Southern California Botanists 51st Annual SCB Symposium
Birds, Bees, Flies, and Seeds: Pollination Biology and Seed Dispersal
Saturday November 1, 2025
Parking: Parking is free. Seaver North Auditorium is located on North College Avenue between 6th and 7th streets. Please use street parking on N. College, 6th or 7th.
Location: Pomona College, Seaver Auditorium. 645 N College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711
Early registration (ends October 19): $80
On-site registration: $95
Student early registration (ends October 19): $30
Student on-site registration: $35
Meal Service Add-On: $25
Schedule:
8:00-9:00 am Registration
9:00-9:10 am Annual SCB Business Meeting and Opening Remarks
9:10-4:45 pm Presentations
Evening events continue at California Botanic Garden
Location: 1500 N College Avenue, Claremont CA 91711
5:00-6:30 pm Mixer: Forest Pavillion, California Botanic Garden
5:30-6:30 pm Poster Session: Forest Pavillion, California Botanic Garden
6:30-8:00 pm Dinner Service: Just Vegana Catering (reception ticket required)
7:30-8:30 pm Sage Against the Machine: California Courtyard (reception ticket required)
List of Past Symposia
- 2024 50 Years of Milestones in Botany: A Look into the Past, Present, and Future of California Botany
- 2023 I’ll Take My Plants Rare
- 2022 Islands: Isolated but not Desolate
- 2021 Conservation and Floristics of California’s Rare and Relictual Ecosystems
- 2020 Living on the Edge – Plants in Extreme Environments
- 2019 New Frontiers in Botany: Discoveries and Emerging Tools
- 2018 Botany in the Hot Seat: Vegetation, Fire and Climate Change
- 2017 Overlooked Plants: The Unseen Flora of California
- 2016 Back to the Flora II: the Future of Southern California Botany
- 2015 Back to the Flora: A Journey Through Southern California
- 2014 Southern California Plant Communities: Threats and Solutions
- 2013 Origin and Relationships of the California Flora: Was Raven Ravin’?
- 2012 From the Ground-up: Edaphic Factors & Plant Diversity
- 2011 Baja ,ha! Botanical Diversity of the Peninsula
- 2010 Southern California Mountains: You say coastal, I say cismontane
- 2009 California Desert Botany: Bounty or Bust
- 2008 Problem Plant Groups: Difficult to Understand and Identify
- 2007 Borderless Botany: Current Border Issues in Southern California
- 2006 Ecology and Flora of the Santa Monica Mountains
- 2005 Tools for Plant Conservations
- 2004 Ecological Islands and Processes
- 2003 Back From the Brink: Conservation Success Stories
- 2002 Rare Plants in Southern California