Ep. 310 - Plants & Cities
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Cities are usually designed with only humans in mind, but that doesn't mean myriad other forms of life aren't adapting to live in these human-dominated landscapes as well. My guest today is Jasmin Green, a PhD candidate at UC Davis who is very curious about the ecological dynamics of plant communities in urban environments. From why some plants can establish in cities while others cannot to how different microclimates and maintenance regimes structure plant communities in vacant lots, there are seemingly endless ecological questions that can be asked about the urban environment. Join us for a fascinating dive into the world of an urban ecologist who puts plants and people at the center of her focus. This podcast was produced in part by Ario, Nathan, Laura, Cari, Laura, Kali, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Melody, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Cynthia, John, Ashley, Peter, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Grif, Jules, Joan, Les, Marabeth, Ali, Margaret, Southside Plants, Robert, Keiko, Bryce, Brittany, Helen, Amanda, Mikey, Rhiannon, Michelle, Kate, German, Joerg, Alejandra, Cathy, Jordan, Judy, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Dana, Chloe, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Vaibhav, Kendall, Christina, Brett, Jocelyn, Kathleen, Ethan, Kaylee, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Donica, Chris, Shamora, Alana, Laura, Alice, Sarah, Rachel, Joanna, Griff, Philip, Paul, Matthew, Clark, Bobby, Kate, Steven, Brittney, McMansion Hell, Joey, Catherine, Brandon, Hall, Vegreville Creek and Wetlands Fund, Kevin, Oliver, John, Johansson, Christina, Jared, Hannah, Katy Pye, Brandon, Gwen, Carly, Stephen, Botanical Tours, Moonwort Studios, Liba, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, doeg, Clifton, Stephanie, Benjamin, Eli, Rachael, Plant By Design, Philip, Brent, Ron, Tim, Homestead Brooklyn, Brodie, Kevin, Sophia, Mark, Rens, Bendix, Irene, Holly, Caitlin, Manuel, Jennifer, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:05.0 | Indefensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone doing this week? I won't bore you too much with my own personal stuff, but just know that we have a bunch of new designs up at our T-Spring store. Just head on over to Tyspring.com slash stores slash indefensive plants and check out what we have going on there. Every purchase helps support the show. Also, |
| 0:04.7 | if you're enjoying my book, T-Spring.com slash stores slash indefensive plants and check out what we have going on there. Every |
| 0:21.3 | purchase helps support the show. Also, if you're enjoying my book, In Defensive Plants and |
| 0:26.1 | exploration into the Wonder of Plants, please consider telling friends and giving it a review. |
| 0:30.6 | It doesn't matter where, as long as you give it a review, because that's how it reaches a bigger |
| 0:35.3 | audience. But that's it for me. |
| 0:38.0 | Today is a really exciting topic, and it takes us back into the city. |
| 0:42.4 | I sit down with PhD student Jasmine Green to talk about her work on urban ecology from a landscape perspective. |
| 0:49.7 | Now, in many ways, cities offer unique opportunities for different organisms and a lot of challenges for |
| 0:55.4 | others, but that doesn't mean we can't use traditional ecological concepts and ideas to start |
| 1:01.0 | asking interesting questions about how plants and communities come together. And that's exactly |
| 1:05.9 | what Jasmine has been doing. She's using a more trait-based approach, which I'll let her |
| 1:10.3 | describe to you in more |
| 1:11.1 | detail, to understand how plants, A, make a living in an urban environment, and why we see certain |
| 1:17.2 | species in some places and not others. This is a really interesting line of research because |
| 1:22.1 | it really emphasizes the importance of humans as part of the ecosystem as well, because |
| 1:26.9 | there's no more human-influenced |
| 1:29.1 | environment than the city. And what goes on can be both interesting to study from a scientific |
| 1:34.9 | perspective, but also offer opportunities for the communities living within the city itself to |
| 1:39.8 | interact with and understand nature in a deeper way. And so, again, I don't want to steal any of her thunder, |
| 1:45.5 | so we'll just jump right into it. |
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