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March 3, 2018 by ralphbergmann

ECO Kids Discovery Days: Cool Conifers

Conifers, special cone-bearing trees with needle and scale-like leaves, can be found throughout the arboretum. Kids and their families will have fun locating these trees and then exploring Discovery Stations […]

Tagged With: cone-bearing, conifers, Discovery Stations, ECO Kids Discovery Day, ECOKids, Hike of the Day, needle, On Your Own Challenge, tree

June 30, 2016 by Wren Smith

Vanishing Acts: Kentucky Trees of Concern – Eastern Hemlock

Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, is a graceful conifer of the southern Appalachians. With its lush evergreen foliage it is more than lovely, it is also ecologically significant. This is especially pertinent […]

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June 23, 2016 by James Moody

Vanishing Acts: Dawn Redwood

While fleeing the impending Japanese invasion of the Chinese mainland, well-to-do members of the aristocracy were scouting possible safe zones deep in the wild interior of China, when a forester […]

Filed Under: Blog, Vanishing Acts Tagged With: conifers, dawn redwood, metasequoia, redwood, vanishing acts

June 6, 2016 by James Moody

Vanishing Acts: Serbian Spruce

Native to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian spruce, Picea omorika, is known from a specimen of fewer than 1,000 trees.  Before the ice ages, the native range of the Serbian […]

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May 16, 2016 by Andrew Berry

Vanishing Acts: Fraser Fir

The Fraser Fir, Abies fraseri, has been in existence for over 12,000 years (called a glacial relict, because its existence dates back to the last glacial age), that is now found […]

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