Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Native Alabama Bamboo


There are 3 bamboos native to Alabama.

"Until the early nineteenth century, the canebrake ecosystem covered large portions of Alabama's river floodplains in every valley and parts of the uplands, reaching its greatest extent in the richest and most well-watered soils."

Encyclopedia of Alabama - Canebrakes

Long Leaf Pine

From my yard


Back After a Long Time

Haven't written in many, many years.
Older and wiser and much more appreciative of the nature occurring around me.

Here's Bill Finch with my current state of mind.

"We know more about what's invaded Alabama than we know about what's here. We never discovered this landscape. I think in many ways we've always been uncomfortable with diversity in Alabama..."

The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South by Bill Finch