What's in a Plant Name?
SPEAKER: Roger Troutman
Mr. Troutman has worked for the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in Alaska, was a Staff Naturalist at Kingwood Center in Mansfield Ohio and a had a long career as a Systems Analyst-Software Engineer at Sprint. He has a BS in Agriculture - Wildlife Management from The Ohio State University and a degree from North Central Technical College in Computer Science Programming.?He has an interest in wildlife photography (especially wildflowers) and birding. Mr. Troutman has publications?about Ohio Prairies, is the Regional Editor of American Birds, Christmas Bird Counts, columnist and editor of Kingwood Center Notes and editor of Ohio Cemeteries (1802-2003).
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Mr. Troutman will explain plant taxonomy (the system of classification of plants) determines how native plants get their botanical names, by whom they are given and how/why the names are maintained using a specific set of rules. Mr. Troutman will use the Aster family in general and Liatris (Blazing Star) in particular, to explain the differences and similarities between common and botanical usage.
