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May 26, 2006

A Big THANK YOU to Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School Students!

The MRH 7th graders planted more than 80 native prairie plants in the "Between Prairie" restoration area on 5/23 and 5/24, including:

Blue flag (Iris virginica)
Wild senna (Senna marilandica)
Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
Blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
Eastern blazing star (Liatris scariosa)
Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica)
Golden alexander (Zizea aurea)
Lance-leaved coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)
Pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolia)
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia)
Royal catchfly (Silene regia)
Rose turtlehead (Chelone obliqua)

The MRH 8th graders planted more than 200 native wetland plants in an eroded stream bank of Deer Creek on 5/25 and 5/26, including:

Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Blue Star (Amsonia illustris)
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Wood Reed Grass (Cinna arundinacea)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Golden Glow (Rudbeckia laciniata)

The 8th graders also removed 20 large bags (several hundred plants) of fruiting Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) from the creek bank.

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May 23, 2006

Mystery Leaf

Can you explain what happened to this sycamore leaf?

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