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Botanical Nerd Word: Bundle Trace

Bundle trace (syn. bundle scar): Scar left on a twig by the vascular bundles when a leaf falls.* Different plants have different numbers of bundle traces in their leaf scars. They …

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Botanical Nerd Word: Ligneous

Ligneous: Woody.* Now that the frosty weather is setting in, it’s easy to see which plants are ligneous. Herbaceous plants die back to the ground while ligneous plants like trees …

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Botanical Nerd Word: Exfoliate

Exfoliate: To peel of in flakes or layers, as the bark of some trees.* The exfoliating bark of paperbark maples make them a great choice for winter interest in the garden. …

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Action Needed Now to Save Toronto’s Ravines

There is no doubt. Toronto’s ravines are under siege by invasive trees and ground plants. If we don’t take action now, our urban native woodlands will lose their biodiverse resiliency …

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Botanical Nerd Word: Imparipinnate

Imparipinnate: Pinnately compound with an odd number of leaflets, terminating in a single leaflet. Syn. Odd-pinnate* For example, the leaves of this sumac. *Pell, S.K., Angell, B. (2016). A botanist’s …

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Botanical Nerd Word: Pinnate

Pinnate: Leaf with veins, lobes, leaflets, or dissections arising along a central elongate axis.* These beech leaves (Fagus sylvatica) have a pinnate vein pattern. *Pell, S.K., Angell, B. (2016). A botanist’s …

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Botanical Nerd Word: Palmatifid

Palmatifid: Of a leaf shape which is shaped like a hand but with the leaf divisions stopping half-way down the ‘fingers.’* The palmatifid leaves of this sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) are …

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Botanical Nerd Word: Anemochory

Anemochory: Dispersal of fruits and seeds by wind.* Milkweed pods (Asclepias tuberosa) are opening up and releasing their fluffy seeds in the garden and ravine. *Kesseler, R. & Stuppy, W. …

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Botanical Nerd Word: Tussock

Tussock: A tuft or clump of grasses or sedges.* Tussocks of grasses blowing in the breeze are a mainstay of the autumn garden. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: …

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HELEN BATTERSBY: GARDEN WALK BUFFALO 2019

Helen grew up with the Eye-Witness News version of Buffalo (Fire in North Tonawanda! News at 11). Her first visit to Garden Walk in 2010 opened her eyes. Let her …

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