Vineyard Oaks State Forest Walk

Calendar
When:
September 11, 2019 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
2019-09-11T10:00:00-04:00
2019-09-11T11:30:00-04:00
Where:
state forest headquarters: 49 Sanderson Ave. Edgartown, MA (Approximately halfway between the roundabout and airport on Barnes Rd. turn in at the large sign for M. Correllus State Forest, and look for a house—the state forest HQ)
Cost:
Free
Tours
Free

Free. No pre-registration required.

Oaks provide critical biological infrastructure across the world—they support more insect, fungi, and microbial life than any other temperate tree group. They are also bioindicators, giving us clues about the health of our planet, locally and globally. The Island has six species of oaks and associated hybrids that dominate our forest communities, and support innumerable, co-dependent organisms. Join oak experts Tim Boland (Executive Director, Polly Hill Arboretum) and Dr. Andrew Hipp (Senior Scientist, Oak Taxonomist, and Herbarium Curator at The Morton Arboretum) for a walk and talk through the Manuel Correllus State Forest (MCSF). The walk will be preceded by an introduction to the geology of the forest by naturalist Bob Woodruff (Chair of the Friends of the MCSF) and Chris Bruno (Superintendent of the MCSF).  This free program is made possible by a collaboration of Polly Hill Arboretum and the Friends of the MCSF. Andrew Hipp of Morton Arboretum will be giving a lecture in Polly Hill Arboretum’s Far Barn at 5:30pm on the evening of the State Forest walk. Please visit bit.ly/PHA-Programs for more info.

Bios:

Tim Boland has served as the Executive Director the PHA since 2004. He obtained his Masters Degree in 1995 from Michigan State University in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Taxonomy.  His degree focused on the Oaks of Oaxaca, Mexico.  Since that time he has studied North American oaks and oak diversity around the world. In 2019, he was appointed to the ten member Board of Directors of the IOS (International Oak Society).

As senior scientist in Plant Systematics and Herbarium Curator at The Morton Arboretum, Andrew Hipp, PhD, conducts and directs research that addresses the origins and evolution of plant diversity, using the tools of molecular systematics, genomics, field ecology, and herbarium study. Current research in the Hipp Lab focuses on oaks (Quercus, Fagaceeae), sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae), and the use of phylogenetic and trait diversity to inform questions in ecological restoration and community ecology.