Date

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Speaker

Location

Parking:
On site and free.

Time

Cost

Title

Wildflowers and Fire Followers

Topics

Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties encompass a number of unique habitats which support an unprecedented diversity of plant species. The region represents a melting pot of plants native to the coast ranges, Sierran montane forest, and the sagebrush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland more typical of the Great Basin. Join Rick Burgess for this slide-illustrated lecture which covers some of the common and not-so-common wildflowers which occur in the region. Special emphasis will be given to "pyrophyte endemics" or fire followers as they are more often called. With spring on the way, it's a good idea to review these plants so that we can impress our friends by being able to identify them!

Why not come and see if Rick can identify that plant on the side of the trail you've been wondering about.

About the Speaker

Rick is an Environmental Biologist and Botanist and is currently employed by the City of Thousand Oaks as an Environmental Planner, a position he has held for twenty years. Associated with many environmental groups, Rick is past president of the Channel Islands Chapter of the California Native Plant Society and has been a Director-At-Large of the state wide organization. He and his wife, Trisha, are currently working on the preparation of a book on the plants of Ventura County.