Massive Data Sets and Massive Progress

• we look at the plant world and think
• “how are there so many…

Bustling Brussels

Brussels Sprouts

• brussels sprouts are closely related to cabbage

Coco-what?

It’s not a nut, it doesn’t grow on a tree, and it’s not from around here.

Kitten Tails

Catkins

• what on earth are these long fuzzy things that fall from trees?

Pineapples leaving impressions

Bromeliaceae

• do you like pineapples

Welcome to Reality

Species

• the objective reality of the concept of a species is a debatable topic

A Coal Mine in the Arctic

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

• are you concerned about the end of the…

Spicy Deception

Wasabi

• yet another plant from the family Brassicaceae
• wasabi is also known…

Sticky Pine Situation

Pitch Pine

• or Pinus rigida
• they’re mostly found in the…

Indirect Bean Fertilizer

Root Nodules

• plants use their roots
• to anchor themselves