Plants

You can visit any US Post Office to see pictures of our most notorious villains, but where are the most despised and despicable weeds visible? Could that place be in your yard or garden?

You usually hear of Family Cress being associated with European and Western Asian Nobility. Early immigrants to America could often trace their heritage to the old country families.

When people think about Fragaria spp they immediately conjure visions of a large, red juicy, delicious, chin-wiping delicacy.

People are more likely to look down than up as they walk. Focused on a phone, you often might miss something exciting and remarkable right above your head.

As wood be the case, we’re going to branch out, and shed some light on a botanical question that is often observed and could flummox you.

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Why not make your own “Yard Berry” delight from the fruit in your landscape? No ice cream truck to deal with, and you can be as adventurous with the recipe as you want.

Trees can be grouped into two categories: evergreen (retaining leaves year-round) or deciduous (losing leaves) in the fall. Within the evergreens are the conifers like the pines. These trees can and do lose some of their green foliage each year, but not all needles.

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NIEHS values its natural resources and works to protect the natural integrity of the site.

Orange Flag Flowers adorn the banks of the South Park employee walkway and other spots on campus. These flowers are early signs of things to come.

Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) plants are easily the most abundant native woody vine on our campus. Ivy flourishes around the lake and in the forest wood line. The less common Poison Oak (Toxicodendron toxicodendron) can also be found in scattered locations.

Berries are a favorite and oftentimes critical food source for wildlife. Most native berries are rich in fats and protein.

Virginia, you have every right to claim the rights over Oklahoma to the tree with the fringe on top.

Have you seen trees in the area that look like they’re covered in cork? Have you wondered if these corky looking structures are naturally occurring or the result of some injury or disease? Or if you can safely tear the cork off the trees? In Europe there are real cork trees whose outer layer is harvested to make bottle corks.

Lichens are a combination of a fungus and one or more green or blue-green algae living together.

Bald Cypress Trees are better known for their knees than for being bald.

In a recent explosion of vibrancy, wild daisies, horsemint, black-eyed Susans, poppies, corn flowers, and other wildflowers have been blooming all over the grounds.

Employees using the main entrance off T.W. Alexander have noticed that five of the twelve crape myrtles (CM) that lined that access point have been pruned to their base.