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SUMMARY:Plant It Forward - Supporting Pollinators with Native Plants
DESCRIPTION:Supporting Pollinators with Native Plants\nSpring is around the corner!  Learn how you can enhance your garden with native plants. \nEutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch\, photo DMcGrady \nThursday 19\, 2026 | 5 to 7 pm \nRogers Free Library  | 523 Hope St.| Bristol\, RI \nThe program includes Sue Theriault from RIWPS’ ReSeeding RI as well as speakers from the Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District\,  Audubon Society of RI\, and  Plant Community LLC. \n  \nEastern RI Conservation District is presenting this program. Registration is through them. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/plant-it-forward-supporting-pollinators-with-native-plants/
LOCATION:Bristol\, RI
CATEGORIES:General Event,Programs,Talks
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SUMMARY:Growing Native Seeds and Plants with the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society
DESCRIPTION:Growing Native: Successes\, Setbacks\, and Seeds\nFriday\, January 30\, 2026\n1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nonline \n  \nJoin this program \, organized by the Association to Preserve Cape Cod to get caught up with RIWPS propagation efforts.   Sue Theriault\, leader of RIWPS ecotypic seed program\, ReSeeding RI\, has propagating seed at RIWPS since 2018\,.  In her talk\, Sue will focus on how RIWPS grows plants for its spring and fall sales\, sharing both successes and mistakes\, and how ecotypic seed is produced for you to access and grow yourself. \n  \nClick here to REGISTER THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD
URL:https://riwps.org/event/growing-native-seeds-and-plants-with-the-rhode-island-wild-plant-society/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General Event,Programs,Talks,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Lisa Lofland Gould Program - Forests in a Changing Climate: Impact on Trees and Ecosystems
DESCRIPTION:Forests in a Changing Climate: Impacts on Trees and Ecosystems with Dr. Ali Kosiba\n \nLisa Lofland Gould Program\nThis program is underwritten by the Lisa Lofland Gould Native Plant Program Fund and sponsored by Rhode Island Wild Plant Society\,  Rhode Island Natural History Survey and University of Rhode Island Master Gardener Program.  \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025 \n1:00 pm – 3:30 pm \nAvedesian Hall\, Room 170\, Pharmacy Building \n7 Greenhouse Road \nKingston\, RI \ndriving & parking directions \nJoin Dr. Ali Kosiba\, forest ecophysiologist and Extension Assistant Professor of Forestry at the University of Vermont\, for a talk on how climate change is reshaping our forests. How are climate-driven shifts already underway\, from warmer winters to more frequent extreme weather\, affecting tree physiology\, health\, and survival? What do these tree-level impacts mean in terms of broader forest ecosystem responses\, including carbon storage\, wildlife habitat\, and long-term forest resilience? \nAt the University of Vermont Dr. Kosiba leads the Extension Forestry Program and serves as the State Extension Forester. Her work focuses on bridging research and practice\, helping landowners\, professionals\, and the public understand forest ecology and sustainable management. Her research and outreach center on tree responses to climate change\, forest carbon dynamics\, and ecosystem processes. She serves as a regional educator on forest carbon science and management\, leading the Vermont Forest Carbon Inventory. Additionally\, she addresses forest health challenges\, including conservation planning for at-risk tree species\, maintaining critical forest services\, and long-term forest monitoring. \nFree and open to the public. Come learn and network!  \nRegister Below \n  \nSchedule – doors open at 1:00 pm\, program at 1:30 pm followed by discussion and refreshments until 3:30 \n \n\n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/lisa-lofland-gould-program-forests-in-a-changing-climate-impact-on-trees-and-ecosystems/
LOCATION:URI Kingston\, RI
