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SUMMARY:Trip: Porirua Park Bush (Gillies Place)\, Rānui\, Porirua
DESCRIPTION:We will botanise this Significant Natural Area off Gillies Place by a circular route incorporating spurs and gullies.  Last botanised in 1980\, and described as regenerating scrub and forest remnant\, this reserve has developed a diverse canopy of kohekohe\, tawa\, hīnau and māpou and has some relict matai\, rimu\, kahikatea\, and a large Streblus banksii. \nWe will also make a detour to a stand of very large Syzygium maire which is a short walk from Mungavin Ave\, following the visit to Porirua Park Bush \nMeet: Porirua Railway Station carpark at 9.00am to share transport \nPublic transport:  \n8.44am train from Wellington. Get off at Porirua Station at 9.05am \n8.30am train from Waikanae. Get off at Porirua station at 9.09am \nCo-leaders: Andrew Jinks Andrew.Jinks@poriruacity phone 021 524 531. Robyn Smith northislandrobin@gmail.com 027 437 2497
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CATEGORIES:Field Trip
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SUMMARY:Talk: Evening meeting AGM and Druce Lecture: Mast seeding in Aciphylla\, an atypical masting genus
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Emeritus Professor Dave Kelly\, University of Canterbury \nAciphylla is a genus of about 40 species\, all but two endemic to New Zealand.  Aciphylla species show mast seeding (synchronous variable reproduction across years within a site). This is unexpected\, because the plants are insect-pollinated\, relatively short-lived\, herbaceous\, and dioecious\, all of which are globally uncommon in masting species. Here I address some questions about their ecology\, based on long-term monitoring since 1996 of flowering in permanent plots for three species (A. aurea\, A. scott-thomsonii\, and A. monroi). (1) How variable and synchronous are they (sexes within a population\, populations within a species\, and between species)? (2) What weather cues trigger heavy flowering? (3) How do the true (long-term) sex ratios in a population compare with what is seen in single years? (4) Do males flower more often than females? (5) How long-lived are plants? (6) How do plants respond to fire? (The Ōhau plot has now been burned twice). \nMeeting is in-person and via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89547154619?pwd=bE0zRXRWSXBBUkVoUjdPcElJNXlJUT09
URL:https://wellingtonbotsoc.org.nz/event/talk-evening-meeting-agm-and-druce-lecture-mast-seeding-in-aciphylla-an-atypical-masting-genus/
LOCATION:Victoria University\, Lecture Theatre M101
CATEGORIES:Evening Meeting
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