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TreeNote

TreeNote is a two minute weekly feature from renowned ecologist Dr. Nalini Nadkarni and KUER. Listen on podcast or on YouTube.

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2:20

Toxic trees

TreeNote ·

2024/02/15

I’ve often been called a tree-hugger. But I know that getting anywhere near the poisonous Manchineel tree is a very bad idea.

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2:20

Arborsculpture

TreeNote ·

2024/02/08

We’ve all seen beautiful pieces of wood crafted by sculptors into artistic shapes. But have you ever heard of arborsculpture?

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2:30

What to do with all the sawdust?

TreeNote ·

2024/02/01

I think of sawdust as a by-product of woodworking, kind of a nuisance that I have to sweep up and dispose of after a session in the woodshop.

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2:20

Charting a tree's past

TreeNote ·

2024/01/25

The messiest laboratory I have ever seen is the prep room of the Center for Tree-Ring Science at Missouri University.

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2:20

Logger sports

TreeNote ·

2024/01/18

I once worked as a surveyor for the U. S. Forest Service in southeast Alaska.

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2:25

Trees & telephone poles

TreeNote ·

2024/01/11

Our country has over 150 million telephone poles — that's half a pole for every person!

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2:25

Trees and Skateboards

TreeNote ·

2024/01/04

A few years ago, I decided to learn to how to skateboard, much to the embarrassment of my then-teenage children. They requested that I go to the skatepark in disguise to avoid being recognized by their friends.

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2:30

'On Trees,' by Hermann Hesse

TreeNote ·

2023/12/28

As an ecologist, I have shelves full of scientific and literary books on trees.

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2:10

National Christmas Tree

TreeNote ·

2023/12/21

Every year, my family takes an afternoon to drive out to the Tintic Mountains to choose our holiday tree.

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2:50

Tree's romantic parasite

TreeNote ·

2023/12/14

Given the biological purpose of mistletoe, it's pretty strange that this parasite is also a symbol of love.

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2:35

Holiday Wreaths

TreeNote ·

2023/12/07

This is the time of year for the beautiful evergreen wreaths that we put on our doors and windows. But where does all of this holiday greenery come from?

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2:10

The Ginkgo Shed

TreeNote ·

2023/11/30

Although most trees lose their leaves just a few at a time, the leaves of gingko trees drop in synchrony, over the span of a day or two.

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2:20

What is the world's oldest wooden structure?

TreeNote ·

2023/11/16

Until recently, archeologists dated the oldest human-made wooden structures as 5,000 years or younger — homes made by Neolithic Europeans, Buddhist temples of Japan and longhouses of Native Americans.

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2:30

Trees and Holiday Baking

TreeNote ·

2023/11/16

With the winter holidays approaching I'm baking festive goodies — a joyful counterpoint to our shortening days.

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2:45

Why are sycamores trees messy?

TreeNote ·

2023/11/09

This morning, our lawn looked like the aftermath of some sort of tree party.

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2:20

Wood and Hunting

TreeNote ·

2023/11/02

Fall is here! And for deer-hunters like me, that means it’s time for our annual trip to hunt for wild game in our bountiful wildlands.

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2:20

Trees and Towers

TreeNote ·

2023/10/26

I just returned from a field trip in Costa Rica. For decades, I’ve oriented myself in my study plots by sighting on a group of emergent fig trees that I call the “Four Sisters.”

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2:25

Crown Shyness

TreeNote ·

2023/10/19

Imagine that you’re in a forest on a windless, still day. You lie on your back and look up at the treetops high above you. Notice that none of the individual tree crowns touch each other, so that tracks of blue sky show in between them.

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2:25

Acorn's smallest residents

TreeNote ·

2023/10/12

My husband, Jack, studies ants and he often charms me with his inexhaustible supply of insect stories. On a recent stroll, we found a scattering of Gambel oak acorns littering the trail. Stooping down to pick one up, Jack told me the story of the "acorn ants."

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