Rebecca Beneroff
@botanicalbecks.bsky.social
Aspiring botanical ecologist! | Biology Master's Student & Botany research assistant, The Martine Lab, @Bucknell | Aspiring sci-commer | Casual artist | Amateur Photographer | Ologies Aspirant | AuDHD 🏳️🌈
Catch me fist-fighting R
Catch me fist-fighting R
1 year since my goofy Muppet girl, Hettie, followed us home during a cold and rainy evening walk. Thank you cat distribution system :) she's a happy, fluffy, round indoor kitty now
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
1 year since my goofy Muppet girl, Hettie, followed us home during a cold and rainy evening walk. Thank you cat distribution system :) she's a happy, fluffy, round indoor kitty now
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One whole year with Hettie! She followed us home a year ago and never looked back (okay, she looked back once, but came running home after she realized it was cold and she liked free food).
Happy Gotcha Day, Hecate :)
Day 1 vs. Day 365
Happy Gotcha Day, Hecate :)
Day 1 vs. Day 365
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One whole year with Hettie! She followed us home a year ago and never looked back (okay, she looked back once, but came running home after she realized it was cold and she liked free food).
Happy Gotcha Day, Hecate :)
Day 1 vs. Day 365
Happy Gotcha Day, Hecate :)
Day 1 vs. Day 365
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Good visit to the Penn State #Herbarium with @botanicalbecks.bsky.social. Checking out Penstemon and dropping some gift specimens. Thanks to Sarah Chamberlain for hosting. #iamabotanist
October 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Good visit to the Penn State #Herbarium with @botanicalbecks.bsky.social. Checking out Penstemon and dropping some gift specimens. Thanks to Sarah Chamberlain for hosting. #iamabotanist
My really happy, exciting find of the day :) Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar on Spicebush!
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My really happy, exciting find of the day :) Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar on Spicebush!
I just think they're beautiful
Penstemon seeds under my dissecting scope
Penstemon seeds under my dissecting scope
September 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I just think they're beautiful
Penstemon seeds under my dissecting scope
Penstemon seeds under my dissecting scope
Field day with my favorite assistant @writerbynight.bsky.social at Raystown Lake :)
September 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Field day with my favorite assistant @writerbynight.bsky.social at Raystown Lake :)
Today's new greenhouse flowers (and cones!) !
August 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today's new greenhouse flowers (and cones!) !
Native pollinator appreciation at the garden :)
August 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Native pollinator appreciation at the garden :)
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The unique morphological basis & repeated evolutionary origins of personate flowers in #Penstemon
New #AJB research by @trinitydepatie.bsky.social & @carriewessi.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #phylogenomics #evolution #snapdragon
New #AJB research by @trinitydepatie.bsky.social & @carriewessi.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #phylogenomics #evolution #snapdragon
August 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The unique morphological basis & repeated evolutionary origins of personate flowers in #Penstemon
New #AJB research by @trinitydepatie.bsky.social & @carriewessi.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #phylogenomics #evolution #snapdragon
New #AJB research by @trinitydepatie.bsky.social & @carriewessi.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #phylogenomics #evolution #snapdragon
Reposted by Rebecca Beneroff
Just want to shoutout a new study from the Wessinger Lab by my colleague @trinitydepatie.bsky.social. bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... She investigated the repeated evolution of personate flowers within Penstemon by examining patterns of introgression, topological discordance, and
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Just want to shoutout a new study from the Wessinger Lab by my colleague @trinitydepatie.bsky.social. bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... She investigated the repeated evolution of personate flowers within Penstemon by examining patterns of introgression, topological discordance, and
Fave museum collection greenhouse flowers of the day :)
August 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Fave museum collection greenhouse flowers of the day :)
Stopped by the research greenhouse while tending the museum collection and ugh, I just love these flowers so much
August 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Stopped by the research greenhouse while tending the museum collection and ugh, I just love these flowers so much
Never have I been more grateful for 80° and slight humidity than after coming back from 110° and the wind is an oven. Got to work in the garden and greenhouse, the harvests are looking nice!
August 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Never have I been more grateful for 80° and slight humidity than after coming back from 110° and the wind is an oven. Got to work in the garden and greenhouse, the harvests are looking nice!
