Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / September 2007

I have had alot of rabbit damage to young Amur Maples and decided to
put each with a tomato cage
and then wrap chicken wire fencing around the cage. It has worked well
in that some have now grown

I am researching the yew tree (considering to plant it in my garden) and
found that sources conflict as to which is the most toxic part of the tree:
needles or seeds? Could anyone provide some conclusive, reliable information
to that?

Hi folks,  I teach an introductory plant science course to college
freshmen, and one of the labs that they do is various forms of
scarification of hard seeds (hot water, acid, physical abrasion, etc.).
 We've always used Albizia julibrissin, with excellent success.  But

This photo was recently posted as a link in aus.photo with the Subject
line "Wild Orchids bloom again":
<http://www.weddingsnportraits.com.au/POD/5-09-07>
Frankly, it doesn't look like any native Oz orchid that I know -- it

The world's largest flower is also one of the worst smelling flowers.
Rafflesia Arnoldii is often over 3 feet wide and its petals are almost
an inch thick. You wouldn't want it in your garden, however, because
it smells like a rotting animal. The flower is attempting to attract

Where can I find a photo gallery of salt marsh plants of long island
or far rockaway ny?

Hi People, can someone please tell me the name of this flower? I have
uploaded it on my site www.rent-a-cloud.com under 'Greencards' It's at
the beginning, yellow and named 'Wildflower' Visitors to my site ask
me for identification. I would be grateful for your help. I found this

Could anyone please tell me what this seed is:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Daisy_Seed_with_scale.jpg
I think it might be a daisy, but I don't really know. There is a hole
in the middle of the seed and I think it might be that a larger seed

Can some help me to id this moss/plant:
http://me.metaflow-project.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=573
This is in Norwegian mountains.
Thanks