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NPSOT – Meeting Presentation: A Chicago Italian talks about Prairie Plants

May 26, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

by Joey Santore, a self-taught botanist and producer of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t YouTube channel, which he describes as “a low-brow, crass approach to plant ecology as muttered by a misanthropic Chicago Italian.”

Joey’s presentation to the Houston Native Prairie Association will be a series of slides of prairie plants encountered in this open, sun-exposed habitat. Much of Joey’s experience with prairies has been in Illinois but his photos will encompass plants from both Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

Joey Santore is the producer of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t Youtube show and podcast. He is a botanist, plant photographer, artists and former railroad brakeman who quit his day job to pursue the study of plant evolution and ecology and share that passion with others. He has traveled across North American deserts studying the effects that environment – especially geology – has had on plant morphology and evolution. His fascination with geologic influences on plant life began 15 years ago when he was introduced to many of California’s serpentine soil habitats and the truly bizarre plants that occur on them. Since then he has been across the US and Mexico photographing and documenting plant life. He has also traveled to New Caledonia, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Western Australia. He has an affinity for deserts and barren environments but also for cloud forests.

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Date:
May 26, 2021
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUod-6rpzgjE9Sb-jzV199DpYC4uXlZHxFu

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