We
will be having our next meeting Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 PM. You need to
register in advance using the zoom registration sight below.
Andrew Salywon - Using trained dogs to detect endangered Spiranthes delitescens and related orchid taxa
The
objective of this work is to determine the ability of detection dogs to
identify the presence of Spiranthes delitescens. If successful, the use
of detection dogs would be a powerful tool to aid future surveys to
relocate historical populations or discover previously undocumented
populations of Canelo Hills ladies’ tresses. Utilizing trained dogs and
their powerful sense of smell can greatly aid conservationists by making
plant surveying much more efficient thus requiring less human effort
and resources. Spiranthes delitescens have recently been observed in
small numbers at only one of four historically documented sites.
Andrew
Salywon is an herbarium curator and research botanist at the Desert
Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Salywon came to the Desert Botanical Garden
after completing his Ph.D. in Plant Biology and conducting postdoctoral
research on developing Lesquerella as a new industrial oilseed crop at
the United States Department of Agriculture, Arid-Land Agricultural
Research Center. His research interests are in conservation, endemic,
rare and endangered plants in Arizona and the Sonoran Desert,
floristics, new crop development, and systematics using both traditional
and molecular data. On-going projects include the Flora of Agua Fria
National Monument, evolution and inheritance of hydroxy fatty acids in
Lesquerella (Brassicaceae – the mustard family), systematics of native
and cultivated Agave (Agaveaceae - the Agave family) in Arizona,
Cylindropuntia (Cactaceae –the cactus family) and Mosiera (Myrtaceae –
the myrtle family).
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Arizona Native Plant Society talks are free and open to the public. See aznps.com to become a member.
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