The International Association for Vegetation Science
@iavs5.bsky.social
A worldwide union of vegetation scientists
Est. 1939
New members welcome!
For joining membership and our latest news, visit 👇
https://www.iavs.org/
Est. 1939
New members welcome!
For joining membership and our latest news, visit 👇
https://www.iavs.org/
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📢 68th #IAVS Symposium: Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation | 22-26 June 2026, Spain
Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!
📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!
📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
We are thrilled to announce Shiwani as the new IAVS Social Media Chair.
An ecologist & PhD scholar studying vegetation dynamics & climate change in cold-arid ecosystems of Trans-Himalayas. She is dedicated to strengthening IAVS’s global presence & fostering inclusive engagement in vegetation science
An ecologist & PhD scholar studying vegetation dynamics & climate change in cold-arid ecosystems of Trans-Himalayas. She is dedicated to strengthening IAVS’s global presence & fostering inclusive engagement in vegetation science
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We are thrilled to announce Shiwani as the new IAVS Social Media Chair.
An ecologist & PhD scholar studying vegetation dynamics & climate change in cold-arid ecosystems of Trans-Himalayas. She is dedicated to strengthening IAVS’s global presence & fostering inclusive engagement in vegetation science
An ecologist & PhD scholar studying vegetation dynamics & climate change in cold-arid ecosystems of Trans-Himalayas. She is dedicated to strengthening IAVS’s global presence & fostering inclusive engagement in vegetation science
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Thrilled to be one of the plenary speakers for the @iavs5.bsky.social 68th #IAVS Symposium (Gijón, Spain, 22-26 June 2026) along legends like @jcsvenning.bsky.social @gmendietal.bsky.social @ftmaestre.bsky.social et al!
Join us to discuss plants across taxonomic, spatial and temporal scales! 🌿
Join us to discuss plants across taxonomic, spatial and temporal scales! 🌿
📢 68th #IAVS Symposium: Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation | 22-26 June 2026, Spain
Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!
📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!
📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thrilled to be one of the plenary speakers for the @iavs5.bsky.social 68th #IAVS Symposium (Gijón, Spain, 22-26 June 2026) along legends like @jcsvenning.bsky.social @gmendietal.bsky.social @ftmaestre.bsky.social et al!
Join us to discuss plants across taxonomic, spatial and temporal scales! 🌿
Join us to discuss plants across taxonomic, spatial and temporal scales! 🌿
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Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2025/10/30/s... @iavs5.bsky.social
Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science - vegsciblog.org
Posted by Jürgen Dengler (Chair of the Guest Editors) Outline: Scaling laws are ubiquitous in ecology. Ignoring them can lead
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October 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2025/10/30/s... @iavs5.bsky.social
Don’t miss a single update on #IAVS2026
Stay updated on the 68th #IAVS #Symposium: “Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation”
🌱 Fill out our Expression of Interest form to get email alerts on deadlines, news, & key announcements 👇
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#ecology
Stay updated on the 68th #IAVS #Symposium: “Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation”
🌱 Fill out our Expression of Interest form to get email alerts on deadlines, news, & key announcements 👇
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EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST | IAVS 2026 - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain
EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST Fill in the expression of interest form to be kept up to date with information on the 68th IAVS Symposium
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October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Don’t miss a single update on #IAVS2026
Stay updated on the 68th #IAVS #Symposium: “Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation”
🌱 Fill out our Expression of Interest form to get email alerts on deadlines, news, & key announcements 👇
gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org/express-your...
#ecology
Stay updated on the 68th #IAVS #Symposium: “Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation”
🌱 Fill out our Expression of Interest form to get email alerts on deadlines, news, & key announcements 👇
gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org/express-your...
#ecology
📢 #Postdoc opportunity in #FireEcology – Brazil!
Join the FAPESP project Biota Cerrado on Fire at UNESP Rio Claro. Study how fire shapes #plantcommunities & #savanna restoration
Stipened: R$12,570/mo | Supervisor: Dr. Alessandra Fidelis
Details - shorturl.at/Z1IB9
Apply- forms.gle/F5MkdM6CR4CZ...
Join the FAPESP project Biota Cerrado on Fire at UNESP Rio Claro. Study how fire shapes #plantcommunities & #savanna restoration
Stipened: R$12,570/mo | Supervisor: Dr. Alessandra Fidelis
Details - shorturl.at/Z1IB9
Apply- forms.gle/F5MkdM6CR4CZ...
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📢 #Postdoc opportunity in #FireEcology – Brazil!
