Our new #SDM case study is out! Congratulations to @tuataratuatarae.bsky.social and colleagues. #sarracenia #botany #biogeography #ecologicalmodeling #conservation

The genus #Viburnum can be hard to ID to species. This one, northern arrowwood (Viburnum recognitum), is distinguished by leaves that are nearly hairless, save for tufts in the vein axils on the abaxial side. #botany #adoxaceae

Universities like mine are limiting hiring, travel, and other spending using federal funds because of the fear of things like this. It's basically impossible to do science, whether NSF takes back funding or not.

One of the most disheartening experiences for me over the past 80 days has been the shattering of the illusion I harbored that academia (particularly wealthy private institutions filled with smart people) would uphold and fight for the ideas and values we cherish.

Florida #staranise (Illicium floridanum) in bloom Forrest County, Mississippi #botany #schisandraceae #illiciaceae

Cahaba paintbrush, endemic to Bibb County. One of Alabama's eight Dolomite Denizens. #castilleja #castillejakraliana #orobanchaceae #botany

Amargosa Niterwort (Nitrophila mohavensis) waking from its winter slumber.

Flowers of Miccosukee gooseberry (Ribes echinellum), a rare, spiny shrub represented by just two widely disjunct populations in SC and FL. #grossulariaceae #botany

Post-bac training in rare plant science / conservation at 4 collaborating institutions: The Morton Arboretum, Atlanta Botanical Garden, California Botanic Garden, San Diego Botanic Garden. Great mentors and projects, competitive pay. Pls share! ** APPLY BY 3/14 *** atlantabg.org/conservation...

There’s a google doc trying to keep track of funding/grad school admission/hiring freezes & status please share 🧪 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

#Lepanthes caritensis, a tiny #orchid endemic to Puerto Rico. #orchidaceae #botany

After 6 years of work, I'm pleased to announce my 1st, 1st-author pub is now in print! Special thanks to coauthors Trần Hồng Nhung, @veronicaypham.bsky.social & @oreotrephes.bsky.social for their contributions! Order @ link ⬇️. #followingthepapertrail #ethnobotany ethnobiology.org/publications...

Wooden mallets used for beating #barkcloth in Hawai'i. Round hohoa made from milo (Thespesia populnea), square i'e kuku from 'ōhi'a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha; middle) and koa (Acacia koa; bottom) woods. #botany #ethnobotany #hawaii

I wrote this bit that is entirely unrelated to current things

Important and also we need to start explaining to people that humans are just one species on the planet and research doesn’t have to be directly applicable them to be interesting, significant, or worth doing.

What the NSF is doing this week is damaging *generations* of scientific researchers and American investments in science. Billions of US tax payer dollars in investment, being thrown away, because of a fucking fishing expedition that is intended to terrorize and set the stage for a real witch hunt.

Papers I made by hand from phloem of select #Moraceae. L➡️R: Higuerón (Ficus aurea) Red mulberry (Morus rubra) Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) Cultivated fig (Ficus carica) Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) White mulberry (Morus alba) Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) #papermaking #ethnobotany

In Tahiti 🇵🇫, #barkcloth textiles are typically printed using pinnae from the pala'ā #fern (Odontosoria chinensis). From the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, MA, USA #ethnobotany #botany #fiberarts

Curious how the phloem of this performs as artisanal paper.

#Amate (🇲🇽 indigenous #paper) art made by Yolanda Jiménez in San Pablito. Although amate traditionally was made from Ficus phloem, these have been depleted to supply the craft tourism industry. Artisans now use alternatives like tule (Typha domingensis, used below) for amate. #ethnobotany #botany

#origami Turkey Oak (Quercus laevis), folded from one uncut square of handmade Osage-orange phloem fiber paper #botany #papermaking #fagaceae #quercus

#Paper I made from #Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) phloem. Despite the intense yellow-orange color of the xylem, the dye is not conferred to the paper and the brown shade is likely due to the presence of a small amount of tannins. #papermaking #followingthepapertrail #ethnobotany #moraceae

Some phloem fibers in the fibrarium (fiber herbarium) held in the @mobotgarden.bsky.social William L. Brown Center Biocultural Collection. These serve as known references to help identify unknown fibers in paper, textiles, & other ethnobotanical artifacts. #botany #ethnobotany

two #origami #oak leaf sketches - Blackjack oak, #Quercus marilandica Southern red oak, Quercus falcata

Botanic gardens and arboreta are amongst our most loved public spaces. This virtual issue highlights their role in understanding the importance of ecosystem services that plants provide to people: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)2572-2611.celebrating-botanic-gardens

#Kakishibu 柿渋 is a tannin-rich liquid made from aged, fermented unripe persimmons, #Diospyros kaki. It's brushed onto washi (🇯🇵 handmade paper) to improve its durability & water-imperviousness. L: washi treated w/ kakishibu; R: untreated washi. #botany #ebenaceae #ethnobotany #followingthepapertrail