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Magnolias are ancient trees. Their lineage stretches back to fossilized samples dated at some 2 million years old. They have been theorized to have been around for longer than bees, as one of very few flowers dotting the landscape as beetles were the best insects to conduct pollination at the time. This particular plant is the Magnolia x soulangeana, or saucer magnolia. Originally bred by a French plantsman in the early 1820s, it flowers early in the spring, and was planted all over pastoral landscapes in the British Isles. As Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux sought to turn Central Park into an English romantic pastoral landscape, it was an easy choice to place this plant in the pre-planned park. It is an imported species to this continent, yet is a prominent feature within Central Park, and an example of its nature, nonetheless.

A Rhapsody on Nature in New York City

Scott Ernsberger, Staff Reporter
April 21, 2021
Steamboat Geyser, Wyoming, U.S.A. Its eruptions can shoot boiling hot water and steam hundreds of feet into the air.

Steamboat’s Reawakening: Erraticism, or Something More?

Marina Tiligadas, Staff Reporter
March 21, 2021
This photo was taken on January 25th, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.; it is similar to what I saw from my bedroom window in Bayside, Queens on January 11th, 2021 at 3:13 p.m. The slated, gabled rooftops complement a muted blue sky.

Spontaneity in Neighborhood Walks: A Winter’s Tale

Cadence Chen, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2021
Spring, and geese are seen throughout New York City.

The Poetic Musings of a Modern Day John James Audubon

Fahim Zaman, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2021

How and Why Do These Shrimp Walk on Land?

Nicole Hu, Staff Reporter
January 11, 2021
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