tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post3612892400390164707..comments2024-03-13T19:28:05.813-04:00Comments on Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: Black Cohosh, caterpillars, and antsJim McCormachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-23713860263164210262020-07-04T18:46:01.219-04:002020-07-04T18:46:01.219-04:00Wow, Jim! This is so well written. Fascinating a...Wow, Jim! This is so well written. Fascinating and informative. Part of the drama in my little patch of ground is the much more familiar myrmecophic relationship with aphids. In my case, it was on my new muscadine grape arbor in Georgia. I too can thank the ants though because they alert me to the presence of otherwise nearly invisible aphids supping on the sap in the tendrils and new leaves. I noticed this mutualism in my little collection of native persimmons I just planted this year too. <br /><br />Incidentally, I found a large colony of blooming black cohosh on Kennesaw Mountain on May 20 this year. Welcome to life in the South. My grandmother was half Eastern Band Cherokee. She and my mother taught me much of the larder and apothecary of the Appalachians. The Cherokee had many uses for this plant and passed on that knowledge to the white settlers. That may be why this plant has so many common names. The more useful and widely distributed plants often do. Mark Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605623538469661236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-34870237930480059922020-06-30T07:56:35.314-04:002020-06-30T07:56:35.314-04:00Fascinating!Fascinating!Vireohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00686819225900443707noreply@blogger.com