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(photo credit: wikimedia commons)2020-02-04T17:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://boisebiophilia.com/2020/02/03/episode-82-idahos-changing-climate-and-how-leaves-defend-themselves-against-herbivory/https://boisebiophilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/snow-in-tango-border.jpgsnow in tango borderIdaho may see less snow and more rainhttps://boisebiophilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sage-in-winter-1.jpgsage in winter 1The hairy leaves of this culinary sage (Salvia officinalis help protect it from herbivory. 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