The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, presents “Carnivorous Plants in Connecticut and Around the World,” a lecture by Dr. Matthew Opel, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The lecture will be held at the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History on the UConn Storrs Campus, Saturday, November 14 at 1 pm.
Certain groups of plants struggling to survive in nutrient-poor soils, such as those found in bogs, have become predators, evolving adaptations to attract, capture, digest, and absorb nutrients from animal prey. Dr. Matthew Opel, horticulturist at the UConn department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology’s research and teaching greenhouses, will introduce carnivorous plants that grow right here in southern New England, as well as more exotic species, with a slide presentation and demonstrations with live plants.
This program is free and advanced registration is not required. To contact the Museum, visit http://www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhcurrentcalendar.html or call 860-486-4460.
Presented by the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn.
For more information, contact: Natural History Museum at 860.486.4460