This post was written by Isabella Messer, an undergraduate working in the Garden Ecology Lab. The Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus(Hübner, 1818)) is a common butterfly in the US. Its habitat spans most of the country with the exception of some states in the midwest (1). The Gray Hairstreak is most common in the southeast but… Continue reading →
Now that our lab group is working on native plants and native bees, I thought it would be fun to do a ‘Plant of the Week’ and ‘Bee of the Week’ series. This entry is from Lucas Johnston, an undergraduate horticulture major at Oregon State University. It highlights one of the plants that Aaron Anderson is… Continue reading →
This entry is from Isabella Messer an undergraduate horticulture major at Oregon State University. It highlights one of the most common pollinators that we see in Portland area gardens. Out of the twenty four different garden sites we visit, each month in Portland, we can count on one bumble bee being present in almost all of… Continue reading →
