It almost seems a bit redundant to mention American Canopy; Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation so soon again seeing as the presentation by the book’s author Erik Rutkow at Portland, Oregon’s Hoyt Arboretum was so recently noted here. Nevertheless, as a review copy has now arrived it would be wrong of me to break with my usual […]
Eric Rutkow, author of the recently published American Canopy; Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation, spoke to a somewhat small but very interested and appreciative audience at the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, Oregon on July 31st. An examination of the inter-relationship between the history of the United States and the natural history of its […]
Making it appear even more menacing, as if its five inch length wasn’t sufficient, was a large, black horn on its tail that gained it the informal appellation of “the hornworm from Hell.”
Sandwiched among other useful guidebooks to the flora and fauna of the area was found a copy of The Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America.