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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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2:15

Tree relatives

TreeNote ·

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

TreeNote ·

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

TreeNote ·

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?

TreeNote ·

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

TreeNote ·

2024/10/24

Trees were critical in the mapping of our nation.

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2:24

What the heartwood wants

TreeNote ·

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

TreeNote ·

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

TreeNote ·

2024/10/03

Foresters often claim that lumber is a renewable resource.

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2:30

Tree Air Fresheners

TreeNote ·

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

TreeNote ·

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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2:25

Neighborhood trees

TreeNote ·

2024/09/12

Local street fairs celebrate the character of neighborhoods all over the country, from the Snowy Owl Market in Maine’s Presque Isle to the Solano Stroll in Berkeley, California.

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2:30

The bounty of urban fruit

TreeNote ·

2024/09/05

On an early morning run along a city bike path, I was surprised to see a pickup truck that was slowly patrolling the trail.

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2:30

The Spicy Nutmeg Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/08/29

My father is from India, so I grew up eating and loving Indian food.

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2:35

Peach fuzz

TreeNote ·

2024/08/22

Peach season is here! A first bite into one of those luscious orange globes is a high point of our tree harvests.

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2:30

Trees, marcesence and the habit of hanging on

TreeNote ·

2024/08/15

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

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2:30

The Willow Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/08/08

Willow trees are wonderful. They take root easily and grow remarkably quickly. But their life spans are short, evoking the motto that James Dean made famous: "Live fast, die young."

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2:35

Who is living in the tree tops?

TreeNote ·

2024/08/01

In the four decades that I’ve studied treetop biology, I’ve always focused on canopy-dwelling plants. But forests also support a fascinating array of arboreal animals.

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2:30

The Mulberry Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/07/25

There’s an old nursery rhyme that I remember singing as a child.

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2:40

A forest full of families

TreeNote ·

2024/07/18

As a forest ecologist, I tend to see a woodland as a collection of trees.

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2:20

The Heroic Olive Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/07/11

The Mediterranean diet, one of our healthiest eating plans, draws upon plenty of fruits and vegetables. But the real hero of that diet is the olive tree.

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