The California Poppy
Once thought to seed the soil with gold, the California Poppy has a rich cultural and visual history with the Golden State, where it bears the honor o...
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BotaniCal is a podcast about native plants in California. Hosted by Matt Marcure, it tells the narratives often hidden in Californian geography, in all of its complex stories and ecologies, and honoring the people, past and present, who call the golden state home.
Deer Grass
Before orange and almond orchards, before tomato and garlic farms, there were large agricultural swaths of deer grass in California? Find out this nat...
Yarrow
Ancient warriors, gruit ales and an investigation into the latent meanings of "native" abound in the thousand-faceted Achillea millefolium, more commo...
The Fried Egg Flower
Tune in to hear what this SoCal native has to do with quarantined breakfasts, Irish intellectuals and the American poet Walt Whitman. --- Support this...
The Coyote Mint
So what does a coyote have to do with a native mint? Turns out it may be more than you might think. Tune in to hear about the native's similarities wi...
The Joshua Tree
If you've ever wondered about the distinctive Joshua Tree endemic to the Mojave Desert, well, I think you've found what you're looking for. From U2 to...
The California Maidenhair Fern
Tune it to see what the California maidenhair fern has to do with an unplaceable deadly pathogen, Ginkgo trees, and a sci-fi imagination.
Toyon
Toyon, also known as the Christmas berry or the California holly, is a native plant adorned with so many colorful histories that it can be confusing t...
The Sonoma Spineflower
The Sonoma Spineflower is one of the rarest natives in all of California. Listen to see what it shares with the Dodo, Buckwheat pancakes, and that mys...
The Valley Oak
On our very first episode, tune in to hear what da Vinci, Ovid, and natural dying have in common with this California native plant: the Quercus Podcas...