BROWN UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM: A Resource for Appreciating, Studying & Protecting Our Native Plants Brown University Herbarium offers a priceless snapshot of botanical life, in Rhode Island and across the nation and the world, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It serves as an important resource to the scientific community for studies of climate change, […]
Salt Marsh Habitats Strategies for Adapting to Sea Level Rise Many of Rhode Island’s salt marshes are not keeping pace with accelerated sea level rise, showing signs of degradation including die off of vegetation, shallow, impounded water on the marsh surface and unstable peat conditions. Wenley Ferguson, Director of Habitat Restoration at Save the Bay, will […]
Back to Our Roots: Being Wild About Wild Plants In celebration of RIWPS 30th Anniversary, Lisa Lofland Gould, founding member and first president of RIWPS will address the question, Why […]
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) with Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), photo Randi Eckel Randi Eckel: Native Plants & the Creatures That Love Them A discussion of who eats what! Which plants […]
January Social & Luncheon Potluck Style Please let us know if you are coming! Scroll down to RSVP. Turks-cap lily (Lilium-superbum), photo DFisher Several members will share their experiences and […]
Plants are Better than Mulch! Senna hebecarpa (northern wild senna), photo DJaffe We have a strange relationship with mulch in America. Landscaping often means a sea of red mulch dotted […]
Rare Plants of New England and their Conservation Bill Brumback, Conservation Director, New England Wild Flower Society, will talk about rare species of the region, reasons for their rarity, and the […]
Botanical Art: The History of Botanical Art from Early Times to the Present Botanical art, with its rich history and high standards, has always informed and promoted botany and the […]
The Memory of Trees & Insights on the Ecology of Forests How will forests in the northeastern U.S. respond to a hotter climate? The simple answer to this question is […]
Pollinators are declining at an unprecedented rate worldwide due to human-induced rapid environmental change. These declines pose a significant threat to our food supply and consequently, there has been major […]