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<pre>WHOI Sea Grant "Oceans Alive" Lecture:
<span class="medium"><strong>Wildflowers of Cape Cod: A Vanishing Heritage</strong></span>
Tuesday, May 11, 7:00 p.m.
Redfield Auditorium, Water Street, Woods Hole
<span class="medium">Increasing population exerts enormous pressure on our native flora
in the form of fertilized lawns, utility lines, non-native and sometimes
invasive species, and septic effluent. Mario DiGregorio, founder of the
Botanical Club of Cape Cod and the Islands, and author of several natural
history books, including <em>A Vanishing Heritage: Wildflowers of Cape Cod</em>,
will discuss special floral communities and their habitats. His
presentation will also cover Cape Cod’s land-use history and
current threats to the integrity of our existing stands of beautiful,
and often geographically limited, wildflowers.<em>
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Books will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow
the presentation. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information, contact WHOI Sea Grant at (508) 289-2398 or
<a href="http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/semco">seagrant at whoi.edu.</a> The complete 2004 "Oceans Alive" schedule is
available on the web at <a
href="http://www.whoi.edu/seagrant/whatsnew/lectures.html.">http://www.whoi.edu/seagrant/whatsnew/lectures.html.</a>
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