2019 Florida Wildflower Symposium

2019 Presentation PDFs

Below are links to PDFs of many of the 2019 Florida Wildflower Symposium presentations.

Please note: These are for personal reference only. You may not re-use, reproduce, upload or otherwise distribute any of the presentations or information contained within without the express permission of the author.

Nancy Bissett: 20 Easy-to-Grow Wildflowers (7.8mb)

Jaret Daniels, PhD: The Changing Landscapes of Butterfly and Pollinator Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities (8.4mb)

John Heller: Florida’s Roadside Wildflowers (4mb)

Robert Knight, PhD: Florida’s Springs and Groundwater Sustainability (3.4mb)

Rachel Mallinger, PhD: Florida’s Native Bees: Biology, Identification and Conservation(2.7mb)

Stacey Matrazzo: Edible Natives for Your Garden (3.1mb)

Paul Owens: Why Florida Needs Growth Management More Than Ever (2mb)
(See our interview with Paul Owens, “Revive Growth Management Now“)

Francis E. “Jack” Putz, PhD: Restoration Mistakes: Errors Made While Re-creating Longleaf Pine Savanna (with notes) (4.9mb)

Arthur Rudolph, PhD: A Walk on the Wild Side (856k)

Arnold Rutkis: Native Plants for Rain Gardens (with notes and plant list) (10.2mb)

Douglas Soltis, PhD and Pamela Soltis, PhD: Florida Plant Diversity in a Changing Climate(5.6mb)

Renee Stambaugh: Landscaping with Florida Natives (4.6mb)

Sandra Wilson, PhD: Propagation of Underutilized Native Wildflowers with Ornamental Potential (5mb)

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Times subject to change.

Keynote address
“Florida Plant Diversity in a Changing Climate”
presented by University of Florida Distinguished Professors
Pamela and Douglas Soltis

What will Florida’s ecosystems look and feel like in the future? Using herbarium records, scientists can predict how Florida’s native plants will react to our changing climate. Some species, for instance, will face extinction due to the shrinking of suitable habitat. Others, such as those adapted to the Central Florida scrub, may greatly expand their presence. Learn how an “evolutionary tree” is being built with molecular samples from herbarium collections to predict Florida’s natural future. 

Click to read our interview with Pam and Doug Soltis.