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Watch for young things

Jerry Davis For Agri-View
Apr 4, 2026
Apr 4, 2026

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Burned prairies send up a dozen or more species quickly because the black surface absorbs light energy, warming the soil.

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Ginseng plants send up a fence-staple-shaped stem that straightens as it grows.

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Soybean seedlings bring a pair of seed leaves above ground upon germinating.

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Bonus turkey authorizations are still available for purchase.

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The tiny white knob on the left becomes a morel mushroom.

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Wild-turkey eggs usually number a dozen or more in a ground nest.

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Jerry Davis For Agri-View

An egg, a seedling, an eaglet, a fawn, a tadpole, a flower bud or a fungus mycelium are all the start of something great outdoors. Embryonic stages of plants, animals and fungi often have little resemblance to the adult species they grow to become. It’s exciting, helpful and great outdoors fun to learn those tiny beginnings.

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Jerry Davis is a freelance outdoors writer. Contact him at sivadjam@mhtc.net or 608-924-1112 for more information.