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Ep. 245 - Branching Out Into Plant Podcasting
Episode 245
Today I sit down for a chat with fellow plant podcaster, Vanessa Fuchs. Vanessa is the host of The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney's award-winning podcas…
6 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 244 - Ancient Homes in Fossil Leaves
Episode 244
Plants and arthropods have a long evolutionary history that involves plenty of interaction. If you know where to look, evidence of such history can b…
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 243 - Plant Exploration with Dan Hinkley
Episode 243
For Author, Plant Collector, and lecturer Dan Hinkley, plants have been a lifelong obsession. Dan has spent the last few decades traveling the world …
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 242 - Digitizing a Herbarium for the World to Use
Episode 242
Containing an estimated 1.4 million specimens that span nearly 250 years of botanical history, the National Herbarium of New South Wales is a treasur…
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 241 - A Tiny Buckwheat & the Endangered Species Act
Episode 241
Tiehm’s buckwheat (Eriogonum tiehmii) is a rare wildflower endemic to only 21 acres of public land in the remote Silver Peak Range of Nevada. Out of …
6 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 240 - Life in the Savage Garden
Episode 240
What's not to love about carnivorous plants? From their bizarre looks to their insect-eating habits, carnivorous plants really break the mold on main…
6 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 239 - Getting Native Seeds to the People
Episode 239
Fed up with disturbance creating corridors for non-native plant invasions onto their landscape, landowners in southern Texas teamed up with Texas A&M…
6 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 238 - The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative
Episode 238
Southeastern Grasslands Initiative is building a movement. Frustrated by the lack of protection and attention given to grasslands of southeastern Nor…
6 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 237 - The Fall of the Torreya & What is Being Done to Save It
Episode 237
"Torreya was so common until it wasn't and then it started crashing like falling giants..." Within the span of a few decades, the torreya pine (Torre…
6 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 236 - Ferns & Lycophytes, Hybrids & Polyploids
Episode 236
Ferns and lycophytes are very special plants. Their origins date back hundreds of millions of years. Representatives of these two lineages can be fou…
6 years, 10 months ago