October 3, 2008
Fall Color Report
Are you getting ready to check out some fall color? The U.S. Forest Service has a guide to let you know when it is peak color in National Forests within Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Check it out, here.
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October 2, 2008
Skunk Cabbage
Skunk Cabbage can refer to three species which can be found in wetlands throughout the U.S., U.K. and Asia. It is a low growing, foul smelling plant. The smell attracts its pollinators. Native people were known to eat the leaves, and use the plant for medicinal purposes.
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June 18, 2008
How do you build a rain garden? (Video)
With flooding and polluted runoff a huge problem in the Midwest, we should all take the time to learn more about rain gardens and rain barrels. Watch the videos above to learn how to install your own, or contact...
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October 2, 2006
Hydrilla
Hydrilla is an aquatic plant, native to cool to warm waters of Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. Plants may be monecious or dioecious and can reproduce vegetatively by fragmentation and by tubers and turions. Stems branch near water surface. Dioecious...Link to this article | Comments (0)
September 18, 2006
Dissolved Oxygen
The amount of oxygen dissolved in a lake or water is influenced by temperature; the amount of dissolved oxygen determines where in the lake various plants and animals can survive.... Continue reading "Dissolved Oxygen"
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