Written by: Kelly Beaster This November, ANPE members took a deep dive into one of Minnesota’s most elusive conifers – eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) or Gaagaamich in ojibwe, meaning ‘porcupine tree’. Ethan Perry, botanist and plant ecologist with the MN Department of Natural Resources, shared some unique characteristics of hemlock, including that it superficially canContinue reading “Endangered Hemlock in MN 11.18.2025”
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Plant Mounting Workshop & Presentation 10.21.2025
Written by: Ethan Perry On a cold, dark, damp night nine days before Halloween dead bodies were piled up at Hartley Nature Center. No one called the police. Not even detective Benoit Blanc. Instead, those souls who gathered round the bodies each claimed a few of them. Nobody seemed the least disturbed, though some seemedContinue reading “Plant Mounting Workshop & Presentation 10.21.2025”
Miller Creek Restoration Hike 7.29.2025
Written by: Kelly Beaster Nestled into the Duluth hillside with Lake Superior College to the east and the Lincoln Park community and St. Louis River Estuary downstream, Miller Creek meanders and cascads over bedrock and gravel. This section of Miller Creek has been stewarded by Glenn Merrick, recently retired biology professor for LSC, since 1999.Continue reading “Miller Creek Restoration Hike 7.29.2025”
Jay Cooke Spring Ephemerals Hike 5.18.2025
Written by: Maggie Ross On May 18th, thirty nature enthusiasts gathered for a delightful day on the fifth annual Spring Ephemerals Hike at Jay Cooke. The goal? To explore, learn, and appreciate the beauty of spring ephemerals and other wildflowers blooming along the park’s scenic trails. Though the afternoon started off a bit chilly, itContinue reading “Jay Cooke Spring Ephemerals Hike 5.18.2025”
Plant Mounting Workshop 3.18.2025
Written by: Kelly Beaster Did you know that plant specimens can tell us a lot about our environment and the changes that are occurring in it? Plants have always responded to environmental changes, and it’s that adaptability that has provided us with such diverse plants around the world. Retired botanist, Paul Hlina, shared three recentContinue reading “Plant Mounting Workshop 3.18.2025”
Protecting Duluth’s Open Spaces 2.25.25
Written by: Ethan Perry Diane Desotelle, long-time conservation planner and retired Duluth Natural Resources Coordinator, spoke to ANPE about the protection of natural areas in Duluth. The most remarkable slide in her presentation compared the amount of natural vegetation in various Midwestern cities. In Duluth 26% of the city is natural, or 182 acres forContinue reading “Protecting Duluth’s Open Spaces 2.25.25”
Plant Foray at Lester-Amity 9.22.24
Written by Kelly Beaster The Arrowhead Native Plant Explorers met at Lester-Amity Park on the east side of Duluth to host the annual plant foray. Equipped with plant presses, clippers, and serrated hand trowels, ANPE members and board officers searched for flowering and fruiting specimens to contribute to the University of Minnesota-Duluth’s Olga Lakela Herbarium,Continue reading “Plant Foray at Lester-Amity 9.22.24”
Vegetation Re-Survey of the Brule River Watershed in NW Wisconsin: 1852 – 2017. 4.12.22
Paul Hlina spoke about a plant survey of the Brule River watershed that he conducted in 2015-16 while at the Lake Superior Research Institute. He shared photos of many beautiful plants and some of their fascinating biology, but even more than that, Paul was a storyteller. He described the serendipitous series of events that ledContinue reading “Vegetation Re-Survey of the Brule River Watershed in NW Wisconsin: 1852 – 2017. 4.12.22”
Plants on the Edge: Monitoring rare, disjunct, and range edge species on Lake Superior Islands 03.15.2022
The plants Dr. Johnson spoke about are on the edge in two senses of the word. Many grow in the dynamic zone between water and land, and they are among the rarest plants of the region. She has studied these rare plants at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, which includes 22 Islands and a mainlandContinue reading “Plants on the Edge: Monitoring rare, disjunct, and range edge species on Lake Superior Islands 03.15.2022”
Arrowhead Native Plant Explorers 