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Nature enthusiast. Probably a witch.

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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 17/09/2026
Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? therevelator.org/nonnative-plants
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Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? • The Revelator
Some species we label as invasive still serve a purpose by providing food or shelter to native species.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yes! Amazing resolution. Your hands are far steadier than mine, @laylajohnston.bsky.social
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“The snow samples from the winter showed elevated levels of lead and chromium in particular around major tear gas use sites, Walker said. That includes near the site where Pretti was shot and killed, and outside the Whipple federal building where protests lasted for weeks.”
startribune.com
What did a winter of tear gas leave in Minneapolis soil? U of M researchers are trying to find out.
The study aims to determine whether chemical munitions used by federal agents left contaminants in neighborhood gardens and soil.
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This urban oasis is more than ornamental—it constantly works to cool the environment, reduces community health risks and serves as social infrastructure, all of which help to prevent deaths during heat waves becoming more frequent because of climate change. 🌎🌱 insideclimatenews.org/news/1308202...
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A Green Oasis Grows in North Philadelphia’s Heat Island - Inside Climate News
As cities heat up, a beloved community garden holds a key to a cooler, safer future.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Creating habitat for wildlife is truly rewarding.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#ecoregion59 compatriots 🌱 Find community in #nativeplants at the Middlesex Conservation District’s 43rd Annual Fall Plant Sale! Shop local ecotype, straight species plants selected for local landscapes. middlesexconservationdistrict.org/fall-sale-2/
middlesexconservationdistrict.org
2026 Middlesex Conservation District Fall Native Plant Sale
Choose from a wide selection of local ecotype, straight-species native wildflowers, shrubs, grasses, trees, rushes, and groundcovers. Order online in advance for the best selection…
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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Orchids revived, the corpse ambulant and a poetic ruined abbey. These are the news stories I want to read.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Amazing. Thank you for sharing this backstory!
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Eli's Native Plants @elisnativeplants.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Spotted Joe-Pye Eutrochium maculatum Joe was a real Mohican healer named Schauquethqueat (settler name Joseph Pye). He used the E. purpureum for fevers in the late 1700s. The legend of him saving a colonial town from plague is a myth. His memory is honored by the name nonetheless. #NativePlants
A moist meadow filled with Spotted Joe Pye with a backdrop of Cottonwood, Speckled Alder and Red Maple. Cluster of pink blooms will become clouds above the foliage in the meadow as the blooms continue to open up. There are more buds than full flowers nowA blooming Spotted Joe-Pye plant on the edge of the path, over the corner of a boardwalkThe boardwalk/flat bridge, with meadow trying to envelop it, and a patch of Joe-Pye plants on the far right.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Yes! I volunteer with my local conservation district and we will offer narrowleaf and broadleaf mountain mint, along with Blephilia hirsuta, during our fall sale!
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Great golden digger wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus), enjoying Narrowleaf mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium). #ecoregion59 #nativeplants #hymenoptera
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.wbur.org/news/2026/07...
wbur.org
New England tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture
The Trump administration has cut or significantly scaled back federal food assistance, including to programs that tribes have used to distribute culturally-significant foods produced locally. Some leg...
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It is a good year for blueberries. I love to watch chipmunks balance on the branches as they seek nourishment, hydration, and camouflage from aerial predators. Admittedly, I have only cultivars, but they do not seem to care
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Late 19th-century farm abandonment in the Northeast US led to the greatest forest recovery in the history of the world, as trees returned naturally. The result is that the region is 3 or 4 degrees cooler than it would otherwise be, mitigating climate breakdown. insideclimatenews.org/news/0407202...
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The Spectacular Regrowth of New England’s Forests - Inside Climate News
The rebound of forests in the northeast U.S. is the “greatest forest recovery in the history of the world.” This is how it happened.
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
'We're still here': A Lake Tahoe meadow comes back to life under the stewardship of the Washoe Tribe www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
sfgate.com
Tahoe's Indigenous tribe is restoring a meadow. Now it's thriving.
"We need the land, but the land also needs us."
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Growing kelp might not be a viable CO₂ removal technique.
newscientist.com
A promising natural technique to remove CO2 could backfire
Several start-ups have tried to grow seaweed to remove atmospheric CO2, but this could affect the levels of nutrients in the ocean and hamper other CO2-sucking processes
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I definitely see birds flying in and out. Admittedly, I’m hesitant to get close enough to take pics inside. I do not want to spook the parents.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
“Smart birds” - my husband, after I showed him a photo of the recently-built robins’ nest in our [non-native] rose bush. No eggs yet, but it shouldn’t be long. #ecoregion59 #nesting
Well-protected nest of Turdus migratorius (American robin), hidden by a climbing rose that is zip-tied to the interior of a fence in a protected dog run.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Cheers to building community 💪
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
They have such exquisite leaves!
