Brian du Preez (PhD)’s Post

Know plants around Scientific name: Pterocarpus santalinoides. Family: Fabaceae Nsukka folks call it Uturukpa What do you call it from your side? #plantscience #botany #pterocarpus

Do you know the difference between Salvinia minima and Salvinia molesta? Grab a 🔎 and have a closer look! Tip: The 'hairs' of molesta make an "o"; on minima, they look like an "i" #SCAPMS #aquaticplants #aquaticplantID #botany #fieldwork #invasiveplants

Ferns can often be identified by the structures on the undersides of their leaves called sori. What's your favorite fern? #botany #environmentalscience https://lnkd.in/gFnmcjpc

Adaxial is the upper side of a leaf (think ‘advertising’). Abaxial is the underside of a leaf (think ’abdomen’). My trick, anyway. This is Perilla fructescens var. crispa (shiso, zi su ye). #plantidentification #botany #vocabulary #herbalmedicine #medicalbotany

New course alert! 🚨🌱 Take a journey through the flora of North East England and discover how it changes through the seasons with botanist, James Common. Places are limited, please book now. https://ow.ly/p56I50PJMrV #botany #wildflowers #lifelonglearning

Exploring the roots of Indica and Sativa 🌿✨ Did you know these terms were originally about the plant's appearance, not effects? #cannabiseducation #indica #sativa #cannabisculture #plantknowledge #herbalscience #learnmore #cannabiscommunity #botany #sciencefacts

Native plant communities help keep ecosystems healthy, functional, and biodiverse! How are you celebrating #NativePlantMonth? #aquastemconsulting #nationalnativeplantmonth #nativeplants #environmentalconsulting #lakemanagement #aquaticplants #botany #MacrophyteMonday

#wcobusdev working with a team of business development leads and learning to distill the different channels and unique offering within each. Offering niche #artifacts missing in the hiking community. #mapmaking #banffnationalpark #conservation #gamification #herbarium #biodiversity #botany #livingherbarium #scaffoldinstitute #arembeddedmaps #wildflowerchild #gamefeatures #slides #funding

#Nature is wise 🙂 , did you know that these small #plants perform a vital process in retaining #water? They retain water and release it slowly into the #soil. Interesting, right? 😊 😍 🌱 #costaricaconservation #ecosystemservices #science #educational #botany

Dactylis glomerata (a.k.a cat grass, orchard grass) was grown on Space Shuttle Discovery at least twice. In 1994, it was grown to study the general effects of microgravity on a grass. In 1998, the purpose of the experiment was to study the effects of microgravity on plant embryogenesis.