Program Preview - Florida Native Plant Society

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Florida Native Plant Society’s
34th Annual Conference
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL
May 15-18, 2014
Coast University
welcomes
the Florida Native Plant Society to our campus for your annual
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34th Annual Conference: Growing Native
CU practices and promotes sustainability in our curriculum and facilities planning, with the
many native plants on our campus. We appreciate the work you do to foster a healthy environ-
} Florida Gulf Coast University
welcomes the Florida Native Plant Society to our campus
for your annual meeting.
www.fgcu.edu
About the cover: This artwork was created by Ikki Matsumoto (January 1, 1935 -
December 31, 2013). Born in Tokyo, Japan, Ikki was the son of famed Japanese illustrator,
Katsuji Matsumoto. Simply translated, Ikki’s name means “the single horseman under a pine tree,”
yet friends and family on Sanibel Island have shown he was never alone.
Ikki designed a two-volume book of punch-out animals published by Rand McNally, illustrated the
bestseller, The Joy of Cooking, and was chosen by first lady Nancy Reagan to paint an Easter egg,
which is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum. The artwork on this program
cover appeared on the cover of Dick Workman’s book, Growing Native: Native Plants for Landscape
Use in Coastal South Florida (The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Inc., 1980).
During the Florida Native Plant Society’s 34th Annual Conference, we are honored to salute the
memory of Ikki Matsumoto, while also acknowledging the 34th anniversary of Dick Workman’s
Growing Native book. Dick is a founding member of the Florida Native Plant Society. Ikki and Dick
were very good friends.
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President’s Message
Greetings Conference Attendee,
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to our 34th Annual Conference:
Growing Native hosted by our Coccoloba chapter. Enjoy these
four days of non-stop fun and educational field trips, programs,
workshops, and socials. Be sure and check out our excellent vendors,
displays, and silent auction items. I hope you will be as proud as I am
of our hard working Conference Committee and Executive Director
who have done an admirable job pulling all this together. Thank you
for supporting FNPS, and if you see me roaming around the hotel, venue, or socials, please feel free to pull me aside
and say howdy.
Steve Woodmansee
President, FNPS
The mission of the Florida Native Plant
Society is to promote the preservation,
conservation, and restoration of the native
plants and native plant communities of
Florida.
Table of Contents
Slate of Proposed State Officers.............4
Maps..................................................4-5
Schedule-at-a-glance.............................6
Exhibitors, vendors, sponsors................7
Committee meetings..............................8
Nature walks................ ..........................9
2014 Landscape Award..........................9
Walking with the Natives event...........10
Conference socials...............................11
2014 field trips......................................11
Daily program schedule.................12-16
Session descriptions.......................17-31
Meet the speakers...........................32-39
The Society fulfills this mission through: support for conservation land acquisition; land
management that enhances habitat suitability for native plants; education; public policies that protect
our native flora, especially rare species; research on native plant species; and encouragment of local
landscaping practices and policies that preserve Florida’s native plant heritage.
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Welcome to FGCU!
Cohen Center
Plant Sale,
Exhibits,
Walking with
the Natives
event
Lots of Nature
Trails
Xavier Cortada
FLOR500
Exhibition
Kleist Health
Center
(beginning
location of
Edible Walk)
2014-2015 Proposed
Slate of State Officers
President: Anne Cox
Secretary: Martha Steuart
Director at Large: Jon Moore
Director at Large: Julie Wert
Director at Large: Dave Feagles
Julie Wert:
Julie has been active with the Nature Coast Chapter since
joining FNPS in 1995. She served as Vice-President for
3 years and is currently in her fifth year as President of
the Chapter. Always working to help preserve the natural
resources of the Nature Coast, Julie is also a longtime
trustee of the Gulf Coast Conservancy. She received the
Award of Honor for Residential/Homeowner landscapes in
2011, and she continues to share experiences gained from
increasing diversity in her own five acre landscape.
Palmetto Hall
South Village
(SoVi) Dining
South Village
(SoVi) site of
Saturday social
Dave Feagle:
Dave’s leadership experience started by serving as VicePresident of the student body at SUNY Cortland while
studying physics and math. Six years in the Vietnam era
nuclear Navy gave him a technological and laboratory
background and set the stage for his activism. After
supervising a hospital laboratory in upstate New York and
running a database group developing software in Sarasota
and Ft. Lauderdale, he returned to Sarasota in 1986 for
a smaller community and more rural atmosphere. In
Sarasota, he opened Earthscapes, an intentionally small
landscaping business. Since stumbling onto the Florida
Native Plant Society in 1991, he has been active in the
Serenoa Chapter, serving as a Board Member, Treasurer,
President, and Chapter Representative. Dave has worked
on land reviews, helped with the CISMA startup, met with
SWFWMD, done invasive control, installed out plantings,
and still can’t keep his mouth shut.
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Restrooms
Bookstore
Food Court
Einstein Brothers Bagels
Vendors
Plant Sale & Exhibitors
Terrace
Ballroom B
Restrooms
Ballroom A
Room 213
Room 214
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Housekeeping
Please wear your nametag
at all times for admission
into conference events (and
so we can all get to know
each other). If you
misplace your tag, visit
registration for a
replacement.
Bring a jacket or sweater.
Temperatures can be
unpredictable and slow to
adjust.
Schedule at a Glance
Wednesday, May 14
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Registration opens at FGCU South Village - Palmetto Hall Lobby
6:30 am – 8:00 am
7:00 am – 2:00 pm
7:00 am – 11:30 am
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Breakfast at FGCU South Village Dining Room (for FGCU lodgers)
Field Trips A-J depart from Palmetto Hall
Thursday, May 15
Friday, May 16
Presenters, please check
in! We are always relieved
to know you’re here for
your presentation, and may
have some last minute
information about your
session.
Box Lunches are provided
to pre-registered
attendees; Einstein’s Bagels
will be open on Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday from
7:00am-2:00pm. Please
note that vegetarian
lunches are reserved for
those who pre-ordered
them.
FNPS Members!
Please plan to attend the
Annual FNPS Meeting on
Saturday morning at 8:00
am. See page 4 for
proposed slate of officers.
Catering provided by
Classic Fare Catering
6:30 am – 8:00 am
7:00 am – 11:30 am
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
8:00 am – 9:00 am
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
9:00 am – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 10:15 am
10:20 am – 11:45 am
11:05 am – 11:45 am
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
12:50 pm – 2:15 pm
2:15 pm – 2:35 pm
2:40 pm – 4:05 pm
4:10 pm – 5:30 pm
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, May 17
Registration at FGCU South Village - Palmetto Hall Lobby
Nature Journaling with Elizabeth Smith - Meet in Palmetto Hall Lobby
Edible Plant Walk – Meet at Kleist Health Education Center
Council of Chapters Meeting – FGCU South Village Private Dining
FNPS Board of Directors Meeting – FGCU South Village Private Dining
Down Home BBQ Welcome Reception & Dinner – FGCU South Village Dining
Room: Dinner, Cash bar, and FNPS Jeopardy!
nd
Registration at FGCU Cohen Center Ballroom Gallery (2 floor)
Native Plant Sale & Exhibits – Cohen Center Lawn & Patio
General Assembly: Welcome & Announcements – Ballroom
Silent Auction – Ballroom
Welcome from FGCU & Dr. Jim Wohlpart’s presentation – Ballroom
Break with coffee and snack service
Concurrent Sessions
Workshop: Palmetto Basket Weaving Workshop - Food Court Patio
Box Lunches available in Ballroom Gallery
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
Nature Trail Walk with Dr. William B. Sanders
Fiesta in the Garden Social at Naples Botanical Garden: Dinner, Cash bar,
Plant ID Contest
6:30 am – 7:30 am
6:30 am – 8:00 am
7:00 am – 11:30 am
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
8:00 am – 9:00 am
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
9:00 am – 11:45 am
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
10:35 am – 10:55 am
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
12:50 pm – 3:00 pm
3:00 pm – 3:25 pm
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
4:35 pm – 4:45 pm
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Native Plant Sale & Exhibits – Cohen Center Lawn & Patio
General Assembly: Membership Meeting & Announcements– Ballroom
Silent Auction – Cohen Center Ballroom
General Assembly – Keynote Presentations with refreshment break
Poster Session & Science Fair – Cohen Center Food Court
Walking with the Natives – Cohen Center Lawn
Box Lunches available in Ballroom Gallery
Concurrent Sessions
General Session – Dr. Bill Hammond - Ballroom
Closing Remarks - Ballroom
FLOR500 Participatory Art Exhibition Opening - FGCU Arts Complex
A Land Remembered Social - FGCU South Village Pavilion
6:30 am – 8:00 am
7:45 am – 9:00 am
Field Trips M-V depart from Palmetto Hall
Sunday, May 18
Chapter Presidents’ Breakfast Meeting, South Village Private Dining
nd
Registration at FGCU Cohen Center Ballroom Gallery (2 floor)
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Conference Exhibitors & Vendors
Many thanks to our sponsors, listed in green!
All Native Garden Center
www.nolawn.com
www.allnative.biz
Ground Level, Inc.
www.glearth.com
Sweet Bay Nursery
www.sweetbaynursery.com
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary
Program
www.chnep.org
www.hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.
com
Hawthorn Hill Nursery
Trust Your Heart Aromatherapy
www.trustyourheartaromatherapy.com
Copperrock Creations
University of Florida/IFAS, Lee County
Jeanette Lee Atkinson
Extension
www.delnorwiggins.org/artist_12.htm lee.ifas.ufl.edu
CREW Land & Water Trust
www.crewtrust.org
Judy Massing Pottery
[email protected]
Creative Garden Structures
www.creativegardenstructures.com
Lee County Conservation 20/20
www.conservation2020.org
Deep South Native Nurseries
[email protected]
Lee County Electric Cooperative
(LCEC)
www.lcec.net
www.facebook.com/copperrockcreations
Estero Bay Buddies
www.esterobaybuddies.org
www.xaviercortada.com/?page=FLOR389
Lee Queen Bee
www.facebook.com/PureRawHoney
Florida Association of Native Nurseries
Naples Botanical Garden
www.plantrealflorida.org
www.naplesgarden.org
www.FloridaNativeNurseries.org
Florida Department of Environmental Rookery Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve
Protection
www.rookerybay.org
www.dep.state.fl.us
www.fgcu.edu
Florida Wildflower Foundation
www.flawildflowers.org
Sanibel Captiva Conservation
Foundation
www.sccf.org
University Press of Florida
www.upf.com
Wild Florida Photo
www.wildflphoto.com
And thanks to our additional sponsors:
-Bill Smith Appliances & Electronics
-Center for Environmental and
Sustainability Education of FGCU
-City of Bonita Springs
-FGCU Office of the President
-FGCU Office of Research and
Sponsored Programs
-Florida Forest Service
-Mariner Properties
-Magnolia Chapter FNPS
-Nature Coast Chapter FNPS
-Pinellas Chapter FNPS
-Sarracenia Chapter FNPS
-Serenoa Chapter FNPS
-Suncoast Chapter FNPS
-Tarflower Chapter FNPS
-Turrell, Hall, and Associates
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Join a group!
Committee Meetings
Interested in participating in a FNPS committee? Attend one of the
scheduled meetings to find out how to pitch in!
Conservation Committee: Please join us on Saturday, from 1:35pm-2:15pm in Room 213, for a
discussion of our efforts to protect Florida’s imperiled plants and natural communities. As development
ramps-up across the state, we are rapidly losing some of the last remnants of our imperiled habitats and the plants
that they support. Attention and action at the local level is vitally important – we need local ambassadors to promote
conservation of our natural resources!
Council of Chapters: The newly formed Council of Chapters will meet on Thursday, from 5:00pm-6:00pm in the
South Village Private Dining Room.
FNPS Board of Directors: General members may attend as observers, or if they have questions. If you are planning
to attend, please notify Steve Woodmansee, [email protected]. The meeting takes place on Thursday, from 6:00pm7:00pm, in the South Village Private Dining Room.
