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1) Prairies in Minnesota are being promoted for economic development through tourism initiatives like the Prairie Passage route from northwest to southeast Minnesota.
2) The Prairie Passage program aims to increase awareness of prairie remnants and heritage through signs and encouraging community involvement.
3) Local communities along the route in Minnesota are working to promote prairies and the Prairie Passage initiative to tourists.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - Episode 243: Rathebe blocks Babeile from investigating further. Melita warns Eunice to stay clear of Mr. Kgomo.
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Monday, June 17, 2024 - Episode 251: Rathebe feels the pressure as Babeile closes in. Mr. Kgomo and Eunice clash. Jacobeth risks her safety in pursuit of Kganyago.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - Episode 252: Bullet Mabuza retaliates against Jacobeth. Pitsi inadvertently reveals his parents’ plans. Nkosi is shocked by Khwezi’s decision on LJ’s future.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - Episode 253: Jacobeth is ensnared in deceit. Evelyn is stressed over Toby’s case, and Letetswe reveals shocking academic results.
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - Episode 254: Elizabeth learns Jacobeth is in Mpumalanga. Kganyago's past is exposed, and Lehasa discovers his son is in KZN.
Friday, June 21, 2024 - Episode 255: Elizabeth confirms Jacobeth’s dubious activities in Mpumalanga. Rathebe lies about her relationship with Bullet, and Jacobeth faces theft accusations.
Monday, June 24, 2024 - Episode 256: Rathebe spies on Kganyago. Lehasa plans to retrieve his son from KZN, fearing what awaits.
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - Episode 257: MaNtuli fears for Kwaito’s safety in Mpumalanga. Mr. Kgomo and Melita reconcile.
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 - Episode 259: Babeile's skillful arrest changes the game. Tbose and Kwaito face a hostage crisis.
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The dearest series "Panchayat" is set to make a victorious return with its third season, and the fervor is discernible. The authority trailer, delivered on May 28, guarantees one more enamoring venture through the country heartland of India.
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As a film director, I have always been awestruck by the magic of animation. Animation, a medium once considered solely for the amusement of children, has undergone a significant transformation over the years. Its evolution from a rudimentary form of entertainment to a sophisticated form of storytelling has stirred my creativity and expanded my vision, offering limitless possibilities in the realm of cinematic storytelling.
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Episode 47
A friend is compelled to expose a manipulative scheme to prevent another from making a grave mistake. In a frantic bid to save Jojo, Phakamile agrees to a meeting that unbeknownst to her, will seal her fate.
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
Episode 48
A mother, with her son's best interests at heart, finds him unready to heed her advice. Motshabi finds herself in an unmanageable situation, sinking fast like in quicksand.
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Episode 49
A woman fabricates a diabolical lie to cover up an indiscretion. Overwhelmed by guilt, she makes a spontaneous confession that could be devastating to another heart.
Thursday, 6 June 2024
Episode 50
Linda unwittingly discloses damning information. Nhlamulo and Vuvu try to guide their friend towards the right decision.
Friday, 7 June 2024
Episode 51
Jojo's life continues to spiral out of control. Dintle weaves a web of lies to conceal that she is not as successful as everyone believes.
Monday, 10 June 2024
Episode 52
A heated confrontation between lovers leads to a devastating admission of guilt. Dintle's desperation takes a new turn, leaving her with dwindling options.
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Episode 53
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Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Episode 54
Winnie makes a very troubling discovery. Taps follows through on his threat, leaving a woman reeling. Layla, oblivious to the truth, offers an incentive.
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Episode 55
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Friday, 14 June 2024
Episode 56
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Monday, 17 June 2024
Episode 57
A woman reprimands another to stay in her lane, leading to a damning revelation. A man decides to leave his broken life behind.
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Episode 58
Nhlamulo learns that due to his actions, his worst fears have come true. Caiphus' extravagant promises to suppliers get him into trouble with Ndu.
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Episode 59
A woman manages to kill two birds with one stone. Business doom looms over Chillax. A sobering incident makes a woman realize how far she's fallen.
