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A Beauty and a Beast

At this time of year, I spend a lot of time traveling between the Conservancy's preserves. 

While driving around the region, I am always distracted by the purple flower I see growing along most local streams and almost every wetland.  A beautiful flower but very aggressive...

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A Great New Native Plant Guide

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, in partnership with and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Image Matters LLC, recently unveiled the online Native Plant Center for the Chesapeake Bay Region.

The online guide allows for the identification and selection of...

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Gardens at the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art

The grounds of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art are landscaped with a diversity of native plants. It is always fun to observe the progression of blooms throughout the season, beginning with the first subtle colors of the spring ephemeral wildflowers to the late summer blast of color...
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Identifying Skippers

Earlier this month we posted the results of a butterfly census conducted at our Waterloo Mills Preserve in Devon. 

Last week, while conducting another less formal count of butterflies at the Preserve, we were able to photograph several species of skippers.  From Butterflies...

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What's Eating My Parsley?

If you have an herb garden that contains parsley, coriander/cilantro, dill or fennel you may be lucky enough to see one of these. The black swallowtail butterfly uses members of the Apiaceae family as host plants. The adult butterflies lay their eggs on plants of this family; when the caterpillars hatch, these plants serve as their primary food source. Members of this family of plants include- in addition to the herbs listed above- carrot, celery, parsnip, and the common white wildflower Queen Anne's Lace
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