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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 SouthThe 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 virginianaPlant 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
Cinnamon as a houseplant
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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 citrodoraNasanov Gland and pheromones
Here's Why Southerners Refer To All Soft Drinks As 'Coke'
Teal House on the Hill
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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 LaurelEpisode 043: Spanish Moss and Frost Aster
Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads
Catopsis berteronianaTrioecy
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 InflorescenceGinkgo 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
Surrija.com
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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 CourtyardThe 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 stressorsWhy 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 6:25A 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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Steve is still taking some spring break but has a chance to share some bluebonnet joy.
Show Notes!
Some info about paintbrushes and bluebonnets
Steve is on spring break this week but don’t worry, there are still some plant-based fun facts and dazzling details, this time about D.C.’s famed cherry blossoms.
Show Notes!How Does the National Mall Tidal Basin Actually Work?
So Long, Stumpy: More Than 100 Iconic Cherry Trees In Washington Are Being Cut Down
National Park Service prepares for $113 million multi-year repair to Tidal Basin and West Potomac seawalls
Sakura by Rosalía
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Ashlyn Morgan of Green Canvas Farms. It’s a special episode where we talk everything about the black walnut including wood, nuts, syrup, hair die and industrial grinding. We close with a song named after the tree by Maya Elise and the Good Dream.
Show Notes!Juglans nigraWatch Ashlyn make black walnut syrupHammons Black WalnutsBlack walnut wood characteristicsGreen Canvas FarmsMaya Elise and the Good DreamSupport rootbound
The guest on this episode rootbound is Tanya Sabrina. First, Steve confronts the problem we all have with ALAN. Then Tanya surprises Steve by talking about Diatoms and later some spiders. Steve shares about an evergreen tree that is an unlikely source of vanilla. Finally, Steve shares how to combat ALAN by avoiding ROY.
Show Notes!Artificial light at night: an underappreciated effect on phenology of deciduous woody plants
Diatom on wikipedia
The Air We Breathe, and the Water We Drink: Why Diatoms are So Important
Sahara Dust Nourishes the Brazilian Rainforest, Which Nourishes Oceans, Which Produce Oxygen
Blue spruce
Carpathian Mountains
Free-roaming bison population in the Southern Carpathians continues to thrive
Bison are back, and that benefits many other species on the Great Plains
European Spruce
Vanillin from Spruce
Tanya Sabrina on Instagram
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Honeycrush. First, a quote from Rachel Carson. Then Honeycrush talks about noticing plants for the first time, sharp grass, local monsters and how flowers are pretty. Steve tries to make vetch happen by discussing Vicia sativa. Finally, a little music and a discussion of Steve’s misunderstandings of a couple metaphors.
Show Notes!Silent Spring
GypsophilaHeart-Shaped Box
Vicia sativaMore about vetch
The Dangers of Uncooked Beans and Lentils
Lectin
Nitrogen fixation
Honey Crush
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Pam Covarrubias. First, Steve dishes on some perfect flowers. Then Pam shares about a warrior named Lisa and Steve shares about a plant that is the perfect ingredient to go along with molé or glassmaking. Finally, Steve ponders plants and queerness.
Show Notes!Plant Reproductive Morphology
Monstera adansonii
Why Do Monsteras Have Holes?
Suaeda spp.
Romeritos: Mexican Greens for Your Holiday Table
Glasswort Galore
VerdolagasPlants and Queerness by Will Dwyer
Cafe con Pam Podcast
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Sebi Medina-Tayac of Red Cedar Farms. Sebi and Steve both share cedars which aren’t really cedar (but who is to say?) The cedar Sebi shares is connected to his culture as a member of the Piscataway Indian Nation. The cedar Steve shares is connected to an experience he had in Peru. Finally, we learn a bit more about the symbolic position of a sacred tree in Piscataway Park.
Show Notes!Juniperus virginianaAll About the Eastern Red Cedar
Piscataway Park
The Flickering Flame — Life and Legacy of Chief Turkey Tayac
Cahokia Woodhenge
Cedrela odorataU.S. gobbling illegal wood from Peru’s Amazon rainforest
CITES Cedrela spp. listing
Red Cedar Farms - organic regenerative sun-grown cannabis | on native lands by native hands
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Jessika Raisor. First, Steve talks cellulose. Then Jessika shares her passion for producing paper and a tree that started it all. Steve talks a quintessential spring flower. Finally, a poem by Wordsworth.
Show notes!Cellulose
Paper mulberry
Making of Handmade Kozo
Garden | Morgan Conservatory
Why do Kozo papers have excellent longevity?
Shoji
Tapa Cloth
Narcissus (mythology)
Narcissus (plant)
Lycorine | C16H17NO4 | CID 72378 - PubChem
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth
Jessika's Paper Supply
Jessika's Instagram
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On this episode of rootbound we welcome back Mallory O’Donnell. Mallory shares about flowers that grown in ditches. Steve shares about some other flowers. Finally, the plant-based Michael Barbaro send-up we have all been waiting for.
Show Notes!
You’ll Never Starve if You Have Daylilies
Hemerocallis species inventory
Greene Deane on Day Lily
Tawny Daylily on the invasive plant atlas
Commelina communisGenus TradescantiaDay Flower, A Dainty and Overlooked Wild Edible
How to Cook a Weed
Mallory O’Donnell on Instagram
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is B.C. Vital! First, a list of plants named after parts of animals. Then B.C. shares a “strange” and “horrible” tree that has become the identity of an entire state. Steve shares a flower that is not a dandelion but still has a cat connection. Finally, the surprising etymology of the word ‘sycophant’.
Show Notes!Aesculus glabra - Ohio BuckeyeWhy are Ohioans called buckeyes? Buckeye (candy)
Why is a buckeye seed in your pocket good luck?
Radicate definition
Hypochaeris radicata - Cat’s Ear
Illustrations of the atmospherical origin of epidemic diseases, and of its relation to their predisponent constitutional causes and on the twofold means of prevention, mitigation, and cure, and of the powerful influence of change of air as a prinicpal remedy
The Ancient Greek Story Behind the Word “Sycophant”
B.C. Vital on Instagram - follow along on her journey in publishing the Erie Legacies
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Maria Wesserle of Four Season Foraging. First, Steve ponders spice. Then Maria explores a flavorful evergreen and Steve discusses a spice that changed the world. Finally, the etymology of Juniper.
Show Notes!Spice on Wikipedia
Common Juniper
Fermented Juniper Berry Juice (Smreka or Kleka)
Introduction to Borovicka
Toxic Juniper
The Therapeutic Properties of Juniperus communis L.Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential SpiceFour Season Foraging
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Part 2 of 2 of Steve’s winter dormancy. Don’t worry, there are still some fun facts and dazzling details, this time (eventually) about snow!
Show Notes!Snow: Nature’s Fertilizer?
Love Grow on the White Oak Tree.
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On this episode Steve takes a little break but don’t fret! There are still some fun facts an dazzling details! Let’s talk about fat!
Show Notes!
Unsaturated vs Saturated vs Trans Fats
The Live Oak Tree by June Christy
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The guest on this episode is Karla Arias. First, Karla gives Steve a quiz to prove his plant knowledge. Then, Karla tells us about a spicy little plant that’s for the birds. Steve talks about onions, onions, onions, onions, onions. Finally, some more chilli pepper names and some satirical headlines.
Show Notes!
Multiple lines of evidence for the origin of domesticated chili pepper
Colorado's spicy ancient history of chili peppers
The new world's hottest pepper, Pepper X, is 3 times spicier than its predecessor
How Do You Measure the ‘Heat’ of a Pepper?
Onion
The effects of Allium cepa and its active constituents on metabolic syndrome
Know your onions
Fresh Chilies Versus Dried Chillies In Mexico
The Onion
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It’s winter and Steve is in a tour bus in Mexico City with a bunch of his family. Discussions encompass the Mexican solstice celebration, Christmas trees and an ancient candy. The whole gang ends up on a boat.
Show Notes!
Flor de Azalea
Panquetzaliztli
Fraser Fir
Coyoacan
Alegrías
Xochimilco
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Jane Lui! This episode we talk all about the avocado! Steve can’t help but be a total bummer while Jane explains dueling mites. Finally, Steve asks a difficult musical question.
Show Notes!
Persea americana
Fuerte Avocado
The Fuerte Avocado Tree: A Profile
Hass Avocado
Americans Love Avocados. It’s Killing Mexico’s Forests.
Unholy Guacamole
Love avocados? Thank the giant ground sloths!
Biological control of spider mite - Neoseiulus californicus
Surrija - Jane’s Music
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Hunter from Green Canvas Farms. First, Steve delivers a corm-related apology. Then Hunter shares about a very clever plant they hijacks moth’s eyeballs among other things. Steve share about a little white flower plus H.R. Giger. Finally, Steve shares some new vocabulary.
Show Notes!Tubers, Corms, Rhizomes, and Bulbs... What's the Difference?
