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Nature Speaks - Dr. Allison Sacerdote-Velat

September 23, 2021

"Direct Effects of an Invasive Buckthorn Metabolite on Amphibian Embryo Survival and Development."


When: Thursday, September 23rd, 2021 7:00 - 8:30 PM.
Where: An on-line Zoom Presentation by the Prospect Heights Public Library 
What:
"Direct Effects of an Invasive Buckthorn Metabolite on Amphibian Embryo Survival and Development."  

Let's talk about public enemy #1. The NRC receives more calls and questions about invasive buckthorn than anything else. Why does buckthorn spread so easily, why does it grow so fast, why doesn't anything else grow around it, why is it so hard to kill? Dr. Sacerdote-Velat will tell you all the sinister secrets of buckthorn that make this invader so successful as an invasive.

We invite you to zoom-in to this highly informative presentation and learn first hand, just how bad this guy is and why we all want to remove it! 
A typical thicket of European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Dr. Allison Sacerdote-Velat is the Curator of Herpetology at Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and one of the leading experts on buckthorn.

Nature Speaks is free admission but registration is necessary. The Library will send you a Zoom link as the event approaches.

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Prospect Heights Slough - encased in Buckthorn circa 2014
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