Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield
Host: Glen Mittelhauser
Producers: Glen Mittelhasuer, Daaby Tingle
Glen begins a multi-day botanical inventory of Little Spruce Island off the coast of Downeast Maine. He describes the logistics of reaching remote islands, the slow pace of searching for plants, and why botanists rely on scientific names to accurately document the diversity they find.
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