About Earthworms
1. Names. Earthworms are of many different species. The common one we tend to recognize as an earthworm is Lumbricus terrestris, which, although it is
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About Dandelions
1. Tooth of the lion. The English common name “dandelion” comes from the French dent de lion, meaning tooth of the lion. The Latin, Taraxacum,
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The White Pine
by Chris Conway Excerpt from The Lake used with permission from Great Plains Publications. The ragged breaks in the tree line at Lake of the
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Fire Blight Problem on Ornamental Fruit Trees
In Canada, fire blight, caused by the bacterium, Erwinia amylovora is a destructive disease of fruit trees and ornamental shrubs. Outbreaks seriously injure and kill
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Flowering Trees of Canada
Story by Michael Rosen, RPF Photos by Daniel Tigner Flowering trees are by definition deciduous trees – trees with leaves (as opposed to needles). Evolution
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