Durango Root (Datisca glomerata) hosts nitrogen-fixing Frankia bacteria in its roots, helping enrich the soil with nitrogen.

#actinorhizalplants #nitrogenfixers #frankia #nature #wildlife #california

Alder Catkins

Did you know Alder trees fix nitrogen and offer excellent shade and moisture-capturing and releasing mechanisms.

#Alder #Trees #nitrogenfixers

Screenshot of "Climate Change Hardiness Zone Shift" tab of Four Lake Seas Climate Adaptive Native Plants Spreadsheet. Showing my customized North America hardiness zones map; the bottom (future projection 2071-2100) of the Present and Future Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification maps plus the associated abstract; the current Köppen Climate Map for the USA; and the IPCC Representative Concentration Pathways graph.

Something cool I dug up while working on my #ClimateAdaptation #NativeGardening Master Spreadsheet for the Four Lake Seas¹ ( #GreatLakes ) Region with an RCP 4.5 baseline (most likely Climate outcome with spare Hardiness). Comptonia (Sweet Fern) and Cercis (Redbud) are Angiosperm #NitrogenFixers