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 PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS
PROCEEDINGS: 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. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
PROCEEDINGS: 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. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
TEXAS WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN AND PLANT CONSERVATION
Wendy Connally, Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
PROCEEDINGS: 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. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
PROCEEDINGS: REINTRODUCTION OF THE TEXAS SNOWBELL (Styrax Platanifolius ssp. texanus)
Steven D. Fulton; Biologist, Bamberger Ranch Preserve. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
PROCEEDINGS: 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. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
PROCEEDINGS: 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. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
PROCEEDINGS: CLIMATE CHANGE, PLANTS AND TEXAS
Wendy Gordon, Ph.D., Program Leader Nongame & Rare Species, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
J. Ryan Hammons, Fred E. Smeins, and William E. Rogers; Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
Kathryn L. Kennedy, and Anna Strong; The Center for Plant Conservation, P.O. Box 299 Saint Louis, MO 63166. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
Linda C. Langlitz and Fred E. Smeins; Department of Ecosystem Science & Management, Texas A & M University, Mail Stop 2138, College Station, 77843.
PROCEEDINGS: PLANT CONSERVATION FROM A PRIVATE LANDOWNER PERSPECTIVE
Dr. Ashley McAllen, M.D.; Washington Springs Ranch, Bandera County, Texas. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
PROCEEDINGS: ASSESSMENT OF INVASIVENESS AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACT IN NON-NATIVE SPECIES OF TEXAS
Guy L. Nesom; 2925 Hartwood Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76109. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
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. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
F.M. Oxley; Director of Plant Conservation and Education, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin
PROCEEDINGS: TEXAS WILD-RICE (Zizania texana): PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE?
Jackie M. Poole; Wildlife Diversity Program, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
PROCEEDINGS: 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. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
Poster Presentation Abstracts
ABSTRACT: 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
ABSTRACT: INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH OF THE TEXAS SNOWBELL (Styrax platanifolius ssp. texanus)
Steven D. Fulton; Biologist, Bamberger Ranch Preserve
Deanna Boensch1, Katie Gallagher1, and Anita Tiller2; 1Big Thicket National Preserve, 860 CR 1040, Woodville, TX, 75979; 2Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, 22306 Aldine Westfield Rd, Humble, TX, 77338.