One more short article about the lupines.
Yay!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Orange Peel Gazette
Yesterday in small town Florida, I happened upon the Orange Peel Gazette, billed as "the hottest little paper in town." In between its covers are 12 pages of ads and jokes. No kidding. Local advertisements and one-liners. That's it. Here are some of the better ones:
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
Proper attire is required in the cafeteria at the University of Maine. To enforce that rule, the management posted this notice: "Shoes are required to eat in this cafeteria." Next to it, a student added, "Socks can eat wherever they want."
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
Proper attire is required in the cafeteria at the University of Maine. To enforce that rule, the management posted this notice: "Shoes are required to eat in this cafeteria." Next to it, a student added, "Socks can eat wherever they want."
Monday, August 16, 2010
Lupines under attack
Check out this news story about my research on the endangered lupine, Lupinus tidestromii. It's not mangrove research, but still really cool ecology taking place in Point Reyes National Seashore, California. The research article was published in Ecology this month.
For a more succinct summary, check out this podcast
For a more succinct summary, check out this podcast
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
What's a mangrove?
What is a mangrove, anyway?
Many people think they don't know what mangroves are, but you have probably seen them before. The most recognizable ones look like the picture below of Rhizophora mangle, or red mangrove. Other types of mangroves lack these characteristic prop roots, but are still mangroves.
Mangroves are a group of plants that are not all closely related, but defined by a few common features: they can grow in saltwater and have special adaptations that allow them to do so; they are trees; they live in the intertidal zone but nowhere else. Mangroves are fascinating plants because they have to deal with salt stress, and the stress of growing in flooded soils where oxygen is scarce.
Many people think they don't know what mangroves are, but you have probably seen them before. The most recognizable ones look like the picture below of Rhizophora mangle, or red mangrove. Other types of mangroves lack these characteristic prop roots, but are still mangroves.
Mangroves are a group of plants that are not all closely related, but defined by a few common features: they can grow in saltwater and have special adaptations that allow them to do so; they are trees; they live in the intertidal zone but nowhere else. Mangroves are fascinating plants because they have to deal with salt stress, and the stress of growing in flooded soils where oxygen is scarce.