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A mushroom foraging and identification workshop is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 31 in Chico.This workshop will be useful for beginners as well as for people with some knowledge of mushrooms and is co-sponsored by the CSU Chico Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve. Details..
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MYSTERY PLANT: Scientific name of this mystery plant means ‘prickly pine’
We had a mysterious pine tree not too long ago, and here is another. There’s always a new pine species to learn about.This one is growing in a small park not far from my house in the Shandon area of Columbia…Details..
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Mystery Plant prefers the sun
Maybe we should have had this Mystery Plant back at Thanksgiving … some people think that the leaves of this little tree resemble a turkey’s foot, which for me would require a good bit of imagination...Details
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MYSTERY PLANT: Mystery plant is viny with bright red berries
You go through life, and you become aware of various truths. For instance: for me as a teacher (maybe you?), it seems that the students are getting steadily younger. What about this one: a lot of books out there were apparently printed with shrinking ink. And here’s another: Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier…
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MSU Herbarium catalogues Michigan plant life
MSU Herbarium catalogues Michigan plant life There’s a special kind of library in the basement of the Plant Biology Labs at Michigan State University. Here, instead of taking a book off of a shelf, you can open a folder and find a dried plant that’s 150 years old and still green. Details…
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