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miradasbotanicas

@miradasbotanicas.bsky.social

Acer platanoides L.
#botany #Sapindaceae #taxonomy #plantsci #Lankester #PlantBlindnesss #PlantAwareness #angiosperms #biodiversity #nature #science
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@ingenieriaforestal.bsky.social

November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM

miradasbotanicas

@miradasbotanicas.bsky.social

Ficus carica L.
#botany #Moraceae #PlantBlindnesss #PlantAwareness
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social
@uodivulga.bsky.social
@rbgkew.bsky.social
@sebot.bsky.social
@sebicop.bsky.social
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@nybg.bsky.social
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October 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Jennifer Mach (she/they)

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Hey, a little #DeadTree appreciation of my own––look at this superb perch, with the bark starting to peel off providing opportunities for insects and insect-eating birds. Loving those #lichens too. Oh and a Cooper's Hawk, yeah. 🪶 #PlantAwareness

Cooper's Hawk perched on the branch of a dead tree. The bark is peeling off the branch and encrusted with lichens. The bird is medium-sized with a brow-streaked breast, fierce glare, brown wings, yellow feet with big talons, and a black-and-white banded tail. Photo by M. Rogus, Montrose Point, Chicago, Oct. 6, 2025

October 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM

Plants, People, Planet

@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social

Investigating plant awareness: Image composition affects student perceptions of flora and fauna

📖 buff.ly/77Gbh9D
Research article by Dietrich et al.

#Biology #Education #Botany #plantawareness

Landscape photographs featuring animals and plants positioned either in the foreground, or in the middle ground.

1: Both plant and animal in the foreground; 2: Animal in the foreground, plant in the middle ground; 3: Both plant and animal in the middle ground; 4: Plant in the foreground, animal in the middle ground. The positions of the animals (cow, deer) and plants (birch tree, spruce tree) were varied digitally, creating four distinct combinations for each photograph.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

September 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Annals of Botany

@annbot.bsky.social

🙌 Don’t forget to read Gláucia’s recent article doi.org/p256 at @annbot.bsky.social and our related thread 👉 botany.fyi/wxujez (9/9)

#AoBauthors #PlantScience #Botany #PlantAwareness

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doi.org

September 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM

miradasbotanicas

@miradasbotanicas.bsky.social

Fraxinus excelsior L.
#botany #Oleaceae #taxonomy #plantsci #Lankester #PlantBlindnesss #PlantAwareness #angiosperms #biodiversity #nature #science
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@uodivulga.bsky.social

September 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM

Jennifer Mach (she/they)

@jennifermach.bsky.social

This is indeed a welcome bit of optimism! From a #PlantAwareness perspective, I particularly appreciated this header "Pileated woodpecker: The need for big trees".

Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · Sep 17

If you could use a little bit of optimism today, here are some stories of North American bird species that have recovered from the brink of extinction. #ornithology

The surprising recovery of once-rare birds

It’s not every day that you see a 4-foot-tall bird, but it’s happening more often. Several fascinating species are nesting in and near towns once again.

theconversation.com

September 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM

miradasbotanicas

@miradasbotanicas.bsky.social

Sherardia arvensis L.
#botany #Rubiaceae #taxonomy #plantsci #Lankester #PlantBlindnesss #PlantAwareness #angiosperms #biodiversity #nature #science
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September 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM

Plant Editors

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First nomination for a #PlantAwareness #Scicomenomenon

Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · Sep 10

At Our Trees, we continue our discussion of autumn colors in trees, and encourage you to get outside and look closely at your trees. You can learn a great deal about their lives. The comments section at of this story at Our Trees is open to you for questions about autumn colors.

Autumn Colors

We can learn a great deal about trees by closely observing autumn leaves.

open.substack.com

September 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM

Jennifer Mach (she/they)

@jennifermach.bsky.social

So lucky today—got birthday flowers from my lovely neighbors and they were sunflowers and safflowers!! More fodder for the #PlantAwareness column about birdseed!

One flower of safflower. The flower has a large bulbous green vase with orange thready petals sticking out in a mop like Beaker’s hair

Bouquet of sunflowers, with dark brown centers surrounded by bright yellow petals, and safflowers, with thready orange petals

September 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Jennifer Mach (she/they)

@jennifermach.bsky.social

Great Jackson Park (Chicago) bird walk yesterday. Cedar waxwings are so metal. On the #PlantAwareness side, the elderberries were ripe and very popular

A plump brown bird sits on a stem. Under the stem, an inflorescence has almost been picked clean of elderberries. The bird has a black mask, intense dark eye, and head tuft that pints backwards. Its wings show the characteristic red marks at the tips.

