Indigenous Landscapes Facebook Post Index

This Page consolidates our educational facebook page posts for your review. 

Last Updated August 15th, 2023

Who’s Behind Indigenous Landscapes Posts

Native Tree and Forest Posts

The Displacement of the Midwest Ecosystem —- Discovery of a Northern Pecan —- Shellbark Hickory Infographic —- Fall Color in the Swamp Woods —- The Last Oak-Hickory Savanna of Glaciated Southwest Ohio —- Recognizing American Elm vs Invasive Siberian Elm —- Understanding Forest Types—-Corvids Reforest —- American Persimmon Infographic —- Black Gum Infographic —- What Soil PH means for Native Trees —- American Linden as an Edible Crop —- Hickories of the Midwest —- Remnant Savanna Black Oak —- Glaciated Vs. Unglaciated Landscapes —- Collecting Hickories for Reforestation —- Blue Ash Infographic —-Bur Oak Infographic——Floodplain Forests——Sweet Pignut Hickory—-Northern Fertile Pecans—-Black Gum——Sugar Maple/Black Maple—-Red Hickory—-Ohio’s Champion Persimmon——Red Mulberry—-Chinquapin Oak and Common Elm —-Black Cherry—-Red Oak—-Ash——American Elm—-Chinquapin Oak with Ephemerals—-Black Walnut—Yellowbud Hickory—-Native Persimmon in Flower—-Honeylocust; What’s it good for? —- Persimmon North Vs South —— White Oak —— Eastern Red Cedar —-- Black Cherry Host Insects—-Protecting Native Trees and Shrubs—-Yellow Trout Lily—-A Great White Oak—-Sweet Gum—-Hackberry Wildlife Food

Native Shrub/Thicket/Small Tree Posts

Wild Plums: The Plight of Our Disappearing Wild Plums —- Wild Plums: a Vestige of a Destroyed Community— Locally-Rare Chickasaw Plums and Native Thicket Conservation—-Red Bat roosting in Wild Plum (Video)——(Glimpsing the Biological Value of Prairie, Savanna, and Wetland Thickets)—-Restoring Northern Populations of Chickasaw Plum—-Biological Connections of Native Thicket Species—-Thicket Species as Host Plants—-Quapaw Plums——Thicket Species Advocacy—-Shawnee Plums—2 years growth on Native Plums —-Spot Native Plums Now to Save them Later (Spring) —- Native Plums Need Your Help —- 2 Young Chickasaw Plums —- Chickasaw Fruit Set —- 10 Different Native Plums —-Conservation Decisions

Dogwood Species: Flowering Dogwood —-Rough-leafed Dogwood Infographic—-Ecological Perspective on Rough-leafed Dogwood—-Flowering Dogwood in Fall—-Ecological Niches of Dogwood—-Native Dogwoods —— Wildlife Value of Dogwoods ——

American Hazelnut: American Hazelnut Infographic —- A view of the Ecology of the American Hazelnut — American Hazelnut Plant Profile —- A Cooperative and Historical Pairing —-Hazelnut Collection

Misc Thicket Species: —- Sweet Crabapple Infographic —-- Rebalancing Habitat with Native Thickets —- Discovery of Rare Sweet Crabapple in Ohio —- PawPaws and the Potential of Native Savanna Orchards—- Ecology of Hawthorns——Reintegrating Native Thickets into Prairies, Savannas, and Wetlands—-600 Pawpaw Seeds—-Lanceleaf Buckthorn—-Prickly Ash——Ninebark and Elderberry—-Elderberry—-Native Roses—Filling the Early Spring Void of Native Flowers—Eastern Redbuds—-Spicebush—-False Wild Indigo—-Smooth Sumac Pollinators—-Serviceberry Harvest —- Silent Disappearance of Thicket Species —— Winged Sumac —-Eastern Wahoo —— Blackhaw Viburnum —— Crab Apple Conservation Project —- Wafer Ash —- Smooth Sumac —- How to Start An Elderberry Thicket From Seed —-Restoring Native Thickets Series: Ninebark —-Restoring Native Thickets Series: Invasive Mulberry—-Protecting Native Trees and Shrubs —-American Beautyberry and Pokeweed—-Coralberry—-Winterberry Holly

Native Vines

Not All Vines are Bad! —- Passionflower Infographic —- Bumblebee on Passionflower (Video)—-Greenbriers—2 easy to miss native vines —- Managing Aggressive Native Vines—-Virginia Creeper

Native Plant Agriculture

PawPaws and the Potential of Native Savanna Orchards —- Discovery of a Northern Pecan—-Shellbark Hickory Infographic—-The Last Oak-Hickory Savanna of Glaciated Southwest Ohio—-American Hazelnut Infographic —- Wild Plums: Vestige of a Destroyed Community—Indigenous Edibles Part 1 —- Indigenous Edibles Part 2 —-Common Milkweed Infographic —-Wood Nettle Infographic—-Native Wetland Root Crops and Native Pond Aquaculture —-Spiderwort Infographic—-Passionflower Infographic—-Oakmeal-Acorn Products —- Selecting Local Native Fruits —- American Linden as an Edible Crop —- American Persimmon Infographic —- Collecting Hickories for Reforestation ——Four Native Edible Vegetables —-Four Native Seed/Nut Crops——Six Native Fruit Crops—-Black Bear Sightings in Ohio—-Amazon Fires and Traditional Agriculture—-Woodnettle as a Crop—-Restoring Monarch Habitat with Milkweed——Passionflower—-Native Strawberries—-Black Raspberries—-Native Leaf Crops—-Wood Nettle and Slender Nettle as Host Plants ——NPA Formats—-Aronia——Groundnut, Common Hazelnut, Cut-leaf Coneflower, Common Linden, Shawnee plum, and PawPaw—-Persimmon, Blackberry, Wood Nettle ——4 Native Plant Agriculture Crops & Biological Connections—-Native Plums, Riverbank Grape, Hickories—-4 Native Plant Agriculture (NPA) Crops—--Biology of the Herbaceous/Sub-Thicket Format—-3 Native Plant Agriculture Crops & Biological Connections—-3 species supported by Hazelnut in Native Plant Agriculture—-3 Beneficiaries of Wild Potato Vine in Native Plant Agriculture—-3 Native Plant Agricultural Crop Profiles—-3 In-Season Native Plant Agricultural Crops (Oct 3)—-Rubus—-Northern Adapted vs. Southern Adapted Native Persimmons—-Native Wild Plums—-Supporting Native Birds with NPA—-NPA and Monarchs—Native Plant Agriculture Edibles—-Elderberry—Restoration Through Native Plant Agriculture—-Passinflower—2 Spring Blooming Spiderworts—-Native Plant Agricultural Plants for the Average Yard—-Common Milkweed—3 Native Vegetables to Try—Native Fruits to Try—-5 minute introduction video to NPA—-Black Raspberries—-Thicket Cherry—-A Growing Movement—- Edible Meadow —- Native Fruits of The Midwest —- Ultimate Sustainable Native Crop? —— Shagbark Hickory Nut —- 3 Edible Hedge Ideas —- Cutleaf Coneflower and Slender Nettle —- Native Strawberries —-Black Walnut Syrup—Box Elder Maple Syrup—-

Native Herbaceous Plant Posts

Prairie Dock Infographic —- 5 Native Fruit Crops —- 5 Native Root Crops —- Zebra Swallowtail Laying Eggs on PawPaw (Video) —- Common Milkweed Infographic —- Native Bees Pollinating Queen of the Prairie (Video) —- Wood Nettle Infographic—-Spiderwort InfoGraphic—-Passionflower Infographic —- Aromatic Aster Infographic —- 3 Edible Native Spiderworts—-Native Wildflowers and their Pollinators—-Bumblebee Pollinating Partridge Pea (Video)—— Proper Pollinators and Thieves—-—Native Pasture Thistle—Dogbane—Blue Flag Iris/Blue Wild Indigo/Virginia Spiderwort—-Black Eye Susan, White Wild Indigo, Purple Milkweed——Common Milkweed, Crownbeard, Arrowwood Viburnum—-Pasture Rose, Prickly Pear, Elderberry—-Mountain Mint, Wild Bergamot, Early Sunflower—-Butterflyweed, Purple Coneflower, Greyhead Coneflower—-Royal Catchfly, Wild Senna, Swamp Milkweed—-Compass Plant, Hoary Vervain, Culver’s Root—-Marsh Blazingstar, Purple Prairie Clover, Rattlesnake Master—-Tall Coreopsis, Cardnial Flower, Great Blue Lobelia—-3 Native Plant Profiles with Pictures—-3 Native Plant Profiles with Pictures—-3 Short Native Plant Profiles—-Great Blue Lobelia, Sneezeweed, Obedient Plant—-—Cup Plant——Obedient Plant, Brown Eyed Susan, Common Boneset, Blue Vervain, and Rose Mallow—-Native Meadow Plants #1—-Common Milkweed & Butterflyweed—-Sand Coreopsis—-Mistflower—-4 Spring Blooming Native Wildflowers—-Spring Beauties—3 Giant Native Wildflowers—-Early Sunflower——Echinacea species—-Compass Plant—Wild Bergamot—Blue Vervain and Hoary Vervain—-Culver’s Root—Patridge Pea—Prairie Dock —- Blue Flag Iris —- Gardening With Compass Plant —- A Complementary Ground Cover Combo —- How To Grow Lobelia species —- How to Stop your Liatris from Flopping —- Establishing Early Sunflower —-Establishing Native Mountain Mints —- Common Milkweed Commentary —- Butterflyweed Commentary—-Rhizomatous Common Milkweed—-Blue and White Wild Indigo—-Golden Alexander—-3 Spring Blooming Native Plants—-Tall American Bellflower

