Perfect timing as ephemerals come and go in the north temperate world! NSF REPS project of @ajyancy.bsky.social 😊🌸

Our new paper led by @ajyancy.bsky.social@jmheberling.bsky.social#AJB#spring#wildflowers#ephemerality (1/)

"Botanists estimate as much as half of the planet’s undiscovered flora could be found in herbaria backlogs." The world's botanical records are in danger. @jeva.bsky.social@jmheberling.bsky.social@doctorzedd.bsky.social about the urgent need to preserve herbaria:

A Hundred Years of Climate Data Is on the Verge of Withering Away

The imminent closure of Duke University’s herbarium sparked an outcry in the natural sciences community. But the loss to climate science could be even worse.

Sending “dried leaves for scientific study, no commercial value” to France again. 🤞 😬

No. Drying it as is in an oven and see how it holds up. It should but will be big. Was thinking it’d be a cool specimen for educational purposes.

You know better than me! Corm? I wanted to keep this intact for a specimen but now I want to dissect!

Skunk cabbage has some incredible roots. Been mean to excavate one for a while. Finally did yesterday.

Stumbled upon an early bloomer today in western PA #hepatic wtf!

Rosa multiflora thinking about it during this warm weather stretch.

How photosynthetic are rose stems? Someone has probably looked into it before?