Join the FAPESP project Biota Cerrado on Fire at UNESP Rio Claro. Study how fire shapes #plantcommunities & #savanna restoration
Stipened: R$12,570/mo | Supervisor: Dr. Alessandra Fidelis
Details - shorturl.at/Z1IB9
Apply- forms.gle/F5MkdM6CR4CZ...
Join the FAPESP project Biota Cerrado on Fire at UNESP Rio Claro. Study how fire shapes #plantcommunities & #savanna restoration
Stipened: R$12,570/mo | Supervisor: Dr. Alessandra Fidelis
Details - shorturl.at/Z1IB9
Apply- forms.gle/F5MkdM6CR4CZ...
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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the third quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/10/23/v... @iavs5.bsky.social
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the third quarter of 2025 - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) In the third quarter of its 6th volume, Vegetation Classification
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October 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the third quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/10/23/v... @iavs5.bsky.social
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Excited to give a plenary talk at the @iavs5.bsky.social Symposium 2026 in beautiful Gijón, Spain! Looking forward to share our latest research about #dryland plant diversity and to reconnecting with the global vegetation science community gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org Don´t miss it!
October 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Excited to give a plenary talk at the @iavs5.bsky.social Symposium 2026 in beautiful Gijón, Spain! Looking forward to share our latest research about #dryland plant diversity and to reconnecting with the global vegetation science community gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org Don´t miss it!
📢 68th #IAVS Symposium: Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation | 22-26 June 2026, Spain
Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!
📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!
📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
📢 68th #IAVS Symposium: Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation | 22-26 June 2026, Spain
Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!
📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!
📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
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A wonderful day celebrating the legacy of Sandro Pignatti. At the end of the event, a tree was planted by the Director of the Botanical Garden of Rome, Prof. Fabio Attorre, in memory of Prof. Pignatti.
@iavs5.bsky.social
#EVS
@iavs5.bsky.social
#EVS
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A wonderful day celebrating the legacy of Sandro Pignatti. At the end of the event, a tree was planted by the Director of the Botanical Garden of Rome, Prof. Fabio Attorre, in memory of Prof. Pignatti.
@iavs5.bsky.social
#EVS
@iavs5.bsky.social
#EVS
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The event "Celebration the legacy of Sandro Pignatti" is now happening at the Botanical Garden of Rome organised by La Sapienza University of Rome
@iavs5.bsky.social
#EVS
@iavs5.bsky.social
#EVS
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The event "Celebration the legacy of Sandro Pignatti" is now happening at the Botanical Garden of Rome organised by La Sapienza University of Rome
@iavs5.bsky.social
#EVS
@iavs5.bsky.social
#EVS
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A study by Bienvenue et al. from France found significant differences in plant species richness under and outside solar panels, calling for differential conservation strategies to enhance vegetation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Effects of Panels and Management on Plant Community Composition in Southern French Solar Parks
Solar panels and solar park management change plant communities. Plant species richness and cover are clearly lower under (UP) than outside panels (OP) with intermediate values for microhabitats affe....
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October 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A study by Bienvenue et al. from France found significant differences in plant species richness under and outside solar panels, calling for differential conservation strategies to enhance vegetation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Plain language summary of the paper "A comparative study of lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in central California" published in the @jvegsci.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2025/10/15/l... @iavs5.bsky.social
A comparative study of lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in central California - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Michael Mulroy and Nishanta Rajakaruna Lichens and bryophytes may be small, but they are among the dominant life
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October 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Plain language summary of the paper "A comparative study of lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in central California" published in the @jvegsci.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2025/10/15/l... @iavs5.bsky.social
Our new IAVS Bulletin is out! 🌿
Featuring:
• 33rd European Vegetation Survey highlights
• 🌟 Laudatio for Prof. John Rodwell, first honorary EVS member
• 🕊️ In memoriam: Sandro Pignatti (1930–2025)
• 🗺️ EVA-MAP: New tool to explore Vegetation data
Read the full bulletin here👉 tinyurl.com/3jz3cnse
Featuring:
• 33rd European Vegetation Survey highlights
• 🌟 Laudatio for Prof. John Rodwell, first honorary EVS member
• 🕊️ In memoriam: Sandro Pignatti (1930–2025)
• 🗺️ EVA-MAP: New tool to explore Vegetation data
Read the full bulletin here👉 tinyurl.com/3jz3cnse
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our new IAVS Bulletin is out! 🌿
Featuring:
• 33rd European Vegetation Survey highlights
• 🌟 Laudatio for Prof. John Rodwell, first honorary EVS member
• 🕊️ In memoriam: Sandro Pignatti (1930–2025)
• 🗺️ EVA-MAP: New tool to explore Vegetation data
Read the full bulletin here👉 tinyurl.com/3jz3cnse
Featuring:
• 33rd European Vegetation Survey highlights
• 🌟 Laudatio for Prof. John Rodwell, first honorary EVS member
• 🕊️ In memoriam: Sandro Pignatti (1930–2025)
• 🗺️ EVA-MAP: New tool to explore Vegetation data
Read the full bulletin here👉 tinyurl.com/3jz3cnse
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Lianas form an important component of tropical forests. Check out a new paper by Addo-Fordjourto to learn how topography and logging affect their community structure.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Topography and Logging Structure Liana Community Assemblages in an Upland Evergreen Forest, Ghana
The study reveals how topography and logging influence liana community assemblages in an upland evergreen forest in Ghana. We demonstrate that topographic position influenced liana composition, diver....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Lianas form an important component of tropical forests. Check out a new paper by Addo-Fordjourto to learn how topography and logging affect their community structure.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Call for Historical Photos!! 📷
Do you have old photos of #vegetation scientists taken in the field, during excursions, at #IAVS or working group meetings?
