Norbert Holstein<p>This is a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/grass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grass</span></a>‽ From giant bamboos to maize and the common lawn ryegrass, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Poaceae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poaceae</span></a> can be quite variable. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Panicum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panicum</span></a> cupressifolium from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Madagascar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Madagascar</span></a> has minute leaves, making it look like a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/cypress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cypress</span></a> (hence the name).<br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IAmABotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmABotanist</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HerbariumLife</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CuratorLife</span></a></p>
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in silico Plants<p>Workshop for <a href="https://botany.social/tags/PlantBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantBiology</span></a> Graduate Students on applying for the NSF GRFP </p><p>RT Botanical Society of America: The GRFP workshop hosted by BSA's Early Career Committee is back! Mentors: Help students with application reviews. Students: Improve your GRFP application with expert feedback. Apply by 9/9!</p><p>Mentors: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/GRFPmentor2024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/GRFPmentor2024</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Students: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/GRFP2024BSA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/GRFP2024BSA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://botany.social/tags/IamaBotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IamaBotanist</span></a></p>
Mike Barker<p>We have a new paper in <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/AppsPlantSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppsPlantSci</span></a>'s upcoming <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bioinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bioinformatics</span></a> issue: GOgetter: A pipeline for summarizing and visualizing GO slim annotations for plant genetic data with Emily Sessa, Rishi Masalia, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@arrigon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arrigon</span></a></span>, and Jessie Pelosi<br> <br><a href="https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aps3.11536" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co</span><span class="invisible">m/doi/full/10.1002/aps3.11536</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/GeneOntology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneOntology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a></p>
cassi<p>not some tropical locale, but an invasive phragmites thicket in Chicago <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/IAmABotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmABotanist</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Phragmites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phragmites</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a></p>
Jesse Miller<p>Early spring wildflowers are blooming in the gorge. Crocidium multicaule, Olsynium douglasii, and Lomatium columbianum photographed at Catherine Creek in Klickitat Co, WA <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FloraOfWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloraOfWashington</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/IAmABotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmABotanist</span></a></p>
Norbert Holstein<p>Mangoes are known for their delicious fleshy <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fruits</span></a>. The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/mango" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mango</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fruit</span></a> is not large berry but a so-called <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/drupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drupe</span></a>. In drupes, the innermost layer of the fruit, called "endocarp", is not fleshy like in a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/berry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>berry</span></a> (e.g., avocado, grapes or kiwi), but hard and called "<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/pyrena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pyrena</span></a>", "pit" or "stone". Inside the stone, one can find the actual <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/seed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seed</span></a>. Cherries, plums and peaches are also drupes.<br>The seed has 2 large embryonic leaves, so-called "cotyledons" that store nutrients</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IAmABotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmABotanist</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a></p>
Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>January</span></a> 7, 1877<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Margarete von Wrangell, Baltic German Agricultural <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Chemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chemist</span></a>, is born. </p><p>She loved <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a> & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a>.</p><p>Her career highlights include working w/ Marie <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Curie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Curie</span></a>, becoming the 1st female full <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Professor</span></a> at a German University, & running Germany's Institute for Plant Nutrition.</p><p>Her grave is inscribed:</p><p>I lived with the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a>.<br>I put my ear to the ground<br>& it seemed to me as if the plants were <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Happy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Happy</span></a> to be able to share something about the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Secrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Secrets</span></a> of their growth.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a></p>
Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>January</span></a> 4, 1883<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Johanna <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Westerdijk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Westerdijk</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dutch</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Pathologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pathologist</span></a>, is born.</p><p>The first <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Female" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Female</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Professor</span></a> in <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Holland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holland</span></a>, Joanna led an all-female team of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> and identified the cause of Dutch <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Elm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elm</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disease</span></a>. </p><p>Unapologetically <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FunLoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FunLoving</span></a> & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Witty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Witty</span></a>, Johanna wrote,</p><p>"<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Even" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Even</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Fungus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fungus</span></a> can die from a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Dull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dull</span></a> & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Monotonous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monotonous</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gardener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardener</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GardenersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenersofMastodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Mycology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mycology</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fungi</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Mushrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mushrooms</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Mushroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mushroom</span></a><br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Feminist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scientist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botanist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a></p>
Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>January</span></a> 3, 1993<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Premiere of the TV series <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a>: <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DeepSpaceNine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSpaceNine</span></a>. </p><p>One episode features Dr. Julian <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Bashir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bashir</span></a> saying the iconic retort:</p><p>"I'm a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Doctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doctor</span></a>, not a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botanist</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trekkie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trekkie</span></a> <br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Horticulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horticulture</span></a> <br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> <br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gardener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardener</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GardenersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenersofMastodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flowers</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flower</span></a></p>
James Common<p>An interesting <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WeekdayWeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekdayWeed</span></a> today with this wee patch of Small Nettle (Urtica urens) on a churned up road verge in the centre of Newcastle🌱🔎</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a></p>
T R Shankar Raman (has moved)<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CommonByNature" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CommonByNature</span></a></span> I thought 'a bouquet of botanists' sounded good, but considering this is like an attempt at classification, why look further than 'a family of botanists'?<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a></p>
