Check out BSA member Mason McNair’s first extension article inspired by #PlantsGiving!
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Gorgeous! Next year, I'm adding a gin drink, that's brilliant––between that and the 8 different plant species in Penzey's Pie Spice, I'll be in #Plantsgiving heaven!
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Had a very simple menu, so not much of a #Plantsgiving tally––was notable only for having two different species of Vitis: vinifera and labrusca (Concord grape pie, so the "slip skin" trait is relevant!).
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A photograph of a bowl filled with nicely charred roasted brussels sprouts. They’re heavily topped with toasted, ancho chili-coated sunflower seeds and pomegranate seeds.
The top of a pumpkin cheesecake, which has a layer of sour cream mixed with brown sugar and a bit of bourbon on top. Its decorated with pecan halves.
I was at a Friendsgiving with mostly folks from the Plant Bio department, but apparently I was the only one who wanted to do a #Plantsgiving tally. I don’t know what all was in everyone else’s dishes, so just the things I brought:
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Thanksgiving spread with turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin and pecan pies, salad, deviled eggs, stuffing, corn casserole, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce two ways, and Brussels sprouts.
Sweet potato soup topped with sour cream and pecans.
Seven smiling people excited about #Plantsgiving!
Gin and tonic with grapefruit and rosemary next to a bottle of The Botanist gin.
Our final #Plantsgiving tally was 81 species from 35 families! The annual post-dinner gin and tonic with grapefruit, rosemary, and The Botanist gin def helps that tally. A great time was had by all!
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@ everybody doing #Plantsgiving: I want to know who had Violaceae on their list!
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#Plantsgiving comes to a close at the in-laws. Once the coffee was served we finished at 60 species from 32 families. As usual, my fave get was annatto (Bixaceae) — which turned up in two ingredients lists this year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annatto
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Our final #plantsgiving tally: 36 species, 24 families - a humble yet robust showing!
Most unique families: Pedaliaceae (sesame seeds in our tofu breading) or maybe Linaceae (flax seed in bread).
🦃🦃🦃
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Red pomegranate arils, light yellow pineapple and orange persimmon in an orange Bowl
Fruit salad: pineapple another monocot (Ananas comosus) from S America, pomegranate (Punica granatum) from Iran and persimmons (Diospyros kaki) from China #PlantsGiving
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Our plan here is to have our #Plantsgiving #ThanksLiving meal 💚🌱🍽️ 🍷 🥧, play some games #Kerplunk #Rummikub and watch #StrangerThings but after having a 3 hours of sleep last night I’m ready to go back to bed now 🤦🏻♀️ 😂
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I have to go get dressed and ready for dinner, so more #PlantsGiving plant facts when I get home, from my kitchen hand soap through appetizers and main courses to dessert!
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Irish moss, a brownish red sea algae, growing in a large flowery cluster. User:Kontos, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
I'm digestively sensitive to artificial sweeteners, so my toothpaste contains cinnamon and clove (which I'll discuss later with pie) and carrageenan derived from Chondrus crispus, a red algae in the Gigartinaceae family - not a plant, but plantlike. #PlantsGiving
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Close-up photo of a cotton plant with dark brown leaves and stems and large open bolls of raw cotton ready to be harvested. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=689304
I used a number of plants for washing up and self-care this morning and while cooking. It's Shark Week, so I've been using Lola tampons made of upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, a member of the Malvaceae (mallow) family native to the tropical Americas. #PlantsGiving
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A cluster of Coffea canephora berries, ranging in color and ripeness from green and unripe to red and almost ready for harvest. By This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would much appreciate if you send me an email tagooty@gmail.com or write on my talk page, for my information. Please contact me before commercial use.Please do not upload an edited image here without consulting me. I would like to make corrections only at my own source to ensure that the changes improve the image and are preserved.Otherwise you may upload an edited image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract. - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=145136905
The coffee I drank for breakfast was Death Wish Medium Roast, an organic and fair trade blend of Coffea arabica (native to Ethiopia) and Coffea canephora var. robusta (native to Western/Central Africa), in the Rubiaceae family. Death Wish sources most of its beans from India and Peru. #PlantsGiving
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A stand of banana trees with green leaves and woody stems, and some bunches visible. By BeraDigle - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=162864910
Bananas are the best-known member of the Musaceae family. Cultivated bananas are a hybrid, Musa × paradisiaca, of two species native to Indonesia. The one I ate this morning was organic and grown in Ecuador. #PlantsGiving
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Two tall rows of green sugarcane in a field with blue sky overhead. By Rafael Alcarde Palomares - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32788368
For sweetness and flavoring, Fruity Cheerios contain cane sugar and pear puree. There's also some sugar in my coffee creamer. Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum, is another true grass, native to New Guinea. Pears, Pyrus communis, are in the rose and pear family, Rosaceae. #PlantsGiving
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Tall green oat plants in a field with a blue sky overhead.
Breakfast was Fruity Cheerios, coffee, and a banana. The main ingredient in Cheerios is oats, Avena sativa, a member of the Poaceae (true grasses) family native to western Asia. Cheerios also contain corn products, Zea mays, another true grass, native to Mexico. #PlantsGiving
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It's Thanksgiving in the United States, so here's my #PlantsGiving thread of the plant relatives that have been part of my holiday this year. I'm including all the plants I've knowingly consumed since I woke up this morning.
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And hopefully a #plantsgiving count, also!
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Solanum dioicum, functional female
The Aussie solanums of the Bucknell greenhouse (and their bifurcating stigmas) have been watered for the day — and they told me they can’t wait to see all the species counts come in for #plantsgiving 2025!
#ozplants #iamabotanist
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Two loaves of pale brown bread on a rack
Fresh bread: oats Avena sativa from the Middle East, wheat (the “staff of life”) Triticum aestivum from the Fertile Crescent, canola oil (from Brassica napus subspecies napus) from India, maple syrup (from Acer spp) from N America, (also including salt and yeast) #PlantsGiving
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Bucket of gorgeous red cranberry relish
Classic Thanksgiving dish, cranberry relish with just three ingredients 1) cranberries Vaccinium macrocarpon from N America, 2) sugar from sugarcane Saccharum sp from New Guinea and 3) orange Citrus x sinesis from China/India 🤤 #PlantsGiving
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I turned #plantsgiving into an extra credit opportunity for my Botany 110 students. Can’t wait to see what they come up with!! 🌿
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miss you and our #Plantsgiving!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹
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Post the plant families of your Thanksgiving meal! Use #plantsgiving
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Yes! Let’s do this.
#plantsgiving #iamabotanist
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Is everyone ready for #Plantsgiving?!?!
Thank you @martinebotany.bsky.social for my favorite botanical tradition 🥹🌱
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This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for people who format their suppmat in a comprehensible way.
This is not a subskeet.
(Yes it is.)
#plantsgiving
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My first extension article is published :) www.canr.msu.edu/news/plantsg... #PlantsGiving #iamabotanist #botany
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Re: #PlantsGiving by @sarraceniamason.bsky.social:
"Plants shape every aspect of our lives, yet many people today move through their daily routines without noticing them. The clothes you wear, the food you eat, & even many plastics begin their lives as plants." 🌱 👏
www.canr.msu.edu/news/plantsg...
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