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Check out the many creatures that live in the Rouge River watershed. Creature Features
GET TO KNOW –Cattails Along the edge of a frozen pond, dried stalks of cattails decorate the winter landscape. Rising […]
American goldfinch on a snow covered sunflower head – public domain Finding Joy and Beauty in Winter’s Cold On a […]
GET TO KNOWMichigan Native Sumac Shrubs Sumac shrubs, well-known for their brilliant fall colors, also serve as a wintertime superfood […]
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) – photo: David Ohmer CC-BY-2.0 GET TO KNOWThe American Sugar Maple Once again, the beautiful fall […]
Learn about the many types of native flowers, vines, shrubs, and trees that grow in the Rouge River watershed. Also, […]
Trees on Main Street in Plymouth – FOTR GET TO KNOWUrban Street Trees The Rouge River watershed encompasses 467 square […]
GET TO KNOW: Michigan Native Grasses In the late 1700’s, Lancelot Brown, a British landscape designer, rose to international fame […]
GET TO KNOW Our native shrubs Two hundred years ago, the Rouge River watershed encompassed vibrant communities of beech-maple forests, […]
GET TO KNOW European frog-bit European (or common) frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) is a pretty, free-floating aquatic plant that thrives in […]