Journey With Nature

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Journey with Nature - Devil's Walking Stick Aug 12, 2010

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Aralia spinosa is known by many things - prickly ash, Hercule's club, Angelica tree, toothache bush - but is widely known as the Devil’s walking stick.

Journey with Nature - Zebra Mussels - Aquatic Invaders Aug 06, 2010

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Boaters despise them. Recreationists curse them. Conservationists wish to rid them from our waters. What is the object of so much hostility? The tiny, but havoc-wreaking zebra mussel.

Journey with Nature - Ticks Jul 30, 2010

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Nothing spoils a good hike in the woods like finding an eight-legged bloodsucker firmly attached to your body. Unfortunately those tiny arachnids known as ticks stick around from spring through all summer long.

Journey with Nature - The Ghost Crayfish Jul 21, 2010

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Crayfish are known by many names: crawfish, crawdad or mudbugs just to name a few. Resembling miniature lobsters, these freshwater crustaceans are found in Indiana's lakes, rivers and streams.

Journey with Nature - Chelsea Flatwoods Jul 15, 2010

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Southeastern Indiana has some of the flattest terrain in the state; so much that the main natural community type is known as flatwoods. Chelsea Flatwoods in Jefferson County is the largest and most diverse example of this natural community in the entire state. It is also the wettest.

Journey with Nature - Asian Carp: What is It and Why the Concern Jul 15, 2010

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Some fish don't belong in Indiana waters and the species collectively known as Asian carp are just a few of those. Asian carp - which include the bighead carp and silver carp - are native to China and Southeast Asia.

Journey with Nature - Black-Eyed Susans Jul 07, 2010

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It's hard to miss the Black-Eyed Susan wildflower. Not only is it impressively tall with a full height up to three feet and bears large, colorful blooms, it is one of the most common wildflowers found throughout Indiana and the rest of the United States.

Journey with Nature - Saunders Woods in Gibson County Jun 21, 2010

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Though it may not look like much of a nature preserve, Saunders Woods in Gibson County is a fascinating piece of Indiana's natural history.

Journey with Nature - One Stinky Rose: The Multiflora Rose Jun 21, 2010

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Shakespeare once wrote "that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." He never encountered the not-so-sweet rose, Mutliflora Rose. This non-native species is giving its namesake a foul aroma in Indiana.

Journey with Nature - Cucumber Magnolias Jun 10, 2010

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Though its not the kind of cucumber you can pickle, the cucumber magnolia is a pretty and native tree to the Hoosier state.