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.
Examining early plant community response to a novel tornado disturbance
Chris LeClair is a research assistant at Temple University’s Sewall Lab on the Ambler campus. He manages a collaborative project at the Temple Ambler Field Station to assess the impact of invasion of the Spotted Lanternfly on native tree species. Chris won the Philadelphia Botanical Club’s Bayard Long Award for his proposal to investigate floral impacts of the Ambler tornado.
Location: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia
The good, the bad and the ugly of naming plants: a Latin American perspective
Dr. Alina Freire-Fierro, botanist and Associate Curator of the Applied Botany Herbarium at Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi will speak on “The good, the bad and the ugly of naming plants: a Latin American perspective.” Please note this meeting will be online only as Dr. Freire-Fierro will be joining us virtually from Ecuador.
Plant Biodiversity and Invasion in Urban Forests of the East Coast
Jack Levy-Diedrich, Ph.D. student at the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, will speak on plant diversity in East Coast urban forests and seeds present urban forest soils.
Location: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia