My @baldwinwallace.bsky.social Ecology students helped plant hundreds of trees today with Cleveland Museum of Natural History. We were happy to be part of the amazing restoration of Mentor Marsh. Everyone enjoyed dibbling!

.@baldwinwallace.bsky.social's ginkgo trees lost all their leaves in one day, leaving a gold carpet.

Spotted my first lanternfly, at Cleveland Metroparks' Lakefront Nature Preserve, which is a peninsula in Lake Erie. This invasive crop pest recently arrived in northeast Ohio and lives primarily on tree of heaven. How did she get here? 🌿🌎

How lucky that my birthday coincides with the persimmon harvest! I'm making persimmon pudding with fruit I gathered from this native tree. Find a persimmon tree if you can... yes, they're seedy and squishy, but the flavor is worth it and like nothing else. 🌿

I experienced the katsura smell for the first time! The yellowing leaves smell fruity, malty, caramelly... like cotton candy, apple cake or a fruity beer. As they decay, they release maltol. Beautiful, old weeping specimen @ Secrest Arboretum. 🌿

Katsura tree leaves in fall smell like caramelized sugar. Who has experienced this and how would you describe it?