Erin Zimmerman
Erin Zimmerman is a botanist turned science writer and sometimes botanical illustrator. She did her PhD at the University of Montréal and worked as a post-doctoral fellow with the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture. She was a plant morphologist, but when no one wanted to pay her to do that anymore, she started writing about them instead. Her other plant articles (and occasional essays) appear in Smithsonian Magazine, Undark, New York Magazine, Narratively, and elsewhere. Read her stuff at www.DrErinZimmerman.com.
Erin can also be found talking about plants and being snarky on Twitter @DoctorZedd.
A new assessment of Madagascar’s Coffea species shows which traits reflect phylogenetic signal
Flowering plants spelled the end of gymnosperm dominance
Invasive plants can homogenize soil pathogens
Cockroaches the main pollinator of a rare Chinese flower
As a keystone clade, Miconia species support a huge variety of frugivores
Even in juvenile stages, mistletoe can adjust its physiology according to its host
Asymmetry allows divergent use of pollinators, but often represents a one-way evolutionary street
Within a mixed species, annuals self-pollinate more than perennials
