POTD 8/7/25
HELP YOURSELF - An Eastern Gray Squirrel chows down on the true flowers at the center of Wolf's Eye Dogwood blooms. The "flower" of a dogwood tree is actually a cluster of small, inconspicuous true flowers surrounded by showy, petal-like structures called bracts. The bracts are modified leaves that attract pollinators to the tiny, true flowers. We plant ornamental and native plants in our forest yard... and the wildlife seems to like it all.
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Bill(non-registered)
I enjoy watching them as they jump from branch to branch and across the road on a wire.
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