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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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Emily Carr: Nature's Artist

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2025/01/30

On a recent trip to Canada, I was reminded of the life and works of Emily Carr, a cherished figure of Canadian arts and letters.

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2:15

Trees in Fiction

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2025/01/23

Trees grace many works of fiction. Think of the magnificent treehouse in “The Swiss Family Robinson,” a beautiful, elevated place of safety on a deserted island.

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2:25

The remote dragon's blood tree

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2025/01/16

Most of us have a bucket list of things we want to do before we die.

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2:15

Elfinwood forests

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2025/01/09

The next time you glide up a ski lift, look down at the trees that pass beneath your boots.

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2:30

The sanctuary of trees

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2025/01/02

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

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2:25

A chocolate tree? Sort of.

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2024/12/26

No chocolate fan has to wonder why the scientific name of the cacao tree translates from the Greek to "the food of the gods."

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2:25

How a Christmas trees gets its shape

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2024/12/19

In my family, we always choose a Christmas tree with a top branch that’s long enough to support the cardboard angel our daughter made twenty years ago.

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2:20

Bough of Holly

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2024/12/12

A familiar Christmas song reminds us to “deck the halls with boughs of holly.”

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2:30

Why Some Leaves Don't Fall

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2024/12/05

Trees and people share a habit of sometimes hanging on to things that should be shed.

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2:20

The Spicy Allspice Tree

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2024/11/27

The first time I helped my mom make a pumpkin pie for our Thanksgiving dinner, my job was to retrieve the spices for the filling. I knew what cinnamon and nutmeg were, but what in the world was allspice?

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2:15

Tree relatives

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2024/11/21

The more I know about and understand the trees that live around me at home, the more connected I feel to their tree relatives around the world.

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2:15

Golden Gingkos

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2024/11/14

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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2:30

Trees and Spiders

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2024/11/07

As the ultimate of creepy crawlies, spiders get a very bad rap.

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2:25

Looking for baby names?

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2024/10/31

My two granddaughters are Sierra and Brooke, wonderful names that connect them to nature.

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2:20

Witness trees

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2024/10/24

Trees were critical in the mapping of our nation.

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2:24

What the heartwood wants

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2024/10/17

When you look at the cross section of the trunk of an old tree, you see that it has two zones: the sapwood, which is the younger wood that’s closest to the bark — and the heartwood, which is the darker, central part of the trunk.

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2:30

Trees & Flying Buttresses

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2024/10/10

If you visit the great cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, you’ll note its tremendous height and expansive interior spaces, all hallmarks of the Gothic style of architecture. But they only exist because of one structural support: “flying buttresses.”

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2:30

Old growth forests

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2024/10/03

Foresters often claim that lumber is a renewable resource.

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2:30

Tree Air Fresheners

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2024/09/26

On a recent trip to the airport, I noticed one of those tree-shaped air-fresheners dangling from the rearview mirror, the driver's effort to sweeten the car air with the aroma of pine trees.

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2:48

The Purpose of Fruit

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2024/09/19

The other day, as I lugged home 300 pounds of apples from my neighbor’s yard, I thought about the purpose of fruit.

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