Alaska Native Plant Society
ANPS Monthly Meetings
The public is invited to monthly meetings that are held the first Monday of the month, starting in October and running through May. The meetings are at the Campbell Creek Science Center and start at 7:30 pm.
Specially invited speakers present a topic of their choice at each meeting. ANPS members also do shorter presentations on topics of botanical interest. Each season we also select a plant family to study and members present different species within that family at each meeting.
Here is a map to the CCSC, 5600 Science Center Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507-2599.
The plant family for the fall-winter 2009-10 season is conifers.
October 5, 2009 | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Slide shows and Potluck | Everyone is invited | Members' present photos of their activities this past summer |
November 2, 2009 |
Presenter |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
Mini-Botany:
| Susan Klein |
Weed organizations in Alaska |
Mystery Plant:
| Verna Pratt |
|
Plant Family:
| Joyce |
Gymnosperms |
Main Speaker:
| Dominque Collett |
Natural history of the willow rosette gall midges in Alaska |
December 7, 2009 |
Presenter |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
Mini-Botany:
| Greg Kalal |
potatoes |
Mystery Plant:
| Verna Pratt |
that's why it is a mystery - come to the meeting |
Plant Family:
| Beth Baker |
Cupressaceae--Juniperus (2) |
Main Speaker:
| Ayse Gilbert |
Beautiful, But Cruel – Alaska’s Poisonous Plants |
January 4, 2010 |
Presenter |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
Mini-Botany: |
TBA |
TBA |
| Mystery Plant: | Verna Pratt | that's why it is a mystery - come to the meeting |
| Plant Family: | Anjanetter Steer | Pinaceae--Pinus and Larix (1 + 1) |
| Main Speaker: | Matt Carlson | "Floral pigmentation in the Arctic: Why is the tundra so colorful?" |
February 1, 2010 |
Presenter |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Mini-Botany: | TBA | TBA |
| Mystery Plant: | Verna Pratt | that's why it is a mystery - come to the meeting |
| Plant Family: | Ken Johnson | Pinaceae--Picea and Tsuga (3+2) |
| Main Speaker: | Anne Claerbout | The botany of wetland science. |
March 1, 2010 |
Presenter |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Mini Botany: | TBA | TBA |
| Mystery Plant: | Verna Pratt | that's why it is a mystery - come to the meeting |
| Plant Family: | Glen Brown | Pinaceae--Abies |
| Main Speaker: | Mary Stensvold | Millions of moonworts |
April 5, 2010 |
Presenter |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
Mini-Botany:
| TBA | TBA |
Mystery Plant:
| Verna Pratt | that's why it is a mystery - come to the meeting |
Plant Family:
| Diane Toebe | Taxaceae--Taxus (1) |
Main Speaker:
| Beth Baker | Ordering the Chaos:A Historic Perspective on the Life and Legacy of Carl Linnaeus |
May 3, 2010 |
Presenter |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Mini-Botany: | TBA | TBA |
| Mystery Plant: | Verna Pratt | that's why it is a mystery - come to the meeting |
| Plant Family: | Joan Tovsen | Cupressaceae--Thuja and Chamaecyparis (1+1) |
| Main Speaker: | Kate Mohatt | "fungi" |
" " means no title has been set, only a topic
Alaska Native Plant Society PO Box 141613 Anchorage, Alaska 99514
Last updated November 10, 2009