Alien Invaders
They look pretty, but the buttercup fig is considered an invasive alien.
Plants have been “immigrating” to North America ever since the first Europeans arrived and earlier, depending on how you define non-native. Many of our main agricultural crops, such as corn and wheat, are not native to the United States. The...
Apr
16
Dr. Suess’s “The Lorax” book was published in 1971, coincidentally, the same year I was born. Forty+ years later, I find myself in a vocation having a lot to do with trees and the book hitting the silver screen. Besides these parallels giving me shivers, the likeness of the message communicated in the book (and presumably the m...
Mar
22
Trees provide heat relief in crowded parking lots. Credit: Pics4Learning
Everyone knows that trees clean the air. But do you know how they do it? Dave Nowak, a researcher with the USDA Forest Service in the Northeast has studied the effect of trees on air quality extensively. Trees clean the air in basically four different ways an...
Sep
13
The Opal Creek Valley contains 50 waterfalls, 5 lakes and 36 miles of hiking trails. It forms the largest intact stand of old growth forest in the Western Cascades and 500-1000 year old trees are common. The most abundant trees are Douglas fir, Western Red cedar and Western Hemlock. Source: WSF
Water. Essential to survival, yet too m...
Sep
07
Everyone knows that trees clean the air. But do you know how they do it? Dave Nowak, a researcher with the USDA Forest Service in the Northeast has studied the effect of trees on air quality extensively. Trees clean the air in basically four different ways and Dr. Nowak has organized these as an easy to remember acrostic: T-R-E-E.
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Sep
02