Tipularia discolorA Real Hidden Gem: Cranefly Orchid
Gruyères, Switzerland
Crocus vernusCrocus vernus albiflorusGreen Canvas Farms
The guest on this episode of rootbound is Enoch Graham, The Urban Gardener. First, we learn what that little stem on a leaf is called. Then, Enoch talks about a familial connection to a plant named after a spider. Steve shares about a plant named Tabitha that is named after a snake. Finally, Enoch fills us in on 3 other meaningful plants.
One hundred episodes! Thanks to all the rootbound listeners! Steve announces a custom tote bag embroidered by his grandma. Then a popping sound, battles with trees, trees that glow, and a recipe for chocolate that is not chocolate. Did you guess the popping sound?
Show Notes!
Devilishly invasive Tree of Heaven
Using Hack-and-Squirt Herbicide Applications to Control Unwanted Trees
Spotted Lanternfly
Black Lights and Wood
Linden Chocolate Experiment
Green Canvas Farms
The Environmental Investigation Agency
Hidden City Foraging on instagram
Amy’s Linden Chocolate/Kentucky Coffee Tree Custard
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Sea Matias. First, questioning trees and a bit of insular woodiness. Then Sea explains their favorite tree, bast, cambium and the definition of obliquely cordate. Steve follows up with some big tree talk and a club that wouldn’t have him as a member. Finally, top ten live oak names and a poem by Walt Whitman.
Show Notes!
There’s no such thing as a tree
The evolution of insular woodiness
Tilia americana
Bast fibre
Unconventional Value of Basswood Trees
Linden Chocolate
Live Oak
North American Tree Specific Gravity
The Live Oak Society
A Massive Forest of Tiny Oaks
The Angel Oak
I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing
Sea Matias on Instagram
Serra Vida Farm
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Rebecca Uri. First, what do state flowers and Pabst Blue Ribbon have in common? Then Rebecca and Steve trade stories and fun facts about the humble sunflower. Finally, a deep dive on a song called Sunflower written by Mack David.
Show Notes!A National Garland: How Women Led the Movement to Declare State FlowersFirsts From the 1893 World’s FairUS Dept of Forestry, Common Sunflower
National Sunflower Association
Wild vs. Domesticated Sunflowers
Corn acres in US vs Sunflower acres in US
Kansas at the 1893 World’s Fair
Mack David
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Karen Hugg. First, Steve talks essential oils and natural product chemistry. Then Karen tells a moving story about a fragrant flower. Steve talk about a different sort of mint. Finally, so many people get turned into plants in greek myths!
Show Notes!Essential oils explained
Natural product chemistry
Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’
Here's Why Smells Trigger Such Vivid Memories
A mutation called Variegation
Carol Mackie
Eternal Fragrance
Pseudotsuga menziesii - The Douglas Fir
Arbutus menziesii - The Madrona TreeMountain Mint—Truly, a Gardeners Mint
Essential Oils of Four Virginia Mountain Mint Varieties
Story behind Daphne’s name
KarenHugg.com
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Aja Yasir.First, Steve figures out the difference between anthers and stigmas and shares a joke to help you remember. Then, Aja and Steve discuss their passion for a fruit called the Maypop. The show ends with a potential solution to a etymological mystery.
Show Notes!Difference Between Anther and Stigma
Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)
Maypops: Food, Fun, Medicine
Effects of Passiflora incarnata herbal tea on subjective sleep quality
Explanation of the name Passionflower
See how the passionflower ensures cross-pollination
Review of DeCandolle’s Origin of Cultivated Plants by Gray and Trumbull (page 130)
the Kalinago people
AjaYasir.com
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is the Executive Director of the Environmental Investigation Agency, Alexander Von Bismarck. First, a disturbing fact and the reveal of Steve’s “real job”. Then we learn about two invasive species, bugs and — gasp — herbicides. Finally, a bit of background on EIA.
Show Notes!
How big a problem is Illegal Logging?
Environmental Investigation Agency
Multiflora Rose
Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related?
Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash the Wild on Your Backyard
Herbicide Use in Natural Areas
Ampelopsis glandulosamore info on Porcelain BerryThree Basins, Three Battlegrounds - report by EIA
The US Lacey Act
Why Gibson Guitar Was Raided By The Justice Department
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This is a weird one. Let’s transport to an alternate reality where rootbound is not a podcast in the early 2020s but a late night paranormal AM talk radio show circa 1998. Disclaimer: there are no facts in this episode.
Show Notes!Coast to Coast AM wiki
Art Bell obituaryArt Bell’s website circa 1998
Art’s Bumper Music
RyanHonick.com (fake caller #1)
Voyage.Earth (fake caller #2)
Hard Knock Life: The True Story Behind Knocking on Wood
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It’s Fall again and Steve is stuck inside due to rain. Along with Tish, Kendall and Karla, Steve talks about leaves, leaves and more leaves. Also ticks and woodchucks.
Show Notes!
Lion’s Den Gorge
A Short History of Rakes, and Why You Should Think Twice About Using Them
To Avoid Ticks, How You Rake Your Leaves Is Very Important
This Fall, Leave the Leaves!
Maple Leaf Tempura
Groundhog aka Woodchuck
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Sara Jackson. Sara tells Steve about the most valuable wild forest botanical in North America and the understanding that “valuable” has many meanings. Wild American Ginseng is a plant with a lot of lessons to give.
WildAmericanGinseng.org - a great start to learning about (Panax quinquefolius)Samgye-tang (Korean ginsegen chicken soup)Ginseng: The Man-Root That Has Shaped Mankind
A preliminary review of studies on adaptogens
Joseph-François LafitauWild Ginseng, Wood Thrushes, and Climate Change: A Survival Story@Batcavebotanicals - Sara’s instagram
A link tree put together by Sara
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl. First, what is Binomial Nomenclature. Then Mignon shares a plant that shares her name. Steve also shares a plant that shares his name… kinda. Finally, what do a pickle, a design and toast have in common? Steve and Mignon explore the show’s main grammar related quandary.
Show Notes!Binomial NomenclatureReseda odorata
How to Grow MignonetteStephen
Stephania Genus (Plant)Stefania Genus (Frog)
Stefania erecta
Stefania Tetrandra
Traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of Stephania tetrandra S. Moore (Fen Fang Ji)
Tetrandrine--A molecule of wide bioactivity
List of Nouns and Verbs where the Verb creates the Noun as an identical word
Quick and Dirty Tips — The Grammar Girl Website
The Grammar Girl Podcast
The Grammar Daily — book by Mignon Fogarty
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Irene Lyla Lee. First, a series of tubes and some new vocabulary. Then Irene shares about a plant we now have the option to call the Dragon’s Corn Dog. Steve talks about a plant with many names but chooses not to call it Devil’s Darning Needles. Finally, a Myth for Chicory.
Show Notes!Aerenchyma
Genus Typha
Cattail: Plant Of A Thousand Uses
How a cattail can become a corn dog
Sacred Connections with Cat-tail (Typha, Typhaceae) - Dragons, water-serpentsand reed-maces
The red winged blackbird
Clematis virginiana
Someway Somehow by Party Nails
Irene Lyla Lee on Instagram
What’s that Plant by Irene Lyla Lee
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Lynne Campbell of the Scotland on Shrooms podcast. First, the difference between hardwood and softwood. Then, Lynne shares about her grandad’s favorite tree, Rabbie Burns and a Swiss mummy. Steve is a total bummer. Finally. the Birks o’ Aberfeldy.
Show Notes!Hardwood vs Softwood
Telling the Bees
The Birks of Aberfeldy
Trees by Marion Angus
Chaga Mushroom
Ötzi the Iceman
rootbound episode 008: Edelweiss and Creosote Bush
Highland Birch Water
How Russian Conflict Birch Makes its Way to American ConsumersScotland on Shrooms
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Nina Veteto. First, Steve stands in a forest. Then Nina shares a touching story about how she acquired her favorite flower and oh so many violet facts. Steve tries to keep up with a facts about Iodine and the electromagnetic spectrum. Finally, a poem in the woods.
Show Notes!episode 037: Paw Paws!C. Howard's Violet candies
Genus Viola
Viola odorataPansyShakespeare's Favourite Flowers: The Violet
Sugared Violets recipe
Symbols of Napoleon: The Violet
BlueRidgeBotanic.com (Nina’s website)
Subscribe to Flora and Forage (Nina’s Newsletter)
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Our guest on this episode of rootbound is Party Nails! It’s another special episode with just one plant but first pretends to be a DJ. Then Party Nails shares the magic of eating a flower. Steve goes too deep into etymology again. Then many targets are taken, and the start a band? Finally, a Non-Stop Rock Block.
Show Notes!Break by Party Nails (also spotify, apple music)
Genus TropaeolumTropaeolum majusNasturtium Capers
Kale, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and cabbage are all varieties of a single magical plant speciesGenus Nasturtium (the one with watercress)Mustard Oil Bomb
Clothes by Party Nails (also spotify, apple music)
Party Nails Official Website
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This episode’s guest is Evan Foster! First, the unexpected etymology of “Orchid”. Then Evan talks about a plant that only likes it when it rains. Steve talks about a plant but mostly about what it’s not. Finally, some ridiculousness with sedge and a discussion of mycorrhizal fungi.
