Tag Archive | Oak Woodlands
Hidden Leaps of the Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
While wandering through the sun-dappled oak woodlands in a park on Long Island, I paused beside a rotting oak tree to examine a cluster of mushrooms sprouting near its base. I knelt to get a closer look, when in the corner of my eye, I spotted Nearby, I spotted a black bug lying on its […]
The Vanishing Butterfly
It is May on Long Island and as I walk down a trail that winds through oak woodlands, my attention is drawn to flashes of blue about a foot or two above the ground. As I get closer, I see that the flashes are from a metallic blue colored butterfly fluttering across the trail. I […]
The Fern Found Around the World
This fern grows on every continent except for Antarctica. It favors dry acidic poor soils. I have seen this fern in oak woodlands where scarlet, white and black oaks dominate a landscape with an understory of low-bush blueberries and huckleberries. The bracken fern also grows in disturbed areas where it appears to be weedy. Its […]
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