MNPS Program: Trapa bispinosa (two-horned trapa, water chestnut) a New Species of Water Chestnut spreading rapidly in Virginia and Maryland

Speaker: Nancy Rybicki

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Dr. Rybicki will report on investigations into a recently discovered and newly identified species of water chestnut from Asia: Trapa bispinosa var. iinumai. This plant is a non-native floating aquatic plant that was first observed in 2014 in the Potomac River watershed. It was observed in about 100 sites in Virginia and recently spread to Maryland where it was observed in two locations in Prince George's county.

Dr. Nancy Rybicki is an aquatic plant ecologist and affiliate professor at George Mason University. She is retired from the US Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Reston VA, but she continues her research as a scientist emerita. Nancy is a Steering committee member of the National Capital Region Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (NCR-PRISM) and assists the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (Complementary Work Force). When not working, she can be found sailing on the Chesapeake Bay.

Zoom opens at 7:00PM for pre-program board update and member Q&A. Presentations begin at 7:30PM and generally run until 8:45PM. 

The program is free and open to the public.

We can accommodate the first 300 people who enter the Zoom meeting at the meeting time. After you register, you will receive a registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom meeting. Registering does not guarantee a space in the Zoom meeting. 

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