Forests for the Bay

Rhododendron leaves exhibiting thermonasty in a deciduous forest with snow on the ground.

What’s Poppin’? Phenological Fun: Rhododendron

You may have noticed on a particularly cold winter hike that rhododendron also seems to huddle up for warmth.

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“Tree Talk” Turns Six This Year!

Happy sixth birthday to our plant identification YouTube series, Tree Talk! It’s hard to believe so much time has passed since the series began, and we’re honored to have taught so many people about so many species!

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Loysville Youth Development Center and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay are partnering to reforest the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Pennsylvania

Beginning in the Summer of 2024, an exciting partnership flourished between Loysville Youth Development Center (LYDC) and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

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What’s Poppin’? Phenological Fun: Virgin-Bower’s

This December, as you drive across the deciduous landscape, be on the lookout for virgin-bower’s (Clematis virginiana) achenes.

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Preventing the Apocalypse with the American Carrion Beetle

Detritivores, such as the native American carrion beetle, ensure the dead return to the earth.

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Close up view of 5 red osier dogwood's white berries with a black dot in the center surrounded by green leaves that are turning red in the Fall.

What’s Peepin’? Spook-tacular Fun: Red Osier Dogwood

Did you know, red osier dogwood berries have a spook-tacular resemblance to eyes?

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What’s Poppin’? Phenological Fun: Wingstem

Keep an eye out for wingstem (also called yellow ironweed) as the summer wraps up!

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a closeup of fluffy seeds been blown by the wind

Achenes and Samaras and Nuts, Oh My!

With autumn just around the corner, a shift is occurring in the reproductive stage of trees – the unique flowers that have consumed spring and summer are becoming seeds!

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A closeup of a yellowish plant with purple tips

What’s Poppin’? Phenological Fun: Autumn Coralroot

Commonly called autumn coralroot, this unique orchid is one of 11 other species of terrestrial orchids and is native to the eastern and central U.S. as well as some parts of Canada and Mexico.

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Happy Graduation to a Riparian Rangers Buffer

It was recently graduation day in Manheim, and students are eager to embark on the next phase of their lives. Downstream, a different graduation is going on for two and a quarter acres of trees.

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