Tuesday, December 7, 2021

What is it Wednesday archive: November 20, 2019


 

Can you identify what's in this photo?

 

 

Each Wednesday morning 

on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page

 the Lutherlyn Environmental Education Program posts a photo. 

 

 

Readers have all morning and afternoon 

to make their best guess about what the photo is. 

 

Around 6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.

 

 

Each week's What is it Wednesday post 

will also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 

 after it is posted on Facebook,

sometimes with additional bonus information. 

 

In addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday 

on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 

we will be reposting old editions,

creating a What is it Wednesday archive. 

 

This photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on

November 20, 2019. 

 

 

 

And the answer is....

 



These are the needles and cones of Norway spruce, eastern hemlock, and white pine. 

What differences and similarities can you spot between them?

How can I tell apart different kinds of evergreen trees?

How and why do some plants stay green during the winter? 

Are any evergreens edible? 

We learn about these things and more during the evergreen hike at Lutherlyn's annual Advent Retreat, held the first weekend in December each year. In addition to familiar evergreen trees, we explore  broad-leaved evergreens like rhododendron, herbaceous evergreens like Christmas ferns, bryophyte evergreens like moss, and discover where we can find all these and others at Lutherlyn! Participants also gather evergreens to create their family's advent wreath.

Although the forest may seem drab during winter, there are many evergreens that still show the color of life throughout the year. Many of them have been What is it Wednesday features. What evergreens can you find near you, or learn about in The Nature of Lutherlyn? 

Like and follow Camp Lutherlyn on Facebook, to see What is it Wednesday posts when they come out and have the opportunity to share your guesses in the comments!

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