Bay Avenue Native Habitat Restoration
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Pinus strobus, Eastern White Pine
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I attended the New York Botanical Garden's (NYBG) Orchid Show recently. Since it was (unlike many previous years) a gloriously beautifu...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Salix discolor, American Willow, Harbinger of Spring
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While our habitat trees were dozing the winter away in their dormant state, the blog also went dormant. But now that spring has truly sprun...
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sassafras and an Ancient Choctaw Creation Story
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Or, How Sassafras Saved the Life of the Last Person on Earth When the missionaries first came to the Choctaws in Mississippi in 1818, this...
Sassafras albidum
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Tri-lobed leaves of S. albidum Is there a more intriguing name than Sassafras ? This eastern North American species is native fro...
Friday, November 25, 2011
Liriodendron tulipifera, State Tree of Indiana, Kentucky, & Tennessee
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Liriodendron tulipifera , also known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tuliptree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar (not a poplar at all,but...
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Ilex glabra
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We've been going by the habitat restoration regularly to check on our planting. We're now sure it is the deer that have been pull...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Meet Amelanchier canadensis
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This temperate region native of the Northern Hemisphere has so many common names it is probably futile to search for them all. Shadblo...
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