Show Notes!Orchid Etymology
What’s your spark bird?
Dendrobium crumenatumOrchidsFuture changes in the distribution of two non-indigenous orchids and their acquired enemy in Puerto Rico - Evan’s Paper
Straw Colored Flatsedge
Cyperus esculentus, C. rotundus: Serious Sedges
Cyperus papyrusOrchid MycorrhizaHow Mycorrhizal Associations Influence Orchid Distribution and Population DynamicsSupport rootbound
This episode of rootbound’s guest is Erica Davis. First we talk cones. Next, Erica shares about native nuts, foraging and shaking the wrong tree. Steve shares a childhood misunderstanding about trees and barbecue. Finally, a dad joke.
Show Notes!ConifersPinyon Pine
Love Pine Nuts? Then Protect Pine Forests
Pinyon Penny Frazier
The Life and Death of a Pine Nut Picker
The Pinon Pine - Ronald Lanner
Samuel Thayer’s ‘Incredible Wild Edibles’ review by Erica
Erica Davis - WildFoodGirl.com
Mesquite Trees
Mesquite, Texas
Desert Harvesters
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Chris Jameson. First, we figure out Botany. Then Chris explains a carnivorous plant with a lot of P’s. Steve explains a desert plant that looks like some weird candles. We end with a final fun fact about Chris’s plant.
Show Notes!
Botany on Wiki
Sarracenia purpureaMutualism between the Carnivorous Purple Pitcher Plant and its Inhabitants
Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories
Fouquieria splendensMedicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West
Plant Fact Sheet: Ocotillo
Get real estate help from Chris!
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It’s the summer special episode! Steve and Karla go on a road trip to the Catskills and discuss forests, water, bugs and of course Summer! Steve spots his first spotted lanternfly.
Show Notes!History of the Catskill Park and Forest Preserve
Hemlock and Hide: The Tanbark Industry in Old New York
Four charts that highlight this summer’s freakish temperatures
Tree-of-Heaven and Spotted Lanternfly
Climate Change Enters its Blood-sucking Phase
Video of a Tick Questing
Thermopriming reprograms metabolic homeostasis to confer heat tolerance
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Why are things sour? Then Shane Alden, aka The Wild Dryad, talks about Staghorn Sumac, a plant with sour berries — it is not poison sumac. Steve shares a plant that looks like Sumac but isn’t. Finally, we explore the strange origins of pink lemonade.
Sour Taste
Staghorn Sumac
Wildly Delicious Sumac Lemonade
Poison Sumac vs. Staghorn Sumac: The Major Differences
Tree of Heaven
Tree of Heaven vs. Sumac: How can you tell the difference?
Tree-of-Heaven and Spotted Lanternfly
Eri Silk
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Unusual Origins of Pink Lemonade
The Wild Dryad on Instagram
Shane Alden’s Linktree
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Mixed Greens no. 4. coffee and not coffee. The gift of green and the verb pickle.
episode 070: Kentucky Coffeetree and Chicory
The Gift of Green
Robert Flaherty
Helen Von Dongen
episode 073: Pickling Cucumbers and Kentucky Bluegrass
How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat
About Seaport Coffee
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Parasitic Plants! First, Swifty aka OldCrothFace aka Elizabeth Kelly talks about witchweed and its enchanting effects. Then Steve shares all about Mistletoe, including the surprising meaning of its name. Finally, the illusion of old radio.
Show Notes!
Parasitic Plants
Haustorium
The genus Striga: a witch profile
Watchout for Witchweed
Mistletoe: A Custom from the Yules of Yore
True Mistletoes
Bell's New Pantheon
Planthropology Podcast 92: Parasitic Plants, Arabidopsis Slander, and the Roller Derby Cactus
The Publications of Elizabeth Kelly
Penn State Greenhouse
OldCrotchFace on Tiktok
OldCrotchFace2 on Instagram
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This episode’s guest is Jen Joyce! First, how do flowers know when to bloom? The Jen stumbles upon the California Superbloom but is time travel involved? Steve talks about a tree with beans and worms. Finally, a few Historic American Trees.
Show Notes!How do flowers know when to bloom?
Why California’s Superbloom is so Epic this Year?
Superbloom from space
Eschscholzia californicaNorthern CatalpaCatalpa Trees, Catawba Worms, and Southern Lore
Historic American Trees
Jen Joyce on Instagram
Making Conversation podcast hosted by Jen Joyce
the Making App
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First, plant genera named after famous women botanists. Then Anwesha talks about a plant that is a lot prettier than it sounds. Steve makes Anwesha eat a weed. Finally, nyctinasty.
Mary Agnes Chase
Graziella Barroso
Alice Eastwood
Mildred Mathias
Mildred Mathias - A Lifetime of Memories
Ranunculus
Physicists find out why buttercups make your chin glow yellow
Oxalis Genus
Foraging Wood Sorrel
Nyctinasty
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The guest on this episode of rootbound is Isaias Hernandez. First, Steve thinks too much about knowledge. Then Isaias shares about a yellow flower, foraging and syrup. Steve talks about grapes — but not the ones you are thinking of— and a bug that nearly destroyed an industry. Also, making a drink based on a hike.
Show Notes
Epistemology on Wikipedia
Forsythia on Wikipedia
Forsythia Flower Honey Syrup from Grow Forage Cook Ferment
Forsythia Flower Meaning
Syrup vs Sirup
Genus Vitis
Vitis aestivalisVitis ripariaVitis cinereaAll about wild grapesMeet Wine’s Worst Enemy, Phylloxera
Wild Edible World podcast
Pascal Baudar’s Website
Sandor Ellix Katz’s website
QueerBrownVegan.com - Isaias’ website
Foraging Forsythia by QueerBrownVegan
Isaias’s Instagram
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The guest for this episode of rootbound is Ryan Rimmele. First we talk genera and a bunch of dudes. Then Ryan talks about his sibling with a twist. Steve shares about a weed, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
Genus Sirdavidia
Syngonium podophyllumSyngonium: The Feng Shui, Air Purifying and Hard to Kill PlantOut My Backdoor: Ironweed, a Native Beauty
New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
Ironweed (novel)Ironweed trailerTeal House on the Hill - Ryan’s project along with Audrey (from episode 73)The Please Be Prompt PodcastSupport rootbound
The guest on this episode of rootbound is Shelley Kim. First, the definition of Geotropism. Then Shelley coins the name Lucifer Leaf™ while talking about her passion for a particular houseplant. Steve spends his time explaining jokes about bananas. Finally, a vaudevillian mystery solved.
Show Notes!Geotropism
Pothos on Wikipedia
New York’s most popular plant can kill you and your pets
A Physiological Investigation into the Invasive Behaviour of Some Plant Species in a Mid-Country Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka
Pothos Plant Care: Meet the Vine That Thrives Just About AnywhereWhat's the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon?Why do Banana Fruits Grow Facing Upwards? (Negative Geotropism Explained)The Funniest Fruit: A Brief History of Banana Humor
A Slippery History of the Banana Peel GagYes, We Have No BananasThe Theatrical Origin Of The Phrase ‘Top Banana’
Abbot and Costello - 3 Bananas
machinegunshelley on instagram
shelley-kim.com
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This episode’s guest is David Lanni. It’s a fake ad extravaganza! First, we catch up on plants previous discussed on rootbound. Then Dave discusses Garlic, Vampires and of course, Paracelsus. Steve talks about eating another weed from his yard. Finally, a fake ad blitz courtesy of Artificial Intelligence.
rootbound episode 005: Lavender and Yaupon Holly
Garlic as a vampire deterrent: fact or fiction?
Nutrition Column – Garlic May Repel Pests as Well as People
Allicin wikipedia
Wild Garlic (aka field garlic, aka Allium vineale)
EatTheWeeds: Episode 140: Wild Onions/Wild Garlic
David Lanni on Instagram
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Pickles! Steve talks about a potentially unique quirk about the word Pickle. Then Audrey shares a family pickle recipe and some interesting uses for cucumbers. Steve talks about Bluegrass — the plant and the music. Finally, Steve goes on a tangent about a Coen Brothers film.
Show Notes!Pickling on Wikipedia
Fermented Pickles vs Canned Pickles
Use Cucumbers to Silence a Squeaky Door
Can You Really Use Cucumbers To Treat Sunburn?
The Secret Super Cleaning Powers of the Mighty Cucumber
Poa Pratensis on Wikipedia
Bluegrass music on Wikipedia
Bluegrass Breakdown by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
Way Out There by Carter Burwell
Carter’s notes on Raising Arizona
Ben Freed – A Loss To Bluegrass Community
Raising Arizona Ending Dream
Teal House on the Hill - Audrey’s adventures in lake house homesteading
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What is etiolation? Then Leah of Smarty Plants tells us about a genus of plants that includes your grandma’s classic wax plant. Steve asks about Toby, Rosy and Spike and also an 18th century expedition in Mexico.