A cedar waxwing sits at the top of a maple sapling. The bird is looking directly, defiantly even, at the camera. the bird is brown with darker wings and a black mask.

September 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM

miradasbotanicas

@miradasbotanicas.bsky.social

Reynoutria japonica Houtt.
#botany #Polygonaceae #taxonomy #plantsci #Lankester #PlantBlindnesss #PlantAwareness #angiosperms #biodiversity #nature #science
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September 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM

Jennifer Mach (she/they)

@jennifermach.bsky.social

Do you have opinions about bird feeding, #PlantScience books to recommend about feeding birds, photos of safflowers, or other hot tips for my column promoting #PlantAwareness to Chicago birders?

Plant Editors @planteditors.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our editors write...about birdseed! (And dead trees, and serviceberries). Join the Chicago Ornithological Society to get the newsletter, or email Jen for a reprint... www.chicagobirder.org/cos-member-m...

Jennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social · Sep 1

Outstanding in my friend’s field, working on a Chicago Birder column on birdseed!

September 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM

Jennifer Mach (she/they)

@jennifermach.bsky.social

I started writing it to promote #PlantAwareness and am very much enjoying the research and writing.

September 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Silvia Manrique

@tank-silvia.bsky.social

Gláucia Silva presented this work at the 2024 International Botany Conference in Madrid. One of the best talks of the congress imo. I loved the idea and her energy do I am really glad to see it published OA so everyone can read it. 🌱🫶🏻👌🏼 #PlantSciEd #PlantScience #Botany #PlantAwareness #TaylorSwift

Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌱Check the newly published article ‘Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advance organizers for meaningful learning in Botany’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gláucia Silva and co-authors 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/p256

#AoBpapers #PlantAwareness #Botany

August 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM

Annals of Botany

@annbot.bsky.social

🌿 Creative teaching with visuals, art, and pop culture can transform how students perceive plants, helping to close the gap in plant awareness and support future conservation efforts. 🌍(7/7)

👉 doi.org/p256

#PlantAwareness #Botany #PlantScience #ScienceEducation #PlantsMatter #AoBpapers

Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advance organizers for meaningful learning in Botany

AbstractBackground. Traditionally defined as plant blindness, plant awareness disparity, plant imperception, a general low interest in plants partially ste

doi.org

August 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM

Annals of Botany

@annbot.bsky.social

🌱Check the newly published article ‘Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advance organizers for meaningful learning in Botany’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gláucia Silva and co-authors 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/p256

#AoBpapers #PlantAwareness #Botany

August 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM

miradasbotanicas

@miradasbotanicas.bsky.social

Ajuga reptans L.
#botany #Lamiaceae #taxonomy #plantsci #Lankester #PlantBlindnesss #PlantAwareness #angiosperms #biodiversity #nature #science
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@uodivulga.bsky.social

July 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM

miradasbotanicas

@miradasbotanicas.bsky.social

Acer pseudoplatanus L.
#botany #Sapindaceae #taxonomy #plantsci #Lankester #PlantBlindnesss #PlantAwareness #angiosperms #biodiversity #nature #science
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@uodivulga.bsky.social

July 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Plant Editors

@planteditors.bsky.social

Loving #PlantAwareness instead of "plant blindness"––a non-ableist, positive spin! Look for our editor @jennifermach.bsky.social raising #PlantAwareness among birders!

Plants, People, Planet @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · Jun 19

Investigating #PlantAwareness: Methodologies, challenges and possibilities

Methods and Techniques by Irma Brkovic, Dawn Sanders, and Eva Nyberg

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

Word cloud constructed using the text of the article's Societal Impact Statement. 'Awareness', 'plant' and 'plants' are highlighted.

June 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM

Plants, People, Planet

@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social

Investigating #PlantAwareness: Methodologies, challenges and possibilities

Methods and Techniques by Irma Brkovic, Dawn Sanders, and Eva Nyberg

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

June 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM

Plants, People, Planet

@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social

🆕 Read our latest issue!

Plants, People, Planet 7:4

🌳 Editorial: #Trees, society and the path to resilient ecosystems
🌺 #FloraObscura: Novel pollination in #orchids
🌱 Investigating #PlantAwareness

👉 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25722611...

#PlantScience