Category Archives: Deborah’s notes

I went for a walk yesterday along the Roaring Run Trail in Apollo, which follows the Kiski River for quite a ways. After a week of weirdly warm temperatures for mid-March I was not surprised (well, I was a little… Continue reading →

Are your screens covered with these brown insects, like this one on my house? Lots and lots of them? This is the brown marmorated stinkbug, a close relative of the more familiar green stinkbug. (OK – I know you… Continue reading →

Here is the latest update on what’s blooming, and it just keeps getting better over the next few weeks!… Continue reading →

Hi all, Another update – this one should be entitled “Time for Trillium”. The large-flowered trillium is blooming in great abundance (literally thousands of plants) on the Roaring Run trail in Apollo. If you can get there this weekend, I… Continue reading →

Hi all, Many more spring wildflowers are popping up with the warm weather and rain we have had. Here’s a link to pictures and descriptions – so put on your hiking boots! http://www.personal.psu.edu/dys100/whatsblooming/midApril06.htm… Continue reading →

Hi all, As promised, here is the latest update on what’s blooming, and it just keeps getting better over the next few weeks! Currently, you can see flowers of: Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica ) Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Spicebush (Lindera benaoin)… Continue reading →

Hello nature lovers, Get ready – 69 degrees tomorrow, maybe 70 on Friday – we’ll soon have lots to see and smell in the woods! My walk this week revealed the tips of emerging skunk cabbage, the gleaming new bridge… Continue reading →

Hi hikers, There’s lots more to look at than one week ago! Here are pictures and woodsy-lore about the plants that are currently (or about to be) in bloom: http://www.personal.psu.edu/dys100/whatsblooming/midApril.htm Remember, there are laminated copies of this week’s selections in… Continue reading →

Hello nature lovers, What’s blooming on our nature trail right now? Nothing! But for those of us who keep track of this sort of thing, the next 4 weeks promise to be very exciting! I predict spring beauty and cut-leafed… Continue reading →

Hello Faculty and Staff, If you find time (and the weather improves) later this week, take a walk on the Nature Trail! To entice you, here’s a list of likely sights and links to images (from a great Smithsonian website)… Continue reading →