The Happy Botanist

WELCOME BACK!!! SEASON 2 BBY

Today is all about seagrass....you guessed it grass in the sea. 

Grab your favorite botanical drink as we sit down with Sheila Scolaro, Mariane Botanist and Seagrass Specialist, as we chat all about the plants under our oceans! 

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Someone call a plant doctor because I think my plant has the flu.... well maybe not the flu but plants do get sick from viruses! Grab your favorite botanical drink and join us for this happy hour as Beatriz Aguirre discusses how and why plants get viruses.

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Do you like to be touched? Me neither and neither do plants! Plants can truly sense the world around them and can perceive when you touch them or even reach out and try and grab on to something! This mini-episode is a science blast on just some of the ways plants plants can respond to being touched!

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Braam, J. (2005), In touch: plant responses to

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Lets get outside and learn!🔍🪴 Field courses are one of the best ways to get your hands dirty with some biological learning! David Esparza is here to tell us all about how great field courses are from a biological learning perspective and some more ways that you can participate in field based learning! 🧐🔬🔭

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Light=Energy=Life for plants, from my shamrocks that won't cooperate to plants around street lights, this episode is all about plants ability to perceive this essential source of energy!

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https://cescos.fau.edu/observatory/lightpol-Plants.html

https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.1137068

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What's that plant? 🧐🌱 Want to be able to impress your friends by being able to answer that question? Look no further! Join us on this episode featuring herbalist and botanist, 7Song. We delve into the fascinating world of plant taxonomy🌿 where we discuss ways to learn how to 'key out a plants' 🔎 and explore the significance of field guides and which ones are essential for your botanical adventures 📒! So grab your magnifying glass and your favorite botanical drink for this Happy Hour!

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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide

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Become a plant person!

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Some plants smell good 🌺, some plants smell bad 🤢, and some plants smell like rotting flesh!🤮 In part one of this mini-series on plants' ability to perceive the world around them, we talk all about stinky (both good and bad smelling) plants! 🌿 Grab your favorite botanical drink 🍵 and learn why and how plants smell! 👃🌱

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If you wanna learn more:

Ian T. Baldwin et al., Volatile Signaling in Plant-Plant Interactions: "Talking Trees" in the Genomics Era.Science311,812-815(2006).DOI:10.1126/science.1118446

Effah, E., Holopainen, J.K., McCormick, A.C., 2019. Potential roles of volatile organic compounds in plant competition. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 38, 58–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2019.04.003

What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses- Daniel Chamovitz

Stinky Flowers

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Some people who don't stink

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Achoooo! Do you suffer from allergenic pollen, researcher and professor Dr. Dan Katz has got your back! So grab your allergy meds and your favorite botanical drink and join us for this happy hour discussing plants, pollen, and people!

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Grab your favorite botanical drink to enjoy during this happy hour with author and professor Dr. Anurag Agrawal. Let your heart flutter as we discuss the complex interactions between monarch butterflies and their favorite food, milkweeds!

Check out Dr. Anurag Agrawal's book Monarchs and Milkweeds!

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Why do evergreens stay forever green? Let's pull up the covers as we unveil the layers behind everyone's favorite winter plants: the evergreens. Not only will we discuss the processes that give evergreens their distinctive name, but we will also delve into the sustainability questions posed by natural vs. artificial Christmas trees. 🎄

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Couillard, S, Bage, G, and Trudel, J S. Comparative life

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