Tag Archives: Plants

Mapping the trail survey

Posted on September 12, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

This summer has been highly successful for our MIREN trail survey. We can proudly present this map showing all the (approximated) locations where people have observed one of our focal plant species (red and white clover, common yarrow and narrowleaf … Continue reading →

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Trail adventures

Posted on June 22, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Interested to join our MIREN Trail Survey? Find all the details here. The story below gives you a feel of how it works. The 20th of June, Davos, Swiss Alps. The day before the longest day of the year, and amazing … Continue reading →

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Hunting down plants

Posted on June 5, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

I introduced him already in an earlier post: our hero of this spring is the easy-to-overlook flower called Matricaria discoidea, the pineappleweed. We are hunting down populations from all over Belgium to explore differences caused by humans: are the plants growing differently … Continue reading →

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Collective science is the best science

Posted on May 30, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

When scientists (or people in general) work together, magic happens. I am a dedicated advocate of that policy: if a lot of people all do a little bit of work, the level of interest of the results skyrockets. I was … Continue reading →

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An important tool in the toolbox

Posted on May 28, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, I had the opportunity to teach the students of our third Bachelor in Biology a little lesson about vegetation surveys. It was a half a day course in the framework of their course on Good Field Practices, in … Continue reading →

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Mascot

Posted on May 18, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

The Mountain Invasion Research Network now has its own official mascot: a grass! A newly discovered Poa-species got named after our network, carrying the Latin name Poa mireniana. Poa mireniana is a slender stoloniferous grass, with leaves with a broader and … Continue reading →

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