Nature Done Wright

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Don Torino's latest column on wildnewjersey.tv is about the benefits of planting Hackberries.

Here's a sample:

If you’re like me and your
home landscape suffered due to Hurricane Sandy, or you are just looking
to improve your backyard to benefit wildlife, then planting a Hackberry
tree should be on the top of your things to plant list…

Hackberry is one of the
most beneficial wildlife friendly trees you can introduce to your
backyard habitat, or any habitat for that matter. The purple-red fruit
attracts a wide variety of birds species from Grosbeaks to Waxwings,
from Orioles to Thrashers, and Flickers to Phoebes.

They will visit your
Hackberry like Moths to a mercury vapor light, and if the birds are not
a good enough reason to make you want to run out and plant a Hackberry,
then the many splendid butterfly species that utilize the Hackberry
certainly will.

The link is here.