Looking For Cowslips

Campaign to collect crucial info about a specific flower - cowslip. Everybody can participate. More info: #ecolchange

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🌼A pan-European #CitizenScience study reveals surprising deviations of floral morph ratios in cowslips & explores the consequences of environmental change on this #pollination-related trait!
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https://t.co/19f6AxddGS

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See also a nice animation about the lifecycle of scientific research: https://t.co/wYU88LfZoF

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🌼 The surprising results from our citizen science campaign are now published!

Data from 5,200+ locations revealed 9% more short-styled flowers (S-morph), linked to climate change & land use. 🌍

Read more👉https://t.co/XBKjp6WmZ3

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Link to the scientific article itself: https://t.co/2QBnFkPDT0

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@mellamosummer Check out our pan-European campaign at https://t.co/BugBcJym7r :) For Estonian data from 2019 we already have a published paper: https://t.co/6gODC6qPel

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@adamrangpr Hi! No worries. Thanks for promoting our campaign😊

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Our campaign originates from Estonia, where cowslip is a beloved spring flower that is also used for tea.
While in Estonia there are plenty of cowslips to pick, it is not so everywhere, so before doing that, make sure it is okay where you are.
Here's a nice thread about cowslips:

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@adamrangpr You can also use https://t.co/X09DCqbtRu. It leads to the same page :)

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We have now over 100 000 flowers observed!🥳
Great to see there are so many people wanting to contribute to science.
You can still make cowslip observations, so find some cowslips and send the observation data to us https://t.co/BugBcJym7r
#citizenscience #lookingforcowslips

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Our tip would be to always take a step forward after observing a plant. This way you can make sure it's really a different plant individual.

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It is the second year we are doing the cowslip campaign all over Europe. Many of you have already made many cowslip observations and are experienced.

Share your knowledge and let us know what are your tips to do the cowslip observations? 🧐

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Have you checked already if cowslips are flowering in your homeplace?

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We have over 800 observations from all over Europe. In some places cowslips are almost finished flowering, in others cowslips are starting to flower.
Here are some nice photos from our observers from UK, Macedonia, Estonia and Latvia
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@JoannaSD_07 Sure. Pollen from only the other type of flower can germinate, so both types of flowers are needed to reproduce. This system helps to avoid self-fertilisation. Ideally there are about equal amounts of both types in one place, but if this balance is off, something might be wrong.

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Time to test your cowslip knowledge.
Do you know which time of cowslip flowers are on the photos? Follow the thread to answer.
#cowslips #lookingforcowslips #citizenscience

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Most of you were correct. Indeed, picture a is L-type and picture b is S-type.

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On picture b is...

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🌎🐮Let’s celebrate “No Mow May” with a lesson on Cowslips and how to sex them…hmm…you learn something new every day!🐮🌎 @RCHTWeCare @Stephen66422342 @LookforCowslips

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You can make your observations and get more info at https://t.co/X09DCqbtRu

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Cowslips are already blooming in some parts of Europe!🌻
We have gotten observations e.g. from France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Germany, Czech republic, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Are cowslips already flowering where you are?

Photos: our observers.
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