EPIC Lab

Ecology of Plants in Communities Lab. tweeting: green roofs, barrens, tidal wetlands, biodiversity patterns, restoration ecology, urban ecology

[Natural Resources @NS_DNR]

Barrens ecosystems of Nova Scotia are among the more diverse in eastern North America, and important components of provincial #biodiversity.

A new reference guide co-developed with @smuhalifax describes key features of 22 distinct barrens ecosystem types: https://t.co/5g5U4NjFKC

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Prime Minister of Canada : Stop the Canadian Governments legal battle with St. Annes Residential school survivors. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/eeOeii3nGt via @CdnChange

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Justin Trudeau: A demand for accountability and inquiry into racial injustice performed daily by the RCMP. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/DmPVIi2mT6 via @CdnChange

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Angry mob trap Mi'kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia https://t.co/dZytkewiII via @kukukwes

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Justin Trudeau: Help Nova Scotia Natives Keep Their Right to Fish - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/SZIgYOQ5Og via @CdnChange

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#ScholarStrikeCanada Let's celebrate indigenous languages. Here in Mi'kma'ki: "Thank you" is: wela'lin (from 1 person to 1 other); wela'lioq (from 1 person to several others); wela'liek (from several people to 1 or more others). Love the precision of Mi'kmaw!
"I'm sorry": meskei

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Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada: We Need a National Pollinator Recovery Action Plan! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/EQxaDevf0Z via @CdnChange

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This just in: NS Barrens’ opinion (thank you tree stump)

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Owls Head: a fine day for a rally!

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It's a good start, now we need to province to re-affirm its commitment to protecting Owls Head

[Chris Miller, PhD 🇨🇦 @NSwilderness]

BREAKING: Federal government pulls out of controversial land deal at Owls Head. Offer of federal land to @nsgov now rescinded. The cracks are appearing. Thank you @JustinTrudeau and @JonathanWNV!! #NSpoli #SaveOwlsHead https://t.co/5vPIwoktNU

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Arctic Urban Ecology!
We're excited about EPIC lab alumna Erica Oberndorfer's latest paper: Inuit cultural practices increase local-scale biodiversity and create novel vegetation communities in Nunatsiavut
https://t.co/FbI0x3zNJL

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Lots of barrens sites are protected--except when they're not! A lot of our biodiversity persists in these amazing habitats.

[Jennifer Ramsay @jennramsayhfx]

NS needs to protect Owl’s Head against private development. The coastal land was on the protected list, but removed without public knowledge or consultation. https://t.co/aE5kSlXq0f

[Chris Miller, PhD 🇨🇦 @NSwilderness]

Unacceptable!! Behind-closed-door decision making results in de-listing of Nova Scotia coastal park. ZERO public consultation. https://t.co/jEroZFR22C #NSpoli #SaveOwlsHead

[Chris Miller, PhD 🇨🇦 @NSwilderness]

They held secret meetings for at least two years. They delisted the park without any public consultation. They are attempting to sell-off the coastal public lands to a private developer, but got caught. Shame!! #SaveOwlsHead

[TransCoastal Adaptations @tcadaptations]

Throwback to a sunny summer day, with Kristen, @CleanFoundation Intern, collecting a sediment trap at one of our restoration sites! As the tide comes in, sediment in the water settles onto the filter paper in the trap in the same way it would settle on the salt marsh surface.

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Overheard student in my (Jeremy's) Plant taxonomy and identification class: "He's making us identify frickin sticks!"
Damn right! We ❤️❤️❤️ winter botany!!

[In Defense of Plants @indfnsofplnts]

Did you know that some seeds are able to drill themselves into the soil? These are the seeds of a storksbill (Erodium sp). Bands of tissue run the length of the fruit swell and contract with differing humidity levels. Learn more about native seeds: https://t.co/yMrxYmsKqh

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We love this plant too!

[In Defense of Plants @indfnsofplnts]

Wow, what a spadix!!
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Anthurium wendlingeri is native to parts of Costa Rica and Panama.

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Halifax/Dartmouth Centre plan approved by Regional Council contains green roof requirement for flat roofed buildings in new by-law!
https://t.co/ujSNiaKhyZ