Erythronium - Iowa Native Plant Society

Erythronium
Newsletter of the Iowa Native Plant Society
vol. 16 no. 3
December 2010
Plea from a Sister Society: Don't Use Cypress Mulch
storks, limpkins, several types of owls,
opossums, bobcats and wood ducks.
• You can help save cypress forests by using
environmentally friendly mulch. Switch to
Why kill a tree to grow a flower? That’s the question
alternative mulches for your home and
a Florida Native Plant Society chapter is asking in its
business landscaping, and ask your friends
brochure urging people not to use cypress mulch.(The
and county government to do the same. If
brochure can be downloaded at http://suncoast.
you don’t find alternative mulches at your
fnpschapters.org/pdffiles/mulch.pdf.)
garden supply store, enlighten the manager
and request alternatives.
The next time you’re tempted by the stacks of
Alternative Mulches
cypress mulch available at the gas station or garden
supply store, consider this:
Recycled Yard Waste: Mulch made by your
county
or city from recycled urban plant debris
•
Thousands of acres of cypress are logged
every year from Florida’s native wetlands simply to is inexpensive or even free in some areas. To
produce mulch. Cypress mulch used to be produced locate your closest source, contact your Solid
Waste Department or County Extension
mainly as a by-product of lumber operations, but
the increasing demand for mulch has led to the use Service.
of whole trees—whole forests—for nothing but
Hardwood Mulch Made of shredded bark
mulch.
left over from milling hardwood trees such as
maples and oaks, this sturdy mulch compacts
•
The idea that cypress is superior to other
over time so it resists blowing or washing away.
mulches is not true anymore. The old-growth
[reprinted with only slight editing from INPAWS
Journal – The Newsletter of the Indiana Native Plant
and Wildflower Society, Autumn 2010 issue, pg. 16]
cypress harvested prior to the 1950s had a
reputation for being rot- and termite-resistant. But
those trees have all been taken except for the few
saved in Florida’s nature preserves (they can live up
to 1500 years and grow up to 150 feet tall and 25
feet in girth). It takes hundreds of years for a
cypress tree to grow the heartwood that used to
have those properties. The young cypress that are
harvested today are not decay or pest resistant and
do not make a superior mulch.
•
Florida’s unique cypress forest is a treasure
with an important ecological role. It naturally filters
pollutants and serves as a reservoir for floodwater,
so it is essential for protecting the ground water. It
provides prime habitat for woodpeckers, wood
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Table of Contents
President's Message...........................2
Annual Meeting Minutes...................3
IPN Winter Meeting..........................5
Citizen Science..................................6
Research Grant Report......................7
Conservation Wins............................8
Gladys Black Book...........................9
Membership Form...........................10
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President:
Brian Hazlett
3400 Jones, Sioux City, IA 51104
712-729-5495, [email protected]
Vice President:
Open
Secretary/Treasurer:
Peter Hoehnle
Iowa Valley RC&D
920 48th Ave., Amana, IA 52203
[email protected]
Representatives-at-large:
Dianne Blankenship
737 Buckwalter Drive
Sioux City, IA 51108-9506
712-255-3447, [email protected]
Lloyd Crim
1750 140th Street, Boone, IA 50036
515-432-5026, [email protected]
Rose Danaher
1302 Glendale, Ames, IA 50010
641-919-3783, [email protected]
Pauline Drobney
11302 W 125th Street S, Prairie City, IA
50228, [email protected]
Issues/Action Committee:
Jane Clark
9871 Lincoln Ave, Clive, IA 50325
515-223-5047, [email protected]
Newsletter/Historian:
Deborah Q. Lewis
Dept. EEOB, ISU, Ames, IA 50011-1020
515-294-9499, [email protected]
Newsletter Layout:
Lisa Harmison
2060 S. 500th Avenue, Ames, IA 50014
[email protected]
Printed on recycled paper.
Leaves of the President's Notebook...
Spring Break
On Saturday afternoon during Memorial Day weekend, I lost
my balance while on a trail in Badlands National Park. In the
time it takes to read this sentence, I’d hit the ground and
recalled a similar spill on Alaska’s Matanuska Glacier. That
fall had merely resulted in a bruised thumbnail. The crack that
I heard during this descent, however, indicated that my lower
right leg was broken.
