[...] are able to capture this pretty clear color divergence when we average over the landscape. But have been brainstorming about landscape genomics in M fistulosa and feel sure there must be some recent homogenization across its range due to pressure of plants from these massive seed outlets!

yes absolutely, with this being a popular garden plant / habitat restoration plant, ecotypes are being spread all over the place! We did screen out things flagged as cultivated on iNaturalist. But as you said, a lot of things don't get caught. I think it's a small enough effect that we still [...]

We put a lot of work into documenting the pipeline (here: github.com/pmckenz1/mon...) for reuse. Am excited to chat with anyone interested exploring this or related approaches for mining trait data in other systems!

We found clear west/east divergence in floral color that corresponds with a known varietal boundary. Motivates future genomics work in the color transition zone to look at the basis for this shallow divergence

Really enjoyed it, sorry I had to run right after or I would’ve said hi!