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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Horsetail! Marsh horsetail (Equisetum palustre), I believe! These plants are a fascinating look into the earliest evoluntionary history of plants and the relative simplicity of them is a testament to this! #Horsetail #Horsetails #Botany #Plants #Evolution 1/3

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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I found this today but I'm sure I saw someone wear this at a rave in the 90s. #Hiking #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #ECK #Dublin #Ireland

A beautiful off-white, creamy brown Amanita mushroom growing from an exposed tree root.

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Published a short about the Dutch nature reserve Het Zwanenwater (+ Pettemerduinen) yesterday and even managed to dig up photos I took of the orchids growing there in May 2024 when we were last there! youtube.com/shorts/83jia... #Botany #Orchids #NorthHolland #Netherlands

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The Largest Dune Lakes in West Europe | Het Zwanenwater

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Nature By Michelle @nature-by-michelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

End of September in the forest ✨️ #autumn #enchanted #raysoflight #magic #photography

Morning light in the forest, rays of sunshine behind foreground trees. Snakeroot blooms in foreground.

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Such a beautiful bright full moon right now! So much so that my phone manages to capture quite the decent photo! 🌕✨️ #Moon #FullMoon

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sharing even more North Holland flora (& fauna) discoveries over on YouTube! Like this one about how sand sedge uses rhizomes to clone itself! 🌾✨ youtube.com/shorts/FUVy7...

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Spotting Sand Sedge Clones Atop North Holland's Dunes~

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Nature By Michelle @nature-by-michelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Friday! One more from a previous Autumn walk at Starved Rock. 🍁 I'm looking forward to fall colors, and it's so fun to revisit some of the best walks I've taken in the last couple years. #Autumn #fallcolor #photography #starvedrock #illinois

A small bridge crosses a ravine in the woods at peak autumn color

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@curiositycabinet.bsky.social In case there's something new botanically to you here! Any ideas why some trees seedlings have multiple stems? I wonder if they're backups? Here's a video of what the pods & pulp look like- one of my favorite foods, but it doesn't keep or ship: bsky.app/profile/teis...

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

When you give a #biologist a trip to a tropical island, they may ask to bring #seeds home. Picts from packing up today. And people wonder why I have far too many #houseplants... At least a nice record of fruit consumed in #Hawaii. Enjoyed ice cream beans & mountain apples most. #nature #gardening

Seeds from lychee, ice cream beans, sweet mountain apple.

Seeds from palm trees, avocado, sour soo, mango

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Spotted huge white goosefoot (C. album) in the Netherlands near the German border 🌿✨ These plants are quite variable and range from 10 to 150 cm, sometimes up to 300 cm tall! Their leaves also vary a lot (see attached photos from Wikimedia: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0 & Michel Langeveld, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm back from my vacation in #NorthHolland and it was a wonderful time! I'll be sharing more insights and take you along to discover the flora (& fauna!) of the beautiful places we got to visit~ 🌾🌊 📸: Amidst the dunes by Julianadorp, en route to the beach! #Netherlands #Dunes #Holland #Photography

A red lighthouse with a white top centred amidst grassy dunes rising on both sides. The sky is mostly cloudy with the blue sky peeking through at the top and a bit of sand is visible underneath the grass at the bottom. A leaning wooden fencepost emerges closeby from the grass.

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Update after 30 weeks. Yes, seriously. Most joyous news! Tentacle Leek officially reproduced! Yes, we're now the proud owners of at least 2 viable Tentacle Leekettes. (By which I mean- delicious red onions I'll never get to eat 😅😂.) Hope you're enjoying your weekend! 💖 #gardening #empathy #humor

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Cleaned out the fridge. Discovered old cut, but still good, onions. Planned to cook them... Then kiddos enter the kitchen, spot the sprouting onion, & plead. Look at the poor abused thing, striving to live! Please spare its life! 🙄 Guess I'll have red spring onions soon.🌱 #gardening #empathy

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🏳️‍⚧️Mel💜they/them🏳️‍⚧️ @meltheparadox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Lantana #Macro 🧡💚🧡

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Crowberry (empetrum nigrum)! A species in the heather family ericaceae, found alongside the common heather and scottish highland cattle in the dunes of North Holland! #botany #plants #netherlands #nature #photography

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Coral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hoverfly living his best life on the town centre flowers today 🌼🪰💛 #hoverfly

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Spotted great egrets through a spyglass in the nature reserve "Het Zwanenwater" in North Holland, the Netherlands! 🐦‍⬛✨️ This is at the smaller of the two here situated largest dune lakes in all of west Europe! #birdwatching #birds #Holland #Netherlands #biology

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thanks for the IDs! Yes, I wonder what happened to their leaves. Sometimes there are brush clearance intitatives to prevent wildfires, so possibly something like that happened. One more for you - video of prarie dogs. Audio on. This was a huge "town." You can see how they change the landscape!

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Saw yucca here in #Colorado today & thought of your video, & your other vid on decreasing Rhine levels. Uh, it's quite dry here! But thought you'd appreciate some picts of the contrasting scenery. Cactus, yucca, copse of cottonwoods. Not sure of the resilient yellow #flowers? #nature #photography

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Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Sphagnum squarrosum moss. Today at #Newfoundland, Canada. #moss #bryophyte #plants

Photo of a light green moss plant. The plant has a number of spiky arms radiating out from the stem as well as a number of star-shaped tips.

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Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Some #wildflowers from recent hikes. #Newfoundland Canada. #flower #orchid #hike #trail

Close up photo of a ghost pipe plant. The flower head is all white. The stem is light pink. Some of the flower structures are translucent. The background is green and yellowish moss plants.

Photo of a field of pink meadowsweet flowers. In the foreground is a close up of one cluster of these flowers. The foliage is green with some brownish colour.

Close up photo of a white fringed orchid plant featuring several dozen white flowers in a cluster. The plant foliage is green.

Photo of a large cluster of bright pink sheep laurel flowers. Each flower is small and round. The leaves of the plant are green, long and narrow.

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Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Coastal hiking in Newfoundland, Canada is a treat for the eyes. Another view (last week) of the seaside cliffs near my hometown in Conception Bay North. #hiking #trail #ediacaran

Photo of a grey, sheer cliff face. The surface looks like it’s comprised of puzzle pieces. Blue sky is visible at the top of the photo.

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On the Trail of Wizards: it's the yucca filamentosa! Yucca plants have beautiful inflorescences that leave big woody stems that look like a wizard's staff! #plants #botany #bloomscrolling #yucca #garden youtube.com/shorts/hJJbD...

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On the Trail of Wizards: Yucca Filamentosa

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Northern Flicker Thinking the air route might have been faster...

A black and tan Northern Flicker is standing in green and yellow grass just looking down.

📷 Dreamcatcher

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For those who like to see through leaves...

Four green leaves are glowing from the sunlight. They are surrounded by darker green leaves.

📷 Dreamcatcher

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Following the record-breaking heatwave & drought here in Germany, we explored the river Rhine's partially exposed riverbed! Plants such as redshank, thornapple, poplar trees, & the white goosefoot are colonizing amidst rusty treasures. #plants #botany #rhine #waal youtube.com/shorts/CQQ1x...

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Plants Are Colonizing The River Rhine's Riverbed!

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

HAPPY FRIDAY! Once again, you made it! 🎉🎉🎉 My partner @paradoxdruid.bsky.social recently posted his 1st #WIPSnips ! To help him & others I made a #StarterPack: go.bsky.app/9jrtUUb Got weekend #writing plans? From #Colorado, to wherever you are, wish you all the best.💖🔥 #empathy #WritingCommunity

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Meet a baby #silkworm caterpillar. 🐛 It'll get a lot bigger before its spins its cocoon of silk & then emerges as a chubby, flightless moth. Silkworms have been domesticated for thousands of years. They're fully dependent on humans to live. #empathy #insect #photography #bugs #caterpillar #pets

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

HAPPY FRIDAY! Once again, you made it! 🎉🎉🎉 We enjoyed #bat gazing this month. Each eats up to 18,000 insects a night, including mosquitoes. 🦇💖 Hope you enjoy some #nature this weekend! From #Colorado, to wherever you are, wish you all the best.💖🔥 #empathy #TGIF #wildlife #bats #animals #animal

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Danita Hamel @danitahamel5.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Day Dreaming.🌸 #macro #photography

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Frau Trallalaa 🫧 @naturlover.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Guten Morgen zusammen 🫶🏻 Diese Sonnenblume tanzt aus der Reihe: Eine Hälfte lacht der Sonne entgegen, die andere schläft noch im Knospenkleid. Ein Kunstwerk, das zeigt: Alles hat sein eigenes Tempo. Wir müssen nicht alles auf einmal schaffen. Habt einen wundervollen Tag in eurem Rhythmus 🌻

Eine Nahaufnahme einer Sonnenblumenblüte. Die Blüte ist exakt in zwei Hälften geteilt – die linke Seite steht bereits in voller, leuchtend gelber Blüte, während die rechte Seite noch als geschlossene, grüne Knospe geformt ist.