CATEGORIES:General Event,Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T173000
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SUMMARY:Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers
DESCRIPTION:Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers\nMay 20\, 2025 | 5:30 pm \nA pollen-dusted Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) on Lilium superbum (Turk’s-cap lily) \nRhode Island Historical Society| Aldrich House\, 110 Benevolent Street | Providence 02906 \nJoin the Rhode Island Historical Society  and the Wild Plant Society for a talk on how to use native plants to create beautiful\, well-balanced\, and thriving landscapes through the seasons with Karen Asher. While New England has a large and diverse group of flowering plants\, this presentation will focus on wildflowers through the seasons and for a variety of habitats and conditions\, both sunny and shady areas\, as well as moist or dry places. Discover some of the best local places to see native plants and the best books and websites on how to grow them. \nWant to turn your backyard into a bio-diverse refuge for the plants\, birds\, pollinators and animals that share our planet? Come and learn why native plants matter\, and gain practical tips for incorporating them into your garden. \nThis program is free and open to the public. Registration is required and through the Rhode Island Historical Society
URL:https://riwps.org/event/ecosystem-gardening-with-ri-native-wildflowers-2/
LOCATION:Providence\, RI
CATEGORIES:General Event,Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T180000
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SUMMARY:Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers
DESCRIPTION:Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers\n\n\n\n\nCome to a RIWPS presentation on April 22\, 2025 at 6 pm for a talk at the East Greenwich Library 82 Pierce Street\, East  Greenwich. \nWant to turn your backyard into a bio-diverse refuge for the plants\, birds\, pollinators and animals that share our planet? \nCome and learn about the importance of RI native plants and how to use them to create beautiful\, well-balanced and thriving landscapes. This presentation will focus on wildflowers through the seasons and for a variety of conditions. \nRegistration is required and is though the East Greenwich Library \n CLICK HERE to reserve a space.
URL:https://riwps.org/event/ecosystem-gardening-with-ri-native-wildflowers/
LOCATION:East Greenwich Library\, 82 Pierce Street\, East Greenwich\, Rhode Island
CATEGORIES:General Event,Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240626T140000
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SUMMARY:Beechwood Lecture - Gardening with Pollinators
DESCRIPTION:Eutrochium fistulosum (hollow Joe-Pye weed) with monarch\, photo DMcGrady \nOn Wednesday June 26\, 2024 from 2 to 3 pm join Barbara Donnelly at the Beechwood Center for Life Enrichment\, 44 Beach Street\, North Kingstown. \nBarbara is the owner of Red Horse Farm\, a small farm in Exeter. Barbara raises and sells annuals\, perennials and herbs along with Shetland sheep\, chickens\, ducks\, geese and eggs. She was a vendor at local Farmers Markets for many years and for the past five years has been working at The Rose Shack in North Kingstown. Barbara will talk about her life as a small farmer from a vendor’s view and the importance of pollinators. She will also answer our questions about interesting new natives/perennials available at local nurseries. She will bring some samples of these plants.   \n• Beechwood Lectures are a joint effort of the URI Master Gardener Program and the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society. Master Gardeners receive credit for attending. \n• These lectures are free and open to the public.  Note.  All participants in any Beechwood Center Program must have completed the Beechwood Center’s information form. (See registration procedure below) \n• Registration is required and space is limited.   \nRegistration is through the Beechwood Center for Life Enrichment.   Beechwood Center’s procedure\nSign up by contacting the Volunteer/Program Coordinator at The Beechwood Center for Life Enrichment at 401-268-1594; or via email at:  mdubois@northkingstownri.gov.  