Webinar: Pollinator Visits to Select Native and Non-Native Roadside Flowers

While flowers like bird vetch and white sweet clover may be pretty, their spread can be harmful to our local pollinators.

Entomologist Alex Wenninger studies how insects interact with native and invasive plants in Alaska. Her most recent research project investigated which pollinators visit each of six native flowers and compared that to pollinators visiting invasive bird vetch and white sweetclover flowers. Join us to hear more about her research, including how she studies insects and the results of her research, why invasive bird vetch and white sweetclover are not good choices for supporting pollinator diversity, and which native plants can be good replacements for these invasive species.

When: Wednesday, Jul. 30, 12-1 p.m.
Where: Zoom. Registration at https://bit.ly/ChoosyPollinators
Cost: Free

For more information contact Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 or bWpvaGFuc3NvbiB8IGFsYXNrYSAhIGVkdQ==

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 and bWpvaGFuc3NvbiB8IGFsYXNrYSAhIGVkdQ==. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to YW1ub3JyaXMyIHwgYWxhc2thICEgZWR1. The University of Alaska ( http://www.alaska.edu/alaska) is an equal opportunity/equal access employer and educational institution. The university is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination ( http://www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status. This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

You may also like the following events from UAF CES Anchorage Outreach Center:

• Next Wednesday, 6th August, 08:00 pm, Webinar: Food Preservation 101 in Anchorage, Alaska
• Next month, 12th August, 06:30 pm, Mushroom ID Walk in Anchorage