Fortunately, I was with students and other faculty. A cell
phone was used to call 9-1-1. Fortunately, we were not very
far from the vans and NPS help arrived quickly. With my leg
secured in a splint, a few students assisted members of the
local fire department to carry me to a waiting ambulance. In
Rapid City later that evening, I underwent surgery to repair the
damage. By noon the next day I was heading home.
I devoted the subsequent summer (and part of the autumn) to
recovery. Whereas I would be restricted in most activities, I
resisted being overly limited (as well as defined) by my injury.
I did not drive while my leg was in a cast, yet still had a great
time leading a 10-day student trip around Puget Sound at the
beginning of June. Destinations included Mt. Rainier, Mount
St. Helens, and the Olympic Peninsula. Naturally, my hiking
was limited, but I saved some energy to walk (with crutches)
through the Hall of Mosses in the Hoh Rainforest. Although I
was out of the cast in time for the North American Prairie
Conference, I still relied on those crutches at the meetings and
in the field. Lately, walking has become relatively effortless
and I’ve spent a month regularly commuting to campus on my
bicycle.
On the whole, my accident (with its subsequent recovery)
has been a minor inconvenience. The ordeal has been less of a
burden in part because I’ve benefited from many acts of
kindness – unexpected rides, doors held open, words of
encouragement. I now have a personal appreciation for both
handicapped parking and the wheelchairs provided by
museums, visitor centers, and airports. In part because I
cannot personally thank everyone who helped during my
recovery, I will be among those who encourage others with
similar injuries.
Brian T. Hazlett
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INPS Annual Meeting Minutes
Annual Meeting September 11, 2010, Timberhill
Oak Savanna; Hosted by Sibylla and Bill Brown,
Leon, IA
1:30 President Brian Hazlett opened the meeting
and distributed the agenda and Treasurer’s Report
which had been submitted by Peter Hoehnle, who
could not attend the meeting.
Treasurer’s report:
Only one question pertained to the Society’s
expenditure of $100 for supporting Plant Iowa
Natives. In return, the INPS logo/link appears on
PIN website for one year.
Motion to accept treasurer’s report by Linda
Scarth, second by Bill Brown. Motion approved.
INPS initiated the first annual Iowa Wildflower
Week in May and helped publicize the 19 events
in various locations in the state.
INPS supported: the Loess Hills Prairie
Seminar, Citizen Science – An Introduction to
Insects, and provided an honorarium to Mary Cox
for her field trip.
INPS Field Trips:
June: to Tipton and Rippey prairies in cooperation with the Raccoon River Watershed
Association. Tom Rosburg led this and Mike
Delaney organized it.
July: Northern Loess Hills with Bill and Dianne
Blankenship leading the visits to several sites and
Bill Zales leading the visit to his prairies.
August: Cedar Hills Savanna led by Mary Cox
which doubled as a pre-conference field trip for
the North American Prairie Conference. And later
Prairie posters are nearly sold out; woodland
posters are available for $2.00 each/ $1.00 extra for in the month, the Jennett Heritage Area field trip,
led by Joe McGovern of the Iowa Natural
tube.
Heritage Foundation and Cindy Hildebrand.
18 sets of Carl Kurtz cards are available at
INHF received grant money from INPS to help
$2.50/set of 4 small cards; $4.50/set of 4 large
purchase Jennett Heritage Area. This field trip
cards. (Prices at this meeting.) One-half set of the
also included visits to local prairie remnants and
small cards is given to new members and renewals. reconstructions.
Members present were polled concerning whether
September: Timberhill Oak Savanna, led by
to order more small prairie cards for the memberPauline Drobney and the hosts, Bill and Sibylla
ship thank-you mailings, or create new woodland
Brown. Lunch was provided by the hosts. The
cards using photos from the woodland poster? The annual meeting was held following lunch.
group favored woodland photos. Thus Deb Lewis
Dianne presented an award from INPS to
moved to order woodland cards. Motion was
Connie
Mutel. Connie was thanked for her
seconded by Karen Tigges. Motion passed.
dedication and her contributions to both INPS
Brian Hazlett noted the intention to have an Iowa and all of Iowa. The framed photograph was from
wetland wildflower poster created following the sale the Scarth book, DeepNature: Photographs from
of more of the woodland posters.
Iowa. Linda Scarth was present at the meeting.
Connie Mutel has donated profits from her sales of Grants: Connie Mutel
her books The Emerald Horizon and A Watershed
One grant was awarded in 2010 – for the study
Year to INPS.
of genetic diversity in remnant prairies. Connie
Past Year’s Activities: Dianne Blankenship
emphasized the need to apply for grants within
the grant season.
INPS Exhibits: at the IPN Winter Meeting; the
Day of Insects, Earth Fest in Sioux City, the Loess
Introduction of new Board Members: Brian
Hills Prairie Seminar, and some events in the Iowa Hazlett
City/Cedar Rapids area.
Merchandise: Dianne Blankenship
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Brian introduced three new board members: Lloyd Crim and Pauline Drobney (present), and Rose
Danaher (not present).
Election of INPS Officers: Brian Hazlett
Candidates for Office:
President: Brian Hazlett
Vice-President position open – volunteers called for, none came forward.
Secretary/Treasurer: Peter Hoehnle
Motion to accept slate of candidates, leaving VP open and be filled later by the INPS Board, by Deb
Lewis, second by ???. Motion approved.
2:00pm Meeting adjourned.
A Reminder that Dues Are Due
If you’re like me and haven’t yet paid your 2011 dues, don’t forget to do so! Our dues not only cover
the costs of the newsletter and other educational materials, they also support our Small Grants Program
for research, education and management of Iowa’s natural areas.
Thank You to Our 2010 Contributors!
As 2010 winds down, this is a good time to thank all INPS members who have joined or renewed
their membership in 2010. Special thanks to those who contributed more than the minimal $10
membership fee in 2010. Those who made contributions of at least $25 are listed below.
Supporters -- $25 to $49
Dean Abel
Lisa Bean
Jamie Beyer
Bill and Dianne Blankenship
Howard Bright, Ion Exchange
Mary Brown
Robert R. Bryant
Anne Burnside
Holly Carver
Douglas Caulkins
Jean Day
Marcus Eckhardt
Bruce and Marlene Ehresman
James Fluck
Beverly Foote
Kirk Henderson
Jo Hudson
Alicia Dee Jackson
Carter Johnson
Cynthia Johnson
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Linda Kerber
Casey Kohrt
Robin Lillie and Daniel Mascal
Dan Mays
Laura McCormick
Catherine Mabry McMullen
Leesa McNeil and Jon Nylen
Sally Mills
Larissa and Erik Mottl
Alicia Mullarkey
Connie Mutel
Thomas Rosburg
Linda and Robert Scarth
Thomas Scherer
Steve and Jane Schomberg
Erma Selser
Steven and Linda Stoll
Teresa Testroet
Peter Vander Meer, Jr.
Karen Viste-Sparkman
Becky Williams
Eileen Wuebker
William M. Zales
Benefactors -- $50+
Sibylla and Bill Brown
Mary Jane Hatfield
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Christine and Roger Kirpes
Bill and Judith Klink
Inger Lamb
Mary E. Lata
James and Rose Marie Monagan
Scott Sauer
Naomi Schedl
Bill Tollefson
Trees Forever
Mark Widrlechner and Sherry
Dragula
Andrew H. Williams
Iowa Prairie Network – Central
Iowa Winter Meeting, January 29
a pristine prairie with stunning photographs, and
in his new book from the Center for American
Places.
Location: Des Moines Area Community College,
Contested Space: Rochester Cemetery and
Ankeny campus, Building 7
Its Stakeholders
Time: 12:00 - registration begins; 12:30 - 1st session Panel Discussion, Monday, November 29, 7
starts in the auditorium
pm; Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College
This year’s main speaker will be Chris Helzer, The
Stephen Longmire approaches the Rochester
Nature Conservancy, Nebraska
Cemetery as an outsider. On this panel he will be
The silent auction will support both the Jennett
joined by members of the Rochester, Iowa,
property (which is in Story Co.) and the Tuttle tract, community to hear the issues they have had over
which is an important addition to Waterman Prairie, the years concerning a space that is both a burial
Cherokee Co. INPS and IPN members should be
ground and a significant prairie remnant. They
somewhat familiar with the Jennett property (it has will look at how these can coexist and why
been described in past issues of Erythronium, and
tensions flare up.