Land Management Partners Committee: Bill Korn, Land Management Reviewer with the Florida Forest Service,
will give a brief presentation at the Land Management Partners Committee lunch meeting on Friday, from 11:45am12:45pm in Room 214. Bill will provide an overview to the purpose and process of land management reviews.
Newcomers will get to know the particulars of the review process, and will learn about being an observer with another
more experienced FNPS member. Experienced reviewers will be invited to share ideas about improvement, and all
participants will be invited to ask questions about the process. Topics to be covered include: 1) How do the reviews
help state lands? 2) What happens with the data generated from the reviews? 3) Does the review help the local land
managers and personnel? 4) How can our participation benefit the state? 5) How does our participation help FNPS?
Leadership Orientation: Newly elected Board members are invited to attend this orientation session aimed at
providing tools needed for leadership in FNPS. The meeting takes place on Saturday, 2:20pm-3:00pm, in Room 213.
Landscape Committee: Plan to attend during Saturday’s lunch, from 11:45pm-12:45pm, in Room 214, to receive a
copy of the current committee projects, as well as learn how to join the committee and contribute to the project goals.
The Landscape Committee forwards the Florida Native Plant Society mission by providing the landscape industry,
government entities, and citizens of Florida with resources, advocacy materials, and information to promote the use
of, protection of, and conservation of native plants and native plant communities.
Policy & Legislation Committee: Please join the Policy & Legislation Committee meeting on Saturday at 12:50pm1:30pm in Room 213.
President’s Breakfast: Chapter presidents are invited by Steve Woodmansee to meet, break bread, and share
experiences and activities over the past year. Saturday, 6:30am-7:30am, South Village Private Dining Room.
Science Advisory Committee: The Science Advisory Committee meeting will be held during the lunch break on
Saturday in Room 213 from 11:45am-12:45pm. Topics of discussion will include the endowment research grant
program, the research-track paper and poster sessions at the Annual Conference, and other topics of interest.
Go for a Walk!
Thursday, May 15th, 2:00pm
Edible Walk led by Scott Davis & Aimee Leteux
Scott Davis, a botanist and ranger for Saint Marks
Wildlife Refuge (Tallahassee FNPS Magnolia Chapter
Representative) will lead an Edible and Medicinal Plant
Walk at FCGU. He will show examples of edible and
medicinal plants, flowers and woodland varieties that
you can find in your own backyard and communities.
Aimee Leteux (Naples FNPS Chapter Representative) will
co-lead. Scott and Aimee own Palm Proliferators LLC in
Naples, specializing in Florida native plants and palms.
The edible walk will meet at the Kleist Health Education
Center. It begins near the Food Forest and ends at the
nearby trailhead. (Plan on about 2 hours minimum.)
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Friday, May 16th, 4:10pm-5:30pm
Nature Trail Walk led by Dr. William Sanders
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences,
Dr. William Sanders will lead a walk exploring the plant
habitats on campus, via the nature trails leading into
a cypress dome, through a hardwood hammock, and
emerging in remnants of a pine flatwood. Dr. Sanders,
with the collaboration of participants, will identify and
discuss the plants, fungi and lichens found along the way.
The walk will leave from a trail head near Cohen Center
and meander back to Palmetto Hall in South Village.
FNGLA & ASLA CEUs will be available for this walk.
Saturday, May 17th, see announcement board for
exact times
Nature Trail Walks led by FGCU Student
Naturalists
Join one of the FGCU student naturalists in exploring
the nature trails close to the Cohen Center. Get out and
enjoy the sunshine after being inside all day!
2014 Landscape Award
Mangrove Chapter (FNPS) Demonstration Garden
presented to Jane Wallace & Bobbi Rodgers
The Mangrove Chapter sponsored Demonstration Garden is located at
Cedar Point Environmental Park in Charlotte County, Englewood, Florida.
The park has been managed by the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center
(CHEC) since 1994. This previously undeveloped tract is a 130-acre park,
situated on Lemon Bay. It is made up of pine flatwoods, mangrove fringe, salt
marshes and hammocks.
The initial development of the garden began in January, 2008. The starting point was a neglected “butterfly garden”
near the park’s Educational Building, which had very few butterfly larval food sources and many non-native plants..
An adjacent 3,500 square feet of overgrown saw palmettos, lyonias, rosary pea, grapevines and smilax was targeted for
garden development. Nuisance natives, such as grapevines and smilax, and all non-native plants were removed. For
the most part, all existing native plants were incorporated into the garden layout. The overall objective for the garden
was to promote butterfly-attracting and larval host plants, showcase endangered plants, and install representative plant
species occurring naturally in the region. It is an educational site where the public can see native plants in their natural
habitat, recognize their beauty, and be encouraged to incorporate them into their home landscape.
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Walking with the Natives
Saturday, May 17th
10am-2pm
Cohen Center Lawn
• FREE family fun on campus
• Create your own Native Flag with Xavier Cortada
• Learn about native plants
• Walk nature trails with FGCU student naturalists
Special Guests:
• Artist Xavier Cortada
• Dr. J.C. Cahill, from PBS’ “What Plants Talk About”
• Dr. Don Chambers, Sea Level Scientist
Generously sponsored by City of Bonita Springs, Florida
Forest Service, and All Native Garden Center
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Be a social butterfly!
Join your fellow native plant
enthusiasts during our special
evening events.
Thursday, 6:30pm-9:30pm: Down Home BBQ
Welcome Reception & Dinner, South Village
Dining ($18 includes dinner, pre-registration
required)
A full dinner and cash bar are offered at Florida Gulf
Coast University’s South Village housing area. Expect a
rousing game of Native Plant Jeopardy too!
Friday, 6:30pm-9:30pm: Fiesta in the Garden,
sponsored by the Naples Botanical Garden ($28
includes dinner, pre-registration required)
FNPS Naples Chapter has graciously arranged to host
us in the stunning Naples Botanical Garden on Friday,
May 16th. This after-hours event will give you a taste of
the Garden with private tours and behind-the-scenes
information. In addition to an evening under the stars,
the Plant ID contest will take place here. So, come and
enjoy a Fiesta in The Garden.
Thursday, May 15th
Saturday, 5:00pm-7:00pm: Wine & Cheese
Opening Reception, Xavier Cortada FLOR500
Participatory Art Exhibition, FGCU Arts
Complex (sponsored by the Center for Environmental
and Sustainability Education of FGCU)
Xavier Cortada’s FLOR500 Art Exhibition
commemorating Florida’s wildflowers will open on
Saturday, May 17th in Florida Gulf Coast University’s
Arts Complex. The exhibition includes artworks by
59 artists from the surrounding eight county region.
Mr. Cortada will host a Saturday afternoon session
during the conference program to explain the Florida
native plant oriented exhibition. Check the map for the
location of the Arts Complex, which is right across the
bridge from Saturday night’s social.
Saturday, 6:30pm-9:30pm: A Land Remembered
Social, South Village lawn ($22 includes dinner,
pre-registration required)
As they say, just press the EASY button! Saturday’s
social will be under the Florida sky at FGCU’s South
Village (SoVi). Florida Gulf Coast University’s campus
is wonderfully inviting, and the evening will include
storytelling and other informal events that will entertain
and astound! Good food, good friends and fabulous
atmosphere abounds as we celebrate the Florida we love!
2014 Field Trips
A: A Lively Walk through CREW Marsh with
Roger Hammer
B: Mound House at Fort Myers Beach
D: Hickey’s Creek Mitigation Park
E: FGCU Vester Field Station
F: Barrier Island Tour: Mantanzas Pass &
Lover’s Key Beach
G: Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
H: Royal Palm Hammock
I: Little Pine Island & Randell Research Center
J: Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve Scrubby Flatwoods
Sunday, May 18th
M: End of Road Ranch Landscape Tour
N: Okaloacoochee (OK) Slough State Forest
P: Cayo Costa Island State Park
Q: Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area
R: Naples Botanical Garden
T: Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
U: Estero Bay Preserve State Park
V: Gator Hole Preserve
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Schedule of events
Wednesday, May 14th
5:00pm-9:00pm
Registration - South Village, Palmetto Hall Lobby
6:30am-8:00am
Breakfast - FGCU South Village Dining (for those staying in Palmetto Hall)
Thursday, May 15th
Time varies
Field Trips A through J - Caravan/carpool departure location - South Village, Palmetto Hall
7:00am-11:30pm,
1:30pm-3:30pm, Registration - South Village, Palmetto Hall Lobby
5:00pm-9:00pm
1:00pm-4:00pm Nature Journaling Workshop - Meet in Palmetto Hall Lobby - pre-registration required
2:00pm-4:30pm Edible Walk with Scott Davis & Aimee Leteux - Meet at Kleist Health Education Center
5:00pm-6:00pm Council of Chapters Meeting - South Village Private Dining Room
6:00pm-7:00pm FNPS Board of Directors Meeting - South Village Private Dining Room
6:30pm-9:00pm Welcome Reception - South Village Dining Room: Dinner, Cash Bar, and FNPS Jeopardy!
6:30am-8:00am
8:00am-4:30pm Silent Auction - FGCU Cohen Center Ballroom A & B
7:30am-5:00pm Native Plant Sale & Exhibits - Cohen Center Lawn & Patio
Friday, May 16th
7:30am-11:30am,
Registration - FGCU Cohen Center Ballroom Gallery
1:30pm-5:30pm
Time
Ballroom A
Ballroom B
Room #214
Room #213 (Research)
General Assembly
8:00am-9:00am
Welcome & Announcements; FNPS 2014
Endowment Research Grants; Conservation
Grants; FDEP State Lands; Land Management
Review Recognition
Welcome Comments
Dr. Ronald B. Toll, FGCU Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs
Remembering Sacred Reason: Global
9:00am-10:00am Warming, Sense of Place, and Native
Species
Dr. Jim Wohlpart, Dean of Undergraduate
Studies & Professor of Environmental
Literature, Florida Gulf Coast University
Various authors will be
available to sign their
books during morning
and afternoon breaks on
Friday and Saturday and
in the Ballroom Gallery
immediately following
their presentations.
10:00am-10:15am BREAK - Refreshments served (Ballroom Gallery & Exhibitor Area)
Friday, May 16th
Time
Ballroom A
Ballroom B
The Restoration of Rare and Extirpated
Native Orchids at Fakahatchee Strand
Preserve State Park
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Room #214
Time
Living shoreline stabilization in
Effective
10:20a- Canaveral National Seashore
Strategies for
Communicating 10:40a M. Donnelly, J. Manis, P. Sacks, J.
Stiner & L. Walters
with the Media
10:20am- Dennis Giardina, Everglades Region
11:00am Biologist, Florida Fish and Wildlife
Stability and dynamics of
Amy
Bennett
10:40acomponents of Florida Scrub in
Conservation Commission & Mike Owen,
11:00a response to fire
Park Biologist, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve Williams,
Eric S. Menges
Journalist
State Park
11:05amPalmetto Basket Weaving Workshop - Dick Workman - Food Court Patio (pre-registration required)
11:45am
Plants & the
Effects of fire regime on
The Cultural and Natural Landscapes
Ecohydrology 11:05a- serotiny of sand pine (Pinus
of La Florida Before 1513: An
11:25a clausa) in Florida scrub
of Southwest
Jamie Peeler
Archaeological and Ethnohistorical
Florida
11:05amApproach
Ecosystems
Investigating influences of
11:45am
11:25a-
habitat specificity & endemism
8:00am-4:30pm Silent Auction - Cohen Center Ballroom A & B
on plant-pollinator networks in
Theresa Schober, Archaeologist and Cultural Dr. Brian Bovard,
11:45a
Florida Scrub ecosystems
Wetland Plant
Resource Consultant
Devon Picklum
Ecologist
11:45am- LUNCH - Box lunches in the Ballroom Gallery
12:45pm Enjoy the beautiful outdoors or join the Land Partners Committee Meeting - Room 214 (Anne Cox)
Ballroom A
Why People Don’t
“Get It?” The
Psychology of
Embracing Native
12:50pm Plants (FNGLA
-1:30pm & ASLA CEUs
available)
Time
1:35pm
-2:15pm
Russ Hoffman,
Owner, Beautiful
Ponds
Native Plant Boot
Camp: Basic
Training (FNGLA
& ASLA CEUs
available)
Jenny Evans,
Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation
Foundation
Ballroom B
Room #214
Storm Water
Solutions Panel:
Native Plants in
Stormwater Ponds
Moderated by Dr.
Ernesto Lasso de la
Vega; Panelists: Dr.
Jim Beever & Joan
Justice
Bartram’s floating fields: Fossil
data indicate water lettuce
12:50p(Pistia stratiotes L.) is a Florida
1:10p
native
Jason M. Evans
Water Quality Issues
in Lee County
Joy Hazell, Sea Grant
Agent, University of
Florida/Lee County
Extension Services
Time
Growing and
Planting Quality
Native Trees:
It’s More Than
1:10pGrades &
1:30p
Standards (Parts
1 & 2)
Dr. Ed Gilman,
Professor of
Environmental
Horticulture,
University of
Florida
Changes in Florida forest
structure due to the invasive
Old World climbing fern
(Lygodium microphyllum)
A. Maldonado & J. Weishampel
Variables influencing
germination & initial survival
of two critically endangered
1:35pplants: Warea amplexifolia &
1:55p Lupinus aridorum
J. Rynear, C. Peterson, & M.
Richardson
Quantifying spatial structure
1:55p- among native cacti & their
2:15p specialist herbivores
K. Sauby & R. Holt
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Friday, May 16th
Time Room #213 (Research)
Ballroom A
Ballroom B
Time
Room #214
2:15pmBREAK - Refreshments served (Ballroom Gallery & Exhibitor Area)
2:35pm
Living on the edge: disease,
Growing and
population decline and
Planting Quality
conservation efforts of the
Native Trees:
Florida torreya (Torreya
From Sea Oats to Sea Rockets: How Beach
It’s More Than 2:40p- taxifolia)
Plants Shape our Coastal Landscapes
3:00p J. Smith, T. Spector, R.
Grades &
(FNGLA & ASLA CEUs available)
Standards (Part
Determann, J. Cruse-Sanders, R.
Pruner, M. Friel, K. O’Donnell &
3)
2:40pmJ. Bente
3:20pm
Dr. Tonya Clayton, Science Writer, Editor, &
Current research on the biology
Dr. Ed Gilman,
Educator
& management of laurel wilt in
Professor of
Environmental 3:00p- the United States
J. Smith, R.C. Ploetz, J. Hulcr, J.
Horticulture,
3:20p McCutcheon, T.J. Dreaden, M.A.
University of
Hughes, D. Spence, K. Shin, S.
Florida
Inch, J. Riggins & A. Campbell
Wildflowers of Collier County
The Good, the
Bad & the Ugly
of Algae
Restoration efforts of the
endangered species Chrysopsis
3:25p- floridana on protected lands
Dr. Serge
Thomas,
4:05p
Assistant
Juliet Rynear
Professor, Florida
Gulf Coast
University
4:10pm-5:30pm Nature Trail Walk - Led by FGCU’s Dr. William B. Sanders - Trail Head to Palmetto Hall
3:25pm4:05pm Roger Hammer, Author, Wildflower
Photographer, Naturalist
4:10pm-5:30pm FANN Meeting - Cohen Center Room 213
SOCIAL EVENT - Fiesta in the Garden, Naples Botanical Garden (6:00pm carpooling from South
6:30pm-9:00pm
Village Palmetto Hall; 35 minutes travel time) - Dinner, Cash Bar, and Plant ID Contest
Saturday, May 17th
6:30am-7:30am Chapter Presidents’ Breakfast Meeting - FGCU South Village Private Dining Room
6:30am-8:00am Breakfast - FGCU South Village Dining (for those staying in Palmetto Hall)
7:30am-11:30am,
Registration - FGCU Cohen Center Ballroom Gallery
1:30pm-4:30pm
Saturday, May 17th
Time
Ballroom A
8:00am-9:00am
General Assembly
Plant ID Contest Winners, Membership
Meeting, Palmetto Awards
Time
10:00am-2:00pm Poster Session & Science Fair - Food Court (manned from 1:00pm to 2:30pm) includes
professionals, undergrads, & primary school students
10:00am-2:00pm Walking with the Natives - a public event for families & young adults - Cohen Center Lawn
9:00am-9:45am
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9:50a10:35a
Ballroom B
Room #214
Room #214
The Scientific Basis for Climate Change:
Understanding the Most Important
Findings of the 2013 IPCC Report
Dr. Don P. Chambers, Associate Professor,
College of Marine Science, University of South
Florida
Ballroom A
Ballroom B
What Plants Talk About
Dr. J.C. Cahill, Professor of Ecology, University
of Alberta, Edmonton
10:35aBREAK - Refreshments served (Ballroom Gallery & Exhibitor Area)
10:55a
Master Naturalists - Creating an Army of
Informed Citizens
11:00a11:45a Dr. Marty Main, Associate Dean & Program
Leader for UF/IFAS Natural Resources &
Florida Sea Grant Extension Programs
Exploring the causes of
narrow endemism in
two imperiled Florida
11:00a- sunflowers: a combined
11:25a population genetics
& niche modeling
approach
Chase Mason
LUNCH - Box Lunches in Ballroom Gallery
11:45p- Enjoy the beautiful outdoors or participate in one of the following activities:
-Science Advisory Committee Meeting - Room 213
12:45p -Landscape Committee Meeting - Room 214
Conservation of Florida’s Butterflies and
Native Insect Pollinators
12:50p1:30p Dr. Jaret C. Daniels, Associate Curator of
Lepidoptera, Florida Museum of Natural
History
Landscape Awards
FNPS Policy &
Legislation
Dr. Don Spence,
Landscape Designer &
Catherine Bowman, Gene Kelly
Ecological Scientist
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Saturday, May 17th
Time
Ballroom A
Ballroom B
Ecological State of Florida Gulf Coast
University Campus, 1994-2014
1:35pm- 2:15pm
2:20pm-3:00pm
3:00pm-3:25pm
Dr. Win Everham, Professor of Marine
and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast
University
FLOR500 Exhibit in the Art Gallery
Xavier Cortada, Artist
Room #214
Native Trees, Shrubs,
Conservation
and Wildflowers for
Committee Meeting
Landscape Design
(FNGLA & ASLA
Juliet Rynear
CEUs available)
Dr. Don Spence,
Landscape Designer & Leadership
Catherine Bowman, Orientation
Ecological Scientist
Steve Woodmansee
BREAK - Refreshments served (Ballroom Gallery & Exhibitor Area)
3:00pm-4:30pm Container Gardens for Butterflies & Pollinators - Dr. Jaret C. Daniels, Cohen Center Lawn
3:30pm-4:30pm
Our Two Million Year+ Brain-Body
Connection to Phytons of the Plant Sphere
Dr. Bill Hammond, Professor Emeritus,
4:35pm-4:45pm Closing Remarks
4:45pm
4:00pm-6:00pm
5:00pm-7:00pm
6:30pm-9:00pm
Raffle Drawing
Silent Auction Item pick up
Complimentary Wine & Cheese Reception: Xavier Cortada FLOR500 Participatory Art
Exhibition Opening - Arts Complex (Gallery open all day, beginning at 10:00am)
SOCIAL EVENT - A Land Remembered Dinner & Cash Bar - Pavilion outside Palmetto
Hall, South Village
Sunday, May 18th
6:30am-8:00am
Time varies
Field Trips M through V - Caravan/carpool departure location - South Village, Palmetto
Hall
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Session Descriptions (Listed in order of start time)
Thursday, May 15th, 1:00pm-4:00pm (meet in Palmetto Hall Lobby)
Nature Journaling Workshop (pre-registration required)
Elizabeth Smith, Artist
Elizabeth Smith’s Nature Journaling Workshop at the 2013 FNPS Conference in Jacksonville received rave reviews, so
we’re bringing Elizabeth and her fabulous workshop back again! Happy Sketching!
Friday, May 16th, 9:00am-10:00am (Ballroom A & B)
Remembering Sacred Reason: Global Warming, Sense of Place, and Native Species
Dr. Jim Wohlpart, Dean of Undergraduate Studies & Professor of Environmental Literature, Florida Gulf
Coast University
Engaging questions of epistemology and ethics, Wohlpart will discuss how we know the world through our connection
to place, and how this connection to place provides us with our understanding of right and wrong actions. More
specifically, and within the context of global climate change, this talk will discuss the way in which our Western way of
knowing the world has separated us from the natural environment, such that we see the world around us as a resource
for our use, and which has brought us to this critical moment in our history. To solve the primary problem that humans
will confront in the 21st century, we need to move
beyond this way of knowing the world and develop
SERENOA CHAPTER FNPS
“sacred reason”- an ecological and interdependent
epistemology. Through a radical empathy which
allows for a relationship to native species and place,
we can remember that mystery can reanimate our
understanding of the world and thus, our ethics.
Friday, May 16th, 10:20am-11:00am
(Ballroom A & B)
The Restoration of Rare and Extirpated
Native Orchids at Fakahatchee Strand
Preserve State Park
Dennis Giardina, Everglades Region Biologist,
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission & Mike Owen, Park Biologist,
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Beginning in 2007, Park Biologist Mike Owen
and then Park Manager Dennis Giardina began a
collaboration with Horticulturist Matt Richards
of Atlanta Botanical Garden to develop a plan
to conserve the genetic diversity of the less than
20 known Cyrtopodium punctatum orchids at
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. Over
the subsequent six years, all of the remaining
Cyrtopodium punctatum orchids that produced
flowers were cross pollinated, and the seeds were
Join us to Discover the
World of Native Plants!
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Third Mondays Sept. thru May, at 7pm
Field Trip on following Saturday
941-794 -8773 | [email protected]
serenoa.fnpschapters.org
Serving Manatee, Sarasota, Desoto, Hardee counties
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sent to Atlanta Botanical Garden for propagation. Introduction of the juvenile Cyrtopodium punctatum orchids grown
from seed began in 2011, and by 2013, over 650 had been out-planted in over 20 experimental restoration plots. In
2009, the only known individual of Prosthechea boothiana was discovered, growing in the Fakahatchee Strand Central
Slough with three seed pods. One seed pod was collected and sent to Atlanta Botanical Garden for propagation, and in
2013, approximately two dozen juvenile Prosthechea boothiana orchids were outplanted in two experimental restoration
plots. In 2012, a collaboration with Cuban botanists was initiated to experimentally reintroduce two of Fakahatchee
Strand’s extirpated orchid species, Bulbophyllum pachyrhachis and Epidendrum acunae, using seeds collected from the
nearest extant population of those two species in Western Cuba.
Friday, May 16th, 10:20am-11:00am (Room 214)
Effective Strategies for Communication with the Media
Amy Bennett Williams, Journalist
Amy Bennett Williams shares hints and tips for getting your story told in print, on the air, and online. How to be
persistent without being a pest. Ways to make your same ol’ annual plant sale announcement stand out. Williams is a
veteran journalist and has edited feature sections, a Sunday sense-of-place magazine, and a home and garden section in
her more than 25 years of newspapering.
Living shoreline stabilization in Canaveral National Seashore
Melinda Donnelly, Jennifer Manis, Paul Sacks, John Stiner and Linda Walters, University of Central
Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando,
From his friends in the Magnolia and Sarracenia Chapters FL 32816. E-mail: [email protected].
In fond remembrance of
Angus Gholson
of Chattahoochee, Florida,
1921-2014.
Angus Gholson was one of the first recipients of
the FNPS Mentor Award. He was teacher and
friend to professional and amateur botanists
alike. Those who knew him will recall strolling
through the woods with Angus and his handhewn hooked hiking stick, hearing witty stories in his deep southern drawl,
homemade chocolate chip cookies his lovely wife Eloise packed in his lunches
and signing the guest book in his garage herbarium yet another time.