Thursday, 20 June 2024
Episode 60
Taps' offer to help Nhlamulo comes with hidden motives. Caiphus' new ideas for Chillax have MaHilda excited. A blast from the past recognizes Dintle, not for her newfound fame.
Friday, 21 June 2024
Episode 61
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1. Minnesota Plant Press
The Minnesota Native Plant Society Newsletter
Volume 22 Number 2 Winter 2003
Monthly meetings
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Visitor Center, 3815 East 80th St.
Prairies provide a new
Bloomington, MN 55425-1600
952-854-5900 stimulus in rural areas
6:30 p.m. — Building east door opens After a hundred years of being destroyed or ignored, Minnesota’s
6:30 p.m. — Refreshments,
information, Room A prairies are becoming known for a new reason — for economic
7 – 9 p.m — Program, society business development. A new 32-page booklet by the state Department of
7:30 p.m. — Building door is locked Natural Resources, A Guide to Minnesota’s Prairie Passage Route
9:30 p.m. — Building closes and Sites, is one of the tools being used to increase awareness of these
areas by tourists and businesses. Its excellent photos and maps show
Programs the diverse plants and other attractions in 39 important prairie remnants.
The MNPS meets the first Thursday in
October, November, December, February, Prairie Passage began in 1993. That year the Federal Highway
March, April, May and June. Check the Administration gave funding to the departments of transportation in
Web page for more program information. Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to form a
partnership to protect and plant native grasses and wildflowers along
Feb. 6: “Harvesting impacts on roadside rights-of-way and to promote awareness of prairie-related
understory plant composition in aspen natural and cultural resources.
forests,” by Alaina Berger; Plant of the
month: Cardinal flower, by Steve Eggers. A Prairie Passage route was created to pass through prairie remnants
from Minnesota to Texas. In Minnesota, Prairie Passage goes from
March 6: “Invasive species in the Wallace C. Dayton Conservation and Wildlife Area in the northwest
Minnesota,” Plant of the month: Poison corner, south to Blue Mounds State Park, and east along I-90 to the
sumac, both by Peter Djuik; Board Shooting Star Wildflower Route and Scenic Byway. From there it
member election. turns south into Iowa and generally follows I-35 to the Gulf of Mexico.
April 3: McKnight Foundation’s “One goal of Prairie Passage is to development awareness of our
“Empracing Open Space” program, by prairie heritage. It can be a community builder — ecologically and
Whitney Clark; Plant of the month: socially,” said Kathy Bolin, who has had the primary responsibility
Dwarf bilberry, by Robert Dana. for developing Minnesota’s Prairie Passage for MnDOT. “We hope
May 1: “Native Rain Gardens,” by Fred communities will respond.” She would like to see Prairie Passage
Rozumalski; Plant of the Month: integrated into schools and other organizations. Prairie Passage fits
Bloodroot, by Shirley Mah Kooyman. with the recent trend for vacationers to visit areas close to home, she
said. As prairies grow in popularity, small businesses will start to
June 5: Plant sale; speaker to be sponsor prairie tours and other activities. There are many other prairie
announced. remnants near the route that could be included in planned tours.
April 26: Symposium, Plymouth Creek MnDOT has installed Prairie Passage signs along the roads and at
Center, Plymouth sites. The next step is up to the communities, Kathy said. “There is a
lot of interest in prairies. Communities along Hwy. 32, including
MNPS Web site Fertile, Gary, Twin Valley, and Hitterdal, are planning to promote
http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/biology/mnps
e-mail: MNPS@HotPOP.com Continued on page 5
2.
3. Environmentalists Spring wildflower
win two metro-area Symposium walk will be in
election victories to be April 26 Louisville Swamp
Dakota and Hennepin county “Native Shrubs in your Saturday, May 31, enthusiastic
environmentalists were victorious in Landscape” is the topic for this botanists and MNPS board members
in the Nov. 5 election. year’s MNPS symposium. It Jason Husveth and Douglas Mensing
will be held Saturday, April 26, will lead a spring wildflower walk
Dakota County
in conjunction with the City of from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the
In Dakota County, 57 percent of
Plymouth’s Yard and Garden Louisville Swamp portion of the
voters approved a bond issue to
Expo at the Plymouth Creek Minnesota Valley National Wildlife
preserve natural areas and farmland.
