Fremont’s tidytips (Layia fremontii); Image: Akulova Barlow
By Amina Sharma
It’s Friday Links time, baby! Take a break from cone collecting and storing seeds and settle down for a read. Let’s answer the big questions like “What is a tree?” and “What has the Saint’s Daisy been up to for the past 50 years?” and “Do people really know how cute bats are?”
- Asphalt playgrounds are out, shade trees and green refuges are in. (The New York Times)
- There needs to be a magazine for the amazing diversity of bird nests—Avian Digest? (Smithsonian Magazine)
- You may see the American edgelands every day without realizing it. (The Architect’s Newspaper)
- What exactly makes a tree a tree? (Knowable Magazine)
- Feared extinct, the rare Saint’s Daisy has been hiding on Santa Cruz Island for almost 50 years. (KCLU)
- You’ve planned for unimaginable catastrophe by storing 1.3 million seeds in the Arctic. But what happens when the Arctic warms? (Scientific American)
- Huge news: Scientists may have found a way to thwart the white-nose fungus that’s decimating North America’s bat population. (The New York Times)
- Need a native vine for your garden? California has some beautiful wallflowers. (Gardenista)
- Oak love and a glimpse into their past, courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. (YouTube)
- Done by hand, cone collecting may help save California’s burned forests. (The Mercury News)
- Funny of the day
Getting ready for fall plant sales
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