Horticulturist at the Missouri Botanical Garden | Botanist | Horticulturist | Educator | Photographer | Nature lover | Plant nerd | Texan.
Joined April 2020
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7 Aug 2022
#BlackBotanistsBingo #BlackBotanistsWeek2022
🌸Red flower - Indian pink
🌸Serrated leaf edges - Hawthorn (w/cedar hawthorn rust)
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🌸Plant adapted to its environment - Corpse Flower
🌸Insect gall - Jumping oak gall
#blackbotanist #diversityispower
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5 Aug 2022
#BlackBotanistsAtWork - Beyond my research on #Dracaenoids in the #herbarium, in-situ and ex-situ, and in the Molecular Lab; I also deliver #education and Drop -in programs, packaging #botanical knowledge for various audiences. #BlackBotanistsWeek2022
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5 Aug 2022
One thing I really enjoy doing as a #BlackBotanistsAtWork is educating others about plants. I give presentations and tours to groups of all ages, covering topics such as general botany, native plants, plant pests and diseases, and climate change. #BlackBotanist #educator
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3 Aug 2022
Whenever I take a walk I always observe the weeds I see and some of them have nice flowers. Like the railroad creeper, Mimosa app, milkweed. Unwanted as people call them, they still have something beautiful to show.
#BlackBotanistsWeek2022
#DiversityIsPower
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Daria M retweeted
A plant biodiversity display in the winter giving some warmth 1. Erythrina (Fabaceae) 2. Encephalartos sp. 3. Aloe ferox 4. Kniphofia
#DiversityIsPower #BlackBotanistsWeek2022
ALT Coral coloured flowers on light brown branches without leaves against a blue sky
ALT Orange cone stemming from green coloured spikes with leaves
ALT Orange flowers on a plant with broad leaves
ALT Orange flowers of many green plants with long leaf blades
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4 Aug 2022
Part of my job is taking photos of plants for our Living Collections database and Plant Finder website. I get to see so many beautiful plants & so far, I’ve contributed over 21,000 images! You’ll rarely see me without my 📸😊. @mobotgarden #BlackBotanistAtWork #BlackBotanistsWeek
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Daria M retweeted
4 Aug 2022
This week on our blog we are featuring a guest blog from @K_Bioguy_Cox. Learn more about Kevin’s journey through plant science and why he is passionate about scientific outreach to Black students: loom.ly/1yl-FaY
#BlackBotanistsWeek2022
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Daria M retweeted
29 Jul 2021
EP 13: Plant Detective at work part 1 🌻💚🍂🍃🌿
On this episode of "Keeping Up With The Plant Detective" we explore forests!! (1/10)
#BlackBotanistsWeek2021 #BlackBotanistsAtWork #BIPOCBotanistsAtWork #scicomm #WomenInSTEM #DiversePeopleDiversePlants #fossils
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4 Aug 2022
#BlackBotanistsWeek2022 Day#3, Part 3: I want to highlight the #biodiversity of life #plants support, such as galls. There are so many intricate and beautiful designs. And we’ve barely scratched the surface on how they interact with plants!
#BlackBotanists #botanist #plantnerd
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4 Aug 2022
#BlackBotanistsWeek2022 Day 3, Part 2: #biodiversity of Missouri. Missouri coneflower, swamp milkweed, buttonbush, and pawpaw. #nativeplants #monatives #wildflowers
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4 Aug 2022
#BlackBotanistsWeek2022 Day #3
Floral diversity of the Texas Llano Estacado in summer. It’s been super dry, but there’s always a treasure to find! Ironweed, Buffalo Gourd, Jumping Cholla and Engelmann Milkweed! 😊
#BlackBotanists #botanist #llanoestacado #texas #nativeplants
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2 Aug 2022
Hi, I'm Sandra, a PhD student @UVMplantbio. I use bioinformatics, molecular & computational biology to study the fungal microbiome of blueberry roots to understand how belowground interactions influence aboveground traits. #BlackBotanistsRollCall #BlackBotanistsWeek2022
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1 Aug 2022
Hello! My name is Miyauna and I am a second year PhD student who works on how monarchs do in urban and prairie milkweed habitats. In the past, I have worked on how bees impact echinacea pollination and bee diversity in urban gardens🦋🌺#BlackBotanistsWeek #BlackBotanistsRollCall
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2 Aug 2022
I’m Daria and so exited for another #BlackBotanistsWeek! I am a horticulturist at @mobotgarden, overseeing our Plant Doctor Services, Gardening Help website, beehives and I give talks to local groups about plants! #BlackBotanists #BlackBotanistsRollCall
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1 Apr 2022
It’s that time of year!!! Both the Yoshino (white flower) and weeping Higan cherries (pink flowers) are at peak bloom @mobotgarden!!! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 #cherryblossoms #japanesegarden #spring #mobot
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22 Mar 2022
The carpenter bees were out enjoying the spring blooms too! Found a female attempting to nectar rob our paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Snow Cream’) in the Bulb Garden and a male on the white forsythia (Abeliophyllum distichum) in the Chinese Garden!
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22 Mar 2022
The #purplemartins are back @mobotgarden!!! The houses are now open and ready for this year’s residents! @PMCAErie
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22 Mar 2022
Spring has taken off @mobotgarden!!! Here are just a few things currently in bloom: Magnolias, forsythia, crocus, scilla, spice bush, hazelnut, daffodils & hellebores! The first buds of the weeping cherries have opened. The leaves of many shrubs are peaking out! #spring
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22 Mar 2022
The Merrill magnolia by Piper Observatory is in full bloom! A must see!
Everything popped out so quickly over the weekend. However, the timing of this year’s blooms match up with last year! 🌸
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4 Mar 2022
We’re beginning to see the first signs of spring @mobotgarden!! Snowdrops and winter aconite are in the bulb garden and crocus are starting to appear in the bulb meadow! Don’t forget to admire and smell the witch hazels by the Daylily Garden! #spring #mobot #bulbs
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