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To promote the study, appreciation, and conservation of Ohio's native plants and plant communities. |
To promote the study, appreciation, and conservation of Ohio's native plants and plant communities. |
Society Notes Post:
Eisenman Garden
Social and Tour, 14 June 2024
As clouds parted over
the world's largest openwork geodesic
dome, a sunny midday greeted plant and garden enthusiasts ....
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Upcoming 2024 Monthly Programs at a Glance
News of Interest
Spring 2023 Wildflower Walk and Program Summaries
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Wayne Mazorow captured the beautiful details and color of trailing arbutus flowers. Thank you! Wayne for sharing your photograph.
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Spring 2021 Wildflower Walk Summaries and Field Notes
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On a pre-walk scouting of the Squirrel Trail, rue anemones, early meadow rues, bloodroots, blue cohoshes,
trout lilies, spring beauties, cut-leaved toothworts, a few ferns and sedges scattered about, and blooming colt's
foot were observed. This photograph of a cut-leaved toothwort, Cardamine concatenata,
in bud was taken during an earlier pre-walk scouting by Lisa K. Schlag.
On the wildflower walk, nice stands of spring beauties were still present as well as pussytoes. Trilliums
were observed during another pre-walk scouting and one was spotted along a slope by a walk attendee. A tiny buttercup close to the shelter
was identified by Anna using the iNaturalist app.
There are a half dozen violet species here, but on this day sweet white violet,
Viola blanda, ruled the day!
This photograph of sweet white violet was taken by Charles Fletcher.
It snowed the other day, but melted out just in time for the walk. Although that resulted in some no-shows,
the flowers weren't among them. Trilliums, bluebells, phlox, squirrel corn, Jacob's ladder, marigolds, the list
goes on! And, that was just at the entrance! The clubmoss yielded four species of clubmoss, a variety of trees, and
still more flowers. Adam's exhaustive knowledge of the preserve and its history added atmosphere to nature.
Wild honeysuckle, Lonicera dioica,
was observed along the Interurban Trail.
This photograph of the flowers, buds, and leaves of the native honeysuckle was taken by Judy Barnhart.
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After a week of rain, the wetlands of the Snow Lake lived up to their name, filling right up to the edge of the depression along the trail’s edge. Acting like sponges they absorbed the numerous heavy rains from the week, preventing flooding as seen in many northeast Ohio developed properties. Known by some as the Cuyahoga wetlands, 1,000 acres of wetland communities, including shrub swamps, sedge meadows, bog forest, bogs, fens and vernal pools, are protected by several conservation agencies including: The Nature Conservancy, Geauga Park District, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Ohio State Parks. The adjacent City of Akron’s 18,000 acres of wetland along the Cuyahoga River protect their water supply.... Narrative continues
Rooted in Geology
Unlikely Ties between Geology and Wildflowers
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"The demise of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) has been described as one of the great ecological disasters of current time. Through the first-half of the 20th century, the species was virtually eliminated from the landscape by an Asiatic blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) introduced on Japanese chestnut materials imported to the US in the late 1800s. . . ."   Read More
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