Mason Heberling
@jmheberling.bsky.social
person, husband, parent, friend, plant ecologist, necessarily in that order; botany curator @carnegieMNH; herbarium posts http://www.collectedonthisday.com
The new iNaturalist app kinda sucks. There I said it.
January 29, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The new iNaturalist app kinda sucks. There I said it.
Quick little #collectedonthisday post (excuse typos!) on Saint Vincent College herbarium fire of 1963, a collection lost 63 years ago but rebuilt. www.masonheberling.com/collected-on...
January 28, 1963: St. Vincent College Herbarium (LAT)
This specimen of shining clubmoss ( Huperzia lucidula ) was collected by Maximilian G. Duman near the campus of St. Vincent College. It isn't dated, but his collector number and context clues...
www.masonheberling.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Quick little #collectedonthisday post (excuse typos!) on Saint Vincent College herbarium fire of 1963, a collection lost 63 years ago but rebuilt. www.masonheberling.com/collected-on...
I’ve STILL never been to Academy of Natural Sciences (or not even Philly even, believe it or not). But oh my, I need to find a way to check out the new upcoming exhibition on plants of Lewis & Clark from indigenous perspective ansp.org/exhibits/bot...
Botany of Nations
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January 24, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I’ve STILL never been to Academy of Natural Sciences (or not even Philly even, believe it or not). But oh my, I need to find a way to check out the new upcoming exhibition on plants of Lewis & Clark from indigenous perspective ansp.org/exhibits/bot...
Probably too early in the year to suggest in meetings that we should “circle back on that next year”? 😆
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Probably too early in the year to suggest in meetings that we should “circle back on that next year”? 😆
excited to hear about the new @usa-npn.bsky.social Nature's Notebook app! phenophase definitions and reference images, new funcationality for advanced traits, adding photos, geolocation tags...and more! #NPNLPLconference #makinguphashtags
January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
excited to hear about the new @usa-npn.bsky.social Nature's Notebook app! phenophase definitions and reference images, new funcationality for advanced traits, adding photos, geolocation tags...and more! #NPNLPLconference #makinguphashtags
Great National Phenology Network conference on local phenology leaders going on this week online. Really enjoying and learning new ideas from the talks so far! usanpn.org/community/Lo... @usa-npn.bsky.social
2026 Local Phenology Leader Virtual Conference | USA National Phenology Network
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January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Great National Phenology Network conference on local phenology leaders going on this week online. Really enjoying and learning new ideas from the talks so far! usanpn.org/community/Lo... @usa-npn.bsky.social
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Great article on the history of & specimens collected by the Lady Franklin Bay expedition. I loved the use & the crediting of @bionomia.net (which uses #Wikidata for deceased collectors) for assisting in the uncovering of more specimens from that expedition. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Bionomia
Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884)
Widespread museum digitization initiatives have made the world's herbaria more accessible than ever, launching a renaissance of specimen use. We highlight the value of digitization to bolster both sc....
doi.org
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Great article on the history of & specimens collected by the Lady Franklin Bay expedition. I loved the use & the crediting of @bionomia.net (which uses #Wikidata for deceased collectors) for assisting in the uncovering of more specimens from that expedition. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Bionomia
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New paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social using @gbif.org mediated data:
Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) 🇨🇦
#CiteTheDOI: ✅
#OpenAccess: ⭐️
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70063
Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) 🇨🇦
#CiteTheDOI: ✅
#OpenAccess: ⭐️
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70063
Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884)
Widespread museum digitization initiatives have made the world's herbaria more accessible than ever, launching a renaissance of specimen use. We highlight the value of digitization to bolster both sc...
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
New paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social using @gbif.org mediated data:
Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) 🇨🇦
#CiteTheDOI: ✅
#OpenAccess: ⭐️
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70063
Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) 🇨🇦
#CiteTheDOI: ✅
#OpenAccess: ⭐️
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70063
New day, new authentication app to download or online training to do!
January 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
New day, new authentication app to download or online training to do!
