A Wandering Botanist
Tales of a lover of plants, history and travel.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Travel Story - Landscapes of a Cruise Down the Columbia River
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I took a river cruise (with Lindblad/National Geographic) down the Snake River from Lewiston Idaho to the Columbia River to its mouth on the...
Monday, April 15, 2024
Growing Natives in Colorado
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There is a national push for homeowners in the U.S. to grow plants native to their area (see previous posts part1 ; part 2 ; part 3 ; HNP...
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Strawberries, Fragaria, Beloved Fruits. 2. Uses and Folklore
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Strawberries are popular fruits, eaten world-wide. This is despite the fact that fresh strawberries do not improve after harvest and cannot ...
Monday, April 1, 2024
Plant Story -- Strawberries. Fragaria, Beloved Fruits 1. Distribution and Botany
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Strawberries, genus Fragaria in the rose family, Rosaceae , are a popular fruit and have been for millennia. Twenty to 24 species are recog...
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Polyploidy Part 3. Patterns in Nature: Speciation
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Polyploidy is whole genome duplication, when all the chromosomes and so, all the genes, of an organism double. In plants, it is very common...
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Plant Story--Catnip, Nepeta cataria, a Well-Known Weedy Herb
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Catnip, Nepeta cataria , is one of the better-known little herbs because it is a drug for cats. Cats respond to catnip for about 15 minutes...
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Sunday, March 10, 2024
April in Tokyo
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Here is a photo album of pictures from Tokyo in April. Beautiful spring flowers. The photos are from April 2017 but if you hurry, you could ...
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