PLEASE REQUEST TO REGISTER FOR THIS LECTURE ONLY. These lectures are offered to members and the public\, although if you have not attended past lectures and/or registered your contact information with the Beechwood Center in the last three (3) years\, you may need to complete the Beechwood Center’s information form.  This form will be provided by Beechwood staff when you arrive to attend the lecture.  (A completed information form is necessary for participation in any and all Beechwood Center Programs.)\n \n\nUpcoming Lectures\n• 8/28/24  Growing & Enjoying Ferns – Debi Brodie\, Master Gardener Presenter for the URI Master Gardeners Education Programs co-host URI Cooperative Extension  @ “uricoopext” \n• 10/16/24  Q & A Gardening Informational Panel – RI Wild Plant Society Panel including   Kevin Alverson\, LA\, Sue Theriault RIWPS Plant Sale Committee Chair\, Linda Sollitto Beechwood Gardens \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/beechwood-lecture-gardening-with-pollinators/
LOCATION:Beechwood Center\, 44 Beach Street\, North Kingstown\, RI\, 02852\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beechwood Lecture Series,Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T180000
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SUMMARY:Please DO Eat the Daisies: The Comestible Virtues of Non-native Weeds and Invasives of the Ocean State
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday April 17\, 2024 from 6 to 7:30 pm. Audubon Society of Rhode Island Nature Center\, 1401 Hope Street\, Bristol\, RI 02809 \nWhile we look for practical opportunities for promoting ecological restoration through the successful removal of invasives and replacement with natives\, what should we do with all these non-native weeds and invasives? The answer for many of them could be: eat them. Many weeds and invasives are more nutritious and/or flavorful than their cultivated counterparts. \nJoin local wild edibles enthusiast Russ Cohen\, author of the book Wild Plants I Have Known…and Eaten\, for a 60-minute slide presentation covering over two dozen of the tastiest non-native plant species lurking in plain sight in the Ocean State. These range from species everyone knows well\, like Daisies and Dandelions\, to species they may never have even heard of\, like Salsify and Asiatic Dayflower. \nKeys to the identification of each species will be provided\, along with edible portion(s)\, season(s) of availability and preparation method(s)\, as well as guidelines for safe and environmentally responsible foraging. Russ will also describe the distinction between species categorized as mere weeds\, many of which grow among our garden vegetables\, versus those deemed to be invasive due to their adverse ecological impacts.  Last but not least\, Russ will bring several goodies made with locally-foraged weeds and invasive ingredients for folks to sample. \nFee:  $10.00 for members of RIWPS and $15.00 for non-members. \nRegistration required. Complete the registration form below.
URL:https://riwps.org/event/please-do-eat-the-daisies/
LOCATION:Audubon Society of Rhode Island Nature Center\, 1401 Hope Street\, Bristol\, RI
CATEGORIES:General Event,Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T130000
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SUMMARY:Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture: Native Plant Supply Chain
DESCRIPTION:NOTE.  Page updated on November 12 with NEW LOCATION OF THIS PROGRAM \nThomas Ryan Auditorium\, Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences (CBLS)\nUpstairs Lobby and Lecture Hall\n 120 Flagg Road on the URI Kingston Campus. \nWhat are the challenges\, opportunities and issues related to sourcing and supplying native plants\, especially as demand for these plants increases? Steve Castorani\, co-founder and president of North Creek Nurseries\, will explain how a wholesale nursery such as North Creek supplies this growing market. He will also touch on localized efforts to harvest\, propagate\, and disseminate ecotypic plants and seeds\, and how each approach has a role in expanding the supply of native plants available for gardeners\, growers\, and landscape restoration projects. \nSteve Castorani earned a degree in Plant Science from the University of Delaware. After founding 2 businesses\, a landscape design-build firm and then Gateway Garden Center\, Steve co-founded North Creek Nurseries (PA) in 1988. North Creek is a wholesale propagation nursery\, specializing in growing starter plant plugs of perennials\, ornamental grasses\, ferns\, vines\, and shrubs with an emphasis on Eastern US native plants. They are a supplier of solution based native plants for growers and ecological firms engaged in restoration and protection of the environment. \nSteve also co-created the American Beauties Plant® brand which is sold through independent garden centers. In 2020 The American Horticultural Society awarded Steve the Paul Ecke Jr. Commercial Award. This award is given to an individual or company whose commitment to the highest standards of excellence in the field of commercial horticulture. He also received the prestigious Award for Merit from the International Plant Propagation Society. Steve has served on the Delaware Invasive Species Council\, developing guidelines for the implementation of an invasive species policy for the state of Delaware. \nSchedule\n1:00 – 1:45 Fellowship and Networking \n1:45 – 3:00 Talk followed by Q & A \nThis event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. (see form below).  \n  \nThis lecture is underwritten by the Lisa Lofland Gould Native Plant Program Fund and is sponsored by Rhode Island Wild Plant Society\,  Rhode Island Natural History Survey and University of Rhode Island\,  Master Gardener Program \n \nIMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT –  directions & parking  \nRegistration form\nShould you need to cancel\, contact communications@RIWPS.org \n\n  \n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/lisa-lofland-gould-lecture-native-plant-supply-chain/
LOCATION:URI Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences\, Thomas Ryan Auditorium\, 120 Flagg Rd\, Kingston\, RI\, 02881
CATEGORIES:General Event,Programs,Talks
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SUMMARY:Seeding the Future: A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:photo (D.Vissoe) \nWHEN & WHERE: Saturday\, November 12\, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.\, at the University of Rhode Island Pharmacy building (Rm 170)\, Kingston\, RI. \nWHY: RIWPS is 35 years old this year\, and we want to celebrate our history – and discuss where we go from here\, in this era of climate change and exploding interest in native plants. \nWHO: Brian Maynard\, longtime board member and professor of plant sciences at URI\, will moderate a panel discussion with Lisa Lofland Gould\, a founder and longtime leader of RIWPS\, Uli Lorimer\, horticulture director of the Native Plant Trust\, and Heather McCargo\, founder of the Wild Seed Project\, in Maine. \nNote: Copies of Uli Lorimer’s recently published book The Northeast Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden will be available for purchase.  \nand YES\, we will have CAKE! \nThis event is free and open to the public.  RSVP BELOW\nURI Pharmacy Building is located at 7 Greenhouse Rd\, Kingston. \nLink to the campus map.  Finding the Building – While the building is referred to as the Pharmacy Building\, it is mapped under 3 names\, corresponding to areas in the building: Avedisian\, Tyler and Woodward.  Room 170 is located in the Woodward wing of the building. Parking – Use the Fine Arts lot off of Flagg Road (labeled 7 on the map) or Greenhouse Parking lot (labeled 9 on the map). You do not need a visitors pass or permit to park. \n\n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/seeding-the-future-a-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:URI Pharmacy Building\, Room 170\, 7 Greenhouse Road\, Kingston\, RI\, 02881
CATEGORIES:General Event,General Meeting,Programs,Talks
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SUMMARY:Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture - Ecological pollinator conservation: How do we keep our native ecosystems humming?
