Ep. 477 - Juncus, What a Rush!

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Join Chief Botanist for NatureServe Wes Knapp and me as we take a deep dive into an all-too-often overlooked group of plants - the rushes (genus Juncus). Rushes are fascinating and beautiful plants when you get to know them, and the genus has a lot of secrets waiting to be revealed. From their unique morphological characters to what it takes to describe a new species, who better to talk to than one of North America's rush experts. This episode was produced in part by Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, 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, 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.
0:05.1	What's up this is your host mat welcome to the show how is everyone doing this week?
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0:24.3	Once again that's Patreon.com slash in defensive plants.
0:27.8	I could not be doing this without my patrons so go consider supporting it today.
0:31.9	But speaking of today, I have a really, really fun discussion for you.
0:36.0	My friend and colleague Wes Knapp returns to the podcast.
0:39.7	He is an excellent botanist, the chief botanist in fact for nature serve and he is just a proponent for all things plant and plant conservation,
0:48.0	but we're focusing on a group he is particularly skilled with but also very passionate about and that is the rushes junkis a group that all too
0:56.7	often gets overlooked it's really diverse it's doing interesting really ecologically
1:00.9	important things and there's so much more diversity out there to try to get our heads wrapped around.
1:05.2	But that can't happen unless people know more about them and who better to talk about that than West Knapp himself?
1:11.6	So without further ado, here's my conversation with West nap himself. So without further ado here's my conversation with West nap. I hope you enjoy. All right the great and wonderful West nap.
1:32.9	Welcome back to the podcast buddy.
1:34.3	It is so good to have you here.
1:35.6	It is always a good conversation,
1:37.2	but for those that aren't familiar with your work,
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