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Archive for category: Plant ID

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01.062020June 1, 2020
Is Your Morel True or False? Know the Difference.

Is Your Morel True or False? Know the Difference.

By Andy RadtkeIn Forest farming, Plant ID, Woodland Watch
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19.122019December 18, 2019
Quiz – Know and Enjoy Your Winter Woods

Quiz – Know and Enjoy Your Winter Woods

By Jen SimoniIn News, Plant ID

To identify trees and shrubs – everybody knows – look at the leaves. Like nametags, leaves identify who’s who. For this reason, your winter woods...

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16.102017September 30, 2019
Fall invasive control methods

Fall invasive control methods

By Jen SimoniIn Invasive species, News, Plant ID

As native trees and plants approach dormancy and lose their leaves, now is a great time to be in the woods tackling invasive species which...

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09.012017June 11, 2020
Can You Tell Native From Invasive Brush?

Can You Tell Native From Invasive Brush?

By Jen SimoniIn Invasive species, News, Plant ID

Cutting invasive brush, like buckthorn, is great winter work — no heat, humidity, bugs, or other vegetation to get in your way. Great, except for...

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05.052015June 17, 2016
Can You Successfully Key Out Dandelion?

Can You Successfully Key Out Dandelion?

By Jen SimoniIn News, Plant ID, Recreation, Woodland Watch

Of course you can! We walk you through it! Start at IDnature guides. First, select Wildflowers. Second, select Wisconsin. Third, check off what you know...

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01.052015July 7, 2016
Plant ID Just Got Easier

Plant ID Just Got Easier

By Jen SimoniIn Ask the Expert, News, Plant ID

By Steve Swenson, Ecologist, Aldo Leopold Foundation I’ll be the first to admit, using plant ID keys isn’t what I do for fun. It’s like...

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30.082014August 28, 2017
Everybody Knows Acorns, But How Well Do You?

Everybody Knows Acorns, But How Well Do You?

By Jen SimoniIn News, Plant ID, Woodland Watch

Do you know the differences between the acorns of red and white oak? Red oak acorns have more of everything: more hairs on the shell;...

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01.052014August 22, 2016
Three Heart-Shaped Leaves in Your Woods: Two “Lovely” and One “Heartless”

Three Heart-Shaped Leaves in Your Woods: Two “Lovely” and One “Heartless”

By Jen SimoniIn Invasive species, News, Plant ID

Plant identification is generally easy when you know the combination of leaf shape and leaf edge, also called leaf margin. For example, the three species...

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