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The New Mahogany (Ipê)
Episode 130
Introducing... TROPICAL VACATION! 🌺 a series all about tropical trees! Our first visit is Brazil, where the ipê (𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢) reigns su…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
BONUS EPISODE: Treeasy Listening #1
Episode 129
Kick back with Casey and Alex while we play you our favorite jams from recent days. Become a Treemium Member at arbortrarypod.supercast.com to enjoy …
7 months ago
Parthenocarpy (Paperbark Maple)
Episode 128
Parthenowhatnow? Parthenocarpy! Why are 90% of the paperbark maple's (Acer griseum) infertile? Only nature knows.
Completely Arbortrary is produced an…
7 months, 1 week ago
Trunk Drawer (Governor's Plum)
Episode 127
It's a bit of governor's plum, innit? (Flacourtia indica) But where to put it? This wayward species finally found a home with the willows, but what h…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Bean Leaves in Bondage (Silk Tree)
Episode 126
Let's get kinky with the silk tree (Albizia julibrissin). This beautiful tree has a very curious way of keeping its leaves close to the stem. Then we…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Reversion Therapy (White Spruce)
Episode 125
What happens when a tree mutates? In the case of the white spruce (𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘢) it creates a dwarf version of itself. But that version doesn't alway…
8 months ago
Fight Shrub (Butternut)
Episode 124
Put up your dukes, for a battle between the city, the people, and the trees. At the center is butternut (Juglans cinerea), and it's shading you, your…
8 months, 1 week ago
What a (Knobcone Pine)!
Episode 123
Who started the fire? It may have been the knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata) in a ditch attempt to RELEASE THE SEEDS! This curious pine has a curious w…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Anomalous Secondary Growth (Ombú)
Episode 122
Anomalous secondary growth! What in the world is it? Just ask the ombú (Phytolacca dioica), pokeweed’s tree-like cousin. It doesn’t make wood, it mak…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Golden Cone Ratio (Austrian Black Pine)
Episode 121
The Golden Ratio: a fact of life on Earth, or an copy and pasted alien blueprint? Perhaps the answer lies in the cones of the Austrian black pine (Pi…
8 months, 4 weeks ago