Ep. 511 - Paw Paw Randomness

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Paw paw (Asimina triloba) is a charismatic and special species. It is the most northerly growing member of a mostly tropical family. It also has considerable influence on its herbaceous neighbors. Join me and PhD student Anna Wassel as we explore the random world of pawpaw and understory herb community assembly. This episode was produced in part by Shad, Maddie, Owen, Linda, Alana, Sigma, Max, Richard, Maia, Rens, David, 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 In Defensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:03.8	Indefensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone
0:07.9	doing this week? Conversations like you're about to hear cannot happen unless you support
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0:26.4	running. I literally can't do it without your support. But speaking of today, it's a really
0:31.0	fun conversation involving a species many of you will be familiar with, the pawpaw, a simina triloba.
0:36.9	We've talked about this species in the past,
0:38.9	in the context of things like seed dispersal or pollination, but today we're talking about its
0:43.6	effects on community assembly. How does it influence the plants around it? It's not as simple as you
0:49.3	might think, and joining us to tell us this story is Anna Waussell. What started as just a fascinating natural history observation blossomed into a really, really cool research project.
0:59.2	So I don't want to steal any more of Earth Thunder.
1:01.2	Let's just jump right into it.
1:02.2	Without further ado, here's my conversation with Anna Waussell.
1:05.3	I hope you enjoy. All right. Anna Wassel, welcome to the podcast. I am so excited to pick your brain today. You are
1:25.6	researching many great things near and dear to my heart.
1:28.0	But first, let's start off with an introduction.
1:30.1	Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do.
1:33.8	Yeah, thanks so much for having me.
1:35.5	I'm excited to be here.
1:36.9	Yeah, I'm Anna Waussell.
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