Illinois Plants in a Changing Climate
Where: various locations (see schedule)
When: April 29 – 30, 2023
Welcome to the 2023 Illinois Indigenous Plants Symposium! Brought to you by the Southern Chapter of the Illinois Native Plant Society, we are excited to explore this year’s theme, “Illinois Plants in a Changing Climate.” Join us on Saturday, April 29 at Morris Library’s Guyon Auditorium for a day full of presentations from students, practitioners, and researchers. On Sunday, April 30, get outside for a botanical hike at Wildcat Bluff.
Register
Online registration (credit, debit, or Paypal)
Schedule
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Where: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Morris Library
605 Agriculture Dr.
Carbondale, IL 62901
When: 10am – 5:30pm
| 10:00 | Doors open Welcome | |
| 10:45 | Nick Seaton | Opening remarks |
| 11:00 | Brian Charles | Updating conservation status ranks for threatened and endangered plants in Illinois |
| 11:30 | Dr. Emily Dangremond | Temperature and phenology in a boreal species, Trientalis borealis |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 | Anantha Prasad | How will Illinois trees fare under climate change? A modelling exercise with oaks |
| 1:30 | Colette Berg | 100 Years of Phenological Sensitivity in Venus’ Looking Glass |
| 2:00 | Dr. Jessamine Finch | Predicted response to climate change varies among species and life stages for midwestern milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) |
| 2:30 | Dr. Anna Peschel | Estimating the capacity of Chamaecrista fasciculata to adapt to novel environments |
| 3:00 | Coffee break Student Poster Session | |
| 4:00 | Dr. Justin Schoof | Keynote Presentation: Climate Change in Illinois: Updated Historical Trends and Projections of Future Climate Change |
| 5:00 | Nick Seaton | Closing remarks |
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Where: Wildcat Bluff
1159 Wildcat Bluff Rd
Vienna, IL 62995
When: 10am – 1pm
| 10:00 | Botanical hike at Wildcat Bluff |
Program Information
Presentations
All presentations will take place in the Guyon Auditorium in Morris Library. Virtual presentations will be recorded and added to our YouTube channel.
Student Poster Session
The poster session will take place in the rotunda outside Guyon Auditorium. If you are a student interested in presenting a poster, please contact breannawhitley@gmail.com. Posters should highlight past or future work relating to botany, ecology, and/or natural history in Illinois. They can address the conference theme of “Illinois in a Changing Climate,” but that is not necessary.
Botanical Hike
Join SINPS President and Shawnee National Forest Ecologist Nick Seaton on a botanical hike at Wildcat Bluff, a limestone glade that overlooks Heron Pond Nature Preserve. Come dressed for the weather and bring water and snacks. Parts of the trail are steep and can be muddy. For more information, contact Nick Seaton.
If you are on iNaturalist, consider joining the Illinois Botanists Big Year 2023 project!