Sep 1, 2026 · 11 min · 7 segments
In this episode, we answer questions like "how do plants breathe?" and learn about the misconceptions around invasive plants with our plant expert BJ Byers the Land Management Director at Groundswell…
BJ ByersGuestMackenzieHost
i love plants because it's like going on a little scavenger hunt um you go outside and there's so many different types of plants
totally
and it's really fun to see a new plant that you've never seen before but it's also really exciting to go to two completely different places and see the same plant in different places so it's kind of it's nice it's a little bit of the same and it's a little bit of something new so
Yeah, something I really like is watching plants through the seasons and if I can recognize them at different stages of what they're looking like.
A big part of my job is watching plants throughout the seasons and checking when they're ready.
Yeah.
Do a lot of seed collection.
Very cool.
Today our questions are from the third graders at Lincoln Elementary School.
And our first question is how do plants breathe and how do they give us air?
i love plants because it's like going on a little scavenger hunt um you go outside and there's so many different types of plants
totally
and it's really fun to see a new plant that you've never seen before but it's also really exciting to go to two completely different places and see the same plant in different places so it's kind of it's nice it's a little bit of the same and it's a little bit of something new so
Yeah, something I really like is watching plants through the seasons and if I can recognize them at different stages of what they're looking like.
A big part of my job is watching plants throughout the seasons and checking when they're ready.
Yeah.
Do a lot of seed collection.
Very cool.
Today our questions are from the third graders at Lincoln Elementary School.
And our first question is how do plants breathe and how do they give us air?
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