Tree Identification Archives

Rachel Summers, Owner of Curious Wilds Forest, Lifts Neighborhood Spirits by Identifying Trees with Sidewalk Chalk

“The first image showed a label for a London Plane tree on the sidewalk, which read: My favorite! Takes pollution out of the air.” April 9, 2020 Last year, in the early days of the worldwide lockdown due to COVID-19, an English arborist started adding a charming touch to her neighborhood by labeling local trees…

Expert Lee Reich Shares How to Identify Trees in Winter

Lee suggests using expert books that guide you through tree identification steps, such as Fruit Key & Twig Key to Trees and Shrubs by William Harlow or Winter Tree Finder by May Theilgaard and Tom Watts. Both of these books are excellent. January 6, 1996 On this day, The News and Observer out of Raleigh,…

January 6, 2021 The Best Indoor Plants, Kaspar von Sternberg, Syd Barrett, Growing Poisonous Plants, A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year by Jane Hunter, and Lee Reich’s Tree ID Secrets

Today we celebrate a botanist regarded as the “Father of Paleobotany” – the study of ancient plants that uses plant fossils. We’ll also learn about the guitarist who went on a self-imposed 30-year exile – spending most of his time painting and gardening. We hear some thoughts on growing poisonous plants. We Grow That Garden…