Erin Eichenberger 🌱

I'm Erin (she/her) and I'm a queer ecologist. I study fragmented ecosystems to understand how plants and pollinators are getting along. I love making art and learning about really old creatures and cultures. Happy #LGBTQSTEMDay !

FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia is available now on iOS and Android devices! This plant identification and discovery app from the UNC Herbarium (NCU) and the North Carolina Botanical Garden covers every wild-growing plant species in NC, SC, & GA. ncbg.unc.edu/2024/03/04/flo…

🚨 Happening tomorrow! Join us at 10AM ET for “Southeastern Plants Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need,” with our partners at SECAS and @AtlBotanical! Register here: go.ncsu.edu/southeastern-p…

YES!!! My alma mater! I’m so proud of you guys! #VirginiaElection

We have a new paper out in @PNASNews! This 6-year study across remnant prairies in Minnesota investigates fire’s role in plant reproduction. Have you wondered how small & large plant populations respond to fire? Read our paper to find out! More info here: echinaceaproject.org/habitat-fragme…

But what if we DID publish diagnoses with beautiful rhythm and scansion... Short & George are giving me devilish side-project ideas involving my long-neglected Latin primers

Thanks so much, y'all! I never would have imagined just how much use I get out of my Echinacea Project T-shirt (or the enormous wealth of Echinacea Project-imparted wisdom!)

Congrats to GCA '23 #ConservationHorticulure Fellow Erin Eichenberger @egeichenberger at @NCStateAEC! She is investigating population vital rates & pollinators of the rare southeastern Echinacea laevigata to improve management recommendations. Learn More: gcamerica.org/scholarships/d…

After almost passing out fishing samples out of an oven and in the process of double-checking that my perfectly organized samples were still perfect, I de-organized them by fumbling with my splinted hand (a repetitive stress injury from wrangling these samples the last two weeks)

...has this message always been so alarmist or is twitter reacting to its own implosion...?

My dear friends, Spirit and Opportunity! I was so excited for the launches when I was a kid. It's weird to think that I'm older than them, since I looked up to them so much (as much as a kid can admire machines.) Happy 20th, y'all!!

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It's been ages since this plate went up for a vote! So long that I brought it up during my graduate school interviews with someone in my (prospective) lab who studied flytraps, and now they've defended their dissertation and I'm a candidate! Open the trap, free the plates!

@vamerygonzalez You got this!!! Or maybe you already got it and it was great!! 😀😀

We're thrilled to announce the release of FloraQuest: Northern Tier, a new plant identification and discovery app covering over 5,800 vascular plants in the northern part of the Flora of the Southeastern U.S. Learn more and download the app: ncbg.unc.edu/research/unc-h…

Wow!!

If I could take a month off every year to do nothing but nap in a lawn chair the issue would be pretty much nullified, but unfortunately life doesn't tend to shake out that way 🌞

Each spring for the last few years has been an all-out war between my seasonally-affected need to soak up the sun's warmth, and my debilitating tree pollen allergies that manifest primarily as overwhelming fatigue. My physiology is large, contains multitudes, etc

The personality that comes through in these early papers has me cackling 😂

@RadinAllie 😂😭 Conferences should have an Olympic games aspect and Team Ech would sweep meter estimation every time

Many cool skills to be learned here, like plant ID, goat herding, and an innate sense of how long a meter really is. Apply today to hang out in the prairie with awesome people!