:09 -0800 Giant ironweed is a species of prairies and other grasslands, old fields, roadsides, savannas and woodlands growing on dry to moist soils. It is found from Iowa and Kansas south to Texas and east to New York south to Florida with the exception New Jersey. It is also known from Michigan and Ontario. It is most common in the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/vernonia_gigantea.shtml Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:37:56 -0800 The snow trillium is an herbaceous, long-lived, woodland, perennial wildflower with a limited distribution in the Midwestern states of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio with outlier occurrences in South Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/trillium_nivale.shtml Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:08:31 -0800