Matthew Kaproth
@mkaproth.bsky.social
Plant ecologist - studying populations out of control (too many or too few), the traits that drive species success, and environmental stress #Quercus #Prairies #Drought #Fire #Invasives #FunctionalTraits @MinnesotaStateUni =
Love autumn. All the big insects are showing themselves!
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Love autumn. All the big insects are showing themselves!
Migration is on! Twenty monarchs today. The previous high in the front yard was 11... Filling up on Liatris before flying further south!
August 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Migration is on! Twenty monarchs today. The previous high in the front yard was 11... Filling up on Liatris before flying further south!
Fully promoted! Thank you all for helping me get there! (Lots to be thankful for 💜)
June 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Fully promoted! Thank you all for helping me get there! (Lots to be thankful for 💜)
Wrapping up a great week in UP Michigan! We collected sugar maple spectra (start of the field season) to see if we can predict spring sap quality.
June 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Wrapping up a great week in UP Michigan! We collected sugar maple spectra (start of the field season) to see if we can predict spring sap quality.
IRGA was just a little bit dirty... Eeek! Deep clean season before the field season.
June 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
IRGA was just a little bit dirty... Eeek! Deep clean season before the field season.
Oh! Any chance this is one of the species you provided? (Floodplain in Mankato, MN)
May 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oh! Any chance this is one of the species you provided? (Floodplain in Mankato, MN)
Good morning, beautiful (fringed puccoon)
May 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Good morning, beautiful (fringed puccoon)
Great day up at Cedar Creek (UMN) getting FAB2 soil for a new common garden experiment!
April 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Great day up at Cedar Creek (UMN) getting FAB2 soil for a new common garden experiment!
Setting up for a new ACER project on predicting maple sap quality using remote sensing! Up in #yooperland with Michigan State, Montana State and Minnesota State Universities!
March 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Setting up for a new ACER project on predicting maple sap quality using remote sensing! Up in #yooperland with Michigan State, Montana State and Minnesota State Universities!
There's still snow on the ground here - but you can force bud break in Salix! Spring is here!
March 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There's still snow on the ground here - but you can force bud break in Salix! Spring is here!
¡Hola, José! Qué bueno verte 😀🌰 I have some common garden pics to share too!
February 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
¡Hola, José! Qué bueno verte 😀🌰 I have some common garden pics to share too!
Yikes! Emerald ash borers were super busy in the floodplain forest of Whitewater State Park, MN!
February 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yikes! Emerald ash borers were super busy in the floodplain forest of Whitewater State Park, MN!
ID help! Minnesota collection by a student, growing in clay loam. Any ideas?
December 16, 2024 at 6:02 PM
ID help! Minnesota collection by a student, growing in clay loam. Any ideas?
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) on the banks of the summer-flooded Minnesota River #wildflowerhour
December 15, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) on the banks of the summer-flooded Minnesota River #wildflowerhour
Anyone have some good Thanksgiving recipes with maple syrup?! 🍁
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Anyone have some good Thanksgiving recipes with maple syrup?! 🍁
Thankful for each day. Thankful for biodiversity. #Thankful for the myriad of shapes and colors found in nature. #penstemon
November 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Thankful for each day. Thankful for biodiversity. #Thankful for the myriad of shapes and colors found in nature. #penstemon
Fighting the good fight - planted prairie onion, prairie sedge and blue gramma on campus. Grounds wants everything to look like a golf course, but we're slowly winning with bringing biodiversity back!
November 24, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Fighting the good fight - planted prairie onion, prairie sedge and blue gramma on campus. Grounds wants everything to look like a golf course, but we're slowly winning with bringing biodiversity back!
Starting to feel like winter ❄️
November 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Starting to feel like winter ❄️
Neighbor put up a bat box this year - now it's going on my Christmas List!
November 22, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Neighbor put up a bat box this year - now it's going on my Christmas List!
Fun to see the colors still holding in Quercus robur despite a deep freeze!
November 20, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Fun to see the colors still holding in Quercus robur despite a deep freeze!
*Sphagnum and bunchberry has entered the chat*
November 16, 2024 at 1:46 PM
*Sphagnum and bunchberry has entered the chat*
Alright Bluesky - quiz time! What's the family?
November 15, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Alright Bluesky - quiz time! What's the family?
Welcome to Bluesky! I'm a plant ecology professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato. I'm interested in getting people excited about the natural world and #drought #ecophysiology #fire #oaks #prairie #soil #savanna #conservation #systemmatics
November 14, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Welcome to Bluesky! I'm a plant ecology professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato. I'm interested in getting people excited about the natural world and #drought #ecophysiology #fire #oaks #prairie #soil #savanna #conservation #systemmatics