INPS co-sponsored a field trip there earlier this
Sugar Creek Nature Sanctuary Open House
year). Here’s a description of the Tuttle Property:
Sunday, December 5, 1-3 pm
Little Sioux Conservation Area – Tuttle Property
Tallgrass Prairie Audubon chapter members are
The Nature Conservancy and INHF have partnered
hosting an open house at Sugar Creek for bird
to protect a 142 acre unplowed prairie remnant in
watching and guided woodland trail hiking. For
Cherokee County. The property most recently was
more information or directions, call 641-236used to graze cattle. It is a key addition to the
7309 or 641-236-6600.
Waterman Prairie project, one of the most extensive
Woodland Restoration Work Days
native prairie complexes in Iowa. INHF and TNC
Saturday, February 19, 10 am – 12:30 pm;
expect to receive a Public/Private Resource
Enhancement and Protection (REAP) Act grant that Saturday, April 9, 10 am – 12:30 pm; Grinnell
College Conard Environmental Research Area
will permit IDNR to purchase the Property from
INHF. The price will be seventy-five percent (75%)
Volunteers will help salvage firewood logs from
of the price paid by INHF plus appraisal and closing an oak woodland undergoing tree thinning for
fees. This will leave a balance $125,535 of
restoration. For more information and driving
estimated total costs that will not be recovered
directions, contact Larissa Mottl at 641-269-4717
through sale of the property to IDNR. The Nature
or [email protected].
Conservancy and INHF are splitting the balance.
Prescribed Fire Orientation for Volunteers
Upcoming Events in the Grinnell Area Thursday, February 24, 4:15 – 5:30 pm
Grinnell College Noyce Science Center, Rm
Life and Death on the Prairie
2021
Photographic exhibition and gallery talk
This session will orient volunteers to why we
Monday, November 29, 4:15 pm; Faulconer
burn, what we burn, and how we conduct
Gallery, Grinnell College
prescribed burns and how volunteers can help at
Artist Stephen Longmire will speak about his
Grinnell College’s 365-acre Conard Environphotographic exhibition in the Faulconer Gallery,
mental Research Area in east-central Jasper
Life and Death on the Prairie. This project explores County. For more information, please contact
the ways a community can clash over the best use of Larissa Mottl at 641-269-4717 or
a place.
[email protected].
Mr. Longmire tells the story of a cemetery within
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students and 2 youth. Participants were students,
farmers, DNR staff (from NE and IA), USFWS
staff, a professional photographer, naturalists, a
Thank you to the sponsors of the Citizen Science: native landscaper, and others with a keen interest
An Introduction to Insects workshop held June 18 in insects. We were pleased to have interest from
and 19, 2010 at the Grinnell College Conard
such a variety in ages and backgrounds.
Environmental Research Area (CERA). Our
Our thanks to the other instructors and speakers:
sponsors were Grinnell College Center for Prairie
John
Pearson, Jackie Brown, Laura Winkler, and
Studies, Iowa Living Roadway Trust Fund, Iowa
Native Plant Society, Iowa Prairie Network, Iowa Steve Holland.
Department of Natural Resources and Iowa
The weather cooperated for great afternoon field
Natural Heritage Foundation.
sessions. Participants explored a variety of habitats
and learned about many insect observation and
We are pleased that BugGuide.net editors have
sampling methods, including setting out dead rats
created a page to highlight the workshop and for
to lure in scavengers. Several people also stayed
posting photos. Here’s a link to photos from the
for the evening night-lighting session.
workshop.
Citizen Science: An Introduction to
Insects
http://bugguide.net/node/view/414692/bgimage
In addition, over 80 photos of insects and galls
have been submitted to BugGuide.net for
identification and documentation of insects
(mostly) observed and/or collected at CERA. This
is very exciting!
Everyone went home with a high-quality insect
collection and preservation kit and a binder with
information to help them continue learning and
identifying insects. Our hope is that we’ve instilled
a new or renewed awareness, excitement and
admiration for the insects around us!
