Category Archives: Flora

Botany & Flora: Plants, Herbs, Trees, and the Green Earth.

Haitian Horror

Posted on July 13, 2025 by technotink

Experience the full text of Thomas Baurley’s classic 1989 research paper, now in a convenient PDF e-book. This edition presents Baurley’s in-depth study from Florida State University on zombies and zombification within Haitian Vodou, with focused discussion of Wade Davis’s primary research and the lasting impact of these stories and beliefs. Continue reading →

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Parsonsia straminia: Silkpod or Monkey Rope

Posted on June 22, 2021 by technotink

monkey rope or common silkpod is a woody vine common to Australia … Continue reading →

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Tallowood (Eucalyptus microcorys)

Posted on June 22, 2021 by technotink

The Eucalyptus microcorys or Tallowood is an eastern Australia Eucalyptus tree. Continue reading →

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Scribbly Gum

Posted on June 22, 2021 by technotink

The Scribbly Gum is a type of Eucalyptus that gets scribbly patterns on its bark from the scribbly gum moths. Continue reading →

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Wheeler High Shool Fossil Beds (Fossil, Oregon)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by technotink

Wheeler High School Fossil Beds ~ Wheeler High School, Fossil, Oregon * (541) 763-4146 ~ https://www.oregonpaleolandscenter.com/wheeler-high-school-fossil-beds In the town of Fossil Oregon, one can easily collect fossils for a mere $5 entrance fee (donation based on the honor system in … Continue reading →

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Tamarisk

Posted on July 8, 2018 by technotink

Tamarisk aka Tamarix Folknames: Salt Cedar, Tamarisk Description: There are over 50-60 species of flowering plants in the family of Tamaricaceae native to the dry regions of Eurasia and Africa. It was named after the Tamaris River in Hispania Tarraconensis … Continue reading →

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Spanish Moss: Tillandsia usneoides

Posted on March 10, 2013 by technotink

Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia Common Names:Spanish Moss, Spanish-moss, Florida moss, long moss, graybeard, ghost hair, hanging air plant. Taxonomy:Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Angiosperms Class: Monocots Order: Poales. Family: Bromeliaceae. Genus: Tillandsia species: usneoides Localities:The plant is limited to the southeastern United … Continue reading →

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Beard Lichen (Usnea spp.)

Posted on March 9, 2013 by technotink

. Beard lichen, Congaree National Park, Columbia, SC Name: Beard Lichen Common Names:Beard, Beard Lichen, Usnea, Old Man’s Beard, Beard Lichen, Tree’s Dandruff, Woman’s Long Hair, or Tree Moss. Ipts-aak (a.k.a. “limb moss”), Suts’wakt (Bella Coola in British Columbia), P’u7up (Nitinaht … Continue reading →

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Lichens

Posted on March 4, 2013 by technotink

Beard lichen, Congaree National Park, Columbia, SC photo by Thomas Baurley, Technogypsie Photography (c) 2012. Name: Lichen Common Names: Lichen, beard, beard lichen, algae, fungus, Sunburn, Rock Hair, Yellow Candles, Golden Pine Lichen, Little Clouds, Oak Moss, Crab’s-eye, Coral Crust, … Continue reading →

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Polyporus spp. : Bracket or Shelf Fungi

Posted on March 3, 2013 by technotink

Name: Bracket fungi, or shelf fungi Common Names: Bracket fungi, shelf fungi, conks, oysters, wood rot fungi, sulphur shelf, birch bracket, dryad’s saddle, artist’s conk, turkey tail. Taxonomy: Kingdom: Fungi. Phylum: Basidiomycota. Class: Agaricomycetes. Order: Polyporales. Family: Polyporaceae. Genus: Polyporus. … Continue reading →

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