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@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-04-27 10:00:23

"Toxins from Great Salt Lake dust are absorbed by plants, soils and human bodies"
#Plants #Environment
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Toxins from Great Salt Lake dust are absorbed by plants, soils and human bodies
Shrinking water levels at the Great Salt Lake are not just about Utah's water supply—they may pose a serious risk to public health. New research from a team at Utah State University and the University of Utah documents the ways metal-laden dust from the drying lakebed may find its way into human bodies—directly through ingestion and indirectly through food systems.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-27 13:49:07

Some very early Catkins
#photo #photography #plants #winter

A branch has two catkins very close and then another can be seen behind in some detail and past that more blurred out.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-02-19 20:00:08

"How plant “touch” boosts resilience: new research reveals surprising stress response"
#Plants #Nature #Environment

How plant “touch” boosts resilience: new research reveals surprising stress response | The Optimist Daily
When plant leaves touch, they become more resilient to light stress. A new study shows how physical contact may form a natural stress warning system.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-04-30 14:23:40

Flowering Prunus tree on Ithaca College campus during ITHACON
#photo #photography #horticulture #plants

Pink tree explodes like a firework from a little right of center, there is a light colored building and budding bushes to the left above blue sky and to the right another parking lot and a glass/steel/brick building in the distance

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-02-07 13:00:57

"In the world's driest desert, Chile freezes its future to protect plants"
#Chile #Plants #Environment

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-26 14:28:46

Korean Fir in front of my barn in falling snow
#photo #photography #plants #fir

Close-up of light green foliage of an evergreen fir with corregated red in the background with snow flakes that are in and out of focus

@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-04-13 17:38:36

Just a reminder that gardening centers will happily sell you plants such as Pelargonium citrosum that are supposedly able to repel mosquitoes. But don't be suckered. No plant has that ability even if thousands of Pinterest pages insist it's true. #mosquitoes #gardening #gardens #plants

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-03-14 19:00:51

"Rare Species of Pink ‘Fairy Club’ Fungus Discovered in UK for First Time"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Plants

Rare Species of Pink 'Fairy Club' Fungus Discovered in UK for First Time
The "exceptional" discovery was made by a group of Naturewatch volunteers from Somer Valley Rediscovered in England's southwest.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-11 03:52:54

Abstract image of twisty stems with more in the background and a few flakes in the air
#photo #photography #plants

Barren but twisty stems come in from the lower left and progress towards the center -- the main background is bright white snow, but a distant hedgerow cuts off the upper right with a straight line and a blurry mess of stems can be seem under that with a few white specks of snow caught mid-air.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-03-05 15:00:33

"A network is racing to save the Midwest’s native seeds"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Plants

A network is racing to save the Midwest’s native seeds
As climate change intensifies wildfires and other extreme weather events, demand for native seeds is surging.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-24 02:04:39

Frosted Bee Balm (aka Wild Bergamot) in falling snow
#photo #photography #plants #bloomscrolling

Snow flakes like a snow globe seem to be mostly behind a row of dried out plant Pom-Poms on stems with sharp edged dark green evergreens lurk in the background

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-03-27 01:52:16

Opening tree buds in late march
#photo #photography #bloomscrolling #plants

@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-04-23 13:50:23

Made labels for the raspberry, boysenberry, tayberry, black raspberry, and blackberry I planted last year. Quickly realized that the some of the temporary markers had disappeared during the winter and that I'll need to guess which is which. Oops. Hoping they'll be useful differences in stems, leaves, and fruit. #garden #gardening #rubus #raspberry #boysenberry #tayberry #blackberry #plants #berries

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-19 15:00:25

Sprig of Yew in falling snow that I captured on a dangerously cold day
#photo #photography #plants #trees

Green sprig of yew on the right side of the frame, most of which has falling tiny snowflakes and behind that a white-to-purple blurred out tangle of branches and distant white snow and maybe the sky.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-17 14:58:27

Close-up of Blue Spruce in the snow
#photo #photography #plants #trees

Foliage of the blue spruce close-up on the left side with a light covering of snow -- flaks can be seen in the air to the right with more spruce in the background

@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-04-05 11:18:19

Strawberry plant blinged out with droplets of xylem sap. I've never seen it, but apparently the minerals in the fluid can leave a white residue when the water evaporates. #guttation #biology #strawberry #fragaria #gardening #plants #xylem