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Mistletoe in Monbijou Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger

Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae (Viscaceae)
Genus: Viscum
Species: V. album

Poetry, Songs, Wilderness

Songs: Barbara Bonney; “Heidenröslein”; F. Schubert

May 14, 2016 scarlett

Heidenröslein
Music by Schubert
Poem by Goethe

Sah ein Knab’ ein Röslein stehn,
Röslein auf der Heiden,
War so jung und morgenschön,
Lief er schnell es nah zu sehn,
Sah’s mit vielen Freuden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein rot,
Röslein auf der Heiden.
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Urban Nature, Wilderness

Article: German Pine Tree Has Its Own Twitter Account

May 6, 2016 scarlett

German Pine Tree Has Its Own Twitter Account

A 17-meter-high pine tree located in the German region of Schorfheide (Brandenburg), earned the honor of being the nation’s first tweeting tree, German magazine Spiegel Online reported.