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Category: Flora

FLORA: Gifting naturally

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Staff

Accompanying the joy of the gift-giving season is often the stress of determining what to give.

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FLORA: Carrboro’s giant holiday wreath

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Staff

Carrboro Town Hall’s giant holiday wreath is possibly the largest one hanging in the state.

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FLORA: Occoneechee, our biggest little mountain

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Staff

Among several little mountains scattered about the county, the tallest, at 867 feet, occupies Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area near Hillsborough.

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FLORA: Thankful for a new place to walk

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Staff

This is the week of big gatherings of family and friends and a time for outdoor excursions together.

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FLORA: So many colors

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Staff

Emerging from the forest interior last week, the afternoon sun was dazzling on the big tree ahead.

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FLORA: More than “peak”

Posted on November 10, 2011November 10, 2011 by Staff

Exploring my favorite power line right-of-ways last Saturday, still chasing after the elusive “peak” of fall color, I was surprised to find colorful wildflowers following the recent frosts.

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FLORA: Chasing the ‘peak’

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Staff

At this time of year, I poke fun at the craze to travel far and wide to view “peak” fall color.

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Flora: Remembering Persimmon Pete

Posted on October 27, 2011October 27, 2011 by Staff

Right here in the middle of persimmon season, I’m realizing that I don’t remember ever seeing such a bountiful crop from our native fruit tree, Diospyros virginiana.

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FLORA: Bizarre botanicals

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Staff

The book Bizarre Botanicals, by Larry Mellichamp and Paula Gross, professors of botany and horticulture at UNC-Charlotte, quietly hit bookstores last year without its deserved fanfare.

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FLORA: Keeping up with the fall

Posted on October 13, 2011October 17, 2011 by Staff

Beggar ticks, or hitchhikers, on pants legs are a sure prelude to fall.

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FLORA: Lichens, another kind of flora

Posted on October 6, 2011October 7, 2011 by Staff

Lichens are pioneer plants, colonizers on boulders and other bare surfaces, slowly developing layers of soil particles for the establishment of larger plant communities.

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FLORA: Dollar leaf

Posted on September 29, 2011September 29, 2011 by Staff

Desmodium is the genus name for beggar lice, beggar tick, tick-trefoil and whatever common name you may prefer for these common plants in the bean (pea) family.

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FLORA: Passionate about passion flower

Posted on September 22, 2011September 22, 2011 by Staff

One of my favorite native vines is passion flower, frequently called maypops and officially recognized as Passiflora incarnata.

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FLORA: Sometimes native vines seem invasive

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Staff

When asked by a Flora reader some weeks ago why I did not focus on vines, I didn’t realize that my response would be to become as compulsively focused as I have been lately.

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FLORA: Morning glory time

Posted on September 8, 2011September 8, 2011 by Staff

This is the time of year when I let the common morning glories run freely over my yard and garden.

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