We’re collecting historic images that capture the spirit of our community — from sampling plots to lively conferences.
Do you have old photos of #vegetation scientists taken in the field, during excursions, at #IAVS or working group meetings?
We’re collecting historic images that capture the spirit of our community — from sampling plots to lively conferences.
October 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Call for Historical Photos!! 📷
Do you have old photos of #vegetation scientists taken in the field, during excursions, at #IAVS or working group meetings?
We’re collecting historic images that capture the spirit of our community — from sampling plots to lively conferences.
Do you have old photos of #vegetation scientists taken in the field, during excursions, at #IAVS or working group meetings?
We’re collecting historic images that capture the spirit of our community — from sampling plots to lively conferences.
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The competitor, stress-tolerator, ruderal (CSR) concept is a prominent plant functional strategy scheme, but does the plant CSR strategy correlate with leaf phytochemistry? Check out this case study on alpine plants by Onipchenko et al.!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
CSR Strategies Are Associated With Elemental Leaf Chemistry in Alpine Plants
We studied the relation between plant species' positions within the CSR strategy scheme and leaf elemental composition of alpine plants in the Caucasus and Tatra Mountains. Many elements (e.g., K, S,...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The competitor, stress-tolerator, ruderal (CSR) concept is a prominent plant functional strategy scheme, but does the plant CSR strategy correlate with leaf phytochemistry? Check out this case study on alpine plants by Onipchenko et al.!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Launching Meet the #EcoInformatics!
A great opportunity for members of IAVS EcoInformatics Working Group to share their tools, #research, and stories tackling big #ecological questions.
👉Apply here - forms.gle/kqDzhfHJzDeUE99B9
A great opportunity for members of IAVS EcoInformatics Working Group to share their tools, #research, and stories tackling big #ecological questions.
👉Apply here - forms.gle/kqDzhfHJzDeUE99B9
forms.gle
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Launching Meet the #EcoInformatics!
A great opportunity for members of IAVS EcoInformatics Working Group to share their tools, #research, and stories tackling big #ecological questions.
👉Apply here - forms.gle/kqDzhfHJzDeUE99B9
A great opportunity for members of IAVS EcoInformatics Working Group to share their tools, #research, and stories tackling big #ecological questions.
👉Apply here - forms.gle/kqDzhfHJzDeUE99B9
Join us on 21 October 2025 at Sapienza University in Rome for a one-day seminar honouring Professor Sandro Pignatti, founder of our European Vegetation Survey Working Group. Celebrate his legacy where he once hosted inspiring conferences.
The members of the European Vegetation Survey are warmly welcome to the one-day seminar "Celebrating the Legacy of Sandro Pignatti" in Rome on 21 October.
Registration form: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Registration form: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
September 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Join us on 21 October 2025 at Sapienza University in Rome for a one-day seminar honouring Professor Sandro Pignatti, founder of our European Vegetation Survey Working Group. Celebrate his legacy where he once hosted inspiring conferences.
Missed our previous Ecoinformatics seminars?
Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered!
You can now access all past sessions, complete with recordings and materials, right here:👇
www.iavs.org/page/Ecoinfo...
Catch up, learn at your own pace, and stay inspired.
#Seminars #Ecology #vegetationecology #iavs
Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered!
You can now access all past sessions, complete with recordings and materials, right here:👇
www.iavs.org/page/Ecoinfo...
Catch up, learn at your own pace, and stay inspired.
#Seminars #Ecology #vegetationecology #iavs
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September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Missed our previous Ecoinformatics seminars?
Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered!