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Plants sprouting amidst the rusty treasures usually submerged in the Rhine to colonize the new area while the water levels are low 🌱🌊 #Rhine #Botany #Plants

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Plants Are Colonizing The River Rhine's Riverbed!

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Amidst the very welcome reinvigorating rain following Germany's record-breaking heatwave and drought, I would like to properly show you the hidden water lily flower in our garden pond / stream, which is back in full bloom~! #bloomscrolling #flowers #botany #plants #garden #gardening #pond

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Just to show it better. I think definitely selective breeding. Reminds me of variegated coloring in some houseplants like philodendron.

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Definitely not in Colorado anymore. Various nature pictures taken along Manoa Falls Trail, Honolulu, #Hawaii. Tiny mushrooms, giant tree ferns, & busy bugs. Enjoy. Wish you well, wherever you are! 💖 #wildlife #bugs #flowers #photography #moss #plants #nature #gardening

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Explored lava tubes yesterday. 🌋 Kept imagining how they could make a suitable underground base. And, because #scifi fan, kept imagining the lava tubs on #Mars. Pretty roomy! Filmed yesterday at #Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Apologies for shoddy camera work- it was dark! #volcano #nature #cave

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🫜🔥🖖💖🚀 @teisha42.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Is it possible that I wrote a #scifi story with aliens who use cozy plant-based tech? Yes, yes it is. This ivy is another one of my favorite alien-like #houseplants. Why? Because it's not ivy at all. It's a succulent. Seriously. Check out "wax ivy" (Senecio macroglossus). #writing #booksky

Picture of wax ivy plant with trailing leaves.

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Found this little alpine newt growing up in our garden stream~! They have at least one friend in there too 😊🌊🦎 #garden #gardening #pond #critters

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Kelly Rebar @kellyjeanrebar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The height of that sunflower in Terrence's mountaintop garden. #memory #garden

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Lars' Curiosity Cabinet 🌾🍁✨️ @curiositycabinet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Just published my second long form video! This time, we're taking a close look at the infamous Leaves of Three... Did you know that poison ivy technically does NOT have poison & isn't even a true ivy? Depends on how you define poison—do you know why?🌿🚫 #plants #botany #poisonivy youtu.be/9V9zlA-MJvM

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Leaves of Three, You've Got An Allergy! | Poison Ivy

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My favorite spotted flower: Saxafraga bronchialis. Like landing lights for pollinators.

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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#InsectThursday A large green dragonfly, stopping for a moment's rest.

A large green dragonfly hangs from a tattered green leaf. The insect is viewed from the underside, the veins in its 4 transparent wings clearly visible against a blurred beige background.

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Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Lots of Hummingbird Hawkmoth’s being seen at the moment 😀 Don’t forget to record them - you can use iRecord Butterflies (check you have the moths selected in the settings) & iNaturalist. #moths

An Hummingbird Hawkmoth nectarine in a garden in Rugby. Photo taken by Tony Penycate

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Tara @wildtara.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today’s ’noticed’ park tree is the Western Catalpa from Jephson Gardens. A distinctive and attractive tree by the Clock with large leaves & long beans hanging from the branches. #tree

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Tara @wildtara.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Female Common Blue seen yesterday. These butterflies seem to be having a good 2nd generation this year 🦋 #butterflies @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Skog @skog100.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Brimstone butterfly in the garden this afternoon 🦋

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Canada fleabane (Erigeron canadense) is lining all the roads here. Few know it has a long history of medicinal use. www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kin...

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Dr. Erin Zimmerman 🇨🇦 @doctorzedd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The latest issue of my botany and evolution newsletter is out! Look here for imaginary trips to the Carboniferous, new clues about photosynthesis, and a great new book about field science. 🌿 mailchi.mp/be3e6226be6a...

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A Feast for the Curious, Issue 29 🌿

A newsletter of botany, evolution, science history, and scientific illustration.

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