Potential effects of climate change on Maryland’s native plants

Speaker: Dr. Sara Tangren

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In response to a warming climate, Maryland’s native plant species will either adapt, migrate, or go extinct. Fortunately, we can help make native plants more resilient to climate change. Join us for a discussion of the relationship between native plants and a changing climate, past, present, and future. We will discuss the critical roles of land conservation, biodiversity, and invasives management, and what we need to be able to source native plants for projects moving forward. We will conclude with a discussion of actions you can take. https://extension.umd.edu/resource/native-plants-and-climate-change

Sara is a practitioner, researcher, and educator who has worked with the flora of the Mid-Atlantic region for more than 30 years. She has worked as an environmental consultant, a native plant and seed producer, an Extension agent, and an invasive plant manager. She has conducted research on our state’s rare sundial lupine populations, and on the commercial availability of native plants and seeds in the Eastern United States. She recently served a two-year term as Coordinator for the National Capital Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM). She has degrees in geology, marine science, and natural resources.

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.

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Speakers: Joe Chambers and Andrew Putnam

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CHAMBERS will discuss early results observed in native plant composition and wildlife use of tiny forests over time. PUTNAM will describe the process of planting and maintaining a tiny forest. For more information on tiny forests, see New York Times article https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/climate/tiny-forests-climate-miyawaki.html

CHAMBERS: Joe is a registered Landscape Architect with 30 years of experience in urban, landscape and architectural design. He has worked extensively on large scale master planning and built landscape projects. He has also taught at Penn State and Rutgers Universities where he researched and wrote about landscape construction and the work of Frederick Law Olmsted. Joe is the leader of MKSK’s LAB for Climate and Biodiversity Resilience. PUTNAM: Andrew is a Certified Arborist and Superintendent of Urban Forestry and Landscapes for Cambridge Massachusett’s Public Works, for 5 years. He has been responsible for implementing the majority of the Urban Forestry Master Plan.

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.

This will be recorded and available on our Webinars page.

The program is free and open to the public.

If you enjoy MNPS programs please consider clicking here to make a donation. And don't forget to renew your membership!

Note that if you donate through the event registration, and subsequently cancel, the donation will temporarily appear as a credit.  It will take time for the donation to be reinstituted to your account.  Donations and membership dues are non-refundable.

Trying to put the "B" back in BMP (Best Management Practices): Common Practices for Managing Stiltgrass. By Art Gover

How invader removal method affects native plant response. By Luke Flory

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GOVER: Art will apply his decades of research and operational experiences managing invasive plants to stiltgrass and provide recommendations on methods that work best in various situations. FLORY: Luke will discuss his research on the effects of various invasive plant removal methods on native plant restoration.

GOVER: Art conducted vegetation management research and outreach at Penn State for 35 years in row crop, roadside and utility, turfgrass, and natural area settings. This included 15 years working the PA State Park system to develop a statewide planning template, and park-level plans and implementation. He started a part-time commercial operation in 2008 specializing in invasive species planning and management, and in retirement does this full-ish time (foolish time?). FLORY: Luke’s research focuses on the mechanisms and impacts of non-native plant invasions with the goal of understanding long-term consequences of interactions between invasive species and other potential global change drivers such as climate change, fire, and emerging pathogens. The Flory Lab explores both basic and applied questions in systems such as the highlands of Galápagos, coffee agroecosystems in Costa Rica, eastern deciduous forests in the US, and pine forests and managed systems in Florida.

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.

This will be recorded and available on our Webinars page.

The program is free and open to the public.

If you enjoy MNPS programs please consider clicking here to make a donation. And don't forget to renew your membership!

Note that if you donate through the event registration, and subsequently cancel, the donation will temporarily appear as a credit.  It will take time for the donation to be reinstituted to your account.  Donations and membership dues are non-refundable.

SAVE the DATE!!!

THE POWER OF NATIVE PLANTS!

Make the critical connection between native plants, people, and wildlife!

Engaging speakers will cover four topics:

"Approved MD Master Naturalist and MD Master Gardener Advanced Training Event"

Garrett College CEWD will be handling registration for the symposium; the $30 registration includes lunch.

Conservation landscaping resource books will be available for purchase from MNPS (cash only.) 

Sponsored by the Mountain Laurel Garden Club, MD Native Plant Society, Garrett College CEWD, and University of MD Extension.

More details to follow as they become available!