#botanists

[mysharona1987]

[peoplespanacea]

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Margaret Clay Ferguson

Margaret Clay Ferguson was born in 1863 in Orleans, New York. Ferguson was a botanist known for research on pines, mushrooms, and petunias. She had a long career at Wellesley College, where she served as head of the botany department and also planned, designed, and raised money for two greenhouses and a botany building. In 1929, Ferguson became the first woman elected president of the Botanical Society of America.

Margaret Clay Ferguson died in 1951 at the age of 87.

Image: Smithsonian Institution

[thehopedieslast]

UNIDENTIFIED PLANT ALERT ‼️URGENT‼️‼️

botanists of tumblr (or flora fiends)—i need someone to tell me what kind of plant this is. i saw this on my daily whimsical walk through the woods today and i’ve never seen anything like it !!!

[kedreeva]

Hey, botany side of tumblr... What is this thing? Wood stem is wood, it doesn't have any feelers like a vine, and it's growing branches at the top now.

The wire is 2x4 fencing for scale, and I'm in southeast Michigan, USA.

[stone-cold-groove]

First Book of Grasses. Mary Agnes Chase - 1937 edition.

[lichenaday]

I am attending Botany Con (aka One World Botany 2023 on Boise, ID) and will be giving a talk Tuesday July 24 at 8:15 in the Bryology and Lichenology session. So if you are here and interested in my work come check it out!

I will also be GMing the Botany & Dragons game on Wednesday night. Be there or be square.