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Looking for any STS/Env Hum folks working on biological invasion, conservations, and multispecies violence!
With this combined panel, Luiza and I planned one sesh for 1. presentations and 2. ecology-humanities tandem workshop. We hope for (lots of✨) space for interdisciplinary discussion!
With this combined panel, Luiza and I planned one sesh for 1. presentations and 2. ecology-humanities tandem workshop. We hope for (lots of✨) space for interdisciplinary discussion!
CfP: Reimagining futures with #InvasiveSpecies through #STS
Organized by @katiekung.bsky.social and I for the @easst.bsky.social conference, the panel welcomes contributions from different backgrounds dealing with any spp deemed invasive. More about it here: nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
Organized by @katiekung.bsky.social and I for the @easst.bsky.social conference, the panel welcomes contributions from different backgrounds dealing with any spp deemed invasive. More about it here: nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
CB190: Meeting invasions halfway: Reimagining futures with invasive species through STS
Bringing together ecologists and STS scholars, this combined panel+workshop examines invasion science as an eco-social practice, exploring cultural meanings,
nomadit.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Looking for any STS/Env Hum folks working on biological invasion, conservations, and multispecies violence!
With this combined panel, Luiza and I planned one sesh for 1. presentations and 2. ecology-humanities tandem workshop. We hope for (lots of✨) space for interdisciplinary discussion!
With this combined panel, Luiza and I planned one sesh for 1. presentations and 2. ecology-humanities tandem workshop. We hope for (lots of✨) space for interdisciplinary discussion!
PEACHH Lab (@benrlee.com) at ETSU is recruiting a PhD with exciting projects relating to phenological mismatch, ecophysiology, forest ecology. Highly recommend working with Ben!! www.peacchlab.com/opportunities
OPPORTUNITIES | PEACCH-Lab-ecology
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October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
PEACHH Lab (@benrlee.com) at ETSU is recruiting a PhD with exciting projects relating to phenological mismatch, ecophysiology, forest ecology. Highly recommend working with Ben!! www.peacchlab.com/opportunities
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Come for this pitcher commemorating the first Federal Census and stay for my plea for rethinking data. Thanks to @jmheberling.bsky.social for the inspiration and to @kawulf.bsky.social for the encouragement.
Guest Post - Rethinking Disciplinary Data Regimes - The Scholarly Kitchen
Between a political policy environment focused on defunding and deleting data collections – an environment in which little can be trusted – and an onslaught of new AI tools that feed indiscriminately ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Come for this pitcher commemorating the first Federal Census and stay for my plea for rethinking data. Thanks to @jmheberling.bsky.social for the inspiration and to @kawulf.bsky.social for the encouragement.
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Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu
August 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
Interesting study on holotypes, where they were collected compared to where they are stored. “The distance between collection sites and herbaria has decreased over time, that is, around 1800, the median distance was 8,800 km, while by 2000 it decreased to 750 km.” doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens
Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new...
doi.org
July 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Interesting study on holotypes, where they were collected compared to where they are stored. “The distance between collection sites and herbaria has decreased over time, that is, around 1800, the median distance was 8,800 km, while by 2000 it decreased to 750 km.” doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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Great NYT article today about how not to make problems with invasive species even worse, featuring @evecologist.bsky.social and @jmheberling.bsky.social
🌐🧪🌱
Free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
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Free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
Fighting Invasive Plants: The Ones We’ve Got and Those We Think Are Coming
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Great NYT article today about how not to make problems with invasive species even worse, featuring @evecologist.bsky.social and @jmheberling.bsky.social
🌐🧪🌱
Free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
🌐🧪🌱
Free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
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Great new piece on dealing with #invasivePlants with Evelyn Beaury and @jmheberling.bsky.social
Dr. Beaury is out of Bethany Bradley's Lab at @umassamherst.bsky.social and is already well published. She has this new position New York Botanical Garden.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
Dr. Beaury is out of Bethany Bradley's Lab at @umassamherst.bsky.social and is already well published. She has this new position New York Botanical Garden.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
Fighting Invasive Plants: The Ones We’ve Got and Those We Think Are Coming
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Great new piece on dealing with #invasivePlants with Evelyn Beaury and @jmheberling.bsky.social
Dr. Beaury is out of Bethany Bradley's Lab at @umassamherst.bsky.social and is already well published. She has this new position New York Botanical Garden.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
Dr. Beaury is out of Bethany Bradley's Lab at @umassamherst.bsky.social and is already well published. She has this new position New York Botanical Garden.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
Mystery solved! Whitehead (1976) "Collecting Beetles in Exotic Places without Leaving Home: The Herbarium" www.jstor.org/stable/3999695 That was really bothering me.
