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Lawn Care Weed Control: Outsmart the Growing Strategies of Common Yard Weeds

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By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Lawn Plants are Weeds? Common Yard Weeds and Their Successful Growing Habits

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By: Feature Writer Tami Port

How to Identify Ferns: Primitive and Beautiful Plants of Woods and Meadows

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By: Violet Snow

Pacific Coast Tide Pool Animals: The Low Tide World of Anemones, Sea Urchins, Starfish, Seashells

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By: Linda McDonnell

Catkins in Spring: Many trees bear these elegant, hanging cylinders of flowers

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By: Violet Snow

Plant Life Cycles: Understanding Plant Life Cycles Leads to Botanical Success

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By: Sheri Ann Richerson

Winter Survival Foods: Bark, Roots, and Sap

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By: Violet Snow

Identifying Trees by Their Bark: Important Clues for Leafless Identification

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By: Violet Snow

Identifying Trees in Winter: Bark, Buds, Growth Patterns, and Lingering Seed Pods

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By: Violet Snow

Mistletoe – a Plant Parasite: Facts About the Object of a Familiar Christmas Tradition

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By: Feature Writer Rosemary Drisdelle

City Street Trees: Species Found in Urban Environments

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By: Violet Snow

Autumn's Berry Trees: Berries of Elderberry, Hawthorn, Dogwood, Holly & Yew Brighten Fall

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By: Linda McDonnell

Seeds versus Spores: Evolutionary Strategies for Plant Reproduction

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By: Violet Snow

Seeds to Flowers to Seeds: Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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By: Violet Snow

Fall Fruits in the Wild: Edible Berries of Rose, Autumn-Olive, Sumac

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By: Violet Snow

Autumn is not End of Drought: Tennessee farmers look to next year to recover from MidSouth drought

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By: Lacey B. Lyons

The Science of Fall Foliage Color: An Exploration of Why Leaves Change Colors During Autumn Months

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By: Feature Writer Aurae Beidler

Spring Lawn Flowers: A lawn with flowering weeds may be spectacular—and partially edible

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By: Violet Snow

Plant Identification: Terms for describing plant parts

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By: Violet Snow

Trees are Budding: The spring transition of tree bud to leaf and flower

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By: Violet Snow

Identifying Features of Trees: Terms to know when studying tree identification

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By: Violet Snow

How to Tap a Maple: Backyard tapping for sap or syrup

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By: Violet Snow

Opposite Tree Identification: A look at opposite buds, leaves, twigs

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By: Violet Snow

Fragrant Plant Skeletons: Some dried-out stalks and leaves can be identified by smell

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By: Violet Snow

Plant Skeletons in Winter: Dried-out stalks of tall weeds continue to spread seeds

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By: Violet Snow

Life Cycle of Plants: Annuals, Biennials, Perennials

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By: Violet Snow

Latin Plant Names: How Latin binomials can be helpful in plant identification

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By: Violet Snow

Seed dispersal: Flowering plants use various strategies to spread their seeds

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By: Violet Snow

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