{"id":3706,"date":"2015-06-08T20:01:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T20:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2015-06-08T20:01:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T20:01:59","slug":"botanists-leap-into-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3706","title":{"rendered":"Botanists Leap Into the Digital Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>by Eric Galatas\/TNS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; If you\u2019ve ever looked at a plant and wondered how it fits into the ecosystem, well, now there\u2019s an app for that. The Botanical Research Institute of Texas, the international award-winning non-profit based in Fort Worth, has created a new digital tool to promote conservation and learning.<\/p>\n<p>The institute\u2019s special projects coordinator Zoey Gossett says the app is great for amateur botanists, teachers and students. She says it\u2019s ideally suited to help sparks a kid\u2019s natural curiosity and to get them outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe younger generation loves technology, and so what better way to engage them than having a application tool that they can use on hand, look at a plant, and learn about the anatomy of the plant while they\u2019re doing that,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3707\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3707\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/gr-46383-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Botanical Research Institute of Texas has released a plant identification app for the Fort Worth Prairie Region called \u201cFlora of Texas.\u201d Photo: LevyRat\/Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"600\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/gr-46383-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/gr-46383-1-1-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/gr-46383-1-1-405x341.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/gr-46383-1-1-60x50.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Botanical Research Institute of Texas has released a plant identification app for the Fort Worth Prairie Region called \u201cFlora of Texas.\u201d Photo: LevyRat\/Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The app includes a user-friendly key to help identify plants quickly based on common features. It also comes with a glossary, links to information about plant families, and color photographs of live plants.<\/p>\n<p>Gossett says the project focuses on the north Texas region because it\u2019s a unique, often undervalued ecosystem that\u2019s also home to a very large population of people.<\/p>\n<p>The Botanical Research Institute hopes the new digital tool will help foster an appreciation for the natural beauty of the Fort Worth prairie and its plants, and increase awareness of how the prairie connects to Texans\u2019 daily lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey provide oxygen,\u201d says Gossett. \u201cThey provide food for insects that in themselves pollinate the plant to provide food for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gossett reasons the more you learn about how plants and humans work together, the easier it is to make more environmentally conscientious decisions in your own back yard.<\/p>\n<p>The app comes with images, technical descriptions, and information on the relationship between plants and people. It includes more than 300 plants from across the Fort Worth prairie and parts of the Western Cross Timbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Eric Galatas\/TNS AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; If you\u2019ve ever looked at a plant and wondered how it fits into the ecosystem, well, now there\u2019s an app for that. The Botanical Research Institute of Texas, the international award-winning non-profit based in Fort Worth, has created a new digital tool to promote conservation and learning. 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