Home and recuperating from Botany 2025! Really amazing conference, I met so many incredible people and had such an awesome time (in spite of the UV index). My second Botany was a really amazing experience and I'm so excited to see everyone next year in Tuscon! (And some of you at SICB in Portland 🙂)
August 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Home and recuperating from Botany 2025! Really amazing conference, I met so many incredible people and had such an awesome time (in spite of the UV index). My second Botany was a really amazing experience and I'm so excited to see everyone next year in Tuscon! (And some of you at SICB in Portland 🙂)
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SICBer - Professor @martinebotany.bsky.social
is developing a web-based program :
"#Plants Are Cool, Too!" — & Chris is on the look-out for plants (and their #researchers) to highlight.
Watch episodes:
www.youtube.com/user/PlantsA...
&
www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/ch...
#botany #phylogenetics
is developing a web-based program :
"#Plants Are Cool, Too!" — & Chris is on the look-out for plants (and their #researchers) to highlight.
Watch episodes:
www.youtube.com/user/PlantsA...
&
www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/ch...
#botany #phylogenetics
July 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
SICBer - Professor @martinebotany.bsky.social
is developing a web-based program :
"#Plants Are Cool, Too!" — & Chris is on the look-out for plants (and their #researchers) to highlight.
Watch episodes:
www.youtube.com/user/PlantsA...
&
www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/ch...
#botany #phylogenetics
is developing a web-based program :
"#Plants Are Cool, Too!" — & Chris is on the look-out for plants (and their #researchers) to highlight.
Watch episodes:
www.youtube.com/user/PlantsA...
&
www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/ch...
#botany #phylogenetics
Wanna hear about eastern Penstemon funkyness? Stop by poster #102 at 6:15!
July 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Wanna hear about eastern Penstemon funkyness? Stop by poster #102 at 6:15!
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Wheels up! On our way to #Botany2025! Rebecca Beneroff @botanicalbecks.bsky.social is a person you should all meet. #plantpeopleFTW
July 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Wheels up! On our way to #Botany2025! Rebecca Beneroff @botanicalbecks.bsky.social is a person you should all meet. #plantpeopleFTW
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Good day at @nybg.bsky.social #herbarium where @botanicalbecks.bsky.social got to see the holotype of her study species, Penstemon canescens… plus a whole lot of other things that *say* they are P. canescens. 😬 It’s a challenging one!
#iamabotanist
#iamabotanist
July 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Good day at @nybg.bsky.social #herbarium where @botanicalbecks.bsky.social got to see the holotype of her study species, Penstemon canescens… plus a whole lot of other things that *say* they are P. canescens. 😬 It’s a challenging one!
#iamabotanist
#iamabotanist
Really happy with how mine and @writerbynight.bsky.social's back door is looking :) and our little garden plot at the community garden is getting going too! Some stuff still has to get planted and land in a final destination, but over all, doing good :)
June 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Really happy with how mine and @writerbynight.bsky.social's back door is looking :) and our little garden plot at the community garden is getting going too! Some stuff still has to get planted and land in a final destination, but over all, doing good :)
Reposted by Rebecca Beneroff
Penstemons are hard. But @botanicalbecks.bsky.social is on the job!
@trinitydepatie.bsky.social can we keep you on speed dial? 😀
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleftw #conservation
@trinitydepatie.bsky.social can we keep you on speed dial? 😀
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleftw #conservation
June 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Penstemons are hard. But @botanicalbecks.bsky.social is on the job!
@trinitydepatie.bsky.social can we keep you on speed dial? 😀
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleftw #conservation
@trinitydepatie.bsky.social can we keep you on speed dial? 😀
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleftw #conservation
Good day for rain, iykyk 🚫 👑
June 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Good day for rain, iykyk 🚫 👑
Our little gardens looking good :)
June 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Our little gardens looking good :)
Some of my favorite new flowers in the museum greenhouse at Bucknell. I love that I'm able to help as a caretaker of this collection
June 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Some of my favorite new flowers in the museum greenhouse at Bucknell. I love that I'm able to help as a caretaker of this collection
Had an awesome second field day yesterday looking at Penstemon morphological funkyness on some PA shale barrens around Raystown Lake as part of my Master's thesis! What a cool study system and an awesome environment :)
June 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Had an awesome second field day yesterday looking at Penstemon morphological funkyness on some PA shale barrens around Raystown Lake as part of my Master's thesis! What a cool study system and an awesome environment :)
I've been teaching myself to crochet lil guys to make my brain be quiet, and then I've been placing them in our little free art museum to be adopted. It's been a great way to practice without feeling guilty about just having practice pieces build up. Here's the roster from this week!
June 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I've been teaching myself to crochet lil guys to make my brain be quiet, and then I've been placing them in our little free art museum to be adopted. It's been a great way to practice without feeling guilty about just having practice pieces build up. Here's the roster from this week!