Wild-growing relatives of native berry bushes thrive mainly at the edge of the forest and in the undergrowth. As a result, they are accustomed to humus-rich soils that are covered with a thick layer of leaves during the fall and winter months. To recreate these conditions in your own garde...
Also, some aquatic plants that grace the garden pond in the summer are native to tropical regions and are therefore not frost hardy. To avoid dying off during the winter months, you should relocate heat-loving specimens to winter quarters. Shellflower, water fern and water hyacinth, for exampl...
Native Americans, according to John Smith, had many uses for the Sugar Maple. They used the syrup to barter for other sources, but also used the inner bark of the tree to make dye and tea that helped to treat coughs and diarrhea. The tree’s ash was used to make soap, and the syru...
The mean number of plant species and the percent of native species were both greater at undeveloped than at developed sites along all three transects. Undeveloped upland sites could be grouped by plant species composition into three types: Northern Wet Forest (bog species), Northern Mesic Forest,...
Is Hybrid Vigor Possible in Native Balsam Poplar Breeding? Hu, Y. and Thomas, B.R. Background: When two or more species are crossed to produce hybrid progeny, some of them can be expected to yield growth performance far superior than either parent (i.e., hybrid vigor/heterosis). To ...
Wild lupine is the only member of its genus native to Wisconsin, making it easy to identify here. It grows on sandy soil primarily in barrens in central and northern Wisconsin [43]. It also grows near some rivers in southern Wisconsin, apparently outside the geographic range of our three ...