Dr. Jeannine Richards of Florida Gulf Coast University presents "Tree Huggers: Florida's Exceptional Epiphytes." Learn more about these charismatic plants and their unusual way of life, including some that you might be able to spot right in your own backyard.

Dr. Rae Crandall of the University of Florida presents "Tales of Plants that Thrive Where Fire and Water Collide." In this talk, she will discuss several case studies from the southeastern U.S., where fire and flooding interactively affect the population dynamics of species of management concern.