Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry Poetry with natural history notes and

with natural history notes and places and months to find the flower in bloom

Native grasses also provide vital habitat for many species of insects

Plant Characteristics Family Name Pinaceae Species Name Pinus ponderosa Common Name Ponderosa Pine Plant Type Tree Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

The “architects” of galls—bacteria

NM Natural Habitat Dry slopes

Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry Poetry with natural history notes andBlack Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what