[PCA] CONFERENCE: Long Island Native Plant Symposium (NY)

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Jan 27 13:10:16 CST 2011


The Long Island Native Grass Initiative presents the first

Long Island Native Plant Symposium

March 11, 2011
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Suffolk County Community College
Eastern Campus -- Shinnecock Building
Riverhead, New York 11901
Certified Nursery & Landscape Credits Provided

About the Long Island Native Plant Symposium...

The Long Island Native Grass Initiative is dedicated to creating ecotypic
(genetically native to Long Island) plant materials for use in local 
native plant production and application on Long Island. The first Long 
Island Native Plant Symposium .Opportunities and Advantages in the Working
with Native Plants. lays the ecological foundation of LINGI's efforts
focusing on the importance and benefits of using native plants on private
and public lands and how local organizations and agencies are working
together to promote the production and application of native species.

The nursery and landscape industry professionals, landscape architects,
land managers, government agencies, public officials, supervisors, and
plant enthusiasts are encouraged to attend this interactive educational
event which will introduce the concepts of ecotypes, identify the local
resources available for ecotypic plant production and demonstrate a local
demand for native plant materials.

Tours of the Long Island Native Grass Initiative propagation area and
book signing by Douglas Tallamy will be held as part of the day's events!

For more information on LINGI, the Native Plant Symposium or plant
sale contact Polly Weigand, LINGI Coordinator at (631) 727-2315x3
Polly.Weigand at suffolkcountyny.gov or visit us on Facebook!

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Long Island Native Grass Initiative

The Long Island Native Grass Initiative (LINGI), is a cooperative effort 
of over 30 non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and nursery
professionals whose goal is to provide sources of native plant materials 
to further commercial native plant propagation activities.

Since 2005, LINGI's volunteers have conducted field collections, seed
cleaning, and applied standard plant propagation which has yielded
founder seed for Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans), Little Bluestem
(Schizachyrium scoparium), Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), and
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum).

LINGI's efforts are intentionally focused on harvesting in a genetically
and ecologically sensitive manner, in order to capture as much genetic
variability within these populations as possible, while minimizing impact
to ecological processes and wildlife.

Through annual plant sales, diversification of targeted plant materials,
contract growing, and grant writing, LINGI will continue to successfully
serve as the mechanism to identify and collect seed from the wildlands of
Long Island for commercial plant production. As such, the preservation
of the genetic heritage of Long Island.s native plant populations and
thereby, biodiversity at a molecular level, will continue to go to seed!





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