| In this program Professor Bill Boon identifies 5 grasses, 1 shrub and 17 forbs of the Dry, or short grass, prairie community, where plants adapt to the extreme heat and limited supply of water. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Leadplant Amorpha; 3 - Indigo; 4 - Bush Clover. 08DR JSCA 25 min. |
| The Farmstead-Windbreak Community we learn is a man-made community of trees planted on farmsteads to break the force of the wind and to help reduce soil erosion. Professor Bill Boon identifies 4 deciduous, 2 understory (12' - 48') and 13 evergreen trees in this program. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Russian Olive; 3 - Colorado Spruce; 4 - Ponderosa Pine. 08DR JSCA 20 min. |
| In this program Professor Bill Boon explains that the Maple-Linden Community is a dense-shade area whose moist ground layer is especially favorable to numerous wildflowers and ferns; it includes Black and Sugar Maples, the Atlantic Leatherwood and Common Snowberry shrubs. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - White Ash; 3 - Shadblow Serviceberry; 4 - Plant Growth. 08DR JSCA 20 min. |
| The Marsh-Pothole Prairie Community is a community found on poorly drained soils of lowland and backwater bogs where plants survive a demanding initiation of several weeks of standing water. In this program Professor Bill Boon identifies 5 grasses and 7 forbs. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Sedges; 3 - Common Cattail; 4 - Blue Verbena. 08DR JSCA 15 min. |
| In this program we learn that many of America's street names were derived from the Mixed Floodplain Community, a community that occupies the higher elevation along stream and river corridors; here Professor Bill Boon identifies 13 trees, 2 shrubs and 5 vines. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Butternut; 3 - Eastern Wahoo; 4 - Poison Ivy. 08DR JSCA 25 min. |
| Found predominantly on the south-and-west-facing slopes in the mid-western forest region, the Oak-Hickory Community, Professor Bill Boon explains, includes Shagbark "Old" Hickory and 12 other trees, 5 shrubs and 2 vines. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Shingle Oak; 3 - Hophornbeam; 4 - Fragrant Sumac. 08DR JSCA 22 min. |
| The Oak-Savanna Community is a transition area between grassland and forest with a park-like quality because of its mixture of grass and trees; here Professor Bill Boon identifies 11 trees and 6 shrubs. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Eastern Red Cedar; 3 - Blackhaw Viburnum; 4 - Description. 08DR JSCA 22 min. |
| The Pine-Fir-Birch Community is a remnant community predominantly found in the Great Lakes' region, referred to as the Boreal Forest; here Professor Bill Boon identifies 4 trees and 4 shrubs. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Yellow Birch; 3 - American Cranberry Bush; 4 - Pine Fir Birch Landscape. 08DR JSCA 12 min. |
| This River-Lake Margin Community follows watercourses where spring flooding is common and Willow, Maple and Poplar trees are common; altogether, 13 trees and 8 shrubs are identified by Professor Bill Boon. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Black Tupelo; 3 - Black Willow; 4 - Silky Dogwood. 08DR JSCA 25 min. |
| The Mesic, or tall grass, Wet Prairie Community occupies open spaces that are neither too wet nor too dry, and plant life is varied during different seasons of the year; here Professor Bill Boon identifies 4 grasses and 14 forbs. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Canada Wildrye; 3 - Sawtooth Sunflower; 4 - Compass Plant. 08DR JSCA 25 min. |
| In this program Professor Bill Boon Identifies 27 woodland flowers, including many found in nursery and seed catalogs, which are not really a community, but a group of plants that provide ground cover for several communities. CHAPTERS: 1 - Introduction; 2 - Indian Jack-in-the-Pulpit; 3 - Catchweed Bedstraw; 4 - Wall Fern. 08DR JSCA 25 min. |