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The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part Three: Specimen Tree of Gondor (Stewartia)
Episode 14
The Lord of the Tree Rings comes to a flashy finish with the Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia). This week we chat about all things specim…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part Two: Białowieża (Norway Spruce)
Episode 13
This week we march on through Middle-earth, our path leading us to the Norway spruce (Picea abies) and into the Fangorn Forest, found on Vanilla-eart…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part One: Concerning Tree Care (Pedunculate Oak)
Episode 12
The world is changed... In our first installment of The Lord of the Tree Rings trilogy, we discuss the pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) and take a dee…
3 years, 9 months ago
You Can Grow Your Own Way (Southern Catalpa)
Episode 11
Do trees even exist, man? This week we finish our second part on the "idea" of taxonomy and we dive into this question using the beautiful, rugged, s…
3 years, 9 months ago
Umwelt (Italian Cypress)
Episode 10
How do you see the world? How do you organize the world, all the plants and animals around you? This week we have a discussion about taxonomy that re…
3 years, 10 months ago
It's Complicated (Paper Birch)
Episode 9
Does competition or cooperation get you further in life? That's the question we tackle this week while we discuss the paper birch (Betula papyrifera)…
3 years, 10 months ago
Amazing Technicolor Dreamtree (Rocky Mountain Juniper)
Episode 8
The Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), like nearly all junipers, is a conifer that took a different strategy to get its seeds dispersed. …
3 years, 10 months ago
The Other Biggest Tree (Coast Redwood)
Episode 7
What can't this tree do? The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) rounds off our two-part series on the oft-confused redwoods of California. This wee…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Biggest Tree (Giant Sequoia)
Episode 6
What does it take to be a perfect tree? We'll come to figuring it out this week as we dive into a flowing conversation about the giant sequoia (Sequo…
3 years, 11 months ago
Shagadelic, Baby! (Shagbark Hickory)
Episode 5
The hickories (Carya) are a part of an ancient forest system that once existed across the entire northern hemisphere, from North America to Europe, a…
3 years, 11 months ago