Center, 14800 34th Ave. N., Refuge.
This is the first Minnesota county-
Plymouth.
wide program of this type. The They will explore varied habitats,
Dakota county board has started the Janet Larson, the society’s including a floodplain forest, maple-
process of implementing the new buckthorn expert, is organizing basswood forest, wet meadows and
program. A citizen committee will the symposium, which will dry prairies. Participants will see
be appointed to advise them. include a variety of information some of the lesser-known flora of the
The county will sell $20 million in on native shrubs. One of the valley as well as more common
bonds that will be repaid over a 10- sessions will include spring wildflowers, shrubs and trees.
year period. A typical homeowner landscaping after buckthorn
has been removed. Information Attendees are encouraged to bring
will pay about $17 per year for 10 their own wildflower guides, hand
years. Half of the funds are to be used on speakers and registration
will be posted on the MNPS lenses, magnifying glasses, a sack
to preserve natural areas, and half for lunch and water. The walk is co-
agricultural land. Much of the Web site, and members will
receive a brochure in the mail. sponsored by the society and the
money will be used to purchase refuge. There is no charge.
development rights, but some natural
areas may be purchased outright. nine organizations and about 1,200 The tour will start promptly at 9
county residents. a.m. at the main Louisville Swamp
Participation in the program is
trailhead, which is about 4.5 miles
voluntary, and land offered must Hennepin County
A proposal to terminate the south of Shakopee. Take Hwy. 169
meet criteria that have been set by
Hennepin Conservation District was and exit onto 145th St. W. Follow
the county board. Natural areas must
defeated with 74 percent voting “no.” the road past the main entrance to the
have one of the following: biologic When the district was founded in
Renaissance Festival and over the
significance, wildlife habitat, 1949, it had an agricultural focus.
next set of railroad tracks. The
adjacency to a river/lake/stream, or Now it serves an urban community.
Louisville parking lot is located on
provide environmental benefit such Its areas of expertise include
the left.
as water quality protection or flood conducting natural resource
control. inventories for use as planning tools, To register or for more information,
Requirements for farmland to be advising and implementing contact Jason Husveth at
accepted into the program include restoration projects, and conducting jason.husveth@ttemi.com or Doug
high fertility, already enrolled in the studies on water resources. Mensing, dougm@appliedeco.com
ag preserves, and located outside of
the 2040 Metropolitan Urban Service Think Native administrator is needed
Area (MUSA). In addition, the first
The Think Native Program is solely sponsored by the MNPS. It assists
parcels of farmland that are accepted
homeowners with starting native gardens via information packets and grants
must be within 1/2 mile of a river or
of plants. The Think Native Program is starting its third year, and it is time
lake and adjacent to a natural area.
to solicit individuals to apply for the program administrator position.
After that land has been accepted,
adjacent qualified farmland may be The program administrator assists grant applicants with starting a native
included. The program is the result plant garden at their residences. Contact Deborah Strohmeyer for more
of a four-year project that involved details: destrohmeyer@yahoo.com or call 952-943-9743.
3
4. thousands of miles on foot through
Dennis Hageman — a pastures, roadsides and railroad
rights-of-way. Ever since the first
day that he and Florence Roefer and
prairie champion is lost I walked what is now Prairie Sky
Scientific and Natural area near
nearly crawling through the long Sanborn, Minn., Dennis has been a
by Nancy Sather grasses, I realized he wasn’t a typicalvolunteer interpreter of prairies. He
October 14, 2002. A cold autumn farmer out checking the hay. “What had a special fondness for the Jeffers
day on Devils Lake. A strong wind. are you looking for?” I asked, and Petroglyphs Historical Site and led
A boat of duck hunters capsizes. was astounded at his reply. He was trips there as a volunteer naturalist.
searching for prairie bush clover. Dennis is the one who first sat
In this accident, prairie Trained as a botanist and working for
conservation lost an ardent a state agency, I thought prairie bush around scores of kitchen tables
champion, Dennis Hageman of clover was a little-known plant—but explaining conservation easements to
Estherville, Iowa. This gentle, soft here was a citizen looking for it! owners of retired pastures; who spent
spoken prairie advocate is years bringing to a landowner in a
responsible for introducing dozens of As it developed, I was the one who nursing home wild flowers from her
local landowners to the prairie jewels was a stranger in those parts, and prairie, always urging her to think
in their native pastures. In spring he Dennis was on home ground. His about conservation as the best and
was out there leading them to pasque love of prairie was as native as the highest use for her land. He’s the one
flowers; in midsummer he was prairie itself. It’s a short way from who called The Nature Conservancy,
showing off the differences between Comfrey, Minnesota, where he was the USFWS, or the DNR whenever
the species of sunflowers; in late fall; raised, to the prairies he studied in prairie land was up for sale. He’s the
when the landscape looked like an his latest years. Many of those one who bought 14 acres of his own
impressionist painting in buff and prairies were the same ones where to do a personal prairie restoration.
maroon; he led farm families to the he’d helped his father bale hay in his He encouraged young people
secret homes of blue gentians. youth. Every place I asked about on interested in prairie and networked
the road between Springfield and with every regional group involved
Dennis was not a trained botanist. Estherville, he already knew. He
in prairie management and
But he had the essential eye—the eye knew where the dry prairies were and
interpretation.
that notices the difference between had a hunch where mesic prairies
this plant and that plant. Nor was he might be. Dennis retired about a year ago and
an ecologist; but this Dean of Social looked forward with zest to spending
Sciences at Iowa Lakes Community In 1986, when I met him, he didn’t many years in prairie biology and
College had a knack for walking know the scientific names of the advocacy. His untimely death leaves
right to the gentle concavity on a hill plants he sought, and there were a huge vacuum in prairie energy in
where a rare plant might grow, or many of those plants he couldn’t yet southwest Minnesota, but he was not
spotting a fen at a distance of a recognize; but his insatiable curiosity alone. The region is alive with local
quarter mile. His friends and drove him ever deeper into botanical
prairie enthusiasts who understand
neighbors in Estherville may know knowledge and prairie ecology.
and appreciate this natural heritage,
him for his famous ability to spot When the Minnesota County
not only for its historical value but
morels in the forests; but the Biological Survey was hunting for a
as an opportunity for a new
Minnesota conservation community person to conduct surveys in the
ecotourism industry of the future.
knows him by another measure. southwestern part of the state,
Dennis was one of the region’s Our greatest tribute to this modest
I first met Dennis Hageman in leading amateur botanists.
man will be to carry forth his vision
1986 on Red Rock Ridge near Jeffers
of a functioning prairie landscape
Petroglyphs in Cottonwood County, During the past two decades,
that extends unbroken from the Iowa
Minnesota. I was studying the life Dennis Hageman was responsible for
border to Windom and beyond.
history of prairie bush clover, a the documentation of 58 dry prairies,
federally threatened plant. Dennis 65 mesic prairies, 63 locations of rare Memorial checks may be made
was exploring a little prairie across plants, and 29 populations of the out to the Minnesota Historical
the road. As I watched that lanky, federally threatened prairie bush Society and sent to Jeffers
black haired stranger bend down over clover (45 percent of known Petroglyphs, 27160 Co. Rd. 2,
plants in the middle of a hayfield, locations in the state). He logged Comfrey, MN 56019.
