The California pipevine
The only plant the pipevine swallowtail can breed on, and how to grow it.
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The pipevine swallowtail
The butterfly, its life cycle, and why one plant decides its fate.
How to plant a pipevine
Soil to the leaves, no bare stem, early in the rainy season. With a printable handout.
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Native Ground Covers and the Lawn You Actually Want
You are allowed to want a patch of soft ground. Three California native ground covers that can take being walked on, what each one is actually like to live with, and where the usual advice about them is wrong.
The Pipevine at Strawberry Creek Has Been Cut
UC Berkeley cleared the California pipevine at Strawberry Creek on July 24, one day after telling CBS News it wanted to disturb the area as little as possible. What happened, what the environmental review left out, and the hundred chrysalides we are now holding.
What UC Berkeley's Pipevine Replanting Plan Leaves Out
A closer look at the gaps in UC Berkeley's current approach to pipevine habitat restoration.
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