Next Meeting

"Changes in the Flora in Thoreau's Woods: Evidence of Climate Change"
Dr. Charles Davis
March 2, 2012
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"What Is So Paradoxical About the Nightshades (Solanaceae)?"
Dr. Gregory J. Anderson
Distinguished Speaker
April 6, 2012
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What's New

NEBC 2011-2012 Program Calender

Slate for the NEBC Council 2012-2013

The Schedule for Nonvascular Plant Herbarium Work Sessions for Spring 2012 has been published on the What's New page.

Announcing a new feature in Rhodora, "The Botanists' Corner," which will report short communications of botanical discoveries, observations, news, or other noteworthy information relevant to the field of botany in northeastern North America. More..

New Special Publication Available – The Field Guide to Carex of New England, by Dr. Lisa A. Standley, has been published by the New England Botanical Club. This wire-bound book contains matrix keys and dichotomous keys to all 188 species of Carex recorded from New England, with clear descriptions and illustrations for each species. More..

Upcoming Meetings

Printable 2011-2012 Program Calendar (pdf file).

NEBC meetings will be held in Haller Lecture Hall (room 102), found inside the door to the right of the Harvard Museum of Natural History entrance.

Location: University Museum (24 Oxford Street) or Interactive Harvard University Map.

Parking Information

Our meetings are open to the public. For any questions concerning meetings contact the Corresponding Secretary.

March 2, 2012

Dr. Charles Davis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Curator of Vascular Plants HUH, Harvard University
"Changes in the Flora in Thoreau's Woods: Evidence of Climate Change"

April 6, 2012

NEBC Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Gregory J. Anderson, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
"What Is So Paradoxical About the Nightshades (Solanaceae)?"

May 4, 2012

Bill Brumback, Conservation Director, New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham, MA
"GoBotany: Can an electronic field guide increase botanical learning?"
Held at Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA

June 1, 2012

Dr. Lisa Standley, Chief Environmental Scientist, VHB Inc., Watertown, MA, and NEBC Curator of Vascular Plants
"The Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology of Carex - A Personal Perspective"