botanist

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The botanist recently visited the park and witnessed the many wildflowers in bloom, though in some places they were already beginning to go to seed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Baimedov, who has become an amateur botanist, tends to about 15,000 saplings, which are aimed at forming a green wall against the sand.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Its Japanese name honors Jukichi Shiraga, a botanist from Niimi City who discovered the plant.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

Sarah Shuttleworth, a botanist with Plantlife, argues that certain intensive farming methods have contributed.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

Richardson also happened to be the botanist who first wrote a scientific description of H. mackenzii and gave the plant its botanical name.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer