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Pachyphytum ‘Chiseled Stones Crested’

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Pachyphytum ‘Chiseled Stones Crested’ is a fascinating succulent with densely packed green, strongly facetted leaves along flattened …

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Common Holly Tea (Ilex aquifolium) – history and rediscovery

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Recently, I’ve become fascinated with a specific hidden history of Common Holly (Ilex aquifolium).

I started out with researching whether any one had any history of consuming Common Holly, and outside the mostly medicinal history, I found one thin trail of it being used as a black tea (Camelia sinensis) substitute.

I know that there are many people drinking tea from other Ilex species (like yerb mate), so maybe this trail isn’t so crazy…

I recorded my findings and conjectures in one substack post: https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/holly

Then, I set about trying to recreate a modern prescriptive recipe for Common Holly tea and I think I was mostly successful: https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/rediscovering-holly-tea

I wanted to share my findings on this subreddit because I think some of you will find it interesting and perhaps know more about Common Holly tea than what I’ve discovered (in which case, great, comment away!).

Thanks for reading.

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Chimpanzees act as ‘engineers’, choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties

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Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees living in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania employ a degree of engineering when making their tools, deliberately choosing plants that provide materials that produce more flexible tools for termite fishing.

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2024 Haldane Prize shortlist: early career research award

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The Haldane Prize is awarded annually by the British Ecological Society for the best paper in Functional Ecology by an early career author. We are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for the 2024 award (published in Volume 38): ⭐️ Ian Ausprey: Dispersal limitation predicts the spatial and temporal filtering of tropical bird communities in isolated forest fragments Ian’s results (1) experimentally validate the use of morphological traits as proxies for movement …

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