Others who were not so lucky will see dedications to Angus in their
treasured Florida plant guides, see his name attached to species of Carex,
Hymenocallis, and Liatris, and visit the Angus Gholson Nature Park in Chattahoochee, Florida.
Living shoreline stabilization, an alternative to hardarmoring techniques, uses biomimicry to decrease
erosion, provide structurally complex intertidal
habitat, and potentially adapt to future sea level rise.
Beginning in 2008, we scientifically tested living
shoreline techniques and found a multi-species
approach with oyster shells, Spartina alterniflora
transplants, and 1-yr old mangrove seedlings reduced
erosion along major boating channels in Canaveral
National Seashore, FL. We applied our living
shoreline methodology to protect Turtle Mound, a
Native American shell midden, experiencing severe
shoreline erosion. In 2011, we worked with multiple
stakeholders, including the Park service, local
government, recreational anglers and community
volunteers, to stabilize 200 m of shoreline. Volunteers
deployed 1140 oyster shell mats, 622 S. alterniflora
transplants, and 450 mangrove seedlings (Rhizophora
mangle and Avicennia germinans) grown by local
schools. On-going monitoring has documented no
significant difference in the rate of erosion compared
to control living shorelines. Mean percent cover of
S. alterniflora and mangrove species increased from
less than 3% before stabilization to 42% and 40%,
respectively, after 24 months. Oyster recruitment
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was 24 oysters per 0.25 m2. Continued monitoring allows for
continued evaluation and adaptation of our science-based
approach to living shoreline stabilization and guides current
and future projects.
Stability and dynamics of components of Florida
Scrub in response to fire
Eric S. Menges, Plant Ecology Program, Archbold
Biological Station, 123 Main Drive, Venus, FL 33960.
Email: [email protected].
Fires in Florida scrub have complex effects on vegetation structure and species dynamics. I integrate results from
several studies on how fire regimes (particularly frequency, time-since-fire, and intensity) affect these responses. Fires
affect inter-shrub gaps, which are key microhabitats for many endemic herbs. Fire creates gaps in the shrub matrix;
the properties of these gaps reflect fire coverage, intensity, and the previous time-since-fire. Larger gaps support more
species and some species require minimum gap sizes. Gaps in Florida rosemary scrub are affected by the demography
of its dominant species, which has very high seedling survival, and a lack of density-dependent growth during the first
15 years post-fire. First age for flowering in Florida rosemary (about 8 years) defines a minimum fire return interval,
while population viability modeling of obligate seeding herbaceous plants defines an upper boundary (about 30 years.)
In contrast, most resprouting herbs (e.g. scrub blazing star) and shrubs (e.g. scrub pawpaw) appear largely insensitive to
fire frequencies, intensities, or seasons. Long intervals between fire results in lower diversity and diminished responses
to subsequent fires. Consequently, land managers need to burn consistently and often, but with pyrodiversity built into
fire plans, to protect biodiversity.
Friday, May 16th, 11:05-11:45am (Food Court Patio)
Palmetto Basket Workshop (pre-registration required)
Dick Workman, FNPS founding member & State Board of Directors member
When Dick’s lovely palmetto basket graced the cover of the Palmetto this fall, it was widely circulated and some people
joined FNPS right away so they could receive a copy of this issue. Now’s your chance to build one for yourself with
Dick’s guidance. Participants should prepare to laugh and have a good time while enjoying Dick’s wit and wisdom. Plus,
you’ll learn the skills to fascinate your friends.
Friday, May 16th, 11:05-11:45am (Ballroom A & B)
The Cultural and Natural Landscapes of La Florida Before 1513: An Archaeological and
Ethnohistorical Approach
Theresa Schober, Archaeologist and Cultural Resource Consultant
In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Léon christened La Florida on the first documented European voyage to the
continental United States. The Calusa Indians were the first identifiable group encountered by Ponce de León, and their
capital at Mound Key in Estero Bay, was one of the first locations mapped. For at least 2,000 years, the Calusa exploited
and intensified the natural abundance of rich coastal estuaries. With this surplus, they had established a highly stratified,
politically complex, tributary chiefdom with a sphere of influence and alliances, encompassing the southern third of
the Florida peninsula by the sixteenth century. Although not dependent on agricultural production, Spanish captive
Hernando d’Escalante Fontaneda, who lived among the Calusa for 17 years, once wrote that if he were to enumerate
all the fruits that the Florida Indians ate, he would never finish. Fontaneda’s memoir and records from encounters with
Ponce de León and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, during two brief mission attempts (1567-1569; 1697) shed light on the
Calusa way of life. Although the Calusa remained largely isolated from the Spanish colonial enterprise, by 1704 they
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were displaced from south Florida. Their architectural turned
archaeological features of elevated mounds and ridges, sculpted
canals, and water courts are the vestiges of a once thriving society.
Friday, May 16th, 11:05-11:45am (Room 214)
Plants and the Ecohydrology of Southwest Florida
Ecosystems
Dr. Brian Bovard, Wetland Plant Ecologist, Florida Gulf
Coast University
Plants are known to be important players in the hydrologic cycle.
However, there is little information in the scientific literature on the role native trees play in governing water losses
from natural systems in southern Florida. This lack of information creates the potential for inappropriate management
decisions related to water resources in the face of changing hydrologic conditions resulting from development and
predicted future climate change. In this presentation, Dr. Bovard will discuss the research being conducted by students
in his lab on the contributions of some of the dominant tree species in pine flatwoods and cypress ecosystems to
evapotranspiration water losses from the landscape. Because plants possess the ability to regulate water losses through
stomatal regulation, their transpirational water losses are not always synchronous with the physical evaporation of water
from the landscape.
Effects of fire regime on serotiny of sand pine (Pinus clausa) in Florida scrub
Jamie Peeler, Archbold Biological Station, 123 Main Drive, Venus, FL 33960. Email: jamie.peeler@gmail.
com.
Sand pine (Pinus clausa) is a characteristic canopy species of Florida scrub that is considered fire-intolerant but often
recruits numerous seedlings after fire. Seeds are stored in cones that exhibit serotiny, or the capacity to delay seed
release until an environmental stimulus (typically heat) triggers dispersal. This adaptation is common among pine
species growing in fire-prone ecosystems. The considerable variation in the degree of serotiny among pine stands is
often attributed to differences in recent fire history. However, no studies have investigated the variability of serotiny
in sand pine populations. In this study, I measured the degree of serotiny in sand pine stands in south-central Florida
with disparate fire histories. In addition, I collected serotinous and nonserotinous cones from multiple individuals,
and designed a germination study to determine seed viability. I hypothesized that the occurrence of more frequent
lethal fires would favor trees with high serotiny. I also expected older stands to contain more low serotiny trees due to
increasing establishment opportunities after non-lethal disturbances. Seed release without heat may also allow sand
pine to invade adjacent unburned sandhill ecosystems. This study will increase understanding about the long-term
evolutionary implications of fire on sand pine populations at different scales.
Investigating influences of habitat specificity and endemism on plant-pollinator networks in Florida
Scrub ecosystems
Devon Picklum, Archbold Biological Station, 123 Main Drive, Venus, FL. 33960. Email: dapicklum@
gmail.com.
Plant species that are endemic or restricted to specific habitats may have access only to a subset of potential pollinators
or may lack the population sizes to support specialized pollinators. Poor pollinator service could then limit fecundity
and contribute to endangerment. The Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida is particularly rich in habitat-specialized and
endemic plant species. While many of these plant species have been well studied, little work has gone into understanding
how endemism and habitat specificity factors into community functionality across the pollinator landscape. In this
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study, I compare pollinator visitation in groups of
narrow and more widely distributed plants using field
observations at Archbold Biological Station. I also built
interaction webs from an extensive pollinator database.
From these data, I hypothesize: 1. Endemic plant species
will be visited by more generalist pollinators, with fewer
specialized pollinators; 2. Endemic plant species will
have more variable rates of flower visitation; and 3.
Habitat specificity will have similar effects to endemism
in affecting pollinator interaction web structure.
Understanding the interactions of rare plant species and
their pollinators has implications for conservation of
larger community structure, maintenance of network
function, and the conservation of rare plants and their
pollinators.
Friday, May 16th, 12:50pm-1:30pm (Ballroom
A)
Why People Don’t “Get It?” The Psychology of
Embracing Native Plants
Russ Hoffman, Owner, Beautiful Ponds
Native plant enthusiasts often wonder why their
neighbors, friends, and colleagues have not embraced
native plants with the same fervor as themselves. The
field of Environmental Psychology gives great insight
into how people think about environmental issues,
including utilizing native plants. This talk will examine
tools, techniques, and strategies to accomplish change with the people that don’t “get it.” This information can be used to
discover how to accomplish the greatest environmental change in neighborhoods & communities. Please note: FNGLA
& ASLA CEUs will be available for this presentation.
Friday, May 16th, 12:50pm-1:30pm (Ballroom B)
Water Quality Issues in Lee County
Joy Hazell, Sea Grant Agent, University of Florida/Lee County Extension Services
Environmental issues surrounding degraded water quality have recently been hot topics in Lee County and elsewhere
throughout Florida. During this session, the importance of native estuarine plants, including mangroves and seagrasses,
will be highlighted in regards to their relationship and impact on water quality.
Friday, May 16th, 12:50pm-1:30pm (Part 1); 1:35pm-2:15pm (Part 2); 2:40pm-3:20pm (Part 3)
(Room 214)
Growing and Planting Quality Native Trees: It’s More Than Grades & Standards (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
Dr. Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, University of Florida
This is an introduction to modern tree production strategies based on research of the last 15 years. Topics include
liner and container selection, planting strategies, production pruning protocols, root pruning and field harvesting.
The emphasis on practical hands-on strategies, based on techniques proven to work, will allow participants to begin
producing quality shade trees tomorrow, will increase the efficiency in producing quality trees and reduce the time
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required to grow trees. Examples from around North America will be used to show how this can dramatically improve
nursery stock quality available for urban planting projects.
Friday, May 16th, 12:50-1:10pm (Room 213)
Bartram’s floating fields: Fossil data indicate water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) is a Florida native
Jason M. Evans, Environmental Policy Program, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of
Georgia, 201 N. Milledge Ave., Athens, GA 30602. Email: [email protected].
Although large Florida populations of the floating aquatic plant Pistia stratiotes L. (water lettuce) were originally
described by William Bartram in the 18th century, for the past several decades, this species has been classified and
managed as a Class 1 invasive exotic. However, a recent assemblage of previously obscure fossil and paleo-limnological
records, synthesis of known ecological relationships, and profound weaknesses in the hypotheses for a Spanish colonial
era introduction of this plant together indicate that water lettuce meets the definition of a native Florida species. The
most critically important “new” data include a late Pleistocene to early Holocene fossil (12,000–3,500 BP) record of
water lettuce from paleo-muck at a Vero Beach archaeological site and numerous records of macro-fossil water lettuce
seeds from late zPleistocene sediments (13,500–12,000 BP) at Lake Annie in the Archbold Biological Station. While
judicious control of water lettuce overgrowth is appropriate for drainage canals, stormwater ponds, and other localized
circumstances, current management policies that seek to minimize or eradicate water lettuce from all state waters are
clearly inappropriate, given the evidence of native tenure and important ecological functions for this species.
Friday, May 16th, 1:10pm-1:30pm (Room 213)
Changes in Florida forest structure due to the invasive Old World climbing fern (Lygodium
microphyllum)
Alexis N. Maldonado and John F. Weishampel, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816. Email: [email protected].
Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) is an invasive plant listed by FLEPPC as a category one invader with
significant ecological impacts that threaten native plant diversity. This species relies on existing vegetative structures
for support to climb into the forest canopy and forms dense mats that cover tree crowns. This subsequently affects
the resources available to other species present. Measuring the biophysical changes by this fern has proved logistically
difficult on a large spatial scale. Airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology is a form of remote sensing
that measures the elevation of surfaces over a site. In this study, we utilized LiDAR to calculate various forest structure
metrics at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, and to quantify the degree to which Old World climbing fern alters forest
structure across various invasion densities and management frequencies. Our results show that there are significant
differences (p=0.001) for the LiDAR-derived metrics across invasion densities and management frequency classes, as
well as with the interaction between two factors with management mitigating the impacts of Old World climbing fern.
Understanding how forest structure is altered by invasive climbing plants allows for more effective management, and in
turn, reduces the potential negative impacts on forested systems.
Friday, May 16th, 1:35pm-2:15pm (Ballroom A)
Native Plant Bootcamp: Basic Training
Jenny Evans, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
Lots of buzz has recently surrounded native plants and their
use in landscapes. Many people understand that using
native plants in a landscape is considered “good”, but do not
necessarily understand why it’s considered a good practice.
This presentation will examine the “why” of native landscaping,
looking at why it makes a difference which species are planted in
your yard and how the maintenance of that landscaping can have
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a great effect on wildlife populations and water quality issues. Please note: FNGLA & ASLA CEUs will be available for
this presentation.
Friday, May 16th, 1:35pm-2:15pm (Ballroom B)
Storm Water Solutions Panel: Native Plants in Stormwater Ponds
Moderated by: Dr. Ernesto Lasso de la Vega, Coordinator of the Pond Watch Program, Lee County
Hyacinth Control District
Improvement in Littoral Shore in Storm Water Urban Ponds
Panelist: Joan Justice, Resident and chairperson of the Pond and Lake Committee of Palm Island
Community, Fort Myers, FL
In the last 8 years, the community of Palm Island, located in Fort Myers, Fl., had experienced problems in its
stormwater ponds, ranging from excessive growth of aquatic weeds and filamentous algae, to severe erosion of
the banks. Joan proposed to the Board a plan to re-vegetate the shoreline with attractive littoral plants that would
stabilize the shoreline, preventing erosion and providing an improvement to the community. In a video onsite
presentation, she will cover some of the strategies she used to convince the Board, as well as explain the way the
littoral plants were propagated and maintained.
Water Quality Improvements by Using Filter Marshes
Panelist: Dr. James Beever III, Planner IV at the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council
This project was developed to create an evaluation methodology to determine the functionality and benefits of
fresh and brackish water ecosystems used for water quality treatment. This methodology includes measurements of
different components, including water quality, algae, and plant species presence and condition. The results of this
project will provide EPA and state, local and private sector practitioners with a way to identify the improvements in
the water quality.
Variables influencing germination and initial survival of two critically endangered plants: Warea
amplexifolia and Lupinus aridorum
Juliet Rynear(1), Cheryl L. Peterson(1), and Dr. Matthew L. Richardson(2), (1) Bok Tower Gardens,
1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales, FL 33853; (2) Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability,
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 705,
Washington, DC 20013-7012. Email: [email protected].
One challenge of ex situ conservation is developing propagation methods that promote a high rate of survival and
genetic diversity. Developing successful propagation methods is especially important for rare species to prevent their
extinction. Clasping warea, Warea amplexifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. (Brassicaceae), and Scrub lupine, Lupinus aridorum
McFarlin ex Beckner (Fabaceae), are two rare species endemic
to imperiled Florida sandhill and scrub habitats, respectively.
We tested whether the collection site of seeds, seed stratification
temperature, and several propagation methods influenced
germination and initial survival of W. amplexifolia and L.
aridorum. The collection site of seeds and type of pot influenced
percent germination of W. amplexifolia, whereas soaking seeds in
water and stratification temperature did not. The site where seeds
were collected did not influence germination of L. aridorum, and
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treating seedlings with salicylic acid, nitrogen, or salicylic acid
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863-675-3006
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and nitrogen, sometimes reduced, but did not increase, initial survival of seedlings. Overall, our results will inform
additional experiments on ex situ conservation and may be applicable to other herbs endemic to Florida.
Quantifying spatial structure among native cacti and their specialist herbivores
Kristen E. Sauby and Robert D. Holt, Department of Biology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 118525
Gainesville, FL 32611. Email: [email protected].
We explored how much spatial variation in native cactus abundance (Opuntia pusilla and O. stricta) is explained by
the presence of two specialist moth species, a native (Melitara prodenialis) and an invasive of conservation concern
(Cactoblastis cactorum). We hypothesize that moth infestation depends locally on cactus abundance within patches
and regionally on the size, quality (i.e., cactus abundance), and proximity of patches. During summer 2012, we set up
1358 1-m2 plots at seven habitat patches in Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (near St.
Augustine, FL). We surveyed plots four times over the past 2 years for presence/absence of cactus and moth populations.
We collected information about factors that could affect extinction, including maximum height of cacti and percent
cover of each cactus species by plot as indices of biomass. We found more O. stricta populations infested by the invasive
moth compared to O. pusilla but no such difference for the native moth, matching previous research. We observed
colonization and extinction events for all four species. Cactus mortality varied among habitat patches; many cacti that
died were attacked by the invasive at some point during the past year.
Friday, May 16th, 2:40pm-3:20pm (Ballroom A & B)
From Sea Oats to Sea Rockets: How Beach Plants Shape our Coastal Landscapes
Dr. Tonya Clayton, Science Writer, Editor, & Educator
Florida’s native beach plants don’t just look good — they also work hard. In this illustrated tour, we’ll meet the unusual
cast of green characters that helps to shape our coastal landscapes. We’ll encounter, for example, the vines, forbs,
and grasses that serve as seaside trailblazers, builders, and stabilizers. How do these working plants do their jobs?
And how do they survive and thrive on the sandy, salty, ever-changing edge of the sea? We’ll also meet a few invasive
newcomers that have taken root
along our ocean shores. Today’s
underappreciated coastal habitats
face many challenges. We’ll touch
on not only major threats to sandybeach ecosystems, but also some
ideas for beach stewardship. Please
note: FNGLA & ASLA CEUs will
be available for this presentation.
Friday, May 16th, 2:40pm3:00pm (Room 213)
Living on the edge: disease,
population decline and
conservation efforts of the
Florida torreya (Torreya
taxifolia)
Jason A. Smith, Tova Spector,
Ron Determann, Jenny
Cruse-Sanders, Ray Pruner,
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Marvin Friel, Kerry O’Donnell and John Bente, University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and
Conservation, Gainesville, FL 32611-0410. Email: [email protected].
Florida torreya, Torreya taxifolia, has experienced a dramatic and precipitous population decline in its native habitat
in ravines along the Apalachicola River. Recent studies have demonstrated that a novel fungal pathogen, Fusarium
torreyae, is causing a severe canker and dieback that is decimating the remaining extant individuals. The status and
condition of the current wild population has recently been documented, and in addition to very high disease incidence,
the average stem lengths were 127 cm, few seed bearing trees were present, and the population was estimated at less
than 1500 individuals. Efforts are underway to better determine methods to improve health of the population in situ,
propagate disease-free trees, and expand an ex situ germplasm conservation program at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
In addition, studies to assess genetic diversity within the population are underway. Recommendations for future in situ
and ex situ conservation strategies for this endangered conifer will be discussed.
Current research on the biology and management of laurel wilt in the United States
Jason A. Smith, R.C. Ploetz, J. Hulcr, J. McCutcheon, T.J. Dreaden, M.A. Hughes, D. Spence, K. Shin, S.
Inch, J. Riggins and A. Campbell, University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation,
Gainesville, FL 32611-0410. Email: [email protected].
Laurel wilt (LW), caused by the fungal pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, is a highly destructive exotic disease that threatens
trees in the Lauraceae, including avocado, redbay and sassafras. Since 2002, the disease has nearly wiped out redbay
in much of the southeastern USA, and threatens the avocado industries in Florida (valued at > $60 million/year) and
California ($400 million.) Natural communities have been devastated by this disease as rare plant hosts and their
associated fauna are impacted. Recently, massive mortality in the tree islands of the Everglades has been reported. The
pathogen is transmitted to trees by an insect vector, the Asian redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus. Typically,
ambrosia beetles carry nonpathogenic fungal symbionts that the beetles consume, rather than wood. LW is unique
in that the symbiont of X. glabratus, R. lauricola, is highly virulent to host trees. Very few spores of R. lauricola are
needed to incite LW. Microscopic observations and studies with secondary metabolites indicate that hosts over-react
to the presence of the pathogen by excessive tylose formation, and ultimately, vascular dysfunction, but that toxins
are probably not involved in pathogenesis. Genetic analyses of R. lauricola indicate that a single clone occurs in the
USA. Comparisons of microsattelite loci of the pathogen in the USA indicate a close match with isolates in Taiwan,
but differences in Japan; however, there were no differences in virulence among isolates from the three countries on
redbay or avocado. Lateral transfer of the pathogen to other ambrosia beetle species, their experimental transmission
of the pathogen, and the subsequent development of LW in no-choice studies, has been documented. Whether and to
what extent species other than X. glabratus play roles in the natural spread of this disease is not known. Current efforts
to manage LW focus on systemic fungicides, judicious sanitation in avocado orchards, and host resistance. Genomic
analyses of the pathogen and closely related, nonpathogenic symbionts are underway to gain insight into what makes R.
lauricola a plant pathogen.
Friday, May 16th, 3:25pm-4:05 (Ballroom A & B)
Roger Hammer, Author, Wildflower Photographer,
Naturalist
FNPS Rock Star Roger Hammer is back! A widely recognized
expert on native wildflowers, Roger is passionate about Florida
native orchids. Roger’s depth of knowledge and wit will inform
what promises to be an engaging homage to common and
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critically imperiled wildflowers of Collier County.
Please note: FNGLA & ASLA CEUs will be available
for this presentation.
Friday, May 16th, 3:25pm-4:05pm (Room
214)
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Algae
Dr. Serge Thomas, Assistant Professor, Florida
Gulf Coast University
Urban manmade wet ponds are a very conspicuous
feature of Southwest Florida. These ponds are dug
out for the fill they provide to elevate houses for flood
protection. They also have been mandated since
1982 to efficiently treat up to 80% of the pollutants
from stormwater runoffs. However, besides these
aforementioned attributes, these ponds have morphed
into aesthetically appealing “lakes” surrounded
by lush manicured lawns. As planned, excessive
amounts of nutrients thus reach these ponds, which
then turn green from algae and subaquatic plants.
Because these expected proliferations are perceived
as unaesthetic, ponds are heavily managed by a
plethora of lake management companies, who use
more or less aggressive algae and plant growth control
methods. The lack of plants and algae render the ponds
inefficient to uptake nutrients, which, along with
the herbicides, are inexorably exported downstream
if an outfall is present. My talk will focus on the ecology of the “bad and ugly” suspended, scum-forming and matforming algal blooms typical of the aforementioned dysfunctioning ponds. These will contrast with the native “good”
(i.e. beneficial) healthy community of algal mats, which colonize healthy ponds, and which, unfortunately, are often
misdiagnosed as problematic blooms. Solutions to cope with the algae will be presented and will be up for debate.
Restoration efforts of the endangered species Chrysopsis floridana on protected lands
Juliet Rynear, Rare Plant Specialist, Bok Tower Gardens
Chrysopsis floridana (Florida Golden Aster) is a short-lived perennial endemic to the scrub habitat of central
Florida. Occurring in Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee and Pinellas Counties, the species is federally and statelisted as endangered. The Rare Plant Conservation Program at Bok Tower Gardens has successfully introduced six
new populations onto protected lands since 2008. The success of these introductions and strong natural resource
management programs in Hillsborough and Manatee Counties has significantly aided the conservation of C. floridana.
In Hillsborough County, conservation land was purchased through the Endangered Land Acquisition and Protection
Program (ELAPP) and these properties contain several large populations. There are also several populations in Manatee
County on managed preserves. The successful conservation achievements for this species illustrate the necessary
interconnection of science, government policies that support natural resource protection, and non-government
organizations.
