Sunday, March 30, 2025

Spearleaf stonecrop, Sedum lanceolatum Common in the Rockies and the West

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Sedum , known as stonecrop, in the stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, is a big genus with 400-500 species, native all over the Northern Hemisph...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Gardening for Moths

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Moths are mysterious little pollinators, flitting around in the dark or near-dark, hard to observe. Yet providing plants that support them, ...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Plant Story: Pincushion Flower, Scabious

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I first remember noticing pincushion flower (also called scabious, honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae) on a hike on the coast of Italy. What...
Sunday, March 9, 2025

Moth Pollination 3. Settling Moths

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Pollinating moths come from only a few of the 124 families of moths, as far as we know ( part 1  of this series). The sphinx moths, family S...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

Travel Story--Beaches in Taiwan

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Taiwan is an island just east of the continent of Asia. It is subtropical to tropical, full of scenic vistas, rugged mountains, and, being a...
Monday, February 24, 2025

Moth Pollination 2. Sphinx Moths aka Hawkmoths and Hummingbird Moths

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The sphinx moths are the family Sphingidae of the Lepidoptera, handsome moths that can hover in the air. Many fly by day or during dawn and ...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Citron, An Old Citrus Fruit

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The citron, Citrus medica (orange family, Rutaceae) is one of the oldest of citrus fruits. Although we have many citrus fruits--lemons, lim...