How Do You Design A #WildlifeCorridor For #Maine Garden Design?

Excerpt:

"Plant Palette: #NativeSpecies and Layering for Maine

Choose plants that are native to your Maine ecoregion and that provide multiple functions: forage, cover, nesting structure, and seasonal continuity.

- Canopy and large trees (plant for future shade and mast): white pine (Pinus strobus), red #maple (Acer rubrum), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), paper birch (Betula papyrifera), red oak (Quercus rubra), balsam fir.
- Small trees and large shrubs (structure and fruit): serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.), crabapple (Malus spp. native selections), chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana).
- Shrubs for berries and cover: highbush #blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), #winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata), highbush #cranberry (Viburnum trilobum), black #chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa), #elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), #bayberry (Morella pensylvanica).
- Herbaceous layer and pollinator plants: common #milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), joe-pye weed (Eutrochium spp.), #asters (Symphyotrichum spp.), #goldenrod (Solidago spp.), mountain mint (Pycnanthemum spp.), columbine (Aquilegia canadensis).
- Groundcover and forest floor: bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), wild ginger (Asarum canadense), sedges (Carex spp.), native ferns where appropriate.
- Wetland edge species for riparian corridors: blueflag iris (Iris versicolor), buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), #sedges, and #NativeRushes.

Plant choice should reflect site moisture, sunlight, and soil pH. Avoid ornamental cultivars with little #wildlife value and never plant species known to be invasive in Maine such as Japanese #barberry or #bittersweet."

Learn more:
https://cultivatingflora.com/how-do-you-design-a-wildlife-corridor-for-maine-garden-design/

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor #NativeSpecies #GardeningForPolinators #Rewilding

I wouldn't wish a lethal allergy on anyone. FYI, Japanese Barberry bushes provide homes for ticks and they are a popular item sold in the big hardware stores.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/13/meat-allergy-tick-bites-alpha-gal-syndrome/87259615007/

#Ticks #Barberry #Vegan #VeganFood #AlpaGal #Meat #RedMeat

On a #hiking #date with my wife, we love #rural #travel and found our way to a local #forest in #Ontario

#Fall is arguably the best #season to take #photos in, there are so many #color palettes to pick from, from #green to #red and #orange

Disclaimer: the leaf was not captured falling. If you take a closer look, you'll find #nature helped me take this as a static/still image.

#barberry #oak #acorn #leaf #leafmealone #photography #nature #silk

#silentsunday #flowers
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/barberry-amur-flowers-adam-gladstone.html

#mastodonart #mastoart #fedigiftshop #nature #naturephotography #byintoart #ayearforart #wallart #wallartforsale #fineartamerica #homedecor #barberry #amur #barberryamur

Puccinia graminis ex Berberis vulgaris

#Berberisvulgaris #Berberis #Berberitze #barberry #vinettier #crespino #Puccinia #Pucciniagraminis #Rust #rustfungus #Rostpilz #Rost #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #nature #Getreideschwarzrost #royanegra #Rouillenoire #stemrust #phytopathology #FungiFriends

Spring Japanese Barberry

Japanese Barberry, considered invasive & non-native, contrasts with the historical landscape created by the Civilian Conservation Corps #smallpoems #clmooc #poetry24 #barberry #haiku #thorns #civilconservationcorps

http://sheri42.net/2024/03/26/spring-japanese-barberry/

Word Search Puzzle 417

Word List : #thirling #braver #malistic #salading #nauseam #rearrive #cereal #entrail #hafniums #scurling #teest #querists #barberry #menow #stellary #pilpul #terpenes #strom

http://karafinance.com/2024/02/27/word-search-puzzle-417/