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  • 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 …