Scientists find 2 marsupial species, thought to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago, living in the forests of New Guinea. Via @live_science #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature
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Intrigued? Join us Friday at 5:30 for a lecture titled “Phylogenomic Methods Reveal Ancient Hybridization in North American Royal Ferns” by Dr. Weston Testo.
This presentation will occur in person at Harvard University and live over Zoom. Non-members please register. rhodora.org
This is an idea that is so ridiculous it would give ridiculous a bad name. 🔭 🧪
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Sargassum natans: Sargassum is a floating, fast-growing algae that constantly extracts CO2 from the atmosphere
🚨 Post-doctoral position alert! 🚨
The Bhattacharya Lab at Rutgers University is seeking a postdoc in the field of algal multi-omics and metabolic engineering 🌊 🦠 🧬
Ideal start by June. Applications will be reviewed as received. Please share widely :)
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Crozier, after the Shepherd's crook.
Many other names in many other cultures, current and past.
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Thank you very much. It was built for outreach, not a practicing scientist. If you live in the NE, Great Lakes, Northern Atlantic coast region, I highly recommend this little book (inexpensive, not cheap) foreststewardsguild.org/enews/a-book...
@watermancenter.bsky.social I have created an on-line fern tutorial for outreach. It is for those that want more than Google Lens, click, "Oh. That's what it is" or am having trouble with the key guides. Enjoy. Feedback greatly appreciated. Work in Progress. fernofgithub.github.io/FernLessonId/
@fernway.bsky.social @kheyduk.bsky.social Dr. Li, Dr. Heyduk, I am a fern enthusiast, strictly amateur. I have created an on-line fern tutorial and identifier site. It is a site intended for outreach. I am very interested in you and your colleagues opinion. WIP. fernofgithub.github.io/FernLessonId/
The better the feedback earlier the easier changes are to make. Share, please. I am adding a Horsetail and Lychophyte section.
I'm not sure I understand. The fern identifier link is available to anyone, not just those in Bluesky. Are you asking that it be 'advertised' elsewhere?
Save the date: March 6, 2026 at 5:30pm. Our next meeting will feature a lecture by Dr. Weston Testo, titled “Phylogenomic Methods Reveal Ancient Hybridization in North American Royal Ferns.” The lecture will be hybrid at Harvard/over Zoom. Non-members, please register. rhodora.org/meetings/upc...
#ScottishPlantRecovery in the news! Find out about our work to restore populations of Britain's rarest fern at #GlenAffric with Forestry & Land Scotland: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A small, pale green fern Pinnate pinnatifid
Hemionitis sinuata, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern Southwester USA to Central Amera, western South America
The underside fronds are completely covered in sori
Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern, Hemionitis sinuata
UConn Greenhouse, UConn Storres, Storres, CT, USA
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The ID section is weak. It is going to be more tedious and require more detail than I first thought
A classic black-and-white studio portrait of American botanist Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton in her middle age, likely from the late 19th or early 20th century. She is shown in a three-quarter view, facing slightly to the side with a calm, intelligent, and resolute expression. Her dark hair is neatly pinned up, and she wears a high-necked dark dress or blouse with a light lace or ruffled collar and a dark jacket or shawl. The soft lighting and plain dark background emphasize her dignified presence and scholarly demeanor. The image highlights her legacy as a leading authority on North American mosses, advocate for plant conservation (including the creation of the New York Botanical Garden's moss collection), and one of the first prominent women in U.S. botany.
A vintage black-and-white photograph of botanist and bryologist Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton, taken around 1886 when she was in her early 30s. She is seated outdoors on a wooden porch or veranda surrounded by dense forest trees, leaning forward intently over a small table. She wears a long dark Victorian-style dress with a patterned bodice and full skirt, her dark hair styled in an updo. Her left hand rests on a microscope looking through the viewfinder. There are books, papers, and possibly plant samples nearby. The serene outdoor setting and her focused posture capture her dedication to the study of mosses and liverworts, reflecting her early career as a pioneering woman in American botany and co-founder of the Sullivant Moss Society (now the American Bryological and Lichenological Society).
Elizabeth Britton died #OTD in 1934 & was a titan of #botany.
She co-founded the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) & the Sullivant Moss Society. A premier bryologist, she published 346 total papers (170 specific to mosses) & described 6 families for the Flora of America. #WomenInSTEM #bryology (1/2)
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@support.bsky.team The feed #fern has been showing up empty, repeatedly for the past week or more. This has been a problem in the past, but now is much more frequent. It takes multiple retries to a non-empty feed.
I wanted to offer something more interactive than Google Lens, click, "Oh, is that what it is?" 2 of 2
Ok. I have developed an on-line fern tutorial lesson and the start of an identification section. Try it out. Let me know what you think. This is early, early, development. The intended audience are casual/somewhat interested botanist. 1 of 2.
fernofgithub.github.io/FernLessonId/
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Map from iNaturalist showing Java fern (Leptochilus pteropus) in the wild.
Java Fern, Leptochilus pteropus, is an ephiphyte, meaning it doesn't root in the soil. The rhizomes and roots need to be kept out of the rocks and soil so it can 'breath' the oxygen in the water.
Below is where is has been seen in wild at iNaturalist.
A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the Roeder Laboratory at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY with a focus on researching Polyploidy. Apply by March 1. Please spread the word. apps.hr.cornell.edu/recruiting/f...
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The fern looks like Wavy Cloak Fern (Astrolepis sinuata) a xerophyte, a 'resurrection' fern.
Xerophytes can appear to be dead, quiet dry, and upon adding water come back to life.
Blue Strap Fern, Microsorum steerei Origin: Thailand, southern China, Vietnam Blue Strap fern is an ephiphyte or lithophyte that is found growing on limestone hills in the pennisula of Thailand. This fern is remarkable blue iridescence is thought to enable the selective absorption of light.
Blue Strap Fern, Microsorum steerei
Blue Strap Fern, Microsorum steerei
UConn Storres Greehouses, Stores, CT, USA
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@fernymoss.bsky.social Thank you for the likes and reposts.
Here's a book I would highly recommend, Ferns.
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I also recommend this small field guide. Inexpensive, <$20US
Identifying Ferns the Easy Way: A Pocket Guide to Common Ferns of the Northeast
By Lynn Levine
