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4-29-26, added 4 shrubs cages to locust lane in Neshaminy State Park. These cages prevent the wildlife from browsing the shrubs daily so that they can grow berries and propagate the native shrubs in the park.

Also tended the other Trees and Shrubs along the trail in our Locust Lane project.

https://www.excelevents.org/projects/locust-lane-neshaminy-state-park

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4-28-26, Shrub Day. w**ded 15 shrubs in 3 hours. Black Chokeberry, Arrow Wood, Ninebark, maybe Silky dogwood. Some of the larger shrubs are showing buds, then they will flower, then berry time. The birds will spread the native plants in the area for us now.

Many of our native shrubs come from the same Genus, Viburnum and different specific epithet.
They also have similar characteristics, clusters of white little flowers, maybe some leaves are a different shape, maybe the fruit different, but similar clusters of white flowers on them all.

Shrubs planted on the property:
Arrowwood is Viburnum dentatum
BlackHaw Viburnum prunifolium
Ninebark is Physocarpus opulifolius
Red Osier Dogwood is Cornus sericea
Winterberry is Ilex verticillata

Edible shrubs on property:
American Plum is Prunus americana
Hazelnut is Corylus americana
Black Chokeberry, which is an edible native is Aronia melanocarpa.
Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) it felt good leaving big bushes of black berry while removing the stickerbushes and HUGE porcelain berry vine roots.

Edible Trees on the property
Black Cherry, Service berry, persimmon, Burr oak, Beech, Hickory, Pin Oak, Maple

4-27-26, 4 cages w**ded White Spruce, Red Bud, Swamp White Oak, and Sycamore.

Sycamores and Chestnut Oaks have early spring fungus that stresses them so their leaves haven't grown while the other trees around them have full leaves. In June, in the warmer weather, the white fungi inundating the leaves die and the Sycamore thrive again. IT has to stress the tree.