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Si pas ami, pourquoi aurait-il l’air d’un ami 🦊
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/05/2026
For decades, native plants couldn't be given away. Now a Chicago park sale that normally draws 1,100 people drew 2,300 this year—and sold out completely. "It's not a fad," says one nurseryman who's watched the trend for 44 years. "This is a long, steady climb."
motherjones.com
Once dismissed as weeds, native plants are flying off the shelves
Gardeners are flocking to climate-resilient species amid concerns about extreme heat, flooding, and pollinator survival.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This shrub is quite a hit with the wildlife in my yard! So far, it has not brought bear 😋
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I do not believe that I have encountered one of these. That, or I need to look deeper!
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m not sure that I could reliably distinguish them without iNat 🤦🏻‍♀️
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Stunning! You captured this creature so well!
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Great article by @growinwsdm.bsky.social on invasive plant species in MA, and what to plant instead! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/16/m... #ecoregion59 #invasivespecies #nativeplants
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Don’t make these planting mistakes. How to prevent invasives from taking over your garden. - The Boston Globe
Some plants simply don’t belong in this area, don’t provide resources for insects or birds, and they smother or crowd out more desirable plants.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Thank you! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for 🤗
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Awesome! I picked up some bare-root elderberries at my conservation district’s spring sale and look forward to seeing the wildlife they support.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Like-minded ecology hobbyists, I’d like recs on where I can go to learn more about #bryology in #ecoregion59. It seems that, once established, these guys fare pretty well in extreme weather conditions & support mycorrhizal relationships. I want to incorporate more into the #nativehabitat I steward!
Moss, native grasses, and forbs sprouted through granite rocks in a utility corridor
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Congratulations!
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Wild! These are in Chelmsford.
Cypripedium acaule (pink lady’s slipper), pre-inflorescence, emerges from a layer of pine needle duffCypripedium acaule (pink lady’s slipper), in different phases of emergence
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We usually encounter several of these orchids along the route we take the boys on nightly (including one sprouted through a crack in asphalt); however, I have not noticed blooms yet… Variability in proximal microclimates is so fascinating 🧐
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I recently came across these adorable photos of wolves eating blueberries🫐 www.voyageurswolfproject.org/wolfv026
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Wolf V026 | VoyageursWolfProject
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thank you for sharing that link! The line between appropriation and appreciation is subjective. Intent matters 🤗
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Dang it! I used the colonizer name 🤦🏻‍♀️
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hope today’s better 🤞
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Sidenote: I found this little pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule) poking out from a crack in asphalt along the side of a dead end street.
Green, spear-shaped basal leaves of pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule) emerging from crack in asphaltGreen, spear-shaped basal leaves of pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule) emerging from crack in asphalt
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Yikes. It’s my (limited) understanding that this species relies heavily on mycorrhizal networks and will not be successful if transplanted 😔
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Thank you for the update!
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The rabbits in our back yard have pruned most of our bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) down to twigs, so I was thrilled to spot these pink-tipped blossoms. #nativeplants, #wildflowers, #ecoregion59, #zone6a Also, May the Fourth be with you all!
White and pink bell-shaped flowers on a bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) plant.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Congrats! I see lots of little buds ready to burst open 🥳
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I was overjoyed to spot wild Houstonia caerulea (azure bluet) pop up in the woods behind our house! #nativeplants #wildflowers #ecoregion59 #zone6a
Houstonia caerulea (azure bluet), small pale-blue flowers with yellow centers, emerging from dried leaf litter, with Cornus sericea (red osier dogwood) stems and a grow bag visible in the background
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Eric Wood @laecology.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New paper from my lab! "Native-plant landscaping enhances floral visitation by insects and birds in residential yards," led by Esmeralda Reyes & Noriko Smallwood. If you add some native plants, your yard can be a pollinator powerhouse. See below for details. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A monarch (Danaus plexippus) on a Narrow Leaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) in a native landscaped yard in LA (photo credit: Eric Wood)Map of Greater Los Angeles showing 31 residential yard sampling sites. Neighborhoods are shaded by median household income (low, middle, high thirds). Black stars mark paired native and conventional yards; blue triangles mark additional native yards in lower-income areas. An inset shows the study region within California. Two photos below show a representative native-landscaped yard (dense, diverse plantings) and a conventional yard (manicured lawn and ornamentals).
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
There are certainly applications for herbicides (I am helping a neighbor eliminate a Fallopia japonica/Japanese knotweed infestation); however, indiscriminate poison is a wildly short-sighted land management plan.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
What is this sorcery?!? Joey Santore has referenced iNat’s superior user interface on Android operating systems, but I’ve never actually looked into the differences.
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
#manifesting
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Thank you kindly!
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KM✨ @mcaulogy.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Lupinus perennis is my absolute favorite plant!
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