Feb 20th – Bryophytes with OCCNPS

A special Zoom meeting with OCCNPS on Feb 20th will take the place of our regular (2/3/2025) meeting.  OCCNPS would like you to preregister for a Zoom link (they then email you a link for the meeting).  Last year we had a spring field trip with local Neil Uleman all about Bryophytes.  Let’s refresh our knowledge just in time for peak bryophyte season 😉 (February is typically our wettest month).  See OCCNPS’s original blog post at https://chapters.cnps.org/oc/2025/01/08/2025-feb-20-meeting-bryophytes/ or read on…

An Introduction to the Biology and Ecology of the Bryophytes

… A small but important component of the California flora

Orange County and South Coast Chapters joint presention
Thursday February 20th Public Meeting
7:15 pm pre-chat | 7:30 pm Meeting Begins
Register for this Zoom based meeting HERE

Presentation

Kirsten Fisher will present an introduction to the biology of bryophytes, the group of land plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. She will provide examples from her own research that illustrate the unique ecology and evolution of these amazing little plants.

Dr. Kirsten Fisher

…is a professor of biology Cal State LA, where she has been a faculty member since 2008.

Her research program focuses on the ecology and evolution of mosses, particularly species in the genus Syntrichia that have diversified in arid environments of the northern hemisphere.

Recent projects in the Fisher lab have explored moss species composition in Mojave Desert hypoliths (microhabitats under quartz pebbles), ecological genetics of the biocrust moss, Syntrichia caninervis, and patterns of hybridization in high elevation desert Syntrichia species.