Documenting Invasive Plants with Herbaria: A Tutorial with Dr. Andrea Weeks

Blue Ridge PRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management) is a  volunteer-driven organization dedicated to reducing the negative impact of  invasive plants on the health of the natural and agricultural environment in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

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Join Dr. Andrea Weeks for a deep dive into the world of invasive plants through the lens of herbaria collections.

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*CITIZEN SCIENCE OPPORTUNITY*Welcome plant lovers! Join us for Documenting Invasive Plants with Herbaria: A Tutorial with Dr. Andrea Weeks on August 22nd at 12 pm. Dr. Weeks will guide us through the fascinating process of how to create a herbarium. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in the field! Save the date and let's explore together._________________________________________Gaps in the Maps: the Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora, invasive plants and you!Would you like to help report and track the movements of established non-native or invasive plants in Virginia? Join the webinar to learn how you can report your observations to the central scientific resource for county-level plant distributions, the Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora <a href="https://vaplantatlas.org/" title="https://vaplantatlas.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://vaplantatlas.org/</a>. These maps are incorporated into the Flora of Virginia app (<a href="https://floraofvirginia.org/flora-app/" title="https://floraofvirginia.org/flora-app/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://floraofvirginia.org/flora-app/</a>) and are an ever-growing resource for understanding what plant species grow where in the Commonwealth. Because of the speed of biological invasions, creating accurate and up-to-date distribution maps for non-natives and invasives is particularly challenging.Join the webinar to learn how you can help us fill the "gaps in the maps" with vouchered specimens and a simple reporting protocol!This is a free online webinar. Those who register will receive a copy of the recording.Note: To be recognized by the Department of Conservation and Recreation Natural Heritage Program, all plants must be documented with one of the Commonwealth’s herbaria. In this workshop, Dr. Weeks will demonstrate how to collect and submit plant samples for documentation.- ---------------------Dr. Andrea Weeks is a professor of botany at George Mason University and director of its Ted Bradley Herbarium. She teaches undergraduate courses in plant biology and conducts research in angiosperm systematics. Since 2014 she has led a National Science Foundation–funded initiative to digitize Virginia herbaria, enabling a quarter million herbarium specimens to be discoverable through the SERNEC (SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections) Symbiota portal. She is a past president of the Society of Herbarium Curators, a member of the Virginia Botanical Associates, which manages the Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora, and is a board member of the Flora of Virginia Project.

Documenting Invasive Plants with Herbaria: A Tutorial with Dr. Andrea Weeks

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