Herbarium of the Bizarre

This episode ended up being way more involved that I expected, but I learned so much, and I thought I knew Dutch Elm Disease pretty well already. Hopefully, y’all will learn a lot, too. Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: * https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/pest_pathogen/dutch-elm-disease-html/ [https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/pest_pathogen/dutch-elm-disease-html/] * https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/pdlessons/Pages/DutchElm.aspx [https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/pdlessons/Pages/DutchElm.aspx] * https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/pest-and-disease-resources/dutch-elm-disease-ophiostoma-novo-ulmi/ [https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/pest-and-disease-resources/dutch-elm-disease-ophiostoma-novo-ulmi/] * A Dictionary of Plant Pathology by Paul Holliday (1989) * https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/native-elm-bark-beetle [https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/native-elm-bark-beetle] * https://themanitoban.com/2009/11/dutch-elm-vaccine-tested-in-winnipeg/530/ [https://themanitoban.com/2009/11/dutch-elm-vaccine-tested-in-winnipeg/530/] * https://www.unisci.com/stories/20013/0828015.htm [https://www.unisci.com/stories/20013/0828015.htm] * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_elm_disease [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_elm_disease]

We will resume my trilogy of invasive plants next week once I find my mind. Has anyone seen it? Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: * https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/animal-or-vegetable-legend-of-the-vegetable-lamb-of-tartary/ [https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/animal-or-vegetable-legend-of-the-vegetable-lamb-of-tartary/] * The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: A curious fable of the cotton plant by Henry Lee (1887) * https://www.nybg.org/poetic-botany/barometz/ [https://www.nybg.org/poetic-botany/barometz/] * https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/curious-tale-of-vegetable-lamb [https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/curious-tale-of-vegetable-lamb] * The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary by Alice F. Tryon (1957). American Fern Journal, 47(1), pg. 1-7. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_Lamb_of_Tartary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_Lamb_of_Tartary]

Don't worry, I'm okay. My car is very much not okay, unfortunately.

If you’re thinking of planting a Privet, you should pivot and plant something else. Well, if you live in North or Central America, anyway, but that doesn’t rhyme. Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: * https://www.lewisginter.org/chinese-privet/ [https://www.lewisginter.org/chinese-privet/] * https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/chinese-privet [https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/chinese-privet] * https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ligustrum-japonicum/ [https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ligustrum-japonicum/] * https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ligustrum-sinense/ [https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ligustrum-sinense/] * https://triangleland.org/company-news/species-spotlight-chinese-privet [https://triangleland.org/company-news/species-spotlight-chinese-privet] * https://www.se-eppc.org/manual/privet.html [https://www.se-eppc.org/manual/privet.html] * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligustrum_sinense [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligustrum_sinense]

I have a complicated relationship with this stinky dead fish tree. For your entertainment, a Reddit thread about Bradford Pears: https://www.reddit.com/r/arborists/comments/1bn1wpv/why_bradford_pear_is_so_hated/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/arborists/comments/1bn1wpv/why_bradford_pear_is_so_hated/] Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: * https://indiananativeplants.org/2013/callery-pear-a-bad-bad-plant-in-bloom-right-now/ [https://indiananativeplants.org/2013/callery-pear-a-bad-bad-plant-in-bloom-right-now/] * https://www.bhg.com/gardening/trees-shrubs-vines/trees/bradford-pear-tree/ [https://www.bhg.com/gardening/trees-shrubs-vines/trees/bradford-pear-tree/] * https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/callery-pear-bradford-pear [https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/callery-pear-bradford-pear] * https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/callery-pear [https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/callery-pear] * https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/pyrus-calleryana/ [https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/pyrus-calleryana/] * https://extension.umd.edu/resource/bradford-pear/ [https://extension.umd.edu/resource/bradford-pear/] * https://www.invasivespeciesva.org/species/callery-pear [https://www.invasivespeciesva.org/species/callery-pear] * https://dyckarboretum.org/callery-pear-cut-them-down/ [https://dyckarboretum.org/callery-pear-cut-them-down/]