Show Notes!Etiolation on Wikipedia
Hoya Pubicalyx Care & Propagation
Hoya genus wikipedia
Hoyas as Houseplants
Hoya imbricata on Wikipedia
The World of Echeveria
Consider the Cactus: How Succulents Took Over Instagram—and Then the World
Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy
Smarty Plants Store
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First, some new vocabulary: abscission. Then, Angel talks about a tree that leaves a beautiful mess. Steve shares about a different tree with all the wrong names and also the war of 1812.
Show Notes!Abscission
Molecular feedback loop gives clues to how flowers drop their petals
Jacaranda mimosifolia‘Merchant of Landscapes’: The Lasting Footprint of a Japanese Gardener in MexicoThe Ultimate Guide to Seeing the Jacaranda Trees in Mexico City
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust: The Tree on Which the US Was Built
Black Locust Flowers, the Forager Chef
Megacyllene robiniaeUni students might not think so, but the jacaranda is one of our most beautiful flowering trees
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This is not the Coffee episode but it is perhaps the Coffee substitute episode. Amy shares about a tree that can be used as a coffee substitute and speculates about extinct mammal diets. Steve talk about a plant with many names and uses, one of which is also a coffee substitute. France gets mentioned a lot.
Show Notes!20 Coffee Substitutes To Start Your Day
Kentucky Coffeetree on Wikipedia
Kentucky Coffeetree Review
Exploring the Native Range of Kentucky Coffeetree
The Kentucky Coffeetree: An Evolutionary Anachronism?
Davebilt Nutcrackers
Mastadon Peas
Chicory on Wikipedia
Belgian Endive
The History of the Chicory Coffee Mix That New Orleans Made Its Own
Cafe Au Lait and Napoleon?
Amy’s Instagram - @hiddencityforaging
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In episode 034 of rootbound, we talked about Poison Ivy and now we are doing it again! This time Arielle tells us about poison ivy, summer camp, tattoos and a whole lot of milk. Steve plays with some Poison Ivy. We also talk to Anita, perhaps the only person on earth to have written not one, but two books about Poison Ivy.
Show Notes!rootbound episode 034: Poison Ivy!
Some basic Poison Ivy Info
Can Milk Baths Be Used To Treat Poison Ivy?
Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia Medica, 1787
Plant Dermatitis: More Than Just Poison Ivy
What is Urushi?
ariellenissenblatt.com - Arielle’s website
anitasanchez.com - Anita’s website
In Praise of Poison Ivy by Anita Sanchez
Leaflets Three, Let It Be! The Story of Poison Ivy by Anita Sanchez
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First, defining Cauliflory (it is unrelated to Cauliflower). Then Aaron, shares about three trees named after sisters. Steve talks about tasty berries and ultimately a Danish king. Finally, we eat some flowers.
Another Mixed Greens episode of rootbound. Steve tries his hand and making cheese with rennet made from Stinging Nettle. Plus Pizza, Fake Ads BTS, Sequined heels, emetics and much much more!
Show Notes!rootbound Stinging Nettle EpisodeHow to make Nettle Rennet for Cheesemaking
How to make Nettle Cheese
Pizza As A Vegetable? It Depends On the Sauce
rootbound Tomato episode
Cornish Yarg Cheese | Meet the Makers
rootbound purple coneflower episode
The Cactus: Adaptations for Survival
rootbound Prickly Pear episode
rootbound Yaupon episode
rootbound episode featuring Aja Yasir
AjaYasir.com
returntosender.club
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It’s Spring again! First, we hear the Rite of Spring. Then Karla and Ashley, along with some more silent guests, join Steve to talk about spring, plants and also a tangent about birds.
Show Notes!
The Rite of Spring
Did The Rite of Spring really spark a riot?
Allelopathy
Allelopathy of Bracken Fern
Footprint of a Japanese Gardener in Mexico
The Bradford Pear episode of rootbound
The Invasive Species We Can Blame On Shakespeare
Starling’s R2D2 Impression
The Watering Hole - Ashley’s podcast about animals
Ashley and The Planet on Youtube
Episode 001 of rootbound featuring Ashley
The first Spring episode of rootbound
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First, What is a Hybrid? Then Jess explains about a lemon which isn’t really a lemon and perhaps should be called by another name. Steve shares about spice that also perhaps should be called by another name. Finally, a mystery about Cinnamon Toast Crunch and a foot care tip.
Show Notes!Interspecific and Intergeneric HybridizationMeyer Lemon on Wikipedia
Frank Nicholas Meyer on Wikipedia
All perfume, No Pucker
Rustic Meyer Lemon Tart Recipe
Preserved Lemons Recipe
Lindsey Remolif Shere
Lemons in Beijing
How spices changed the ancient world
The Difference between Cinnamomum verum and other Cinnamomum spp.
Why Ceylon Cinnamon Is So Expensive
Cinnamon Bird on Wikipedia
Old-fashioned Cinnamon Toast
The Untold Truth Of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Ever wonder what happened to the other Cinnamon Toast Crunch chefs? We did.
picklepickle.co - Jess’s website
Jess Wang on Instagram
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Captain Kirk and Bilbo Baggins in your garden. Then, Laura shares about the legacy of her yards coneflowers. Steve also talks about a coneflower and loses it when talking about a pea. Finally, Black-Eyed Susan performed by Anna and Elizabeth in it’s entirety.
Show Notes!Hosta ‘Captain Kirk’
Plants database of Dahlia Cultivars
Stelis oscargrouchiiBegonia Darthvaderiana Complete Care Guide
Narcissus
Solomon’s Seal
Echinacea Wiki
The Gorgeous and Beautiful Purple Coneflowers
Herbstore Cowboys
Black-eyed Susans
Black-Eyed Susan by John Gay
In Memory of Black-eyed Susan and Sweet William
What’s the Difference Between an Echinacea and a Rudbeckia?
Black Eyed Susan by Anna and Elizabeth
Anna and Elizabeth Bandcamp
Laura’s web design business
ReturnToSender.club (sustainability and plant propaganda)
Return to Sender on Instagram
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First, the Language of Flowers, well at least according to a random book from 1884. Then Kelly shares about a plant and a cat with lots of meaning. Steve shares an embarrassing high school memory involving an often ignored plant. Finally, a brief discussion of Plant Awareness Disparity
Show Notes!The Language of Flowers
Genus Zantedeschia on Wikipedia
Zantedeschia aethiopica, the common Calla Lily
History and Meaning of Calla Lilies
Calla Lilies Meaning: Symbolism and Significance of the Flower
The Flower Vendor (Girl with Lilies)
Calla Lilies page on the California Invasive Plant Council
Carpobrotus on wikipedia
Invasive to Avoid: Ice Plant
The Creepy Appeal of the Highway Ice Plant
California Native Plant Society article on Ice Plant origin in CA
Ice Plant = Climate Change (article mentioned rolling down the hill to kill ice plant)
Foraging Ice Plant Fruit
Sour Fig Jam
@sacramentofoodforest - a very entertaining and informative instagram account, also often critical of ice plant
GardenDC Podcast Episode 140
Towards Theory of Plant Blindness
Plant awareness disparity: A case for renaming plant blindness
What is this a picture of?
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Emma and Samara discuss the juicy lore of the coupe glass and the history of a few iconic liqueurs.
Find the recipe to the Amaretto Spritz @therootboundpodcast. Cheers!
First, we learn about the word “raceme” (not “race me”). Then Josh shares about a plant he likes to take selfies with. Steve shares about an until now unappreciated hedge plant in his yard which is also poison. Finally, Steve goes for a walk and uses an app.
Show Notes!Wikipedia page for “Raceme”
Verbascum thapsus on Wikipedia
Foraging for Mullein
Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t
The Illegal Fishing Plant
Invasive.org Common Mullein Fact Sheet
Origins and Botany of Cherry Laurel at laurelhedgings.com
More facts and history about Cherry Laurel
Info on Cherry Laurel Water
CDC page on Hydrogen Cyanide
iNaturalist.org
Botany Baller(Josh’s Instagram account)
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What is a cultivar? Then Vikram shares about a bad plant and Steve has a hot take about a popular nut. Finally, a rabbit hole on ornamental trees and who is Bradford anyway?
Show Notes!Cultivar on Wikipedia
What are Brassicas, Exactly?
Bradford Pear Has Many Assets
The Rise and Fall of the Ornamental Callery Pear Tree
The stinky scourge of suburbia
North Carolina’s Bradford Pear Bounty Program
Water and Power: A California Heist - Disney+ Link
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession
Water-indexed benefits and impacts of California almonds
The Other Side of Almonds: A Light Carbon Footprint
The Planthropology Podcast
The Texas Tech Horticultural Gardens and Greenhouse Complex
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This episode marks a new era of rootbound! Karla, our first repeat guest, discusses the tomato, its name, its chemistry and why europeans were afraid of it. Steve also discusses the tomato, bad performances and also fear of tomatoes. Finally, a little rootbound premier.
Show Notes!I Say Tomato, You Say… Apple of Paradise?
