Medicinal, Edible and Interesting Plants Sat. May 13th 2-4 PM EST

Hike and learn about the spring flowers of the Moebius Nature Center! Come and learn what kinds of tasty and useful flora is found right in your back yard! Extensive hiking may not be suitable for everyone. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy boots. See you there & tell your friends!

***photos now 6/9/2006**

Ron Etling shows visitors a Christmas Fern (it stays green in the winter) amidst the ramps (wild onions).





Ron shows us Jack-in-the-pulpit. The "corm" is the flattened bulb which is poisonous when fresh but edible only when dry. It is also called "Indian Turnip".


Checking the bluebird nests at the Moebius Nature Center.
Staff member Kim Pease routinely checks the babies for parasites.
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"Squirrel Corn" is related to Dutchman's Breeches



Trillium.

Reptiles and Amphibians Saturday 29APR06

Native snakes, salamanders, turtles, toads, frogs, and more. Behavior, habits, and identification were covered then students got to take it into the field for more hands on learning!


The first cue line of the year!




Two Line Salamander Eggs


The fairly fast turtle is called a Spotted Turtle (lemmys guttata)



Studens of all ages are engaged via hands on exposure to native fauna

A fine specimen of the Central Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi)

Some came equipped with their own nets even!




Snake time sssSSsss..... A Black Rat Snake specifically.
Those are this salamanders eggs. Look close and you can see the baby ones in the eggs. The green is a unique form of algae that has a symbiotic relationship with the eggs.
The hard to find Spotted Salamander or Ambystoma maculatum as I like to say.

One of my favorite... crayfish.

A Yellow Bellied Slider ( trachemys scripta) Note the missing front legs.
And finally a Garter Snake ( Thamnophis sirtalis) caught and released out back by some of Moebius's most entrepid explorers!!