The crew from CSI arrived in Slabtown midafternoon Saturday.In four hours they planted 400 bare root treesA triangular pattern. Nature loves geometry. Lots of equilateral triangles.
Aralia spinosa, commonly known as Devil’s Walkingstick, is a woody species of plants in the genus Aralia, family Araliaceae, native to eastern North America. The various names refer to the viciously sharp, spiny stems, petioles, and even leaf midribs.–Wikipedia
University of Florida has an excellent write-up about these critters.They tend to lay egg masses on the lower leaves. So if you were able to inspect a few thousand leaves…Hoping the Charlottesville downtown mall isn’t beset by these. They particularly like q. phellos. Differences between instars can often be seen in altered body proportions, colors, patterns, or changes in the number of body segments. —Wikipedia
Ethnobotanic: Native Americans used common buttonbush medicinally. Decoctions of the bark were used as washes for sore eyes, antidiarrheal agents, anti-inflammation and rheumatism medications, skin astringents, headache and fever relievers, and venereal disease remedies. The bark was also chewed to relieve toothaches. Roots were used for muscle inflammation and as blood medicines.–Wikipedia
U.S. Forest Service surveys found that loblolly pine is the second most common species of tree in the United States, after red maple.[4] For its timber, the pine species is regarded as the most commercially important tree in Southeastern US.–Wikipedia
May 15 Woolen Mills residents take a guided tour of the environmental protection area next to Moores Creek with Andrea Terry of RWSA. Native people lived just north of here. Split when Europeans arrived.