Meetings begin at 6:15 PM.
- For meetings held by Zoom, instructions for joining the meeting will be emailed to members on the day of the meeting.
- Non-members can request that information by emailing philbotclub@gmail.com by 10 PM the day before the meeting.
If you have an idea for a future program, please contact the Program Committee chair, Rebekah Armstrong, rebekah.armstrong@gmail.com. A list of previous meetings is available.
Following the Flowers: Tracking Appalachian Plant Phenology with iNaturalist
Aiesha Parmar, Ecology Assistant – Scientists in Parks with the Appalachian Mountain Club, will present a project studying plant phenology along the Appalachian Trail corridor.
Since 2004, AMC has been tracking flowering and fruiting times of plants across Appalachia, with help from hikers and naturalists. AMC administers multiple iNaturalist projects as part of our efforts, notably the Flowers and Fauna along the Appalachian Trail Corridor. The observations on these projects help AMC researchers study how climate change is affecting seasonal patterns in plants along one of the largest expanses of minimally disturbed temperate deciduous forest– the Appalachian Trail corridor.
Photo credit: Madelyn Wood
Location: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia
Past, Present, and Future of Aquatic Plants at Bartram’s Garden
Mandy Katz, Director of Horticulture & Lead Gardener at Bartram’s Garden, will speak to the club on the past, present, and future of aquatic plants at Bartram’s Garden with stories from the prehistoric, colonial, and postindustrial eras. This talk will reflect on some of the famous Bartram family’s experiments with growing and studying aquatic plants, several of Mandy’s experiments with the same plants at Bartram’s, and Bartram’s Garden’s current vision for gardening with native aquatic plants in the near future, including how we see this as an integral tool for strengthening social networks.
Image credit: Bartram’s Garden
Location: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia
Urban Plants Flower Differently: a Case Study Using Orange Jewelweed
Aiden Stanley of the Ashman Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh will present his work on how urbanization alters the phenology, mating system allocation, and life history of orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), based on data in the recently-published paper available at https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71583.
This meeting will be online only.
Image credit: iNaturalist photo 95043048, (c) birdzilla, CC-BY.
