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  • bryophile@lemmy.ziptoScience Memes@mander.xyzit's true
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    17 days ago

    No worries, it was not the most clear joke (it went over people’s head I think, seeing the downvotes).

    All jokes aside though, coincidentally I just finished reading Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass”, which has reinvigorated my respect for the Haudenosaunee and the Three Sister’s. Such a great read! I’m a student of ecology at the moment, and I studied Social Anthropology years ago so it was double interesting.






  • bryophile@lemmy.ziptoScience Memes@mander.xyzBioindicator PSA
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    29 days ago

    That’s not heather.

    And I don’t get the meme. Is the joke that these plants don’t indicate anything except that there is soil?

    Some of these plants indicate nothing (dandelion and clover), not even that there is soil to begin with.

    But the heather and lavender indicate (very) nutrient poor soil. The soil heather grows on is very acidic and for lavender it is basic, calcium rich soil.

    The stinging nettle soil is very rich in nitrogen.

    So there are some easy indicators?





  • Not that it is true that they are just tiny boxes… But even if it were true. That’s the difference between China and the US isn’t it?

    One provides at least a “box” for everyone.

    One provides a big home with a yard with a white picket fence around it for some, but leaves others living in the streets.

    Do you really prefer the last one? So many people in the US would be happy with a box at this point.