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December 9, 2019 by Amy Landon

ECO Kids Discovery Day: Seeing Green

Look close and you will discover mosses, ferns, and lichens thriving in the winter landscape. Kids and their families will have fun finding these green gems and then exploring Discovery Stations and the Hike of the Day during the afternoon. ON YOUR OWN CHALLENGE, a self-guided adventure, available from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. HANDS-ON […]

Tagged With: Discovery Stations, ECO Kids Discovery Day, fern, Hike of the Day, lichen, moss, On Your Own Challenge, volunteer naturalist

February 19, 2019 by Hannah Hunt

Lichens as Bio-indicators for Environmental Health

If you have spent time at Bernheim Arboretum and Research forest then you’ve likely seen lichens growing on trees, benches, or rocks. Lichens are abundant at Bernheim and this is good news because lichens are great bio-indicators of surrounding air quality and pollution levels. In urban areas where sulfur dioxide levels are high, lichens may […]

Filed Under: Arboretum, Homepage Blog Feed, Horticulture Tagged With: forest, lichen

January 15, 2019 by ralphbergmann

ECO Kids Discovery Day: Seeing Green

Look close and you will discover mosses, ferns, and lichens thriving in the winter landscape. Kids and their families will have fun finding these green gems and then exploring Discovery Stations and the Hike of the Day during the afternoon. On Your Own Challenge 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Discovery Stations 1 p.m. – 4 […]

Tagged With: Discovery Stations, ECO Kids Discovery Day, fern, Hike of the Day, lichen, moss, On Your Own Challenge, volunteer naturalist

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