What’s That Weed?
Introduced Species: Orange and Meadow Hawkweeds (Hieracium aurantiacum and H. pratense [also listed as H. caespitosum]) At the end of a recent walk in Forest Park, I spied a couple […]
Introduced Species: Orange and Meadow Hawkweeds (Hieracium aurantiacum and H. pratense [also listed as H. caespitosum]) At the end of a recent walk in Forest Park, I spied a couple […]
Rain showers and the sun combine to create conditions for an explosion of green in the watershed each spring. Mingled in all that green is the notorious garlic mustard plant. […]
Introduced species: Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) Characteristics: The carrot family (Apiaceae) is perhaps the most wildly bifurcated plant family in terms of human use, with most of its members being […]
In the midst of a wet spring, the weather was perfect for the first stage of implementation for a stormwater retrofit project at the Stonebridge Apartments, located off of 92nd […]
Introduced species: Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Characteristics: Garlic mustard is an herbaceous “biennial” (more on that in a minute) with a deep, white taproot. The rosettes, formed in the first […]