Isaac Lichter Marck
@ca-naturalist.bsky.social
Daisy taxonomist studying plant evolutionary radiations in oceanic & sky islands + Deserts. Currently an NSF PRFP at Cal Academy of Sciences. UC Berkeley PhD. He/Him. rockdaisy.wordpress.com
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The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. By @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park
The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist...
www.npr.org
It has been wonderful to see all the enthusiasm for the #woolydevil in the midst of everything else going on. This is a wonderful write up by @npr.org @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
Conglomerate Mesa is one of the most incredible sky islands in the West—rising like a giant cupcake above the desert, frosted with rare plants like the Inyo rock daisy.
Now, Canadian mining company K2 is nearly approved to drill it for gold.
#ProtectConglomerateMesa #PublicLands #botany
Now, Canadian mining company K2 is nearly approved to drill it for gold.
#ProtectConglomerateMesa #PublicLands #botany
May 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Conglomerate Mesa is one of the most incredible sky islands in the West—rising like a giant cupcake above the desert, frosted with rare plants like the Inyo rock daisy.
Now, Canadian mining company K2 is nearly approved to drill it for gold.
#ProtectConglomerateMesa #PublicLands #botany
Now, Canadian mining company K2 is nearly approved to drill it for gold.
#ProtectConglomerateMesa #PublicLands #botany
Join us July 27th the day before #Botany2025 for a free phylogenetic biogeography workshop in RevBayes!
Taught by @landismj.bsky.social +Sarah Swiston (WUSTL), Felipe Zapata (UCLA), and myself, with surprise guests!
Details: www.botanyconference.org/workshops/wo...
Taught by @landismj.bsky.social +Sarah Swiston (WUSTL), Felipe Zapata (UCLA), and myself, with surprise guests!
Details: www.botanyconference.org/workshops/wo...
🌵 #Botany2025 Field Trips & Workshops are open for registration! 🌴
Explore alpine meadows, desert oases, and beyond! Student field trip waivers available (see website for details).
Workshops cover 3D printing, data analysis, graphic design, plus much more.
Register now! www.botanyconference.org
Explore alpine meadows, desert oases, and beyond! Student field trip waivers available (see website for details).
Workshops cover 3D printing, data analysis, graphic design, plus much more.
Register now! www.botanyconference.org
April 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Join us July 27th the day before #Botany2025 for a free phylogenetic biogeography workshop in RevBayes!
Taught by @landismj.bsky.social +Sarah Swiston (WUSTL), Felipe Zapata (UCLA), and myself, with surprise guests!
Details: www.botanyconference.org/workshops/wo...
Taught by @landismj.bsky.social +Sarah Swiston (WUSTL), Felipe Zapata (UCLA), and myself, with surprise guests!
Details: www.botanyconference.org/workshops/wo...
🚨Urgent: Help Save Decades of Work by Navajo Botanists🚨
For decades, Arnold Clifford has built up the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium. Now, this collection is at risk—snowstorms are causing the roof to cave in, putting >30,000 specimens in danger.
#IndigenousScience #Conservation #MutualAid #botany
For decades, Arnold Clifford has built up the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium. Now, this collection is at risk—snowstorms are causing the roof to cave in, putting >30,000 specimens in danger.
#IndigenousScience #Conservation #MutualAid #botany
March 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
🚨Urgent: Help Save Decades of Work by Navajo Botanists🚨
For decades, Arnold Clifford has built up the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium. Now, this collection is at risk—snowstorms are causing the roof to cave in, putting >30,000 specimens in danger.
#IndigenousScience #Conservation #MutualAid #botany
For decades, Arnold Clifford has built up the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium. Now, this collection is at risk—snowstorms are causing the roof to cave in, putting >30,000 specimens in danger.
