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Apios americana, Americab groundnut
Spotted tumbling up into witch hazels and willows along the boardwalk at the Edwin P Griffin Native Preserve (Cottonwood Trail). This perennial vine is native to North America, and has edible tubers and bean pods. It is also leguminous, which means it has root nodules that host a nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Unlike potatoes, this edible tuber plant does bot require large amounts of fertilization.

While picking (and eating) domestic blackberries in my garden yesterday, I notIced this white structure on top of one of the fruits. It is an egg from a Green Lacewing. Females lay each egg on the end of long, hair-like stalk to inhibit their newly hatched young from eating each other. There are several species of Green Lacewings in North America. They are a beneficial insect to have in your yard or garden because they are a common predator of aphids.

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Deer Resistant Plants for the Landscape –Annuals & Perennials It is disheartening to add new annual and perennial plants to the landscape only to find them mowed to the ground by resident wildlife. Many gardeners...

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Carolina Silverbell (Halesia carolina) is flowering now in bottomland forests. This native understory tree produces white, bell-shaped flowers. This tree often retains some of its unique 4-winged fruits through the winter. Carolina Silverbell makes a great addition to yards along woodland borders.