Monthly Meetings

Faculty, students, staff and general public are invited to monthly chapter meetings. For more information contact Howard Coleman, Program Chair, at 206-633-4195.

Sedges and Rushes of Western North America by Peter Zika The genus Carex, sedges, containing more than 150 species is the most diverse in our region. Many are quite rare, represented by only two or three described populations and are most likely remnant populations from when the glaciers receded. Like all members of the grass family sedges and rushes are difficult to identify and are important for the stability of riparian areas and as browse for both wild and domestic animals. Join Peter Zika for his talk on the diversity of sedges and rushes of western North America, with many identification tips. He will discuss their relations, rarity, dispersal, and how they make do without petals in a world filled with flowers.
Date	Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time	7 p.m.
Location	The University of Washington campus in the Center for Urban Horticulture (3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle) in the main hall (NHS Hall). (Map of campus)

For a complete listing of all WNPS monthly chapter meetings see http://wnps.org/chapter_info/chapter_programs.html.