Please RT! #NEBS Grad Student Research Award program is accepting proposals thru Feb. 1st - up to $3000 toward projects relating to the flora of New England: Botany, systematics, plant ecology, genetics, biogeography, ecophysiology, etc. See rhodora.org for more info
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There's still time to sign up for tonight's lecture. Or if you're local, come on over so you can attend in person! Find out more: rhodora.org
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Free, open to the public! In person or Zoom, Sat, Nov. 5 @ 7pm ET. Register here: rhodora.org
Understanding how leaves reflect light can teach us more about the plants. Join us for "Plant Diversity Shows its True Colors," a lecture by prof José Eduardo Meireles.
Free, open to the public! In person or Zoom, Sat, Nov. 5 @ 7pm ET. Register here: rhodora.org
Understanding how leaves reflect light can teach us more about the plants. Join us for "Plant Diversity Shows its True Colors," a lecture by prof José Eduardo Meireles.
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Please RT to #ClimateConscious friends! Free, virtual presentation Saturday, Oct. 1 @ 7pm ET: "Climate adaptation strategies for New Hampshire’s salt marsh habitat" with Joanne Glode of . Register here: rhodora.org
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Free field trip, Saturday, July 16! Get up close by boat to the water-loving plants of Berry & Dexter Ponds in Winthrop and Wayne, Maine. Bring your kayak or canoe. Guide: Dr. Eric Doucette. Sign up here: rhodora.org
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Free #NEBS and field trip in greater New Haven, CT on Saturday, July 9 @ West Rock Ridge. Sign up to experience the plants of the ridge. Steep slopes & rocky trails. Guide: Forester & Botanist Laura Green.
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Unfortunate news from New Hampshire where smooth slender crabgrass (Digitaria filiformis var. laeviglumis) has officially been declared globally extinct.
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First free in-person field trip for the year! Sunday, June 19 @ Hunnewell Town Forest in #Natick, MA. Sign up to learn how these plants negatively affect ecosystems & what you can do. Level: easy. Guide: Dr. Lisa Standley.
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Pictured: sapphire berry, Symplocos paniculata and wine berry, Rubus phoenicolasius
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First free in-person field trip for the year! Sunday, June 19 @ Hunnewell Town Forest in #Natick, MA. Sign up to learn how these plants negatively affect ecosystems & what you can do. Level: easy. Guide: Dr. Lisa Standley.
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Globally rare fern species found this month in Massachusetts by #NEBS member and MA state botanist !
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It's rare that my #fieldwork results in adding a new native globally rare species to the #flora of Massachusetts, but it happened in May. ID confirmed by moonwort expert Art Gilman, author of the "New Flora of Vermont" Botrychium ascendens (upswept mooonwort)
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Free virtual talk tomorrow night (May 7 @ 7pm ET)! #NEBS welcomes William Cullina , who will discuss the critical role #publicgardens play in our society. Not a member of NEBS? Not a problem; register for Bill's talk here: rhodora.org
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#PublicGardens grow plants for health & enjoyment of all people. Bill Cullina @morrisarboretum will give a free virtual talk: "Public Gardens in Today's World" Saturday May 7 @ 7pm ET
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#PublicGardens grow plants for health & enjoyment of all people. Bill Cullina will give a free virtual talk: "Public Gardens in Today's World" Saturday May 7 @ 7pm ET
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Parasitic plant alert pt 2! This paper represents one of my favorite projects to date. The results incorporate many threads from my research-there's even surprise wolf tree content! Thanks to @NewEngBotanical for funding this non-photosynthetic adventure 
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CORRECTION: SE Asian rainforests!
