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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Another video from In Defense Of Plants. Spring blooms amid the standing dries grasses and plant stems on an Illinois sand prairie look very attractive. Illinois has quite a diversity of habitat.
Producer, Writer, Creator, Host: Matt Candeias (In Defense of Plants) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjhD...ature=youtu.be |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Lyme, NH
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Whoa! I know that guy! We were in a botanical society together. Anyway, thanks for passing along the video. Interesting plants and a strikingly different natural community from any I've had a chance to explore.
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Lungwort
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Livonia, MI
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Gloria, I loved the video and podcasts. I'll be watching more of the videos and podcasts this week.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Great video!
I'm surprised to find that I have a few of the species he highlighted--mainly blue-eyed grass, prickly pear cactus, and birdsfoot violet. I was thrilled to see my birdsfoot violet blooming the other day--I was afraid that I had lost it. Although I planted it with companions I had seen it grow with in nature [Antennaria and Potentilla (simplex?)], the Potentilla really overran that area. After seeing the video, I may try to create a more sandy area for it--we live in an area that had been covered in glaciers...and there is very sandy soil on the floodplain below us. Nearby is a company that sells gravel and such from that area (sad, it used to be farmland, and now the soil, gravel and sand is being harvested by machinery--but, they seem to be leaving large bodies of water in their wake, so, I'm hoping eventually it will benefit wildlife. Anyway, I may purchase some of the sandy soil just to create/mimic that kind of habitat.
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"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Yes, I am enjoying them, too.
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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More from "In Defense Of Plants". Interesting read about how behavior changes in prey insects caused by the presence of spiders (predators) increases biodiversity.
How Spiders Increase Plant Diversity ? In Defense of Plants Quote:
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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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![]() I recently posted (on Facebook) about wolves changing a river--wolves reintroduced caused the deer/elk to avoid certain areas which plant species to grow and help retain the banks/reduce erosion. It was much more amazing than just that...all sorts of species returned and diversity increased dramatically. I'm thinking of posting about this next time. ![]() Thanks for sharing.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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![]() Thanks, Jack.
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