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(A very similar version of the article that originally appeared here was re-posted on November 22, 2011 with different photos.) (For m...

In common usage, the term “bulrush” is applied to a wide variety of generally-aquatic plants related to grasses. In a stricter botanical sen...

© Dave Spier Supermarket, water purifier and wildlife habitat -- take your pick. The cattail is one of nature's most useful and versa...

© Dave Spier Mockingbirds now are noted consistently on Christmas Bird Counts in their adopted home of Upstate New York. If there's ...

© Dave Spier Many people recognize Jack-in-the-pulpit  ( Arisaema sp.) as a native spring woodland wildflower, but how many can tell...

First Wildflower © Dave Spier At least one wildflower doesn't care what the weather is doing. It can produce its own heat from c...

March Trails – the Wetlands © 2009 Dave Spier The change from winter to spring, as much as we'd like it to be a one-way continuum, i...