Speaker Abstracts

9th annual
Texas Plant Conservation Conference
September 16, 17 and 18

Thursday, September 17th, 9 a.m.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

CLIMATE CHANGE, PLANTS AND TEXAS
Dr. Wendy Gordon, Ph.D.
Program Leader Nongame and Rare Species; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS

HABITAT CHARACTERIZATION AND PILOT REINTRODUCTION OF STAR CACTUS (Astrophytum asterias)

Sandy Birnbaum; Population and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Biology, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX 78666

THE GEORGIA PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE - A MODEL FOR A STATEWIDE, PROJECT DRIVEN NETWORK

Jennifer F. Ceska ; ¹The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Plant Conservation Program, 2450 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA, 30605

TEXAS WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN AND PLANT CONSERVATION

Wendy Connally, Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

STATUS AND HABITAT REQUIREMENTS OF Physaria thamnophila, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF TAMAULIPAN THORNSCRUB

Norma L. Fowler1, Christopher F. Best2, Dana M. Price3, and Alice L. Hempel4;  1 Section of Integrative Biology, 1 University Station C0930, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712; 2 Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge, Route 2, Box 202A, Alamo, TX 78516. Current address of CFB:  Ecological Services Field Office, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Austin, TX 78758; 3 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744. Current address of DMP:  Environmental Resources Section, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 4101 Jefferson Plaza N.E., Albuquerque, NM; 4 Department of Biological and Health Sciences, Biology / Earth Science Hall Rm. 204D, Texas A & M University Kingsville, Kingsville TX

REINTRODUCTION OF THE TEXAS SNOWBELL (Styrax Platanifolius ssp. texanus)

Steven D. Fulton; Biologist, Bamberger Ranch Preserve

USING CITIZEN SCIENCE DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOME KEY INVASIVE SPECIES IN TEXAS

H. Travis Gallo and Dr. Damon Waitt; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE TEXAS ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS MAPPING PROJECT

C. Duane Germann and Amie Treuer-Kuehn; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Rd, Austin, Texas, 78744

CLIMATE CHANGE, PLANTS AND TEXAS

Wendy Gordon, Ph.D., Program Leader Nongame & Rare Species, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.

DEMOGRAPHICS, LIFE HISTORY, AND TRANSPLANTATION METHODS FOR AN ENDANGERTED ORCHID ENDEMIC TO TEXAS, NAVASOTA LADIES' TRESSES (Spiranthes parksii CORRELL)

J. Ryan Hammons, Fred E. Smeins, and William E. Rogers; Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University

UPDATE: THE CENTER FOR PLANT CONSERVATION AT 25 YEARS. SUPPORT RESOURCES FOR PLANT CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS AND A STATE-WIDE EX-SITU COLLECTION PROJECT

Kathryn L. Kennedy, and Anna Strong; The Center for Plant Conservation, P.O. Box 299 Saint Louis, MO 63166

CHARACTERIZING THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE ENDANGERED NAVASOTA LADIES' TRESSES (Spiranthes parksii CORRELL) ON THE TXDOT SH 40 CONSERVATION EASEMENT

Linda C. Langlitz and Fred E. Smeins; Department of Ecosystem Science & Management, Texas A & M University, Mail Stop 2138, College Station, 77843

ASSESSMENT OF INVASIVENESS AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACT IN NON-NATIVE SPECIES OF TEXAS

Guy L. Nesom; 2925 Hartwood Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76109

THE GENETIC STATUS OF THE BRACTED TWISTFLOWER, Streptanthus bracteatus (BRASSICACEAE): AN IMPERILED GEOENDEMIC SPECIES OF THE BALCONES CANYONLANDS

Alan Pepper1, Maria Dixon1, Ryan Williams1, Ross Bee and Dana Price2; 1Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station Texas 77843-3258; 2U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Resources Section, Albuquerque District USACE, Albuquerque, NM 87109

TEXAS WILD-RICE (Zizania texana): PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE?

Jackie M. Poole; Wildlife Diversity Program, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

THE COASTAL PRAIRIE PARTNERSHIP (CCP): A VISION TO PROTECT AND RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE COASTAL PRAIRIE ECOREGION

Fred E. Smeins; Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Poster Presentation Abstracts

IN SITU SEED GERMINATION AND MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE ENDANGERED ORCHID Spiranthes parksii

Martha C. Ariza, J. Ryan Hammons, William E. Rogers, and Fred E. Smeins; Department of Ecosystem Science & Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA

INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH OF THE TEXAS SNOWBELL (Styrax platanifolius ssp. texanus)

Steven D. Fulton; Biologist, Bamberger Ranch Preserve