What’s That Weed?
Subject: Purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum) Description: Purple deadnettle–and its look-alike relative, henbit (L. amplexicaule)–are short (usually less than 1′, or 30 cm), annual members of the mint family. Why “dead […]
Social Distancing with a side of Garlic Mustard
Dakota Tangredi, Marissa Eckman, Jessica Huang, Abby Kaplan, Drew Donahue, and Noah Jenkins getting ready for their first garlic mustard field day while maintaining 6 feet As most of our
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What’s That Weed?
Invasive: Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) Video field exploration This month’s weed is less of a threat to natural areas than many featured weeds–though it does show up there–but is one
Social distancing for…trees?
COVID-19 poses no threat to plants, but our leafy friends are no strangers to pandemics of their own: chestnut blight, Dutch elm disease, sudden oak death, and other pathogens have
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What’s That Weed?
Invasive: Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyrus) Characteristics: Mole plant—a.k.a. gopher spurge or caper spurge—is an erect biennial (occasionally annual) herb, native to the Mediterranean region and eastward to western China. It