Our hope, also, is that this workshop experience
can serve as a model for offering future workshops
for citizen scientists. We asked participants to let
http://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch.php?
us know what other groups of animals they’d be
user=&taxon=&description=cera&county=jasper& interested in learning more about.
adult=&immature=&male=&female=&representat
Thanks again!
ive=
Yours in conservation,
We had 34 registrants, including 5 college
Larissa Mottl and MJ Hatfield
Click on any of the links at the bottom of this
link to see the insect photos.
INPS Award to Connie Mutel
Connie Mutel (center) was honored at the 2010
Iowa Native Plant Society Annual Meeting at
Timberhill Oak Savanna on September 11, 2010.
INPS recognized Connie for her dedication and
contribution to INPS and for all she has done for
native plants and Nature in Iowa through the books
she has written and edited. Presenting the award for
INPS was Dianne Blankenship (left), board member
from Sioux City. The award was a framed photo
created by Robert and Linda Scarth (Linda is on the
right), selected from their book, Deep Nature:
Photographs from Iowa.
Photo: Rollie Henkes, Woodlands & Prairies Magazine
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from each other but moderate differentiation from
commercial seed and the restoration project.
These results suggest that there has been a
Dr. Tony Jelsma and his colleagues at Dordt
reasonable level of gene flow between the
College were the recipients of an Iowa Native Plant remnant prairies but that the commercial seed and
Society research grant. INPS was pleased that this the plants from the restoration are likely from
grant not only contributed to knowledge about our populations moderately isolated genetically from
native prairie plants, but also drew a college student the remnant populations. This is significant in
into botanical research for a summer and produced light of current concerns regarding the use of
results that were presented in a poster session at the local ecotype seed for restoration efforts.
North American Prairie Conference in August,
2010. Dr. Jeffrey T. Ploegstra, a member of the
Mark your calendar for the next
biology faculty at Dordt, submitted the following
sedge workshop at CERA
report of the project.
Carex ID workshop at Grinnell College Conard
Environmental Research Area on June 17-18
Genetic Diversity of Asclepias tuberosa in Iowa
2011. Workshop leaders: William (Bill) Norris,
Prairies
Scott Zager and Tom Rosburg; workshop
In Iowa less than one percent of the original
facilitator Larissa Mottl. Details forthcoming next
tallgrass prairie remains, isolated in a few remnant newsletter; for more info contact William (Bill)
prairies. Reduced population size and
Norris at [email protected]
fragmentation can result in the loss of genetic
diversity, which in turn can make organisms more
Announcements
susceptible to environmental challenges. Dordt
College is undertaking a long term project to assess Congratulations to Jimmie Thompson, Bill Norris
the genetic variability in native prairie plants on
and Deb Lewis. Jimmie, Bill and Deb are authors
remnant prairies in Northwest Iowa. Currently we of “The Vascular Flora of Ledges State Park
are testing six microsatellite sequences for butterfly (Boone County, Iowa) Revisited: Revelations and
milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) from the Steele
Recommendations,” which was published in the
Prairie State Preserve, Broken Kettle Grasslands, a December 2009 issue of Castanea. This paper
private prairie near Cherokee IA, a prairie
was selected from all of the papers published in
restoration project on the Dordt College campus,
Castanea in 2009 to receive the Richard and
and populations from native prairie seed suppliers in Minnie Windler Award from the Southern
Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. We hope to answer
Appalachian Botanical Society.
the following questions: A) Do nearby remnant
prairies share alleles and have similar allelic
diversity? B) Is there evidence for inbreeding in
Website: http://www.public.iastate.edu/
remnant populations? C) Is there evidence that plant ~herbarium/inps/inpshome.htm
populations found in local native prairies are
genetically distinct from restored prairies and from To subscribe to the Iowa Native
those originating outside the state of Iowa?
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analyzed, there are few private alleles among the
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populations, and there is no evidence of a
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heterozygote deficit in any of the populations.
2010 INPS Research Grant Project
Report
Further, the three remnant prairie populations of A.
tuberosa tested exhibit little genetic differentiation
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Conservation wins!
What's next?
On November 2, a clear and overwhelming majority of Iowa voters (63%) declared their support for
the values behind Iowa’s Water & Land Legacy amendment.
This resounding “YES” vote creates the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund, which
will provide for clean water, soil conservation and restoration of wetlands to help prevent future floods.
