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146 Days, 8,087 specimens, a mountain of surprises
3+ week, 3+ day ago (150+ words) Young botanist uncovers the Bighorns’ hidden flora For more than 160 years, botanists, explorers, ranchers, hunters and hikers have traveled the Bighorn Mountains. Generations have crossed their canyons, wandered their meadows and climbed their highest peaks. You might think by now…...
Flowering Plants’ Taxonomic Traits Reveal a Globally Consistent
3+ week, 4+ day ago (577+ words) Plants may look wildly different from one continent to another, yet a new global analysis suggests that the world’s flowering vegetation is organized by a surprisingly small number of recurring biological patterns....
New hairy-leafed plant species confirms another of Darwin’s predictions
4+ week, 1+ day ago (986+ words) Saxifraga candelabrum is a newly confirmed carnivorous plant. Its sticky hairs trap small insects, while its flowers attract them with scent. Carnivorous plants are famous for dramatic traps, but catching an insect is only part of the story. To qualify…...
150-year-old Darwin mystery solved by a carnivorous alpine flower
4+ week, 1+ day ago (880+ words) Sticky hairs, digestive enzymes, and labeled nitrogen reveal how an alpine flower turns insects into nutrients.(CREDIT: Shutterstock) Sticky hairs covering an alpine flower in southwestern China do more than snag passing insects. They help Saxifraga candelabrum obtain nutrients from…...