Why the Tomato Was Feared in Europe for More Than 200 Years
Lycopene on Wikipedia
La Tomatina: a guide to Spain's messiest festival
AN ACTOR DEMORALIZED BY TOMATOES. (nytimes sub required)Why Do People Throw Tomatoes?
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes on Wikipedia
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 1990 Cartoon Intro
About the Geisel LibraryLet’s Call the Whole Thing Off
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First, monoecious vs dioecious. Then Debbie shares a plant that stings and how to eat it. Also, some chemistry, some taxonomy and some poison milk. The episode finishes with a little poetry and a little disclaimer.
On episode 058 we learn about the founder of America’s first botanic garden. Then, Andrew shares the mystery of a tree that is found in that botanic garden. Steve shares about beech trees that aren’t really beech trees. Finally, discussion of extinction in the wild and other species threat levels.
Show Notes!
Bartram’s Garden
Bartram’s Boxes Historical Marker
Franklinia – a Horticultural Mystery
Pondering a botanical enigma of the lost Franklinia
Franklinia Series: Finding Franklinia alatamaha (Part One)
New hybrid ‘Sweet Tea’ Mountain Gordlinia is a sweet addition to the garden
Nothofagus
New Zealand Nothofagus beech forest no more
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
On episode 57 of rootbound, we take the highway to the USDA Hardiness Zones. Then Genevieve tells us about a boastful flower that doesn’t have petals. Steve talks about little blue flowers, children’s books and the wrong side of the law. Finally, Steve discusses pretty flowers along the road.
Show Notes!History of Plant Hardiness Zone Maps
The official USDA Hardiness Zone Map
30 Facts You Need to Know If You Love Hydrangeas
Oak-leaf hydrangea, Alabama's State Wildflower
Texas State Flower
The Texas Bluebonnet: Its Legends and Myths
The Prevailing Myth of Picking Texas Bluebonnets
A Lupine's “Wolf Fang”
About the Texas Bluebonnet Award
Where the Wildflowers Grow (All about the TxDOT Wildflower Program)
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Emma and Samara are back!!
Catch up on the last year and dream with us for the year ahead.
Don't worry-we didn't forget. We've created a warm and cozy Rosemary Chai Hot Toddy for you to enjoy with us. Find the cocktail recipe on instagram @therootboundpodcast
Some things never change. Cheers!
Definition of a caudex. Then Alyssa shares a plant that actually makes steve gasp! Then Steve shares about yet another edible weed. Finally, a reading from the bible of salad.
Show Notes!What is a caudex?
Alyssa’s excellent piece on succulents
Dioscorea elephantipes on wikipedia
Some more great pictures and info on Dioscorea elephantipes
Unusual Seeds on Etsy (where Alyssa got her seeds)
The Cactus Store in L.A.
Weed Society of America page on Purslane
Common purslane: a source of omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants
Eat the Weeds video on Purslane
Common weed may be ‘super plant’ that holds key to drought-resistant crops
C4 Photosynthesis from Khan Academy
Cam Plants from Khan Academy
The Edwards Lab at Yale
This Blew Up - Alyssa’s Podcast
Alyssa’s website
The Ringer
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Episode 050 is the first carnivorous plant episode! First, Charles Darwin and Crabs. Then Tea shares about growing a sticky plant and Steve shares about the most classic of carnivorous plants. Finally, a discussion of mean green mother from outer space and diegesis.
Show Notes!Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
Why Does Evolution Keep Turning Everything Into Crabs
Drosera filiformis on carnivorous plant resource
Introduction to thread leaf sundews
Fly Traps Can Count!
Watch a Venus flytrap glow in response to touch
Dropping like flies - Criminal Podcast
How the Venus flytrap got its taste for meat
Little Shop of Horrors: Beyond the Plant is Poverty
Greek Chorus on Wikipedia
Diegetic vs. Non-Diegetic Sound: What’s the Difference?
Diegesis on Wikipedia
All of Tea’s Links
ScienTEAfic on Patreon
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What is a primary forest? Then Ben tells us about a plant that has something to say about the forests of Sweden. Steve talks about making bacon from acorns. In the end, a tribute to a special tree.
Show Notes!
What are Primary Forests and Why Should We Protect Them?
Sweden’s Six Major Habitat Types
Paris Quadrifolia on wikipedia
Paris Quadrifolia on Worldspecies.org
How unsustainable is Sweden’s forest industry?
Quercus Alba on Wikipedia
Why Does Bourbon Have to Be Aged in New Oak Barrels?
Making Bacon Out Of… ACORNS! from Black Forager
Wye Oak on Wikipedia
Mobilizing to Preserve the Wye Oak
The Wye Oak Gallery
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Juicy plants. Then Adarsh of Aloe shares about the plant that inspired his community name. Then Steve shares yet another weed in his yard. Finally, Steve talks about dinosaurs from outer space for some reason.
Show Notes!
How Succulents Took Over Instagram—and Then the World
Aloe, the climate action community
Aloe, the plant
Why the ancient Egyptians called Aloe Vera the plant of immortality
Horsenettle on virginiawildflowers.org
Solanine on Wikipedia
9 things you need to know about koalas
Sign up for the open beta of Aloe
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Shrub! Bush! Subshrub? Then, Michael makes up a fun and more accurate name for a shrub with sweet berries. Then Steve talks about a shrub with spicy berries. Finally, another shrub fact.
Show Notes!
What is the difference between a Shrub and a Bush?
Autumn Olive: Your Invasive. Seedy Neighbor
Identifying and Foraging Autumn Olive
Autumn Olives - The Invasive Superberry
Spicebush on Atlas Obscura
How to make Spicebush Tea
Spicebush Berries from Weird Fruit Explorer
Shrub on Atlas Obscura
The Wild Edible World Podcast on Apple Podcasts
Wild Edible World on Instagram
What is an invasive species? Then Reena discusses a childhood memory and Steve goes on a bee tangent. Later Steve shares about a weed, football and hinduism. Finally, Anwesha shares another childhood memory.
Show Notes!
National Invasive Species Information Center
Executive Order 13112 - Invasive Species
Invasive Species Definition Clarification and Guidance
Honeysuckle on Wikipedia
Honeysuckle facts for kids
Control Honeysuckle While Using It to Your Benefit
Honeysuckle - Addison Grace
Bartender’s Guide to Foraging: Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle Rose (song)
Info on Cynodon Dactylon
List of NFL Stadiums and what grass they use
The Strange Case of the Cyanide Grass
Sacred Grass Durva
The Better Call Daddy Show hosted by Reena Friedman Watts
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Cactuses! Cacti? This episode has the first two Cactuses… Cacti covered on rootbound! Steve goes over some cactus basics. Then, Wil shares about a pointy but tasty cactus. Steve shares about a pointier and less tasty variety. Finally, Steve takes a nostalgia trip to an auto repair shop in the desert.Show Notes!
Cactus on Wikipedia
CAM Plants on Wikipedia
Opuntia on Wikipedia
Prickly Pear Cactus: Flowers, Fruit and Shelter
Eating Cactus: Prickly Pear for Food
Cactus Candy
Six Things You Didn’t Know About Nopales – Like What They Are
Woodrats and Cholla: Dependence of a Small Mammal Population on the Density of Cacti
Cholla Cactus
Etymology of Opuntia
Horticulturist shares interesting facts about the 'Jumping Cholla' cactus
The Cholla Cactus Garden in Joshua Tree National Park
Fred Flintstone's favorite drink inspired a real-life soda pop
It is the fall special! Rebecca, Karla and Steve talk plants and fall including pumpkins, figs, leaves and more! Plus the podcasting premiere of a special guest!
Show Notes!Fall on Wikipedia
Autumn: Frost Country
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Family Farm in Autumn
How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth
Why leaves fall — and the good deeds they do
Why Fall Colors Are Different in U.S. and Europe
Is burning wood for power carbon-neutral? Not a chance
List of Quercus Species
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Thinking about Moss. Then Stefan shares about a magical plant that is not moss. Steve shares about a beautiful weed that sound like a man’s name. Finally, a poem.
This week’s guest on rootbound is Stefan Lessard, bassist for the Dave Matthews Band
Show Notes!
Wikipedia page for Moss
Vascular Plants
Spanish Moss, ‘The Swampy Cousin Of The Pineapple’
The Facts about Spanish Moss
Tillandsia usneoides: An Indicator to Air Pollution
Spanish Moss Was Used for Bedding, Packing
Identification of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid (HMG) as a hypoglycemic principle of Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
Spanish Moss by Gordon Lightfoot
Kolchak, the Night Stalker - The Spanish Moss Murders TV Episode
Frost Aster on Wikipedia
Frost Aster, a Blessing or a Scourge
Name Changes in Aster
Heteroblasty
Some vocabulary for the first time in a while. Steve refines his understanding of a word. Then Rachael shares her favorite flower which is definitely worth deep sniff. Steve exposes a secret about himself and talks about making alcohol again. Finally, some blooping.
Show Notes!Inflorescence on Wikipedia
Types of inflorescence
Hyacinth on Wikipedia
Are Hyacinths Poisonous? (yes)
All about Hyacinths
Hyacinth in Greek Mythology
Why is it called Apple?
