Spring has sprung
Planting American Strawberry (Euonymus americanus) bushes Bluebells (Mertensia virgininca) and Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) Several years ago a RUtgers Ecology & Evolution student (& EcoPreserve land steward) Josh Echols and NJ Conservation Foundation ecologist Emile DeVito found American Strawberry (Euonymus americanus) growing in a patch of woods near the Edison Monument in Menlo Park. Emile collected seeds and grew them out with the help of Duke Farms staff at their greenhouses. This spring we planted ten of the native shrubs…