Word Quiz of the Week
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In botanical terms, what does the word persistent mean?
SHRUB: Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)
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This handsome, native, eastern North American evergreen is the State Flower of Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Its glossy, leathery leaves and dry capsules make lovely winter-season decorations. The Virginia Native Plant Society named #MountainLaurel as Wildflower of the Year in 1994.
Restoring Nature Action 2: Cultivate Healthy Soil
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The second action item in our Restoring Nature series focuses on strategies to cultivate healthy soil.
Word Quiz of the Week
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Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) flowers disperse their pollen using an explosive pollination method—vertical catapulting; which flower parts are involved in this process?
GRASS: Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
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Once the dominant species of the North American tallgrass prairie, this native warm-season grass is noted for the open, airy appearance of its seed heads and the multi-season interest of its foliage. Many ornamental cultivars are available.
Word Quiz of the Week
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To what does this rhyme refer: “Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses are hollow, straight to the ground”?