September 2024

As we all learned in Botany 101, bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) differ from vascular plants (ferns, conifers, and flowering plants) in that they lack xylem and phloem (specialized vascular tissue) to transport water and sugary food, respectively. The Juniper haircap moss, and some other members of the genus Polytrichum, bend this rule by having […]

During the first half of the 20th century, many botanical luminaries passed through Pullman to visit the WSU herbarium and botanize the surrounding countryside. One of the brightest of these visitors was Alice Eastwood, head of the Department of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences from 1894-1949. Eastwood was an expert on the flora […]