The guest on this episode of rootbound is Rebecca Uri. First, what do state flowers and Pabst Blue Ribbon have in common? Then Rebecca and Steve trade stories and fun facts about the humble sunflower. Finally, a deep dive on a song called Sunflower written by Mack David.

Show Notes!
A National Garland: How Women Led the Movement to Declare State Flowers
Firsts From the 1893 World’s Fair
US Dept of Forestry, Common Sunflower
National Sunflower Association
Wild vs. Domesticated Sunflowers
Corn acres in US vs Sunflower acres in US
Kansas at the 1893 World’s Fair
Mack David

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Karen Hugg. First, Steve talks essential oils and natural product chemistry. Then Karen tells a moving story about a fragrant flower. Steve talk about a different sort of mint. Finally, so many people get turned into plants in greek myths!

Show Notes!
Essential oils explained
Natural product chemistry
Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’
Here's Why Smells Trigger Such Vivid Memories
A mutation called Variegation
Carol Mackie
Eternal Fragrance
Pseudotsuga menziesii - The Douglas Fir
Arbutus menziesii - The Madrona Tree
Mountain Mint—Truly, a Gardeners Mint
Essential Oils of Four Virginia Mountain Mint Varieties
Story behind Daphne’s name
KarenHugg.com

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Aja Yasir. First, Steve figures out the difference between anthers and stigmas and shares a joke to help you remember. Then, Aja and Steve discuss their passion for a fruit called the Maypop. The show ends with a potential solution to a etymological mystery.

Show Notes!
Difference Between Anther and Stigma
Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)
Maypops: Food, Fun, Medicine
Effects of Passiflora incarnata herbal tea on subjective sleep quality
Explanation of the name Passionflower
See how the passionflower ensures cross-pollination
Review of DeCandolle’s Origin of Cultivated Plants by Gray and Trumbull (page 130)
the Kalinago people
AjaYasir.com

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is the Executive Director of the Environmental Investigation Agency, Alexander Von Bismarck. First, a disturbing fact and the reveal of Steve’s “real job”. Then we learn about two invasive species, bugs and — gasp — herbicides. Finally, a bit of background on EIA.

Show Notes!
How big a problem is Illegal Logging?
Environmental Investigation Agency
Multiflora Rose
Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related?
Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash the Wild on Your Backyard
Herbicide Use in Natural Areas
Ampelopsis glandulosa
more info on Porcelain Berry
Three Basins, Three Battlegrounds - report by EIA
The US Lacey Act
Why Gibson Guitar Was Raided By The Justice Department

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This is a weird one. Let’s transport to an alternate reality where rootbound is not a podcast in the early 2020s but a late night paranormal AM talk radio show circa 1998. Disclaimer: there are no facts in this episode.

Show Notes!
Coast to Coast AM wiki
Art Bell obituary
Art Bell’s website circa 1998
Art’s Bumper Music
RyanHonick.com (fake caller #1)
Voyage.Earth (fake caller #2)
Hard Knock Life: The True Story Behind Knocking on Wood

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It’s Fall again and Steve is stuck inside due to rain. Along with Tish, Kendall and Karla, Steve talks about leaves, leaves and more leaves. Also ticks and woodchucks.

Show Notes!

Lion’s Den Gorge

A Short History of Rakes, and Why You Should Think Twice About Using Them

To Avoid Ticks, How You Rake Your Leaves Is Very Important

This Fall, Leave the Leaves!

Maple Leaf Tempura

Groundhog aka Woodchuck

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Sara Jackson. Sara tells Steve about the most valuable wild forest botanical in North America and the understanding that “valuable” has many meanings. Wild American Ginseng is a plant with a lot of lessons to give.

WildAmericanGinseng.org - a great start to learning about (Panax quinquefolius)
Samgye-tang (Korean ginsegen chicken soup)
Ginseng: The Man-Root That Has Shaped Mankind
A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens
Joseph-François Lafitau
Wild Ginseng, Wood Thrushes, and Climate Change: A Survival Story
@Batcavebotanicals - Sara’s instagram
A link tree put together by Sara

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl. First, what is Binomial Nomenclature. Then Mignon shares a plant that shares her name. Steve also shares a plant that shares his name… kinda. Finally, what do a pickle, a design and toast have in common? Steve and Mignon explore the show’s main grammar related quandary.

Show Notes!
Binomial Nomenclature
Reseda odorata
How to Grow Mignonette
Stephen
Stephania Genus (Plant)
Stefania Genus (Frog)
Stefania erecta
Stefania Tetrandra
Traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of Stephania tetrandra S. Moore (Fen Fang Ji)
Tetrandrine--A molecule of wide bioactivity
List of Nouns and Verbs where the Verb creates the Noun as an identical word
Quick and Dirty Tips — The Grammar Girl Website
The Grammar Girl Podcast
The Grammar Daily — book by Mignon Fogarty

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Irene Lyla Lee. First, a series of tubes and some new vocabulary. Then Irene shares about a plant we now have the option to call the Dragon’s Corn Dog. Steve talks about a plant with many names but chooses not to call it Devil’s Darning Needles. Finally, a Myth for Chicory.

Show Notes!
Aerenchyma
Genus Typha
Cattail: Plant Of A Thousand Uses
How a cattail can become a corn dog
Sacred Connections with Cat-tail (Typha, Typhaceae) - Dragons, water-serpentsand reed-maces
The red winged blackbird
Clematis virginiana
Someway Somehow by Party Nails
Irene Lyla Lee on Instagram
What’s that Plant by Irene Lyla Lee

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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Lynne Campbell of the Scotland on Shrooms podcast. First, the difference between hardwood and softwood. Then, Lynne shares about her grandad’s favorite tree, Rabbie Burns and a Swiss mummy. Steve is a total bummer. Finally. the Birks o’ Aberfeldy.

Show Notes!
Hardwood vs Softwood
Telling the Bees
The Birks of Aberfeldy
Trees by Marion Angus
Chaga Mushroom
Ötzi the Iceman
rootbound episode 008: Edelweiss and Creosote Bush
Highland Birch Water
How Russian Conflict Birch Makes its Way to American Consumers
Scotland on Shrooms

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