Emma Yockman
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Emma Yockman
@yockman.bsky.social
phd student studying coastal ecology, I also do some herbarium curation on the side

@taxonomicnightmare on IG | https://www.instagram.com/taxonomicnightmare
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attended a workshop by the ucsc library special collection dept and got to touch this ~4000 year old cuneiform tablet??!!!
October 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
got to do some destructive sampling from a rare taxa today!
October 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
pickleweed pals #greenhouse
September 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
this past weekend we hosted a volunteer session at the herbarium where we had ~35 attendees, and got 231 specimens mounted in just 3.5 hours! couldn’t be more thankful for a great community!!
September 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
mounting today at the #herbarium 😁
September 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
today’s monotonous task was sorting stems
September 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
what kills me about this is that LLM ppl will always say "oh yeah i know it messes up and you should double check it" but then also in the same breath tell you use should use it for your academic research and lit review. NO!!!!! why isn't it being error-riddled enough to stop this?
August 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
estuaries are at risk!!!! NOAA cuts result in complete elimination of funding for the NERRS system— this is the organization I do my research with. They’re SO SO IMPORTANT!!!!! please sign this letter of support and call your reps

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
beauty can be everywhere! even in the tiniest sidewalk cracks. This is Spergularia rubra, a flower that persists even in the pavement :)
May 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
what even is an herbarium?

an herbarium is effectively a collection of plant corpses, ones that are dried and stored to last for years and years!

they can give us a snapshot into what plants existed in the past!

attached is a photo of a specimen from 1910!!!!
May 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
heard a talk on Friday emphasizing the importance of science communication on social media. so here I am. scientist on social media.

I'm going to try to share some stuff from my work at the UCSC campus herbarium! It's lots of fun and we see some cool stuff.
#Botany #Herbaria
May 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM