{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The TA who ran my field ecology class told us that when we saw a plant we didn't recognize, it was important to make up a name...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/639531355957526528/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://raginrayguns.tumblr.com/post/639529839905423360/the-ta-who-ran-my-field-ecology-class-told-us-that\" target=\"_blank\">raginrayguns</a>:</p><blockquote><p>The TA who ran my field ecology class told us that when we saw a plant we didn&rsquo;t recognize, it was important to make up a name for it, and use that name until we look up what it&rsquo;s called. After that you can use the official name or your own name or whatever, the important thing is to always have a name for it, even before you know the official name</p></blockquote>\n<p>Yard weeds I know official names of \u2013 dandelions, false dandelions, blackberry, tree of heaven</p><p>Yard weeds I know by names I coined \u2013 purple tab false mushrooms, satellites, waxburgers, sharpleaf, horsecotton, hexapods, lesser shitvine, greater shitvine, vector plant, axolotl gills, velvetfold, spider grass, crack fern</p>"}