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Yellow Die (American Smoketree)
Episode 91
“I’d rather see a smoketree than a tree smoking.” Enter the American smoketree (Cotinus obovatus), a beautiful little tree that was nearly used to ex…
1 year, 4 months ago
Weirder Sex (Striped Maple)
Episode 90
Welcome to the Alternative Sex Experience, featuring the striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum). In our continued discussion on dioecy, this one takes a …
1 year, 4 months ago
A Tale of Two Houses (English Holly)
Episode 89
It’s beginning to look a lot like… an invasive pokey nightmare, with the English holly (Ilex aquafolium). Learn all about dioeciousness, and what mak…
1 year, 4 months ago
Let Your Neighbors See You Naked! (Leyland Cypress)
Episode 88
Just another arborvitae, the Leyland cypress (Cupressus × leylandii et al) has to be one of the most deplorable species we’ve investigated on Complet…
1 year, 4 months ago
Smokey Bad (Western White Pine)
Episode 87
The Great Fire of 1910 greatly changed the (literal) landscape of northern Idaho, as well as the continent’s population of western white pine (Pinus …
1 year, 5 months ago
Xiāngfěi (Chinese-Nutmeg)
Episode 86
A fascinating tree with no shortage of fun facts, the Chinese-nutmeg (Torreya grandis) is a cornerstone of Chinese history and traditional medicine. …
1 year, 5 months ago
Sweet Pea (Tamarind)
Episode 85
We continue our plant-based diet with a giant of the culinary world, the tamarind (Tamarindus indica). Whether in chamoy or pad thai, this sweet pea …
1 year, 5 months ago
Banana Sundae (Ice-Cream Bean)
Episode 84
You think ice cream grows on trees?! The ice-cream bean (Inga edulis) is one of nature’s greatest gifts to humanity. This agroforestry behemoth is So…
1 year, 5 months ago
Chewing Gum (Sapodilla)
Episode 83
This is Plant-Based Diet: Part Chew, a new series from Completely Arbortrary all about trees that give us food! In this episode, we discuss the sapod…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ants and Fungiculture (Almécega)
Episode 82
Did ants invent agriculture? Kind of, yes! Learn how in this itchy episode on South America’s own almécega (Protium heptaphyllum).
Completely Arbortra…
1 year, 6 months ago