The February meeting of the New England Botanical Club will take place Friday, February 1 at 6:45 in the Haller Lecture Hall (Room 102) of the Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge. The speaker will be Dr. Kristina Stinson, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation at University of Massachusetts/Amherst. Her topic is The Ecology and Impacts of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Her research is focused on plant species’ responses to biophysical stress and climate variation in forests, cities, and alpine ecosystems. This work is driven by theoretical questions about plant life histories, and how local processes within and among plant populations can help explain broader geographic distributions. The unifying goals of this work are: 1) to advance fundamental research in experimental plant population dynamics and ecology; and 2) to provide scientific guidance for restoration, management, and species conservation.  For complete information visit http://rhodora.org. Free and open to the public.