Taylor AuBuchon-Elder (she/her)

Had a wonderful time at #botany2025 this year in Palm Springs with my work bestie! Already missing the desert 🏝️ #botany #plantconservation

Marian Lea presents a slide showing the layout of a NEON site.

Starting off the final day at #Botany2025 with an analysis of post-fire change in vegetation at National Ecological Observatory Network #NEON sites. #Rosaceae and #Poaceae showed biggest changes with big gains for Bromus tectorum and Vulpia spp.

#Botany2025 moratorium on
“But it’s a dry heat.”

Heading to #Botany2025? Curious how plants thrive in extreme deserts and drylands? Don't miss our Dryland Floras colloquium, we've lined up a great session! 🌵☀️

🗓️ Monday, July 28 | 🕗 8:00am–12:00pm | 📍 Mojave Learning Center

Not a lot has been said about the inside covers of the new Southern Reach paperbacks, but take a look at the ones for Absolution. Gorgeous morphing of swamp sunflowers. Really, the whole package is so beautiful.

Can't wait for #Botany2025! If you like Andropogoneae or Tropicos, please stop by my poster session for "The Andropogoneae Extended Specimen Project: Implementation"

Climate NOAA experts provide data, tools and information to help people understand and prepare for a changing climate.

I know some of my climate colleagues have been downloading documents and website content from both climate.gov and globalchange.gov websites before they were stripped of content or shut down entirely.
But is there a single new mirror site that has these all together? Anyone know?

BREAKING NEWS: Senator Mike Lee Forced to Withdraw Plan to Sell Public Lands

Thank you to everyone who spoke up by emailing and calling your senators. Your opposition worked, and over a million acres of public lands have been saved as a result.

NONE in Life science?! NONE?!

Hey #botany2025 friends, is anyone going to the conference who wants to volunteer to be the "host" of the Botanists of Color affinity group meetup? The initial host can't attend the meetings :( Being host = being the contact person w/ BSA, and maybe saying a few welcome statements before event.

Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) Dog Vomit Slime Mold from W Saddlebow Dr, Reno, NV, US on April 8, 2022 at 07:49 AM by Marianne Denton. Hiking Whites Creek Trail for 19 years, and I’ve never seen this before.

Let me tell you how well iNat works right now.

3 yrs ago, I saw & posted something unusual for an arid sagebrush ecosystem. Noted it as Coral Fungi, confirmed ID & good enough.

But this past Spring, humans with real experience & knowledge constructively debated the observation.

This is the way.

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

Meet the Women in Horticulture: Part III - Discover + Share Learn more about the women who work in horticulture at the Missouri Botanical Garden as we celebrate Women's History Month.

Thanks for the shout out 💚 @mobotgarden.bsky.social

I work with some phenomenal women

discoverandshare.org/2025/03/18/m...

Screenshot of the Botanical Society of America's statement on Supporting our Community and Making our Voices Heard.

🌱 BSA issues statement on Supporting our Community & Making our Voices Heard 🌱

"We are absolutely committed to supporting the well-being of all our members by providing safe spaces where they can connect, collaborate, and develop professionally."

mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

#botany #iamabotanist

Image text: ASPB Reaffirms Its Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion. Statement from ASPB’s Board of Directors, February 11, 2025. Featuring ASPB logo.

ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."

Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Thank you!

This image shows part of the capitol in DC and the text: Botanical Society of America Public Policy Award. Deadline February 21, 2025.

Early-career botanists: Apply for the BSA Public Policy Award!

Attend Congressional Visits Day (April 28-30, 2025) in DC, receive policy training & advocate for science.

Apply by Feb 21!

botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSAawards #BSAEarlyCareerScientists #IamaBotanist

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Make them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.

My NSF panel later this week finally officially cancelled. "Aim to reschedule." I'm so sad for the early career folks who this will impact - I hope this can get rescheduled so that funding decisions can still be made... 🧪

A screenshot of the linked website, with nine Andropogoneae species (Andropogon chinensis, Andropogon gerardi, Andropogon burmanicus, Anatherum virginicum, Bothriochloa laguroides, Chrysopogon serrulatus, Cymbopogon citratus, Cymbopogon refractus, Elionurus tripsacoides, Hemarthria compressa, Heteropogon contortus, and Ischaemum rugosum).

A monumental effort -- huge thanks to everybody involved! And see what individual plants and their genomes look like here: mcstitzer.github.io/panand_assemblies

I'm brand new here!

I had an absolute blast searching, coordinating, and collecting wild Andropogoneae for this project. Congrats to Michelle Stitzer and everyone involved!

Hey #Botany2025 folks! Is anyone aware of some small travel grants *not* geared to/exclusive for students? As a @botsocamerica.bsky.social Public Policy committee member, I'd love to attend in person this year, but funding is tight for non-faculty, non-profit career pros!

Graphic promoting Botany 2025 in Palm Springs, CA, taking place July 25-31, 2025. The tagline reads "Botany Without Barriers" against a bright blue sky with tall palm trees. Logos of supporting societies are displayed along the bottom, including the Botanical Society of America, American Fern Society, ASPT, Society of Herbarium Curators, IAPT, and ABLS.

🌵🌴 Big news! Botany 2025 is now heading to sunny Palm Springs, CA (July 25-31, 2025)! While plans shifted from Tucson, we're excited to stay in the Southwest. See you there!

More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org

#Botany2025

A promotional graphic for the Botanical Society of America (BSA). The left side features a list of open committees: Committee on Committees, Development Committee, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee*, Early Career Professional Development Committee, Education Committee*, Election Committee, Financial Advisory Committee, Information Technology Committee*, Investment Committee*, Public Policy Committee*, Publications Committee*, and Graduate Student Research Award Committee (* indicates there are openings for students). The right side has a blue background with the text "JOIN A BSA COMMITTEE" and "Deadline is February 1, 2025." The BSA website (www.botany.org) and a floral illustration are also included. Only current BSA members can join committees, but non-members can join the Society to get involved.

🌱Hey BSA members! – Get involved with your scientific society & join a committee! Students members are welcome on select committees. Deadline: Feb 1, 2025.

Committee Info: botany.org/home/governa...

To Apply: committees.botany.org

Not a current BSA member? Renew/join today & apply! www.botany.org