On Saturday, March 2nd at 7 pm, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcome back our good friend, J.R. Blair, for a springtime lecture on Pollination, Seeds, and Fruits.  The transfer of pollen, containing the male reproductive cells of a plant, to the female part (typically) of another plant, is integral to the reproduction of seed-bearing plants.  In his presentation, J.R. Blair will discuss the ways that flowers get pollinated, how seed and fruit form, and how varied plant adaptations have evolved for seed dispersal to occur.  We owe so much of our food to pollination, which occurs due to birds, insects, butterflies, rodents, and bats seeking nectar.  Tune in for a fascinating lecture.

About the Speaker:  J.R. Blair received his bachelor’s degree at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and obtained his master’s degree at San Francisco State University in 1999 studying with the accomplished mycologist, Dr. Dennis Desjardin. His thesis was Fungi Associated with Arctostaphylos in Northern California. Since then, he has been an active member of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. He served a two-year term as President and was Fungus Fair chairperson for five years. He has taught mushroom identification workshops for mycological societies and outdoor education programs for many years. He was a lecturer of biology at SFSU for 21 years and the director of the University’s Sierra Nevada Field Campus for eleven years until his retirement in December 2020. 

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