๐๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ: Gomphotheres and Silkville: Stories about the Woody Plants around Us ๐ณ๐
Did you know nearly 2,300 species of flowering plants, cone-bearing plants, and ferns grow wild in Kansas? While woody plants make up only a small part of this diversity, their impact on the stateโs ecology, history, culture, and economy is enormous. Trees, shrubs, and woody vines shape habitats, stabilize soil, shade streams, and provide food, shelter, and other essential resources for both wildlife and people.
Join Craig Freeman, senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research and curator of botany at the KU Biodiversity Institute, as he shares the stories and significance of woody plants in our landscapes, lives, and legacy. If you are curious about how Gomphotheres, the elephant-like mammals that once roamed Kansas, and Silkville, a ghost town in Franklin County, are connected to each other and to the woody plants around us, donโt miss this talk!
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๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป: Sunday, May 18 at 2:00 p.m.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: KU Field Station, Armitage Education Center, 350 Wild Horse Road, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
โ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: A mug for tea/coffee to help us reduce waste.
๐ง ๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฃ to Wendy (
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๐งช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ! ๐ฑ๐ฌ
