[MAIPC] Pennsylvania Botany Symposium Nov. 18 & 19 State College, PA

Muth, Norris (MUTH) MUTH at juniata.edu
Thu Sep 8 13:07:49 PDT 2016


This symposium may of interest to some of you. ID workshops on Friday. Presentations on Saturday. Poster sessions as well.

https://pabotany.org/pa-botany-symposia/

Friday, November 18th
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Workshops

Demystifying the Challenging World of GrassesSarah Chamberlain, Research Associate Riparia, Penn State University

Pennsylvania Juncus: What’s the Rush?
Wes Knapp, Mountain Biologist, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program

A Review of the Major Taxonomic Sections of Carex (Cyperaceae) for east-central U.S.
Dwayne Estes, Associate Professor of Biology, Austin Peay State University

Potamogetonaceae and Hydrocharitaceae of North America
Barre Hellquist, Professor of Biology Emeritus, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Workshops

Pennsylvania’s Willows
Jim Bissell, Curator of Botany and Director of Natural Areas, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Pteridophyte Identification in Pennsylvania
Steve Grund, Botanist, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Bonnie Isaac, Collection Manager, Section of Botany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

3:00-5:00 p.m. Vendor setup

5:00 – 8:30 p.m. Friday Evening Social, Poster Session and Presentation (Dinner on your own)
Presentation Chris Martine, Burpee Professor of Biology, Bucknell University

Saturday, November 19th

8:00 – 9:00 a.m Registration

8:00 – 8:45a.m. Exhibitor setup

8:00 – 9:00 a.m Registration

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Exhibitor Session

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote address
Competing Values of Modern Conservation: Can They Be Reconciled?
Reed Noss,Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida

10:00 – 10:40 a.m. Vascular Plant Extinction in North America North of Mexico; What Have We Lost and What Can We Learn?
Wes Knapp, Mountain Biologist, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program

10:40 – 11:00 break

11:00 – 11:40 a.m. Thirty Years of Change Within Lake Erie Wetlands
Jim Bissell, Curator of Botany and Director of Natural Areas Cleveland Museum of Natural History

11:40 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae: The Beautiful Plants of the Water World Barre Hellquist, Professor of Biology Emeritus, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

12:20 – 1:20 p.m. Lunch

1:20 – 2:00 p.m. Native Seed: Strategy vs Serendipity Peggy Olwell, Plant Conservation Program Lead Bureau of Land Management

2:00 – 2:20 p.m. Break

2:20 – 3:00 p.m. Jefferson’s Botanists: Lewis & Clark Discover the Plants of the West and Bring Them to Philadelphia
Richard McCourt, Curator and Professor, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

3:00 – 3:40 p.m. Riverscour: The Last Frontier in the Heavily Botanized Eastern U.S.
Dwayne Estes, Professor of Plant Pathology Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Penn State University

3:40 – 4:20 p.m. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Kimmerer, Distinguished Teaching Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY

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Norris Z. Muth, Associate Professor of Biology
muth at juniata.edu<mailto:muth at juniata.edu>

office: 1054 VonLiebig Center for Science
Office Hours Fall 2016
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