Emily Rollinson<p>Just moved over to spore.social, so a new <a href="https://spore.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/intro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intro</span></a> ☺</p><p>Hello!</p><p>I am a plant ecologist and an associate professor of biology at ESU, where I teach <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a>, and <a href="https://spore.social/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a>. I post about <a href="https://spore.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>, and <a href="https://spore.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>.</p><p>I work on a variety of topics in plant ecology, with a broad focus on community ecology, plant-insect interactions, and invasive species.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a></p>
UTK Herbarium<p>Please help us find our plants [and people]! <br>Also, does this place do hashtags?<br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/herbarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>herbarium</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/specimens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specimens</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/MossMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MossMonday</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/IAmABotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmABotanist</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/PlantScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantScience</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/collections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collections</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlattenedFlora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlattenedFlora</span></a></p>
James Common<p>A fantastic (if a tad chilly) seaside walk with this lovely bunch today. A cheeky practice for the BSBI <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NewYearPlantHunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYearPlantHunt</span></a>. We didn't find too much but it was nice to see Wild Cabbage and some new faces! 🌱🔎</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a></p>
Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/December" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>December</span></a> 15, 1908<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Joyce Winifred Vickery, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Forensic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Forensic</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botanist</span></a>, is born.</p><p>In 1960, a lottery helped pay for the construction of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SydneyOperaHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SydneyOperaHouse</span></a>. <br>After Bazil Thorne won 100,000 pounds, his eight-year-old son Graeme was <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Kidnapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kidnapped</span></a> & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Murdered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdered</span></a>. </p><p>A man was <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Convicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Convicted</span></a> after Joyce identified <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Landscape</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a> on Graeme's clothing - <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/False" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>False</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cypress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cypress</span></a> & Smooth <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cypress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cypress</span></a>. Both were <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Planted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Planted</span></a> outside the man's home. </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/IAmABotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmABotanist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Forensics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Forensics</span></a></p>
Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/December" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>December</span></a> 10, 1855<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Henry Nicholas Ridley, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botanist</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Geologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geologist</span></a>, & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Naturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Naturalist</span></a>, is born.</p><p>The first Director of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BotanicGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BotanicGarden</span></a>, Henry single-handedly pioneered Malaya's <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Rubber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rubber</span></a> industry. He encouraged <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> rubber <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trees</span></a> & devised <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Ingenious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ingenious</span></a> ways to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Tap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tap</span></a> for <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latex</span></a> without harming the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tree</span></a>. </p><p>By 1920, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Malaya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malaya</span></a> produced over half the world's rubber. </p><p>And to think it all started with <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seeds</span></a> Henry collected from 22 <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a>...</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/IAmABotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmABotanist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Industry</span></a></p>
Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/December" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>December</span></a> 10, 1903<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Howard Scott Gentry, American <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botanist</span></a>, is born.</p><p>The world's leading authority on <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Agaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agaves</span></a>, Howard went to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> every year to collect <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/specimens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specimens</span></a> & traveled via <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Mule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mule</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> pursued <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Agave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agave</span></a> & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wild</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Yam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yam</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> to make <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Arthritis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arthritis</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a>.</p><p>Howard once said:</p><p>I refused several times to become a desk man for USDA. It was a chance to cut out all the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a>, but I told them,<br>"No, not me. I want to work with <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a>, not people. People are problems."</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a></p>
James Common<p>A pretty nifty <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WeekdayWeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekdayWeed</span></a> now and I was chuffed to spot this Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acris) still in flower today on a crumbly local wall 🌱🔎</p><p> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
James Common<p>A bit of a panic find for today's <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WeekdayWeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekdayWeed</span></a> but here's a lovely patch of Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) overtaking a messy old planter... </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a> 🌻</p>
Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/December" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>December</span></a> 6, 1894<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Jeremiah Bernard Brinton, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Quaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quaker</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Doctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doctor</span></a> & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botanist</span></a>, died.</p><p>He loved <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a> & died in his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FavoriteChair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FavoriteChair</span></a> in his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botanical</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Workroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workroom</span></a> he called the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Den" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Den</span></a>. </p><p>On his last night on <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>, he discussed a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> called "Good Night" & had a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HeartAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeartAttack</span></a>.</p><p>Good night thy <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Heart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heart</span></a> now <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sleep</span></a><br>And 'morrow a day comes round.</p><p>Once more, then let us <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Whisper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whisper</span></a><br>A <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GoodEvening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodEvening</span></a> & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GoodNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNight</span></a>.<br>The <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> shines over the housetops,<br>Our <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Lord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lord</span></a> keeps us in sight.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/iamabotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iamabotanist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a></p>
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