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Caroline Strömberg

@caestromberg.bsky.social

(she/her) Paleobotanist, paleoecologist, phytolith aficionado, plant lover, and humanist. Secretly wants to be a comic artist but lacks the discipline. Views are mine only.

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Caroline Strömberg@caestromberg.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to see this out! Thanks also to the @burkemuseum.bsky.social and @uwbiology.bsky.social for supporting this research in various ways!

Annals of Botany@annbot.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Good news! The paper ‘Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline’ by R. Hermans et al. is now #free for a limited time 1/7 👉 doi.org/pdrp @rosaliehermans.bsky.social @christophe-fire.bsky.social @caestromberg.bsky.social @tloeffelmann.bsky.social

Next time you feel the sharp sting of a nettle (Urtica), think of its fascinating stinging microhairs - here around 150–200 µm in length - with irritating chemicals stored in their bulbous heads. The study study investigates plant silica bodies (phytoliths), including these microhairs and other morphotypes, of extant dicotyledons prevalent in North-Western Europe, establishing a baseline for botanical, archaeobotanical, and palaeoecological research.