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Wild Strawberry, Fragaria virginiana
Guttation!
The photo above shows guttation on native strawberry. It's a funny-sounding word, but an interesting phenomenon. The drops on the leaf margins are not dew, but the result of a process called guttation. Guttation occurs at night, when plants accumulate excess water through their roots, but transpiration through stomata on leaf surfaces has stopped. The excess water is released through pores on the leaf margins. Plant is native wild strawberry, or Virginia strawberry, Fragaria virginiana, and photographed on 25 March 2012 in our Biodiversity Garden. Native wild strawberry is an incredibly fast-growing and spreading, sun-loving ground cover with pretty white and yellow flowers and delicious edible fruits. Plant it this season instead of non-native ground covers, such as the invasive periwinkle, Vinca minor.
Life Cycle of a Strawberry Patch
Updated 12 April 2012
Posted by Nina Zitani, 22 December 2011
All photos by Nina Zitani
The strawberry patch in our Biodiversity Garden is the subject of a mini photo-documentary. Every few weeks I'll photograph the same patch and post it here, in order to track the changes it undergoes throughout the year. Plant is native wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana.
Posted by Nina Zitani, 22 December 2011
All photos by Nina Zitani
The strawberry patch in our Biodiversity Garden is the subject of a mini photo-documentary. Every few weeks I'll photograph the same patch and post it here, in order to track the changes it undergoes throughout the year. Plant is native wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana.
12 April 2012
25 March, morning, water droplets on leaf margins are the result of guttation, not dew
2 March 2012
6 February 2012, early morning hard frost
3 February 2012, Approximately two feet of snow has come and gone
19 January 2012, Fresh snow covers the strawberry patch
19 December 2011
7 am, October 28th 2011, first frost of the season
