The article "The branching legacies of America's past" is from Science, Volume 391, Number 6782, Page 245, January 2026. This is a primer that celebrates black botany. Plants serve as witnesses to US history. The text emphasizes the branching legacies of America's past through plants. It does not provide any statistics or figures. The main finding lies in the role of plants as historical witnesses in the context of black botany.[1][2]