DESCRIPTION: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 focus on the development and implementation of conservation strategies aimed to increase pollinator abundance in agricultural areas. \nThe ecological needs of 98% of wild pollinator species\, however\,  are not considered in such strategies because they do not visit crop plants. These wild pollinators play a critical role in maintaining the function and diversity of natural ecosystems through their unique relationship with native flowering plant species – the products of native plant pollination\, for example\, provide food\, shelter\, and nesting habitat for birds and other wildlife. The continued degradation of native pollination systems therefore poses a significant threat to life on our planet. \nPlease join Dr. Robert J. Gegear for a discussion on what you can do to help protect and restore our native pollination systems\, and the ecological networks that they support\, in your own backyard.  The lecture will begin at 3:30 but will be preceded by refreshments and fellowship starting at 3:00. \n  \nDr. Robert J. Gegear is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. Gegear’s research focuses on the neuroecology and conservation of plant-pollinator interactions\, with particular focus on bumblebees pollination systems. He is also the Director of the Beecology Project\, a citizen science effort to rapidly collect ecological data on pollination systems in New England in order to increase the effectiveness of conservation strategies for threatened species. For his community outreach activities related to the Beecology Project\, Dr. Gegear was awarded the 2018 Regional Impact Award by the Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wildflower Society). \n  \nThis lecture is underwritten by the Lisa Lofland Gould Native Plant Program Fund and cosponsored by Rhode Island Natural History Survey and University of Rhode Island\, Master Gardener Program. \nThe event is FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC  — Kindly RSVP BELOW\n \nProgram Schedule \n3:00 to 3:30 — Refreshments & Fellowship*\nIf you would like to bring refreshments to share\, please do! \n3:30 to 5:00 — Talk – Ecological pollinator conservation: How do we keep our native ecosystems humming? \n*RIWPS Seed starters are busy collecting seeds they will be selling butterfly milkweed\, swamp milkweed and cardinal flower seeds that they can harvest.\nAdditionally RIPWS will be selling its baseball style caps and the 3rd edition of its coloring book\, A Walk through the Seasons with Rhode Island Wild Plants Cash\, checks\, credit cards accepted. \n  \nInterested in research on native bees in RI including how you can help with the URI survey of bumble bees in RI? click here \nDriving and parking. \nThe pharmacy building is located at 7 Greenhouse Rd on the URI Campus in Kingston. \nPARKING AND ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING.  See the campus map.  Parking lots 9\, 6 and 7 are closest and there are a few spots outside Tyler building and the Mallon Center.  As it is the weekend you do not need to stop and register at the visitors center and you can park in anyplace where parking is allowed.   Note: The main entrance to the Pharmacy Building is under construction.  The red arrows on the map indicate the entrances to the building. PDF Campus Map \n  \n  \n RSVP  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/lisa-lofland-gould-lecture-ecological-pollinator-conservation-how-do-we-keep-our-native-ecosystems-humming/
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SUMMARY:30th Annual Meeting & Guest Speaker - Lisa Lofland Gould
DESCRIPTION:Back to Our Roots: Being Wild About Wild Plants\nIn celebration of RIWPS 30th Anniversary\, Lisa Lofland Gould\, founding member and first president of RIWPS will address the question\, Why should anyone care about plants\, and especially about that seemingly obscure and often subtle flora we Wild Folks so enjoy?  She will consider the pivotal role that plants play in our lives\, some history of human knowledge of the plant world\, and how we seek to understand plants today. \nLisa grew up in Winston-Salem\, NC in a family of nature lovers. Not surprisingly\, she majored in Biology at UNC-G and went on to earn an MS in Zoology (ecology and behavior of birds) at the University of Rhode Island. At URI she met her husband\, Mark\, who was also an ecologist. Lisa taught biology at URI for many years and was a research associate in the Department of Natural Resources Science. In addition to her legacy at RIWPS\, she cofounded and served as first executive director of the RI Natural History Survey\, and initiated the RI Invasive Species Council. \nWhile in New England\, Lisa especially enjoyed leading walks and teaching plant identification courses for state and regional environmental organizations. Among other publications\, she is a coauthor of Vascular Flora of Rhode Island and Coastal Plants from Cape Cod to Cape Canaveral (UNC Press). \nNow that she is back in North Carolina\, she enjoys participating in activities with the NC Audubon Society\, the Piedmont Land Conservancy\, the Carolina Butterfly