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The versatile and hardy forsythia
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REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
Apr 25, 2025
I always look for my forsythia bush to be some of the first flowers of spring. Blooming during Eastertide caused the shrub to be known as the Easter T...
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National Invasive Species Awareness Week
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JODY GROSHEK McKean County Conservation District 
Feb 24, 2021
Our forests and fields are full of many kinds of plants. Are plants just plants? In northcentral Pennsylvania, there are a number of plants invading n...
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RTS for May 1
Round the Square
Marcie 
May 01, 2019
LAUREL : We know that mountain laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower, but what else do we know about it? The Penn State Extension tells us the common ...
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Found in our forests: Invasive plants
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JODY GROSHEK McKean County Conservation District 
Feb 26, 2019
With the hullabaloo about invasive plants, we may wonder how bad are they and why we should worry? Are plants just plants? Natural ecosystems evolved ...
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‘Round the Square 3-3-18
News, Round the Square
Mar 03, 2018
TODAY: Today, The Era’s associate editor Marcie Schellhammer will be joining Anne Holliday from WESB, Dr. Nancy McCabe, Dr. Tracee Howell and Stephani...
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Round the Square for Feb. 6
Local News, News, Round the Square
Feb 06, 2018
GARDEN: Look out the window. In just a couple short months that snow will be melting and those bare trees will begin showing signs of new life. An art...
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Invasive species in the woods
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KIMBERLY BOHN Special to The Era 
Feb 28, 2017
(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...
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