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Don't be fooled by fake spring.2021-03-29T02:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/08/14/idahos-native-milkweeds-updated/2024-04-07T17:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2021/03/10/when-acorn-masts-rodents-and-lyme-disease-collide/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1b3c01f5-fb9c-4315-92e6-d2a6f9f29936.256.png1b3c01f5-fb9c-4315-92e6-d2a6f9f29936.256via PhylPichttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/white-footed_mouse_2016-03-08-11.46.jpgWhite-footed_Mouse,_2016-03-08-11.46white-footed mouse (...) -- via wikimedia commons; USGShttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/70576445-1ec9-44de-9379-22f6e8451b50.512.png70576445-1ec9-44de-9379-22f6e8451b50.512Ixodes scapularis (via PhyloPic; user Mathilde Cordellier2021-03-10T14:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2021/03/03/to-fruit-or-not-to-fruit-the-story-of-mast-seeding/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/800px-fagus_sylvatica_seedling_siemianice_beentree.jpg800px-Fagus_sylvatica_seedling_siemianice_beentreeseedlings of European beech (Fagus sylvatica), a mast-seeding species -- via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/600px-carya_illinoinensis_catkins.jpg600px-Carya_illinoinensis_catkinspollen-producing (male) flowers of pecan (Carya illinoinensis) -- via wikimedia commons; Clemson Universityhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/800px-acorn-bunch.jpg800px-Acorn-bunchvia wikimedia commons2021-03-11T18:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2021/02/10/the-weeds-in-your-bird-seed/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/great_tit_on_a_suet_ball_in_brastad_2.jpgGreat_tit_on_a_suet_ball_in_Brastad_2Processed bird feed like suet is less likely to harbor weed seeds (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cleaned-illustration_amaranthus_retroflexus.jpgCleaned-Illustration_Amaranthus_retroflexusredroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) is one of several weedy amaranth species commonly found in bird seed mixes (illutration credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1200px-birdseedmixture.jpg1200px-Birdseedmixturevia wikimedia commons2021-02-11T18:35:53+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2021/02/03/winter-trees-and-shrubs-northern-catalpa/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/catalpa-flower-bud.jpgcatalpa flower budflower of northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) just before it openshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/catalpa-twigs.jpgcatalpa twigstwigshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/catalpa-twig-pith.jpgcatalpa twig pithpithhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/catalpa-pods-in-winter.jpgcatalpa pods in winterfruits of northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) hanging from the tree in the winterhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/catalpa-leaf-on-ground-in-winter.jpgcatalpa leaf on ground in wintercatalpa leafhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/catalpa-bark.jpgcatalpa barkmature bark of northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/catalpa-seeds-edit-1.jpgcatalpa seeds edit 1winged seeds of northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)2021-02-04T16:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2021/01/27/winter-trees-and-shrubs-netleaf-hackberry/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/netleaf-hackberry-flowers.jpgnetleaf hackberry flowersflowers of netleaf hackberry (Celtis reticulata)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/netleaf-hackberry-twigs.jpgnetleaf hackberry twigstwighttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/netleaf-hackberry-young-bark.jpgnetleaf hackberry young barkyoung barkhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/netleaf-hackberry-winter-leaves-2.jpgnetleaf hackberry winter leaves 2leaf of netleaf hackberry (Celtis reticulata) with nipple gallshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/netleaf-hackberry-bark-2.jpgnetleaf hackberry bark 2mature barkhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/netleaf-hackberry-fruits.jpgnetleaf hackberry fruitspersistent fruit of netleaf hackberry (Celtis reticulata)2022-09-26T00:38:41+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2021/01/13/2020-year-in-review/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/netleaf-hackberry-bark-3.jpgnetleaf hackberry bark 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/house-january-2021-2.jpghouse january 2021 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/two-nerds-getting-married.jpgtwo nerds getting married2021-01-13T22:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/12/30/all-the-plant-shows-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/6825fef4-fd24-4f50-b322-7b027f7b8ceb.jpg6825fef4-fd24-4f50-b322-7b027f7b8cebhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/plant-power-logo.jpgPlant-power-logohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/planthropology-edit-e1607522884809.jpgplanthropology edit2020-12-29T21:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/12/16/winter-trees-and-shrubs-eastern-redbud/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/eastern-redbud-seeds.jpgeastern redbud seedsseeds of eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/red-bud-cauliflory-1.jpgred bud cauliflory 1cauliflory on eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/eastern-redbud-seed-pods.jpgeastern redbud seed podspersistent fruits of eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/eastern-redbud-young-bark.jpgeastern redbud young barkbark of young eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/eastern-redbud-twig-and-buds.jpgeastern redbud twig and budsTwig and buds of eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/eastern-redbud-mature-bark.jpgeastern redbud mature barkbark of mature eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/eastern-redbud-fallen-leaves.jpgeastern redbud fallen leavesfallen leaf of eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)2021-10-10T22:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/12/09/all-the-plant-shows-part-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/native-plant-podcast.pngnative plant 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snaghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ketchum-snag-8.jpgketchum snag 8a series of holes in a post-fire snaghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ketchum-snag-6.jpgketchum snag 6post-fire snaghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ketchum-snag-5.jpgketchum snag 5new tree emerging from a nurse stumphttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ketchum-snag-4.jpgketchum snag 4fallen snaghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ketchum-snag-3.jpgketchum snag 3three new snagshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ketchum-snag-2.jpgketchum snag 2snag surrounded by live trees2020-09-23T13:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/09/02/weeds-of-boise-ahavath-beth-israel-synagogue-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/siberian-elm-at-cabi-garden1.jpgsiberian elm at CABI Garden1Siberian elm (Ulmus siberica)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/malva-neglecta-at-cabi-garden.jpgmalva neglecta at CABI Gardencommon mallow (Malva neglecta)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/black-medic-at-cabi-garden.jpgblack medic at CABI Gardenblack medic (Medicago )2020-09-02T15:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/08/26/flowers-growing-out-of-flowers-things-are-getting-weird-out-there/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/salsify-at-cabi-garden.jpgsalsify at CABI Gardensalsifyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goathead-at-cabi-garden.jpggoathead at CABI Gardenpuncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/field-bindweed-at-cabi-garden-1.jpgfield bindweed at CABI Garden 1field bindweed (https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cabi-garden-entrance.jpgCABI Garden entrancehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/double-flower-echinacea.jpgdouble flower echinaceadouble-flowerd purple coneflowerhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/weird-echinacea-2.jpgweird echinacea 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/weird-echinacea-3.jpgweird echinacea 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/weird-echinacea-4.jpgweird echinacea 4https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/weird-echinacea-6.jpgweird echinacea 6no phyllody on this inflorescence yet, but the color in the ray flowers is fading2025-05-04T03:46:14+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/08/05/party-time-for-puncture-vine-during-covid-times/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goathead-fest-2020-goathead-monster.jpggoathead fest 2020 goathead monsterSierra and I next to one of many goathead-themed art installations featured around townhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goathead-fest-2020-botanical-garden.jpggoathead fest 2020 botanical gardenBikes were allowed in Idaho Botanical Garden for one hour only - a Goathead Fest exclusive! https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goathead-fest-2020-4.jpggoathead fest 2020 4Entrance to the Goathead Monster's Lairhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goathead-fest-2020-3.jpggoathead fest 2020 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goathead-fest-2020-2.jpggoathead fest 2020 2maphttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/goathead-fest-2020-1.jpggoathead fest 2020 1Learning some facts about goatheads while being accompanied by Mr. A2020-08-06T05:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/07/29/awkward-botanical-sketches-4-boise-goathead-fest-edition/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/goathead-sketch-color.jpggoathead sketch colorattempt to colorhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/goathead-monster-2.jpggoathead monster 2Goathead Monster #2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/goathead-sketch-2.jpggoathead sketch 2goathead nutlets #2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/goathead-sketch-3.jpggoathead sketch 3The flower of Tribulus terrestrishttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/puncture-vine-leaf-rubbing.jpgpuncture vine leaf rubbingleaf rubbing of Tribulus terrestris leafhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/goathead-sketch-1.jpggoathead sketch 1goathead nutlets #1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/goathead-monster-1.jpggoathead monster 1Goathead Monster #12020-07-29T14:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/07/22/book-review-the-gyroscope-of-life/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/782px-persea_americana_flowers.jpeg782px-Persea_americana_flowersavocado flowers (Persea americana) via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gyroscope-of-life.jpggyroscope of life2020-07-21T23:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/07/08/the-hidden-flowers-of-viola/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/viola-in-june.jpgviola in junesweet violet (Viola odorata)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/viola-underground-fruits-4.jpgviola underground fruits 4The seeds produced by a cleistogamous flower of sweet violethttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/viola-underground-fruits-3.jpgviola underground fruits 3Fruits formed from the cleistogamous flowers of sweet violethttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/viola-underground-fruits-2.jpgviola underground fruits 2Up close and personal with the fruit of a cleistogamous flowerhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eb1911_pollination_-_cleistogamous_flower_of_viola_sylvatica.jpgEB1911_Pollination_-_cleistogamous_flower_of_Viola_sylvaticacleistogamous flower of Viola sylvatica -- via wikimedia 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(Thlaspi arvense) discussed in episode 8 of Plants and Pipettes -- image credit wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/plants-and-pipettes.pngplants and pipettesPlants and Pipettes logihttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/stylidium_graminifolium_flowers_8193524433.jpgStylidium_graminifolium_flowers_(8193524433)grass trigger plant2020-06-04T23:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/05/20/dispersal-by-bulbils-a-bulbous-bluegrass-story/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bulbous-bluegrass-at-canal.jpgbulbous bluegrass at canalbulbous bluegrass (Poa bulbosa)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bulbous-bluegrass-bulbils.jpgbulbous bluegrass bulbilsbulbils of bulbous bluegrasshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bulbous-bluegrass-base.jpgbulbous bluegrass basebasal bulbs of bulbous bluegrass2020-05-20T14:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/03/18/the-dispersal-of-ancient-and-modern-apples-by-humans-and-other-megafauna/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/400px-malus_domestica_sturm08007.jpg400px-Malus_domestica_Sturm08007via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/374px-cleaned-illustration_malus_domestica.jpg374px-Cleaned-Illustration_Malus_domesticavia wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/449px-apple_and_blossom_ngm_xxxi_p501.jpg449px-Apple_and_Blossom_(NGM_XXXI_p501)via wikimedia commons2020-05-17T18:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/04/15/tea-time-violet-leaf-tea/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/viola-sororia-2.jpgviola sororia 2common blue violet (Viola sororia)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/violet-leaf-tea.jpgviolet leaf teadried, chopped up leaves of Viola odoratahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/violet-4.jpgviolet 4sweet violet (Viola odorata)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/violet-5.jpgviolet 5sweet violet flowers in a glass jar2020-04-15T18:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/04/01/weeds-of-boise-abandoned-pizza-hut-on-ann-morrison-park-drive/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/horseweed-seedling.jpghorseweed seedling (Conyza canadensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/abandoned-pizza-hut.jpgabandoned pizza huthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dandelion-at-pizza-hut.jpgdandelion at pizza hutEvery lot needs a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bur-buttercup-at-pizza-hut.jpgbur buttercup at pizza hut2021-04-27T01:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/03/25/introducing-weeds-of-boise/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/spontaneous-urban-grass.jpgspontaneous urban grasshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thistle-rosette-pizza-hut.jpgthistle rosette pizza hutA bull thistle (Cirsium vulgaris) rosette perhaps?https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/malva-at-pizza-hut.jpgmalva at pizza hutcommon mallow (Malva neglecta)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/groundsel-seedlings-at-pizza-hut.jpggroundsel seedlings at pizza hutcommon groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) was prolific in a bed on the north side of the building. On the east side of the building, this plant had already flowered and gone to seed by mid-March.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/alfalfa-maybe-at-pizza-hut.jpgalfalfa maybe at pizza hutalfalfa (Medicago sativa) in a crackhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cheatgrass-at-pizza-hut.jpgcheatgrass at pizza hutCheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) was common on the site, including in this https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sonchus-perhaps.jpgsonchus perhaps2020-03-27T00:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/03/04/book-review-fruit-from-the-sands/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/brick_tea_4897.jpgBrick_tea_4897"In Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet, tea leaves were oxidized, dried, and compressed into hard bricks from which chunks could be broken off and immersed in water." - Richard N. Spengler III in Fruit from the Sands (photo via wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/800px-millet_01.jpg800px-Millet_01millets via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/fruit-from-the-sands_1235-edited.jpgfruit from the sands_1235 - Edited2020-03-03T17:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/02/19/the-cedars-of-pencils/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/natural-cedar-pencils_1158-edited.jpgnatural cedar pencils_1158 - Editednatural cedar pencilshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cedar-pointe_1161-edited.jpgcedar pointe_1161 - EditedGeneral's Cedar Pointehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/tennessee-red-cedar_1186-edited.jpgTennessee Red Cedar_1186 - EditedThe Tennessee Red Cedar Pencil2021-10-18T11:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/02/12/winter-interest-in-the-lower-boise-foothills/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/rock-in-snow_1127-edited.jpgrock in snow_1127 - 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Editedgall on introduced rose (Rose sp.)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/poison-ivy-fruits-in-snow_0877-edited.jpgpoison ivy fruits in snow_0877 - Editedfruits of poison ivy (Toxicodendron )https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lichen-on-dead-box-elder_0931-edited.jpglichen on dead box elder_0931 - Editedlichen on dead box elder log2020-02-17T16:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/02/05/ground-beetles-as-weed-seed-predators/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/800px-pterostichus_melanarius_02.jpeg800px-Pterostichus_melanarius_02Pterostichus melanarius via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/800px-harpalus_pensylvanicus_serc_06-21-15_27772388071.jpg800px-Harpalus_pensylvanicus_SERC_06-21-15_(27772388071)Harpalus pensylvanica via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/harpalus.affinis.jpgHarpalus.affinisHarpalus affinis via wikimedia commons2020-02-04T16:57:14+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/01/29/zine-review-an-urban-field-guide-to-the-plants-in-your-path/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/shepherds-purse-edited-1.jpgShepherds purse - Editedshepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) in its urban habitat)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pennsylvania-smartweed-edited.jpgpennsylvania smartweed - Editedpennsylvania smartweedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/common-mullein-edited.jpgcommon mullein - EditedSome Urban Survival Techniques of common mullein (Verbascum thallus)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/an-urban-field-guide_1056-edited.jpgan urban field guide_1056 - Edited2020-04-29T14:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/10/11/is-there-a-place-for-weeds-in-urban-ecosystems/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chicken-coop-with-tree-of-heaven.jpgchicken coop with tree of heavenAbandoned chicken coop overtaken by tree of heaven saplings (Ailanthus altissima).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lactuca-4_vacant-lot.jpglactuca 4_vacant lotPrickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) growing in an abandoned lot.2020-01-28T16:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/01/15/camel-crickets-and-the-dust-seeds-of-parasitic-plants/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/nph14859-fig-0002-m.jpgnph14859-fig-0002-mcamel crickets eating fruits of parasitic plants (via New Phytologist)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/monotropastrum_humile_04.jpgMonotropastrum_humile_04Monotropastrum humile via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yoania_japonica_3.jpegYoania_japonica_3Yoania japonica via wikimedia commons2020-01-17T16:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/12/09/harvester-ants-seed-predators-and-seed-dispersers/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/98869_orig.jpg98869_origMessor bouvieri (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ant-illustration.jpgant illustrationphoto credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/88427_orig.jpg88427_origphoto credit: www.eol.org2020-01-13T17:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2020/01/08/botany-in-popular-culture-close-it-quietly-by-frankie-cosmos/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/close-it-quietly_1016-edited.jpgClose It Quietly_1016 - 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EditedDispersal Stories #1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/botanize-by-bike_0668-edited.jpgbotanize by bike_0668 - Editedbotanize by bike2019-12-19T00:25:13+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/12/11/pine-cones-are-like-hangars-for-pine-tree-seeds/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/lodgepole-pine-cone-3_0511-edited.jpglodgepole pine cone 3_0511 - Editedimmature seed cone of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/limber-pine-cone_0519-edited.jpglimber pine cone_0519 - Editedimmature seed cones of limber pine (Pinus flexilis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pinus-sylvestris-cone-2_0557-edited.jpgpinus sylvestris cone 2_0557 - Editedseed cone of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris 'Glauca Nana')https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ponderosa-pine-cone-1_0562-edited.jpgponderosa pine cone 1_0562 - Editedimmature seed cone of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/limber-pine-2.jpglimber pine 2mature seed cones of limber pine (Pinus flexilis)2019-12-13T13:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/10/28/the-gourd-family/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bryonia_dioica_sturm64.jpgBryonia_dioica_Sturm64White bryony (Bryonia dioica) - 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This action helps drill the seed into the soil. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/800px-verbascum_blattaria_seeds_vebl_007_php.jpg800px-Verbascum_blattaria_seeds_vebl_007_phpThe seeds of moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria) are tiny and compact and known to persist in the soil for many decades as revealed in Dr. Beal's seed study (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/svalbard_seed_vault.jpgSvalbard_seed_vaultSvalbard Global Seed Vault via wikimedida commons2019-10-08T01:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/10/02/tea-time-pine-needle-teas/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/eastern-white-pine-needles_0161-edited.jpgeastern white pine needles_0161 - Editedthe needles of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pinus-densiflora-1_0053-edited.jpgPinus densiflora 1_0053 - Editedthe bark of Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pinus-densiflora-needles_0146-edited.jpgPinus densiflora needles_0146 - Editedthe needles of Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora)2021-07-01T13:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/09/25/drought-tolerant-plants-yellowhorn/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/yellowhorn-2.jpgyellowhorn 2yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/yellowhorn-fruits.jpgyellowhorn fruitshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/squirrel-in-yellowhorn_8830-edited.jpgsquirrel in yellowhorn_8830 - EditedSquirrel nesting in yellowhorn, getting ready to go after more fruits.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/yellowhorn-1.jpgyellowhorn 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/yellowhorn-flowers-1.jpgyellowhorn flowers 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/xanthoceras-sorbifolium-3.jpgxanthoceras sorbifolium 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/xanthoceras-seeds_9797-edited.jpgXanthoceras seeds_9797 - Edited2022-07-19T22:53:44+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/09/11/awkward-botanical-sketches-3-the-ginkgo-edition/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ginkgo-leaves-for-smithsonian.jpgginkgo leaves for smithsonianginkgo leaves for smithsonianhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ginkgo-leaf-colored-pencil-dark-green-edited-1-e1567644127399.jpgginkgo leaf colored pencil dark green - Editedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ginkgo-biloba-staple-day.jpgGinkgo biloba staple daystaple dayhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ginkgo-leaf-illustration-1-edited-e1567644216177.jpgginkgo leaf illustration 1 - Editedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ginkgo-leaf-illustration-2-edited-e1567644423471.jpgginkgo leaf illustration 2 - Editedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ginkgo-leaf-colored-pencil-yellow-edited-e1567644163651.jpgginkgo leaf colored pencil yellow - Editedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ginkgo-leaf-colored-pencil-light-green-edited-e1567644041359.jpgginkgo leaf colored pencil light green - Editedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ginkgo-leaf-rubbing-edited-e1567644805280.jpgginkgo leaf rubbing - EditedGinkgo leaf rubbing inspired by Growing Curious. I attempted several of these, and this was about the best I could do.2019-09-14T23:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/09/04/eating-weeds-chicory/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/800px-cichoriumintybus-plant-kl.jpg800px-CichoriumIntybus-plant-klchicory (Cichorium intybus) via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/800px-radicchio_chioggia_torino.jpg800px-Radicchio_Chioggia_TorinoChioggia radicchio via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/chicory-root-roasted-and-ground_9634-edited.jpgchicory root roasted and ground_9634 - Editedchicory root groundhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/chicory-root-roasted_9628-edited.jpgchicory root roasted_9628 - Editedchicory root roastedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/chicory-root_9611-edited.jpgchicory root_9611 - Editedmy puny root2019-09-12T15:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/08/28/seed-dispersal-by-way-of-tree-climbing-goats/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/800px-huile_dargan_007.jpeg800px-Huile_d'argan_007pits and seeds of Argania spinosa via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/800px-wiederkc3a4uendes_schaf.jpg800px-Wiederkäuendes_Schafruminating goat via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/essaouira_arganier_fruit_1_1266.jpgEssaouira_arganier_fruit_(1)_1266fruits of Argania spinosa via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/800px-goats_in_an_argan_tree.jpg800px-Goats_in_an_argan_treegoats in Argania spinosa via wikimedia commons2019-08-31T03:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/07/11/idahos-native-milkweeds/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/asclepias-cryptoceras.jpgasclepias cryptoceraspallid milkweed (Asclepias cryptoceras)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/asclepias-speciosa-2.jpgasclepias speciosa 2follicles forming on showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/asclepias-speciosa-1.jpgasclepias speciosa 1showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dead-bee-in-milkweed-2.jpgdead bee in milkweed 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/milkweed-beetle.jpgmilkweed beetlehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/swamp-milkweed-1.jpgswamp milkweed 1swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/seeds-of-asclepias-fascicularis.jpgseeds of asclepias fascicularisseeds dispersing from the follicle of Mexican whorled milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/asclepias-fascicularis-1.jpgasclepias fascicularis 1flowers of Mexican whorled milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)2022-08-09T20:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/08/07/party-time-for-puncture-vine-year-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_20190803_155832547_hdr.jpgIMG_20190803_155832547_HDRme with goathead balloonhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/puncture-vine-penants_9451-edited.jpgpuncture vine penants_9451 - 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Editeddried leaves of soapworthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/saponaria-officinalis-1_9154-edited.jpgSaponaria officinalis 1_9154 - Editedsoapwort (Saponaria officinalis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/saponaria-officinalis-2_9196-edited.jpgSaponaria officinalis 2_9196 - Editedsoapwort (Saponaria officinalis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/saponaria-officinalis-3_9211-edited.jpgSaponaria officinalis 3_9211 - Editedcollared stem of soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)2019-08-01T01:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/07/17/from-pine-tree-to-pine-tar-and-a-bit-about-baseball/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pine-tar-dale-illustration-edited.jpgpine tar dale illustration - Editedpine tar dale illustrationhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pine-tar-soap_9108-edited.jpgpine tar soap_9108 - EditedPine tar soaphttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pine-tar-stick_9074-edited.jpgpine tar stick_9074 - Editedpine tar stick for baseball bat handleshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pinus_silvestris_nf.jpgPinus_silvestris_nfScots pine (Pinus sylvestris) via wikimedia commons2019-07-30T17:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/07/10/field-trip-green-spring-gardens-and-meadowlark-botanical-gardens/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/rhododendron-arborescens-e28093-pink-flowered-form-at-green-springs.jpgRhododendron arborescens – pink flowered form at green springsThe pink of form of smooth azalea (Rhododendron arborescens) in the Virginia Native Plant Gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hornbeam-at-green-springs.jpghornbeam at green springshornbeam inflorescence (Carpinus sp.)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jewelweed-at-green-springs.jpgjewelweed at green springsjewelweed (Impatiens capensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/diervilla-lonicera-at-green-springs-2.jpgDiervilla lonicera at green springs 2bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) in the Virginia Native Plant Gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/crevice-garden-at-green-springs.jpgcrevice garden at green springsnewly planted crevice gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/zephyranthes-in-crevice-garden-at-green-springs.jpgZephyranthes in crevice garden at green springsrain lily (Zephyranthes sp.) in the crevice gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/prunus-lichen-1_8618-edited.jpgPrunus lichen 1_8618 - Editedlichen on Yoshino cherry (Prunus x yedoensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bumblebee-on-common-milkweed-2_8626-edited.jpgbumblebee on common milkweed 2_8626 - Editedbumblebee on common milkweed (Asclepias sericeus)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bumblebee-in-clematis_8630-edited.jpgbumblebee in clematis_8630 - Editedbumblebee in leatherflower (Clematis viorna)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/monarda-didyma_8641-edited.jpgmonarda didyma_8641 - Editedscarlet beebalm (Monarda didyma)2019-07-09T19:46:01+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/06/19/the-flight-of-the-dandelion/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dandelion-seeds-3.jpgdandelion seeds 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dandelion-seeds-4.jpgdandelion seeds 4https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dandelion-seeds-1.jpgdandelion seeds 12020-09-01T00:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/06/05/selections-from-the-boise-biophilia-archives/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/31138091_186793795284019_6577087246845519931_n.png31138091_186793795284019_6577087246845519931_nBoise Biophilia logo designed by Sierra2019-06-05T00:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2013/04/21/plantasia-cactus-gardens/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/plantasia_9.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/plantasia_4-again.jpg???????????????????https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/plantasia_4.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/plantasia_14.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/plantasia_6.jpgSAMSUNG2019-05-21T15:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/05/22/field-trip-orton-botanical-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/echinocereus-coccineus-toroweapensis.jpgEchinocereus coccineus toroweapensisToroweap hedgehog (echinocereus-coccineus-toroweapensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/echinocereus-coccineus-coccineus.jpgEchinocereus coccineus coccineusscarlet hedgehog (Echinocereus coccineus var. coccineus)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/eriogonum-soliceps.jpgEriogonum solicepsbuckwheats (Eriogonum soliceps)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cholla-alley.jpgCholla alleyCholla alleyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/escobaria-orcuttii-koenigii.jpgEscobaria orcuttii koenigiiEscobaria orcuttii koenigiihttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/spiny-pillow.jpgspiny pillowspiny pillowhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/utah-sweetvetch.jpgUtah sweetvetchUtah sweetvetchhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/white-sands-kingcup-cactus.jpgwhite sands kingcup cactuswhite sands kingcup cactushttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mohonia-fremontii-1.jpgMohonia fremontii 1close up of Mahonia fremontiihttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mahonia-fremontii-2.jpgMahonia fremontii 2Mahonia fremontii2020-01-03T17:34:45+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/05/15/drought-tolerant-plants-ice-plants/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20180530_122715586.jpgIMG_20180530_122715586Highway ice plant Carpbrotus edulis carpeting a slope in San Diego - photo credit: Sierra Lavertyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fire-spinner-delosperma.jpgfire spinner delospermafire spinnerhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/iceplant-1.jpgiceplant 1common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/delosperma-cooperi-mesa-verde.jpgdelosperma cooperi mesa verdedelosperma cooperi2019-05-15T18:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/04/17/dr-beals-seed-viability-experiment/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/moth-mullein-1.jpgmoth mullein 1moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/beal.jpgbealWilliam James Bealhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/404px-wayside_and_woodland_blossoms_pl._68_8746653775.jpg404px-Wayside_and_woodland_blossoms_(Pl._68)_(8746653775)via wikimedia commons2020-12-24T20:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/04/03/eating-weeds-blue-mustard/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/blue-mustard-rosettes.jpgblue mustard rosettesrosettes of blue mustard (Chorispora tenella)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/blue-mustard-finger-sandwiches.jpgblue mustard finger sandwichesblue mustard and cucumber finger sandwiches2025-05-17T22:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/03/27/tiny-plants-idahoa/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/idahoa-4.jpgidahoa 4https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/idahoa-3.jpgidahoa 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/idahoa-2.jpgidahoa 22019-05-03T23:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/03/20/poisonous-plants-red-squill/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/urginea_maritima_in_les_liliacees.jpgUrginea_maritima_in_Les_liliaceesred squill (Urginea maritime) -- via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/450px-urginea_maritima_-_flowers-sardinia.jpg450px-Urginea_maritima_-_flowers-sardiniathe flowers of red squill (Urginea maritime) -- via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/drimia_maritima_-_basel_-_1.jpgDrimia_maritima_-_Basel_-_1The oversized bulb of Urginea maritime -- via Wikimedia commons2019-04-01T00:50:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/03/06/podcast-review-botanical-mystery-tour/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bessiepeaseguttman_alice_in_wonderland.jpgBessiePeaseGuttman_Alice_in_Wonderlandvia wiki mediahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bmt-banner-2.pngbmt-banner-22019-03-05T16:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/07/06/corpse-flower-blooms-again/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/titan-arum1.jpgtitan arumhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/titan-arum.jpgtitan arumAmorphophaulls titanium, titan arum (photo credit: eol.org)2019-03-02T18:31:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/02/27/seed-oddities-vivipary/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/676px-proboscidea_parviflora_mhnt.bot_.2011.18.23.jpg676px-Proboscidea_parviflora_MHNT.BOT.2011.18.23Seeds and fruits of doubleclaw (Proboscidea parviflora) via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2d60e24cad4c47edd3f33d0113b3dafce99571c7.jpg2d60e24cad4c47edd3f33d0113b3dafce99571c7Epiphyllum phyllanthus via Useful Tropical Plantshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/red_mangrove_propagules_-_flickr_-_treegrow_1.jpgRed_Mangrove_Propagules_-_Flickr_-_treegrow_(1)Rhizophora mangle via wikimedia commons2023-01-31T16:23:01+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/01/07/help-wanted-at-awkward-botany-headquarters/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rose-hip-in-winter-2.jpgrose hip in winter 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rose-hip-in-winter-1.jpgrose hip in winter 12021-08-24T17:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/01/09/inside-of-a-seed-two-dicots/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pea-seeds.jpgpea seedsseeds of the common pea (Pisum sativum)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ricinus-communis_croppped.jpgricinus communis_cropppedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pisum-sativum_cropped.jpgpisum sativum_croppedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/rabbitbrush-seed-head.jpgrabbitbrush seed headThe seed heads of rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa). The fuzzy pappus attached to the fruits helps disperse the seeds in the wind.2019-02-22T16:16:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/02/13/seed-oddities-apomixis-and-polyembryony/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/polyembryony_cropped.jpgpolyembryony_croppedDepiction of seed with three viable embryos after germination.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/800px-ranunculus_flammula_sturm46.jpg800px-Ranunculus_flammula_Sturm46New plants forming on the lateral stems of Ranunculus flammula via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/800px-ovule-gymno-angio-en.svg_.png800px-Ovule-Gymno-Angio-en.svgovule anatomy2019-04-01T00:42:13+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/02/06/inside-of-a-seed-gymnosperms/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pinus-sp_cropped.jpgpinus sp_croppedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/800px-pinus_cembra_shoot.jpg800px-pinus_cembra_shootSeedling of (Pinus cembra) showing multiple cotyledons via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pinus_mugo_subsp__uncinata_mhnt_bot_2005_0_976.jpgPinus uncinata MHNT.BOT.2005.0.976Seed cones and winged seeds of mugo pine (Pinus mugo) via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/414px-pinus_mugo_kz1.jpg414px-pinus_mugo_kz1Pollen cones (top) and seed cones (bottom) of mugo pine (Pinus mugo) via wikimedia commons2019-02-05T16:42:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/01/23/introducing-herbology-hunt/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jspyfoef_400x400.jpgjspyfoef_400x400wildflower hourhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hh-jan.jpghh-janHerbology Hunt Spotter Sheet for Januaryhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/zqdv-qgt_400x400.jpgzqdv-qgt_400x4002019-01-26T02:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/01/16/inside-of-a-seed-two-monocots/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/zea-mays_cropped.jpgzea mays_croppedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/corn-seeds.jpgcorn seedscorn seeds (Zea mays)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/allium-seedlings_cropped-e1547403337503.jpgallium seedlings_croppedhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/allium-cepa_cropped.jpgallium cepa_cropped2019-01-17T21:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2019/01/02/2018-year-in-review/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/a5e5d743-fc0a-4744-9eab-7fa5c96d75db.512.pnga5e5d743-fc0a-4744-9eab-7fa5c96d75db.512Ficus carica via phylopichttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/29f553ac-bf42-41c5-941c-5b01b6a21edf.512.png29f553ac-bf42-41c5-941c-5b01b6a21edf.512Fragaria vesca via Phylopic2019-01-01T19:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/12/21/field-trip-bergius-botanic-garden-and-copenhagen-botanical-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/BBG-entrance.jpgBBG entranceWalking into Bergius Botanic Garden, the Edvardhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Sierra-with-kale-trees_BBG.jpgSierra with kale trees_BBGSierra poses with kale, collard, and Brussels sprout treeshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/abutilon-theophrasti_BBG.jpgabutilon theophrasti_BBGSeed head of velvet leaf (Abutilon theophrasti)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ulmus-minor-var-suberosa_BBG.jpgulmus minor var suberosa_BBGCorky bark of Ulmus minor var. suberosahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/citrus-maxima_BBG.jpgcitrus maxima_BBGGrapfruit (Citrus x maxima) in the Edvard Anderson Conservatoryhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/camelia-japonica-roger-hall_BBG.jpgcamelia japonica roger hall_BBGCamelia japonica 'Roger Hall' in the Edvard Anderson Conservatoryhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/orbea-variegata_BBG.jpgorbea variegata_BBGOrbea variegata in the Edvard Anderson Conservatoryhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/anisodontea-capensis_BBG.jpganisodontea capensis_BBGplant (Anisodontea capensis) in the Edvard Anderson Conservatoryhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CBG-entrance.jpgCBG entranceEntering Copenhagen Botanical Garden - the Palm House is in the distancehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/bulb-pots_CBG.jpgbulb pots_CBGLots of little pots of dormant bulbs.2018-12-22T00:32:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/05/30/field-trip-hyatt-hidden-lakes-reserve/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-28.jpghyatt 28The butt of a bumblebee on the flowers of yellow sweet clover (asdf), captured by Sierra.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-27.jpghyatt 27Or this male mallard.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-26.jpghyatt 26Some wrinkly mushrooms that Sierra found.