Lady’s Slipper

Friday Flora: Congratulations…

… you made it through the week! We brought you some flowers. – Small white Lady’s Slipper in hand on the Fort Snelling prairie, May 28, 1926…



Friday Flora: State Symbols

Within the past few days, I have seen multiple reports of the demise of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) – the official State Butterfly of Minnesota. Multiple local media sources have reported recently that extreme weather conditions in the south…