How Science, Fieldwork, and Time Reshape Our Understanding of New England’s Flora

Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker Arthur Haines

February 28, 2026 | 1:00 to 4:00 pm

URI Pharmacy Building (room 170) | Kingston RI

Driving directions, parking, how to find the building and lecture hall

Schedule

• 1:00 pm – Refreshments and Fellowship

• 1:30  pm – Short business meeting to include voting for Trustees at Large and celebrating our Lifetime Service Award recipient, Peter Lacouture and Volunteer of the Year awardees, Pam Matson and Denise Reniere,  followed by the talk by Arthur Haines.

The public is welcome to attend the full program or arrive later for the talk.

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Arthur Haines: Senior Research Botanist, Native Plant Trust 

Arthur is a plant biologist specializing in the taxonomy and identification of New England tracheophytes. He is the author of Flora Novae Angliae published by New England Wild Flower Society and Yale University Press, and several other books, including Flora of Maine, A New Path, and two books on foraging/medicinal plants. In addition to his work studying advancement in plant systematics, Arthur is an administrator for the Go Botany and Plant Share websites and a Flora of North America regional reviewer.

The Second Edition: Updating the Flora Novae Angliae and Changes to the Taxonomy and Conservation of Rhode Island Plants

Arthur Haines’ Flora Novae Angliae manual, first published in 2011, was a new resource created to update the taxonomy and assist the conservation of plants in New England.  It formed the base for names used in the online Go Botany resource and informed the last update to Flora Conservanda: New England. Fifteen years later, the 2nd edition will again bring a summary of new information for the region’s higher vascular plants. This talk will discuss new research and discoveries in the northeast with an emphasis on Rhode Island.