Want To Grow An Apple Tree? Don’t Start With Apple Seeds
How to Graft an Apple Tree: A Complete Guide
The Real Johnny Appleseed Brought Apples—and Booze—to the American Frontier
How to Make Hard Cider With Wild Yeast
How to Make Applejack
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This week we have another special episode! Ryan explains how he almost broke the show and then shares dazzling details about the soybean. Then Steve talks more about the soybean and Bob Dylan. Finally, Steve eats some special soybeans. Warning: If you don’t like mouth noises, skip the final segment.
Show Notes!Soybean wikipedia
Statue of Liberty Goes Green with Soy
Soy Puns
Production of Soybean in the U.S.
Homemade Natto by Natto Dad
Bob Dylan - Love Sick (Grammys 1998 & “Soy Bomb” incident)
Performance Artist Michael Portnoy’s website
Why is Soy so bad for the Amazon?
Ryan Honick’s Website
The Science of Soy: What Do We Really Know?
The density of dazzling details delivered by our guest is through the roof this episode! Kristina gives us the facts on agave and its myriad uses. Steve talks about a grape with a fun name. Finally, Steve makes more booze.
Show Notes!Agave on Wikipedia
Xerophyte on Wikipedia
Monocarpic on Wikipedia
Making paper from Agave
How mezcal is made
How tequila is made
Pulque - The sacred Mexican drink of the Aztecs
10 uses for agave you probably didn’t know
The History and Domestication of Agave
Scuppernong Grapes Are the Stuff of Southern Legend
Vitis rotundifolia on wikipedia
Muscadines May Be The Best Grapes You've Never Tasted
The Mother Vine on Atlas Obscura
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This week we check back in with Jill from episode 033 who shares a plant-based animal fact and then Steve tells a lame joke. Then Kathy shares her passion for okra, how to grow it, how to eat it, etc. Steve talks about another rotting fruit. Finally, Jill pops back in with another fun plant-based animal fact.
Show Notes!Koalas Eat Toxic Leaves to Survive — Now Scientists Know How
Okra on wikipedia
Anthocyanin on wikipedia
40 Okra Recipes That Prove It's Not Just for Gumbo
Diospyros Virginiana on Wikipedia
American Persimmon on EatTheWeeds
Persimmon on The Wood Database
So You Want to Try Persimmon?
Predicting the Weather Using Persimmon Seeds
Kathy Jentz on Instagram
Washington Gardner Magazine
GardenDC Podcast on Apple Podcasts - or Spotify
This is not the Watering Hole, though you might be fooled because I am joined by Maggie and Ashley, the hosts of that podcast. Then, a completely different Ashley, discusses her phobia of a spherical food. Steve busts 3 carrot myths. Finally, Maggie and Ashely bust a couple of other plant myths.
Show Notes!The Watering Hole Podcast
rootbound episode 001 featuring Ashley of the Watering Hole
rootbound episode 002 featuring Maggie of the Watering Hole
Pea on wikipedia
Pea facts from peas.org
Celebrate the great British pea
I eat my peas with honey
Sexual Nutrition: Getting To Know Your Aphrodisiacs
Carrot on wiki
World of Weeds: Poison hemlock and Wild carrot
Are carrots orange because of a Dutch revolutionary?
A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark
Bugs Bunny is the reason people think that rabbits eat carrots, but it was just a movie spoof
The carrot scene in It Happened One Night
The scene where a character says ‘Doc’ in It Happened One Night
Is Celery a Calorie Negative Food
Garlic as a vampire deterrent: fact or fiction?
Why do people knock on wood for luck?
Ashley and the Planet
Maggie’s Dewane’s website
Steve is joined by Sebi as they scour a forest of an elusive fruit. Then, Tara shares her fondness for the same fruit — the Paw Paw. Steve explains his obsession with the fruit as well and how he got his first paw paw while sitting in an airplane. Finally, Steve and Sebi shake a bunch of trees.
Paw Paw on wikipedia
Paw Paws on Atlas Obscura
Smithsonian Article on Paw Paws
Metacomet sachem to the Wampanoag - wikipedia
Anachronistic Fruits and the Ghosts Who Haunt Them
That Song about Pawpaws & Those Other Pawpaw Songs
Way Down Yonder in the Paw Paw Patch
The Pocket PawPaw Cook book by Sara Bir
PawPaws on eat the weeds
The Pawpaw: Foraging For America's Forgotten Fruit
Tara on Instagram — Check out her great photography!
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A bit of the philosophy behind rootbound. Then NancyRae of Herbal Gardens Wellness tells us about Salvia apiana, its importance in her culture and issues regarding its harvest. Plant, don’t pluck white sage. Steve talks about Salvia officinalis, its name, its uses and issues regarding its harvest. Finally, Steve drinks tea and talks about bees.
Show Notes!The Watering Hole Podcast
Healing in Two Worlds
Revisiting—and Reimagining—the Cuisine of Our Oldest Cultures
Interview with an Expert: Nancy Rae Kochis-Clark
Nancy Rae Clark - Bringing Lifestyle Medicine to Rural Communities
Smudging on Wikipedia
The White Sage Black Market
Salvia Officinalis on the American Botanical Society
Overpicking threatens Greek herbs
Herbal Gardens Wellness (NancyRae’s organization)
Donate to Herbal Gardens Wellness
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The first Mixed Greens episode! 1. What’s a Pappus? 2. Dandelion greens with David 3. Who wrote the best song about corn? Blake Shelton or the Gregory Brothers + Corn Kid? 4. Gardenia fruit tea. 5. A story about milkweed 6. An analysis of Hoe Cake Hominy and Sassafras Tea — the songs and the food.
Show Notes!A separated vortex ring underlies the flight of the dandelion
Video of a dandelion seed vortex!
Sautéed Italian Dandelion Greens (Cicoria)
9 Things to Do With Dandelions
Corn by Blake Shelton
It's Corn - Songify This ft. Recess Therapy
A Traditional Chinese Dye Plant Becomes A Garden Ornamental in Europe
The Santa Maria monarch butterfly groves
Hoe Cake, Hominy and Sassafras Tea by Bill Darnell on Archive.org
Hoe Cake Hominy and Sassafras Tea by the Four Vagabonds on Youtube
Caravan by the Mills Brothers
Bill Darnell Bio
Story of the Four Vagabonds
The Mills Brothers History
History Myths Debunked: Hoe Cake
allthingshominy.com
Sassafras Tea: Using a Traditional Method of Preparation to Reduce the Carcinogenic Compound Safrole
The Sassafras song by Black Forager on Instagram
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Lots of disclaimers and Steve touches a plant. Then Rebecca shares a touching story about her mom and a toxic plant + more toxic plant talk and more disclaimers. Finally, Steve faces the repercussions of touching the plant… or does he?
Show Notes!Poison Ivy: an Exaggerated Immune Response to Nothing Much
Clearing up Poison Ivy Myths
Urushiol on wikipedia
A Beautiful Harvest: How Students in Japan Turn Urushi Trees Into Lacquer
Black-spot poison ivy, a report of 3 cases with clinicopathologic correlation
The poison ivy video from Jim McDonald mentioned in my sister’s scary plants talk
Episode 4: Rose and Umarí
Harmony’s Astrology Youtube Channel
DC Tenants Union on Instagram
What are C4 plants? Then Jill talks about an entire genus! Ficus! Steve goes down a rabbit hole on a lawn weed and ends up exploring psychedelics. Later, a reading from Sylvia Plath’s the Bell Jar.
C4 Photosynthesis from the Khan Academy
List of C4 plants on wikipedia
Corn Kid
The Ficus Genus on wikipedia
How a fig tree strangles other plants
Are There Dead Wasps In Figs?
The Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Balboa Park
Paspalum dilatatum in wikipedia
Aves y Plantas de los Pastizales Naturales del Cono Sur de Sudamérica
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants on Google Books
Ergot: the story of a parasitic fungus (1958)
Ergotism on wikipedia
Tripping in LSD's Birthplace: A Story for "Bicycle Day"
Fig tree quote from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
What grows underground? Steve is a little confused. Then Kimani talks about a rhizome, skin care and happiness. Steve shares a common tuber with an fascinating history. Finally, some dazzling details about curcumin and pipeline.
Show Notes!Rhizomes, Corms, Tubers, Bulbs
How to Grow Tumeric in Pots in Cold Climates
Homemade and Commercial Skincare Made with Turmeric
Significance Of 'Haldi' Ceremony
Curcumin in Depression: Potential Mechanisms of Action and Current Evidence—A Narrative Review
Potato Etymology
Crispy Sweet Potato Leaves
Sweet potato cultivation in Polynesia
Can You Juice a Sweet Potato?
Influence of piperine on the pharmacokinetics of curcumin in animals and human volunteers
Kimani Anku on Instagram
GardeningandBeats.com
Time, not Thyme. Then Eric shares a house plant that its an indicator of time. Then Steve share about a plant and a cocktail with a confusing name. Finally, more details about the cocktail.
Show Notes!
