I’ve spent most of my life on the East Coast of the U.S. – in southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic, to be specific – so my default image of “nature” has four distinct seasons and is temperate, humid, forested and pretty biodiverse. Over-development and climate change aside, it’s relatively easy to be a plant where I’m from, so I’m accustomed to plants that are…well,
And wonderful photos!
Prickly pear cacti grow happily in
many locations in northern Charles County, MD.
This article dovetails well with another in the latest Wild Ones Journal; that one covers leaves in colder climates.
Beautiful photos!