![Red-osier dogwood](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/red-osier-dogwood-flickr-john-rusk-feb14-200x114.jpg)
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Sign Up for Newsletter![Red-osier dogwood](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/red-osier-dogwood-flickr-john-rusk-feb14-200x114.jpg)
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Plant Profile: Nannyberry Takes Care of Birds, Butterflies
![poison ivy leaves](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/poison-ivy-karen-homes-oct17-200x114.jpg)
Plant Profile: Poison Ivy, More Than A Scary Nuisance
![Prickly ash. Photo by Jane Balaban.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/prickly-ash-jane-balaban-200x114.jpg)
Volunteer Newsletter: Blooming Now: Prickly Ash
![wild leeks](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wild-leeks-balaban-apr16-200x114.jpg)
Volunteer Newsletter: Leek Poaching Ramps Up in Spring
![spring beauty wildflower](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ghq-wildflower-spring-beauty-apr15-200x114.jpg)
Try This: Phenology
![Monarch caterpillar on milkweed flower](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/monarch-caterpilar-milkweed-irene-flebbe-aug14-200x114.jpg)
Did You Know? Milkweed Hosts a Microhabitat
![rope dodder on prairie plants](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rope-dodder-monica-mueller-jul14-200x114.jpg)
Did You Know? That Orange Leafless Plant on the Prairie is Rope Dodder
![a stream surrounded by shrubs](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/shadbush-apr14-200x114.jpg)
Helping a Rare Shrub
![skunk cabbage](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/skunk-cabbage-river-trail-nature-center-mar15-200x114.jpg)