{"id":45529,"date":"2020-04-11T17:16:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T21:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=45529"},"modified":"2020-04-14T12:16:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:16:02","slug":"just-in-time-for-easter-wildflowers-emerge-in-park-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/just-in-time-for-easter-wildflowers-emerge-in-park-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in time for Easter, wildflowers emerge in Park Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This spring, as Ervie Glick<\/strong> continued his daily work of battling invasive species in Park Woods, he was delighted to see on the forest floor wildflowers blooming in dappled sunlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rue anemones, Virginia bluebells, May apples, and just this week, Jack-in-the-pulpit have all caught his eye \u2014 and the notice of the many local walkers and runners who regularly circumambulate paths in the 13-acre woods on Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hepatica, or Hepatica nobilis <\/em>(previously misidentified as Rue anemone ; see comments below from readers more knowledgeable than your writer!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hepatica (Hepatica\u00a0nobilis)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a side note, I discovered this bit of nature-news when two fellow runners were discussing a recent text exchange. One, a neighborhood resident and regular visitor to Park Woods, had sent photos of the flowers with an identification request to the other friend,  a Master Naturalist. Hearing this, of course, sparked a field trip down to the woods with photographer Rachel Holderman<\/strong> (and web strategist Laura Lehman<\/strong>, a native plants specialist by marriage came along as well). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glick, professor emeritus of German at Eastern Mennonite University, is among a core group of volunteers working for the past year to remove invasive species (one would say he is first among that core group, but he would demur such attention).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The common blue violet (Viola sororia<\/em> )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The woods have also received attention from several volunteer work parties and from environmental sustainability classes. Read more here<\/a> and watch a timelapse video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students explore Park Woods while conducting research during a 2019 environmental sustainability capstone course. (Photo by Macson McGuigan)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

That attention has resulted in a rare botanical flourishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese dear forest gems have been essentially dormant for up to 70 years, hidden under the canopies of privets and bush honeysuckles,\u201d Glick wrote in a recent email. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mayapple ( Podophyllum peltatum<\/em> ). No flowers were visible yet when this photo was taken.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The two species of aggressive non-native invasive plants have been propagated over the years by bird droppings that contained the seeds of nearby ornamental plants. English ivy is also strangling many of the trees. The volunteers have collaborated with the EMU biology department, which provided training in identification, and the physical plant crew, which has helped to remove ash trees killed by the ash borer. Oaks, hickories, maples \u201cand other desirable forest trees\u201d are left to flourish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glick, who works in the woods daily, says trillium, wild geraniums, bloodroot, garlic mustard, tiger lilies and a host of other species can also be found in the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two walkers recently stopped to tell him of memorable times as then-EMC students living in married housing trailers at the edge of the woods.\u201dOne recalled with nostalgia of having taken her twin babies for walks in the woods when they looked like our woods do now,\u201d Glick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Park Woods volunteers work daily, practicing safe social distancing. If you\u2019d like to join, BYOL \u2014 Bring Your Own Loppers \u2014 and a stout pair of gloves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More bluebells! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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