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NPSBC South Coast Meetings 2009 New Location and Time:
Thursday, November 5 Ron Long, Daniel Mosquin and Virginia Skilton A Botanical Journey through the Siskiyou Mountains
The Siskiyou Mountains lie in a unique bioregion where plant species from the Cascade Range meet species from the California Floristic Province. This, combined with complex topography, geology and climate has produced a very distinct flora with many rare endemics found nowhere else such as Calochortus umpquaensis (Umpqua mariposa lily), Silene serpentinicola (serpentine catchfly) and Balsamorhiza sericea (silky balsamroot). Come find out more about what makes the Siskiyous a native plant lover's paradise.
Ron Long is an accomplished photograph and inveterate botanical traveller. Daniel Mosquin is the UBC Botanical Garden's Education and Technology Manager and through his photography, he document plants both scientifically and aesthetically. Virginia Skilton is president of the NPSBC and spends as much of her free time traveling, botanizing and photographing native species.
Thursday, December 3 Joe Bennett Conserving Native Flora amidst the Invasive Wave
Unwelcome alien flora often make their way into natural areas and native flora often suffer for the intrusion. Joe Bennett, a doctoral student at the University of BC is looking at the biogeography of islands and non-island land patches, and the influence of surrounding landscapes on native versus invasive species. His study areas – grasslands on Vancouver Island and adjacent islands – contain many rare native species and are heavily invaded by competitive exotic plants.
Joe Bennett is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of BC's Department of Forest Sciences. He completed his master’s degree in Biology at Queen’s University and has worked as a parks biologist in Ontario, an environmental contaminant researcher in Ontario and Nunavut and a natural resource manager in Laos. Upon graduating from UBC Joe hopes to work at a university where he can pursue a research and teaching career that continues to focus on conserving native flora.
NPSBC Victoria Native Plant Study Group Meetings 2009 Location and Time:University of Victoria, McLaurin Building Room D116 @ 7:00 p.m. Non-member drop in fee: $3, pay parking
Thursday, November 19 Brenda Costanzo Propagation of Native Plants
Brenda will share her basic techniques of propagating native plants using seeds, cuttings and division. She will demonstrate techniques and also give a short presentation outlining the diverse uses of native plants in home gardens. Seeds will be available for members to take home and try their hand at propagating. NPSBC South Coast 2009-10 Presentations
October 2009 Quentin Cronk Peavines of BC
NPSBC South Coast 2008-09 Presentations
May 2009 Michael Hawkes "Seaweed Biodiversity in BC" April 2009 Dawn Hanna "The Good, the Bad and the Unusual: The Flora of Iona Beach Regional Park" March 2009 Virginia Skilton "Tips for Plant Identification" February 2009 Ron Long "Photographing Flowers" January 2009 Jackie Chambers "Garry Oak Meadow at the UBC Botanical Garden" December 2008 Chris Czajkowski "A Mountain Year" November 2008 Dr. Kathy Dunster: "Habitat on a Hot Tin Roof: The role of green roofs in protecting biodiversity"
NPSBC South Coast/Nature Vancouver 2007-08 Joint Presentations
April 2008 Judith Cowan "Gardening with Native Plants " January 2008 Dr. Keith Wade "Southwestern Australia: A Unique and Spectacular Flora" October 2007 Dr. Catherine Hickson "Mt. St. Helens: Biological & Geological Rebirth after Catastrophe" Chris Harris "The Grasslands Gala" September 2007 Daryl Thompson "There’s a Lichen in My Backyard" Christine Thuring "Ecological Design: Habitat restoration and living architecture in the Pacific Northwest"
NPSBC South Coast 2006-07 Presentations
June 2007 Hugh Daubeny "Raspberries, Strawberries: Their Ancestors" May 2007 Don Gayton "Building a Culture of Nature" April 2007 Carmen Wong "Blister rust, beetles and babies: The story behind whitebark pine stands" March 2007 Bruce Bohm "The Rare and Endangered Plants of Hawaii" February 2007 Elizabeth Elle "The Bees Needs: Wildflowers and their Pollinators in the Endangered Garry Oak Ecosystems" January 2007 Andy MacKinnon "Andy's Adventure's in the Argentinian Andes" December 2006 Chris Czajkowski "Wilderness Dweller" November 2006 Daniel Mosquin "Beauty and the Botanist" October 2006 Ron Long "Wildflowers of Death Valley" September 2006 Many Vaartnou "The Development of Native Grasses for West Coast Reclamation". |
Native Plant Sales NPSBC Workshops Since its founding
in 1996, the NPSBC has offered workshops on plant propagation, seed collection,
plant identification, herbaria, photography and illustration, and ethnobotany
among other topics. These workshops are taught by NPSBC members and experts
in the fields of study. NPSBC List-Serve Subscribe to the Society's electronic mailing list for information and discussion on native plants and habitats, current projects and upcoming events. NPSBC South Coast Meets the first Thursday of each month (except during the summer) at 7:00 p.m. at Van Dusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak Street @ 37th Avenue in Vancouver. Also meets with Nature Vancouver on the third and fourth Thursday of each month (except during the summer) at 7:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Museum, 1100 Chestnut Street in Vancouver. The Native Plant Study
Group, a sub-group of the Victoria Horticultural Society, is dedicated
to studying the native plants of British Columbia and promoting their
use and conservation. It meets monthly (summer excluded) at the University
of Victoria.
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