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The guest on episode 138 of rootbound is Lindsay Moran. Steve is traveling, so the intro is quick. Then Lindsay shares a vine that is not associated with Academia. Steve shares a plant that doesn’t listen as much as its name implies. Finally, we hide behind plants.
Show Notes!
Kudzu: The Invasive Vine that Ate the South
The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South
Kudzu on Eat the Weeds
How to Make Kudzu Flower Jelly
Seek and PictureThis — plant ID apps
Cultivating Kudzu: The Soil Conservation Service and the Kudzu Distribution Program
88 Stat. 2148 - Federal Noxious Weed Act
Kudzu Bugs - A Nuisance and Agricultural Pest
Physostegia virginiana
Plant Profile: Obedient Plant (visual example of it’s ‘obedience’)
How To Find and Use a Dead Drop
Spy School: How to Plan and Perform a Brush Contact
Blowing My Cover — Lindsay’s book
Lindsay Moran’s Website
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A second special DC Plant Week episode of rootbound. This time Steve visits the soon-to-open brick and mortar location of Anacostia-based plant shop, Grounded. Co-founders Danuelle and Mignon tell the story of how their company started, how they got into plants and what it is like moving from an online business to a physical location.
Show Notes!
FeelGrounded.com
DC Plant Week
DCist feature on the Grounded brick and mortar location
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This special episode of rootbound focuses on DC Plant Week and it’s host plant shop REWILD. Director of Design, Kalei Buczek, explains the idea behind the week of plant, the shop she works for, her personal plant journey and gives Steve some fun plant recommendations.
Show Notes!
DC Plant Week
Rewild DC
Fatsia japonica
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Audrey Houseman. This is not the tea episode but Steve starts the show by talking a lot about the word “tea”. Then, Audrey talks about a relaxing tea and Steve talks about a tart tea. Finally, Steve makes a Texan analogy about tea.
Show Notes!
Etymology of Tisane
Know your Chamomile
Chamomile: A herbal medicine of the past with bright future
Etymology of Chamomile
Effectiveness of plant-based repellents against different Anopheles species: a systematic review
Aloysia citrodora
Nasanov Gland and pheromones
Here's Why Southerners Refer To All Soft Drinks As 'Coke'
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Navya Malla. First, a couple of previews. Then Navya shares about a controversial nut that is well known in Asia but much less in the West. Then Steve shares a nut that is very popular in Switzerland in the winter. Finally, Star Trek.
Show Notes!
Areca Nut
Betel nut chewing
Betel (not to be confused with Betel Nut)
Significance of Betel Nut in Hinduism
Chestnut
Heissi Marroni (hot roasted chestnuts)
When “that old chestnut” was new
Swiss Vermicelles
Plants at Memory Alpha
Navya on Instagram
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Josh Felton. First, Steve visits a special tree on the National Mall but doesn’t spoil why it’s so special. Then Josh talks about the family that contains Spanish Moss, Pineapple and a very special carnivorous (maybe) air plant. Finally, Steve visits another very special tree, this time near the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
Show Notes!
Episode 062: Mullein and Cherry Laurel
Episode 043: Spanish Moss and Frost Aster
Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads
Catopsis berteroniana
Trioecy
Eating Elm Samaras
The Jefferson Elm
How a Historic Smithsonian Elm Thrives, Over 150 Years After its Planting
You’ve heard of the Witness Protection Program, but have you heard of the Witness Tree Protection Program?
Elms and Dutch Elm Disease: A Quick Overview
Josh Felton on the web
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It’s a special summer episode of the show and Steve is on a roof. Anwesha gives a tour of her wonderful Brooklyn rooftop garden in the hours before a party.
Show Notes!
American Wisteria
Lasagna Planting Bulbs: More Color for Longer!
Life cycle of a spotted lanternfly
Bitter Melon
Download — It’s a Brooklyn Rooftop Garden Party
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Will Dwyer! First, Steve makes a determination about indeterminate inflorescence. The Will shares about a truly singular tree that was once snacked upon by dinosaurs. Steve shares about another weed in his lawn and asks will about science. Finally, more about a poem by Goethe.
Show Notes!
Determinate vs Indeterminate Inflorescence
Ginkgo biloba on wikipedia
Maidenhair trees are ‘living fossils’ and your new favourite plant
Ginkgo: A Sexual Curiosity
An evolutionary and cultural biography of ginkgo
Daisy Fleabane Wildflower is an Edible & Beneficial Plant to Know
Erigeron annuus aka Phuntha (फुंठा) from Himalayan Wild Food Plants
Ginkgo Biloba by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Image of the Ginkgo Biloba poem handwritten by Goethe with two leaves taped to the page
Ginkgo Biloba read by Hans-Jörg Große
Will Dwyer’s website
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Anaís Azul. Anaís shares an about an often misunderstood plant that is connected to her music, family and culture. Steve discusses another often misunderstood plant and then talks about soft drinks for a while. Finally, various musical interludes.
Show Notes!
Coca on wikipedia
Charango on Wikipedia
Kola nut on Wikipedia
The Historical Significance and Role of the Kola Nut among the Igbo of Southeastern Nigeria
The Cocaine Wine That Was Endorsed By The Pope And Inspired Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola on Wikipedia
Things Go Better With Coke | 1960s Radio Jingles feat. Pop & Soul Recording Artists
AnaísAzul.com
Anaís Azul streaming on Apple Music - Spotify - Youtube
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Summer Vacation is over and Steve has been messing around with something in the basement. This episode is the result of that basement experimentation. Steve is joined by Karla as he shares some Carbon Flux Music — all will be explained.