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-25.jpghyatt 25We kept seeing this interesting insect on the flower heads of the grasses.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-23.jpghyatt 23Sierra also found this one strange yellow-leaved branch among the willows (Salix sp.)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-22.jpghyatt 22Perhaps it was this yellow-headed blackbird.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-16.jpghyatt 16We visited shortly after the cottonwoods (Populus spp.) had dropped their fluffy seeds.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-15.jpghyatt 15Walkways like this one allow for a closer view of the wetlands and feature more interpretive signage.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-13.jpghyatt 13Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) with a view of one of the ponds behind it.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hyatt-11.jpghyatt 112018-12-19T23:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/12/17/book-review-what-weeds-are-thinking/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/71p7ff6xxpl-_ux385_.jpg71P7FF6xxpL._UX385_https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/thistle_erica-crockett.jpgthistle_erica crockettthistlehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hairy-bittercress_erica-crockett.jpghairy bittercress_erica crocketthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cheatgrass_erica-crockett.jpgcheatgrass_erica crockett2018-12-16T17:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/11/28/more-urban-botanical-art/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dads-mural.jpgdads muralMural by Stephen Murphy (my dad!) in downtown Mountain Home, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/urban-botanical-art_myrtle-and-broadway.jpgurban botanical art_myrtle and broadwayUtility boxhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/urban-botanical-art_boise-creative-center.jpgurban botanical art_boise creative centerPaintings of flowers displayed outside of Boise Creative Center in Boise, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mountain-home-utility-box.jpgmountain home utility boxUtility box on American Legion Boulevard in Mountain Home, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mountain-home-dandelion-mural.jpgmountain home dandelion muralDowntown Mountain Home, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/native-plants-on-restroom-2.jpgnative plants on restroom 2Restrooms at the edge of Warm Springs Golf Course in Boise, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/native-plants-on-restroom-3.jpgnative plants on restroom 3Restrooms at the edge of Warm Springs Golf Course in Boise, Idaho https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sunflower-utility-box-river-and-13th.jpgsunflower utility box River and 13thutiliyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tree-sculpture-2.jpgtree sculpture 2Idaho Botanical Gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/urban-botanical-art-2_ubc.jpgurban botanical art 2_UBCIn the Food Garden at UBC Botanical Garden in Vancouver, BC, Canada2018-11-23T02:41:38+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/11/14/attempts-to-avenge-the-acts-of-cirsium-arvense-a-biocontrol-story/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/88745_orig.jpg88745_origPitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) via eolhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/thistle_tortoise_beetle_cassida_rubiginosa_18225790201.jpgThistle_Tortoise_Beetle_(Cassida_rubiginosa)_(18225790201)thistle tortoise beetle (Cassida rubiginosa) - a common biocontrol agent of invasive thistle species (via wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/53564_orig.jpg53564_origflowers of creeping thistle (Cirsium thistle) via Encyclopedia of Lifehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/363px-illustration_cirsium_arvense0.jpg363px-Illustration_Cirsium_arvense0via wikimedia commons2018-12-27T23:18:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/10/24/field-trip-ubc-botanical-garden-and-vandusen-botanical-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/canada-native-plant_ubc.jpgcanada native plant_UBChttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vandusen-2.jpgVanDusen 2fall color inhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/stewartia-pseudocamellia_vandusen.jpgStewartia pseudocamellia_VanDusenJapanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sequoiadendron-giganteum_vandusen.jpgSequoiadendron giganteum_VanDusena grove of giant redwoods (Sequoiadendron giganteum)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hamamelis-x-intermedia-pallida_vandusen.jpgHamamelis x intermedia 'Pallida'_VanDusenHamamelis x intermedia 'Pallida'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dead-mans-fingers-fruit_vandusen.jpgdead man's fingers fruit_VanDusenWe tried the fruit of dead man's fingers (adf).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bald-cypress-knees_vandusen.jpgbald cypress knees_VanDusenknees of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) in R. Roy Forster Cypress Pondhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/anemone-x-hybrida-whirlwind_vandusen.jpgAnemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind'_VanDusenAnemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vaccinium-moupinense_ubc.jpgVaccinium moupinense_UBCHimalayan blueberry (Vaccinium moupinense) in the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rhus-glabra-laciniata-rainforest-garden_ubc.jpgRhus glabra 'Laciniata' rainforest garden_UBCcutleaf smooth sumac (Rhus glabra 'Laciniata') in the BC Rainforest Garden2018-10-25T21:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/10/10/botany-in-popular-culture-the-tan-hua-flowers-in-crazy-rich-asians/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dama_de_noche.jpgDama_de_nochevia wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/800px-queen_of_the_night_epiphyllum_oxypetalum_2.jpg800px-Queen_of_the_night_(Epiphyllum_oxypetalum)_2Epiphyllum oxypetalum via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/crazyrichasians.jpgcrazyrichasianshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/800px-anandashayanam_poov1.jpg800px-Anandashayanam_poov1via wikimedia commons2021-06-18T20:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/10/03/awkward-botanical-sketches-2-the-dear-data-edition/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/postcard-weeds-2.jpgpostcard weeds 2Weeds Identified in a Week, part 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/postcard-weed-activities-2.jpgpostcard weed activities 2Activities and Conversations, backsidehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/postcard-songs-2.jpgpostcard songs 2Botanical References in Songs, backsidehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/postcard-songs-1.jpgpostcard songs 1Botanical References in Songs, frontsidehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/postcard-circles-1.jpgpostcard circles 1Activities and Conversations, frontsidehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/weeds-identified-postcard-front-with-border.jpgweeds identified postcard front with borderxxx2018-10-11T21:30:15+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/09/19/death-by-crab-spider-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/alstroemeria_aurea_peruvian_lily_alstroemeriaceae_flower.jpgAlstroemeria_aurea_'Peruvian_lily'_(Alstroemeriaceae)_flowerperuvian lily via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/800px-biscutella_laevigata_atlas_alpenflora.jpg800px-Biscutella_laevigata_Atlas_Alpenflora(Biscutella laevigata) via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/zinnia-in-engage-beds.jpgzinnia in engage beds2018-09-19T19:08:00+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/09/12/death-by-crab-spider-part-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/female_goldenrod_crab_spider.jpgFemale_Goldenrod_Crab_Spidergoldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) preying on a bee -- via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/799px-lotemmarvani_st_06.jpg799px-LotemMarvani_ST_06bee visiting sage-leaf rock rose - - via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/800px-flower_spider.jpg800px-Flower_spiderWhite Crab Spider (Thomisus spectabilis) at Japanese Iris Iris sanguinea2018-09-12T00:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/08/29/eating-weeds-dandelion-flowers/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/the-furrow.jpgthe furrowCharles Voysey "The Furrow"https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dandelion_smart-fix.jpgdandelion_smart fixcommon dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dandelion-flowers.jpgdandelion flowers2018-08-28T15:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/08/22/eating-weeds-clovers/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/white-clover-in-turf-grass.jpgwhite clover in turf grasswhite clover ( ) in turf grasshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/strawberry-clover.jpgstrawberry cloverstrawberry clover (Trifolium fragiferum)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/white-clover-seeds.jpgwhite clover seedshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/clover-soup.jpgclover soupwhite clover soup2024-05-08T08:34:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/08/08/party-time-for-puncture-vine-at-boise-goathead-fest/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/goathead-bike.jpggoathead bikeMy bike decorated with a paper mache goathead.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/goathead-busters.jpggoathead bustersSierra rode in the parade dressed up as a Goat Buster.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/goathead-fest-stage.jpggoathead fest stagegoathead monster center stagehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bicycle-powered-stage.jpgbicycle powered stagebicycle-powered stagehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/goathead-art-1.jpggoathead art 1goathead arthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/goathead-art-2.jpggoathead art 2more goathead art 2018-08-13T08:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/08/01/phylogenetic-arts-and-crafts/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1.jpg1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2.jpg2Carrot, watermelon, broccoli, strawberry, and pear.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/3.jpg3Onion, asparagus, tomato, cucumber, and cherry.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/4.jpg4Raspberry, apricot, pea, grape, and green pepperhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/5.jpg52018-07-31T23:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/07/25/how-to-identify-puncture-vine-a-k-a-the-goathead-monster/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsf4312.jpg_DSF4312puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsf4371.jpg_DSF4371purslane (Portulaca oleracea)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsf4405.jpg_DSF4405spotted spurge (Euphorbia maculata)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsf4424.jpg_DSF4424puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsf4435.jpg_DSF4435puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)2023-06-22T01:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/07/18/feeding-the-world-with-microbes/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/leccinum.jpgLeccinumFruiting Body of an Ectomycorrhizal Fungus (photo credit: eol.org)2018-07-22T04:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/07/18/when-milkweed-kills/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/red-milkweed-beetle-1.jpgred milkweed beetle 1red milkweed beetlehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/aphids-on-whorled-milkweed.jpgaphids on whorled milkweedoleander aphids on Mexican whorled milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis). An introduced species that feeds on the phloem of milkweeds and other related plant species.2020-04-30T22:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/07/04/eating-weeds-burdock/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/burdock-roots-2.jpgburdock roots 2burdock rootshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/burdock-roots-3.jpgburdock roots 3The woolly undersides of a collection of common burdock (Arctium minus) and the tops of their taproots.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/burdock-burs-2.jpgburdock burs 2burs of common burdock (Arctium minor)2020-07-26T20:21:20+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/06/27/eating-weeds-pineapple-weed/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pineapple-weed.jpgpineapple weedpineapple weed (Matricaria discoidea)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pineapple-weed-tea-1.jpgpineapple weed tea 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pineapple-weed-tea-2.jpgpineapple weed tea 22018-06-26T00:17:01+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/06/20/book-review-a-feast-of-weeds/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sonchus.jpgsonchussow thistle (Sonchus sp.)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mallow-4.jpgmallow 4https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/9780520270343.jpg97805202703432018-06-18T21:58:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/06/06/eating-weeds-lambsquarters/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/lambs-quarters-pesto.jpglambs quarters pestolambsquarters pesto https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/lambsquarters-seedling.jpglambsquarters seedlinglambsquarters seedling (Chenopodium album)2018-06-11T08:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/05/23/tiny-plants-draba-verna/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/draba-sketch-edit.jpgdraba sketch editAn attempt at sketching Draba verna fruits on a raceme.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/11054_orig.jpg11054_origseeds and capsule of Draba verna via eol.org https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/58192_580_360.jpg58192_580_360flowers of Draba verna via eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/draba-edit.jpgdraba editDraba verna2023-06-05T04:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/05/09/the-creeping-charlies-and-common-name-confusion/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/lunaria-2.jpglunaria 2annual honesty (Lunaria annua)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_0456.jpgDSC_0456creeping charlie (Glechoma hederacea) via John Tuttlehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/aquatic_and_wetland_plants_of_southwestern_united_states_page_1414_bhl3347878.jpgAquatic_and_wetland_plants_of_southwestern_United_States_(Page_1414)_BHL3347878creeping charlie (Clinopodium brownei) via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/76227_orig.jpg76227_origcreeping charlie (Pilea nummularia) via eol.org2023-05-12T16:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/05/02/the-seed-salting-experiments-of-charles-darwin/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/nsrw_charles_robert_darwin.pngNSRW_Charles_Robert_Darwinvia wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/capsicum_annuum_mhnt-bot-2007-40-74.jpgCapsicum_annuum_MHNT.BOT.2007.40.74The seeds and dried fruit of Capsicum annuum (via wikimidia commons)2018-05-01T21:59:56+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/04/11/attack-of-the-giant-invasive-one-celled-mutant-toxic-killer-seaweed/2018-04-11T20:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/04/04/awkward-botanical-sketches-1/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/grass-sketch.jpggrass sketchSketch of a tiny clump of grass I was trying to identify. It's still a bit of a mystery.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/agave-sketch.jpgagave sketchSketch of agave in bloom inspired by an image on the back of some guy's shirt at Treefort Music Festhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/old-tree-sketch.jpgold tree sketchSketch of an old tree inspired by a drawing in Clare Walker Leslie's book, Drawn to Nature.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/carcassonne-sketch.jpgcarcassonne sketchA sketch inspired by Carcassonne Over Hill and Dalehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hibiscus-illustration_color.jpghibiscus illustration_colorlearning to draw hibiscushttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aquilegia-drawing.jpgAquilegia drawingFirst drawing in Drawing Nature2018-04-19T16:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/03/28/highlights-from-the-western-society-of-weed-science-annual-meeting/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/another-dandelion_wsws2018.jpganother dandelion_wsws2018https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/wsws-sign.jpgwsws signhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dandelion_wsws2018.jpgdandelion_wsws20182018-04-02T20:24:49+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/03/21/moving-your-ecosystem-forward-an-arborists-application-of-ecological-principles-in-the-urban-landscape/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/799px-amelanchier_laevis_5393665.jpg799px-Amelanchier_laevis_5393665Alleghany serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) - via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/broken_branch.jpgBroken_Branchvia wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/800px-markham-suburbs_aerial-edit2.jpg800px-Markham-suburbs_aerial-edit2via wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tree_canopy_10493548644.jpgTree_canopy_(10493548644)via wikimeda commons2018-03-22T19:23:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/03/14/a-few-fun-facts-about-pollen/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/halictus_ligatus_f_face_philidelphia_pa_2013-01-04-14-44-36_zs_pmax_8354392738.jpgHalictus_ligatus,_F,_face,_Philidelphia,_PA_2013-01-04-14.44.36_ZS_PMax_(8354392738)Bee covered in pollen - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/songhwagaru_pine_pollen_2.jpgSonghwagaru_(pine_pollen)_2pine pollen - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/melissodes_trinodus_f_foot_polynia_of_milkweek_aa_co_md_2014-07-09-19-33-21_zs_pmax_14436615847.jpgMelissodes_trinodus,_f,_foot,_polynia_of_milkweek,_aa_co,_md_2014-07-09-19.33.21_ZS_PMax_(14436615847)The pollinia of milkweed (Asclepias spp.) look a bit like the helicopter-esque fruits of maple trees. photo credit: wikimedia commons2018-03-14T14:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/11/22/on-the-genus-euphorbia/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/euphorbias.pngeuphorbiasEuphorbia horrida and Euphorbia obesahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20170928_173907.jpg20170928_173907globose euphorbia in bloom2018-03-09T23:44:26+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/02/28/lettuce-gone-wild-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/prickly-lettuce-2.jpgprickly lettuce 2flowers of prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/prickly-lettuce-4.jpgprickly lettuce 4prickly leaf of prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lactuca-2_vacant-lot.jpglactuca 2_vacant lotseed head of prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)2023-12-20T15:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/02/21/lettuce-gone-wild-part-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/childs_rare_flowers_vegetables_and_fruits_1917_20598914842.jpgChilds'_rare_flowers,_vegetables_and_fruits_(1917)_(20598914842)image credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/413px-lactuca_virosa_sturm44.jpg413px-Lactuca_virosa_Sturm44bitter lettuce (Lactuca virosa) - image credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/394px-lactuca_saligna_sturm46.jpg394px-Lactuca_saligna_Sturm46willowleaf lettuce (Lactuca saligna) - image credit: wikimedia commons2023-12-09T04:51:04+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/02/12/charles-darwin-and-the-phylogeny-of-state-flowers-and-state-trees/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/state-trees.jpgstate treeshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/state-flowers.jpgstate flowershttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bur-oak-bark-2.jpgbur oak bark 2The corky bark of bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa). Oak is the state tree of Iowa.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/texas-state-flower_edit.jpgtexas state flower_editTeaxs bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) - the state flower of Texas2018-02-16T22:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/02/07/dischidia-and-its-self-contained-watering-system/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/71492_orig.jpg71492_origDischidia vadalii (photo credit: eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/58987_orig.jpg58987_origDischidia major (photo credit: eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/535px-dischidia_rafflesiana_vmh165.png535px-Dischidia_rafflesiana_vMH165Illustration of Dischidia major (image credit: wikimedia commons)2019-06-07T01:46:11+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/01/31/botany-in-popular-culture-laura-veirs/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/troubled_by_the_fire_laura_veirs.jpgTroubled_by_the_Fire,_Laura_Veirs2018-01-31T18:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/01/17/book-review-good-weed-bad-weed/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/field-bindweed-1.jpgfield bindweed 1field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2016-06-23_19_10_29_lawn_weeds_along_tranquility_court_in_the_franklin_farm_section_of_oak_hill_fairfax_county_virginia.jpg2016-06-23_19_10_29_Lawn_weeds_along_Tranquility_Court_in_the_Franklin_Farm_section_of_Oak_Hill,_Fairfax_County,_VirginiaA weedy lawn (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/goodweedbadweed.jpgGoodWeedBadWeed2018-01-18T01:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/01/10/what-bugs-can-tell-us-about-the-value-of-vacant-urban-land/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/450px-urban_wasteland_2682070781.jpg450px-Urban_Wasteland_(2682070781)photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/urban_leaf_16013749658.jpgUrban_Leaf_(16013749658)photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/800px-__12_-_italy_-_artichokes_in_bloom_-_organic_farming_in_veneto_italy.jpg800px-__12_-_ITALY_-_artichokes_in_bloom_-_organic_farming_in_Veneto_(Italy)photo credit: wikimedia commons2018-01-10T14:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2018/01/03/2017-year-in-review/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dandelion-drawing.jpgdandelion drawingDandelion drawing instructed by Illustration School: Let's Draw Plants and Small Creatures bys Sachiko Umoto2018-03-29T16:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2013/10/10/autumn-leaves/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ailanthus.jpgailanthusThe fall color of tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dogwood_2.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ribes_1.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pin-oak.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ash.jpgash2017-12-22T15:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/01/04/2016-year-in-review/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yucca-in-snow-1.jpgyucca-in-snow-1Yucca in the snow at Idaho Botanical Garden in Boise, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/awkward-botany-logo_ny.pngawkward-botany-logo_nyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ablogo_cropped-with-black-border-2.jpgablogo_cropped-with-black-border-2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ab_logo_brown2.pngab_logo_brown22017-12-22T15:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/12/20/weeds-and-winter-interest/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lawn-clover-2.jpglawn clover 2white clover (Trifolium repens)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/money-plant-1.jpgmoney plant 1annual honesty, a.k.a. money plant (Lunaria annua)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rumex-crispus-2.jpgrumex crispus 2curly dock (Rumex crispus)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/salsify.jpgsalsifysalsify (Tragopogon dubius)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/prickly-lettuce-2.jpgprickly lettuce 2prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/geum-urbanum-1.jpggeum urbanum 1wood avens (Geum urbanum)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/oenothera-biennis-rosette.jpgOenothera biennis rosetteyellow evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rumex-crispus-1.jpgrumex crispus 1curly dock (Rumex crispus)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cheese-weed-1.jpgcheese weed 1Frosted leaves of common mallow (Malvus neglecta)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dandelion-seed-head.jpgdandelion seed headseed head of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)2017-12-20T18:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/12/13/when-urban-pollinator-gardens-meet-native-plant-communities/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/91d8qj7ofhl-_sl1500_.jpg91d8qJ7oFhL._SL1500_https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/impressionist_wildflower_garden_creative_commons_4798430560.jpgImpressionist_Wildflower_Garden_Creative_Commons_(4798430560)photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/seed_annual_1909_1909_14742539536.jpgSeed_annual_1909_(1909)_(14742539536)photo credit: wikimedia commons2017-12-19T16:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/12/06/bumblebees-and-urbanization/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bombus_bimaculatus_m_side_va_wolftrap_2013-06-26-16-10-55_zs_pmax_9144980115.jpgBombus_bimaculatus,_M,_Side,_VA,_Wolftrap_2013-06-26-16.10.55_ZS_PMax_(9144980115)two-spotted bumblebee (Bombus bimaculatus) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bombus_impatiens_by_christopher_johnson.jpgBombus_impatiens_by_Christopher_Johnsoncommon eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) - photo credit: wikimedia commons https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bombus_griseocollis.jpgBombus_griseocollisbumblebee (Bombus griseocollis) - photo credit: wikimedia commons2017-12-08T21:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/11/29/the-agents-that-shape-the-floral-traits-of-sunflowers/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/maximilian-sunflowers.jpgmaximilian sunflowersMaximillian sunflower (Helianthus maximilliani)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/maximilian-sunflower-1.jpgmaximilian sunflower 1Seed heads of Maximillian sunflower (Helianthus maximilliani)2017-12-04T15:19:21+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/12/07/cedar-confusion/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/juniperus_virginiana_maine.jpgjuniperus_virginiana_maineEastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/thuja_occidentalis_004.jpgthuja_occidentalis_004Northern White-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/deodar-cedar-1.jpgdeodar-cedar-1Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara 'Prostrate Beauty'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cedar-of-lebanon-4.jpgcedar-of-lebanon-4Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani 'Pendula')https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/weeping-blue-atlas-cedar-1.jpgweeping-blue-atlas-cedar-1Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula')https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/western-red-cedar-2.jpgwestern-red-cedar-2Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata)2024-06-20T22:27:39+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/09/07/the-problem-with-yes-landscapes/2017-11-18T19:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/06/29/thoughts-on-equisetum-phylogenesis/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/picture-3.jpgpicture 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/picture-2.jpgPicture 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/picture-1.jpgPicture 12017-11-18T19:18:54+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/01/27/confidential-carnivore/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dipsacus-fullonum_jeremiah-sandler.jpgdipsacus fullonum_jeremiah sandler2017-11-18T19:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/11/15/field-trip-alaska-botanical-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/junior-master-garden-plot1.jpgjunior master garden plotEntrance to the Junior Master Gardeners Plothttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mossy-rock-and-tree_alaska-botanical-garden1.jpgmossy rock and tree_alaska botanical gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/alaska-botanical-garden-rock-garden-3.jpgalaska botanical garden rock garden 3Another tufa trough in the Rock Gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/alaska-botanical-garden-rock-garden-1.jpgalaska botanical garden rock garden 1Rock Garden maintained by Alaska Rock Garden Societyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/alaska-botanical-garden-herb-garden-2.jpgalaska botanical garden herb garden 2Entrance to the Herb Gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/alaska-botanical-garden-rock-garden-2.jpgalaska botanical garden rock garden 2One of several tufa troughs planted with alpine plants in the Rock Gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/alaska-botanical-garden-sign.jpgalaska botanical garden signhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/antennaria-signage.jpgantennaria signagehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/astilbe-x-arendsii-bridal-veil.jpgastilbe x arendsii bridal veilAstilbe x arendsii 'Bridal Veil'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bog-rosemary.jpgbog rosemarybog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)2017-11-14T15:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/03/04/field-trip-university-of-california-botanical-garden-at-berkeley/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/new-world-desert1.jpgnew world deserthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/spiral-aloe.jpgspiral aloehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/agave-victoriae-reginae.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lilac-verbena_verbena-lilacina.jpglilac verbena_verbena lilacinahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/alabama-snow-wreath.jpgalabama snow wreathhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mexico_central-america.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/southern-africa.jpgsouthern africa2017-11-12T19:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/11/08/highlights-from-the-alaska-invasive-species-workshop/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/invasive-species-event.jpginvasive species eventhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/soldanella.jpgsoldanellasoldanellahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/alaska-invasive-species-workshop.jpgalaska invasive species workshophttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bird-vetch-seed-pods.jpgbird vetch seed podsbird vetchhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/plant-invaders-sign.jpgplant invaders signInterpretive sign at Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage, Alaska2017-11-12T17:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/11/01/drought-tolerant-plants-water-conservation-landscape-at-idaho-botanical-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yucca-filamentosa-color-gaurd.jpgyucca filamentosa color gaurdYucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rhus-aromatica-gro-lo.jpgrhus aromatica gro loRhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yellow-bed_wcl-august-2017.jpgyellow bed_wcl august 2017August 2017https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sedum-spurium-dragons-blood_wcl-march.jpgsedum spurium dragons blood_wcl marchSedum sprurium 'Dragon's Blood - March 2017https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sedum-telephium-3_wcl-september-2017.jpgsedum telephium 3_wcl september 2017Sedum telephium - September 2017https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sedum-telephium-2_wcl-september-2017.jpgsedum telephium 2_wcl september 2017Sedum telephium -September 2017https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/santolina-2_wcl-september-2017.jpgsantolina 2_wcl september 2017Santolina seed heads - September 2017https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dianthus_wcl-august.jpgdianthus_wcl augustDianthus - August 2017https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/viburnum_wcl-july.jpgviburnum_wcl julyViburnum - July 2017https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/smoke-tree_wcl-august.jpgsmoke tree_wcl augustSmoke bush - August 20172017-11-02T19:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/10/25/book-review-grow-curious/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/california-poppy-roots.jpgcalifornia poppy rootsOrange roots of California poppy. "As you're digging up, moving around, and planting out new crops, trees, bushes, and perennials this fall, take note of plants that have colourful roots." -- Gayla Trail https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/botanical-rubbings.jpgbotanical rubbingsBotanical rubbings - one of dozens of creative, garden activities found in Grow Curious by Gayla Trailhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_o5d1bf.jpgIMG_o5d1bfGrow Curious by Gayla Trail accompanied by a pressed leaf from Trail's garden.2017-11-03T22:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/10/18/managing-spontaneous-urban-plants-for-improved-aesthetics/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/monarda-fistulosa-_-wild-bergamot.jpgMonarda fistulosa _ wild bergamotWild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/undeveloped-lot.jpgundeveloped lotAbandoned or undeveloped, urban lots like this one are ideal sites for "cosmopolitan urban meadows."2017-11-02T19:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/10/04/what-is-a-water-chestnut/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/18813869740_30b8dfcd28_k.jpg18813869740_30b8dfcd28_kChinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) growing in a bog garden - photo credit: flickr/techieoldfoxhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/8168945035_b5593c034c_k.jpg8168945035_b5593c034c_kCorm of Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) - photo credit: flickr/sclereid0309https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/water-chestnuts-canned.jpgwater chestnuts canned2024-01-15T14:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/09/27/white-rot-and-the-quarantine-zone-revisited/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/garlic.jpggarlichttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/garlic-emerging.jpggarlic emergingGarlic emerging in the spring.2017-09-26T01:35:13+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/09/23/drought-tolerant-plants-water-efficient-garden-at-idaho-state-capitol-building/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/yellow-ice-plant.jpgyellow ice plantYellow ice plant (Delosperma nubiginum)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/purple-coneflower.jpgpurple coneflowerPurple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pearly-everlasting.jpgpearly everlastingA drift of pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/threadleaf-coreopsis.jpgthreadleaf coreopsisCoreopsis sp.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/liatris-sp.jpgliatris spLiatris sp.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/geranium-sp.jpggeranium spGeranium sp.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dianthus-sp.jpgdianthus spDianthus sp.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/gaillardia-grandiflora-goblin.jpggaillardia grandiflora goblinBlanket Flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Goblin') Plants in the garden are accompanied by a sign with a number on it. The sign corresponds to the plant list that is provided at the entrances to the garden.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/water-efficient-garden-looking-west_july-2015.jpgwater efficient garden looking west_july 2015https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pathways_may-2015.jpgpathways_may 20152017-09-19T19:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/09/20/seagrass-meadows-and-their-role-in-healthy-marine-ecosystems/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cushion_sea_star_cottongarden_bay.jpgCushion_Sea_Star,_Cottongarden_BayCushion sea star in seagrass meadow (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/thalassia_testudinum_turtle_grass_south_pigeon_creek_estuary_san_salvador_island_bahamas_6_15859999657.jpgThalassia_testudinum_(turtle_grass)_(South_Pigeon_Creek_estuary,_San_Salvador_Island,_Bahamas)_6_(15859999657)Turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) growing in an estuary in San Salvador Island, Bahamas (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/800px-seagrass_halodule_uninervis_5777808662.jpg800px-Seagrass_Halodule_uninervis_(5777808662)Seagrass meadow in Wakaya, Fiji (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2017-09-23T20:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/09/13/when-sunflowers-follow-the-sun/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sunflower_october-2016.jpgsunflower_october 2016https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sunflower-3.jpgsunflower 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sunflower-8.jpgsunflower 82017-09-15T21:43:38+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/weeds-poll/2017-09-06T22:18:47+00:00weekly0.6https://awkwardbotany.com/2017/09/06/concluding-the-summer-of-weeds/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/albrecht_dc3bcrer_-_the_large_piece_of_turf_1503_-_google_art_project.jpgAlbrecht_Dürer_-_The_Large_Piece_of_Turf,_1503_-_Google_Art_ProjectGreat Piece of Turf by Albert (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2017-09-11T01:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/08/30/summer-of-weeds-wild-urban-plants-of-boise/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/himalayan-blackberry_boise-greenbelt.jpghimalayan blackberry_boise greenbeltHimalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) along the greenbelt near MK Nature Centerhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/purple-loosestrife_boise-greenbelt.jpgpurple loosestrife_boise greenbeltPurple loosestrife (Lythrus salirica) on the bank of the Boise River near the Broadway Street bridgehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/milkweed-and-juniper_parkcenter-blvd.jpgmilkweed and juniper_parkcenter blvdShow milkweed seedlings (Asclepias speciosa) next horizontal juniper in a parking lot median on Parkcenter Boulevardhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ailanthus-altissima-seedling_backyard.jpgailanthus altissima seedling_backyardTree of heaven seedling (Ailanthus altissima) in a garden bed in the backyard of my apartmenthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/creeping-bellflower_apartment-alley.jpgcreeping bellflower_apartment alleyCreeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) in the alleyway behind my apartmenthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/smartweed_ibg-ditch.jpgsmartweed_IBG ditchPale smartweed (Polygonum lapathifolium) in a ditch at Idaho Botanical Gardenhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rush-skeletonweed_goodman-road.jpgrush skeletonweed_goodman roadRush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) in an abandoned field along Goodman Roadhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jerrys-market-weeds.jpgjerrys market weedsWeeds taking over an recently abandoned business on 27th Streethttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/oxalis_apartment-driveway.jpgoxalis_apartment drivewayCreeping wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) along the driveway in front of my apartmenthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/birdsfoot-trefoil-2_simplot-park.jpgbirdsfoot trefoil 2_simplot parkBirdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) in the lawn at Esther Simplot Park2017-09-01T03:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/08/23/summer-of-weeds-willowherbs-and-fireweed/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/chamerion-angustifolium-2.jpgchamerion angustifolium 2fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/epilobium-1.jpgepilobium 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ebilobium-brachycarpum-seed-pod.jpgebilobium brachycarpum seed podpanicled willowherb (Epilobium brachycarpum)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/epilobium-ciliatum-1.jpgepilobium ciliatum 1northern willowherb (Epilobium ciliatum)2017-08-23T20:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/08/16/summer-of-weeds-flower-of-an-hour/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hibiscus-trionum-5.jpghibiscus trionum 5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hibiscus-trionum-4.jpghibiscus trionum 4https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hibiscus-trionum-3.jpghibiscus trionum 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hibiscus-trionum-1.jpghibiscus trionum 1flower of an hour (Hibiscus trionum)2024-08-27T18:36:22+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/08/09/summer-of-weeds-stinking-lovegrass/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/stinking-lovegrass-4.jpgstinking lovegrass 4Inflorescences of stinking lovegrass (Eragrostis cilianensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/stinking-lovegrass-2.jpgstinking lovegrass 2stinking lovegrass (Eragrostis cilianensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/stinking-lovegrass-6.jpgstinking lovegrass 6Stinking lovegrass growing the a crack in the sidewalk2017-08-16T13:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/08/02/summer-of-weeds-lambsquarters/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chenopodium-album-4.jpgchenopodium album 4More lambsquarters flowershttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chenopodium-album-2.jpgchenopodium album 2Inflorescence of lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chenopodium-album-1.jpgchenopodium album 1Leaf of lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)2017-07-30T19:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/07/26/summer-of-weeds-plantains/2023-08-15T21:35:01+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/07/22/field-trip-hoyt-arboretum-and-leach-botanical-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/wood-sorrel.jpgwood sorrelWood sorrel ( ) was abundant and often aesthetically displayed.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/skimmia-2.jpgskimmia 2There were several fruiting shrubs, like this Japanese skimmia (Skimmia japonica).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/leach-bg-pathways.jpgleach bg pathwaysLeach Botanical Garden is much smaller than Hoyt Arboretum but is similarly wooded. There is a creek that runs through a small ravine with pathways winding up both sides and gardens to explore throughout.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/leach-bg-insect-hotel.jpgleach bg insect hotelI found this insect hotel in the upper section of the garden. Apparently some major developments are being planned for this area. Learn more here.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/leach-bg-fern-sign.jpgleach bg fern signIn wooded areas like this, there are guaranteed to be ferns.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/alaska-blueberry-1.jpgalaska blueberry 1And this Alaska blueberry (Vaccininium alaskanse).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ocean-spray-1.jpgocean spray 1Ocean spray (Holodiscus ) was in it's prime.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thimbleberry-2.jpgthimbleberry 2Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus was abundant, and the fruits were at various stages of maturity.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/tricolor-beech-2.jpgtricolor beech 2And now I am below the canopy of a tricolor beech (Betula ).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/vine-maple-canopy.jpgvine maple canopyLooking up to admire the canopy was one of my favorite parts. Here I am below the canopy of a vine maple (Acer ).2017-07-25T00:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/07/19/summer-of-weeds-eating-purslane/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/purslane-by-sidewalk.jpgpurslane by sidewalkThe ever-urban and ever-common purslanehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/purslane-1.jpgpurslane 1purslane (Portulaca oleracea)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/potatoes-and-purslane.jpgpotatoes and purslanePotatoes and Purslanehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/walnut-purslane-coleslaw.jpgwalnut purslane coleslawWalnut Purslane Coleslaw2019-09-05T18:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/07/12/summer-of-weeds-common-mullein/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/verbascum-thapsus-1.jpgverbascum thapsus 1The hairy leafscape of common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/verbascum-thapsus-2.jpgverbascum thapsus 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/verbascum-thapsus-3.jpgverbascum thapsus 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/verbascum-thapsus-5.jpgverbascum thapsus 5First year seedlings of common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)2017-07-12T16:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/07/05/book-review-weeds-find-a-way/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/weeds-find-a-way-9781442412606_hr.jpgweeds-find-a-way-9781442412606_hrhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/weeds-find-a-way-3.jpgweeds find a way 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/weeds-find-a-way-2.jpgweeds find a way 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/weeds-find-a-way-1.jpgweeds find a way 12017-07-11T17:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/06/28/summer-of-weeds-salsify/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/john-eastman_salsify.jpgjohn eastman_salsify...https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tragopogon-dubius-2.jpgtragopogon dubius 2Seed heads of western salsify (Tragopogon dubius) before openinghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tragopogon-dubius-1.jpgtragopogon dubius 1western salsify (Tragopogon dubius)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/salsify-seed-head.jpgsalsify seed head2021-07-06T20:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/06/21/summer-of-weeds-pineapple-weed/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pineapple-weed-scan.jpgPineapple Weed Scanpineapple weed (Matricaria diodie)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/682px-chamomilla_suaveolens_kz.jpg682px-Chamomilla_suaveolens_kzpineapple weed (Matricaria discoidea) - photo credit: wikimedia commons2017-07-03T12:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/06/14/summer-of-weeds-henbit-and-purple-deadnettle/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/henbit.jpghenbithenbit (Lamium amplexicaule)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/deadnettle-1.jpgdeadnettle 1purple dead nettle (Lamium purpureum)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dead-nettle_amy.jpgdead nettle_amyA patch of dead nettle (Lamium sp.) - photo credit: Amy Trampush (Thank you, Amy!)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lamium-amplexicaule-illustration_edit.jpglamium amplexicaule illustration_editLamium amplexicaule2017-06-19T04:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/06/07/introducing-the-summer-of-weeds/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/honeysuckly-in-sign.jpghoneysuckly in signhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/weed-patch.jpgweed patchhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/miners-lettuce.jpgminers lettuce2017-06-11T19:49:51+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/05/31/poisonous-plants-buttercups/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ranunculus_bulbosus_003.jpgRanunculus_bulbosus_003bulblous buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ranunculis-sceleratus-scan_edit1.jpgranunculis sceleratus scan_editcursed buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ranunculus-glaberrimus-1_edit.jpgranunculus glaberrimus 1_editsagebrush buttercup (Ranunculus glaberrimus)2024-02-22T22:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/05/24/love-and-hate-the-story-of-purple-loosestrife/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/800px-lythrum_salicaria_purple_loosestrife_massachusetts.jpg800px-Lythrum_salicaria,_purple_loosestrife,_MassachusettsA stand of purple loosestrife in Massachusetts - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/purple_loosestrife_28070462682.jpgPurple_loosestrife_(28070462682)The flowers of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/illustration_lythrum_salicaria0.jpgIllustration_Lythrum_salicaria0Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) - image credit: wikimedia commons2017-05-26T22:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/05/17/field-trip-chico-hot-springs-and-yellowstone-national-park/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/grand-canyon-of-the-yellowstone.jpggrand canyon of the yellowstoneGrand Canyon of the Yellowstonehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lamar-valley.jpglamar valleyLamar Valley in Yellowstone National Parkhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/chico_trout-pond.jpgchico_trout pondChico Pond near Chico Hot Springs in Pray, Montanahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sierra-binocs.jpgsierra binocsSierra looks through the binoculars.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/yellowstone-mystery-plant-2.jpgyellowstone mystery plant 2Still not sure what this tiny plant is...https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/yellowstone-mystery-plant-1.jpgyellowstone mystery plant 1Daniel looks at a tiny plant growing in the rocks.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/red-tailed-hawk.jpgred tailed hawkPerhaps she was looking for this red tailed hawk.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/yellowstone-strawberry.jpgyellowstone strawberryFragaria sp. near Norrishttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/yellowstone-viola-1.jpgyellowstone viola 1Nuttall's violet (Viola nuttallii) near the petrified tree in Yellowstone National Parkhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/erysimum-2.jpgerysimum 2Western wallflower (Erysimum capitatum)2017-05-20T22:21:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/05/10/campaigns-against-invasive-species-part-two/2017-05-12T15:29:11+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/05/03/campaigns-against-invasive-species-part-one/2017-05-12T15:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/04/26/screening-for-invasive-plants-at-botanical-gardens-and-arboreta/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/association-logo-new-website-article.pngAssociation-logo-New-Website-Articlehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ncbg_logo1a.pngncbg_logo1ahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/49-questions.jpg49 questionsOverveiw of the Hawaii Pacific Weed Risk Assessment Model2017-04-26T01:48:30+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/04/19/horticultures-role-in-the-spread-of-invasive-plants/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ailanthus_altissima_002.jpgAilanthus_altissima_002Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/564px-hydrilla_verticillata_3.jpg564px-Hydrilla_Verticillata_3"Uninformed people sometimes dump their aquarium water and plants into local water sources, and many of the aquarium plants survive and multiply. Hydrilla verticillata, a very aggressive aquatic weed in the South, was probably introduced to provide a domestic source of this plant for the aquarium trade." -- Reichard and White (2001) [photo credit: wikimedia commons]https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/scotch-broom.jpgscotch broom2017-04-25T16:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/04/12/when-alien-plants-invade-the-four-stages-of-invasion-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/velvetleaf.jpgvelvetleaf"Abutilon theophrasti (velvetleaf) was originally introduced before 1700 in the USA. This species has only recently become an aggressive invader as a result of the evolution of different life-history strategies based on the nature of competition in its new environment." -- Theo (2007) [photo credit: wikimedia commons]https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/garlic-mustard.jpggarlic mustardIn forests of the northeastern USA, Allaria petiolata, and herbaceous mustard species, contains a type of phytotoxic glucosinolate that appears to disrupt the mutualism between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and hardwood canopy trees." - - Theo (2007) photo credit: eol.org2017-04-10T15:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/04/05/when-alien-plants-invade-the-four-stages-of-invasion-part-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/reed-canary-grass.jpgreed canary grassThe invasion of Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) was facilitated by multiple introduction events from a variety of sources within the native European range." -- [photo credit: eol.org]https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/salix-babylonica.jpgsalix babylonica"Populations of Salix babylonica (weeping willow) in New Zealand may have invaded from a single cutting." - - Th photo credit: eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nph_2207_f1.gifNPH_2207_f1Theoharides, K. A. and Dukes, J. S. (2007), Plant invasion across space and time: factors affecting nonindigenous species success during four stages of invasion. New Phytologist, 176: 256–273. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02207.x2017-04-04T14:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/03/29/seed-dispersal-via-caching-the-story-of-antelope-bitterbrush/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/antelope-bitterbrush-seedlings-browsed-1.jpgantelope bitterbrush seedlings browsed 1A cluster of antelope bitterbrush seedlings that has been browsed.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/antelope-bitterbrush-seedlings-3.jpgantelope bitterbrush seedlings 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/antelope-bitterbrush-seedlings-2.jpgantelope bitterbrush seedlings 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/antelope-bitterbrush-seedlings-1.jpgantelope bitterbrush seedlings 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/antelope-bitterbrush-seedlings-4.jpgantelope bitterbrush seedlings 4https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/800px-purshia_tridentata_5069017537.jpg800px-Purshia_tridentata_(5069017537)Antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) in full bloom - photo credit: wikimedia commons2017-04-03T14:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/03/22/invasive-species-vs-the-global-economy/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cbd-world.gifcbd-worldhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/800px-nigeria_cowpea_fro_f_iita.jpg800px-Nigeria_Cowpea_fro_F_IITA"High risk in low-HDI countries could arise from coincidence between intensifying agriculture sectors and high levels of passenger air travel that is likely to transport arthropod pests. ... Low-HDI countries could prioritize screening of passenger baggage for live plants, fruits or vegetables, which could host crop pests and pathogens." - Early, et al. (2016)2017-03-21T13:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/03/15/learning-lessons-from-invaded-forests/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/morella_faya_kz1.jpgMorella_faya_kz1Morella faya photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/forestinvasion.jpgForestInvasionImpacts on ...2017-03-24T02:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/03/01/eating-the-invasives/2017-03-07T16:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/03/08/poisonous-plants-yews/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/taxus_cuspidata_sz128.pngtaxus_cuspidata_sz128Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/yew-2.jpgyew-2The fruits of yew (Taxus sp.)2017-06-29T11:48:42+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/03/04/podcast-review-the-field-guides/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/solidago_altissima_ball_gall_9420.jpgsolidago_altissima_ball_gall_9420This is a ball gall on a tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima). The first episode of The Field Guides is all about the fascinating world of goldenrod galls. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/field-guides.jpgfield-guides2017-03-03T15:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/02/22/executive-orders-on-invasive-species/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/14022181_337370233276031_3806807017744063588_n.jpg14022181_337370233276031_3806807017744063588_nhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/vertical_nisc_logo_300dpi.pngvertical_nisc_logo_300dpi2017-02-20T19:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/02/15/tuftys-plight-or-saving-the-u-k-s-red-squirrel/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gray-squirrel.jpggray-squirrelEastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/red-squirrel.jpgred-squirrelEurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tufty-fluffy-tail-e1486609454967.jpgtufty-fluffy-tailTufty Fluffytail, a character developed to help teach kids road safety in the U.K., saves Willy Weasel from getting run over (again).2017-02-14T15:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/01/25/book-review-the-new-wild/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/517n3vm06el.jpg517n3vm06elImmigrant Killers by Carolyn King, one of many books making a case for the war on alien species.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/6174zgpakrl-_sx326_bo1204203200_.jpg6174zgpakrl-_sx326_bo1204203200_2020-07-17T23:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/02/01/in-praise-of-poison-ivy/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/toxicodendron_radicans_summertime.jpgtoxicodendron_radicans_summertimeLeaflets of three? Let if be. Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/poison-ivy-2.jpgpoison-ivy-2The fruits of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) - photo credit: Daniel Murphy2017-02-05T14:10:13+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/01/18/alien-plant-invasions-and-the-extinction-trajectory/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/800px-lantana_camara_2.jpg800px-lantana_camara_2Introduced to New Zealand from the American tropics, largeleaf lantana (Lantana camara) forms dense thickets that can outcompete native plant species. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/04_figure2.png04_figure2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/6-threshold-extinction-trajectory.png6-threshold-extinction-trajectory2017-01-19T00:32:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2017/01/11/introducing-invasive-species/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bf063e346352443d62709038325e61f3.jpgbf063e346352443d62709038325e61f3image credit: cartoon movementhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tea-bag.jpgtea-bag2017-01-17T23:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/08/12/what-shall-we-do-about-invasive-species/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tribulus-terrestris_puncturevine.jpgSAMSUNGPuncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) - labeled a noxious weed in Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/convolvulus-arvensis_field-bindweed.jpgConvolvulus arvensis_field bindweedField bindweed (Convulvulus arvensis) - labeled a noxious weed in Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chondrilla-juncea_rush-skeletonweed.jpgChondrilla juncea_rush skeletonweedRush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) - labeled a noxious weed in Idaho2017-01-03T23:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/12/28/childrens-books-about-evolution/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/when-fish-got-feet-3.jpgwhen-fish-got-feet-3Recipe for a land plant from When Fish Got Feet by Hannah Bonnerhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/when-fish-got-feet-2.jpgwhen-fish-got-feet-2A time line of life on earth from When Fish Got Feet by Hannah Bonnerhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/grandmother-fish-2.jpggrandmother-fish-2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/grandmother-fish-3.jpggrandmother-fish-3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/used-to-be-a-fish-2.jpgused-to-be-a-fish-2One step in our evolutionary lineage as depicted in I Used to Be a Fish by Tom Sullivanhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/used-to-be-a-fish-1.jpgused-to-be-a-fish-1Life historyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/when-fish-got-feet.jpgwhen-fish-got-feethttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/i-used-to-be-a-fish.jpgi-used-to-be-a-fishhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/grandmother-fish.jpggrandmother-fish2018-10-11T21:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/09/28/beavers-and-water-lilies-an-introduction-to-zoochory/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/790px-arctium_lappa-flash.jpg790px-arctium_lappa-flashThe burs of Arctium - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nymphaea_odorata_pp.jpgnymphaea_odorata_ppFragrant water lily (Nympaea odorata) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/castor_canadensis1.jpgcastor_canadensis1North American beaver (Castor canadensis) - photo credit: wikimedia commons2016-12-21T16:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/12/21/ethnobotany-the-henna-tree/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/henna_hair_addis_10637625883.jpghenna_hair_addis_10637625883Henna applied to hair - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/lawsonia_inermis_mehndi_in_hyderabad_ap_w_img_0524.jpglawsonia_inermis_mehndi_in_hyderabad_ap_w_img_0524Lawsonia inermis - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tatuajin.jpgtatuajinphoto credit: wikimedia commons2016-12-22T00:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/12/13/what-is-a-plant-and-why-should-i-care-part-four/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/plantas_medicinales_de_las_repc3bablicas_oriental_y_argentina_pg_1.jpgplantas_medicinales_de_las_republicas_oriental_y_argentina_pg_1Humans have a long tradition of using plants as medicine. Despite all that we have discovered regarding the medicinal properties of plants, there remains much to be discovered. This one of the many reasons why plant conservation is so important. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nmicrobiol201648-f1.jpgnmicrobiol201648-f1Current representation of the tree of life. Microorganisms clearly dominate. (image credit: nature microbiology)2016-12-14T05:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/08/17/grasshoppers-more-friend-than-foe/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/17788_orig.jpg17788_origDifferential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) - one of the four grasshoppers that Whitney Cranshaw lists as "particularly injurious" in his book Garden Insects of North America. (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/grasshopper-on-blade-of-grass.jpggrasshopper on blade of grasshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/grasshopper-illustration.jpggrasshopper illustrationphoto credit: wikimedia commons2016-11-30T22:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/11/30/what-do-desert-tortoises-eat/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/800px-illustration_erodium_cicutarium0.jpg800px-illustration_erodium_cicutarium0Redstem stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium) is an introduced species commonly consumed by desert tortoises - image credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/761px-larrea_tridentata_1.jpg761px-larrea_tridentata_1Creasote Bush (Larrea tridentata) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gopherus_agassizii13.jpggopherus_agassizii13Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) - photo credit: wikimedia commons2016-11-29T22:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/11/26/urban-botanical-art/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/utility-box-in-boise.jpgutility-box-in-boiseUtility box in Boise, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dads-mural-mountain-home.jpgdads-mural-mountain-homeMy dad's mural in downtown Mountain Home, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/utility-boxes-boise-1.jpgutility-boxes-boise-1Utility boxes in downtown Boise, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/urban-botanical-art-3.jpgurban-botanical-art-3Mural in Freak Alley in downtown Boise, Idaho https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/urban-botanical-art-2.jpgurban-botanical-art-2Mural in Freak Alley in downtown Boise, Idaho https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/urban-botanical-art-1.jpgurban-botanical-art-1Parking garage in downtown Boise, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/foothills-learning-center_wild-dandelion.jpgfoothills-learning-center_wild-dandelionAgoseris sculpture at Foothills Learning Center in Boise, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stop-sign-plant-2.jpgstop-sign-plant-2Stop sign in Sunset Neighborhood in Boise, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stop-sign-plant-1.jpgstop-sign-plant-1Stop sign in Sunset Neighborhood in Boise, Idaho2016-11-29T19:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/11/23/influence-of-a-passion/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3090303922_913e25f40f_b.jpg3090303922_913e25f40f_bPisa Botanical Garden - photo credit: Chris / flickr2016-11-23T13:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/11/16/how-a-plant-could-just-kill-a-man-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/21032_580_360.jpg21032_580_360Manchineel tree a.k.a. little apple of death (Hippomane mancinella) - photo credit: www.eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/51696_orig.jpg51696_origOngaonga (Urtica ferox) - photo credit: www.eol.org2016-11-16T15:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/11/09/how-a-plant-could-just-kill-a-man-part-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/99797_580_360.jpg99797_580_360Bunya pine cone (Araucaria bidwillii) - photo credit: www.eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/saguaro_cactus_in_arizona.jpgsaguaro_cactus_in_arizonaSaguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/400px-700_yr_red_river_gum.jpg400px-700_yr_red_river_gumRed River Gum Tree Eucalyptus camaldulensis - photo credit: wikimedia commons2016-11-11T00:52:45+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/11/02/tomato-vs-dodder-or-when-parasitic-plants-attack/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dupuy_and_ferguson_materials_bhl46962636.jpgdupuy_and_ferguson_materials_bhl46962636photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/field_dodder_on_camel_thorn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA mass of dodder (Cuscuta sp.) - photo credit: wikimedia commons2016-11-02T12:53:32+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/10/26/maize-anatomy-and-the-anatomy-of-a-maze/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/corn-maze-41.jpgcorn-maze-4https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/corn-maze-5.jpgcorn-maze-5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/corn-maze-3.jpgcorn-maze-3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/corn-maze-2.jpgcorn-maze-2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/corn-maze-1.jpgcorn-maze-1Entering the corn maze at The Farmstead in Meridian, Idahohttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/450px-zea_mays_003.jpg450px-zea_mays_003Female inflorescence (or "ear") of Zea mays subsp. mays - photo credit: wikimedia commons https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/maize-anatomy_1.jpgmaize-anatomy_1Maize Anatomy 101 - image credit: Canadian Govermenthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/maize-teosinte.jpgmaize-teosinteTeosinte, teosinte-maize hybrid, and maize - photo credit: wikimedia commons2016-10-26T12:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/10/19/bat-pollinated-flowers-of-a-mexican-columnar-cactus/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/leptonycteris_curasoae.jpgleptonycteris_curasoaeLeptonycteris curasoae - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bwy1257508914v.jpgbwy1257508914vStenocereus queretaroensis - photo credit: wikimedia commons2016-10-19T13:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/10/12/bats-as-pollinators-an-introduction-to-chiropterophily/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/durian_flowers_5.jpgdurian_flowers_5Durio sp. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/grey-headed_flying_fox_img0526.jpggrey-headed_flying_fox_img0526Grey headed flying fox photo credit: wikimedia commons2018-07-23T13:29:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/10/05/hamburg-parsley-harvest/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/root-parsley-3.jpgroot-parsley-3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/root-parsley-2.jpgroot-parsley-2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/root-parsley-1.jpgroot-parsley-12016-10-06T23:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/09/21/drought-tolerant-plants-pearly-everlasting/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pearly-everlasting-7.jpgpearly-everlasting-7https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pearly-everlasting-6.jpgpearly-everlasting-6https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pearly-everlasting-5.jpgpearly-everlasting-5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pearly-everlasting-4.jpgpearly-everlasting-42019-09-28T22:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/09/14/poisonous-plants-heartbreak-grass/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/c5a39d2f532fbd9af2aa368d107fb94995c2093e.jpgc5a39d2f532fbd9af2aa368d107fb94995c2093eGelsemium elegans (image credit: Flora of China)2016-09-16T22:21:16+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/08/31/what-is-a-plant-and-why-should-i-care-part-three/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/moss-as-nurse-plant.jpgmoss as nurse planthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cooksonia_sp-_-_muse.jpgCooksonia_sp._-_MUSEA recreation of a Cooksonia species - one of many early land plants. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2016-08-31T01:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/08/24/dung-moss-revisited/2016-08-25T18:44:03+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/01/14/year-of-pollination-dung-moss/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/splachnum_sphaericum_b_134704-465656_1184.jpgSplachnum_sphaericum_(b,_134704-465656)_1184Dung Moss (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/splachnum.jpgsplachnumSporophytes of Splachnum vasculosum (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/splachnum-luteum.jpgsplachnum luteumYellow Moosedung Moss (Splachnum luteum) has one of the largest and showiest sporophytes. (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lifecycle-of-a-typical-moss.jpglifecycle of a typical mossphoto credit: wikimedia commons2016-08-23T00:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/08/10/our-urban-planet/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/green-roof_bsu.jpggreen roof_bsuGreen roofshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/st-louis.jpgst louis2016-08-10T00:01:23+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/08/03/whats-in-a-packet-of-wildflower-seeds-an-introduction/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/seed-packets_experiment.jpgseed packets_experimenthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wildflowerpacket1.jpgwildflowerpacket1The seed packet in question.2016-08-05T07:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/07/27/drought-tolerant-plants-the-yarrows/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/yarrow_john-eastman-book.jpgyarrow_john eastman bookjohn eastmanhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/achillea-millifolium-1.jpgachillea millifolium 1Achillea millefolium - common yarrowhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/achillea-filipendulina.jpgachillea filipendulinaAchillea filipendulina Fern-leaf yarrowhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/achillea-sibirica-1.jpgachillea sibirica 1Achillea sibirica ssp. cam 'Love Parade'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/achillea-x-lewisii-1.jpgachillea x lewisii 1Achillea x lewisii 'King Edward'2016-07-27T22:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/07/20/rare-and-endangered-plants-texas-wild-rice/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/texas_wild_rice_01.jpgtexas_wild_rice_01Texas wild rice (Zizania texana) and its urbanized habitat - photo credit: The Edwards Aquiferhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tex00328108.jpgTEX00328108Herbarium voucher of Texas wild rice (Zizania texana) - photo credit: University of Texas Herbarium2016-07-20T12:35:09+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/07/13/lichen-eating-reindeer-vs-chernobyl-nuclear-disaster/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/800px-reindeer_in_lapland.jpg800px-Reindeer_in_LaplandReindeer in Lapland, Finland (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cladonia-stellaris.jpgcladonia stellarisStar reindeer lichen (Cladonia stallaris) - researchers found that the concentrations of radioactivity in this species of lichen was unevenly distributed in that "the top layer of the lichen was twice the concentration of the middle layer." (photo credit: www.eol.org)2016-07-13T12:43:51+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/06/22/the-nippleworts-of-camassia-natural-area/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nicole-illustration_cropped.pngnicole illustration_cropped2016-06-22T12:43:23+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/06/19/field-trip-mud-springs-ridge-and-cow-creek-saddle/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/butterfly-mystery.jpgbutterfly mysteryhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cow-creek-saddle-4.jpgcow creek saddle 4On cow creek saddle looking towards Snake River canyonhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cow-creek-saddle-1.jpgcow creek saddle 1On cow creek saddle looking towards Salmon River canyonhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/erigeron-1.jpgerigeron 1Erigeronhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orthocarpus-2.jpgOrthocarpus 2Orthocarpus tenuifolius (owl's clover)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lewisia-2.jpglewisia 2Lewissia columbiana v. wallowaensishttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lewisia-1.jpglewisia 1Lewissia columbiana v. wallowaensishttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/indian-paintbrush.jpgindian paintbrushCastilleja (indian paintbrush)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mud-springs-ridge-7.jpgmud springs ridge 7A view across the meadow at Mud Springs Ridgehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mud-springs-ridge-4.jpgmud springs ridge 4Searching for Silene spaldingii - an Idaho endemic - on the mountainside2016-06-20T01:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/06/15/field-trip-coolwater-ridge-lookout/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/viola-glabella-1.jpgviola glabella 1Viola glabella - pioneer violethttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/vaccinium-scoparium.jpgvaccinium scopariumVaccinium scoparium - whortleberryhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/synthyris-platycarpa-2.jpgsynthyris platycarpa 2Synthyris platycarpa - kittentailshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/senecio-integerrimus-exaltatus-2.jpgsenecio integerrimus exaltatus 2Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatutus - Columbia groundselhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sambucus-racemosa.jpgsambucus racemosaA view from the ridge. Looking down at the Selway River Canyon.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ribes-viscosissimum-2.jpgribes viscosissimum 2Ribes viscosissimum - sticky curranthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/polemonium-pulcherrimum.jpgPolemonium pulcherrimumPolemonium pulcherrimum - Jacob's-ladderhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/phlox-diffusa-1.jpgphlox diffusa 1Phlox diffua - spreading phloxhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/linanthus-nuttallii.jpgLinanthus nuttalliiLeptosiphon nuttallii - Nuttall's linanthushttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/erythronium-grandiflorum.jpgerythronium grandiflorumErythronium grandiflorum - yellow glacier lily2016-06-17T02:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/06/08/diospyrobezoars-or-persimmons-are-trying-to-kill-you/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/93145_orig.jpg93145_origCommon Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), native to North America - photo credit: eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/800px-diospyros_kaki-9.jpg800px-Diospyros_kaki-9Fruits of Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki) - photo credit: wikimedia commons2018-01-19T15:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/about/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/farmer-me_bw.jpgfarmer me_bwhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/thats-right_3.jpgthats right_32018-04-12T03:18:38+00:00weekly0.6https://awkwardbotany.com/2016/06/01/podcast-review-native-plant-podcast/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sporobolus_cryptandrus_3912187644.jpgSporobolus cryptandrusPrairie dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) - one of Mike and John's favorite grasses and a plant that comes up frequently on the podcast. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/native-plant-podcast-logo-and-sign.jpgnative plant podcast logo and sign2016-06-01T13:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/05/25/tiny-plants-duckweeds/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wolffia-spirodela.jpgWolffia-SpirodelaA collection of various duckweed species - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/duckweed-1.jpgduckweed 12016-05-26T13:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/05/18/field-trip-bruneau-dunes-state-park/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nakedstem-sunray.jpgnakedstem sunrayNakedstem sunray (Enceliopsis nudicaulis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/phacelia-hastata.jpgphacelia hastataPhacelia (Phacelia hastata)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bullrush-flowers.jpgbullrush flowersFlowers of bullrush (Schoenoplectus sp.)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/saltcedar-foliage.jpgsaltcedar foliageSaltcedar (Tamarix chinensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/russian-olive-flower-with-mosquito.jpgrussian olive flower with mosquitoRussian olive (Eleagnus angustifolia)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bruneau-marsh-1.jpgbruneau marsh 1An entrance to the marshhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bruneau-marsh-habitat.jpgbruneau marsh habitatOn top of the sand dune looking down at the lake and marsh.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/brontosaurus-sand-dune.jpgbrontosaurus sand duneTraversing the spine of a brontosauras (aka sand dune).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/large-dune-looking-across-at-small-dune.jpglarge dune looking across at small duneOn top of large dune looking across lake to small dune.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/small-dunes-looking-towards-large-dunes.jpgsmall dunes looking towards large dunesOn top of a small dune looking across lake to large dune.2016-05-21T19:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/05/11/botany-in-popular-culture-saga-of-the-swamp-thing/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/swamp-thing-1.jpgswamp thing 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/swamp-thing-2.jpgswamp thing 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/swamp-thing-3.jpgswamp thing 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/swampfix.jpgSwampFix2016-05-27T06:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/05/04/ethnobotany-cattails/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cattail_preview.jpgCattail_Previewfranzhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cattail-fluff.jpgcattail fluffhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cattails-bunch.jpgcattails bunch2018-04-12T23:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/05/01/happy-american-wetlands-month/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/caltha-palustris-1.jpgcaltha palustris 1Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) - Photo taken at Idaho Botanical Garden.2016-05-01T13:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/04/27/what-is-a-plant-and-why-should-i-care-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/geranium-viscosissimum-flowers.jpggeranium viscosissimum flowersSticky purple geranium (Geranium viscosissimum) one species of around species of extant flowering plants.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/world-turned-green.jpgworld turned green2017-01-24T01:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/04/20/what-is-a-plant-and-why-should-i-care-part-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/stonewort.jpgstonewortCommon stonewort (Chara vulgaris, a species of green algae (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tree_of_living_organisms_2.pngTree_of_Living_Organisms_2Illustration of one current itteration of kingdom classification system (illustration credit: wikimedia commons)2017-01-24T01:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/04/13/the-making-of-a-kill-jar/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/insect-net-2_bw.jpginsect net 2_bwhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/plaster-of-paris.jpgplaster of parishttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nail-polish-remover.jpgnail polish removerhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/uncharged-killjars.jpguncharged killjarshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/charged-killjars.jpgcharged killjars2016-04-13T16:06:50+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/04/06/field-trip-utah-state-university-botanical-center/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/usu-bc-sign.jpgusu bc signhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ducks-on-the-pond.jpgducks on the pondducks!https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pinus-heldreichii-green-bun.jpgpinus heldreichii 'green bun'Pinus heldreichii 'green bun'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/daphne-x-burkwoodii-carol-mackie.jpgdaphne x burkwoodii 'carol mackie'Daphne x burkwoodii 'carol mackie'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/usu-botanical-center-green-roof.jpgusu botanical center green roofgreen roofhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/amelanchier-alnifolia.jpgamelanchier alnifoliaAmelanchier alnifolia leafing out https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/physocarpus-opulifolius-darts-gold.jpgphysocarpus opulifolius darts goldPhysocarpus opulifolius 'Dart's Gold'https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sumac.jpgsumacSumachttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/aprium-blossoms.jpgaprium blossomsAprium blossoms2016-04-09T02:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/03/30/biodiversity-dips-when-japanese-rice-paddies-go-fallow/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/butastur_indicus.jpgButastur_indicusThe gray-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus) is listed as vulnerable in Japan. It nests in forests and preys on insects, frogs, and other animals found in grasslands and rice paddies. It's decline has been linked to the abandonment and development of traditionally farmed rice paddies. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/red_rice_paddy_field_in_japan_002.jpgRed_Rice_Paddy_field_in_Japan_002Red rice paddy in Japan - photo credit: wikimedia commons2016-03-31T00:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/03/23/vines-for-spring/2016-03-23T12:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/03/16/president-obamas-lichen/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/santa_rosa_cliffs.jpgSanta_rosa_cliffsSanta Rosa Island - home to Caloplaca obamae (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/caloplaca_obamae.jpgCaloplaca_obamaePresident Obama's lichen - Caloplaca obamae - discovered and described by Kerry Knudsen (photo credit: UCR Herbarium/J.C. Lendemer2016-07-18T22:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/03/09/book-review-jade-pearls-and-alien-eyeballs/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/oca3.jpgOca3Tubers of oca (Oxalis tuberosa) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/jadepearls_cover.jpgjadepearls_cover2016-03-10T14:31:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/03/02/attract-pollinators-grow-more-food/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/honeybee_apis_mellifera_pollinating_avocado_cv.jpgHoneybee_(Apis_mellifera)_pollinating_Avocado_cvphoto credit: wikimedia commons2016-03-02T13:48:25+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/04/18/ground-nesting-bees-in-the-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0779.jpgIMG_0779https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0777.jpgIMG_0777https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ground-nesting-bee_lasioglossum.jpgground nesting bee_lasioglossum2016-03-01T16:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/02/24/growing-potatoes-on-mars/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ab_logo_brown1.pngAB_Logo_Brown1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/red-potatoes.jpgred potatoeshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/potatoes-on-mars-nasa-and-cip.jpgpotatoes-on-mars-nasa-and-cip2016-02-28T14:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/02/17/drought-tolerant-plants-the-junipers/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/juniperus-communis_2.jpgjuniperus communis_2Juniperus communis (Common Juniper)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/the-juniper-zine.jpgthe juniper zinehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/utah-juniper-with-cone.jpgutah juniper with coneJuniperus osteosperma (Utah Juniper)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/juniper-in-the-snow.jpgjuniper in the snowJuniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain Juniper)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/horizontal-juniper.jpghorizontal juniperJuniperus horizontalis (Horizontal Juniper)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/juniper_improper-pruning.jpgjuniper_improper pruningBrown insides of juniper shrub exposed after years of forcing the plant to fit in a site that is too small for its britches.2021-04-27T01:12:20+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2016/02/10/famous-botanists-in-history-zhan-wang/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dandong-city.jpgdandong cityZhan Wang went to middle school and high school in Dandong City, Liaoning Province (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/salix-wangiana.jpgsalix wangianaZhan Wang described many new species of Salix. 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The illustration on the right shows pollen grains germinating on a stigma and their pollen tubes begining to work their way down the style. 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Agriculture Handbook No. 366 circa 1970https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/plantago-major1.jpgplantago major"White man's footstep, generous and healing, grows with its leaves so close to the ground that each step is a greeting to Mother Earth." - Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/plantago-major.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAphoto credits: wikimedia commons2024-03-02T23:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/08/05/botany-in-popular-culture-the-sunset-tree-by-the-mountain-goats/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sedums-in-a-hole-2.jpgsedums in a hole 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/thesunsettreefrontcover.jpgTheSunsetTreeFrontCover2015-12-18T17:49:44+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/12/16/botany-in-popular-culture-futuramas-holiday-spectacular/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/futurama.jpgFuturamahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/futurama2.pngfuturama2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/robot-santa.jpgrobot santa2017-07-22T21:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/12/02/artificial-photosynthesis-a-case-of-biomimicry/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/800px-fall_sun_leaves_and_bokeh_6321333937.jpg800px-Fall,_sun,_leaves,_and_bokeh!_(6321333937)photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/photosynthesis-illustration.pngphotosynthesis illustrationphoto credit: wikimedia commons2015-12-02T14:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/11/25/year-of-pollination-scarlet-gilia-and-its-pollinators/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scarlet-gilia_white.jpgscarlet gilia_whiteScarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) with white flowershttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scarlet-gilia-rosette.jpgSAMSUNGThe rosette of scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)2015-11-26T16:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/11/18/the-moon-trees/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-tree-sap_close-up.jpgmoon tree sap_close uphttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sap-covered-moon-tree.jpgsap covered moon treehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-tree_lowell-elementary.jpgmoon tree_lowell elementaryLoblolly pine (Pinus taeda) at Lowell Elementary in Boise, Idaho - one of many Moon Trees planted in the late 1970's.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moontree_emblem.jpgmoontree_emblemOfficial Moon Tree Emblem2015-11-19T20:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/11/11/drought-tolerant-plants-rabbitbrush/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rabbitbrush-seed-heads.jpgrabbitbrush seed headsSeed heads of rubber rabbit brush (Ericameria nauseosa)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rubber-rabbitbrush-flowers-with-honeybee.jpgrubber rabbitbrush flowers with honeybeehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rubber-rabbitbrush-flowers.jpgrubber rabbitbrush flowershttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rubber-rabbitbrush.jpgrubber rabbitbrushRubber rabbitbrush - Ericameria nauseosa2015-11-11T13:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/11/04/drought-tolerant-plants-desert-willow/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/chilopsis-seeds.jpgchilopsis seedsThe hairy, winged seeds of Chilopsis linearishttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/chilopsis-seed-pod-2.jpgchilopsis seed pod 2The fruits of Chilopsis linearis.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/chilopsis-linearis.jpgchilopsis linearisDesert Willow - Chilopsis linearishttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/chilopsis-flowers-1.jpgchilopsis flowers 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/chilopsis-flowers-2.jpgchilopsis flowers 22023-11-09T15:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/10/31/year-of-pollination-hand-pollinating-cucurbits/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cucurbita-flowers-male-female.jpgCucurbita-flowers-male-femaleCucurbit flowers: male (top) and female (bottom) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/jarrahdale.jpgjarrahdalehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/honeybee-in-squash-flower-1.jpghoneybee in squash flower 1A honeybee covered in pollen drinking the nectar of a female squash flowerhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/honeybee-in-squash-flower-2.jpghoneybee in squash flower 2A honeybee in a squash flower2015-10-31T13:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/10/21/year-of-pollination-bumblebees-and-climate-change/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bombus_terrestris_buff-tailed_bumblebee_queen_arnhem_the_netherlands.jpgBombus_terrestris_(Buff-tailed_bumblebee)_queen,_Arnhem,_the_NetherlandsBuff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/brown-belted_bumble_bee_bombus_griseocollis_14490686429.jpgBrown-belted_Bumble_Bee_(Bombus_griseocollis)_(14490686429)Brown-belted Bumblebee (Bombus griseocollis) - photo credit: wikimedia commons2015-10-25T14:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/02/on-the-origins-of-agriculture/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sunflower-pollen-grains.jpgsunflower pollen grainsScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of pollen grains from common sunflower - Helianthus annuus (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/barley.jpgbarleyBarley - Hordeum vulgare (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bottle-gourds.jpgbottle gourdsBottle gourds (Lagenaria sicericia) were possibly the earliest domesticated plant species (photo credit: eol.org)2015-10-19T01:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/10/14/in-defense-of-plants-a-podcast-review/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ludisia-discolor_jewel-orchid.jpgludisia discolor_jewel orchidLudisia discolor - the plant that inspired Matt to start the bloghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ilex_paraguariensis-yerba-mate.jpgIlex_paraguariensis Yerba mateYerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/indefenseofplants.pngindefenseofplants2015-10-18T11:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/10/07/in-defense-of-weeds-a-book-review/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/japanese-knotweed.jpgjapanese knotweedJapanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is listed as one the 100 Worst Invasive Species - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/poa_pratensis.jpgPoa_pratensisKentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) also known as smooth meadow-grass - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/weeds-book.jpgweeds book2015-10-05T21:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/09/30/year-of-pollination-figs-and-fig-wasps/2015-10-05T17:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/09/16/growing-and-eating-lettuce-in-space/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/outredgous-lettuce_territorial-seed-company1.jpgoutredgous lettuce_territorial seed companyOutredgeous Territorial Seed Companyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/veggie_orbitec1.jpgVeggie_ORBITECVeggie: an expandable plant growth facility designed for the International Space Station - photo credit: NASA/Bryan Onate2015-09-16T12:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/09/09/year-of-pollination-most-effective-pollinator-principle-and-beyond-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dudleya-saxosa.jpgdudleya saxosaDudleya saxosa (panamint liveforever) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/maximilian-sunflower.jpgmaximilian sunflower2015-09-09T12:58:56+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/09/02/year-of-pollination-most-effective-pollinator-principle-and-beyond-part-one/2015-09-02T13:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/07/29/poisonous-plants-castor-bean/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/castor-bean-flowers-and-fruits.jpgcastor bean flowers and fruitsFemale flowers and fruits forming on castor bean.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/castor-bean-seeds.jpgcastor bean seedscastor bean seedshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/castor-bean-plants.jpgcastor bean plantsThe castor beans that once grew outside my front door.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/castor-bean-leaf.jpgcastor bean leafSilver maple leaf nestled in the center of a castor bean leaf.2023-02-21T20:36:14+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/08/26/field-trip-sawtooth-botanical-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/oenothera.jpgoenotheraEvening primrose (Oenothera sp.)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/veronica-spicata.jpgveronica spicataSpiked speedwell (Veronica spicata 'Red Fox')https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2285.jpgIMG_2285Water feature in the Garden of Infinite Compassion, built in honor of the Dali Lama's visit to the Wood River Valley https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fragaria.jpgfragariaAlpine strawberry (Fragaria sp.)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2271.jpgIMG_2271Berms in the Alpine Garden with pathway passing throughhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2269.jpgIMG_2269Central area of the garden featuring perennial beds and the Ellen Long Garden Pavillionhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cournus-cultivar.jpgcournus cultivarRedtwig dogwood (Cornus stolonifera 'Baileyi')https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/columbine.jpgcolumbinehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cinquefoil.jpgcinquefoilhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/liatris.jpgliatris2015-08-26T13:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/08/19/ethnobotany-white-mans-foot-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/plantago-along-boise-river.jpgSAMSUNG"Greater - or 'ratstail' - plantain had by this time been nicknamed 'Englishman's foot' by the Native Americans, who had witnessed its prodigious advance in the white man's wake." - Richard Mabey, Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unwanted Plantshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/plantain-illustration_field-and-roadside.jpgplantain illustration_field and roadsideIllustration by Amelia Hansen from The Book of Field and Roadside by John Eastmanhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/plantago_boise-capitol-building.jpgplantago_boise capitol buildingcommon plantain (Plantago major)2015-08-20T01:40:01+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/07/22/year-of-pollination-pollinator-walk-at-earthly-delights-farm/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/common-banded-hoverfly.jpgcommon banded hoverflyCommon banded hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) - one species of hundreds in the syrphid fly family, a common and diverse family of flower visiting flies (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/onions-setting-seed_3.jpgonions setting seed_3A row of onions setting seed at Earthly Delights Farm. Onions are another crop that is commonly pollinated by flies.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bumblebee-on-echinacea.jpgbumblebee on echinaceaBumblebee on Echinacea sp.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/beetle-on-carrot-flowers_3.jpgbeetle on carrot flowers_3Blister beetle on carrot flowers (a preferred food source of flies). Beetles can be important pollinators, even despite chewing on the flowers as they proceed.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/isolation-tents_2.jpgisolation tents_2A series of isolation tents over various crops to help prevent cross pollination between varieties.2015-07-22T22:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/07/15/documentary-the-sagebrush-sea/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/greater_sage_grouse_5896652145.jpgGreater_sage_grouse_(5896652145)A view from behind a male greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus ) - photo credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/the-sagebrush-sea.jpgThe-Sagebrush-Sea2015-07-15T14:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/07/08/year-of-pollination-mosquitoes-as-pollinators/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/platanthera-obtusata.jpgplatanthera obtusataBluntleaved orchid (Platanthera obtusata) is pollinated by mosquitoes. phot credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/culex-pipiens.jpgculex pipiensNorthern House Mosquito (Culex pipiens) - one of the species of mosquitoes that has been observed pollinating Silene otitis. photo credit: www.eol.org2016-01-08T22:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/07/01/how-to-make-petrified-wood/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/petrified-log-8.jpgpetrified log 8https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/petrified-log-5.jpgpetrified log 5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/petrified-log-6.jpgpetrified log 6https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/petrified-log-2.jpgpetrified log 2https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/petrified-log-1.jpgpetrified log 12024-12-18T03:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/06/24/book-review-rambunctious-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/torreya-taxifolia.jpgtorreya taxifoliaFlorida torreya (Torreya taxifolia) - a critically endangered tree species native to a tiny corner in the southeastern United States that is not likely to survive the coming decades in the wild without assisted migration. https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rambunctious-garden.jpgrambunctious garden2026-02-09T15:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/06/17/weeds-and-wildflowers-of-the-boise-foothills-june-2015/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tumble-mustard_cropped.jpgtumble mustard_croppedTall tumblemustard (Sisymbrium altissimum) an introduced species and one of many tumbleweed species in the western states.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/yarrow-flowers-with-spider.jpgyarrow flowers with spiderLittle spider atop the flowers of western yarrow (Achilea millefolium), a foothills native.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rubber-rabbitbrush.jpgrubber rabbitbrushRubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa), a native shrub that flowers in late summer.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lichens-on-sagebrush_2.jpglichens on sagebrush_2Lichens on the branch of basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tirdentata sbsp. tridentata) another common native shrub.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lomatium-fruits.jpglomatium fruitsThe fruits of nineleaf biscuitroot (Lomatium triternatum), a spring flowering plant in the carrot family (Apiaceae).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/medusa-head.jpgmedusa headMedusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusa) is an invasive annual grass from Eurasia. It has an ecological impact similar to cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pale-evening-primrose.jpgpale evening primrosePale evening primrose (Oenothera pallida) - a foothills native pollinated by nocturnal moths.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/phacelia-1.jpgphacelia 1Silverleaf phacelia (Phacelia hastate) - a foothills native that is also a pollinator favorite.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hulls-gulch-reserve-sign.jpghulls gulch reserve signThe trail that I hiked is one of several trails in an area of the Boise Foothills called Hulls Gulch Reserve.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/boise-foothills-trail.jpgboise foothills trail2015-06-17T13:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2013/06/03/idahos-state-flower/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/philadelphus-lewisii.jpgPhiladelphus lewisiihttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/syringa-1.jpgSAMSUNG2015-06-15T23:27:49+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/06/10/year-of-pollination-stamen-movement-in-the-flowers-of-prickly-pears/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/opuntia-flowers.jpgSAMSUNGhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/opuntia-flower-2.jpgSAMSUNGSAMSUNG2015-06-21T21:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/07/27/14-botanical-terms-for-flower-anatomy/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/rugosa-rose.jpgrugosa roseStart learning to identify floral structures on flowers like rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa). (photo credit: eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/flower-anatomy.jpgflower anatomy2019-06-13T15:31:59+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/06/03/drought-tolerant-plants-prickly-pears/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opuntia-cactus-pad.jpgSAMSUNGPads of Opuntia polyacanthahttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opuntia_edit.jpgSAMSUNGFlowers of Opuntia sp. with bee inside flower on the lefthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opuntia-engelmannii-tunas.jpgopuntia engelmannii tunasFruits ("tunas") of Opuntia engelmannii - photo credit: www.eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opuntia_fragilis_frankfurt_wikiplant.jpgOpuntia_fragilis_'Frankfurt'_(WikiPlant)Opuntia fragilis 'Frankfurt' - photo credit: wikimedia commons2018-07-06T12:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/05/27/year-of-pollination-an-argentinian-cactus-and-its-unlikely-pollinator/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/patagona-gigas.jpgpatagona gigasPatagona gigas (giant hummingbird) was observed approaching the flower of a Denmoza rhodacantha but quickly turned away (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/denmoza-illustration-edit.jpgdenmoza illustration editDenmoza rhodacantha illustration - image credit: www.eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/denmoza_rhodacantha_-_university_of_california_botanical_garden_-_dsc08839.jpgDenmoza_rhodacantha_-_University_of_California_Botanical_Garden_-_DSC08839Denmoza rhodacantha at Univeristy of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley - photo credit wikimedia commons2015-05-27T13:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/05/20/making-the-case-for-saving-species/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cones-of-whitebark-pine.jpgcones of whitebark pineCones of whitebark pine, Pinus albicaulis (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/old-whitebark-pine.jpgold whitebark pinephoto credit: www.eol.org2021-04-25T00:55:18+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/05/06/year-of-pollination-more-than-honey-etc/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/more-than-honey-movie.jpgmore than honey moviehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vanishing-of-the-bees.jpgVanishing-of-the-bees2015-05-06T13:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/04/29/a-rare-hawaiian-plant-newly-discovered-and-critically-endangered/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cyanea-konahuanuiensis_2.jpgcyanea konahuanuiensis_2Single stem of Cyanea konahuanuiensis (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cyanea-konahuanuiensis_1.jpgcyanea konahuanuiensis_1The hairy flowers and leaves of Cyanea konahuanuiensis. Purple flowers appear June-August. (photo credit: www.eol.org) https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/koolau-range.jpgkoolau rangeKo'olau Mountains of O'ahu (photo credit: wikimedia commons) 2015-04-30T00:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/04/22/poisonous-plants-baneberry/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bane_batman-villian.jpgbane_batman villianWhat do you fear the most? Batman villian, Bane, or baneberry? (photo credit: Comic Vine)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/actaea-pachypoda-berries.jpgactaea pachypoda berriesThe berries of white baneberry or doll's eyes Actaea pachypoda (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/actaea-rubra-berries.jpgactaea rubra berriesThe berries of red baneberry, Actaea rubra (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/actaeae-rubra-flowers.jpgactaeae rubra flowersThe flowers of red baneberry, Actaea rubra (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2016-12-21T03:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/04/15/year-of-pollination-pollination-syndromes-and-beyond/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bumble-bee-on-salvia-pachyphylla.jpgbumble bee on salvia pachyphyllaA bumble bee hugs Mojave sage (Salvia pachyphylla)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/locust-borer-on-rabbitbrush_edited.jpgSAMSUNGLocust borer meets rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/phacelia-and-bee.jpg???????????????????????????????Honey bee on bee's friend (Phacelia tanacetifolia)2015-04-15T13:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/04/08/texas-state-flower/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lupinus-texensis-pink.jpglupinus texensis pinkA legend surrounds the rare pink bluebonnet.