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A Traprock Ridge Specialty
Imagine walking in what is now central Connecticut 200 million years ago, when magma rose through cracks in the land as the great supercontinent Pangaea split apart. In the New Haven area, the magma cooled and formed intrusive, or underground, diabase rock. For millions of years the softer sandstones that later were deposited above this rockContinue reading “A Traprock Ridge Specialty”
Put a Little Spice in Your Life
On a walk recently I noticed one of the first native shrubs to flower this spring—Spicebush (Lindera benzoin). Its small, yellowish-green flowers really stood out among the sea of bare branches. Spicebush is dioecious, with male flowers on one plant and female flowers on another. If you find this plant, you can really only identifyContinue reading “Put a Little Spice in Your Life”
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em
Last summer I pulled up a bunch of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) that has invaded the edges of my property with a vengeance. It is rather easy to pull the entire plant, roots and all. But what I didn’t realize was that I was also pulling up its 50-year seed bank and that one plantContinue reading “If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em”
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