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Ep. 472 - Snorkelwort & Friends are X-Treme!
Episode 472
Any organism that ephemeral gravel puddles home must be ready to deal with extremes. That is what makes snorkelwort (Gratiola amphiantha) and its aqu…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 471 - Chasing Rare Oaks
Episode 471
Boynton/Alabama sandstone (Quercus boyntonii) and Georgia oaks (Q. georgiana) are among the rarest oaks in North America and yet we know so little ab…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 470 - Rethinking Water Lettuce
Episode 470
Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) has long been maligned for its invasive tendencies. This floating aquatic aroid grows fast and responds well to poo…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 469 - Blue Butterworts & Friends
Episode 469
The Southeast is one of North America's biodiversity hotspots. Any trip through this region will be rewarded with lots of botanical splendor if you k…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 468 - Plants, Structure, and Habitat
Episode 468
I have said it before, and I will say it again: plants ARE habitat. Nowhere is this fact more apparent than in the field of wildlife ecology. From fo…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 467 - Roots & the Struggle for Nutrients
Episode 467
Competition for nutrients is a major driver of plant evolution, especially in nutrient-poor soils. As such, plants have evolved myriad ways of gettin…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 466 - Fire in the Mountains
Episode 466
The Appalachian region may not readily seem like a fire-prone region, but parts of it certainly are. Fire can be an important tool in sustaining biod…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 465 - Studying Ancient Wildfires
Episode 465
Wildfires are familiar to those living on Earth today, but what about in the past? How does one go about studying ancient wildfires through deep time…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 464 - Back from the Brink
Episode 464
Good news is hard to come by in the world of plant conservation, but it is out there! Take, for instance, some recent examples on Santa Cruz Island i…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 463 - Digitizing an Extinct Tree
Episode 463
How does one breath life into an extinct tree only known from fossils? There are a lot of answers to this question, but my guest today decided to go …
2 years, 5 months ago