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Meeting VIII:
Friday 7 November 2025

Location: University of San Diego, Hahn University Center, (Campus Map Here), enter building at street level, go down right hallway to Auditorium C.

Parking: There are at least two options (Campus Map Here):
      1) Park and pay: At the Main Parking Structure. There are pay stations where you pay with a credit card by the hour  (ca. $3/hour; input your license plate number; no need to display), or with the ParkMobile App. (Parking is free after 7 pm.)  Consider it a donation to the university! 

   2) Free: You should find free parking along Via Las Cumbres (north from Linda Vista) then a quick (ca. 1,000 feet) walk or the campus shuttle to Hahn University Center.
Meeting Agenda:
1:20-2:20 PM        Optional Tour by Dr. Michael Mayer of the USD Kumeyaay Garden
                                RSPV to Michael Mayer <mayer@sandiego.edu>; meet in front of Hahn Univ. Center
                                at 1:20 pm; we walk from there by 1:30 pm
2:10-3:00 PM        Arrival, meet and greet, refreshments, items for sale!
3:00-3:10 PM        Introduction, committee member introductions, format explanation
3:10-3:40 PM        Meet and Greet!
3:40-5:10 PM        Talks on San Diego botany (ca. 12 minutes each), each talk then followed
                                  by a few minutes of moderated questions:  

Kristen Hasenstab-Lehman* and C. Matt Guilliams, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Systematics of Pholisma (Ehretiaceae)
Michael Mayer* and Violet Wysockey, University of San Diego

The infraspecific taxonomy of Acmispon glaber (Fabaceae)
Margie Mulligan* and Jon Rebman, San Diego Natural History Museum

The flora of Torrey Pines State Park
Danielle Parsons*, San Diego State University

Post fire nitrogen recovery in coastal sage scrub.

Rebecca Stiling*, Kellie Uyeda, Jeffrey Crooks, and Darren Smith
    U. C. San Diego; currently biologist, San Elijo Lagoon

Using historical records to track changes in San Diego salt marsh plant diversity
Michael Simpson*, Jon Rebman, and Jeannie Gregory
    San Diego Natural History Museum & San Diego State University

Checklist of the Vascular Plants of San Diego County, 6th Edition: New species, new names,
    many new non-natives
  * = Speaker


5:10-5:20 PM       Open announcements (quick!) pertinent to the SDBS Meeting
                            Call for speakers for next year's SDBS: Tentatively in person at S.D. Natural History Museum, fall 2026
                            Thanks to all and end of meeting

5:20 PM               Optional meetup at O'Toole's next door, and possibly adjacent outside patio!
                            Note: Pay for your own. To speed things up, consider bringing cash.