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Butterflies and Border Walls
Marianna Wright is the director of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, which provides critical habitat for wildlife in the Rio Grande Va…
2 years, 7 months ago
Cornell Herbarium, Brooklyn Cactus, VA Buckwheat
This episode consists of a 90 minute rant about the wonders of Cornell University Herbarium (1 million specimens you schmuck), how a cactus came to g…
2 years, 7 months ago
Floral Scents & Pollination Systems w/ Dr. Rob Rugoso, Cornell University
In this episode with Dr. Rob Rugoso from Cornell University we discuss the chemistry of floral scents, how scent evolves (ie Clarkia breweri), night …
2 years, 7 months ago
Prairie Rants & the Herbaceous Perennial Habit
A rant about how prairie soils get built, what exactly a "herbaceous perennial" is and why this habit is so relevant and important to remember when t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Setting Fire to Suburbia w/ Gerould Wilhelm
Gerould Wilhelm is one of the two authors of Flora of the Chicago Region - A Floristic & Ecological Synthesis. In this episode we talk about a number…
2 years, 8 months ago
Paleobotany with Fabiany Herrera
Fabiany Herrera is a paleobotanist specializing on a diverse array of time periods and paleofloras, including the Mazon Creek Flora from the Carbonif…
2 years, 8 months ago
CHICAGO CONFLICT & GLACIAL TILL SUMMER BASH
A one hour rant about Glacial Till, Kankakee Mallow, Sand Prairies, Stiff Designs for Native Plant Landscapes, Emulating the "Beautiful Chaos" of the…
2 years, 8 months ago
How Ancient Glaciers Affect Peyote - a Conversation with Keeper Trout from Cactus Conservation Institute
Keeper Trout is one of the founding members of Cactus Conservation Institute and a research scientist who - along with Dr. Martin Terry - has studied…
2 years, 9 months ago
Philippines Botany, East Texas Yucca Pollination, etc w/Adam Black
In this episode we talk about the botany of the Philippines (influenced by a remarkable tectonic setting), volcanic activity, ultramafic soil, "ant-p…
2 years, 9 months ago
Fighting with City Hall, Star Cactus Mortality, et
Rants about Fighting with City Hall over Native Plant Gardens & Tree Planting, Creepy New Age "Healers", mortality in Star Cactus (Astrophytum asteri…
2 years, 9 months ago