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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
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.

Nature in Art

German Romanticism: Dynamic Landscapes

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Naturalist Nate

A social attitude in philosophy, art, music, and literature that created many works still known by school children across the world today.

Edible Natives

Edible Natives of the Northeast Part IV: Vines

July 22, 2020December 21, 2020 Naturalist Nate

American groundnut, purple passionflower, grapes, creeping dogwood, greenbriar

Book Reviews

Book Review: Darwin Comes to Town

July 13, 2020July 16, 2020 Naturalist Nate

A comprehensive read about the impacts of humans on plants, animals, and ecosystems and how they adapt-or fail to adapt.

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.

Edible Natives

Edible Natives of the Northeast Part III: Rubus

June 28, 2020December 21, 2020 Naturalist Nate

Three Rubus species: American Red Raspberry, Allegheny Blackberry, and Smooth Blackberry

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

Nature in Art

No Easel? One Will Be Provided

June 10, 2020July 7, 2020 Naturalist Nate

A resource for painting nature discovered in southern New Jersey.

Native Garden Challenge

Native Garden Friend Challenge

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020 Naturalist Nate

Many people who would choose to plant native gardens lack the ambition, do not want to spend the money, or just find it too much of a hassle. Right now I am experimenting with sprouting native flowers and giving them Many people who support environmental causes or nature in general would be likely to plant… Continue reading Native Garden Friend Challenge

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 Flowers

Woodland Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
Groundseltree (Baccharis halimifolia)

Native Insects

Silver spotted skipper
Orange sulphur butterfly
Male blue dasher dragonfly
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Zebulon skipper
Monarch butterfly
Monarch caterpillar
Bald-faced hornet nest
Differential grasshopper
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