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Thanks to all the volunteers who helped us during our #GlobalTCN #WeDigBio event today! We transcribed 953 #bryophyte & 721 #lichen #naturalhistory #collection #specimen labels! @MSU_Herbarium @FieldMuseum @DukeU @miamiuniversity @uofcincy @CUSystem @wedigbio
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped us to transcribe #bryophyte and #lichen labels for 1,670 #naturalhistory #collection #specimens during our #GlobalTCN #WeDigBio event today! @MSU_Herbarium @UTKHerbarium @FieldMuseum @DukeU @miamiuniversity @uofcincy @CUSystem @wedigbio
Have you seen this ✨b̲e̲a̲u̲t̲i̲f̲u̲l̲ ✨ #GlobalTCN logo designed by the talented @Andi_Kur_? Please check out her portfolio & consider her for your illustration needs! She was a pleasure to work with. https://t.co/HSoZzLgiLP
#Sciart #botany #plantscience #lichens #moss
Although the Great Hedge was once compared to the Great Wall of China, but is almost non-existent today. It consisted of densely growing and/or thorny shrubs native to the area, such as 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘴 (Apocynaceae)
This week on Shoots, Shrubs and Shakespeare...violets or “Viola sororia”. These spring favorites can be found all over UT Knoxville’s campus. They can be eaten in salads or made into syrups. Even though they are called violets, some species can have white or even yellow flowers.
This week on Shoots, Shrubs, and Shakespeare....daffodils or “Narcissus pseudonarcissus”! Perhaps you’ve seen these lovely trumpet flowers popping up recently?
It’s beginning to look a lot like SPRING!! 🌺
Okay, okay, we know no one likes springing forward but we CERTAINLY like springing into some beautiful gardens and, luckily for us, Helloborus Lenten Rose can be found blooming right near campus in UT Gardens!
his week on Shoots, Shrubs, and Shakespeare...blackberries or Rubus fruticosus!
This week on Shoots, Shrubs, and Shakespeare we’ll take a look at the holy thistle, or Cnicus benedictus.
Welcome to Shoots, Shrubs, and Shakespeare! This week, we’re checking out Shakespeare’s take on nettles (and strawberries!) as mentioned in Henry V. Nettle is an herb that is urticating (makes the skin itchy), nutritious and therefore ripe for metaphor.