Ep. 456 - Cattail Invasion Revisited
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
What wetland scene would be complete without a few cattails? The genus Typha is synonymous with wetlands yet as you will hear in this episode, we know so little about them. Joining us is Dr. Pam Geddes from Northeastern Illinois University to talk to us about her work on cattail invasion ecology. What started as a question about ecosystem function and monocultures has morphed into an exploration that involves asking questions like "how do we define a species?" Settle in and learn as we revisit the wild world of cattails. This episode was produced in part by EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, 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 Indefensive Plants podcast the official |
| 0:03.1 | podcast of Indefensive Plants.com what's up this is your host Matt welcome to the |
| 0:07.0 | show how is everyone doing this week before I begin I just want to say one of the |
| 0:11.2 | best ways to help support this show and keep it up and running is to become a patron over at patreon.com |
| 0:16.0 | slash in defensive plants. There's a lot of cool kickbacks you can get in return for helping |
| 0:20.4 | support this show each and every month and I honestly couldn't be doing it |
| 0:23.5 | without all of my patrons so go check that out today once again that's Patreon |
| 0:27.2 | dot com slash indefensive plants but today we are revisiting a conversation ahead back in 2019 with Dr. Pam Gettys and it involves an iconic group of wetland plants commonly referred to as cat tails. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm of course referring to the genus Tyfa and this conversation really opens the door into how wild the diversity of this genus truly is and some of the problems they're causing in ecosystems around the world. |
| 0:50.5 | I don't want to steal any of our thunder, so how about we just jump right into it? Without further ado, let's revisit my conversation with Dr. the podcast. How about you tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do? |
| 1:17.0 | Yes, Matt, thank you so much for inviting me. I'm originally from Argentina, a country in South America, and I came to the US in 1993. |
| 1:28.0 | I was studying biology there, and so eventually I made it to where I am today. I'm an associate professor of biology and |
| 1:37.7 | environmental science in the environmental science program at Northeastern Illinois University. |
| 1:41.8 | It's a primarily teaching institution. |
| 1:44.6 | It's a public institution in Chicago. |
| 1:47.6 | And I teach, I do research, and I do service |
| 1:50.5 | at that institution. |
| 1:51.9 | Wonderful. |
| 1:53.0 | And you obviously are here because this is a plant podcast. |
| 1:56.2 | Were you always a plant person or is this something you kind of came to later on? |
| 2:00.2 | I think as far as I can remember I started my undergraduate studies in Argentina and I remember my first experience with volunteering in a lab had to do with plants. |
| 2:10.0 | So since I as far as I can remember I've been always a plant person so so this is perfect |
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