They promote general interest in teaching and research in plant biology, and illustrate, through organized field trips, botanical features and problems of an area. Members of the Society are automatically accorded membership in the appropriate regional section. The objectives of this program are to offer individual recognition to outstanding senior undergraduate students in the plant sciences and to encourage their early participation in the professional activities offered by the Society. Departments are requested to nominate students who show promise of success in a career in plant biology. The Society acts as a sponsor and a publisher of items of general interest in botanical teaching and research.
Memberships are available in the categories listed below.
Any person who is interested in plant biology and who is not eligible for, or does not desire inclusion in, the categories that follow. Members of the same family. They have the same privileges as other members except they share one copy of each publication. Any member may, upon payment of a sum specified by the Society, become a life member. Life members are not required to pay annual dues.