Faded to Brown
The second Shirley spot of the day was another special place. Each year Shirley would go back to these spots to monitor them. Indeed I was lucky that she shared them with me.
Tomorrow the critters that were on False Foxglove (Aureolaria grandiflora)!
Rare Fossils Give Clues to How Tardigrades Survived Mass Extinctions by Hitting the Snooze Button
Archaeologists Stumble Upon a 2,000-Year-Old Dolphin Mosaic in England
Keep looking!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Such a dramatic color change!
I remember you and Shirley showing some to me along a road. If they are semi parasitic does that mean they don’t always? Or are there oaks above the embankment whose roots are reaching down there that it is growing in that spot?
Semiparasitic or also called hemiparasitis means they get some of the nutrients from another. In this case the white oaks. They still do possess chlorophyll. Thus carries out photosynthesis but is partially parasitic unlike Dodder (Cuscuta).
I’ve never seen the false foxglove. The buds are especially interesting. Good question Kathy
The Shirley stops are fun to follow! Good articles. The tardigrade research is especially interesting. I’m fond of those little water bears.
Water bears are definitely cool! Always hope to see one hiding out in the moss leaves
Mary, That is your next book! Write about each of the “Shirley Stops”. If a spot is private land just don’t give the location. But write about what Shirley’s interest was in each spot and why she revisited them.
🤣Another project for my list of wanta do’s