WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST When I first moved to my current house in 2012, I cut out all the poor-quality trees surrounding the property line. I left behind this kind of sorry looking red maple. It wasn’t harming anything since it isn’t too tall. It’s multi-stemmed or extremelyContinue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST Sometimes this tree can be confused–when the leaves fall off–with oak; Its bark is similar when it reaches old age. But it’s really big-tooth aspen or as some might call it, “poplar.” If you see it growing in a mature forest, it can beContinue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST Recently was looking for that special, long-lived perennial forest herb–American ginseng. It likes to hide. The section of forest I was in was looking so “shangy” that I thought it would be easier to find, but it rarely is. This plant was hiding besideContinue Reading