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Wet Hot American Lumber (Eastern White Pine)
Episode 11
Logging has seen a stark evolution since its origins. What started as a wildly dangerous and often deadly process done largely by hand is now a multi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Queen of the Canoe Crops (Noni)
Episode 10
1000 years ago, Polynesians reached the islands of Hawaii. On their seaworthy canoes were only a handful of plant species, but among them was the div…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Tree's Knees (Bald Cypress)
Episode 9
The devil went down to Georgia, where the Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) lives its days in peace and harmony. This record-breakingly long-lived tr…
2 years, 10 months ago
BONUS EPISODE - Non-Tree Food-Tree Food
Episode 44
In this BONUS EPISODE from our Patreon (c. Treeson's Eatings 2022), we discuss three non-tree food plants we love eat during the holidays: vanilla, c…
2 years, 10 months ago
Late SUCCESSION (Yellow Carabeen)
Episode 8
Late succession... the third and final act of a seemingly eternal stage play, and a self-perpetuating phase of the lifespan of a forest. The Yellow c…
2 years, 10 months ago
Mid SUCCESSION (Red Alder)
Episode 7
Weed tree? Or... the unsung hero of mid succession forests? The red alder (Alnus rubra) is our official representative from mid succession forests, a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Early SUCCESSION (Staghorn Sumac)
Episode 6
When a forest goes through a massive disturbance, little survives. We begin our journey here. What happens in the first stage of the succession of a …
2 years, 11 months ago
Never Tell Me The Odds (Koa)
Episode 5
Thick, thorough, and quite enjoyable, today's episode is all about the koa (Acacia koa) and its endemism on the 5 million year-old islands of Hawai'i…
2 years, 11 months ago
Two Fir One (Subalpine Fir & Noble Fir)
Episode 4
EPISODE 100! We truly made it. And to celebrate, we're joined not only by the obligatory Kool & The Gang, but by TWO true firs, the Subalpine fir (Ab…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sir Joseph Banks (Bull Banksia)
Episode 3
A big flower with a big name. This week we discuss the bull banksia (Banksia grandis) and the prolific capitalist-botanist it’s named after, Sir Jose…
2 years, 11 months ago