NPC Lecture on Invasive Plants
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From Nancy Inzinna at the Native Plant Center in Valhalla:
“Native Plant Center Lecture
This lecture is selling out quickly!
“Fax or mail your registration form
Limited Seating
Tuesday, November 17
Invasive Species in the Northeastern United States
James D. Lewis
10:00 a.m. – 12 noon at WCC
Fee: $25 non-members
Invasive species have been identified as one of the three greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. In the northeastern U.S., invasive species have dramatically altered the composition of native ecosystems, resulting in the near loss of native species including American chestnut, American elm, and the spread of purple loosestrife, phragmites and other species. Some current threats to native plants in our region will be discussed, as well as ongoing research into the effects of some invasive species on native and urban ecosystems.
James D. Lewis is the Assistant Professor for Plant Ecology at The Louis Calder Center Biological Station in Armonk, New York. He holds a Master of Science in Ecology from Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Botany from Duke University.
Confirmation and directions will be sent November 10, be sure to include your e-mail address.
REGISTRATION FORM
May, 2010 Garden Tour to Washington D.C.
NPC WEBSITE
September, 2009 Newsletter
www.nativeplantcenter.org
Nancy Inzinna
Assistant Director
(914) 606-7870 Phone
(914) 606-6143 FAX
75 Grasslands Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
www.nativeplantcenter.org
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
