North Woods Naturalist
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Chel Anderson
Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist. She lives in the Hovland area and keeps close tabs on daily changes happening in the great outdoors. She shares her insights with WTIP listeners every Tuesday during the AM and PM Community Calendar programs. Subscribe to our North Woods Naturalist podcast.
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Summer plants are blooming
-Summer plants are blooming and fruiting. Ferns are worth watching, June berries, moose maple and lots of flowers are ahead of schedule.
Time for spring singing in the marshes and blooming in the woods
Jay Andersen-This is the time of year to hear frogs in the lowlands and start to see wildflowers in the forest.
Spring flowers are coming out and so are the beavers
-This is the time of year we see pussy willows along the roadsides and marsh marigolds blooming in the wetlands WTIPs Jay Andersen talks with a local phenologist about early flowers, migrating bir
Buds, birds and drumming grouse signal spring
-Catkins, tiny flowers and sweet smelling Balm of Gilead are all strong signs that spring is on the way.
