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Interesting conifer science..... http://www.physorg.com/news177096593.html New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a...
Here's just one example of what, I guess, comes under the heading of government agency public servants not serving the public. In this case, the...
Took these photos at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, a month ago. The seed pods (?) are shown in the last two photos, next to a pen and a few...
Interesting article found: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080411/sc_nm/sweden_tree_dc;_ylt=Aqn2mEbpoXFBCLhGDGD_7j0PLBIF Swedish spruce may be...
Love the cones on these "non-conifers" :O) .
Took these photos in the San Diego area recently, but not sure what these are. What are the distinguishing characteristics, at this range ?...
Last weekend I moved my Z8/9/10 plants indoors -- Monday night we had the first sub-zero temperatures this fall. They will be under grow-lights...
Pine beetles ravaging forests CanWest News Service, 23 July 2007 A summer beetle infestation, wreaking havoc on Alberta pine trees, is putting...
giant mushroom weighing 20 kilograms.... found growing on a coffee plantation in southern Mexico. PHOTO:...
This has inspired many jokes about global warming -- but are there any risks to local flora ?...
http://www.physorg.com/news102864888.html July 05, 2007 Oldest DNA Ever Recovered Suggests Earth Was Warmer Ancient Greenland was green. New...
An interesting story about Prototaxites: http://www.terradaily.com/reports/When_Fungi_Ruled_The_World_999.html Starting about 420 million...
Last summer, the leader of this little P. nigra was accidentally broken. But the broken part grew a new candle, while the surrounding branches...
Will these turn into branches, or what ? (...seems a bit odd)
I finally got my Cryptomeria japonica 'Araucarioides' plants today. You wouldn't believe the trouble I had to go to, in order to get some, but...
http://www.physorg.com/news98162903.html May 12, 2007 Illinois cave reveals ancient pine An Illinois scientist says needles from what could...
I'm pretty upset about what happened today. I bought a large Pinus densiflora Umbraculifera from a local nursery. It came in a large pot,...
See the May 1 "Botany Photo of the Day" at http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2007/05/dawsonia_longifolia.php The plant *looks* like a...
Not quite sure yet, but these exotic plants seem to have made it through winter, more-or-less intact.... In order: Cunninghamia konishii...
A few nice photos, forwarded by my sister today.....
