Distribution:Douglas Hawthorn is the most widespread member of its genus. It is found from southern Alaska to northern California in the west, and eastward across the northern United States and Canada in disjunctive populations to the Great Lakes region in the northeast. Suksdorf’s Hawthorn is f...
Granivory of invasive, naturalized, and native plants in communities differentially susceptible to invasionbiotic resistanceeastern Washington, USAexclosureforest plant communitiesinvasibilityinvasivenessrecruitmentseed additionseed bankseed predationSeed predation is an important biotic filter that can influence ...
Distribution:Viburnum opulusis also native to Europe, North Africa and Central Asia. It is found from southern British Columbia and in scattered locations in Washington State (on the fringes of Lake Washington, the Columbia River Gorge and near the Idaho border.); eastward, it is found sporadic...
Dozens of families in Port Washington are doing something called "rewilding" to their lawns, CBSN New York's Lisa Rozner reported Tuesday. This is really about looking at your lawn in a new way, focusing on native plants while reducing the use of chemicals and water. Black-eyed Susan (Ph...
For example, to be successful in a harsh desert environment, non-native plants would need to be ecologically similar to native plants to survive, possessing traits that protect them against high heat and water loss. By contrast, the ‘limiting similarity hypothesis’ (also known as ‘Darwin’s...
Some Long Islanders Going Native, Replacing Lawns With Plants In Effort To Attract Wildlife And Cut Maintenance Costs PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- The suburban landscape is looking a little different in parts of Long Island. Some homeowners are ditching the traditional grass lawn for ...
Bellwort, any of five species of woodland plants that constitute the genus Uvularia of the family Colchicaceae and are native to eastern North America. They are all low perennials with slender, creeping rootstocks that send up leafy stems from 6 to 20 in
Aster, used informally to describe any of various chiefly fall-blooming (often with showy flowers) leafy-stemmed herbaceous plants (Aster and related genera) in the Asteraceae family. True asters, those of the Aster genus, are almost exclusively Eurasian
I am making friends with the plants in the apartment. I am cherishing my relationship with my dog more than I ever have. When the quarantine was first imposed and I was faced with an unknown amount of time alone, I couldn’t stand the silence of the apartment. It was very triggering....