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Volume 83, Issue 1
Spring 2026
What’s in the Issue?
Letter from the Director
Plant Ambassadors
By William (Ned) Friedman
Notes from the Field
Mason Heberling on a hometown expedition to observe knotweed; Miles Schwartz Sax explores the biodiversity of harsh environments on the slopes of Mount Tarumae; Kim Shearer (Kim Bora) revisits Korean forests scenes from childhood and finds wonder rekindled.
Plant Portrait
Acer rubrum
By My Trinh
Features
BRANCH AND VERSE
A Garden is Made of Hope
By Matthew Battles
ARBOR VITA
A Story of Belonging
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Hu Xianshu 胡先驌, Metasequoia, and Botanical Cooperation
By Lisa Pearson
VISUAL ESSAY
Entangled Histories: European Larch
By Kathleen McDermott
Propagations
TREES OF LIFE
Thoreau’s “Succession of Forest Trees” and the Challenge of Change
By Dan McKanan
OUT AND ABOUT
Cultivating the Hobby of Botanizing
By Jacob S. Suissa and Ben Goulet-Scott
POETRY
Three Poems
By Sarah Cahalan
Season in Practice
Winter Grafting
By Michael S. Dosmann and Rodney Eason
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