The Alpine Plant Communities of the Adirondacks & Mt. Washington - Present and Future (SECOND week of Sept.)

When

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 7:00pm to Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 6:45pm

What

Talk

Where

Unitarian Church Annex, Buffalo St Entrance

Who

Nancy Slack

Description

Nancy Slack teaches bryophyte ecology at the Humboldt Field Research Institute (ME) and is Professor of Biology Emerita at the Sage Colleges, Troy, NY. Nancy has done a lot of research on bogs and fens, forest and bryophyte ecology and alpine flora. Recently she has been investigating the flora of Mt. Washington in connection with climate change.  She will give an overview of the alpine flora communities, and discuss some of her findings.