July 14th – Dr. Barron Rector will give a lecture on grasses and everything else and possibly a brief field trip to the Jay Pritchard trail in front of the BVNHM. Dr. Rector is recognized nationally and internationally for his plant identification skills, training workshops which include discussing poisonous plant issues, exotic, noxious weed management and plant materials important to agriculture and urban interests in native plants. His professional experience is biology, chemistry, plant taxonomy, environmental ecology and range animal nutrition.