Theobrominated

Karaka ( Corynocarpus laevigatus ) is a small New Zealand tree with large fleshy fruits.  It's interesting for a number of reasons.  Its...

Tarweed is flowering at the moment.   Parentucellia viscosa  is an erect herb with small yellow flowers and its leaves are covered with glan...

I'm writing this in Melbourne, where I'm about to fly home after a wonderful three weeks in Australia . I wasn't specifically on...

In New Zealand, the forest we typically identify with— the “bush”— is the lowland mixed conifer-angiosperm forest, with a canopy usually ...

The word weed  can be a hard one to define.  Most people accept that a weed is a plant growing where it’s unwanted, something that’s in t...