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January 23, 2024
Can inoculated soils promote healthy urban trees? Preliminary results
By Claudia Bashian-Victoroff, MS, Research Specialist
Preliminary results from a Holden research project testing soil inoculations for improvement of urban tree plantings. more
December 5, 2023
World Soil Day: Holden’s Soil Ecologists Improving the Odds for Trees in Urban Environments
Efforts are underway to plant trees in Cuyahoga County’s urban areas by the thousands. In these cities, canopy cover is well below the county average, which brings well-documented ill effects... more
December 1, 2023
Soils Under Snow Still Carry On
By Sarah Kyker, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Winter is a time when we think of dormancy. Chipmunks have begun hibernating. The deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Herbaceous plants are resting belowground as bulbs, rhizomes, etc. But,... more
October 13, 2023
Enlisting Fungi to Help Bring Trees Back to Our Cities
By Lydia Jahn, Research Specialist
Mushroom Month might be over, but we aren’t done celebrating mushrooms just yet because October 15th is National Mushroom Day! If you’ve been keeping up with our blog posts for... more
Mycology See all
The study of fungi
October 13, 2023
Enlisting Fungi to Help Bring Trees Back to Our Cities
By Lydia Jahn, Research Specialist
Mushroom Month might be over, but we aren’t done celebrating mushrooms just yet because October 15th is National Mushroom Day! If you’ve been keeping up with our blog posts for... more
September 29, 2023
3 Mushroom-Based Recipes to Celebrate the End of Mushroom Month
By Mary Pitts, MS, Research Specialist
We have arrived at the final blog post for September’s national mushroom month. We hope you enjoyed reading about our work on soil, fungi, and identifying mushrooms. This week we... more
September 22, 2023
Fungi: More than Just Mushrooms
By Sarah Kyker, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate
As a soil scientist, I love seeing mushrooms pop up aboveground. It’s always exciting to see the variety of mushrooms that fruit at different times of the year. But in... more
Soil ecology See all
The interactions between organisms in soil
January 23, 2024
Can inoculated soils promote healthy urban trees? Preliminary results
By Claudia Bashian-Victoroff, MS, Research Specialist
Preliminary results from a Holden research project testing soil inoculations for improvement of urban tree plantings. more
December 5, 2023
World Soil Day: Holden’s Soil Ecologists Improving the Odds for Trees in Urban Environments
Efforts are underway to plant trees in Cuyahoga County’s urban areas by the thousands. In these cities, canopy cover is well below the county average, which brings well-documented ill effects... more
December 1, 2023
Soils Under Snow Still Carry On
By Sarah Kyker, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Winter is a time when we think of dormancy. Chipmunks have begun hibernating. The deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Herbaceous plants are resting belowground as bulbs, rhizomes, etc. But,... more
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