Native Landscaping/Gardening Posts

No-Mow/No-Walk Zone —- Companion Planting with Natives Part 1 —- Companion Planting with Natives Part 2 —- Anise Hyssop vs Korean Mint —- Companion Planting with Natives Part 4 —- Three Problematic Plants for Native Gardens and Three Alternatives —- Companion Planting with Natives Part 5——Native Tree Observations—-Garden Design with Native Plants—-How to Propagate Shagbark Hickory—-How to Read Trees—-Cardinal Flower, Hoary Vervain, Ninebark—-Calico Penstemon and Swamp Rose Mallow—-3 Deer/Rabbit Proof Native Plants to Support Pollinators—-Aromatic Aster and Fragrant Sumac—-Common Boneset and Hazelnut—-Blue Wild Indigo, Black Cherry, Slender Nettle—-Learn how to make a Native Meadow—-3 Thicket Species for Native Meadow Landscapes—-When does locally native not matter so much?—-Guidelines for using native cultivars—-The Sunny Secret of Mayapples—-Butterflyweed—-3 pollinator friendly plants—-Slender Mountain Mint—-Companion Planting #6—-Native Plant Musing #1—-Did You know Honeybees are Non-Native?—Native Plant Musing #2—-Native Plant Musing #3 —- Plants Flopping and How To Fix —- Spring Pollinator Support #1 —- Spring Pollinator Support #2 —-- Spring Pollinator Support #3 —- Spring Pollinator Support #4 —- American Beautyberry —-

Native Meadow Posts

2.5 year old Installation of Native Meadow —- Native Meadow Entering its 3rd Growing Season (Video) —-- Carbon Sequestration and Native Grasslands —- Native Meadow Installation Results —- Before & After Native Meadow Installation —- Drone Footage of Native Meadow Installation (Video)—-Virtual August Hike-Native Meadow Installation——June views from a Native Meadow—-Huffman Prairie Remnant—-Pause that Fire - Why Native Thicket Species Form Thickets—-Penstemon digitalis—-4 Native Meadow Plants to Look Forward to—-4 Native Plants for your Meadowscape—-Purple Coneflower, Rattlesnake Master, Stiff Goldenrod, Prairie Blazing Star—-Native Milkweeds—-Native Meadow Musing 1—-Native Meadow Musing 2—-The Annual Black Eye Susan—-Key Considerations —- Bison and Grasslands —-- Sunchokes and Pasture Thistle —- Dilemma of Canadian Goldenrod —- Sawtooth Sunflower —— Golden Alexander —— Blue and White Wild Indigo —— Foxglove and Calico Beardtongue —— Seed Mix Germination Tips —- Meadow Installation 7 Years Later —- Legacy of Coevolution

Native Wetland Posts

Native Wetland Root Crops and Native Pond Aquaculture—Sebenthaler Fen —-Pearl’s Fen—-

Invasive Plant and Invasive animal/Insect Posts

Invasive Removal/Post-Removal Plantings #1 —- Invasive Removal/Post-Removal Plantings #2 —- Invasive Removal/Post-Removal Plantings #3 —- Invasive Removal/Post-Removal Plantings #4 —- Invasive Removal/Post-Removal Plantings #5 —- Invasive Removal/Post-Removal Plantings #6 —- How to Appreciate Burning Bush —- Spicebush vs Amur Honeysuckle Graphic —- One Reason Not to Promote European Honeybees—-Beyond Despair: Strategic Invasive Plant Action Plan—-Spicebush and Sassafras and Invasive Beetles—-Common Milkweed in Ukraine—-Invasive Starlings—-Did you know Honeybees are Non-Native?—-Eliminating Japanese Knotweed —- Honeybees Steal Pollen —- Honeysuckle Brush Pile —- Honeysuckle Drop and Chop—- Wood-Edge Honeysuckle Removal —-

Virtual Hikes/ #What’s Happening now

#WHN = What’s Happening Now

Miami-Whitewater —- Sebenthaler Fen —- Caesars Creek & Lebanon —- Mitchell Memorial Forest —- Edge of Appalachia —-Shawnee Lookout —- Mill Creek #1 —- What Indigenous Landscapes Does —- Best of Early June-Early August 2018—Virtual August Hike-Native Meadow Installation —— What’s Happening With Us (March 20, 2019) —— #WHN April 15, 2019—-#WHN April 17, 2019—-#WHN April 27, 2019—-#WHN April, 29, 2019—-#WHN May 4, 2019—-#WHN May 11, 2019—-#WHN May 20, 2019—-#WHN May 22,2019—-#WHN June 4, 2019—-#WHN June 13, 2019—-#WHN August 10, 2019—-#WHN Sept 3, 2019—-#WHN Sept 26, 2019—-#WHN Dec.9, 2019 Caesars Creek Gorge—-#WHN May 8, 2020—-Germantown Metropark—-Hall’s Creek—-Versailes Indiana State Park Hike—Virtual Hike 8/5/2013

Native Fauna

Native Bumblebees —-Native Canines' Sweet Secret—-Rabbits——Cerulean Warbler—-Northern Flicker Nest—Hooded Warbler—-Scarlet Tanager—Uncovering a Queen Bumblebee—Pileated Woodpeckers—-Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar—-