TIL Carmine, one of the most widely used red food colorings, is made from crushed up cochineal bugs, native to Latin America. It can also be listed as natural red four, crimson lake, or E120, and is used in things like yogurt, ice cream, fruit pies, soft drinks, cupcakes, and donuts. bbc.com/news/business-437…
Blue dicks. It was on the list of plant species I might find in this Native American thing I went to.
The lab I work in created a garden to compost food waste. I’ve taken many pictures of the native pollinator activity in the world underneath the plants, this one being my favorite
Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to temperate regions of Asia, North America and northern South America. Also called ghost pipe or corpse plant, it is sometimes completely waxy and lacks chlorophyll. The plant produces nervine used in western herbal medicine.
Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to temperate regions of Asia, North America and northern South America. Also called ghost pipe or corpse plant, it is sometimes completely waxy and lacks chlorophyll. The plant produces nervine used in western herbal medicine.
Fun Fact: Indian pipe is an herbaceous perennial plant native to temperate regions of Asia, North America and northern South America. Also called ghost pipe or corpse plant, it is sometimes completely waxy and lacks chlorophyll. The plant produces nervine used in western herbal medicine.
In other parts of the world, I have seen LRG native leaves used for street food packaging. Thoughts on a good native plant in the Midwest growing abundantly, with large sturdy leaves that could serve the same purpose? In other words, a safe locally sustainable alternative to paper/plastic.
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🔥 this plant Heliconia or lobster-claws 🦞 which is native to the tropical Americas
Drosera magnifica, the first plant species discovered via social media. It is a carnivorous plant native to South America. [OC] [1196x1183]
Jacaranda flowers litter the side of Haleakala Highway on Saturday. The trees are native to south-central South America, but have been planted in subtropical areas around the world. mauinews.com/news/local-n…
TIL honey bees aren't native to North America. When they arrived from Europe they spread out faster than the colonists, and Native Americans considered the appearance of the "white man's fly" to indicate the approach of European settlers monticello.org/site/resea…
How Peru’s potato museum could stave off world food crisis: Agri-park high in the Andes preserves the expertise to breed strains fit for a changing climate. It has “maintained one of the highest diversities of native potatoes in the world, in a constant process of evolution.” theguardian.com/environme…
TIL N. America has one native caffeinated plant. The yaupon holly. texashighways.com/food-dr…
TIL 1749 out of 1750 species of cacti are native to only The Americas cactiguide.com/places/
Discovery of a potent neuroprotective chemical in a native California shrub may lead to a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, tested on mouse nerve cells. Native California tribes, which dubbed the plant “holy herb” in Spanish, have long used Yerba santa for its medicinal properties. salk.edu/news-release/nat…
PSA: Enemy of the State, Terminate with extreme prejudice. Lantana, AKA the pretty little pink, yellow, orange or red flowers with a pleasant citrus-sage scent. Warning: Is Lalopathic (releases chemicals into the soil to stop native plant seeds from germinating) and hard to hate.
Rufous elephant shrews are native to the dry savannas of eastern Africa. The shrews spend as much as half their waking hours maintaining tidy trails to navigate through their territory and find food. Remarkably, they do not sleep with their eyes closed and only sleep for 1 or 2 minutes at a time.
The Gila monster is the only venomous lizard native to the United States and one of only two known species of venomous lizards in North America.
🔥 The Cecropia Silk Moth is the largest moth native to North America. An adult moth has a life expectancy of 14 days because it has no digestive system.
My partner and I recently purchased a home in a beautiful part of the world and now we have a huge backyard and have no idea what to do with it! We are in Melbourne Australia and would love to plant natives - suggestions for retaining walls and layout would be amazing.
TIL Australia uses 1080 poison to kill mammalian invasive species such as cats and red foxes. It is found naturally in the plants of the region and native fauna has adapted to be inmune to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sod…
Tree ID please. South-east Bayside / Sandbelt suburb of Melbourne. New house and trying to figure out if several established plants are indigenous to the area or at least native to Australia. Want to eventually recreate an indigenous landscape using plants sourced locally only. Thank you.