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5. Wildlife Interpretive Cedar Lake Park — restoration
Training Offered
by Judie Miller of an urban native landscape
Public Affairs Officer, Minnesota By Dr. Keith Prussing two Conservation Partners matching
Valley National Wildlife Refuge (abstract of Nov. 7, 2002 talk) grants with the state for native plant
Have you ever noticed that some Located less than two miles west restoration; the planting of thousands
people just seem to be natural of downtown Minneapolis, with a of native trees, shrubs, forbs, ferns
storytellers? Others seem to have stunning view of the city and fungi; and the removal of exotics
ways of handling people that make skyscape,Cedar Lake Park has such as buckthorn, honeysuckle,
them comfortable. Still others are experienced native landscape wormwood, garlic mustard, and leafy
able to explain just about anything restoration since the '70s, with a spurge.
to anybody in ways that make sense. major acceleration in the mid-'90s to Cedar Lake Park is a work in
All of these abilities and much more the present. The park contains a progress. It is largely a volunteer
are involved in the art of variety of ecosystems, including effort. We welcome your help.
interpretation. Some people are just lake, emergent lakeshore, wet forest, Donations of time, monies, and
natural interpreters. The rest of us oak woodland, oak savannah, prairie, native plant materials are
can learn enough about interpretive maple-basswood, cattail marsh, appreciated. For more information
techniques to improve the way we lawn, hardscrabble, streets and about the park, visit on the Internet
communicate with others. backyards. There are foxes, minks, at www.cedarlakepark.org, or call
badgers, bobcats, muskrats, and a CLPA at 612-377-9522.
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife myriad of birds.
Refuge (Refuge) and the National
Association for Interpretation (NAI) The curious thing is that most of Board members to
this landscape was under water prior
are sponsoring a 32-hour Certified
to the coming of the railroads in the be elected in March
Interpretive Guide Course March 20- The Minnesota Native Plant
1870s. James J. Hill pushed a rail
23. We’ll introduce you to the basic causeway across the northern part of Society Nominations Committee has
principles of interpretation and coach the lake on his way to the great been identifying potential board
you in the application of those Northwest, and rail operations, members. Outgoing members are
principles. By the end of the course, including machine shops and Meredith Cornett, Ethan Perry, and
you’ll have a good understanding of switching yards, continued into the Esther McLaughlin. The board
what makes interpretation different mid-1980s. meets quarterly, and its members
from delivering a memorized speech serve three-year terms. Linda Huhn
and why an interpretive approach The lake level is down 8 -11 feet is chair of the nominations
may be more effective for from pre-settlement times, due to the committee, and interested members
communicating with your audiences. opening of the canal to Lake of the should contact her. The election will
Isles in the early 1900s. In addition, be held at the March 6 meeting.
You’ll have opportunities to enormous volumes of fill material
demonstrate what you’ve learned as were deposited around the lake. This Prairie Passage guide
the session progresses. If those included a public works dump near Continued from page 1
demonstrations meet certain criteria, the east shore from 1905 into the '60s, economic development and
your efforts will be recognized and which created 60-foot elevations. sustainability as a result of this
you’ll become a NAI Certified Cedar Lake Park is the result of the program. A Prairie Passage prairie
Interpretive Guide (CIG). work of a partnership among the City gives communities something to brag
Certification, course materials, and of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Park about — being part of a national
a one-year membership in NAI cost and Recreation Board, Hennepin effort.”
$145.00. This training opportunity County, state and federal
is limited to 15 participants. governments, and the community as For additional information, call
Kathy Bolin, Prairie Passage
Financial assistance is available for represented by the Cedar Lake Park
students who demonstrate a one-year Association. These efforts have coordinator, at 651-284-3765, or
commitment to the Refuge. Call Ed resulted in the rescue of 47 acres of send an e-mail to her at:
Moyer at 952-858-0710 for land from development; the creation kathy.bolin@dot.state.mn.us. Single
registration materials or more of the national-award-winning Cedar or multiple copies of the booklet may
information. Lake Trail with prairie restoration; be obtained at no cost from the DNR.