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Saturday, May 17th, 9:00am-9:45am (Ballroom A & B)
The Scientific Basis for Climate Change: Understanding the Most Important Findings of the 2013 IPCC
Report
Dr. Don P. Chambers, Associate Professor, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
The ocean influences climate by storing and transporting large amounts of heat, freshwater, and carbon, and exchanging
these properties with the atmosphere. About 93% of the excess heat energy stored by the earth over the last 50 years
is found in the ocean. More than three quarters of the total exchange of water between the atmosphere and the earth’s
surface through evaporation and precipitation takes place over the oceans. The ocean contains 50 times more carbon
than the atmosphere and is at present acting to slow the rate of climate change by absorbing one quarter of human
emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, cement production, deforestation and other land use change.
I will summarize the observational evidence of climate change presented in the 2013 report on the physical basis of
climate change, with an emphasis on ocean observations. These topics include changes in subsurface ocean temperature
and heat content, evidence for regional changes in ocean salinity and their link to changes in evaporation and
precipitation over the oceans, observations of sea level change, and biogeochemical changes in the ocean, including
ocean acidification. I will also discuss global and regional projections of sea level change through 2100.
Dr. J.C. Cahill, Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
In this talk, Dr. Cahill will discuss general issues in
this new field, as well as provide some specific work
conducted by his lab. He will suggest we are undergoing
a paradigm shift in our understanding of plants, with
potentially important implications and opportunities.
Further, though plants and animals differ greatly in
many ways, their behaviour appears to be more similar
than imagined. Please note: FNGLA & ASLA CEUs
will be available for this presentation.
Saturday, May 17th, 10:00am-2:00pm (Food
Court)
Poster Session & Science Fair
The influence of water temperature and
salinity on consumption of Vallisneria
americana by the invasive aquatic gastropod
Pomacea maculata
Shannan McAskill, Spencer Talmage
and James Douglass, Florida Gulf Coast
University, Fort Myers, FL 33965. e-mail:
[email protected].
The Island Apple Snail (Pomacea maculata) is a
large, herbivorous freshwater gastropod that has
become invasive in Florida. P. maculata is known to
feed on an important species of submerged aquatic
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The Charlotte Harbor National
Estuary Program (CHNEP) is a
partnership working to protect
the natural environment in
Florida from Venice to Bonita
Springs to Winter Haven.
Art by Linda Soderquist, lindasislandart.com
Learn about
CHNEP’s partnership
efforts to protect estuaries — where fresh
and salt water mix — and the land that drains
into these waters by exploring www.CHNEP.org
and by subscribing to the free quarterly
magazine, Harbor Happenings. You will learn
about the issues confronting the region, the
committees that guide the program, research,
restoration, advocacy and stewardship projects,
grants, our calendar of donated images
showcasing the beauty and diversity of the
natural environment, events, informational videos and more.
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Poster Session & Science Fair (continued)
vegetation, Vallisneria americana, which lives in both freshwater and oligohaline estuarine environments. While V.
americana was common to the Caloosahatchee Estuary as recently as the 1990s, drought and man-made changes to
water flow have wiped out almost all viable populations. Herbivory by P. maculata has hindered efforts to cultivate
and restore V. americana populations in permanently freshwater areas of the Caloosahatchee River north of the
S-79 lock and dam, which are thought to serve as a seed source for estuarine populations of V. americana. We
hypothesize that the severity of grazing impacts are influenced by environmental factors such as variations in water
temperature and salinity, and that understanding these effects could aid efforts to control P. maculata and restore V.
americana.
Floating island pilot project for nutrient removal in stormwater ponds on Sanibel Island, Florida
Mark Thompson and Jenny Evans, Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, 3333 Sanibel Captiva
Road, Sanibel FL 33957. Email: [email protected].
Stormwater ponds and lakes throughout Florida and the United States are becoming more eutrophic due to
excessive inputs of nutrients from urban stormwater runoff. Urbanization has resulted in greater runoff volume and
higher concentrations of nutrients in that runoff. Excessive nutrient standing stock in waterbodies can cause algae
blooms, low dissolved oxygen, reduced water clarity and fish kills. Lake management companies are often employed
to improve conditions, but their use of toxic herbicides, to kill aquatic vegetation and algae only temporarily masks
the symptoms resulting in larger, more complex problems later. Florida native plants can be used in a variety
of ways to prevent future nutrient runoff and to control nutrient standing stock already existing in stormwater
systems. Floating island technology has been used to allow nutrient uptake and cycling from waterbodies which are
already eutrophic. Native plants which are amendable to the existing water quality conditions are propagated on
these floating islands, developing extensive hydroponic-like roots systems and removing nutrients through uptake
and cycling processes by periphyton attached to the roots. The root systems also provide increased refugia for
zooplankton algae grazers, adding another method for increased algae control. A 250 square foot floating island of
native plants was installed in The Dunes stormwater system on Sanibel Island in April 2012. Findings from the first
year of this pilot study are presented in this poster.
Correlations between ground cover community structure and hydrology in isolated cypress domes
located in west-central Florida
Paul E. Thurman(1), Thomas L. Crisman(1), David Carr(2), and Jason Rohr(1), (1) Department
of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, (2) Southwest Florida Water
Management District, Brooksville, FL. Email: [email protected].
An historical database was analyzed to investigate how ground cover communities fluctuate over time as a function
of hydrologic variables in isolated cypress domes found in west-central Florida in two ground-water producing
wellfields (Cypress Creek and Starkey) and one control system (Green Swamp). When all wetlands were combined,
no single hydrologic variable or lag time was correlated with changes in ground cover communities; however,
individual wetlands were correlated to a unique set of hydrologic variables. Of these variables, groundwater
pumping volume was correlated with the highest percentage of wetlands sampled (46%), followed by hydroperiod
and maximum depth (37% each), average depth (26%), and precipitation (16%). Ground cover communities
located in the Green Swamp fluctuated regularly and tended to be correlated with hydrologic variables less than one
year prior to monitoring. In contrast, the wellfield wetlands were considerably less variable and were correlated
with hydrologic variables with lag times of two to three years. This study illustrates the uniqueness of individual
wetlands and raises concerns about assuming that all wetlands respond to hydrology the same, even when found
within close proximity to one another.
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Poster Session & Science Fair (continued)
Reintroduction of two extirpated ferns into Miami-Dade County
Craig van der Heiden1 and Bruce Holst2, (1)The Institute for Regional Conservation,100 E Linton
Blvd. Delray Beach, FL 33483; (2) Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 South Palm Avenue Sarasota,
FL 34236. Email: [email protected]
Florida has three fern species in the genus Campyloneurum, commonly called strap ferns. The long strap fern
(C. phyllitidis) is locally common in hammocks and swamps throughout peninsular Florida. The remaining two
species, narrow strap fern (C. angustifolium) and tailed strap fern (C. costatum), are extremely rare in Florida. Both
were formerly more widespread in their distribution but are now severely restricted in their range due to habitat
destruction, habitat alterations, and poaching. Narrow strap fern and tailed strap fern where previously found
in Miami-Dade County but have been extirpated. The main objective for this project is to reintroduce these two
species to previous habitat in Miami-Dade County. To accomplish this goal, both ferns were grown at the Marie
Selby Botanical Garden from spores collected in the Fakahatchee Strand in November, 2007. An initial trial outplanting of three sporophytes of each species was undertaken in September 2012. Both species of fern were planted
on rocks and tree roots in a solution hole. Sporophytes were watered weekly for nine weeks and then observed
bimonthly for an additional three months. The successful reintroduction was followed by out-planting of 18
narrow strap fern and 8 tailed strap fern in three locations within a hammock in October 2013. Ferns were planted
on a variety of substrates, including rotting stumps, tree bases, and tree trunks following the same protocols.
Reintroduction of these two species contributes to the restoration of the historical biodiversity of this hammock.
Master Naturalists -- Creating an Army of Informed Citizens
Dr. Marty Main, Associate Dean and Program Leader for UF/IFAS Natural Resources and Florida Sea
Grant Extension Programs
Planet Earth is experiencing environmental change on every scale, from loss of local wetlands, to rising global
temperatures. Our society seems to be growing increasingly distant from, and either indifferent to or unaware of, the
elements of nature that enrich our lives and support our life processes. We look to our leaders to change these things,
but we should be looking to ourselves as the elements of change. The Florida Master Naturalist Program educates and
empowers citizens so they can foster environmental awareness in others and become ambassadors for the responsible
stewardship of our natural resources. Dr. Martin Main is Program Leader and innovator of the Florida Master Naturalist
Program and will speak about the program and the role of informed, empowered, and engaged citizens in promoting
greater awareness, respect and stewardship of Florida’s natural world.
Saturday, May 17th, 11:00am-11:25am (Room 213)
Exploring the causes of narrow endemism in two imperiled Florida sunflowers: a combined population
genetics and niche modeling approach
Chase Mason, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, 2502 Miller Plant Sciences, Athens,
GA 30605. Email: [email protected].
Many species are restricted to small ranges, and the causes of such narrow endemism are not always clear. This study
attempts to unravel the causes of narrow endemism in two imperiled Florida sunflower species (Helianthus carnosus
and Phoebanthus tenuifolius) by investigating two important potential drivers of species distributions – habitat
availability and underlying population genetics. Niche modeling indicates that both species have narrow environmental
requirements driven by soil and climate, and thus that these species are likely historical endemics. However, recent land
use changes appear to be negatively affecting at least one of the two species, and both species have lower genetic diversity
than expected, based on life history and as compared to close relatives. Furthermore, models of habitat availability
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under climate change predict dramatic reductions in available habitat for both species over the next several decades.
This information will hopefully help inform conservation and management efforts of these two state-listed species.
Saturday, May 17th, 12:50pm-1:30pm (Ballroom A & B)
Conservation of Florida’s Butterflies and Native Insect Pollinators
Dr. Jaret C. Daniels, Associate Curator of Lepidoptera, Florida Museum of Natural History and IFAS
Associate Professor of Entomology, University of Florida
Florida is home to a rich diversity of butterflies and other highly charismatic and beneficial insects. Together, many
of these organisms provide important ecosystem services, such as pollination, and help to engender awareness of our
complex natural world. Populations of butterflies and other wild insect pollinators have suffered declines in recent years,
prompting calls for proactive strategies designed to identify the drivers of these losses and to help bolster remaining
populations. Of particular concern for conservationists is the fact that many species are disappearing from locations,
including many conservation lands, where they were formerly abundant. Collaborative efforts to help evaluate, stabilize
and restore their populations are discussed.
Ecological State of the Florida Gulf Coast University Campus, 1994-2014
Dr. Win Everham, Professor of Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
Since its selection as the site for Florida’s tenth university, the ecological impacts of construction of the Florida Gulf
Coast University campus has raised concerns in Southwest Florida. We report on the development of the site, and our
efforts to include ecological research in the curriculum. The National Science Foundation funded a project to integrate
our curriculum with campus, watershed, and regional research needs. This Campus Ecosystem Model provided a
framework for guiding field-based course projects and faculty, undergraduate and graduate student research. This
presentation reports on the results of wildlife, water quality, and vegetation research and monitoring through: general
education courses, including Environmental Biology and Environmental Chemistry; upper division courses in the
Biology and Environmental Studies majors, such as General Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Limnology, Wetland Ecology,
and Ecological Monitoring Techniques; undergraduate Senior Research projects, and Master’s thesis research. These
data provide us with insight into the current ecological state of the campus, 20 years after construction began.
