September 16 Speaker Series: CA Native Plants and their Pollinators

September, 2025, 7:30pm
Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa

Zoom link to this presentation: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82936069348

Abstract: Co-evolution is defined as the process of reciprocal evolutionary change that occurs between pairs of species, or among groups of species, as they interact with one another. In this talk, I will share about fossil records of the development of plant and pollinator relationships, give examples of classic studies investigating co-evolution, and touch on current research projects related to this topic.

Bio: Kandis Gilmore, M.S. is broadly trained in organismal biology and ecology. She has worked as a field assistant in the rocky intertidal, oak woodlands, and vernal pool grassland ecosystems. She has been on staff as an Instructional Support Technician, Sonoma State Biology Department since 2012, and received her Master’s of Science degree from SSU in 2017. Her master’s thesis research focused on pollinators of three of Sonoma County’s endemic and endangered vernal pool plant species, Blennosperma bakeri (Sonoma sunshine), Limnanthes vinculans (Sebastopol meadowfoam), and Lasthenia burkei (Burke’s Goldfields). She served as the President of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society in 2020-2021 and serves on the Board of Directors of Conservation Works.

Milo Baker Chapter General Meetings and Speaker Series are held on the third Tuesday of each month (except for July, August, and December) at 7:30p.m. Meetings are held at the Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa, or via Zoom.