#IndigenousScience #Conservation #MutualAid #botany
It has been wonderful to see all the enthusiasm for the #woolydevil in the midst of everything else going on. This is a wonderful write up by @npr.org @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. By @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park
The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist...
www.npr.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It has been wonderful to see all the enthusiasm for the #woolydevil in the midst of everything else going on. This is a wonderful write up by @npr.org @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
Just in time for spring! New research led by @ioana-anghel.bsky.social on the evolutionary origins of desert wildflowers in genus #Linanthus, the desert snow or sand blossoms.
When the sand blossoms: #Phylogeny, trait #evolution, & geography of speciation in #Linanthus
New #AJB research by @ioana-anghel.bsky.social, Lydia Smith, Isaac Lichter-Marck & Felipe Zapata
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #desert
New #AJB research by @ioana-anghel.bsky.social, Lydia Smith, Isaac Lichter-Marck & Felipe Zapata
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #desert
February 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just in time for spring! New research led by @ioana-anghel.bsky.social on the evolutionary origins of desert wildflowers in genus #Linanthus, the desert snow or sand blossoms.
Reposted by Isaac Lichter Marck
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a new plant genus and species has been discovered in a U.S. national park.
🔗 @pensoft.net blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t...
🔗 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
@calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
🔗 @pensoft.net blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t...
🔗 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
@calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
The woolly devil: a landmark U.S. plant discovery
Belonging to the sunflower family, the tiny plant was found in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
blog.pensoft.net
February 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a new plant genus and species has been discovered in a U.S. national park.
🔗 @pensoft.net blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t...
🔗 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
@calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
🔗 @pensoft.net blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t...
🔗 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
@calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
Reposted by Isaac Lichter Marck
The 'wooly devil' is the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a U.S. national park for nearly 50 years.
Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t...
@calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t...
@calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
The woolly devil: a landmark U.S. plant discovery
Belonging to the sunflower family, the tiny plant was found in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
blog.pensoft.net
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The 'wooly devil' is the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a U.S. national park for nearly 50 years.
Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t...
@calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t...
@calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
Very excited to introduce the newest genus of wild sunflowers, a tiny desert annual covered in dense wool and heads with just two small ray florets.
Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
February 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Very excited to introduce the newest genus of wild sunflowers, a tiny desert annual covered in dense wool and heads with just two small ray florets.
Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
Reposted by Isaac Lichter Marck
Enhorabuena al #biodiverso M.March por el editorial publicado en Basic and Applied Ecology sobre investigación y conservación de flora de acantilados "Cliff ecosystems: A critical yet uncharted frontier for research and conservation" @ca-naturalist.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Enhorabuena al #biodiverso M.March por el editorial publicado en Basic and Applied Ecology sobre investigación y conservación de flora de acantilados "Cliff ecosystems: A critical yet uncharted frontier for research and conservation" @ca-naturalist.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A bright spot in a dark week. The International Compositae Alliance (TICA) has just put out the newest volume of the bi-annual publication Capitulum 3(2) and this issue has STYLE. 😎🌼
OA, here: www.compositae.org/capitulum_03...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #biodiversity #evolution #asteraceae
OA, here: www.compositae.org/capitulum_03...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #biodiversity #evolution #asteraceae
January 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A bright spot in a dark week. The International Compositae Alliance (TICA) has just put out the newest volume of the bi-annual publication Capitulum 3(2) and this issue has STYLE. 😎🌼
OA, here: www.compositae.org/capitulum_03...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #biodiversity #evolution #asteraceae
OA, here: www.compositae.org/capitulum_03...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #biodiversity #evolution #asteraceae
Cliff ecosystems are rich in bizarre, unique plants and animals but many facts about their ecology, evolution, and conservation remain mysterious.
Now out, open access, is an entire special issue devoted to cliff research in Basic and Applied Ecology:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Now out, open access, is an entire special issue devoted to cliff research in Basic and Applied Ecology:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
January 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Cliff ecosystems are rich in bizarre, unique plants and animals but many facts about their ecology, evolution, and conservation remain mysterious.
Now out, open access, is an entire special issue devoted to cliff research in Basic and Applied Ecology:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Now out, open access, is an entire special issue devoted to cliff research in Basic and Applied Ecology:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...