Ep. 382 - The Rediscovery of an Extinct Oak
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Extinction due to human activity is a terrible thing, but every once in a while, a species thought to be extinct is rediscovered. If we are extremely lucky, small populations still exist in the wild. If we are less lucky, only a single individual remains. Join me and NatureServe botanist Wes Knapp as we discuss the rediscovery of Quercus tardifolia and the idea of extinction gardens. This episode was produced in part by Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the In Defense of Plants Podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.7 | Indefensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone |
| 0:08.9 | doing this week? Joining us today is my friend and one of the most hardworking, compassionate, |
| 0:14.5 | collaborative botanists I know, Wes Knapp. He's joining us from NatureServe to talk about a few |
| 0:20.0 | exciting topics, which includes the |
| 0:21.7 | rediscovery of an oak thought to be extinct, as well as extinction gardens. |
| 0:26.6 | But first, I want to give a shout out to the latest producers on this podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | A big thank you goes to Robin and Kina. |
| 0:32.7 | Both of them are making episodes like this possible. |
| 0:35.8 | If you want to find out how you can be like Robin and Kina, go over to patreon.com |
| 0:40.3 | slash Indefense of plants and check out what we got going on over there because I could not |
| 0:44.1 | be doing this podcast without all of the patrons that support it. |
| 0:47.6 | I can't thank them enough. |
| 0:49.2 | But in the meantime, let's get on with the show. |
| 0:51.4 | Without further ado, here's my conversation with Wes Knapp. I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:09.8 | All right, Wes Lioras, I know you, Wes Knapp, welcome back to the podcast. It is so great to have you back on. A lot has changed since we last talk. So for those that haven't been listening since the beginning, how about we start off with an introduction? Tell us a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. Yeah, sure. Thanks for having me back Matt. I guess I was on, was that 2020? Yeah, |
| 1:29.4 | kind of when the world was spiraling out of control. Yeah, because we met right before lockdown. |
| 1:33.6 | So yeah, that was a magic moment for us. So I, um, so I was a botanist in the Maryland Natural Heritage |
| 1:41.3 | Program and then the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program for over 20 years. |
| 1:45.6 | I get to go out and explore natural areas, try to find rare species and work to get those places |
| 1:50.8 | protected. It was a really great career and job. And then in 2020, when the reason I was on |
| 1:58.5 | your podcast, I did this big study with a whole group of experts from across the U.S. and Canada looking at the extinct plants of the U.S. and Canada to see what we can learn from their extinctions, how to prevent plant extinctions in the future. And that's really what drives me at this point in my career is like that kind of high level plant conservation. So in 2021, just last year of November, I accepted the position as chief botanist here at |
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