Show Notes!
rootbound eclipse episode
The AmeriFlux Network
The Data
The Full Carbon Dioxide Flux song (Data + AI interpretation)
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Another summer vacation episode of rootbound. Steve spends a lot of time talking about a bug but he eventually gets back to plants. The show closes with a song by Surrija
Show Notes!
About Fireflies
rootbound episode 103
Listen to Firefly by Surrija on Apple Music or Spotify
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It’s a tale of three summers on this summer vacation episode of rootbound.
Show Notes!Meteorlogical vs Astronomical Seasons
National Phenology Network
Listen and download “Phenological Summer”
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The guest on this episode is Phaan Howng! We talk about two botanical “snakes”, get slightly provocative regarding houseplants, go on several tangents, and finally end on the Future of Orchids. We also meet Virginia Thaxton, Interior Horticulturist at Smithsonian Gardens at the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery/American Art museum.
Show Notes!
The Kogod Courtyard
The Future of Orchids
Dracaena trifasciata
Mock Strawberry: A Disdained Common Edible
蛇莓
传说之物“蛇泡草”，你听老人讲过吗？其实没有毒！
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Brendel plant model
Art by Phaan Howng
Smithsonian Gardens
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Sophia Mahoney-Rohrl aka Gentle Millennial Friend. First, Steve is in Switzerland talking about clouds. Then, Sophia shares a big, fire-loving, mysterious tree. Steve shares about killer nuts and the tree they belong to. Finally, Steve discovers a tree in an unexpected place.
Show Notes!
Trees bend the laws of physics
Epicormic Growth
Trees of Mystery
Albino Redwoods
Ensatina salamanders
Bertholletia excelsa
Brazil nut harvesting proves a win-win for forest and community livelihood
Meet the Agouti: the master behind Brazil nuts
Giant Sequoia at Bleicherweg & Todistrasse in Zürich, Zurigo, Switzerland
Gentle Millennial Friend on Instagram
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Due to a sick kid, this won’t be a normal episode of the program. Steve is joined by Karla and they talk about chemistry and love near the straw-colored flat sedge.
Show Notes!
A Historical Overview of Natural Products in Drug Discovery
Discovery of Camptothecin and Taxol
Aspirin: Turn-of-the-Century Miracle Drug
episode 097: Variegated Winter Daphne and Mountain Mint
Download Near the Straw-Colored Flat Sedge
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Tina Guldhammer-Frei of Greet The Wild! First, Steve stands near some trees. Then, Tina shares the first fern on the show and how it has lead her on her journey into nature. Steve talks about yet another “weed” in his yard. Finally, Steve dives deep into the reproductive cycle of ferns.
Show Notes!
rootbound episode 028: Sassafras!
Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)
Reasons to Love Sword Ferns
Virginia Copperleaf (Acalypha virginica)
The Fern Life Cycle
Watch Ferns Get Freaky
Greet The Wild on the web
Greet The Wild on Instagram
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Krystal Frame. It’s another special episode of rootbound and this time we’re talkin’ the humble potato! Steve and Krystal chat about potato joy, potato sorrow, outer space, potato face, and history — both family and world varieties. The show closes with some facts inspired by potato jams.
Show Notes!
Potato wikipedia
Frederick the Great, potatoes and the art of rebranding
Did Frederick The Great Introduce The Potato To Germany?
Space potatoes
The Lumper: A humble potato that changed history
The Irish Famine: Complicity in Murder
Rösti recipe
Crossing the Röstigraben
Idaho Potato Museum
George Crum aka George Speck
Sustain Frame on the web
Sustain Frame Instagram
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On this special spring episode we are talking total eclipses! April 8, 2024 was a total solar eclipse and Steve shares his experience — but this is a plant podcast and so Steve also talks with Daniel Beverly. Daniel shares is experience researching the effect of total solar eclipses on plants during not one, but two total solar eclipses!
Show Notes!
Hydraulic and photosynthetic responses of big sagebrush to the 2017 total solar eclipse
Eclipses give IU researcher a glimpse into plants’ reaction to environmental stressors
Why the Eclipse Leaves Us Awe-Struck
The AmeriFlux Network
A composite image I took at the 2017 eclipse
Daniel Beverly’s website
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Hannah Vega! First, Steve discusses the concept of medicine (again). Then Hannah explains a ghostly plant that loves mushrooms. Steve talks about avian excrement, the bible and yet another weed in his lawn. Finally, we speculate about the meaning of biblical text in a non-religious way.
Show Notes!
Monotropa uniflora (ghost pipe)
The Ghosts of the Forest Floor: Ghost Pipes
Ornithogalum umbellatum(eleven o’clock lady)
2 Kings 6:25
A exploration of Dove’s Dung from the biblicalcyclopedia.com
Definition of thermoperiodicity
Pedanius Dioscorides
Pharmacognosy
Hannah Vega on Instagram (@afroforagers)
Hannah Vega’s Photography
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This special Mixed Greens episode of rootbound is kind of all over the place. Steve eats cactus, learns about a gruesome tomato commercial, learns about the nuts history of his family and does a deep dive on fake music with Party Nails.
Show Notes!
How to Harvest Prickly Pear Pads
All fake rootbound theme songs!
Los Tomatitos Muy Contentitos through the decades
Black Walnut episode of rootbound
Article by my Great Grandfather about my 3xGreat Grandfather
All Versions of Nose Twister!
Party Nails on the web!
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