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Where Rhode Island Excels: the Natural History of Rhode Island State Symbols

  By David Gregg February 20, 2019 November 11, 2020 Animals, Biodiversity, Education, Historical, Plants

by Stephen Hale Every state has a list of official state symbols, but Rhode Island is unique in having an official state appetizer. At least seventeen of Rhode Island’s state symbols relate to plants and animals and rocks (see table and images). Relative to the… Continue reading

Kiss Your Ash Goodbye…No, Really!

  By David Gregg July 25, 2018 September 28, 2022 Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Invasives, Plants

Way back in 2009 I wrote a blog about Emerald Ash Borer at a time when it was becoming clear it would indeed break out of attempted containment areas in the Mid-west and spread across the east. Well, since then we’ve watched it move inexorably… Continue reading

Digital Herbarium is NOT an Oxymoron

  By David Gregg November 24, 2016 November 11, 2020 Biodiversity, Education, Historical, Naturalists, Plants, Resources

By Keith Killingbeck From the annals of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show and The Magnificent Carnac, the answer is … KIRI. The question is: What is … a) a genetically engineered fruit from New Zealand similar to the kiwi? b) Google’s version of Siri? c) a… Continue reading

Invasive Species Mutual Aid Society

  By David Gregg March 13, 2008 August 26, 2021 Invasives, Plants

Have you ever blushed when telling someone you want to spend X dollars (where X is some large number) to control an invasive plant because of what it does to salamanders? I mean who ever even sees salamanders anyway. Well, the New Scientist recently had… Continue reading

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