Posts tagged “Botany”
What we killed Thursday – Thanksgiving edition
Just one collection of Flabellidium spinosum was ever made. Theodor Herzog found this moss growing in the Tres Cruces Cordillera almost a century ago. Theodor Herzog was a German bryologist and is famous (What? You haven’t heard of him?) for his work on the biogeography of mosses. The area and others of they type where […]
What I’ve Noticed
It’s more expensive to be gay. The Straight Girl’s Guide to Sleeping with Chicks. I’m beginning to think straight women don’t actually exist. Mac vs. PC hilarity. Another health insurance company screws over another sick person. Frat boys that aren’t awful human beings. Hooray feminism! Nike resigned from the board of the Chamber of Commerce […]
What We Killed Thursday
Fitchia mangarevensis was endemic to Tarvai in the Gambier islands of French Polynesia. It was described by science in the 20s and studied through the 50s, but hasn’t been seen since. The Gambier islands have a long history of human environmental destruction. While the Gambier islands once had a population of thousands, they can now […]
Berry Go Round!
A wonderfully silly 19th Berry Go Round is up at Quiche Moraine. My favorite featured post is about so called “natural” diets.
What I’ve Noticed: Really Long Edition
Between things like steep fines and jail time for the “crimes” of being poor and/or a person of color and being unable to get a job because of poor credit, it’s almost impossible to escape poverty in the US. Yesterday was the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII. Still sucks to be a woman in […]
Berry Go Round!
There’s a new edition of Berry Go Round up at Foothills Fancies. I particularly liked the Watcher’s posts on spring along an elevational gradient.
What We Killed Thursday
Erythroxylum echinodendron was endemic to Cuba and was declared extinct in the wild in 1998. Echinodendron means “spiny tree,” and you can see where it got its name in this herbarium specimen. Erythroxylum is a tropical genus with about 250 species. While this particular species was declared extinct in the wild rather than extinct, this […]