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Free virtual talk! Apr. 2 @ 7pmET
@RadioGondwana, #Paleobotanist at #PennState will speak on "Origins and Paleoconservation of Southeast Asian Rainforests." Not a member of #NEBS? Not a problem. Sign up here: rhodora.org
Photo of #VisualLeafLibrary: @penn_state
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Free virtual talk! Apr. 2 @ 7pmET
, #Paleobotanist at #PennState will speak on "Origins and Paleoconservation of Southeast Asian Rainforests." Not a member of #NEBS? Not a problem. Sign up here: rhodora.org
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Free virtual talk TONIGHT! Mar. 5 @ 7pmET , author of SE US floras & wildflower guides, and Director of Herbarium will discuss tools for biodiversity #conservation. Not a member of #NEBS? Not a problem. Register: rhodora.org
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Free virtual talk! , author of SE US floras & wildflower guides, and Director of Herbarium will discuss tools for biodiversity #conservation. Sat. Mar. 5 @ 7pmET- free! Not a member of #NEBS? Not a problem. Register: rhodora.org
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Fun #NewEnglandPlants ID-A-Thon on this coming weekend! If you practice #NEBotany and have some time to spare, join this important project! inaturalist.org/projects/new-e
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Tonight! Free and open to the public! Sign up here: rhodora.org
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#PleaseRT! Come learn something about plants that you didn't already know from @CincinnatiZoo's Dr. Valerie Pence. This Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7pm EST. Not a member? Not a problem! Sign up here: rhodora.org
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#PleaseRT! Come learn something about plants that you didn't already know from 's Dr. Valerie Pence. This Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7pm EST. Not a member? Not a problem! Sign up here: rhodora.org
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Saturday, Feb. 5 @ 7pm EST. Free, virtual talk!
#SeedBanks are awesome! They help save our Earth's plants. Ever consider plants with no seeds, or have seeds that can't be stored? Sign up to learn more from Dr. Valerie Pence : rhodora.org
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#PleaseRT! FREE talk this Sat. Jan. 8 @ 7pm ET! Past award winners , Dr. Jay Wason III , and speak about invasive plants, trees and drought, and fern evolution. Not a member of #NEBS? Not a problem! Sign up here: rhodora.org
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Please RT! #NEBS Mehrhoff Botanical Research Award program is accepting proposals thru Feb. 1st - awards up to $2000 to support projects relating to the flora of New England. See rhodora.org for more info.
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Please RT! #NEBS Junior Faculty Award for research on the flora of New England is accepting proposals thru Feb. 1st. Award of $5000 to support projects by new faculty on botany, ecology, ecophysiology, biogeography & systematics in the region. See rhodora.org for info
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Please RT! #NEBS Grad Student Research Award program is accepting proposals thru Feb. 1st - up to $3000 toward projects relating to the flora of New England: Botany, systematics, plant ecology, genetics, biogeography, ecophysiology, etc. See rhodora.org for more info
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Not #NewEnglandFlora but worth sharing! professor Brian Keener named a new species of Hexastylis discovered by Gena Todia in Alabama! You never know what you’ll find when you #GoOutside. Photo credit: Brian Keener and Alan Cressler
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#PleaseRT! Free, virtual talk by #NEBS pres and prof this Sat. Dec. 4 @ 7pm ET. His research about #Magnolia tripetala will amaze both #Ecology and #EmilyDickinson fans. Sign up: rhodora.org
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#PleaseRT! Free, virtual talk by #NEBS pres and prof this Sat. Dec. 4 @ 7pm ET. His research about #Magnolia tripetala will amaze both #Ecology and #EmilyDickinson fans. Sign up: rhodora.org
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Free talk, Sat. Nov. 6 @ 7pmET! , Assistant Prof of Indigenous Natural Sciences has been discovering how the loss of hemlocks affects the region's ecosystems. Register: rhodora.org
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This is a free, live Zoom presentation. See you there!
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#NEBS hosts Dr. Danielle Ignace, Assistant Prof of Indigenous Natural Sciences. Discover how loss of #Hemlocks affects ecosystems. Sat. Nov. 6 @ 7pmET- free! Not a member, not a problem. Register: rhodora.org
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Free talk tomorrow! Oct. 2 at 7pm ET, learn from Dr. Chris Neill of about how ecosystems are affected when #CranberryBogs are restored back to wetlands. Not a member of #NEBS? Register here: rhodora.org.
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Fun photos from our latest botanical field trip in Princeton, MA. Hope to see you on our outings next year! Meanwhile, take your love of botany up one level by becoming a member at rhodora.org. #NewEnglandBotany #NEBS
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With rich collections on display, offers an inspiring experience in #PlantConservation! Read more about our new Participating Institution in our June newsletter & learn about their conservation work to #SavePlants: bit.ly/3vXg6NS
📸: Paul Rezendes
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Conserving Plant Diversity, the new report from @NativePlantTrust and , includes summaries of the habitat conservation status and opportunities for each New England State. See more at nativeplant.trust.org/plant-diversit
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#DYK the last Boston sighting of the New England blazing star was in 1933? Our horticulturists partnered with & MA Division of Fisheries & Wildlife to reintroduce this rare wildflower to locations in Middlesex County.
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