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lupinus-concinnus.jpglupinus concinnusLupinus concinnus (...) - photo credit: www.eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/texas-bluebonnet.jpgtexas bluebonnetLupinus texensis - Texas bluebonnet2015-04-10T01:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/04/01/field-trip-lady-bird-johnson-wildflower-center-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/windmill.jpgwindmillhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lonicera-sempervirens-5.jpglonicera sempervirens 5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lonicera-sempervirens-1.jpglonicera sempervirens 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gelsemium-sempervirens-4.jpggelsemium sempervirens 4https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gelsemium-sempervirens-1.jpggelsemium sempervirens 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/opuntia-ellisiana-1.jpgopuntia ellisiana 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/opuntia-ellisiana-3.jpgopuntia ellisiana 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tillandsia-recurvata-5.jpgtillandsia recurvata 5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/aesculus-pava-var-pava-3.jpgaesculus pava var pava 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilex-vomitoria-10.jpgSAMSUNG2015-04-08T04:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/03/25/field-trip-lady-bird-johnson-wildflower-center-part-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lady-bird-johnson-quote.jpglady bird johnson quotehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mahonia-trifoliata-5.jpgmahonia trifoliata 5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/viburnum-rufidulum-5.jpgviburnum rufidulum 5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dalea-greggii-10.jpgdalea greggii 10https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dalea-greggii-5.jpgdalea greggii 5https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/echinocereus-reichenbachii-3.jpgechinocereus reichenbachii 3https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ranunculus-macranthus-1.jpgranunculus macranthus 1https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ranunculus-macranthus-6.jpgranunculus macranthus 6https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sophora-secundiflora-7.jpgsophora secundiflora 7https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sophora-secundiflora-5.jpgsophora secundiflora 52015-03-25T13:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/03/17/how-pitcher-plants-eat-bugs-frog-optional/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sarracenia-leucophyla.jpgsarracenia leucophylaHooded pitchers of Sarracenia leucophylla (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sarracenia-purpurea.jpgsarracenia purpureaHoodless pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/83499_orig.jpg83499_origFlower of Sarracenia rubra (sweet pitcherplant) - photo credit: www.eol.orghttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pitcher-plant-with-frog-inside.jpgSAMSUNG2015-03-28T14:55:45+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/03/14/year-of-pollination-the-anatomy-of-a-bee/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bee-anatomy_california-bees-and-blooms-book.jpgbee anatomy_california bees and blooms bookhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bee-anatomy_pollinators-of-native-plants-book.jpgbee anatomy_pollinators of native plants book2015-03-14T13:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/03/11/plants-use-mycorrhizal-fungi-to-warn-each-other-of-incoming-threats/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bug-eating-leaf.jpgbug eating leafphoto credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/interplant-signaling.jpginterplant signaling2015-03-11T13:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/03/04/using-plant-root-and-mycorrhizal-fungal-traits-to-predict-soil-structure/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/soil-profile_devon-england.jpgSONY DSCphoto credit: wikimedia commonshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/roots_of_big_old_tree.jpgRoots_of_big_old_treephoto credit: wikimedia commons2015-03-04T14:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/02/25/year-of-pollination-hellstrip-pollinator-garden/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/monarda-citriodora.jpgmonarda citriodoraLemon beebalm (Monarda citriodora), an annual plant that attracts an array of pollinators.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/habsign.jpghabsignhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/asclepias-tuberosa.jpgasclepias tuberosaThe flowers of butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Milkweed species (Asclepias spp.) are essential to monarch butterflies as they are the sole host plant of their larvae.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/polemonium-reptens.jpgpolemonium reptensCreeping Jacob's ladder (Polemonium reptens) is native to eastern North America and attracts native bees with its mid-spring flowers. (photo credit: www.eol.org)2015-02-27T15:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/02/18/book-review-hellstrip-gardening-part-three/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/partridge-pea.jpgpartridge peaPartidge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculate), an annual plant in the pea family (Fabaceae). One of many nitrogen fixing plants that can help improve soil health. (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/blue-grama-seed-heads.jpgblue grama seed headsThe seed heads of blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), one of many attractive alternatives to traditional turfgrass. (photo credit: www.eol.org)2015-02-18T14:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/10/22/palm-oil-production-and-its-threat-to-biodiversity/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/oil-palm-fruits.jpgoil palm fruitsOil Palm Friuits (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/oil-palm.jpgoil palmAfrican Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) is the species of oil palm most commonly grown for palm oil production.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/oil-world-graph.jpgoil world graph2015-02-18T04:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/02/11/book-review-hellstrip-gardening-part-two/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ivy_hydrant.jpgIvy_HydrantFire hydrant decorated with ivy (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/helianthus-annus.jpghelianthus annusCommon sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is one of several plants that can be used to remediate polluted soils. (photo credit: www.eol.org)2015-02-11T13:58:48+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2013/03/21/microgreens/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/microgreens.jpgSAMSUNG2015-02-10T02:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/02/21/planting-for-pollinators/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/attracting-native-pollinators1.jpgattracting-native-pollinators12015-02-09T15:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/02/16/book-review-seedswap/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/seed-swap-book.jpgseed swap book2015-02-09T15:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/02/04/book-review-hellstrip-gardening-part-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hellstrip-gardening-book.jpghellstrip gardening bookhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bioswale_epa.jpgbioswale_epaA rain garden or bioswale planted in a hellstrip to help mitigate storm water runoff. (photo credit: epa.gov)2015-02-20T17:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/01/28/botany-in-popular-culture-black-orchid/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/black-orchid_alba-garcia-2.jpgblack orchid_alba garcia 2Alba Garcia (aka Black Orchid), a member of Justice League Darkhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/black-orchid-cover.jpgBlack Orchid coverhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/black-orchid-scan-1.jpgblack orchid scan 1Dr. Philip Sylvain tells the Black Orchid clones about how hehttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/black-orchid-scan-2.jpgblack orchid scan 2Dr. Sylvain's friends from university who later became plant-hybrid heroes and villians.2015-01-30T18:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/01/21/botany-and-everyday-chemistry/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/chemistry-of-beetroot.jpgChemistry-of-Beetroot2020-09-02T12:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/01/07/why-awkward-why-botany-why-now/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/juniper-16_edit-2.jpgjuniper 16_edit 22017-12-20T16:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2015/01/02/2014-year-in-review/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mushroom-and-pine-needles.jpgSAMSUNG2015-01-02T05:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/12/24/podcast-review-gastropod/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fresh-kelp.jpgfresh kelpEat more kale...er, kelp.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gastropod.jpggastropod2014-12-24T14:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/12/17/growing-plants-in-outer-space/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/arabidopsis.jpgarabidopsisArabidopsis thaliana (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/international-space-station.jpginternational space stationInternational Space Station (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2014-12-17T14:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2013/12/05/growing-plants-on-the-moon/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/moon.jpgmoon2014-12-15T03:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/12/12/speaking-of-food-a-recap/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sweet-potato.jpgsweet potatoA small harvest of sweet potatoes from this year's backyard mini-farm. Ipomoea batatas ' Hong Hong.'2014-12-13T00:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/07/dethroning-industrial-argiculture-the-rise-of-agroecology/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/urban-farm.jpgurban farmUrban Farm in Chicago, Illinois (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/harvest.jpgharvestphoto credit: wikimedia commons2014-12-10T22:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/10/29/speaking-of-food-a-special-issue-of-american-journal-of-botany/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/speaking-of-food_ajb.jpgspeaking of food_ajb2014-12-10T22:32:28+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/12/09/developing-perennial-grain-crops-from-the-ground-up/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/intermediate-wheatgrass.jpgintermediate wheatgrassIntermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) "produces much larger seeds in the greenhouse during the winter than ever seen in the field during the summer," an example of phenotypic plasticity. (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/perennial-grain-crops.jpgperennial grain cropsThe roots of perennial grasses are considerably more extensive than annual grasses. (photo taken from an article about perennial grain crops at nationalgeographic.com)2014-12-09T13:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/12/04/using-wild-relatives-to-improve-crop-plants/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/desert-sunflower.jpgdesert sunflowerDesert sunflower (Helianthus deserticola) - One of three hybrid species born of H. annuus and H. petiolaris, "highlighting the expanded potential of hybrid species...through colonization of extreme habitats where neither parental species can survive." (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/grapefruit.jpeggrapefruitGrapefruit (Citrus x paradisi) - A hybrid between sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) and shaddock (Citrus maxima) that "occurred far beyond the region of domestication and rather recently [the 18th centruy]." (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2014-12-05T04:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/12/01/improving-perennial-crops-with-genomics/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bananas.jpgBananas"Despite the remarkable phenotypic and genotypic diversity in bananas," the Cavendish banana is responsible for the "vast majority" of banana production. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/avocado.jpgSONY DSC"Modern avocado breeding still depends heavily on open-pollination because of the difficulty associated with making controlled crosses." (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2014-12-01T14:38:26+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/28/apples-and-genetic-bottlenecks/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/apple-blossoms.jpgapple blossomsMalus sylvestris (common crabapple) - One of the three main players involved in the apple domestication story (photo credit: www.eol.org) https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gala-apple.jpggala appleMalus x domestica 'Gala' - One of the top 15 apple varieties produced in the U.S. (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2014-11-29T17:17:50+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/25/the-nonshattering-trait-in-cereal-crops/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/foxtail-millet.jpgfoxtail milletFoxtail millet, Setaria italic (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/disarticulation-patterns.jpgdisarticulation patternsImage Credit: American Journal of Botany2014-11-28T20:05:57+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/23/cultivated-sunflowers-and-their-wild-relatives/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nuttalls-sunflower.jpgnuttall's sunflowerNuttall's Sunflower (Helianthus nuttallii), one of Common Sunflower's wild relatives (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/common-sunflower.jpgcommon sunflowerCommon Sunflower, Helianthus annuus (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)2014-11-24T02:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/20/tales-of-weedy-waterhemp-and-weedy-rice/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/oryza-sativa.jpgoryza sativaRice, Oryza sativa (illustration credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/waterhemp.jpgwaterhempWaterhemp, Amaranthus tuberculatus (photo credit: www.eol.org)2014-11-21T00:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/16/your-food-is-a-polyploid/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/upland-cotton.jpgupland cottonUpland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the most widely cultivated species of cotton in the United States. It is an allopolyploid that produces fibers that are "considerably longer, stronger, and whiter than are possible to obtain from any diploid." (photo credit: www.eol.org) 2014-11-16T22:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/13/exploring-pollination-biology-in-southwestern-china/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/buckwheat.jpgbuckwheatCommon Buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/asian-honeybee.jpgasian honeybeeEastern Asian Honeybee (Apis cerana) on Citrus limonia flowers (photo credit: www.eol.org)2014-11-14T14:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/11/carrots-and-strawberries-genetics-and-phylogenetics/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fragaria_virginiana_3128.jpgFragaria_virginiana_3128Broadpetal Strawberry, Fragaria virginiana supsp. platypetala (photo credit: wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/daucus-carota.jpgdaucus carotaFlowers of Daucus carota (photo credit: www.eol.org)2014-11-14T05:26:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/09/an-underutilized-crop-and-the-cousins-of-a-popular-one/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/glycine-tomentella.jpgglycine tomentellaGlycine tomentella - one of soybean's perennial cousins (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/annual-wild-soybean.jpgannual wild soybeanSoybean's wild annual relative, Glycine soja (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/safflower-flower.jpgsafflower flowerSafflower, Carthamus tinctorius (photo credit: www.eol.org)2014-11-09T22:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/11/05/the-legacy-of-a-leaky-dioecy/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/persimmon-bark.jpgpersimmon barkCharacteristic bark of common persimmon, Diospyros virginiana (photo credit: www.eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/persimmon-fruits.jpgpersimmon fruitsFruits of common persimmon, Diospyros virginiana )photo credit: Wikimedia commons)2014-11-06T02:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/10/11/our-backyard-farm-and-garden-show-fall-2014/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0929_edit.jpgIMG_0929_editWe grew other flowers for eating, like this nasturtium.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/phacelia_edit.jpgphacelia_editSome flower's we grew specifically for the bees, like this bee's friend (Phacelia hastate).https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pac-choy_edit.jpgpac choy_edit'Shanghai Green' Pak Choyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cucumbers_1_edit.jpgSAMSUNGTwo cucumbers hanging on a makeshift trellis. I can't remember what variety they are. This why I need to remember to take better notes.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cat-in-garden-2_edit.jpgcat in garden 2_editEven the cat loves being in the garden...https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/carrot-with-legs-2_edit.jpgcarrot with legs 2_editA miniature purple carrot with legs.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/turnips_edit.jpgturnips_edit'Purple Top White Globe' Turnipshttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tennis-ball-lettuce_edit.jpgtennis ball lettuce_editWe grew several varieties of lettuce. This is one that I was most excited about. It's called 'Tennis Ball.' It is a miniature butterhead type that Thomas Jefferson loved and used to grow in his garden at Monticello.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sweet-potato_1_edit.jpgSAMSUNGThe flower of a 'Hong Hong' sweet potato. We haven't harvested these yet, so we're not sure what we're going to get. Sweet potatoes are not commonly grown in southern Idaho, so we're anxious to see how they do.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/side-yard_edit.jpgside yard_editA view of our side yard. It is pretty shady in this section of the yard but we were still able to grow kale and collards along with several different flowers and herbs.2014-10-11T18:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/10/04/22-botanical-terms-for-fruits/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/poppy-capsule.jpgpoppy capsulePoppy flower and fruit. Poppy fruits are called capsules.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/punkin_edit.jpgpunkin_editPumpkins are pepos.https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/acer-fruit.jpgacer fruitThe fruits of red maple, Acer rubrum (photo credit: eol.org)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/avocado-fruit.jpgavocado fruit(photo credit: University of California ANR)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dandelion-fruit.jpgdandelion fruit(photo credit: wikimedia commons)2014-10-05T18:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/09/25/article-the-wildest-idea-on-earth/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tree-roots_edit.jpgSAMSUNGTree growing along a creek bed at The Nature Institute, a privately owned nature preserve in Godfrey, Illinoishttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/edward-o-wilson.jpgedward o wilsonEdward O. Wilson (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pinus-palustris.jpgpinus palustrisLongleaf Pine, Pinus palustris (photo credit: wikimedia commons)2014-09-27T19:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/2014/09/20/succulent-blogs-on-tumblr/https://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cactiheart.jpgcactihearthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cactguy.jpgcactguyhttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/what-a-nice-little-succulent.jpgwhat a nice little succulenthttps://awkwardbotany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/succulent-lover.jpgsucculent 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