Rare Plant Insect Interactions Day 1 Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Florida Rare Plant Task Force – Rare Plant Insect Interactions Day 1 Thursday, May 9, 2013 8:00-8:30 registration 8:30-8:45 Welcome – David Price, President Bok Tower Gardens 8:45-9:00 Introduction to meeting SESSION I 9:00-9:50 Mark Deyrup, Archbold Biological Station, “Riddles of Rare Plants and Insects in Florida Scrub” (30 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS) 9:50-10:20 Alex Segarra, Merari Feliciano and Rosa A. Franqui, Dept. Crops & Agro-environmental Sciences College of Agriculture, University of Puerto Rico, “Metaphors from Noah's Ark and the lessons of receiving "non- native” insects on board.” 10:20-10:45 break 10:45-11:15 Brenda Molano-Flores, University of Illinois, “From the MidWest to the Florida Panhandle: rare plant/insect interactions” 11:15-11:45 Patti J. Anderson, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, “Regulating Interactions: DPI, Rare Plants, and Insect Pests” 11:45-12:15 Lunch – catered 12:30 – 1:25 Tour of the gardens by Greg Kramer, Director of Horticulture, and of the Rare Plant Conservation Program by Glen Bupp, Rare Plant Curator SESSION II (30 minute presentations) 1:30-2:00 Pedro F Quintana-Ascencio, Elizabeth Stephens, and Matthew Tye, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, “Experimental demography: HoW field experiments and population modeling can inform restoration and management of Florida Scrub” 2:00-2:30 John Geiger, Florida International University, “The endangered vine Ipomoea microdactyla (Convolvulaceae): Butterflies good, caterpillars bad, and fire best.” 2:30-3:00 break 3:00-3:30 Matthew Richardson, USDA-ARS, “Influence of habitat on pollinators and pollination success of Lakela’s Mint.” 3:30-4:00 Anne Cox, Ecolo-G, Inc, “Asimina tetramera, insect interactions, pollinators and predators” 4:30--5:00 Group Discussion: Insect – Rare Plant Issues 5:00-5:45 Social and poster session. Refreshments will be served. 5:45 Dinner at local venues RPTF Meeting Day 2 - field trips Friday, May 10 Field Trips Friday, May 10th, 8:00 am to return by approximately 2:00 pm It is our recommendation that you wear a hat, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and close-toed sturdy shoes for these field trips. Even seasoned field botanists can get stung, poked, and/or poisoned by the local flora and fauna. Good clothes can help make the experience more enjoyable. Optional Field Trip 1 – Population survey of Sweetscented pigeonwings, Clitoria fragrans, at Bok Tower Gardens (working field trip), – Join Bok ToWer Gardens’ Land SteWard, Katrina Noland, in surveying several populations of SWeetscented pigeonwings, Clitoria fragrans, within the natural areas surrounding Bok ToWer Gardens. Participants will help count adult plants and neW seedlings to update the status of the population, and collect GIS data. Population data Will be shared With land managers, state and federal agencies and Florida Natural Areas Inventory. Optional Field Trip 2 – Monitoring introduction success of Florida Ziziphus, Ziziphus celata, and Avon park Harebells, Crotalaria avonensis, at Silver Lake (working field trip) – Join biologists from Archbold Biological Station at the Silver Lake Tract of the Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area in northern Highlands County to collect data on the status of recently introduced populations of tWo of the rarest plants in Florida into high quality sandhill and scrub habitats. We will describe these introductions Which experimentally manipulate maternal parent, propagule type, shading, and irrigation. Participants Will record survival of transplanted plants, floWering status (for C. avonensis) and count neW seedling recruits. Trip is limited to 10 participants. Optional Field Trip 3 – Visit the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest. Trip is led by forest biologist Jennifer Navarro. Jennifer Will lead participants on a Walk through state forest lands to see several natural populations of rare plant species. .