An escape to the woods - 17.5.26
We wanted to get away from the madness of an increasingly dystopian world for a bit so, it was off up to the woods for a gentle stroll:)
Locations: Meadow Wood, Bitton, Gloucestershire, UK
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An escape to the woods - 17.5.26
We wanted to get away from the madness of an increasingly dystopian world for a bit so, it was off up to the woods for a gentle stroll:)
Locations: Meadow Wood, Bitton, Gloucestershire, UK
Grape Vines and Ash Snags, Hedden Park, NJ - August 3rd 2024
Winter Trees and Shrubs: Box Elder
Box elder is a maple that doesn’t often get credit for being a maple. Moreso, it is a tree that is not thought highly of, and it may not even be welcome in certain discussions around maples. You could even say that box elder is a “rogue maple,” as Arthur Plotnick deems it in The Urban Tree Book. It should come as no surprise, but if people are going to talk about a plant this way, it’s only going…
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The Tree Trolls | Pt 5
"Sure, why not!" said Tilly.
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Dead Ash Tree
www.usda.gov/media/blog/2020/02/25/after-blight-trees-survived-need-your-help
www.fs.usda.gov/research/news/highlights/scientists-join-forces-save-ash-trees-facing-intercontinental-threats
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How to fight an invasive bug: Meet the emerald ash borer (pictured above), an invasive beetle that has destroyed many species of ash trees across North America. This little pest has cost the U.S. more than $10.7 billion over a decade, both in control efforts and in the loss of trees themselves. Scientists are hoping a parasitic wasp, originally from the Russian Far East, will finally be the one to keep the beetle in check. The S. galinae can do what other wasps can’t: inject its eggs into ash borer larvae living on older, larger trees and tolerate cold, Nat Geo reports. Once the female deposits eggs in the beetle’s larvae, the developing wasps will consume the ash borers from the inside out.
PHOTOGRAPH BY REBECCA HALE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION