Narragansett, R.I. -- March 27, 2001 --
URI professor emerita of plant physiology
Irene Stuckey and URI research associate
Lisa Lofland Gould will signing their new
field guide, Coastal Plants from Cape
Cod to Cape Canaveral on Saturday,
April 7, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the
Coastal Institute Building on the URI Bay
Campus in Narragansett. The booksigning
will be held in conjunction with a spring
sale at the Coastal Institute Bookstore.
The booksigning will be interrupted at
10:30 for a 30-minute presentation in the
Coastal Institute Auditorium by Lisa Gould
on the development of Coastal
Plants. In addition, Stuckey’s
popular book Rhode Island
Wildflowers, newly reprinted by the
Rhode Island Natural History Survey, will
also be available for sale and
signing.
During the booksigning, the Living
on the Edge interactive exhibit and
the Coastal Institute Bookstore will be
open to the public. The exhibit features
computer activities, a stream table, a
dune machine and other educational
activities. The bookstore sells a variety
of marine-oriented books, field guides,
games, gifts, jewelry, and clothing. All
bookstore items will be offered at a 10%
discount on April 7.
Published by The University of North
Carolina Press, Coastal Plants from
Cape Cod to Cape Canaveral is a richly
illustrated field guide with ample
information about plants that grow along
the Atlantic coast from northern
Massachusetts to central Florida.
Organized by plant family, the guide
provides a detailed botanical description
of each species, including the
plant’s scientific and common names,
notes about its range and habitat, and a
color photograph. The scientifically
accurate but non technical descriptions
will appeal to both the budding naturalist
and the professional scientist.
Irene H. Stuckey and Lisa Lofland Gould
are well known for their popular field
trips, lectures, writings, and photographs
devoted to wild plants and plant ecology.
Stuckey is a professor emerita of plant
physiology at the URI Agricultural
Experiment Station. In addition to being a
research associate at URI, Gould is
executive director of the Rhode Island
Natural History Survey and a founder of
the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society.
The booksigning and lecture are
sponsored by the Rhode Island Natural
History Survey, the Rhode Island Wild
Plant Society, the URI Office of Marine
Programs, and the URI Coastal Institute
Bookstore. For more information, call the
URI
Office
of Marine Programs at 874-6211.
Contact: Lisa Cugini, (401)
874-6642,
lcugini@gso.uri.edu
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