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Native Flora
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Wild Bleeding Heart in Bloom
Dicentra eximia, commonly known as wild bleeding heart, is one of our longest flowering and most widely adaptable native spring flowers.
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Blight-resistant Chestnut Trees Come to BBG
Today The New York Times and the Daily News both ran stories about new blight-resistant chestnuts coming to BBG.
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Peak Color in the Native Flora Garden
Stop by to enjoy the fall color at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where the Native Flora Garden is at the apex of its autumnal display.
By Mark Fisher -
Red-tailed Hawk and Natural History
It’s always a good day when one of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s regular visitors, the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicencis) is spotted.
By Karen Orlando -
An Adventure into Harriman State Park
BBG and the Greenbelt Native Plant Center often partner for joint scouting and seed collection trips to natural areas within the metropolitan region of New York City. Recently we headed to Harriman State Park on an expedition to find Carex appalachica (Appalachian sedge). Read about our hunt for this common but elusive species.
By Uli Lorimer -
Go Native
In all the busyness of installing “green” systems in your garden—drip irrigation, compost bins, solar panels, gray-water recycling—it can be easy to overlook one of the most important environmental decisions you make as a gardener: what you plant.
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Seed Banking for Survival—Saving the World, One Seed at a Time
Seed banks, also known as seed archives, germplasm banks, and seed vaults, are gene banks for plants, and there are approximately 1,400 of them around the world. The projects range from small, geographically specific ones that support horticultural research and local restoration to larger, overarching projects that seek to provide the means to sustain life in the face of mass ecological catastrophe.
By Jessica Reisman -
Stinging Nettle
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) has an off- putting name, but it is actually a delicious and nutritious wild green. Nettles are historically and scientifically proven to be an excellent remedy against allergies and a great general anti-inflammatory.
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Wanted: Citizen Scientists—No Experience Necessary: Get Involved in Research Projects
Researchers at universities, advocacy groups, and government agencies are increasingly relying on the work of volunteers to collect information from the field. The work of volunteers is especially valuable in gathering data for large-scale, long-term research projects like those tracking changes in the distribution of native and invasive species and the impacts of climate change.
By Beth Hanson -
Pretty Partridgeberry—A Native Groundcover With Lots of Star Potential
Partridgeberry, (Mitchella repens) is that rare beast—a native, shade-tolerant, broad-leaved evergreen groundcover. Seasonal eye candy includes white flowers in spring and red berries that persist through winter.
By Mariellé Anzelone
