ODNR - Ohio Botanical Symposium

Mailing Address:
2045 Morse Road,
Building C-3
Columbus, OH 43229-6693
(614) 265-6561

For general information about the
Division of Natural Areas and Preserves,
e-mail your questions here.

 

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2011 Ohio Botanical Symposium

Where: Villa Milano 
             1630 Schrock Road
             Columbus, Ohio, 43229
 

When: Friday, March 25, 2011.
Doors open at 8 AM, program starts at 9:15 and will end at 3:45 PM.

2011 Ohio Botanical Symposium Brochure

Please note: No outside food permitted inside Villa Milano.
 
Registration Closed

Symposium Organizers: Ohio Division of Wildlife, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, The Nature Conservancy and The Ohio State University Herbarium.

Sponsors: Akron Garden Club, Arc of Appalachia, Aullwood Audubon Center, Cincinnati Wild Flower Preservation Society, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Columbus Metro Parks, Crane Hollow Inc. Dawes Arboretum, Flora-Quest, The Holden Arboretum, JF New, Midwest Native Plant Society, Mohican Native Plant Society, Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio, Ohio Prairie Nursery, Ohio Wetlands FoundationScioto Gardens, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Forest Service and Western Reserve Land Conservancy.

Exhibitors:  Appalachia Ohio Alliance, Lake Erie Chapter of the Black Swamp Conservancy, Midwest Native Plant Society, Ohio Division of Forestry, Ohio Division of Natural Areas & Preserves, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio Invasive Plants Council, USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and more!

Agenda


Keynote Address: What Climate Change May Mean for Plants:     
Global, National, and Regional Consequences                         
David Karowe, PhD, Western Michigan University                                     

Best Plant Discoveries of 2010                                    
Tim Walters, PhD, The Mannik & Smith Group   

Ohio’s Native Clovers & Their Kin                             
Mike Vincent, PhD, Miami University
   
Oak Openings Butterflies…It Takes a Plant Community       
David Parshall, The Ohio Lepidopterists 

Assessing Invasiveness in Ohio's Plants:                                                 
Revising the List of Top Invaders       
Theresa Culley, PhD, University of Cincinnati
                         
What was That Botanist Thinking?:                    
The Meanings behind the Names of Ohio Plants                             
David Johnson, PhD, Ohio Wesleyan University

Circle of Time: The Life, Death and Rebirth of an Ancient Landscape     
Tim Snyder, Ohio Division of Natural Areas & Preserves (Retired)   

Directions:

From I-270, exit at Cleveland Ave. North
Schrock Rd. is the first intersection.
Turn left onto Schrock Rd.
Villa Milano is about 1 mile on the north or right side of Schrock Rd.

From I-71, exit at State Route 161 (Dublin-Granville Rd.)
Drive east on St. Rt. 161 for about 0.6 mi. to Karl Rd.
Turn left on Karl Rd. which runs through a residential area and ends at Schrock Rd.
Turn right on Schrock Rd.
Villa Milano is on the north side of Schrock Rd.
 
Agendas from Past Symposia