BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230416T190000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2101602938c602adc72c1a745a67cd87 CATEGORIES:Native Plant Talks CREATED:20240229T054737 SUMMARY:The Beauty and Complexity of Evolution: Manzanitas as the Example, a talk by Tom Parker LOCATION:Los Altos Library Orchard Room\, 13 S. San Antonio Rd.\, Los Altos DESCRIPTION:Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos, Ericaceae family) have proliferated in Californ ia's Mediterranean climate in multiple ways. Tom will introduce you to the diversity of this group, and then focus on two stories. The first story is where manzanitas come from, so we will examine the history of a small subfa mily, the Arbutoideae, of the blueberry/rhododendron/heath family (Ericacea e). Most of the genera in this subfamily occur in California, but only two are in northern California. This history leads into the second story, how m anzanitas have captured mutualists, rodents such as chipmunks and chaparral mice, that bury fruits that help them survive our fires.\nTom Parker, Prof essor of Biology Emeritus, taught at San Francisco State University for 40 years before retiring from teaching. He was educated at the University of T exas (B.A.) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (M.A., Ph.D.). He is principally an evolutionary ecologist who works mainly in tidal wetla nds and chaparral. He is the principal author of the treatment for Arctosta phylos in Flora of North America and The Jepson Manual, 2nd Ed.\n  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos, Ericaceae family) have p roliferated in California's Mediterranean climate in multiple ways. Tom wil l introduce you to the diversity of this group, and then focus on two stori es. The first story is where manzanitas come from, so we will examine the h istory of a small subfamily, the Arbutoideae, of the blueberry/rho dodendron/heath family (Ericaceae). Most of the genera in this sub family occur in California, but only two are in northern California. T his history leads into the second story, how manzanitas have captured mutua lists, rodents such as chipmunks and chaparral mice, that bury fruits that help them survive our fires.

Tom Parker, Professor of Biology Emeritus, taught at San Francisco State University for 40 years before retiring from teaching. He was educated at the University of Texas (B.A.) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (M.A., Ph.D.). He is principally an evolutionary ecologist who works mainly in tidal wetlands a nd chaparral. He is the principal author of the treatment for Arctostap hylos in Flora of North America and The Jepson Manual, 2nd Ed .

 
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