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Outdoor Elements - August 27th, 2023
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Wet and Weird Skunk Cabbage, What's This? It's Purple Deadnettle!, Elderberry: A "Pretty" Useful Shrub., Forsythia of the Woods: Spicebush, Tale of Two Loosestrifes, There's Gold in the Marsh!, Fade to Pink... Large Flowered Trillium, Virgin’s Bower,
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One of our earliest perennial flowering plants is the native Skunk Cabbage. Learn how this unique plant uses thermogenesis to help it flower even when there is still snow on the ground. Where does it get its name? We’ll find out.
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Purple Deadnettle is a non-native plant that spreads quickly in the spring and is and early bloomer. It is considered a winter annual. We'll find out why it is able to flower so early in the spring.
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Elderberry is something you might see growing along the side of the road or edge of a woods. It's white flowers can grab your attention. Elderberry has also been used in a variety of ways over the years. Evie share more about this useful shrub..Guests
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Spice bush is one of our earliest flowering native shrubs. It's easy to spot in the spring when the yellow flowers are in full bloom. We'll found out how it gets its name and some of the species that survive because of Spicebush.
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It's a story of good and bad. But this story is being played out along a boardwalk at Lydick Bog. Evie shows us why a native Loosestrife is better than the invasive and what their differences and similarities are.Guests
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Marsh Marigold is an early spring ephemeral, but it's not a Marigold at all. And though they are a beautiful yellow, to early pollinating insects they appear a different color. Evie share even more about the gold she found in the marsh.Guests
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This week Evie talks about Large-flowered Trillium at the end of Spring. You may find them underneath the trees in a healthy forest. Find out why they change color, fading from white to pink.
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Also known as Clematis virginiana, Virgin’s Bower is a native vine with fluffy seed heads in fall giving it the nick name Old Man’s Beard. Find out more as Evie explores this native vine.
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