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You can meet the scientists, examine the collections, look through microscopes, hold walking sticks, and participate in a family arts-and-crafts activity. Those are some of the activities planned at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.

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Avocados come from a wet environment. The Guatemalan and Mexican races come from cloud forest environments that are dripping much of the year from if not rain, a high humidity that creates a cloud-like condition.

Back in 2021 the California Invasive Plant Council (CAL IPC) and UC IPM launched the online decision support tool WeedCUT for wildland weed mangers to help assist making management decisions for wildland weeds.

General review of the year: Walter's barnyardgrass AKA coast cockspur (Echinochloa walteri) continues to spread across the valley.

January 8, 2025 A group of four authors, Robert Willmott, Jennifer Valdez-Herrera, Jeff Mitchell, and Anil Shrestha, have published the article, Potential of Cover Crop Use and Termination with a Roller-Crimper in a Strip-Till Silage Maize (Zea mays L.

Poinsettias are a decorative winter staple thanks to their large vibrant foliage- AKA leaves. That's right, those big, colorful, floral-like clusters are actually specialized leaves called bracts' that change from green to vibrant, festive colors thanks to the shorter winter days.

As gardeners, we know that we have failures and sadly wind up sometimes killing a plant we love. Such was the case with my Begonia rex. It lived for several years outdoors in a spot that had indirect light. At first, it thrived, but then it began to deteriorate.

The main concept is that aquatic plants are any species that naturally prosper in a wet environment.

Five Points Westside Research and Extension Center - Open house 12 - 3 pm January 9, 2025 See attached flyer for meeting details...