Hi everyone, I've decided to close this Skool community on June 30th That should give y’all time to finish any courses you’ve been working on in the “classroom” tab and make connections with the folks you want to keep in contact with. This group has been super fun, but I need to simplify my workflow. I have been pulled in too many directions between my day-job, side gigs, volunteer work and keeping up with publishing videos to YouTube, Tiktok, Rednote, Instagram and facebook (You can find me on all those platforms as @thatweirdplantlady) If you want to stay in touch and keep getting foraging tips, plant IDs, and updates on my next book, you can join my email list here: https://forms.gle/tPNGbbLHmeRtpCHH9 That's where I'll be sharing my best content going forward - no spam, just plant & fungi fun in a monthly or bimonthly newsletter. Thank you for being here. Hope to see you on the list. - Melanie 😁👍🌱✨

From a distance I thought they were roses in a bush, but the closer I got, the less they looked like roses. Rhododendron degronianum is native to the northern parts of Hosnshu, the largest island of Japan. Now my writer’s mind is trying to come up with a story in which the seeds set sail and accidentally find themselves in Dutch soil. 😜 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_degronianum

Hey Y'all 🤗 The Skullcap near me is blooming already; it's normally a midsummer bloom. I believe this is- 🌼Scutellaria incana, commonly known as Downy or Hoary Skullcap, it's a native North American perennial in the Mint Family.

References: https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/lactuca/serriola/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3638630/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31207097/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_serriola

Refrences:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37195042/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34392659/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5224539/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33920485/https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/factsheet/pdf/fs_trpr2.pdf