Mike Lynch
@botanicalwanderer.bsky.social
Botanist, native gardener, prairie guy and psychrophile.
My first blossom of the year in my prairie garden planted last year.
Pasque flower (Anemone patens) #mnnativeplants
Pasque flower (Anemone patens) #mnnativeplants
April 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
My first blossom of the year in my prairie garden planted last year.
Pasque flower (Anemone patens) #mnnativeplants
Pasque flower (Anemone patens) #mnnativeplants
For those that didn’t already know me, I LOVE photographing snowflakes. The winter wasn’t quite finished yet.
March 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For those that didn’t already know me, I LOVE photographing snowflakes. The winter wasn’t quite finished yet.
Is it spring yet? I am still waiting for the eastern leatherwoods to bud out.
March 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Is it spring yet? I am still waiting for the eastern leatherwoods to bud out.
The green wave of foliage and flowers is coming soon to Minnesota. I can’t wait!
March 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The green wave of foliage and flowers is coming soon to Minnesota. I can’t wait!
I’m surprised how easy it was to start wild ferns from spores.
March 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m surprised how easy it was to start wild ferns from spores.
Low intensity fire is a critical process in many Midwestern ecosystems. Let’s bring it back.
March 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Low intensity fire is a critical process in many Midwestern ecosystems. Let’s bring it back.
Mewild Things conference 2025, Chicago Illinois
March 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Mewild Things conference 2025, Chicago Illinois
Culver’s root and Michigan lilies in a restored prairie.
February 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Culver’s root and Michigan lilies in a restored prairie.
I spent the nice cold weather this week burning these brush piles
February 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I spent the nice cold weather this week burning these brush piles
Just a snowflake
February 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just a snowflake
Yes, the color is real
February 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Yes, the color is real
Attending the Prairie Enthusiasts 2025 virtual conference this week. Many great programs and reminders of why we work so hard to protect our natural heritage in the Midwest.
#mnnativeplants #nativeplants #ReatoringMinnesota
#mnnativeplants #nativeplants #ReatoringMinnesota
February 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Attending the Prairie Enthusiasts 2025 virtual conference this week. Many great programs and reminders of why we work so hard to protect our natural heritage in the Midwest.
#mnnativeplants #nativeplants #ReatoringMinnesota
#mnnativeplants #nativeplants #ReatoringMinnesota
I’m looking forward to seed collection season so that I can help barren buckthorn woods look more lush and diverse.
#mnnativeplants #restoringminnesota
#mnnativeplants #restoringminnesota
February 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I’m looking forward to seed collection season so that I can help barren buckthorn woods look more lush and diverse.
#mnnativeplants #restoringminnesota
#mnnativeplants #restoringminnesota
Carex meadii is a very widespread, if understated sedge of the tallgrass prairies. Widespreading and shorter than the surrounding grasses, it is easy to miss.
#mnnativeplants
#mnnativeplants
February 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Carex meadii is a very widespread, if understated sedge of the tallgrass prairies. Widespreading and shorter than the surrounding grasses, it is easy to miss.
#mnnativeplants
#mnnativeplants
Shadow Falls in St Paul from one of the cold snaps in December.
February 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Shadow Falls in St Paul from one of the cold snaps in December.
Scrolling through my pictures, and found this juxtaposition between native prairie and suburban sprawl.
You have to wonder if the people knew what wonders were bulldozed to make room for their drug dependent rugs of a lawn.
You have to wonder if the people knew what wonders were bulldozed to make room for their drug dependent rugs of a lawn.
February 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Scrolling through my pictures, and found this juxtaposition between native prairie and suburban sprawl.
You have to wonder if the people knew what wonders were bulldozed to make room for their drug dependent rugs of a lawn.
You have to wonder if the people knew what wonders were bulldozed to make room for their drug dependent rugs of a lawn.
One of my favorite prairie pothole memories from August ‘23. In a prairie easement in Bigstone county. A satin carpet of Canada bluejoint grass interspersed with Ironweed.
#mnnativeplants
#mnnativeplants
February 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of my favorite prairie pothole memories from August ‘23. In a prairie easement in Bigstone county. A satin carpet of Canada bluejoint grass interspersed with Ironweed.
#mnnativeplants
#mnnativeplants
Summer memories of prairie pothole flowers. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
#MNNativeplants
#MNNativeplants
January 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Summer memories of prairie pothole flowers. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
#MNNativeplants
#MNNativeplants
I am looking foreward to prescribed burn season this spring. Hopefully weather cooperates for some healthy prairie burns
#mnnativeplants #restoringminnesota
#mnnativeplants #restoringminnesota
January 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I am looking foreward to prescribed burn season this spring. Hopefully weather cooperates for some healthy prairie burns
#mnnativeplants #restoringminnesota
#mnnativeplants #restoringminnesota
The rich purple of silvery scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum) is hardly noticeable compared to the silver foliage in person. They are beautiful from a bee’s eye view.
#mnnativeplants
#mnnativeplants
January 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The rich purple of silvery scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum) is hardly noticeable compared to the silver foliage in person. They are beautiful from a bee’s eye view.
#mnnativeplants
#mnnativeplants
Recently trimmed aquariums
January 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Recently trimmed aquariums
Something to keep my Bluesky active today
January 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Something to keep my Bluesky active today
In the spirit of the old Facebook groups, let’s start some hashtags for our favorite topics!
Echinacea angustifolia from the prairies of Bigstone county last summer.
#mnnativeplants
Echinacea angustifolia from the prairies of Bigstone county last summer.
#mnnativeplants
January 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In the spirit of the old Facebook groups, let’s start some hashtags for our favorite topics!
Echinacea angustifolia from the prairies of Bigstone county last summer.
#mnnativeplants
Echinacea angustifolia from the prairies of Bigstone county last summer.
#mnnativeplants
I’m not sure how I want to use this account, but let’s see how it goes.
January 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I’m not sure how I want to use this account, but let’s see how it goes.