Our 2nd bonus episode has arrived! This episode, Steve is joined by Matt from ‘In Defense of Plants’ & Sara from ‘Midwest Explorer’ for a hike at Hunter’s Creek Park. We talk about tree bark, bird poop, and American Sycamore Trees. Steve also ventures into Buffalo, NY to see the oldest American Sycamore in the world… allegedly (but probably not). Enjoy!

Useful Links and relevant time stamps:
 
01. In Defense of Plants:
http://www.indefenseofplants.com/
https://www.patreon.com/indefenseofplants
https://www.facebook.com/InDefenseOfPlants/

In Defense of Plants – Bark!
http://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2016/1/27/bark

02. Midwest Explorer:
https://www.facebook.com/themidwestexplorer/

03. Mystery Pupa [02:23]

Tomato Hornworm/ Five-spotted Hawk Moth (Manduca quinquemaculatus) [02:35]
http://bugguide.net/node/view/5011

04. Hunter’s Creek Park [02:52]
http://www.wnymba.org/static/maps/hunters.pdf

Friends of Hunter’s Creek
https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-Hunters-Creek-128946483795779/

05. Blackberry (Rubus sp.) [03:21]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=rubus

06. Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) [03:51]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=romu

The Field Guides – Ep. 05 - Multiflora Blows
http://www.thefieldguidespodcast.com/new-blog/2016/2/7/the-field-guides-ep-05-multiflora-rose

07. Epilobium (Willowherb) [04:02]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=EPILO

08. Achene [05:02]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achene

09. Anemochory & Myrmecochory  [05:17]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_dispersal_syndrome

10. Pink Etymology [05:47]
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pink

11. Betalains [06:22]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betalain

David L. Des Marais - To betalains and back again: a tale of two pigments
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/nph.13556/asset/nph13556.pdf;jsessionid=6FCC35B48271BFEFF143E64398B0B4D3.f04t04?v=1&t=izpvn6n1&s=1f638b188825a59732b66f9e08217d8f3bf4e2e9

The Field Guides – Ep. 12 – Pokeweed Every Day
http://www.thefieldguidespodcast.com/new-blog/2016/11/3/the-field-guides-ep-12-pokeweed-every-day

12. Foxes of North America [07:10]
http://wildliferesponse.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:foxes-of-north-america&catid=36:mammals&Itemid=57

13. Musclewood/American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) [07:26]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=caca18

14. Ironwood/American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) [09:12]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=OSVI

15. Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) [10:09]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=prse2

16. Lenticels [10:56]
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/raven6b/graphics/raven06b/other/raven06_38.pdf
Search for “lenticel”

17. Tree-ring formation [11:31]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880555/pdf/fpls-07-00734.pdf

18. Downy Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) [12:27]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=amar3

19. Striped Maple/Moosewood (Acer pensylvanicum) [13:19]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=acpe

American Forests Champion Trees
http://www.americanforests.org/explore-forests/americas-biggest-trees/champion-trees-national-register/

20. Red Maple (Acer rubrum) [14:02]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=acru

21. Frullania sp. [14:42]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=FRULL (not much help)
http://eol.org/pages/36257/overview

22. Red Maple’s “reptilian” bark [16:16]
https://nhgardensolutions.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/10-pattern-in-red-maple-tree-bark.jpg

23. Evolution of bark [17:05]

24. Marsessence [17:58]
https://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/leaves-dont-leave/
http://nhpr.org/post/something-wild-how-trees-survive-nh-winters-0

25. American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) [19:49]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ploc

26. Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) [20:20]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=tsca

27. Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) [20:44]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BEAL2

Oil of Wintergreen (Methyl salicylate)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_salicylate

28. Maple-Beech-Birch Forests [21:18]
http://www.nhdfl.org/about-forests-and-lands/bureaus/natural-heritage-bureau/photo-index/yellow-birch-forest.aspx

29. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) [21:27]
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/hwa.shtml

30. Mystery purple poop guesses [22:18]

Buckthorn (Rhamnus sp.)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RHAMN

Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=pham4

Privet (Ligustrum sp.)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LIGUS2

31. Big-Tooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata) [21:55]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=POGR4

Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=potr5

Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PODE3

32. American Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) [24:49]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=havi4

The Field Guides - Ep. 10 - Witch Hazel: An Explosive Late Bloomer
http://www.thefieldguidespodcast.com/new-blog/2016/10/2/the-field-guides-ep-10-a-late-bloomer

33. Mystery "five o'clock shadow" fungi [26:30]

34. Woodfern (Dryopteris sp.) [27:20]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=DRYOP

New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=THNO

35. Plaintain Leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea) [27:52]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAPL4

36. Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) [28:20]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CRATA

37. Radula sp. [28:26]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RADUL

38. Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) [28:46]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=beth

CORRECTION: To say that Berberis is a non-native genus and Mahinia is a native genus is either a gross over simplification on my part, or just simply wrong. While there are non-native Berberis species in North America, there are also some native species as well (5 native spp., 5 non-native spp.). Mahonia, on the other hand, has all but 1 native species in North America (10 native spp., 1 non-native sp.).

Barberry (Berberis spp.)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BERBE

Barberry (Mahonia spp.)
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MAHON

39. Ulota [29:26]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ULOTA

40. Sensitive/Bead Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) [29:15]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=onse

41. Black Willow (Salix nigra) [29:48]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SANI

42. Wild Grape (Vitis sp.) [31:26]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VITIS

43. Dickcissel (Spiza americana) [32:12]
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dickcissel/lifehistory

Group names for different bird species
http://www.birdnature.com/groupnames.html

44. American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) [32:40]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ploc

London Planetree (Platanus ×hispanica) [occidentalis × orientalis]
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLHI

Why the Sycamore Sheds Its Bark
https://www.nycgovparks.org/news/daily-plant?id=19242

45. Buffalo’s Oldest Tree – American Sycamore [36:42]
http://www.buffaloah.com/a/franklin/404/tree/index.html

Champion Sycamores on American Forests
http://www.americanforests.org/?s=sycamore&lang=en

Champion American Sycamores  on Monumental Trees
https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/platanusoccidentalis/records/

46. To Know The Land – 93.3 fm cfru (Byron’s radio show) [39:48]
http://cfru.ca/recordings/315