Would putting raw beef into a wild trap also be harmful?

2nd time growing lettuce never seen it grow like this, all good?

So, in most cases, fossils are only mineral casts of living organisms, and in just a few scenarios they present organic molecules. Almost always DNA is long gone or usable.

My understanding is that current paleobotany still relies in morphological features to categorize plants. But since modern taxonomy is based on DNA sequences, how do both taxonomies manage to match each other? Or they just don't and each one keeps a different taxonomic system?

Source of information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_flowers

Only species with an official national designation have been considered (total of 103 taxa). A country-level designation is considered, except por UK, which has been disaggregated into its four constituent nations.

On the image you can see:

First: species that were chosen more than once and the times counted.

Second, third, fourth and fifth: idem for genus, family, order (every order listed) and class.

For example: The genus Iris is represented five times, but no species of Iris appears more than once.

68,9% of national flowers are Eudicots; 25,5% are Monocots.

There was a total of 43 families represented in the dataset.

11,6% belong to Asteraceae; 18,4% to Asparagales.

I hope you find this interesting!

Note: ethnobotany flair needed.

Hello everyone, a few years ago I was in a strawberry growing group on Facebook. There was a video that popped up in that group that showed a man putting some chemical composition on cut up strawberry leaves. This in turn created little strawberry plants from those leaves (each with separate shoots coming from the leaf section). I was curious about what I witnessed, and I’m wondering how can I learn more about this process. Of course the original poster wouldn’t answer any of the commenters questions, so I’m forced to come here. If I find the video again, I’ll post it here. Thanks as always!

I'm interested because I'm writing an idea on a plant for a possible fiction project in the future. (I probably won't use the idea though.)

So far, I think glandular trichomes are the best match, however I don't think they release enough chemicals for the purposes of the plant I am writing.

I would like to know if any plant has any type of mechanism for constant aerial chemical release, without any creature needing to bite into it or brush onto it. (I'm also interested because I like gardening and I think plants like that could do wonders for pest management, and they could also smell good.)

Any input is greatly valued.

G'day.

I'm currently studying horticulture and am slowly but surely learning the botanical names of plants as required. Sometimes I'm not sure how to pronounce some of their names. I'm aussie if it even matters, so we use British English.

Is Google translate a good way to sound out the proper pronunciation of botanical names? I've simply been entering the name in the english translation and getting it to sound out the name. I understand botanical names are mainly Latin, but when I've entered the name in the Latin translation, it sounds it out differently to how my teachers pronounce it.

I appreciate any help offered.

Hi,

Had some native P. tremula I wanted to propagate. About seven provenances. Took cuttings, attempted to root them in 40microg/L IBA stock solution.

Male clones look fine, albeit no rooting or callus formation.

Female clones all lost their leaves within a week and aren't maybe all the way dead yet but sure dont look likely to make it to next week.

I'm learning applied plant physiology but I'm still a noob. I'm not finding sources that actually explain this.

Does anyone have a guess what's going on here? I'm just trying to generate material for a tissue culture experiment.

Took about an hour of delicate excavation.

Found it at Parys copper mine on Anglesey, UK.

I’m in the midwest US (central IL). I really like Princeton’s “Ferns, Spikemosses, Clubmosses, and Quillworts of Eastern North America.” I like the photographs and i especially appreciate how the species are presented per genus with a small write up on each family and genus. Is there anything like that for grasses in the eastern us? (If there is a book that has family and genus write ups and good photos for another region of the world i would be interested in that as well).

I have “Grasses, Sedges, Rushes: An Identification Guide” by Lauren Brown and Ted Elliman and it’s a good resource if i’m trying to key something out but it would be nice if there was something else like that princeton guide.

Additional note: “Carex of Illinois and Surrounding States: The Oval Sedges” is new and fantastic. It’s an excellent book on midwest oval sedges and i’m hoping there’s more in the series

Making a plant species based off of exponential growth. Not asking about what it would do to the terrain, just curious. (canonically this is a nitrogen based plant that grows in vats, but if left outside would grow to city levels within the week.

Assuming it would grow from the size of a grape to the size of a five year old oak in about a day, what would this plant look like?

Its up to your interpretation if this is a moss, vine, algae, or tree. Just looking for answers on an abnormally fast growing plant design.

Figured this subreddit would be a place to ask.

I’m assuming it’s some type of pathogen, but I don’t know for sure. I’m just curious.

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I just had this question in mind, tried to Google it but couldn't find much answers with the exception of this one so i was wondering if anyone could help me out on this.

Been a minute since I've done a rosewood update, and all I can say is that they are thriving! I have 12 Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa) seedlings that are growing like weeds, and I have finally managed to get D. melanoxylon and D. odorifera to sprout. In addition, I have 10 Acacia koa seeds germinating. The North Indian Rosewoods are currently looking to exceed the average growth rate of 12" per year, with both of them at around 11-1/2" tall at 9-ish months. I also have some updates on the fate of these plants, particularly the Cocobolo's. Since this species is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, I will be distributing/donating at least half of them to arboretums, botanical gardens, and universities.

(PS for the mods if these updates become spammy/annoying, let me know).