Yingying Xie 谢莹莹
@yingyingxie.bsky.social
Plant ecologist at Northern Kentucky University, phenology, biological invasion, species interactions, global change, ecosystems, environmental sciences, data science
When fall🍁 meets winter💦. After the first snow at NKU REFS on Nov. 11, 2025.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
When fall🍁 meets winter💦. After the first snow at NKU REFS on Nov. 11, 2025.
Some foliage colors at NKU REFS on Oct. 28 2025. More colors are coming.
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some foliage colors at NKU REFS on Oct. 28 2025. More colors are coming.
Brilliant fall foliage color of red maple, silver maple, sweetgum, and red oak from Cincinnati and northern Kentucky, although it's about two weeks later than expected 😁
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Brilliant fall foliage color of red maple, silver maple, sweetgum, and red oak from Cincinnati and northern Kentucky, although it's about two weeks later than expected 😁
After steady rain, hundreds of white Amanita mushrooms come out at NKU REFS, same as last year! Larger than my hand. Have an unpleasant smell when it starts to decay. Are they North America destroying angel, Amanita bisporigera, one of most poisonous fungi? We got so many!😎
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
After steady rain, hundreds of white Amanita mushrooms come out at NKU REFS, same as last year! Larger than my hand. Have an unpleasant smell when it starts to decay. Are they North America destroying angel, Amanita bisporigera, one of most poisonous fungi? We got so many!😎
Check our new publication about shifted spring ephemeral pollination window impacted by flowering time, pollinator occurrence, and canopy closure under climate change! #phenology #springbeauty #phenologicalmismatch #climatechange @parklab.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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August 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Check our new publication about shifted spring ephemeral pollination window impacted by flowering time, pollinator occurrence, and canopy closure under climate change! #phenology #springbeauty #phenologicalmismatch #climatechange @parklab.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Good morning! Palm Springs! Look forward to the field trip! #Botany2025
July 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Good morning! Palm Springs! Look forward to the field trip! #Botany2025
The relatively cool and stable climate strongly contributed to agriculture that support growing human population and civilization. There was no human in the dinosaurs age with that warm climate, so how can we adapt when we never experienced? If we have to, what is the price, can we afford that?(3/5)
July 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The relatively cool and stable climate strongly contributed to agriculture that support growing human population and civilization. There was no human in the dinosaurs age with that warm climate, so how can we adapt when we never experienced? If we have to, what is the price, can we afford that?(3/5)
I always use this slide in teaching Env Sci courses. Some people think the current rising temperature is ok because it happened before. But that warm period or dinosaur era is NOT relevant to human. What really matters to us is the stable climate that contributed to successful agriculture. (2/5)
July 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I always use this slide in teaching Env Sci courses. Some people think the current rising temperature is ok because it happened before. But that warm period or dinosaur era is NOT relevant to human. What really matters to us is the stable climate that contributed to successful agriculture. (2/5)
I've never seen this before! Antlered flutter fly. So cool! Is this a mating dance? Yesterday evening at NKU REFS.
July 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I've never seen this before! Antlered flutter fly. So cool! Is this a mating dance? Yesterday evening at NKU REFS.
Baby robin! Right in front of my parking space, but I didn't notice until yesterday seeing the mommy robin sitting there. Hope they survive in the heat wave and enjoy the summer! ☀️
June 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Baby robin! Right in front of my parking space, but I didn't notice until yesterday seeing the mommy robin sitting there. Hope they survive in the heat wave and enjoy the summer! ☀️
This evening at East Fork State Park Beach.
June 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This evening at East Fork State Park Beach.
Interesting #fungi! First time seeing these tiny weird fungi. My colleague and I didn't even think they are actually fungi. I said the ones in the first picture look like coral, while iNatualist suggested they are coral slime fungi. Totally make sense! 😆
June 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Interesting #fungi! First time seeing these tiny weird fungi. My colleague and I didn't even think they are actually fungi. I said the ones in the first picture look like coral, while iNatualist suggested they are coral slime fungi. Totally make sense! 😆
Please help support immigrants in Ohio against the discriminatory bills!
May 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Please help support immigrants in Ohio against the discriminatory bills!
NKU REFS Talk & Walk Nature Series events this summer will start next week! Everyone is welcome, including families and friends. Come to enjoy fun with nature science and arts!
May 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NKU REFS Talk & Walk Nature Series events this summer will start next week! Everyone is welcome, including families and friends. Come to enjoy fun with nature science and arts!
Got some fresh #fungi! Driven by students' interests, we started the mushroom survey at NKU REFS last fall. We continued this year and finally got something exciting after the cold weather and severe flooding. Keep learning about them!
May 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Got some fresh #fungi! Driven by students' interests, we started the mushroom survey at NKU REFS last fall. We continued this year and finally got something exciting after the cold weather and severe flooding. Keep learning about them!
Suddenly everything is green including poison ivy 😅
April 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Suddenly everything is green including poison ivy 😅
The mark of water on the board showed how severe the flooding was at northern Kentucky on April 6th, which put down most of my time-lapse cameras in the field. The spicebush got damaged too as it was totally underwater.
April 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The mark of water on the board showed how severe the flooding was at northern Kentucky on April 6th, which put down most of my time-lapse cameras in the field. The spicebush got damaged too as it was totally underwater.
First spring beauty flower seen this year! #spring #phenology
March 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
First spring beauty flower seen this year! #spring #phenology
First spring beauty flower bud this year! Maples are flowering right now. Invasive plants just start bud break. #phenology #spring
March 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
First spring beauty flower bud this year! Maples are flowering right now. Invasive plants just start bud break. #phenology #spring
Now is the breeding season of amphibians. Unfortunately, poor mice fell in the bucket as a trap in wetland for amphibians. How can we prevent this?
March 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Now is the breeding season of amphibians. Unfortunately, poor mice fell in the bucket as a trap in wetland for amphibians. How can we prevent this?
February 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM