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Wildflowers in a Warming World
04/19/2022 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM ET
Category
Adults
Admission
- Free
Location
Summary
Over the past two years, botanists at the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History have been studying how warmer spring weather may lead to earlier emergence of our forest flora, including many of the charismatic wildflowers found here. Learn about their new findings regarding how warming springs and invasive woody shrubs may impact wildflower species in Beechwood's forests. Presenters: Sara Kuebbing from the University of Pittsburgh; Abby Yancy, and Mason Heberling from Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Free
Description
Over the past two years, botanists at the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History have been studying how warmer spring weather may lead to earlier emergence of our forest flora, including many of the charismatic wildflowers found here. Learn about their new findings regarding how warming springs and invasive woody shrubs may impact wildflower species in Beechwood's forests. Presenters: Sara Kuebbing from the University of Pittsburgh; Abby Yancy, and Mason Heberling from Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Free. Zoom link: