Monthly Archives: December 2021

(Click on this link to listen to an audio version of this blog ….Taxonomic hierarchies Last week I wrote about the very human need to put names on things. These names range from somewhat imprecise “common names” to extremely precise … Continue reading →

(Click on the link to listen to an audio version of this blog ….True names ) There is a very human impulse to want to put names on the things around us and then put those named things into neat, … Continue reading →

(Click on the link to listen to an audio version of this blog: Trees in my yard part 4 (Finishing the walk through the trees in my old home in Pennsylvania) The red maple (Acer rubrum) is a fast growing, … Continue reading →

Click on link to listen to an audio version of this blog ….Trees in my yard part 3 (Continuing the walk through the trees in my old home in Pennsylvania) The southern boundary of our field was the narrow woodlot … Continue reading →