Archive for August, 2008
Basic Native Backyard Habitat Requirements
To establish a wildlife friendly habit for your backyard project, there are 3 main components:
Water: All life needs water. Without it survival is impossible. To be able to attract wildlife, there will need to be an ample supply on hand and available for the animals you are trying to attract. This can be attained in [...]
August 31, 2008
Tags: Add new tag, Balance in the food chain, Basic habitat requirements, Cover, Food, Native plant food sources, Native plants, Native settings, Natural food sources, Natural Settings, Water Posted in: Backyard habitat, Cover, Food, Habitat requirements, Native habitat, Native plants, Real Estate, Water, Wildlife habitat 
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Backyard Habitat Project Shrubs, Vines And Other Plants
The dominiant species of the understory for this project is American Beutyberry, others include:
American beutyberry Callicarpas americanis
Muscadine Vitis Rotundifolia
Summer Grape Vitis aestivalis
Peppervine Ampelopsis arboria
Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
August 19, 2008
Tags: Shrubs, Vines Posted in: Backyard habitat, Biodiversity, Cover, Native habitat, Native plants, Shrubs, Vines, Wildlife habitat No Comments
Mosquitoes and Mortgages | Real Estate and Public Health
The real estate market across the country is in desperate shape, and there is no sign of it letting up soon. The economy is in flux, and prices were already maxed. Banks and mortgage institutions were partially to blame, because of what Donald Trump calls “exploding mortgage rates”. Partially I say, but not entirely.
A changing [...]
August 17, 2008
Tags: Mosquitoes, Public Health, Real Estate, West Nile Virus Posted in: Backyard habitat, Infrastructure, Mosquito Control, Mosquitoes, Public Health, Real Estate, West Nile Virus No Comments
Backyard Habitat Notes
Many of the trees listed on the previous page have a large number of common names, and some are very interesting. One of the common names for huckleberry is farkleberry. By the way, all blueberries are the descendants of huckleberry. Wax myrtle is also known as swamp myrtle, and bayberry, because it was used in [...]
August 13, 2008
Tags: Backyard habitat, Native plants, native trees Posted in: Backyard habitat, Biodiversity, Native plants, Uncategorized No Comments
Backyard Native Habitat Project
This is a list of trees found in a backyard native habitat project that I am working on. It is listed in the order in which they were discovered. The project involves the identification and documentation of species on the property, and the elimination of non natives. The property owner wishes to bring about [...]
August 13, 2008
Tags: East Texas native plants, native trees Posted in: Backyard habitat, Biodiversity, Native plants, Uncategorized One Comment
Save the Rainforests, Just Not in Your Landscape!
One of the most pressing problems confronting the world today is the loss of biodiversity to “non native” plants. Most people in America readily recognize this as it relates to human causes in such places as the exotic rainforest regions of the world. Unfortunately, not as many are aware of the ecological destruction occurring through [...]
August 2, 2008
Tags: Biodiversity, Rainforest Posted in: Biodiversity 2 Comments