Understory trees typically grow in wooded areas or forests beneath the canopies of much taller trees, often hardwoods. In Ohio, many different types of native trees grow as understory trees. The most common understory tree species include the Ohio Buckeye, pawpaw, American hornbeam and serviceberry...
Matt Lavin| Flickr |CC BY-SA 2.0 This grass type was the first choice for shade areas before tall fescues came around. The leaf blades are fine (as the name suggests) and the grass grows well in poor, acidic soil.Fine fescuesare frequently mixed with Kentucky bluegrass in sun-shade lawns...
Children dashed through the columns of soldiers as they drilled; families sat watching in the shade trees; and young, unmarried women came out in droves. Branum knew what lay ahead, however. “I was now starting out on a dangerous life,” he wrote, “and might well be forced to the ...
The climate, and local or physical causes, may be so changed in the term of a thousand years, as to produce several degrees of shade upon the human countenance. The northern parts of Asia are supposed by some to be much colder now than they were but a few centuries or years ago; ...
Picnicking in the vineyards or under the shade of the hundreds of trees surrounding the winery is encouraged. Harmony Hill is an adult-only venue with a minimum age of 18. Harmony Hill has been featured in Ohio Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and PBS America’s Heartland television series, ...
The park’s shrubbery is sculpted into life-size figures from Georges Seurat’s famous 1884 painting,A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The Topiary Park is ideal for a picnic or a lazy afternoon in the shade from some 200 trees. ...
Smack dab in the heart of the Midwest is the state of Ohio. Created in part by natural borders, Ohio is shaped by both Lake Erie and the Ohio River. The state boasts an appealing combination of interesting cities, pristine natural scenery and charming fa
N –Native to the Eastern U.S. O –Ornamental, the plant is particularly decorative. R –Repellent to insects or other pests. Our Definition of an Herb: Herbs are plants that have been known, cultivated, or collected for thousands of years because of their aromatic, culinary, medicinal, an...
There’s also a floating volleyball net and spray fountain for rafters to get refreshed before returning to more leisure time in the sun. Moms can keep a bird’s eye view of the aqua cycles, bumper boats, and pedal boats from the grassy hillside under the big shade trees. There’s also...
This is a young male of the species. As an adult, the center tail feather becomes twice as long and the head becomes a bright shade of turquoise. I chanced upon it during a period of high water investigating small islands of trees and driftwood where potential food would become concentrated...