Spring Seed Collection Adventures
The Riparian Lands crew has been out scouting and collecting seeds as part of our direct seeding project with Vermont Fish and Wildlife. Species we have been focusing on this spring include: quaking aspen, bigtooth aspen, balsam poplar, eastern cottonwood, black willow, shrub willow, silver maple, red maple, and American elm. Over the past couple months, the crew has been scouting out locations for potential collection sites and gathering data on the different tree and shrub species. Observations on weather, flowering dates, seed formation, and other notes have been collected for [Read More...]
