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Know Your Plants – Canadian Plants

This week’s post is plants in our database with names including the words “Canada, Canadian, Canadense, or Canadensis”.  Guess what, they are all native to North America, except Canada Thistle, indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name! … Continue reading

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Know Your Plants – Plant Names That Include the Word “America”

This week’s post is plants in our database with names including the word “America”.  Guess what, they are all native to North America! Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Bryan, … Continue reading

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Glassy Mountain Scout – September 2, 2023

Glassy Mountain is a monadnock that is the remnant of a pluton. For information on its origins check the post here.  Read more info on the plants at Glassy in Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve by Patrick D. McMillan We didn’t … Continue reading

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Wintergreen Falls – October 27, 2023

Beautiful fall day & a great turnout for our last walk of the year. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Billy Dinwiddie, Penny Longhurst, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native … Continue reading

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Ashmore Heritage Preserve – October 20, 2023

We wanted to check out whether anything was growing on the dam after it was bush-hogged in the late spring. Still loads of wildflowers, but the Virginia Willow (Itea virginica), Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum), & Maleberry (Lyonia ligustrina) that we saw … Continue reading

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