Eastern Redcedar Revisited

Eastern Redcedar Revisited

Author: Nature Guys December 20, 2022 Duration: 30:26

Bob welcomes Greg Torres back to revisit the eastern redcedar tree. Bill and Bob did an episode on this tree in 2017 and had some questions that Greg, our very own plant guru, has some thoughts on.

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