Wonderous Witch-hazels

What is a Witch-hazel?

A witch-hazel (Hamamelis) is not a true hazel, Corylus, though the foliage and fruit do resemble true hazels. The two genera are not related and belong to different families (Hamamelidaceae vs. Betulaceae).

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Paul Snyder

Word of the Week - Marcescent

This week’s word of the week is MARCESCENT (mar·ces·cent) and was suggested by not just one, but two BYGL readers, Sue Cook and David Sprague. Keep the suggestions coming. We have a nice list of words that keeps on growing.

 

MARCESCENT defined by dictionary.com is the withering, but not falling off, as a part of a plant. Marcescent comes from marcescere, and in Latin, means “to fade”. 

 

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Amy Stone

Word of the Week - Allelopathy

This week's word of week was suggested by BYGL reader, Kathy Estabrook. Thanks to all readers who have suggested a word, or words for future BYGL alerts. Keep the suggestions coming by emailing me at stone.91@osu.edu with the subject line Word of Week for easy sorting and organzing. 
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Amy Stone

2021 Woodland, Water and Wildlife (WWW) Conference Opens Registration

The Ohio Woodland, Water and Wildlife (WWW) Conference has been a long standing tradition for natural resource professionals. We have been in Mansfield, Ohio the first Wednesday in March for as long as we can remember. In fact, last year, this was one of the last in person conferences before we went virtual! This conference, that had been a one day conference with three concurrent educational tracks, is going virtual. Each track - Woodlands, Water and Wildlife - will have its own day. Monday, March 1 will be the Woodland topics; Tuesday, March 2 will be the Water topics; and Wednesday, March...
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Amy Stone
Marne Titchenell
Kathy Smith

Word of the Week

We have all heard of a new year's resolution. Sometimes the resolution is related to an improvement in the area of health and wellness, sometimes it is a goal that we want to achieve, and sometimes it is something brand new - something that we have not done before. Well, we are going to try something new each week in the Buckeye Yard and Garden Line (BYGL).
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Amy Stone