It’s finally arrived! My botany memoir, UNROOTED, is out! If natural history, species preservation, and the lives of women in science are your thing, be sure to check it out!.

On this day when you surely have nothing else to pay attention to on the internet, I offer this latest issue of my botany & evolution newsletter. Now with extra anti-racist taxonomy. 🌿.

@IRBV_Montreal @BioMcGill.

If you find yourself in downtown Montreal this Sunday, pop by Librairie Paragraphe for my talk on plant conservation and women in botany! #unrooted

The crossover I didn’t know I needed. 🍄.

RT @NYBG: Check out this herbarium specimen gallery of plant genera named after notable women in this Hand Lens piece "Women in Genera": ht….

The latest issue of my botany & evolution newsletter is now out! In this issue: a new family tree for flowering plants, the importance of root specimens, historical taxonomy rivalries, and an excerpt from my book.🌿 .

PSA: Per my unintentional experiment, Asplenium ‘Crispy Wave’ ferns prefer a north-facing window, not a west-facing one.

My husband has a number of elderly patients who periodically bring him homemade food as thank you gifts. This tends to benefit me more than anyone. Today I’m appreciating a new patient who happens to be excellent at making samosas.

Me scrolling my very American Twitter feed today.

RT @mbeisen: Maths isn't the problem. The problem is thinking that the value of a scientist can be measured in any way by their citations.

RT @toolmal: Leiden (L) herbarium (formerly known as the Rijksherbarium), was established in 1829, and is now united into Nationaal Herbari….

I’m in Terrain today talking natural history & mothers in science! 🌿.

My PhD advisor, Dr. Anne Bruneau, is a legume systematist who’d have fit in nicely on this list. I love that it’s broken down by career stage, so we can see that people can do good work at any point in their career.

RT @mbeisen: 97% of the best scientists in the world are men, apparently

Had a great time at The Bookshelf in Guelph this past weekend talking biodiversity, citizen science, and women in STEM. Thanks to everyone who came out!. @Bookshelfnews

If you happen to be in Guelph this Saturday and want to hear me talk plants, fieldwork, and women in STEM, I’ll be at The Bookshelf!. @Bookshelfnews @guelpharts @UofGAlumni @uogarboretum

Dried plants are more cutting edge than you may have imagined.

I’m on the Brave New Girl podcast today talking about career changes and how you can see past the “green blur” to get to know and care about the plants around you. 🌿.

Ah, the sweet irony of planning all week to set aside a few hours this afternoon to hang out alone and play video games (my perfect Friday afternoon), then realizing just now that I can’t, because I have to go to a Mother’s Day tea party at my kids’ daycare.

Want to go help look for cream-filled cicadas?.Yes, you do.