November 30, 2007 RSS feed / Beauty in the Backyard

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The Original Mystery Plant

Dr. John Nelson
The Mystery Plant is a native Southeastern species, commonly attaining a height of 50 feet or more. Its wood is pale and fine- grained, but it is not valued for timber. More...

A Chow Chow miracle after eight years

Contributed by SQ Rescue

Boris and Natasha, Chow Chows, came to SQ Rescue as young puppies. They were wandering down the road carrying their food dishes in their mouths looking for someone to feed them. More...

The terrible tallow

Stopping to smell the flowers
Arlene Marturano marturanoa@ yahoo.com

The popcorn tree is the Chinese tallow tree, Sapium sebiferum, an immigrant species that entered the U.S. from China in the 1700s via Andre Michaux, botanist and plant collector. More...


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