This new trust fund is not yet funded. But now we're certain that the first share of any future sales tax
increase will support Iowa's natural resources. It is premature to talk about if or when that will occur. In
the meantime, we're exploring interim funding options.
This vote made another major impact — by surprising the political pundits and candidates about the
true breadth and depth of Iowans’ support for conservation.
Voter support was broad and bipartisan. The Iowa’s Water and Land Legacy coalition included over
130 organizations representing more than 300,000 members. We are a coalition of “jeans and suits,
tennis shoes and waders, and camouflage and blaze orange.”
You, the voters, have shown that Iowans DO care about our land, water, soil, wildlife and special
places! You've said, "This is a priority for action and funding."
Let's express those values more often! Help maintain the flame of this election victory by regularly
reminding others - particularly your elected officials - that Iowans must protect our precious natural
resources.
Thank you for your vote and your voice!
Yours in conservation,
Mark C. Ackelson
President
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
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Gladys Black: The Legacy of Iowa’s Bird Lady
Gladys Black’s newspaper columns about birds and birding, her environmental education work with
young people, and her high profile as an outspoken defender of the environment made her well known
across Iowa. And, despite her death in 1998, Gladys’ influence still touches many people. That legacy
prompted Jon Stravers and Larry Stone to keep Gladys alive with their recent book, Gladys Black: The
Legacy of Iowa’s Bird Lady.
Stravers, who now works for the National Audubon Society on the Upper Mississippi River, first met
Gladys in the mid-1970s, when he called Gladys with a question about a screech owl that was nesting
near his home. She encouraged his interest in birds of prey, introduced him to other birders, and set him
on a career path as a raptor researcher and conservationist.
Stone worked with Gladys when he was outdoor writer/photographer for the Des Moines Register and
she was contributing birding columns to the paper. He regularly contacted her as a source of
information about birds. Their relationship continued throughout her life.
In 1976, when Stone was writing a series of stories about canoeing Iowa rivers, Gladys urged him to
contact Stravers, who often watched birds from his canoe. The men have remained friends and
associates ever since. In 2003, they teamed up to publish Sylvan T. Runkel: Citizen of the Natural
World, which is a biography of another conservation legend.
For the book about Gladys Black, Stone and
Stravers interviewed dozens of Gladys’ friends,
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neighbors, adversaries, and associates. The men
Pine Bark An excellent mulch with long-lasting also relied on their own notes and memories of
color, it is a by-product of the timber industry. Pine their experiences with Gladys. The result is a
bark is very effective in weed and seedling control. collection of anecdotes that illustrate how Gladys
came to be such a memorable character, and why
Pine Needles The jury is out on whether
she had such a powerful influence on the people
commercially available bales of pine straw are
around her.
harvested sustainably, but pine needles on your
Although Gladys especially loved to work with
own property are an excellent mulch that allows
more moisture to penetrate to the soil than chunkier young people, she was equally at home when
confronting politicians or bureaucrats. Her
mulches.
message was always the same: protect our birds
Fallen Leaves The leaves you rake, especially
and our environment. That mantra took root as a
oak leaves, are free, abundant, and make a great
“tree,” whose branches comprise the countless
mulch.
people whom Gladys inspired to respect the Earth
New Sources In Florida, Melaleuca and
and its inhabitants.
Eucalyptus mulch is becoming available.
The book is available from Stone’s website,
Melaleuca, or punk tree, is an invasive nonnative
www.LarryStonesIowa.com, or from selected
tree that has taken over 500,000 acres of the
bookstores. Stone is a member of the Humanities
Florida Everglades. Turning this tree into mulch
Iowa speakers bureau, and is available to give
helps rid the state of this terrible pest plant.
programs about “Iowa’s Bird Lady.”
Hopefully this mulch will be sold more widely as
Larry A. Stone, 23312 295th St., Elkader, IA
people learn to request it from their stores. It is
52043, 563.245.1517, [email protected],
extremely long-lasting and termite-resistant.
Produced from plantation-grown trees, Eucalyptus www.LarryStonesIowa.com.
mulch is naturally insect-repellent, with a rich, long
lasting color.
Alternative Mulches
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Timberhill Oak Savanna Field Trip and INPS Annual Meeting Other 2010 Field Trips Cedar Bend Savanna Tipton Prairie Stone State Park