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    • Shrubs
      • Aronia sp. – Chokeberries
      • Ceanothus Americanus – New Jersey Tea
      • Corylus Americana – American Hazelnut
      • Galussacia Baccata – Huckleberry
      • Lindera Benzoin – Spicebush
      • Sambucus canadensis – American Elderberry
      • Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
      • Vaccinium Corybosum – Highbush Blueberry
      • Vaccinum Macrocarpon – American Cranberry
      • Viburnum Trilobum – High Bush Cranberry
      • Viburnum nudum – Wild Raisin
    • Trees
      • Asimina triloba – Pawpaw
      • Diospyros Virginiana – Persimmon
      • Fagus Grandifolia – American Beech
      • Juglans nigra – Black Walnut
      • Prunus Maritima – Beach Plum
      • Quercus Muehlenbergii – Chinkapin Oak
    • Herbaceous
      • Allium Canadense – Canada Onion
      • Allium Cernuum – Nodding Onion
      • Allium Tricoccum – Wild Leek
      • Nelumbo Lutea – American Lotus
      • Oenothera Biennis – Evening Primrose
      • Physalis spp. – Groundcherries
      • Polygala lutea – Orange Milkwort
      • Pycnanthemum spp. – Mountain Mint
      • Pontederia Cordata – Pickerelweed
      • Sagittaria Latifolia – Duck Potato
    • Vines
      • Apios Americana – American Groundnut
      • Cornus Canadensis – Creeping Dogwood
      • Mitchella repens – Partridge Berry
      • Passiflora incarnata – Purple Passionflower
      • Smilax spp. – Greenbriar
      • Vitis spp. – Grapes

Category: Covid Comparisons

As the pandemic permeates our news media, many now-common topics clearly permeate conservation issues. I decided to take this new-found knowledge people have and show them how the two subjects relate.

Covid Comparisons · Current Events

It Takes Everybody

July 1, 2021June 22, 2024 Naturalist Nate

In the months since the last post, with hundreds of thousands dead, it is only more apparent that it really takes all of us.

Covid Comparisons · Current Events

Biocontrol and Vaccines

December 21, 2020June 22, 2024 Naturalist Nate

How understanding vaccines can help understand biocontrol agents used to manage invasive species.

Covid Comparisons · Current Events

Comparing the Covid Quarantine and Wildlife Habitat Fragmentation

October 6, 2020June 22, 2024 Naturalist Nate

A comparison of self-isolation from covid-19 and habitat fragmentation.

Covid Comparisons · Current Events

Preventing Pandemics in Nature

July 6, 2020June 22, 2024 Naturalist Nate

Covid Comparisons: Learning to prevent the spread of ecological diseases just as we are learning to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Covid Comparisons · Current Events

Social Distancing With Birds

June 17, 2020June 22, 2024 Naturalist Nate

As we learn about the health benefits of social distancing with each other during a pandemic, we can use this experience to learn about the importance of social distancing with many other animals

Covid Comparisons · Current Events

Flattening the Curve: Environmental Management Style

March 7, 2020June 22, 2024 Naturalist Nate

As “flattening the curve” became so well-known and commonly referred to during the Corona pandemic, I thought it made a good segue into watershed management.

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Native Insects

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