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The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part Three: Specimen Tree of Gondor (Stewartia)
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…

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The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part Two: Białowieża (Norway Spruce)
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…

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The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part One: Concerning Tree Care (Pedunculate Oak)
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…

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You Can Grow Your Own Way (Southern Catalpa)
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…

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Umwelt (Italian Cypress)
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…

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It's Complicated (Paper Birch)
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)…

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Amazing Technicolor Dreamtree (Rocky Mountain Juniper)
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. …

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The Other Biggest Tree (Coast Redwood)
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…

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The Biggest Tree (Giant Sequoia)
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

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Shagadelic, Baby! (Shagbark Hickory)
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…

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