The Thyme episode of rootbound
The National Phenology Network
Phenology, A Matter of Time
Japan’s Kyoto cherry blossoms peak on earliest date in 1,200 years, a sign of climate change
Beginner’s Guide to Caring For Alocasia ‘Polly’ (Alocasia Amazonica or African Mask Plant)
More info on Alocasia Amazonia (and perhaps why it is called that
Rewild DC
PictureThis App
Albizia julibrissin on wikipedia
Mimosa brings spring to the South of France
Justin Robinson (@countrygentlemancooks on instagram) discusses Mimosa
How the Mimosa Became the Official Drink of Brunch
Domestique Wineshop - One of the top five natural wine shops in America according to Wine Enthusiast
Eric Moorer and instagram
Summer Madness! Then Karla, Maggie, Marc, Trin and Steve eat strawberries and talk about summer, plants — and also mosquitos. Then they drink beer. Summer!
Show Notes!Breaks With Tradition: “Summer Madness”
WhoSampled Summer Madness
Strawberries with Sour Cream and Brown Sugar
The Rise of the City Bee—How Urbanites Built the 21st-Century Apiculture
What Purpose do Mosquitoes Serve?
It Works for Vampires: Can Garlic Scare Off Mosquitoes?
How Mosquitoes Helped Shape the Course of Human History
How Trees Survive and Thrive After A Fire
Duckweed on Wikipedia
Maggie Dewane on the web
Defining herbaceous with or without pronouncing the ‘h’. Then, my Mom is on the podcast to talk about Gardenia and I talk about another fun flower. Finally, more talk about silent ‘h’s.
Show Notes!Gardenia on Wikipedia
Gardenias: A Fragrance That Captivates
Alexander Garden on Wikipedia
Blog about Gardenia Fruit
Rediscovering Don’s “Other” Essential Tiki Mix
Academic paper on gardenia and gastritis
History of the Peony Flower
Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
How to Eat a Peony
Adam Ragusea on Herb vs (H)erb
On this episode of rootbound we take a unique historical look at Sassafras with Dr. Clare Griffin and of course we end up talking about Paracelsus. Then steve thinks about history and trees.
Show Notes!
Sassafras on wikipedia
Disentangling commodity histories: pauame and sassafras in the early modern global world
How were the english introduced to Sassafras
A Short History of Gumbo
The Real Reason Sassafras Root Beer Is Illegal
Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia by Clare Griffin
Clare Griffin’s Website
What is medicine? Steve isn’t sure. Then Lorena discusses a flower, abuelas and bruises. Later, steve talks about an aggregate of drupelets. Plus, a bonus plant!
Show Notes!Medicine on Wikipedia
A picture of Arnica de la Abuela
Antiinflammatory constituents from Heterotheca inuloides
Rubus Idaeus on Wikipedia
Raspberries, the fruits of the Olympus Gods
Primocane vs Floricane
Info on Red Raspberry Leaf Tea
Re(plantea)ndo on Instagram
Some foraging info. Later Mallory talks about common misconceptions regarding milkweed and Steve shares a plant that may or may not be eaten by bears. Finally, Steve learns a lesson. This also counts as the ramps episode.
Show Notes!Milkweed on Wikipedia
Stalking the Wild Asparagus on Goodreads
Making a Milkweed Pillow
When picking milkweed was a patriotic pursuit
Recipe for Milkweed Stew by Mallory O’Donnell
Allium ursinum on Wikipedia
What’s the difference between Ramps and Ramsons?
Can we eat our ramps and have them too?
The Bear's Garlic - Bärlauch and its deadly doppelgänger
How to Cook a Weed - Mallory' O’Donnell’s website
Follow Mallory O’Donnell on Instagram
Nectar is cool. Then Rebecca shares a floral discovery during a hike. Steve doesn’t poison anybody while sharing a flower-based beverage. Finally, Steve shares his mead journey.
Show Notes!Nectar on wiki
World list of plants with extrafloral nectaries
VA Native Plant Society on Bluebells
Post on bluebells from Wisconsin Horticulture
Grow It Build It guide to Bluebells
Musings on Bluebells from Rebecca’s blog
UK Herb Society on Elderberry
Elderberry: an abundant native medicine
Elderberry Supplementation Reduces Cold Duration and Symptoms in Air-Travellers
Elderberry for prevention and treatment of viral respiratory illnesses: a systematic review
Making an Elder Whistle
Cyanogenic Glycoside Analysis in American Elderberry
The Elder Mother in Folklore
Post about one gallon mead batches by Pixie’s Pocket
wildfermentation.org - the website of Sandor Ellix Katz (you can by the art of fermentation here)
Rebecca’s blog
What’s in a name? Apparently, quite a bit. Then Moon talks about about peeling leaves of the edible duct tape of the yard. Later, Steve talks about oregano, lightning and spoiled milk. Finally, we get to the bottom of the mystery of two plants with the same name.
Show NotesA rose by any other name would smell as sweet on wikipedia
Common Names--Too Many Shared Names from the Wandering Botanist
Plantago on Eat the Weeds
Eat this, common plantain seeds
Herb Society of America Guide to the Genus Origanum
Carvacrol on wiki
Stack exchange thread on lightning and curdled milk
Listen to Goldschatz!
This week on rootbound we talk about berries… and berries that aren’t berries… and things that aren’t berries that are berries. Then Jewel, general manager and creative director of the Gibson describes her resilient fennel plants and various facts about them — including how to repel ghosts. Steve brings visual aids to an audio medium and talks about berries some more. Finally, drinks are made.
Show Notes!Berry (botany) on wikipedia
Fennel quick facts from the Herb Society of America
What is Kummel?
What is Fennel Pollen and How Should You Use it
Juneberry on Eat the Weeds (with recipes)
BlackForager video on Serviceberry
Cedar-Quince Rust
The Gibson (Jewel’s bar in DC - go there!)
Evergreen or Deciduous? Then Eoin talks about a ubiquitous and flammable shrub. He doesn’t know whether he can smell it or not. Steve talks about a creeper that he is inviting to his backyard. Lastly, a song a bout a train.
Show Notes!Gorse, Furze, Whin
Gorse Flowers on widlflowersofireland.net
Gorse and Fire Risk
A Christmas Childhood by Patrick Kavanagh
Gorse Fires by Michael Longley
Virginia Creeper on Wiki
Virginia Creeper on Fassaden Grün
The Last Scream of the Virginia Creeper
Rhaphides
New Virginia Creeper by Old Crow Medicine Show
How to spell Eoin
Housekeeping. Then Imke and Steve talk about their respective peach trees — plus other peach fun facts and dazzling details! Finally, we move out to the country and eat a lot of peaches. 🍑🍑🍑
Show Notes!Peach wikipedia entry
European Earwig: Fruit Pest, Potential Ally, or Both?
How to thin peaches
Learn to recognize ladybug larvae
Plum Curculio Control
Peach Cobbler Recipe
The Cherokee Blood Peach on the Abundant Living and Gardening Podcast(Apple podcasts link)
🍑 emoji on wikipedia
’Impeachment’ has nothing to do with fruit
Peaches by the Presidents of the United States of America
Record scratch! Vivaldi! This is a special spring episode of rootbound. Steve, Karla, Anwesha and Sinchan talk about spring and how it applies to plants while gazing at the Matterhorn. They also drink whisky.
Show Notes!The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons Sonnets
The Matterhorn on Wikipedia
Location of Riffelalp
Tussilago (Coltsfoot) on Wiki
The Difference between Corms, Bulbs, Tubers and Rhizomes
Wikipedia on seed stratification
The Rise of the State Machines
Switzerland offers an unexpected trove of rare whiskies
This is not the chocolate episode. Then Max talks about the connection between a flower and family. Steve tells about backyard syrup experiments. The episode closes with a song about jasmine and a train ride in the Swiss mountains.
Show Notes!Lindt Home of Chocolate
Blog about Indonesian jasmine by Lois
Video about jasmine tea scentingSilver Maple vs Sugar Maple
Matt’s Habitats - DC area foraging walks
How to collect sap and make syrup
Melati Dik Melati
Visuals by Maximilian de Vree
Robots that sing! Then Shaun plants a tree and Steve eats more weeds. Later, things get avant-garde when Steve creates a song with Shaun and a few robots.
Show Notes!Daisy Bell
Daisy Bell by an IBM 704 computer
Daisy Bell by HAL 9000 from 2001 a space odyssey
wikipedia on Carl Linnaeus
Lagerstroemia on Wikipedia
Crape Myrtle from Arbor Day Foundation
John Denver Plant a Tree PSA
Lambsquarters wiki
the Eastern Agricultural Complex
Huaozontle, a pre-Hispanic delicacy you must try
Make your own AI music
Listen and Download Daisy II
rootbound goes to Switzerland! Later, Monica explains her passion for the pie plant. Then, Steve talks about a tree he overlooked as a child. Finally, Steve eats on mic.