Saturday, May 17th, 1:35pm-3:00pm (Room 214)
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers for Landscape Design
Dr. Don Spence, Landscape Designer and Plant Pathologist &
Catherine Bowman, Ecological Scientist
Conference attendees participating in the “Native Trees, Shrubs and Wildflowers for Landscape Design” session will
learn about the best examples of native species, soil and light conditions for various landscape designs, as well as gain a
greater appreciation and understanding of native plant habitats, common and rare species and uses of native plants in
various design settings. Don Spence, Ph.D., landscape designer, arborist and plant pathologist, and Catherine Bowman,
ecological scientist, will instruct on the value of native plants, the importance of native plant biodiversity, and how
to promote natives in landscape design projects. There will be a focus on how to create a balanced and ecologically
sustainable landscape. Please note: FNGLA & ASLA CEUs will be available for this presentation.
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Saturday, May 17th, 2:20pm-3:00pm
(Ballroom A & B)
Xavier Cortada, Director and Artist-inResidence, Florida International University,
College of Architecture
Xavier Cortada will explain the participatory art
exhibition, FLOR500, which will open at the close of
the Saturday’s conference sessions. Learn about this
exciting participatory art, nature, and history project
that marks the importance of the moment when the
history of Florida changed forever. Cortada will
share highlights of the project, which includes 500
native wildflowers selected by a team of scientists,
as depicted by 500 Florida artists. Additionally, he’ll
describe the wildflower gardens being established by
students from 500 schools across Florida’s 67 counties
to commemorate 500 notable Floridians chosen by a
group of Florida historians.
Saturday, May 17th, 3:00pm-4:30pm (Cohen
Center Lawn)
Container Gardens for Butterflies and
Pollinators
Dr. Jaret C. Daniels, Associate Curator of
Lepidoptera, Florida Museum of Natural
History
Container gardens are portable, ideal for small spaces and provide an almost instantaneous landscape look. They can
also boast an attractive and productive display of flowers perfect for attracting butterflies , bees and other beneficial
pollinators. Enjoy this informal, hands-on workshop that includes both design considerations and an overview of the
best pollinator-attracting plants.
Our Two Million Year+ Brain-Body Connection to Phytons of the Plant Sphere
Dr. Bill Hammond, President of Natural Context Consulting & Professor Emeritus, Florida Gulf Coast
University
Intuitively we know that a connection to Nature is innate in each of us. We are now in the third generation of the
majority of our society that have minimized their direct experiences working and playing in outdoors on farms and
in forests, resulting in what Richard Louv coined as Nature Deficit Disorder. Newly emerging scientific, medical and
physiological research is documenting how experiences in nature and its plants are critical to our learning, creativity and
healthy development, as well as personal and societal future. There is a greater need than ever for people to Go Native
with new incentives for better health!
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Meet the Speakers
Jim Beever, Ph.D.
Filter Marsh Nutrient Treatment
(Friday, 1:35pm-2:15pm)
James (Jim) William Beever III is an expert in the natural resources and estuaries in southwest Florida. He is a
Planner IV for the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council (SWFRPC). His work includes: the development of
ECOSERVE, a method to evaluate total ecosystem services values; the development of an assessment method to evaluate
the water quality benefits of designed freshwater and brackish water ecosystems used for water quality treatment;
fertilizer management planning; the model Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council’s Fertilizer Resolution;
assistance to local governments in other regions; implementing the environmental planning review for the SWFRPC;
regional climate change planning; coordinating regional wildlife habitat planning; review of developments with regional
impact; Comprehensive Everglades Restoration implementation; the Southwest Florida Watershed Study; wildlife
resource inventories; fish and wildlife technical assistance; and 22 committees and partnerships. He has been employed
protecting the natural resources of southwest Florida for 29 years.
Brian Bovard, PhD.
Plants and the Ecohydrology of Southwest Florida Ecosystems
(Friday, 11:05am-11:45am)
Dr. Bovard is a wetland plant ecologist at Florida Gulf Coast University. While most of his current research interests
are in wetlands, he also periodically works in upland systems. His doctoral training was specifically in the field of plant
physiological ecology at Duke University, but his interests were and still are in how physiological responses scale to
higher ecological scales, such as populations, communities and ultimately ecosystem processes.
Specific research interests include: understanding plant contributions to ecosystem water loss in South Florida wetlands;
physiological plant ecology; global climate change; and ecosystem carbon storage
Catherine Bowman
FNPS Landscape Awards
(Saturday, 12:50pm-1:30pm; Saturday, 1:35pm-3:00pm)
Catherine Bowman is a long-time Florida Native Plant Society member and served as the
Tarflower Chapter president from 2006 to 2013. Catherine is the president of Bowman and
Blair Ecology and Design, Inc., a Winter Park, Florida, firm founded in 2013, which provides an array of ecological
consulting services. Her twenty-year professional career as an ecological consultant is founded on a B.S. in Botany from
the University of Central Florida, with a focus on field botany. Catherine is experienced in the restoration of upland
and wetland habitats, as well as having a strong knowledge of native Florida plant species and their use in the urban
environment.
J.C. Cahill, Ph.D.
(Saturday, 9:50am-10:35am)
Though plants do not feel, think, nor understand ... can they behave? If so, how does this alter our
perception of nature?
Dr. Cahill (JC) is a Professor of Ecology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. He received
his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997, and has been working in Edmonton
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since 1999. He supervises a large research group of students, focusing on topics that include plant foraging behaviour,
mountain pine beetle impacts on soil ecology, climate change effects on rangeland sustainability, and pollination biology.
Don P. Chambers, Ph.D.
The Scientific Basis for Climate Change: Understanding the Most Important
Findings of the 2013 IPCC Report
Dr. Don P. Chambers is an Associate Professor at the College of Marine Science, University
of South Florida, and is an internationally recognized expert in the field of sea level
science. His specialty is in using satellite observations to measure sea level change, both globally and regionally, and he
has served on numerous national and international science committees, including as a Lead Author on the 5th Climate
Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in September 2013.
Tonya Clayton, Ph.D.
From Sea Oats to Sea Rockets: How Beach Plants Shape our Coastal Landscapes
Dr. Tonya Clayton is a science writer, editor, and educator based on Florida’s Gulf Coast. She is
also a Florida Master Naturalist, an NAI Certified Interpretive Guide, and a graduate of the
Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute. Her work as a geologist and oceanographer has
taken her from the sandy barrier islands of Portugal to the clear blue waters of the deep Pacific
Ocean. Her latest book, How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast Beach, was named “a total success”
by Florida Weekly. Photo courtesy of R. Byrne
Xavier Cortada
(Saturday, 2:20pm-3:00pm)
Miami artist Xavier Cortada created art installations at the North Pole and South Pole to
address environmental concerns at every point in between. He’s been commissioned to create
art for the White House, the World Bank, Miami City Hall, Miami-Dade County Hall, Florida
Botanical Gardens, the Miami Art Museum, Museum of Florida History, Miami Science Museum and the Frost Art
Museum. Cortada has also developed numerous collaborative art projects globally, including peace murals in Cyprus
and Northern Ireland, child welfare murals in Bolivia and Panama, AIDS murals in Geneva and South Africa, and ecoart projects in Hawaii, New Hampshire, Taiwan, Holland, and Latvia.
Jaret C. Daniels, Ph.D.
Conservation of Florida’s Butterflies and Native Insect Pollinators
Container Gardens for Butterflies & Pollinators
(Saturday, 12:50pm-1:30pm; Saturday, 3:00pm-4:30pm)
Dr. Jaret Daniels is the Associate Curator of Lepidoptera at the Florida Museum of Natural
History and IFAS Associate Professor of Entomology at the University of Florida. An
entomologist by training, he specializes in the ecology and conservation of butterflies and other native insect pollinators.
He has authored more than 50 scientific papers, popular articles, and books dealing with butterflies, conservation,
integrated pest management, and butterfly gardening, including the most recent titles: Wildflowers of Georgia (2012);
Wildflowers of Florida (2010); Butterflies of Florida Field Guide (2003); Butterflies of the Carolinas Field Guide (2004);
Butterflies of Georgia Field Guide (2004); Butterflies of Ohio Field Guide (2004); and Butterflies of Michigan Field
Guide (2005). He has served as a design and technical consultant for numerous butterfly houses, commercial landscape
projects, and school and home gardens.
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Jenny Evans
Native Plant Boot Camp: Basic Training
Jenny’s love of nature and plants began during her childhood in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Since
then, she has earned a B.S. in Biology, with a double major in Theatre, from Mary Washington College and a graduate
degree in Public Garden Management from Cornell University. As the manager of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation
Foundation’s Native Plant Nursery, Jenny has had an opportunity to blend many of her passions, including conservation,
horticulture, and education. Previous to SCCF, she had experience in a variety of non-profits, from botanical gardens in
Washington state and Washington D.C., to environmental education organizations in Florida and the Bahamas.
Win Everham, Ph.D.
Ecological State of the Florida Gulf Coast University Campus 1994-2014
Dr. Win Everham is Professor of Marine and Ecological Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast
University. He teaches field-based ecology courses, and his research interests center on the
response of ecosystems to disturbance. In Southwest Florida this has included: the impacts
of exotic invasion and removal in wetlands, fire ecology in exotic infested systems, ecological
dynamics of stormwater ponds, and the response of ecosystems in Southwest Florida to
hurricane disturbance. Since arriving in Florida in 1996, Dr. Everham has served in many capacities on community
organizations including: Chairman of the Estero Bay Agency on Bay Management, member of the Fort Myers Beach
Marine Resources Task Force, member of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Environmental Education Committee,
Board Member for the Calusa Nature Center, member of the Big Cypress National Preserve Off Road Vehicle Advisory
Committee, and member of the Institute for Food and Agriculture Immokalee Field Station Agroecology Advisory
Board.
Dennis Giardina, Everglades Region Biologist, Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
The Restoration of Rare and Extirpated Native Orchids at Fakahatchee Strand
Preserve State Park
Dennis Giardina began his career in 1989 at the Caribbean National Forest in Puerto Rico,
working on the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Project. From 1991 to 1996, he worked at
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, restoring long leaf pine ecosystems, and from 1996 to
2005, he worked at Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge on a variety of endangered and
invasive exotic species issues. From 2005 to 2008, he was the Park Manager of Fakahatchee
Strand Preserve State Park before accepting his current position as Everglades Region
Biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Edward F. Gilman, Ph.D.
Growing and Planting Quality Native Trees: It’s More Than Grades & Standards
(Parts 1, 2, & 3)
(Friday, 12:50pm-1:30pm (Part 1); 1:35pm-2:15pm (Part 2); 2:40pm-3:20pm (Part 3))
Dr. Edward Gilman received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. He has been on the faculty at
the University of Florida in Gainesville since 1984, where he is a Professor in the Environmental
Horticulture Department. Dr. Gilman teaches arboriculture, conducts research on planting and
pruning, and works extensively with industry. He is the author of six books on trees and landscape
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plants, as well as many software programs and websites. The third edition of his book, Illustrated Guide to Pruning,
was published in 2012. Dr. Gilman is a Florida chapter ISA Past-President. He received the Author’s Citation Award in
1999, the Educator’s Award in 2003, and the Research Award in 2007 from the ISA, for sustained excellence in research,
publishing and teaching timely information on tree care. He has published more than 100 scientific peer reviewed
journal articles on the principles of tree care in his 30 years in academia and industry.
Roger Hammer
Roger L. Hammer is a retired professional interpretive naturalist and a part-time instructor
and field trip leader for Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables. He received the first
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award presented by the Dade Chapter of the Florida Native Plant
Society in 1982 for “outstanding, consistent, and constant service in the areas of education,
research, promotion, and preservation of native plants.” Tropical Audubon Society awarded him
the prestigious Charles Brookfield Medal in 1996 for “outstanding service in the protection of our
natural resources.” In 2003, he received the Green Palmetto Award in Education from the Florida
Native Plant Society, and in 2008, he gave the keynote address at the Nineteenth World Orchid Conference in Miami. In
2012, Florida International University honored him with an honorary Doctor of Science degree.