[OC] America's largest milk producer, Dean Foods, just filed for bankruptcy - Here is a look at the decline of dairy products consumption in US from 1975 to 2018
TIL Tim Wong made the first and only successful attempt at singlehandedly repopulating the extremely rare pipevine swallowtail butterfly in San Francisco. In seven years, he cultivated more than 200 pipevine plants (sole food source) and donates thousands of caterpillars to the Botanical Gardens. returntonow.net/2019/04/2…
Green herons, native to North and Central America, are one of the few species of bird known to use tools such as bread or insects as bait to lure fish. When a fish tries to take the bait, the green heron will grab it. They also feed on frogs and aquatic arthropods as they walk along the shoreline.
Piraputangas are freshwater fish native to South America that mainly feed on fruits and seeds, and they will even saltate out of the water to pluck or knock down low hanging fruit. These fish have been studied for frugivore seed dispersal and its impact on the ecological health of riparian forests.
Green herons, native to North and Central America, are one of the few species of bird known to use tools such as bread or insects as bait to lure fish. When a fish tries to take the bait, the green heron will grab it. They also feed on frogs and aquatic arthropods as they walk along the shoreline.
The common poorwill, native to western North America, is the only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods of time. The bird's temperature can drop to as low as 41°F, and their rate of respiration is reduced up to 90%. They can remain in this state of near hibernation for weeks or months.
Cusu are omnivorous monkey-like relative of the coati, raccoon and olingo. These forest dwellers are found in southern Mexico, Central America and all the down to Brazil. It's more commonly known as the Kinkajou, which is actually a corruption of the Algonquian (native American) word for wolverine.
Orchid bees (Euglossa genus) are native to a broad area of Central America and have been recently introduced to Florida. There are over 250 species of orchid bees and they are typically bright metallic blue, green, coppery, or golden in sheen and color. They mostly feed on the aromatics of orchids.
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TIL the common poorwill, native to western North America, is the only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods of time.The bird's temperature can drop to as low as 41°F, and their rate of respiration is reduced up to 90%.They can remain in this state of near hibernation for weeks or months. allaboutbirds.org/guide/C…
Green herons, native to North and Central America, are one of the few species of bird known to use tools such as bread or insects as bait to lure fish. When a fish tries to take the bait, the green heron will grab it.
Geoffroy's cat is a wild cat native to the southern and central regions of South America.
Mexicans were targeted after being painted as invaders; DNA test shows Aztec blood as Native American, because that's what Aztecs are, Native to the Americas. Yet we're attacked as invaders in the land our forefathers called home, by the decedents of those who invaded our lands and kicked us out
Native Americans derive from 7 families who came to the Americas long ago according to DNA. Aztecs, Mayans, and Northern Natives alike were all of the same blood as shown by our DNA. We traveled these lands freely that our forefathers got us too long before we were invaded by the Europeans that had a lot of us kicked out down south like what happened to my great grandparents, who were driven out of California and down to Mexico after my great grandfather fought in both world wars for this country returned just to be ridiculed and treated like he was less than human. Thankfully my parents like a lot of others got us back so we could be born here and grow up in the land of our forefathers, yet now we're looked at as invaders by the decedents of those who invaded our lands and kicked us out. So much so that someone drove 10 hours to our area and killed many of us. 2 of those killed were my cousins, because someone believed the popular rhetoric that we were invaders, a popular rhetoric pushed by the descendent of the true invaders who came to our land and kicked us out and is now running this country. This opinion of us being the natives that is proved by our DNA is getting more unpopular every-time he pushes this idea, and makes me fear the targeting of us, the true natives of this land will only get worse.
When my greenhouse went up I was going to be the heirloom herb,vegetable,and native plant specialist in the area.Then,I was introduced to succulents. And,Then! I found this reddit sub. I've got to start seeding my culinary trays and have no room. This was a wedding favour - one of my first.
🔥 The two species of pudús, both native to the forests of South America, are the world's smallest deer, with the southern pudú being slightly larger than the northern pudú. There is very little data regarding their wild populations, and currently there are about 100 southern pudús in captivity.
The common poorwill, native to western North America, is the only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods of time. The bird's temperature can drop to as low as 41°F, and their rate of respiration is reduced up to 90%. They can remain in this state of near hibernation for weeks or months.