Show Notes!John Bartram introduces Ben Franklin to tofu
Mysteries of the Rhubarb Triangle Revealed
Zoroastrian creation myth
History of the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians
The Oasis of Mara from the National Park Service
Fan palm fruit info on specialtyproduce.com
29 Palms by Robert Plant
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nations Capitol
Hedgerow Helpings (Monica’s Website)
The Wardian Case! Then, the very first house plant on rootbound! Shirley talks about her delicious monster and Steve discusses a plant he is fighting but also trying to make peace with.
Show Notes!Houseplant on Wikipedia
On the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases
Leafy Legends: The Vibrant History Of Houseplants
Monstera Deliciosa on Atlas Obscura (see the fruit here)
How to Turn an Ikea Cabinet Into an Indoor Greenhouse
Ivy on Fassaden Grün
Ivy summary for the public from EU Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products
www.shirleyshotyu.com (Shirley’s Photography Website)
Choosii.us, a social marketplace for collectors
Wind-loving or Insect-loving? Then a guy named Steve talks about a plant that is not a skunk or a cabbage. Next, another guy named Steve talks about a plant that is not from Jerusalem nor an artichoke.
Show Notes!
Pollen.com
Spring’s Weird, Smelly Wonder
Thoreau on What Skunk-Cabbage Can Teach Us About Optimism and the Meaning of Human Life
Jerusalem Artichoke Facts
Portrait of an Urban Beekeeper
Meadow Sweet Apiaries
Lets ferment! Chantal explains a misunderstood plant and its alcoholic counterpart. Steve talks about the first domesticated fruit… and also alcohol. Later, Steve goes to bar and drinks alcohol.
Ethanol Fermentation on Wikipedia
Wormwood on Wikipedia
The Wormwood Society (Start your absinthe journey here)
NPR story about wormwood
Plums: A brief introduction
Tuica - Romania’s “White Lightning”
Hungary/Romania: Spirited Dispute Looms Over Right To Use Plum Brandy Name In The EU
Cocktails for the End Times — Chantal Tseng’s website.
Check out Chantal Tseng’s events, or get your own custom cocktails recipe, also read Chantal Tseng’s blog
The anatomy of a tree trunk. Then Timothy Jaromir discusses how his pet bunny introduced him to a healing plant that has been used for over 2000 years. Steve tells a story of a tree that is a bit of a bummer.
Show Notes!Anatomy of a tree
Comfrey: A Clinical Review
Pyrrolizidine on my Mind from Eattheweeds.com (discussion of the toxic alkaloid in Comfrey)
Comfrey on Witchipedia
Fraxinus on Wikipedia
How guitars are changing because of the climate crisis
monitoringash.org
Ghosts by Timothy Jaromir feat Vania on Bandcamp (Buy it!)Hiraeth an album by Timothy Jaromirtimothyjaromir.comGoldSchatz
Ding ding ding! Another special single plant episode, this time about the mulberry! Stephanie explains her connection to the mulberry and some dazzling details about this ubiquitous but often overlooked tree. Later, Steve does a deep dive on two nursery rhymes.
Show Notes!What is WWOOFing
Mulberry Wiki
Sericulture Wiki
Cassie Dickson Textiles on Instagram (small scale silk producer)
Here we go round the Mulberry Bush Poem Analysis
Stop Beatin’ ‘Round the Mulberry Bush, Count Basie and his orchestra
Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, James Orchard Halliwell - 1849
Pop goes the weasel on Wikipedia
The Smarty Pants Podcast hosted by Stephanie Bastek
Steve notices some dangling things. Later Aja talks about nuts, milk, cheese and fuel. Steve talks about a common plant with a morbid name and, of course, bees again.
Show Notes!
Corylus americana on wikipedia
Current Hazelnut Growing Area from Arborday.org
Easy Fermented Nut Cheese
Growing Hazelnuts for Biofuel Production
The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper
How to Harvest Purple Dead Nettle
Nettle Wine by Ralph McTell
Aja’s Website
Abundant Living and Gardening on Apple Podcasts
Some botanical vocabulary. Then, Wenting shares about a furry furry plant. Steve makes herbal puns. Brought to you by Water!
Show Notes!Machine Translation of the Compendium Materia Medica in English
Setaria on Wikipedia
A Brief History of Thyme
Thymol Varroa Control
first recording of Time Is On My Side
Photography by Wenting Gu
Today’s episode is all about Corn! Raluca and Steve compare notes about that ubiquitous plant. Sponsored by RuBisCo!
Show Notes!wikipedia on mămăligă
Everything you need to know about Nixtamalization
Cultural ignorance paved the way for pellagra
Gorditas made in the comal (YouTube)
Corn by Blake Shelton (YouTube)
Steve tries to pronounce Asteraceae. Later Christian explains Edelweiss and trough gardening. The conversation then shifts to a desert bush, chimney fires, Ötzi the Ice Man and Dune. Sponsored by Rocket Greens!
Show Notes!An article on trough gardening
The Mystical and Mythical Edelweiss
Facts about chimney fires
The Wikipedia on Creosote
King Clone on Atlas Obscura
Copper in Ötzi the Iceman’s ax came from surprisingly far away
H.R. Giger on Dune
Alien Fondue
Listen to Christian Kriegeskotte’s LYNXX project
All about salad! Jen explains her love for a spicy leaf. Steve talks about a questionable culinary choice. Brought to you by Spring!
Show Notes!Acetaria: a Discourse on Sallets
America Blew it On Arugula
A recipe for Rucolino
Green Deane on Pokeweed
Listen to Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White on YouTube
Or on Apple Music
The theoretical limit of rootbound. Then Anwesha talks about Mangroves and peak climate change behavior. Steve talks about Yerbaníz and his herbal tea experiments.
Show Notes!
The Kerala Backwaters on Wikipedia
Green Deane on Mangroves
2011 Story about Everglades tour guides charged with misdemeanor for feeding wild animals marshmallows
How to make fireweed tea (I used a similar process)
Las Hierbas de Tláloc
The definition of rootbound. Then Dave tells us about lavender, proper Latin pronunciation and a 16th century Swiss alchemist. Steve shares a beloved plant with an unfortunate Latin name. Brought to you by Scarlet Begonias.
Show Notes!
English vs Spanish Lavender (The lavender in my garden is English lavender, btw)
Paracelsus: the man who brought chemistry to medicine.
An old, and a bit strange documentary on Paracelsus (this is where the Paracelsus audio in this episode originates.)
Atlas Obscura article on Yaupon Holly
What is a Drupe? Harmony Ellington tells us about the Rose, The Galactic Center, feces and how humans are destroying the planet — among other things. Then Steve talks about an Amazonian fruit, regret and sorrow. This episode was brought to you by the Calvin cycle.
Show Notes!
wikipedia for rose oil
Is the really poo in your favorite perfume?
The music video for Roses by OutKast
Slowfood Foundation article on Umari
Youtube video about Umarí in Portuguese
rootbound theme music by Christian Kriegeskotte
Fake ads by David Lanni
Steve uses an app in the woods. Then Steve talks with Karla about cilantro and mint. Also, be prepared for some noises. This episode is sponsored by Dirt.
Show Notes!
The Seek App
Wikipedia for pápaloquelite
Mint Car by the Cure
Cilantro by Patricia Taxxon
Join Emma, Samara, and Special Guest: Liza Peterson, as they talk science, plants, and sibling dynamics.
The guest on episode 2 of rootbound is Maggie Dewane. You can listen to her on the excellent podcast The Watering Hole. Also over at maggiedewane.com. Steve talks with Maggie Dewane about Basil and Dandelion + the definition of Sepal and clips from a German children’s television show. Brought to you by the color Green.
Show Notes!
Wikipedia entry on African Blue Basil
The intro to the german children’s television show Löwenzahn
The episode of Löwenzahn called Der Unkrautgärtner
The guest on the first episode of rootbound is Ashley Holmes, co-host of The Watering Hole podcast and created of the YouTube channel, Ashley and the Planet
Show Notes!
An interesting episode of Radio Lab featuring Mimosa Pudica
Smarter Everyday films Bittercress in slow motion
Join Emma and Samara as they discuss workaholism, the Enneagram, pursuing your passion and the Gin and Tonic.
Join Yelena, Samara and Emma as they enjoy Yelena’s current favorite plant and cocktail while discussing her tips on living your 20s to the fullest!
Join Emma and Samara as they give updates on their plants and ponder life with a smokey cocktail.
Join Samara, Yelena, and Emma as they welcome special guest Lynnae Self to discuss how to uncover the mystery behind why plants can nourish, inspire and encourage!
Join Yelena, Samara, and Emma as they discuss how to cope with the stormy seasons of life all while enjoying a Dark 'N' Stormy.
Join Emma, Samara, and Yelena as they reminisce about 2020 and talk New Year's resolutions and MONEY...plants.
Join Emma, Samara and Yelena as they talk about poinsettias, martini's, and their Christmas traditions.
Join Samara, Emma and Yelena as they chat about the plants they suggest every new plant owner start with and their experiences with friendships and roommateship.
Join Emma, Samara and Yelena as they talk about exotic plants and their top travel destinations.
Join Emma, Samara and Yelena in their inaugural episode as they tell the stories of their first ever plant owning and cocktail drinking experiences.