July 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Mystery solved! Whitehead (1976) "Collecting Beetles in Exotic Places without Leaving Home: The Herbarium" www.jstor.org/stable/3999695 That was really bothering me.
Insects pressed on herbarium sheets...I'm looking for a paper I know exists on the topic, a short essay in a relatively narrow audience bulletin, ca. 1970s-1980s perhaps. Going nuts trying to locate it again.
July 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Insects pressed on herbarium sheets...I'm looking for a paper I know exists on the topic, a short essay in a relatively narrow audience bulletin, ca. 1970s-1980s perhaps. Going nuts trying to locate it again.
Every year at this time, I’m reminded that Lonicera morrowii has two different fruit colors. And each year, I wonder if there is any explanation. I think the same species, right? Maybe I’ll remember to tag a few this year to see if color maintains year to year. Maybe.
June 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Every year at this time, I’m reminded that Lonicera morrowii has two different fruit colors. And each year, I wonder if there is any explanation. I think the same species, right? Maybe I’ll remember to tag a few this year to see if color maintains year to year. Maybe.
Powdermill Nature Reserve is hiring a position to work up some datasets, with fairly broad, open ended goals that can be tailored to interests/expertise. Possibility for remote work. Would make a great postdoc or even sabbatical project.
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us251.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
Job opportunity at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh - Data Scientist, Temporary
Check out this exciting job opportunity available at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh!
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June 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Powdermill Nature Reserve is hiring a position to work up some datasets, with fairly broad, open ended goals that can be tailored to interests/expertise. Possibility for remote work. Would make a great postdoc or even sabbatical project.
us251.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
us251.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
My god, the really cool herbarium papers are coming in faster than I can read them.
June 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My god, the really cool herbarium papers are coming in faster than I can read them.
Excited for our new paper out led by Chatham University undergraduate Searrah Bierker presenting a new, holistic approach to herbarium specimen collections, what we call "integrated vouchers," that aims to capture intraspecific variation not well documented in herbaria. dx.doi.org/10.2992/007....
June 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Excited for our new paper out led by Chatham University undergraduate Searrah Bierker presenting a new, holistic approach to herbarium specimen collections, what we call "integrated vouchers," that aims to capture intraspecific variation not well documented in herbaria. dx.doi.org/10.2992/007....
Powdermill Nature Reserve yesterday 😍
May 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Powdermill Nature Reserve yesterday 😍
Signing in to OrcID to sign in to Web of Science profile to sign in to Scholar One… 😆 (but actually way easier than remembering another log in)
May 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Signing in to OrcID to sign in to Web of Science profile to sign in to Scholar One… 😆 (but actually way easier than remembering another log in)
So I’m in the New York Times today 👀 😃 in a nice piece on artists and invasive species featuring our new exhibition at Carnegie Museum on invasive plants nyti.ms/42fFzpa
Standing Up for Invasive Species (Gift Article)
Artists and scientists are finding ways to highlight troublesome plants and animals, tell their stories and, in some cases, use them as raw materials.
nyti.ms
April 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
So I’m in the New York Times today 👀 😃 in a nice piece on artists and invasive species featuring our new exhibition at Carnegie Museum on invasive plants nyti.ms/42fFzpa