Nell Greenfield Boyce
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But I mean, she does notice lots of different interesting things.
Like there are some species that can go one way or another.
Right.
It's not always yellow.
It's not always red.
And, you know, she notices this a lot in parking lots.
With her students, she's actually done like parking lot science.
Like she actually was looking at different colored willow oaks outside a home goods store, for example.
I mean, it's a very convenient field site.
And what did she find?
Well, she told me the red trees had fewer scale insects.
She and her students looked at nitrogen levels, too, and they didn't see any difference there.
But, you know, that's just one little study, right?
I mean, there's tons more work to do.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's really interesting, right?
I mean, she's been studying sweet gums.
She says these are trees that turn all the autumn colors, like including red.
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, you've got different species.