Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
The EEB Plant Growth Facilities support the educational and research goals of
the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology in the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences at the University of Connecticut. It serves these needs by:
- providing EEB faculty & affiliated researchers with professionally managed
growing space to conduct world-class research,
- maintaining a diverse living reference collection to facilitate teaching in
basic botany, plant morphology, systematics and related disciplines,
- growing a wide array of plant materials each semester for delivery to
introductory & advanced level biology teaching laboratories,
- managing growing areas for graduate and advanced undergraduate student
experiments,
- maintaining conservatory areas to augment the teaching of systematic and
ecological concepts and demonstrating economically important plants to the UConn
community as well as area elementary/secondary/post-secondary and alternative
school groups. Conservatory areas are the primary location for public tours and
offer publicly accessible display space for notable plants in the reference
collection,
- providing facilities, materials & expertise for summer science camps,
various special interest seminars and related public outreach programs,
- supporting the educational and research goals of institutions world-wide by
contributing to the free exchange of plant material for research and educational
purposes.
The EEB Plant Growth Facilities seek to make these valuable resources available
to provide the residents of Connecticut and beyond the opportunity to learn more
about the world in which we live.
Greenhouse Notices:
MON 5 MAY 2008
New UConn Tree Walk Brochure available
Produced by the UConn Arboretum Committee
TUE 22 APR 2008
BPB Spraying Complete
REI expires 9pm 22APR2008
30-day Spray
Record
THU 10 APR 2008
Ferns reorganized to correspond to
Smith, Pryer et al. A Classification for Extant Ferns, Taxon 55 (3), August 2006: 705–731
Note that this has resulted in a reduction of our total family representation as a number of previously recognized families are consolidated under the new scheme. A Phylogenetic Tree page has also been added to the website.
EEB staff member Matt Opel dispels some common 'Potting Bench Urban Legends' over on is personal Burger's Onion blog - have a look...
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EEB Greenhouse Featured Plant
Eupomatia laurina R. Br.
Primitive magnoliid angiosperm from Australia and New Guinea
What else is in flower this week?
Previously Featured Plant
Another new family in the collection to bloom for first time
Orobanche hederae Duby
A root parasite on Hedera that only appears above ground when flowering. A couple of inflorescences were spotted last week. Stay tuned as it develops.
Older featured plants can be found in our archives
Random Shots
South African bulbs enjoy the late winter sunshine
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Plants in the News:
THU 8 MAY 2008 Flowers 'wave' at passing insects at BBC News
THU 1 MAY 2008 Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985 on Yahoo! News
WED 30 APR 2008 Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer at NY Times Business
TUE 29 APR 2008 "Extinct" Plants Discovered Blooming in Australia at National Geographic News
TUE 29 APR 2008 Cherry Tomatoes Get a Seawater Boost at NY Times Science
MON 28 APR 2008 What Darwin Saw Out Back at NY Times Art & Design
THU 24 APR 2008 Humming Praises for the Wild Bee at NY Times Home & Garden
TUE 22 APR 2008 Hardy Plant May Ease Biofuels' Burden on Food Costs at National Geographic News
MON 21 APR 2008 In Lean Times, Biotech Grains Are Less Taboo at NY Times Business
SAT 19 APR 2008 Kew opens botanical art gallery at BBC News
THU 17 APR 2008 Swedes find 'world's oldest tree' at BBC News
THU 17 APR 2008 Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet at BBC News
WED 2 APR 2008 GM seeds can 'last for 10 years' at BBC News
FRI 14 MAR 2008 Climate Change Takes Bloom Off Wildflowers at LiveScience
THU 13 MAR 2008 Scientists warn of wheat disease at BBC News
THU 6 MAR 2008 To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs at NY Times
WED 5 MAR 2008 Plant seeds 'adapt to city life' at BBC News
TUE 4 MAR 2008 Take cover by saving urban trees at BBC News
THU 17 JAN 2008 Self destructing palm tree found in Madagascar at
Telegraph.co.uk
TUE 15 JAN 2008 Scientists unveil 'supercarrot' at BBC News
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