How much do we really know about #rhizomes? In the second #Belowground #Book Club post, @Jitka_Klimesova presents Rhizomes by H. Krämer and L. Hesse, highlighting remarkable hidden #diversity of these underground #stems.
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What can #bulbs tell us about #plant #ecology? Quite a lot. Southern #African #Oxalis reveals trade-offs in #clonal offspring #allocation, from making many small bulbs to fewer, larger, better-protected ones.
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🚩Many thanks to @czechacademy.bsky.social for supporting #GoBelowground course on #Functional #Morphology (Czech Republic on 13–19 Sep 2026) The fee is now significantly lower and the deadline has been extended! #PlantEcology #Root #Anatomy #ExFuMo #clonal
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🚩Many thanks to @czechacademy.bsky.social for supporting #GoBelowground course on #Functional #Morphology (Czech Republic on 13–19 Sep 2026) The fee is now significantly lower and the deadline has been extended! #PlantEcology #Root #Anatomy #ExFuMo #clonal
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#Clonality may be great for #persistence, but does it come at an #evolutionary #cost? Lineages relying strongly on clonality tend to #diversify more slowly than those reproducing mainly by #seeds
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Do older and younger #roots tell different stories? In #rhizomatous #plants, fine-root #traits do shift with #root age, but not enough to strongly bias species-level estimates. Good news for root ecologists!
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Read #fairytail which begins on the #muddy bottom of a drained #pond, where long-buried #seeds #germinate and reveal very different #plant strategies
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Our #GoBelowground #course in #Brazil last week was a fantastic experience! Inspiring students, great discussions, and a wonderful chance to share the hidden half of plants with a new community. Thank you to everyone who made it so special! 🇧🇷🌱
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🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) 🪴⛏️ #Botany #PlantEcology #RootTraits #BelowgroundTraits #CzechRepublic #EcologyCourse #FunctionalTraits #Anatomy #ExFuMo @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
New research by Adam Hrouda from Charles University in Prague. The image above features one of the species we collected fine roots from, Bistorta major, commonly known as “snake root” i…
