Friday, October 09, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Corvus brachyrhynchos, Ginkgo biloba
![](http://www.billemory.com/blogimg04/cag0922-crow-ginkgo_c1735.jpg)
The state bird of Virginia is (yawn) the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). The state tree is the (yawn yawn) Dogwood, cornus florida, more a bush than a tree.
Let the state bird be the American Crow and the state tree something whup ass, a Ginkgo, a survivor. Anything other than the dogwood please (d-wood is the state tree of Missouri and New Jersey)
Friday, May 29, 2009
persistence
![](http://www.billemory.com/blogimg03/cma0929-turtle.jpg)
Good street design encourages the safe coexistence of pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers. A pedestrian hit at 40 mph has an 85% chance of being killed, while at 20 mph, the fatality rate is only 5%.
Labels: flora
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Pueraria lobata
![](http://www.billemory.com/blogimg03/k637d3-uvahsc-kudzu.jpg)
The race continues in the southwest quadrant of Charlottesville. Who will prevail? Ryan Homes? Kudzu? UVAHSC? Multilevel parking lots? Neighborhoods?
Labels: flora
Friday, December 01, 2006
amanita?
![](http://www.billemory.com/blogimg02/K582e2-mushroom.jpg)
"mushroom hunting is not a hobby for the careless or uninformed"
signed up for youtube, see some color and motion, 36 second movie called Slop
Labels: flora
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Popillia japonica
![](http://www.billemory.com/blogimg/cjl0621-japanese-beetle.jpg)
Japanese beetles travel and feed in groups. A swarm of beetles have been known to strip a peach tree in 15 minutes, leaving behind only bare branches and the fruit pits (Encyclopedia Britannica Online).
Tooth and claw. I plant the trees, the J. beetles eat the leaves. Ah!
This new b&w predator does something to the beetle, don't think its a friendly hug. Whatever, predator is keeping the beetle-mouth off the leaves. Would be interested if anyone can supply caption info .