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  Brownbag Lectures: Believe in Miracles: Osage-Orange   

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Brownbag Lectures: Believe in Miracles: Osage-Orange

  • Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
  • Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Presented by Guy Sternberg, Starhill Forest Arboretum

This is the fascinating story of the Osage-orange tree, from the Pleistocene to the future. Learn about its surprising fossil history and its modern adaptation to anthropogenic vectors, human history, chemical and structural properties, unique genetic diversity, and adaptability to a world threatened by urban blight and a destabilized climate. Meet the nearest thing to a Miracle Tree!

One of our Brownbag Lectures

Weekly lectures held at the Museum's Research and Collections Center. Lectures are usually held during lunchtime on Wednesday. The RCC is located at 1011 E. Ash Street in Springfield. Access to the building is from 10 ½ Street (between Ash and Laurel Streets), where there is ample visitor parking in the west parking lot. For more information, please call 217-785-0037. Brown Bag Lectures are free and open to the public.

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