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6. picture. With too much shade a
American bladdernut is a concern of many gardeners,
Staphylea could be used more.
useful plant in shade and sun It prefers moist, well-drained soils
by Mike Zins reached a height of about 12 feet and but seems to get along fine on most
Abstract from Dec. 5, 2002, Plant flowered and fruited heavily for sites. A poorly drained, wet, clay-
of the Month talk many years. based soil would not bode well, and
Is it any wonder that the common American bladdernut has several I suspect that is what eventually laid
name of Staphylea trifolia, American nice qualities that make it an low our specimen in the Arboretum’s
bladdernut, challenges the gardening attractive plant for our landscapes. In small tree collection, where heavy
public’s perception of a very useful spring the oppositely arranged, clay soils abound. Soil pH does not
plant for our landscape? In today’s nearly round buds open, giving rise seem to be a factor unless high pH is
sanitized world, bladdernut conjures to pinnately compound leaves, each encountered.
up thoughts of medical problems and consisting of three leaflets. The dark American bladdernut will never
anatomical features we would rather green leaflets, with their trifoliolate become a standard household word
not discuss, let alone be planting out arrangement, account for the species in the horticulture world of woody
in the yard. But beyond the shadow name trifolia. After the leaves have landscape design, but it is an
of a common name that has as little expanded in early May, the plant interesting plant that can certainly
marketing appeal as plugged produces an abundance of perfect, help enhance many landscapes. The
freeways to rush-hour commuters, is greenish white, half-inch-long, bell- outstanding visual aspects are the
a native plant with many desirable shaped flowers borne on two-inch- dark green foliage and interesting
features. It just needs some good long panicles. bark patterns. The curious aspect
press and promotion.
Heavy flowering provides a nice certainly would be the fruiting
American bladdernut is as contrast of white on green. Soon capsules, or bladdernut fruit
American as apple pie. It occurs after, the flowers develop into the structures. The shade tolerance is a
naturally from western Quebec to inflated capsules, or bladders, from definite asset to shady gardens.
Ontario, western New England to which the name is derived. The Perhaps best of all to some people is
Minnesota, and south to South three-lobed, greenish white capsules the fact that it is native. So be
Carolina and Missouri. It usually are 1 – 1.5 inches long and remind patriotic, plant American —
frequents moist, wooded areas and people of Chinese lanterns in bladdernut that is!
ravines in the southern part of midsummer. By August the maturing
Minnesota, as far north as Ramsey capsules start turning brown as the Searchers are needed
County and westward to the New small, brown seeds also mature. The Volunteers are needed to help look
Ulm area. The genus Staphylea has capsules often persist through the for Minnesota dwarf trout lilies the
about eight species found growing in winter, if squirrels and deer leave last week of April and the first week
north temperate areas, two of which them alone. At this point, they make of May, and for Western prairie
are native to North America, the effective rattles. The bark on the fringed orchids in mid-July. Contact
American bladdernut, Staphylea older stems is attractive with its linear Nancy Sather at 651-297-4963, or
trifolia, being the most prominent. white fissures against a greenish gray nancy.sather@dnr.state.mn.us
background. Leave your e-mail address, phone
Usually thought of as a shrub to 10
feet tall, American bladdernut can be Culturally, Staphylea can be grown number and mailing address, and you
grown as a small tree attaining as a small tree — single or multiple will receive more information.
heights of over 15 feet. The national stem — or as a large shrub. The
champion is a Goliath standing 36 plants are capable of colonizing by Native seed quality workshop
producing suckers, and one plant on The third annual Native Seed
feet tall, with an equal crown spread.
Perhaps more surprising is the fact the University of Minnesota St. Paul Quality Workshop will be held Feb.
that this champ is growing in campus has made a very nice mass 25 and 26 in Omaha, Neb. Topics
Macomb County, Maine. planting to fill in a corner area. Like include native seed testing,
most plants, Staphylea does well in conditioning, production and
The Arboretum had a nice tree full sunlight, but it is surprisingly research. Participants will tour
specimen growing in the small tree tolerant of shade as well. I have seen Stock Seed Farms, a producer of
collection. It was moved to this it growing in very dense shade in the prairie grass seed. Contact Mid-West
collection in 1965 and persisted until Vermillion River bottom in Hastings, Seed Services, Inc. at 605-692-7611;
1990, cause of death unknown. It where it was too dark to take a or go to www.mwseed.com
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7. Plant Lore Winter botany walk combines
by Thor Kommedahl
What is red-osier dogwood?