He is an accomplished wildflower photographer and the author of Everglades Wildflowers, Florida Keys Wildflowers, A
Falcon Guide to Everglades National Park & the Surrounding Area, and Florida Icons: 50 Classic Views of the Sunshine
State. Roger discovered two species of native orchids that were new to the flora of Florida, rediscovered the atala
hairstreak butterfly that was feared extinct, and discovered the first pair of Bahama woodstar hummingbirds in Florida.
His hobbies include wildflower photography, long-distance solo canoeing, kayak fishing, and gardening. He lives in
Homestead with his wife, Michelle. Visit his website at: www.rogerlhammer.com
Bill Hammond, Ph.D.
Our Two Million Year+ Brain-Body Connection to Phytons of the Plant
Sphere
Bill Hammond is a Professor Emeritus at Florida Gulf Coast University and was a founding
faculty member of the Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences. He is also President
of Natural Context Consulting. Bill has worked in every state, 8 Canadian Provinces,
with 17 other nations in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia, as well as with governmental agencies, not-for-profits, and
corporate clients. Bill is in his 53rd year working in education, applied creative thinking, environmental education, and
environmental planning with public schools and Fortune 500 companies. He was a community co-leader in the public
acquisition of a multitude of preservation properties, often in cooperation with his high school students. He has served
on seven Governor-appointed Boards and Committees, including two terms on South Florida Water Management
District. He also served on the boards of the National Project Learning Tree, Project WILD, Brandwein Institute, and as
President of the National Alliance for Environmental Education. He has received many awards, including the National
Theodore Roosevelt Award presented by President George H. Bush for Conservation Service to the nation, the National
Federation of Garden Clubs Silver Seal Award (2nd highest national award) for the Six Mile Cypress acquisition
project, the National Wildlife Federation National Teacher of the Year, and FGCU Professor of the Year, voted by FGCU
students. Bill’s passion is family, including his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as teaching and learning,
particularly while wading in swamps and along mangrove and beach shorelines.
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Joy Hazell
Water Quality Issues in Lee County
Joy Hazell is a faculty member of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences and is currently
the Sea Grant Extension Agent in Lee County. She has extensive experience in developing needs based educational
programs, facilitation and project planning. As the Lee County Sea Grant Agent, Joy plans, develops, implements and
evaluates comprehensive needs based marine and natural resource educational programs that focus on marine fisheries
and habitat issues. She facilitates issue based programs through workshops, conferences, and electronic media for
various audiences. Joy reaches diverse audiences associated with recreational and commercial fisheries, coastal resource
users, public and private organizations, government agencies, youth groups, and educational institutions. She also
evaluates and analyzes the results of her various programs to determine social, environmental and/or human health
improvements as a result of her work. She holds an undergraduate degree in Marine and Freshwater Biology from
the University of New Hampshire and a graduate degree in Marine Affairs and Policy from the University of Miami.
Joy started her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Central African Republic, teaching high school biology. Most
recently she was the Coastal Training Specialist at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, with a focus on
providing professional decision makers the knowledge and tools to address coastal resource issues.
Russ Hoffman
Why People Don’t “Get It?” The Psychology of Embracing Native Plants
Russ Hoffman owned & managed a psychology practice near Chicago for 20 years. He returned to his environmental
roots 15 years ago. He now owns Beautiful Ponds, a lake management company dedicated to sustainable environmental
practices. He is currently conducting research with Cornell University regarding nitrogen reduction by microbial
processes.
Joan Justice
Improvement in Littoral Shore in Storm Water Urban Ponds
Joan Justice came from Lake Villa, Illinois, 10 years ago. She is a permanent resident of Palm Island Community in
Fort Myers. She also is the Chairperson of the Ponds and Lake Committee, where she coordinates the work of the
pond management company in implementing the best management practices to improve the conditions of the urban
stormwater ponds in her community.
Ernesto Lasso de la Vega, Ph.D.
Storm Water Solutions Panel: Native Plants in Stormwater Ponds
For more than 20 years, Dr. Ernesto Lasso de la Vega has been working at the Lee County Hyacinth Control District in
Fort Myers, Florida, as a biologist controlling aquatic weeds. He is a native of Panama. He received his master’s degree
from Auburn University and his doctorate degree from University of Central Florida. Dr. Lasso de la Vega coordinates
the Lee County Pond Watch Program, which is a volunteer monitoring program, where homeowners can sample the
water in their stormwater ponds to learn about the nutrient loads and best management practices to alleviate problems
in these ponds.
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Marty Main, Ph.D.
Master Naturalists - Creating an Army of Informed Citizens
Dr. Marty Main is the Associate Dean and Program Leader for UF/IFAS Natural Resources and
Florida Sea Grant Extension Programs. He is also a Professor in the Department of Wildlife
Ecology and Conservation and the Program Leader of the Florida Master Naturalist Program
(FMNP). Marty has a diverse background, including a Ph.D. in Wildlife Science from Oregon
State University, a M.S. in Biological Oceanography from the Florida Institute of Technology, and
a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Central Michigan University. Marty’s educational background
fueled a diverse research history that has included near-shore reef systems, habitat management and fire ecology,
and behavioral ecology studies on birds and large mammals. Most of Dr. Main’s recent research has focused on large
carnivores, including coyotes, the Florida panther, and jaguars in Brazil and Guatemala.
Marty’s academic and research background and broad interests were important factors in the development of the
FMNP, which is the professional achievement of which he says he is most proud. The FMNP issues approximately
1,000 graduate certificates each year and has been emulated by states across the country. Dr. Main recently received
the prestigious Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education from the Ecological Society of America in
recognition of the success and impact of the Florida Master Naturalist Program. Dr. Main recognizes and is quick to
acknowledge that the tremendous success of the FMNP is due primarily to the talented and dedicated instructors who
teach FMNP courses and to the many contributions that FMNP graduates provide to their local communities.
Mike Owen
The Restoration of Rare and Extirpated Native Orchids at Fakahatchee Strand
Preserve State Park
Mike Owen has been the Park Biologist at the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park since
1993. His duties include: hydrological monitoring; endangered plant surveys; herbarium
collection; wildlife observations, including road kill data and vertebrate species list; plant
species list; non-native plant removal; participation in prescribed burns; and conducting
interpretive programs, including swamp walks, power point programs and guided walks.
Juliet Rynear
Restoration efforts of the endangered species Chrysopsis floridana on protected lands
Juliet Rynear is the Rare Plant Specialist at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. Her work in the Rare Plant
Conservation Program includes research on Florida’s rare plants and their habitats, the development of protocols
for nursery propagation, and the introduction of populations onto protected lands. Juliet received her Master of
Applied Science in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management and earned a Certificate in Applied Plant
Conservation from the University of Denver. Juliet has enjoyed a lifelong love of plants and our natural world. Before
moving to Florida in 2008, she was a member of the Mississippi, as well as the Nevada Native Plant Society. She is
currently the Chair of the Conservation Committee for the Florida Native Plant Society.
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Theresa Schober
The Cultural and Natural Landscapes of La Florida Before 1513: An
Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Approach
Theresa Schober is an archaeologist and cultural resource consultant working in south Florida
since 1998. For nine years, she directed the restoration and exhibit development at Mound
House and Newton Park on Fort Myers Beach, where she secured $4 million for historic
preservation, public education, and cultural landscape initiatives, receiving two awards
from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. She serves as vice president of the Florida
Anthropological Society and of the Archaeological Research Cooperative, is a member of the Lee County Historic
Preservation Board, and past board member and vice president of the Trail of Florida’s Indian Heritage. Most recently,
she has been coordinating a two-year programming partnership between Lee Trust for Historic Preservation and the
Florida Humanities Council, that has included serving as co-curator of the award-winning ArtCalusa: Reflections on
Representation exhibition now traveling in Florida, and (with Jerald Milanich) of Enchantments: The Photographic
Adventures of Julian Dimock & Clyde Butcher, opening in May at the Southwest Florida Museum of History. Schober
is also Executive Producer of a forthcoming documentary film about the Calusa capital of Mound Key in Estero Bay for
the Friends of Koreshan State Historic Site.
Elizabeth Smith
Nature Journaling Workshop
(Thursday, 1:00pm-4:00pm)
Elizabeth spent her early years in the woods and waters of Iowa developing a love for plants and wildlife that she hopes
is reflected in her work. Her personal style is self-taught and shaped by ten years in the graphic arts, and after that,
by private studies and workshops. Recently she went back to school to complete her art degree and take postgraduate
classes in education; she’s especially interested in art education and using the arts to heal. She hopes that she can inspire
others to take a moment to connect to nature and the amazing systems around us. Elizabeth is a member of the United
Arts Council of Collier County and the Florida Native Plant Society.
Don Spence, Ph.D.
FNPS Landscape Awards
(Saturday, 12:50pm; Saturday, 1:35pm)
Don Spence is a Certified Municipal Arborist, FL1341AM and owns Native Florida Landscapes.
He has been specializing in plant disease diagnosis, tree surveys, tree health assessments, native
and exotic plant identification for 18 years. Don has a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. Don
has written articles related to invasive species, tree selection, and the importance of using native
plants in urban landscapes. Don was also instrumental in the formation of the East Central Florida
Cooperative Weed Management Area.
Serge Thomas, Ph.D.
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Algae
Dr. Thomas is an Assistant Professor from Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL. Prior to this, he was a visiting
scientist at Florida International University. He holds a Ph.D. in Oceanology from the University Pierre and Marie
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Curie, France (2000). His thesis topic focused on the limnology of ranching reservoirs in the Ivory Coast, Africa. His
research mainly focuses on the eutrophication of shallow hydrosystems, ranging from saltwater, estuarine, brackish
transient, or permanent lentic or lotic water bodies. He mainly studies eutrophication through a bottom up approach,
where primary producers interact and compete. Dr. Thomas has expertise on the Everglades periphyton physiology,
in particular as bioindicators of pollution and as a pollutant remover in stormwater treatment areas and ponds. More
recently, Dr. Thomas is building a program on urban pond ecology.
Amy Bennett Williams
Effective Strategies for Communication with the Media
Amy Bennett Williams came to The News-Press in 1988 as an ashtray-emptying, obituary-writing clerk/reporter. Since
then, she has gone on to cover everything from cake contests to tuberculosis outbreaks. In addition to writing features
and news articles, Williams helped conceive the paper’s weekly Tropicalia magazine, where her column, “Field Notes”
appears. Her sense-of-place essays air weekly on local NPR affiliate WGCU. She lives in rural Alva with her writer
husband, Roger, two sons, an ever-changing menagerie, and a beloved ancient Rhipsalis baccifera.
Jim Wohlpart, Ph.D.
Remembering Sacred Reason: Global Warming, Sense of Place, and
Native Species
Jim Wohlpart is Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Environmental
Literature at Florida Gulf Coast University. He joined the University in 1994 to help
write the curriculum and hire the faculty. He is a Senior Scholar with the Center for
Environmental and Sustainability Education, has published widely on sustainability
and curriculum, and has worked to broaden our understanding of sustainability to include questions of the spirit. He
has co-edited two volumes: A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter and Unspoiled: Writers
Speak for Florida’s Coast. His latest book is entitled Walking Land of Many Gods: in the Remembering Sacred Reason in
Contemporary Environmental Literature.
Dick Workman
Palmetto Basket Workshop
After being educated as an environmental sciences teacher at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio,
Dick Workman’s career path guided him through the Mojave Desert in Southern California during
his military service. As a volunteer educator at both elementary schools and junior colleges, he led
field studies of desert natural systems. During a brief two year return to the temperate hardwoods
of Ohio, he directed the Warren County Park District, educating the public about the vital
importance of maintaining native plant communities. Returning to the desert latitudes in 1973, he directed the SanibelCaptiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF). Growing Native: Native Plants for Landscape Use in Coastal South Florida,
published in 1980 by the SCCF, was his first book. Dick serves on the Florida Natural History Museum’s Randell
Research Center Advisory Board in Pineland, FL, where he sometimes can be found demonstrating palm frond weaving,
twining plant fibers, or playing the conch shell horn. He is also a founding member of the Florida Native Plant Society
and serves on the State Board of Directors.
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