You can now access all past sessions, complete with recordings and materials, right here:👇
www.iavs.org/page/Ecoinfo...
Catch up, learn at your own pace, and stay inspired.
#Seminars #Ecology #vegetationecology #iavs
Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered!
You can now access all past sessions, complete with recordings and materials, right here:👇
www.iavs.org/page/Ecoinfo...
Catch up, learn at your own pace, and stay inspired.
#Seminars #Ecology #vegetationecology #iavs
📢 #PhD opening at ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)!
Join the #VegetationEcology Research Group for a 4-year PhD on anthropogenic biodiversity changes in bryophytes.
📅Review begins Sept 22
Start date: Nov 2025
🔗 Detailed Information: tinyurl.com/3efj542k
Apply here: www.zhaw.ch/jobs
Join the #VegetationEcology Research Group for a 4-year PhD on anthropogenic biodiversity changes in bryophytes.
📅Review begins Sept 22
Start date: Nov 2025
🔗 Detailed Information: tinyurl.com/3efj542k
Apply here: www.zhaw.ch/jobs
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September 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
📢 #PhD opening at ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)!
Join the #VegetationEcology Research Group for a 4-year PhD on anthropogenic biodiversity changes in bryophytes.
📅Review begins Sept 22
Start date: Nov 2025
🔗 Detailed Information: tinyurl.com/3efj542k
Apply here: www.zhaw.ch/jobs
Join the #VegetationEcology Research Group for a 4-year PhD on anthropogenic biodiversity changes in bryophytes.
📅Review begins Sept 22
Start date: Nov 2025
🔗 Detailed Information: tinyurl.com/3efj542k
Apply here: www.zhaw.ch/jobs
Exciting news! 🎉 Zoltán Botta-Dukát has been approved by the #IAVS Council as a new Chief Editor of JVS/AVS, joining Francesco Maria Sabatini, Viktoria Wagner & Valério Pillar (Chair of the Editors) in leading our journals forward! #vegetationscience
August 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Exciting news! 🎉 Zoltán Botta-Dukát has been approved by the #IAVS Council as a new Chief Editor of JVS/AVS, joining Francesco Maria Sabatini, Viktoria Wagner & Valério Pillar (Chair of the Editors) in leading our journals forward! #vegetationscience
Road Disturbance Shapes the Functional Composition of Native Plant Species but Not That of Non-Natives in the Arid Andes vegsciblog.org/2025/08/20/r...
Road Disturbance Shapes the Functional Composition of Native Plant Species but Not That of Non-Natives in the Arid Andes - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by María Alisa Alvarez, Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Valeria Aschero, Lorena de Jesús Bonjour & Agustina Barros An exciting and
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August 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Road Disturbance Shapes the Functional Composition of Native Plant Species but Not That of Non-Natives in the Arid Andes vegsciblog.org/2025/08/20/r...
Ever wondered how the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) drives its mission forward? It's thanks to the dedication of our committees—here’s a quick breakdown! 🌿🧵
August 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ever wondered how the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) drives its mission forward? It's thanks to the dedication of our committees—here’s a quick breakdown! 🌿🧵
It was great to have your contribution at #IAVS2025! 👏 The Young Scientist Grant program is such an important initiative — thanks to the Global Sponsorship Committee and organizers for putting the work to support early-career ecologists worldwide. 🌿✨
I am honoured to have participated in the 67th Annual Symposium of the @iavs5.bsky.social (IAVS), at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. Special appreciation goes to @alefidelis.bsky.social and Dr. Scott Franklin for their exemplary coordination of the IAVS Young Scientist Grant programme.
August 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It was great to have your contribution at #IAVS2025! 👏 The Young Scientist Grant program is such an important initiative — thanks to the Global Sponsorship Committee and organizers for putting the work to support early-career ecologists worldwide. 🌿✨
🌿✨ Throwback to the #IAVS2024 Symposium in Greeley, Colorado!
From the inspiring sessions to the beautiful flora we spotted 🌼🌾—what a week to remember.
#vegetationscience #ecology #botany #ColoradoPlants
From the inspiring sessions to the beautiful flora we spotted 🌼🌾—what a week to remember.
#vegetationscience #ecology #botany #ColoradoPlants
August 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🌿✨ Throwback to the #IAVS2024 Symposium in Greeley, Colorado!
From the inspiring sessions to the beautiful flora we spotted 🌼🌾—what a week to remember.
#vegetationscience #ecology #botany #ColoradoPlants
From the inspiring sessions to the beautiful flora we spotted 🌼🌾—what a week to remember.
#vegetationscience #ecology #botany #ColoradoPlants