… by using molecular techniques to examine genetic relationships among these species, along with dozens of other breadfruit and jackfruit relatives, they determined that these two curious … and published this summer in the peer-reviewed science journal, Phytotaxa: https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.453.3.8 Keywords: Nyree Zerega, species discovery, jackfruit, …
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… a student in the Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University graduate program, along with Paul CaraDonna, Ph.D., conservation scientist at the Garden, reported the first record in …
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… diversity, distribution, and habitats of mushrooms and related fungi. Ongoing conversations with NatureServe and other organizations and agencies are focused on how these field observations …
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… like a fruit. Close × Yes, maple samaras are fruits. Fun fact: Maple trees make these fruits with little wings. The fruits fly in the wind. Close Photo of buckthorn by Matt Lavin, photo of …
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… Garden conservation scientist. “It is important to keep in mind that plants have long dealt with variable and unpredictable environments. How they make a living right now is based on …
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… the honey. Finally, the honey is extracted. “Our food systems are getting more disrupted with climate change and global conflict, so having a really hyper-local food source—it’s not …
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… in play. The hemiparasitic genus Castilleja has more than 200 species in North America, with multiple shifts in floral color and form. In this group, there are a number of species we …
Type: Research
… When those magical hours finally occur, the bloom unfurls into a dramatic, blood red “flower” with a nauseating stench that can be detected up to an acre away. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime …
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… orchid out in nature and it can’t acquire nutrients or it doesn’t form the right associations with mycorrhizal fungi, it’s not going to survive,” he explained. “If these trees have a … trees ( Fraxinus caroliniana). So during his fieldwork, he sampled both types of trees, some with and some without orchids. As a point of comparison, he also sampled the bark of bald cypress …
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… years to mature, but they can also produce an assortment of sounds that are thought to help with communication between the grubs. The grubs have a striated structure on the leg that allows … the end of the grub, it is the digestive chamber, where the wood the grub consumes is digested with the aid of microorganisms. If you give one of these guys a gentle squeeze, you will notice …
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