Ecology of Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers

West Cook Wild Ones shares information with landowners about how important their landscaping choices are. We share our ideas, skills, and knowledge with others so that their yards can be hospitable to other animals. Working together, we all can ensure the continuation of ecosystem benefits we receive from healthy, beneficial animal and plant populations.Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization.

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Celebrate the upcoming spring with the Illinois Botanizer, Chris Benda and the beauty of native spring ephemeral plants.

P﻿lease join West Cook Wild Ones on Sunday, February 19 at 2:30 pm as we welcome Chris Benda, the Illinois Botanizer for his presentation, &quot;The Ecology of Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers.&quot;P﻿resentation SummaryThe onset of spring brings beautiful wildflowers to the woodlands of Illinois and Illinois is home to a rich variety of common and rare spring ephemeral wildflowers. They are called &quot;ephemeral&quot; because the flowers typically only occur for a couple weeks in the spring before disappearing for the rest of the year. These plants deploy an amazing array of strategies to deal with the challenges of living on the forest floor. This talk will cure your winter blues by discussing the myriad of adaptations by these interesting plants.A﻿ll registrants will receive a Zoom link 2 days before and again 2 hours before the presentation begins at 2:30 pm Central TimeP﻿hoto credit: Chris Benda

S﻿peaker BioChris Benda is a botanist and past president of the Illinois Native Plant Society (2015-2016). Currently, he works as a Researcher at Southern Illinois University, where he coordinates the Plants of Concern Southern Illinois Program and teaches The Flora of Southern Illinois. Besides working at SIU, he conducts botanical fieldwork around the world, teaches a variety of classes at The Morton Arboretum and leads nature tours for Camp Ondessonk. He has research appointments with the University of Illinois and Argonne National Laboratory, and is an accomplished photographer and author of several publications about natural areas in Illinois. He is also known as Illinois Botanizer and can be reached by email at botanizer@gmail.com.

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