Master Gardeners
… on lawn care Identify weeds, beneficial and noxious insects, and plant diseases and remedies Teach you how to use …
Native Plants
… and can create food deserts for most native birds and insects. A single pair of breeding chickadees needs to find … to raise one clutch of young. A native white oak tree is host to 557 different species of butterflies and moths. The non-native ginkgo tree supports just five. Charles County Master Gardener "All …
Invasives in Your Woodland: Wineberry
… but may become established in forest settings when a tree falls and opens a hole in the canopy. While wineberry’s … areas, how to identify and control invasive plants and insects, and about news and regional online and in-person …
Deer Resistant Native Plants
… eat the lower twigs, leaving this rather characteristic tree silhouette. If a native plant is too vulnerable to … we lose these plant species, we also lose the pollinators, insects, and songbirds that depend upon them. The only true …
Woodland Wildlife Spotlight - The Woodchuck
… diet includes alfalfa, dandelions, and clover, as well as insects, bark, and leaves. Where human activity is present, …
About
… Plant clinics to diagnose plant problems (diseases, insects, fertility, and abiotic disorders) and offer advice … ways to provide habitat for native wildlife and beneficial insects Benefits to individuals who become a Master Gardener: … Use and Safety Precauctions Soils and Fertilizers Tree and Shrub Care Once a Master Gardener Trainee has …
Branching Out Fall 2023 News and Notes
… have combined drone imagery and AI to delineate each tree in a forest, along with an estimate of its height and … areas, how to identify and control invasive plants and insects, and about news and regional online and in-person …
Pest-Predictive Calendar
… Amelanchier canadensis first bloom 154 A European pine sawfly Neodiprion sertifer larva, early instar 154 F Eastern … Elm leafminer Fenusa ulmi adult emergence 219¹ F Roseslug sawfly Endelomyia aethiops egg hatch/early instar 230 A … 'Appalachian Spring' first bloom 281 A Bristly roseslug sawfly Cladius difformis larva, early instar 284 F Imported …
Invasives in Your Woodland - Mile-a-minute
… native vegetation attempting to regenerate. It climbs into tree canopies and restricts light to plants growing below. … areas, how to identify and control invasive plants and insects, and about news and regional online and in-person …
Woodland Wildlife Spotlight: Chuck-will's-widow
… on its prey and using its wide, gaping mouth , it captures insects such as moths and flying beetles. Chuck-will’s-widows …