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2022 Year In Review

To All Authorized Members, I realize it’s been a short time since HMI’s last newsletter graced your inbox.  Since only a few weeks have elapsed since my last letter, you would think that would mean this one will be shorter.  Of course, that’s not how I roll.  This is my opportunity to reflect on everything […]

Cornus florida - flowering dogwood and its relatives

Cornus is a fascinating genus with species ranging from groundcover habits (Cornus canadensis) to large trees (Cornus controversa). I relate to students and garden visitors that if one dogwood is recognizable, then all can be. The leaves (primarily deciduous, several evergreen) are linear-ovate to ovate to broad ovate, margins entire (no teeth) with veins originating […]

Matt Largess: In Search of The Ivory Billed Woodpecker

Twig’s Update: Arbuckle Creek Florida Old Growth Forest Florida once had the largest population of the rarest bird species in the world the -- legendary Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis). These giant birds were considered extinct for decades due to clear-cut logging of the ancient Bald Cypress stands throughout the Southeast US.  Arbuckle Creek is one of […]

Photographs from Arbuckle Creek