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by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus and Marilyn Hessinger, Volunteers. Mariton held its 31st Annual Butterfly Census on Saturday. We had a…
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager So, one of the upsides of the pandemic has been better air quality. More empty roads and more empty work…
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. Carole Mebus made a trip into the fields recently on a very hot morning. She was…
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager If you have walked at Mariton recently you have noticed the shiny leaves along the trails. I noticed the “honeydew”…
by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager You already know that staying on the trails and keeping pets leashed helps protect wildlife. You may not have…
by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager The Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides ) is so-named because it stays green throughout the winter. This winter has been a…
Posted by William Ryan, NLT researcher Last October, as we counted the last of the warm days of Indian summer, seeds were ripening and dispersing…
Yesterday, during the Butterfly Census, we came across this interesting morph of Butterfly Weed(Asclepias tuberosa). Most Butterfly Weed is orange (as in the photo below),…
Most forest plants need to flower early in the spring. They need to take care of business before the trees overhead block the precious solar energy…
The Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) is blooming at Mariton. This is a very pretty, but very small orchid that is native in Pennsylvania. These photos…
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