Sunday, January 25, 2015

Travel Story--Botanists Touring Victoria, Australia

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Acacia After the International Botanical Congress in Melbourne Australia in late July 2011, I took a tour across Victoria, Australi...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Travel Story--Northern Hemisphere Botanist in Victoria, Australia

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At the end of the International Botanic Congress in Melbourne, Australia, in August 2011, I took a tour led by two Victoria botanists, Nige...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Visiting Seattle--Rambling in the Forest at Bloedel Reserve

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View from the Ferry, Seattle An escape into nature in Seattle. I was on a tour with the Denver Art Museum's  Asian Art Associat...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

Plant story-- Holly, holy and Hollywood, a Holly Postscript

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In researching English (or European) holly Ilex aquifolium (holly family, Aquifoliaceae) I generated questions and here are the answers to t...
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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Plant Story -- European Holly - Not Always with Spines and Red Berries

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European holly, Ilex aquifolium European holly, Ilex aquifolium is widely recognized by its spiny leaves and red berries (drupes) (see ...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Plant Story -- Holly (Ilex aquifolium) Celebrating the Solstice--and Christmas--for Millennia

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European holly, Ilex aquifolium We sing "Deck the halls with boughs of holly" at Christmastime, often without thinking about w...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Visiting Portugal--the Algarve on the south coast

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Portugal and Spain in October surprised me because dawn was at nearly 8 am. One consequence of that was that I was up to appreciate the sun...