Rebecca McMackin
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Rebecca McMackin
@rebeccalovesplants.bsky.social
Ecological Horticulture. Public servant. Pollination ecology. Harvard Loeb Fellow. American Horticultural Society. X-Brooklyn Bridge Park. TED talker.

I have a newsletter! www.rebeccamcmackin.com/newsletter
Really, the only good use of forsythia.
May 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Red Trillium with a crane fly pollinator.

The flower emits a stinky scent, attracting flies and beetles. If you look close, you can see pollen grains in the fly’s legs.
April 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New Bee Alert! This little blue mining bee only visits a couple of species of nightshade in flowers in southern grasslands. Their name, Andrena androfovea, translates to "eyeliner boy" because the males have this fuzzy stripe of hair that is usually only on females. 🌎🧪🌿🌱
February 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
ETHIOPIAN WOLVES AS (possible) KNIPHOFIA POLLINATORS!!!!
December 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Prepping for a TED talk.
My life is wild.
October 13, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Volvo 1800es. But jacked up.
October 10, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Look at the rest of these stats!! Think of the impact! We can do this everywhere. 🌎🌿🧪
October 1, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Incredible state from Nicole Tomas at the Urban Health Lab: greening a vacant lot can lower gun violence by 29%.
October 1, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Crap day, working too hard. Took some gloomy photos that I love.
September 22, 2023 at 2:53 AM
A new paper looks at how to incorporate fungal symbionts to support green infrastructure in urban environments.

Full paper: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
August 31, 2023 at 1:35 PM
New Sturgeon Supermoon Newsletter out today! It features such marvelous topics as gardening during the apocalypse, British people fighting over rewilding, and a seriously bizarre organ called a “hair pencil.” Link below. Enjoy!
August 11, 2023 at 1:55 PM