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#alder — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Spring is in the air, it is on the ground, and it is showing up on winter deciduous trees.

    This cluster shows a still leafless Himalayan Birch (Betula alnoides) full of yellow catkins, the other taller trees are Himalayan Alder (Alnus nepalensis) which have new leaves & leaf buds. The dark evergreen trees are Tree Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum).

    #trees #nature #spring #Hinalayas #IndiasNature #HimalayaSpeaks #HimalayanBirch #Alder #Rhododendron #Phenology #catkins #biology #ecology

  2. This #Foresters first Mastodon #ThickTrunkTuesday #PAWS #Alder #Pollard possibly relic of local gunpowder production, managed for fodder, or just browsed before being engulfed by modern Larch underplanting.

  3. Excellent paper describing the initial and subsequent detections of #Vespa #mandarinia (a.k.a. #Asian #giant #hornet or #murder #hornet).

    A fact I wasn't aware of: researchers and pest managers used #radio-tagged, live-captured hornets to lead them back to #nests (usually found in #red #alder cavities).

    Tons of other valuable information in the paper as well.

    Quote: "It is too early to feel confident that the species has been prevented from #establishing..."

    🔗 jhr.pensoft.net/article/99307/