The Marianist Nature Preserve is maintained by the Marianist Environmental Education Center (MEEC) at Mount St. John. This was my first visit, and I hiked a short loop of the trail that took me from an open wildflower meadow at the Sacred Embrace Earthwork, through oak/hickory/dogwood woods to the Woodland Fen, and then along a little side loop trail through the Moist Woods and overlooking the Brother Don Geiger Tall Grass Prairie.
This sassafras was growing at the edge of the woods facing the open prairie. I was impressed because it had lots of fruit, which is a little unusual for this species. I normally see sterile trees.
The Marianist Nature Preserve is maintained by the Marianist Environmental Education Center (MEEC) at Mount St. John. This was my first visit, and I hiked a short loop of the trail that took me from an open wildflower meadow at the Sacred Embrace Earthwork, through oak/hickory/dogwood woods to the Woodland Fen, and then along a little side loop trail through the Moist Woods and overlooking the Brother Don Geiger Tall Grass Prairie.
This sassafras was growing at the edge of the woods facing the open prairie. I was impressed because it had lots of fruit, which is a little unusual for this species. I normally see sterile trees.
Cultivated Diospyros virginiana seedlings being raised for grafting Diospyros kaki scions onto. I presprout the seeds on damp paper towel then place them in “Pro-Mix” filled 1-foot deep liner pots to grow for a year. This particular seedling has a tent caterpillar on the back side of a leaf (see my prior observation). These seedlings have been out of the “ground” for about 3 weeks.
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