
Ep. 577 - Ginger Flowers & Plant Evolution
What can investigating the genes in flower development teach us about plant evolution? A lot! What started as a simple question about the qu...
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Plants are everything. They are also incredibly interesting. From the smallest duckweed to the tallest redwood, the botanical world is full of wonder. Join my friends and I for a podcast cel...
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What can investigating the genes in flower development teach us about plant evolution? A lot! What started as a simple question about the qu...

Micro moths are a wonderfully diverse group of underappreciated insects living all around us. How they interact with their environment, part...

The Gulf Coast of southeastern North America is a biodiversity hotspot brimming with cool plants. Everywhere you look, there are plants that...

Whether you call them alumroots or coral bells, there is no denying the genus Heuchera is both beloved by gardeners and those who know where...

Climate refugia can provide unique opportunities for plants (and more) to persist for long periods of time in otherwise inhospitable areas....

What makes an invasive plant species invasive? A lot of effort goes in to trying to understand the ecological and evolutionary underpinnings...

So many of us garden to attract wildlife. Adding native plants to support bees, butterflies, birds, and beyond is a fulfilling and noble cau...

Successful forest regeneration projects require lots of different skill sets. This is especially true when trying to finance operations that...

What does it take to regenerate a native forest, especially in highly degraded landscapes? A lot, to put it mildly. Forest regeneration is a...

Understanding forest health requires looking across scales and gradients. How individual trees respond to stresses can tell us a lot about h...

Overlooking mosses is overlooking so many important aspects of ecosystem function. From nutrient cycles and seed banks to erosion control an...

Bryophytes, AKA mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, are ubiquitous components of ecosystems around the world yet they are all too often under...

Botanizing is a skill set that, like muscles, must be exercised regularly. Whether just starting out or a seasoned specialist, botanical ID...

Journey back in time some 60 million years to the Cenozoic with Dr. Ellen Currano by looking at fossil leaves. Aside from just being cool, l...

Mosquito sprays and fogs only kill mosquitos, right? Wrong! The kinds of pesticides used to control mosquito populations are lethal to all m...

Plant poaching is a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide and it doesn't get the attention it deserves. While the act of poaching plants f...

What is the soil seed bank and how does it influence the outcomes of restoration ecology? Seeds of various species can remain in the soil ov...

The Devonian Period was for plants what the Cambrian Period was for animals. Land plants really started to experiment with new forms of grow...

The wonderful Sara Johnson returns to the podcast to look back at a year of botanizing in 2025. Join us as we celebrate our favorite botanic...

The drivers of evolution that result in the diversity of life we see around us are complex and fascinating. Nowhere is that more apparent th...
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