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Close up of tree bark in the winter.

Mariton: Chunky Bark

January 26, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager First, let me say that there is a lot of variation in tree bark.  Of course, there is variation between…

Close up of tree bark during the winter

Mariton: Tree Bark

January 22, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Last winter I wrote a few Field Notes about different trees and their bark.  I plan to continue that series…

A flying squirrel in a nest box.

Mariton: Flying Squirrel Encounter

January 19, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I was checking the trails during a still morning with heavy fog recently.  As I walked, a large oak leaf…

Mariton: Navigation

January 9, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I recently finished reading Super Navigators by David Barrie.  It looked at the navigational capabilities of creatures as small as…

Mariton: Egg on my Face

January 1, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I was wrong.  I’ll say it again.  It seems like a good way to start a New Year.  I was…

Ice covered branches of bare trees in a winter forest.

Mariton: Birches

December 19, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager One of my favorite Robert Frost poems is Birches.  When I went outside Wednesday morning I looked down the hill…

Close up of bark on a branch

Mariton: Tree of Heaven Clones

October 28, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is another cloning tree species.  (For some reason, my colleagues and I just refer to…

Close up of red sumac leaves.

Mariton: Sumac Clones

October 10, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Another species that clones is the Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina).  This species is getting a lot of attention now because…

Mariton: Aspen Clones

October 3, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A few weeks ago I mentioned in a Field Note that Pawpaws (Asimina triloba) are a clonal species.  They have…

Mariton: Planting for the Future

September 15, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager These Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) shoots are from a colony of Pawpaw trees at Mariton.  Pawpaws, like some other species, form…

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