Why California plants are so diverse, unique, and mysterious…
with Isaac Marck
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Restaurant Valparaiso
1403 Solano Ave, Albany, CA
7:00 pm
The California Floristic Province, with a Mediterranean climate and diverse habitats, is home to numerous endemic plant species and is one of the world’s important botanical hotspots. Isaac Marck will discuss the diverse groups, geographical oddities, and ongoing botanical exploration in the California Floristic Province.
Isaac Marck is a graduate student in the Baldwin Lab, based in the University and Jepson Herbaria in the department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. He researches Perityle, an understudied and under-appreciated ephemeral plant, more commonly known as rock daisies.
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