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Agaves, Yuccas and Spiderworts

12/15/2020

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St. John's Wort Family and Citrus Family

11/19/2020

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The St. John’s Wort Family is a cosmopolitan family of plants with six to nine genera and about 700 species. They may be annual or perennial and they exist as herbaceous, shrub and tree species. 
The citrus family is a large family which includes herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees. They are mostly native to the tropical zones of the world and they include the well-known foods of the Citrus genus, such as limes, oranges, lemons and grapefruits.
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Conserving Louisiana: Makensie Hinkle interviews Johnny Armstrong

10/21/2020

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Shown by permission. Copyright 2020 KNOE. All rights reserved.

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The Spurge Family: Euphorbiaceae

10/15/2020

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The spurge family is large, having 218 genera and around 6,745 species. They have a worldwide distribution with most in the tropical zones where they exist as forbs, shrubs or trees. In North America, they primarily exist as forbs. Due to the fascinating phenomenon of convergent evolution, some species strongly resemble cacti. But they are far removed from the cactus family.
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Passion Flower Family, Passifloraceae

9/16/2020

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Passion Flowers (Passion Vines) are members of the family Passifloraceae and are quite common on Wafer Creek Ranch where two species have been identified, purple passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, and yellow passionflower, Passiflora lutea.
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Purple Passion Vine Passiflora incarnata
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Yellow Passion Flower Passiflora lutea

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Milkweed Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae.  Family: Apocynaceae

8/20/2020

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The milkweed subfamily contains 348 genera distributed almost worldwide. Our milkweeds of genus Asclepias that exist in the North American temperate zones are forbs having toxic sap, containing cardenolide in the stems and leaves that are poisonous to animals except for the milkweed insects, for which the plants serve as the larval host. Such is the case for the imperiled Monarch butterfly, as well as the Queen butterfly and several species of moth.
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A Walkabout with Johnny Armstrong

7/29/2020

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Johnny Armstrong takes viewers on a tour of the Old Pines Bluff area of Wafer Creek Ranch in Northern Louisiana. from Johnny Armstrong on Vimeo.


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Conservationist and retired medical doctor (pathology), Johnny Armstrong and his wife Karen and Opal (k-nine) live within a Nature Conservancy protected old-growth forest and woodland near Ruston, Louisiana. Shadowshine is his first novel..
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Why protect the little species?

7/10/2020

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If you ever have the opportunity to see a Monarch Butterfly or any other small species in peril (and these days there’s no shortage), the answer would be right before your eyes. At the same time, many would ask this question: “Why should I really care? After all, the Monarch is only an insect.”  
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The Legumes (Family Fabaceae)

6/19/2020

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The legumes are exceptionally important plants of the grassland woodland ecosystem because they are a very important food source for animals. They produce nectar from the flowers and protein from the seeds (the peas and beans). The legume seeds (the beans and peas) tend to hold their protein content longer than the grasses and other forbs in late winter. In addition, they enrich the soil by their symbiosis with nitrogen fixing bacteria (rhizobia and other bacteria) within the root nodules of the plant. The rhizobia take nitrogen from the air and convert it to nitrogenous compounds, such as ammonia, nitrate and nitrogen dioxide usable by plants, including the host legume, and other organisms.
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Legumes represent the third largest terrestrial plant family on Earth, following the orchid and sunflower families.

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The Environmental Protection Agency: Past and Present

5/21/2020

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During the decades of the 1960s and 70s, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire due to buildup of industrial sludge. Washington D.C. was dumping 240 million gallons of industrial waste daily into the Potomac. Salmon in Oregon’s Willamette River died from toxic sewage. Smog and dangerous air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides were at their highest levels, and 80 percent of children in the U.S. had elevated blood lead levels. Because of injury from the toxic pesticide, DDT, Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons nearly went extinct in the Lower 48, and the Brown Pelican, our state bird, vanished from Louisiana. America had become a dirty and dangerous country.

Angered by this dismal state, Americans spoke up and Congress and President Richard M. Nixon listened. By nearly unanimous agreement of both Republicans and Democrats, the Environmental Protection Agency was born. In his 1970 State of the Union address, President Nixon said, “Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond political party and beyond factions.” The people and the politicians had come together for the good of the country and its wildlife.


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    Johnny Armstrong, Author

    #Biodiversity advocate. Ecosystem Restorationist. Steward of an old-growth forest and woodland in northern Louisiana. #ForestFolkMatter #ScienceMatters

    Now that my 42-year career as a pathologist is a story for another time, I’m focusing my energy on my long-time passion for and commitment to critical conservation issues.

    I am currently working on a non-fiction book detailing the ongoing ecosystems restoration work at Wafer Creek Ranch.

    Shadowshine is my first book in the genres of literary fiction and animal fiction.


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    “Up there on your bookshelf between Tolkien and Watership Down is where this book belongs.  As an anthropomorphic adventure that winds through the realm of animals possessing courage, savagery, perseverance, and ultimately wisdom in the face of mounting evil threats – humans disconnected from the natural world – the tale is relevant, if not necessary.”
    Kelby Ouchley, author of Bayou Diversity: Nature & People in the Louisiana Bayou Country

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Shadowshine, An Animal Adventure
by Johnny Armstrong
ISBN-10: 1771834609
ISBN-13: 978-1771834605


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