[SOS-PCA] Workshop: Grasses of the Chiricahua Mountains

[Haidet, Margaret]

The *Friends of the Jepson Herbarium* have spaces available in an upcoming
workshop:

Grasses of the Chiricahua Mountains
September 5-8, 2013 (register by July 1st)

Instructor: Travis Columbus
Location: American Museum of Natural History Southwestern Research Station,
Portal, Arizona

If you are ready for new challenges in the grass family, then this is the
workshop for you. Located in the Basin and Range province, the Chiricahua
Mountains are one of several "sky islands" surrounded by vast grasslands.
Covering 607 square miles, the mountains reach a maximum elevation of 9,795
feet and contain floral elements from four major ecosystems: The Sonoran
and Chihuahuan deserts, the Rocky Mountains, and Mexico's Sierra Madre.
This convergence results in great diversity. More than 1,000 taxa occur in
the Chiricahuas, 100 of which are in Poaceae.

Students of California's flora will be most familiar with grasses in the
BOP (Bambusoideae, Oryzoideae, and Pooideae) clade. The Chiricahuas are
also rich in grasses from the PACC (Panicoideae, Arundinoideae,
Chloridoideae, and Centothecoideae) clade. Also known as "warm-season"
grasses, these taxa can grow in arid environments and higher temperatures,
often taking the form of bunchgrass. We'll focus on the warm-season grasses
through a mixture of classroom presentations, lab work, and field
excursions. Almost half of the taxa in the Chiricahuas—including Bouteloua
gracilis, Muhlenbergia fragilis, and Sphenopholis obtusata—can be found
in California, so this workshop will also provide an opportunity for
California-based participants to brush up on (or learn) some of their
native grasses.

Workshop fee ($575 for members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium; $615
for the general public) includes lodging, meals from Thursday dinner
through Sunday lunch, and some transportation to field sites.
Accommodations are rooms with 2 single beds and a common use bathroom with
shower. All linens are supplied. A swimming pool is available for guest
use. Camping may be available for those who prefer it; please contact the
Herbarium for details.

About the instructor: Travis Columbus is a Research Scientist at Rancho
Santa Ana Botanic Garden and Professor of Botany at the Claremont Graduate
University. He has a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, where he worked
on Bouteloua and related taxa. His current research focuses on the
evolution and classification of the grass subfamily Chloridoideae.

Register by July 1. To register, please call the Jepson Herbarium at (510)
643-7008, or download and mail in a registration form:
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/2013/regform_2013.html


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-- 
Megan Haidet
National Collection Curator
Seeds of Success
202-912-7233

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