Society\, and the NC Native Plant Society (where she currently serves as Secretary of the board of directors). Most her travel these days involves visiting her daughters and their families in New York City and the Albuquerque\, New Mexico area\, where she hopes to pass along her passion for nature to her three fabulous granddaughters. \nTalk cosponsored by\nRhode Island Natural History Survey and URI Master Gardener Program\, Extension Outreach Center \nDetail for parking below. \n\nSchedule of Events\n1:00 to 1:30 — Business Meeting\nIncludes electing the Board of Trustees\, announcing the recipients of the  RIWPS Volunteer Awards and the recipient of RIWPS annual grant \n1:30 to 2:00 — Refreshments & Fellowship\nIf your last name begins with the letters N through Z\, please bring refreshments to share. \n2:00 to 3:30 — Guest Speaker\, Lisa Lofland Gould \nFree and Open to the Public \n\nThanks to our Seed Starters East we offering two different Spring Ephemerals for sale \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				trailing arbutus\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				virginia bluebells\n				\n		\n\nEnjoy the small (3 -4″) woodland Trailing Arbutus with its white flower. It likes shade and is found in pine and oak tree forests and the taller (1-2′) Virginia Bluebells\, whose pink buds open to purple flowers.  It thrives in partial to full shade in rich soils. Both plants are best in mass plantings. Happy Spring! \nOnly cash and checks accepted. \n\nParking \nThe closest parking lot to the Pharmacy building is at the Coastal Institute\, 1 Greenhouse Road\, Kingston. Enter this parking lot from Flagg Road.  Additional parking is found in the Fine Arts Parking lot\, also accessed from Flagg Road. \nCampus Map.  Please note the Coastal Institute on the campus map is marked URI Watershed Watch and the Pharmacy building is marked Brett M. Ferret. \n  \n 
URL:https://riwps.org/event/annual-meeting-lisa-gould-guest-speaker/
LOCATION:URI Pharmacy Building\, Room 170\, 7 Greenhouse Road\, Kingston\, RI\, 02881
CATEGORIES:General Event,General Meeting,Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160116T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160116T153000
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SUMMARY:General Meeting & Guest Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Big & Little Bluestem\, Michigan roadside. Photo Rhobin’s Garden Blog \nMeadows of Native Warm-Season Grasses and Forbs Coming to New England’s Roadsides?\nA major research project of the New England Transportation Consortium (NETC)\, funded by the Department of Transportation in all six New England states\, aims to find the most affordable\, reliable\, and expeditious methods for establishing meadows of native warm-season grasses (NWSG) and forbs along New England roadsides. These meadows would replace a large portion of the existing introduced cool-season turf grasses that require high resource inputs and frequent mowing. By transitioning to more sustainable management practices\, Departments of Transportation can save on fuel costs\, reduce harmful emissions\, increase pollinator populations\, increase carbon sequestration\, reduce erosion\, improve storm water infiltration\, restore native ecological system functions\, and possibly increase soil rhizodegradation of petroleum pollutants given off by vehicles. \nJohn Campanelli\, a graduate student in ecological restoration at the University of Connecticut\, will discuss his research finding for this project. One of the easiest ways to transition from current populations of predominantly introduced cool season grasses to native warm season ones is to reduce mowing to once a year or once every other year. Wild NWSGs\, such as Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)\, as well as native cool-season grasses\, such as many varieties of Carex\, currently populate a large portion of New England roadsides. By pursuing a practice that could be labeled “benign neglect”\, these existing colonies of native grasses can grow more dense by out-competing the non-native cool-season grasses and weeds previously introduced by Department of Transportation management practices. In addition\, John will discuss the specific “ecosystem services” of these meadows of NWSGs and forbes. \nJohn Campanelli received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and Columbia Universities. His graduate research is conducted with Professor Julia Kuzovkina\, Department of Plant Science\, University of Connecticut. \nSchedule of Events\n1:00 to 1:30 — Business Meeting \n1:30 to 2:00 — Refreshments & Fellowship\nIf your last name begins with the letters O-Z\, please bring refreshments to share. \n2:00 to 3:30 — Guest Speaker: John Campanelli\, Graduate Student\, Department of Plant Science\, University of Connecticut \nMaps of the URI Kingston Campus
URL:https://riwps.org/event/general-meeting-guest-lecture/
LOCATION:URI\, Coastal Institute (Weaver Auditorium)\, 1 Greenhouse Road\, Kingston\, RI\, 02881\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Event,General Meeting,Programs,Talks
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