Event Description

Spring has Sprung! Time to talk about ephemeral plants, urban bees, and sexy salamanders!

Come enjoy 3 mini-presentations by biology researchers from the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area. Drinks and food available for purchase. All are welcome!

Bob Smith (Michigan Botanical Club: Huron Valley Chapter)
Spring Ephemerals: The peculiar life habit of some woodland plants

Paul Glaum (UM Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Big City Bees: How wild bees respond to an urbanizing landscape

Katy Greenwald (EMU Biology)
Michigan’s amazing “gene thieves”: Evolution and ecology of unisexual (all female) Ambystoma salamanders

Plus Trivia & Prizes!

Sponsored by Michigan Botanical Club: Huron Valley Chapter