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Muskrats are largely herbivorous – chomping cattail roots and shoots is a favourite pastime.

The fragrant sumac has tiny yellow female flowers along branches and flower mid to late March-April. Flowers appear before foliage emerges.

Shredded bark or wood chip mulches will last longer, but usually have to be topped up every 3 years.

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The bird feeder was now far enough from trees to thwart my backyard community of furry filchers.

The Carolina Rose has fragrant pink flowers that appear in May and persist into July.

Not only do these woodpeckers have remarkable adaptations for excavating wood, they also have acute hearing that allows them to pick up the telltale sounds of ants scurrying within trees.

Buttonbush has blooms that are rich in nectar and attract butterflies and other pollinators.

A red-tailed hawk’s vision can be 10 times more acute than ours.

Staghorn Sumac is a good erosion control plant as it spreads by root suckers forming colonies and thickets.

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