The Ferntastic World of Ferns

When

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 7:00pm to Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 6:45pm

What

Talk

Where

Unitarian Church Annex , second floor (208 E Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY)

Who

Fay-Wei Li, Boyce Tompson Institute, Cornell University

Description

Ferns are a group of ferntastic creatures. In this presentation, Fay-Wei will first talk about the evolutionary history of ferns, especially their diversification through time. Next, he will talk about some interesting biology of ferns, and finish up with a few stories of fern-human interactions.