Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too!
@martinebotany.bsky.social
President-Elect, Botanical Society of America.
Prof + Herbarium Director at Bucknell.
#FirstGen college.
Sexual systems evolution, conservation, taxonomy.
"Plants are Cool, Too!": https://tinyurl.com/mr3nv85w
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW #SICB2026
Prof + Herbarium Director at Bucknell.
#FirstGen college.
Sexual systems evolution, conservation, taxonomy.
"Plants are Cool, Too!": https://tinyurl.com/mr3nv85w
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW #SICB2026
So pleased to visit Cambridge as the guest speaker for the 1189th meeting of the New England Botanical Society. Kept thinking the ghost of Asa Gray was in the back of the room, but it was probably just my imagination.
#iamabotanist
#iamabotanist
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
So pleased to visit Cambridge as the guest speaker for the 1189th meeting of the New England Botanical Society. Kept thinking the ghost of Asa Gray was in the back of the room, but it was probably just my imagination.
#iamabotanist
#iamabotanist
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Look at that baffled squirrel! The homemade bird feeder baffle has so far worked for 3 whole days. I used to be the dumbest mammal in the yard. What now?
Aluminum catering pan and something gauge wire.
#birds
Aluminum catering pan and something gauge wire.
#birds
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Look at that baffled squirrel! The homemade bird feeder baffle has so far worked for 3 whole days. I used to be the dumbest mammal in the yard. What now?
Aluminum catering pan and something gauge wire.
#birds
Aluminum catering pan and something gauge wire.
#birds
4 more to round it out. Foliage in central PA has been unexpectedly good.
Itea virginica, Stewartia pseudocamellia, Cornus florida, Fothergilla X intermedia.
#fallcolor #iamabotanist
Itea virginica, Stewartia pseudocamellia, Cornus florida, Fothergilla X intermedia.
#fallcolor #iamabotanist
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
4 more to round it out. Foliage in central PA has been unexpectedly good.
Itea virginica, Stewartia pseudocamellia, Cornus florida, Fothergilla X intermedia.
#fallcolor #iamabotanist
Itea virginica, Stewartia pseudocamellia, Cornus florida, Fothergilla X intermedia.
#fallcolor #iamabotanist
A bit of early November fall color from the front yard.
Viburnum lentago, Quercus montana, Cornus ‘Stellar Pink’ and Rhus aromatica.
#iamabotanist
Viburnum lentago, Quercus montana, Cornus ‘Stellar Pink’ and Rhus aromatica.
#iamabotanist
November 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A bit of early November fall color from the front yard.
Viburnum lentago, Quercus montana, Cornus ‘Stellar Pink’ and Rhus aromatica.
#iamabotanist
Viburnum lentago, Quercus montana, Cornus ‘Stellar Pink’ and Rhus aromatica.
#iamabotanist
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happily back home at Bucknell with the current lab group, my 6th university “visit” in 7 days. #sabbatical #iamabotanist #plantpeopleftw
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Happily back home at Bucknell with the current lab group, my 6th university “visit” in 7 days. #sabbatical #iamabotanist #plantpeopleftw
Great visit to Colby College, hosted by @kristennolting.bsky.social. Good hang with the gang of UConn EEB alums on their Bio faculty - incl @suegenenoh.bsky.social + Dave Angelini.
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Great visit to Colby College, hosted by @kristennolting.bsky.social. Good hang with the gang of UConn EEB alums on their Bio faculty - incl @suegenenoh.bsky.social + Dave Angelini.
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW
#iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW
When your Airbnb host somehow knows what clade you study.
I’ll be back.
#iamabotanist #Solanum #Leptostemonum
I’ll be back.
#iamabotanist #Solanum #Leptostemonum
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
When your Airbnb host somehow knows what clade you study.
I’ll be back.
#iamabotanist #Solanum #Leptostemonum
I’ll be back.
#iamabotanist #Solanum #Leptostemonum
So pleased to help celebrate 100 years of the Chrysler #Herbarium at Rutgers. Major kudos to @drgentian.bsky.social + Megan King for putting together such a fun symposium. #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
So pleased to help celebrate 100 years of the Chrysler #Herbarium at Rutgers. Major kudos to @drgentian.bsky.social + Megan King for putting together such a fun symposium. #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW
Only fully reproductive non-cultivated Pawlownia tomentosa I’ve found in town thus far. This one is a real survivor. Gotta give it some props. #iamabotanist
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Only fully reproductive non-cultivated Pawlownia tomentosa I’ve found in town thus far. This one is a real survivor. Gotta give it some props. #iamabotanist
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
October 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
October 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Creeper
October 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Creeper
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
With my childhood idol, in September 2014, after introducing her talk at Bucknell. One of the highlights of my life.
RIP Dr. Goodall. Unparalleled, indefatigable, irreplaceable.
RIP Dr. Goodall. Unparalleled, indefatigable, irreplaceable.
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
With my childhood idol, in September 2014, after introducing her talk at Bucknell. One of the highlights of my life.
RIP Dr. Goodall. Unparalleled, indefatigable, irreplaceable.
RIP Dr. Goodall. Unparalleled, indefatigable, irreplaceable.
Excited to begin the search for the next (6th) Burpee Post-Doctoral Fellow in Botany here in my lab at Bucknell! Funded research and teacher-scholar training embedded in the primarily undergraduate institution (#PUI) environment.
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Excited to begin the search for the next (6th) Burpee Post-Doctoral Fellow in Botany here in my lab at Bucknell! Funded research and teacher-scholar training embedded in the primarily undergraduate institution (#PUI) environment.
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
Pleased that the Manning #Herbarium at Bucknell University is among 400 surveyed for this new paper -- and especially to be among the 261 small collections caring for 7.6 million specimens! #iamabotanist @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
September 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Pleased that the Manning #Herbarium at Bucknell University is among 400 surveyed for this new paper -- and especially to be among the 261 small collections caring for 7.6 million specimens! #iamabotanist @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
huitlacoche time
September 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
huitlacoche time
Enjoyed talking about #BotanicalSexism in tree planting... which tbh I think is mostly just like its initials. Gotta be dioecious & wind pollinated to support the hypothesis... and options among commonly-planted street tree species are limited. Sure, red maple is a bit of a caveat. #iamabotanist
September 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Enjoyed talking about #BotanicalSexism in tree planting... which tbh I think is mostly just like its initials. Gotta be dioecious & wind pollinated to support the hypothesis... and options among commonly-planted street tree species are limited. Sure, red maple is a bit of a caveat. #iamabotanist
Making elderberry syrup today.
September 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Making elderberry syrup today.
Was a good visit to see family in Jersey. #iamabotanist
September 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Was a good visit to see family in Jersey. #iamabotanist