Plant Cuttings
Plant blindness eradicated *
Plant blindness [PB] is the term coined by James Wandersee & Elisabeth Schussler (The American Biology Teacher 61(2): 82–86, 1999; https://doi.org/10.
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Plants: Animated, dynamic, and mobile(!)
How do plants travel? A new book explains.
Plants & People
Do we need evidence in books about plants?
Without a source are facts really facts, or just factoids?
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Tales of 100 trees
A new book explores how trees have changed the way we live.
Plants & People
Can’t Botanists agree on common names..?
A rose by any other name… would be incorrectly described.
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Seaweeds, lichens and phytoplankton, what’s not to like..?
Rocky Shores, by John Archer–Thompson and Julian Cremona 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. “Rocky shores are one of the most extreme environments on the planet.” [Anon.
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Running rings around world history
Tree story: The history of the world written in rings, by Valerie Trouet 2020. Johns Hopkins University Press What links the following: That (in)famous ‘hockey
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The refreshing tale of gin-and-tonic (well, half of it…)
Just the tonic, by Kim Walker and Mark Nesbitt 2019. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. What is: carbonated water, citric acid, sodium citrate, natural quinine, and aspartame?
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Tales of tea, still stirring emotions in 2020
Tea leaves might not predict the future, but they have a powerful connection to our past.
Close Encounters
Koalas up a gum tree, but having the last laugh..?
Koalas break the local stereotype by being Australians who don’t drink. Or so it was thought.
Plants & People
Larch, still Number 1!*
If a tree falls in a forest, can it still insulate people from sound pollution?
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How do plants work?
Beauty is more than skin deep in this book explaining how plants function.