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By Mike Weilbacher On Thursday, April 22, the Schuylkill Center will be joining almost one billion people worldwide commemorating the day. And weâll be engaged in an incredibly powerful act of environmental stewardship: Weâll be planting seven oaks trees that day, five at our nature center, one at our Wildlife Clinic, and a seventh at the 21st Ward Ballfields. Why oaks? Because of all the trees in our forest, the oaks is essential, a keystone species, offering more ecosystem services than any other tree in our forests. - Advertisement - To start, oaks support more biological diversity than any other local tree. Its leaves are the necessary food source for an astonishing 511 species of Pennsylvania moths and butterflies alone. In other words, 511 adult moths and butterflies seek out oaks to lay their eggs on their leaves, the oaks serving as host for the insect, nearly 100 more species than number two on the list, native cherries like black cherry. It like ....
By Mike Weilbacher Any day now, two wonderful spring wildflowers will blossom on the floor of the Schuylkill Centerâs forest, and if you love flowers, if you buy tickets to see the wonderful Philadelphia Flower Show, you really need to see these-and they are free! The incandescent yellow turban-shaped blossoms of the trout lily are one of the most recognizable features of a Pennsylvania forest in early spring. Rising only 4-6 inches above the soil, the flower is named after the brown-gray mottling of its leaves that resembles something like a troutâs back. - Advertisement - The bright nodding flowers do attract pollinators, and the seeds produced afterward play a clever trick. In a strategy adopted by a range of plants, the seeds sport little caps called elaiosomes, fleshy structures rich in fats (the elaio is Latin for oil) and proteins craved by ants. Worker ants dutifully carry the seeds into their nests to feed the fatty elaiosomes to their larvae. Th ....
By Mike Weilbacher If youâve visited the Schuylkill Center on a weekday, chances are youâve met Michelle Havens, our receptionist, office manager, and gift shop manager. At the center for more than five years, Michelle has deep roots in our community, as she is a third-generation Roxborough resident. Michelle has lived in Roxborough for most of her life. Born at Roxborough Memorial Hospital, she grew up on Domino Lane, attended Shawmont School, and even lived in the Scout House off Henry Avenue in her 20s. As a child, âI used to walk from Domino Lane to the Andorra Shopping Center,â she told me, and fondly remembers the Clover there not far from the movie theater. âAnd Ivy Ridge was way different too; Target was an A&P, and there was a movie theater there too. You could walk so many places and not have to worry about it,â she continued. âEverything was within walking distance.â And today? âItâs just way busier, more traffic ....
Today Generally cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 63F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Cloudy with showers. Low around 50F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%. Updated: April 9, 2021 @ 11:12 am ....