fun with tree, plant information
by Doug Mensing MNPS board member, and others in
Dogwood is the name for species On Nov. 9, MNPS sponsored a the group, helped to point out
of Cornus, and red-osier dogwood is winter botany walk at the Refuge diagnostic tools useful in winter
the name for C. stolonifera, but headquarters. Approximately 12 identification of vegetation, such as
recent taxonomic works call it C. people showed for the outing. Janet bark, branching patterns, fungal
sericea. Larson, a professional arborist/native infections, buds, seed heads, etc. We
landscape designer and MNPS board identified bur oak (Quercus
What do these names mean? member, provided an overview of the macrocarpa), northern pin oak
Cornus is the Latin name for society and gave some general (Quercus ellipsoidalis), basswood
“horn,” alluding to the hardness of information on winter plant (Tilia americana), hackberry (Celtis
the wood. Dogwood refers to identification. She then led the group occidentalis), cottonwood (Populus
“dogs,” which is the name for outside to observe and discuss the deltoides), silver maple (Acer
skewers made from the hardwood native and introduced vegetation as saccharinum), black ash (Fraxinus
stems. And stolonifera, of course, we went. nigra), red-osier dogwood (Cornus
means bearing stolons as a means of First stop was the restoration sericea), cherries (Prunus spp.), the
reproduction. But sericea means project behind the Refuge building. invasive exotic shrub Tartarian
silky-hairy (sometimes implying Janet has been working with the honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica), and
numerous wildflowers, grasses, and
Chinese) in reference to sparse, MNPS and the Refuge for many
weeds. In the more degraded areas
appressed hairs on lower leaf months on restoring and enhancing there was a conspicuous lack of
surfaces and stems. the native vegetation found in this
“bird feeding” area. We learned how native understory trees, shrubs, and
to identify common buckthorn groundcover vegetation.
Where does this dogwood grow?
Red-osier dogwood is one of six (Rhamnus cathartica) in the winter We walked through the prairie
species native to Minnesota and is and discussed the ecological impacts restoration just outside the Refuge
of this invasive European shrub. building and were able to identify
found in nearly every county in the
Some of this area and other forested about half a dozen common prairie
state, frequently along stream banks, areas within the Refuge had recently
bogs, and in moist woods. It often been cleared of buckthorn, so it will species. Along the trailside bluff
forms thickets. prairie we encountered several
be exciting to follow the restoration butternut trees (Juglans cinerea), a
efforts in the coming years. Minnesota species of “Special
What does the plant look like?
It is a shrub from 1 to 3 meters tall Our walk through the woods and Concern.” Most of these trees were
along the paths led us to many native dead or dying due to butternut
with red stems, white flowers,
canker, an exotic but now common
opposite leaves, and is the only and non-native trees, shrubs, fungal infection of these trees. We
dogwood in our area with white wildflowers, and grasses. Janet, with poked down into the wetter lowlands
berries and white pith. input from Doug Mensing, another
and identified several wetland-edge
Does red-osier dogwood have any species, as well as discussed the
What is the reference to Chinese? economic value? phenomenon of invasive/aggressive
Cornus is one of about 120 genera American Indians prepared strains of otherwise native species,
that occur in eastern Asia and eastern “kinnikinnik” from wood scrapings such as giant reed grass (Phragmites
North America. Linnaeus noted this australis). Many questions were
and smoked it, with or without
similarity, and Asa Gray discussed answered regarding the vegetation
tobacco. They also used the bark
this similarity with Charles Darwin communities of the river valley.
infusions as an emetic. Sometimes
in correspondence during the 1850s. Overall the walk was informative
this species was used instead of
Current explanations refer to plate and fun, with many questions and
flowering dogwood, the roots of
tectonics and continental drift. Gray much enthusiasm from the group.
demonstrated statistically that there which were once used as substitute The MNPS plans to host a spring
was greater similarity in flora of New for quinine. Cultivars are used in botany walk at the Louisville Swamp
England with Asia than with Europe landscape plantings and can be unit of the Refuge on May 3. We
or even western USA. propagated by cuttings and grafting. hope to see you there!
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8. Minnesota Native Plant Society NON-PROFIT ORG.
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St. Paul, MN 55108 Minneapolis, MN
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