(Flier at: http://www.botsoc.org/sept06.pdf)

7PM Tuesday, September 5
875th Meeting

As in the past, our September "Members' Night" will provide an opportunity
for several members to share some of their botanical travel or research
slides, or to present other short subjects (10 minutes or less) to which
this format is especially suited. Members who plan to present slides
should send an email to Julie Moore at Julie_H_Moore@... or call her
at (w) 703-358-2096.

There will be a projector and laptop available for powerpoint
presentations that you bring on a cd. If you have actual slides, let it be
known so there can be sure to be a carousel projector available also.

Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340) on the third floor of the new
East Court building Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural
History

As usual, light refreshments will be served following the
presentation.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Penn., a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the nearest
Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.
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Sat.-Sun. Sept. 9-10: BSW Pennsylvania weekend (Please RSVP to Larry Morse
(larry.morse.dc@...) if planning to attend any or all) Sat.
afternoon: Ice-scoured riparian bedrock terraces, Susquehanna River at
Lock 12, York Co., Penna. (Trip leader: Tim Draude) Sat. evening:
Pennsylvania Dutch group buffet dinner, Miller's Smorgasbord, near
Lancaster/Stroudsburg Sat. night: Accommodations at group rate, Red
Caboose Motel, Ronks, Penna. (Make res. at 1-888-687-5005, ask for
BotSocWash group) [Yes, real cabooses, reserve a whole one or a half] Sun.
morning: Nottingham serpentine barren, Nottingham Co., Penna. (Trip
leader: Roger Latham) Sun. afternoon: New Texas serpentine barren,
Lancaster Co., Penna. (Roger Latham)

Sat., Oct. 28th: Accokeek Unit, Piscataway Park, Prince Georges Co., Md.
(Trip leader: Brent Steury) Easy-going late morning trip for young, old,
and everyone else, on boardwalk trail through estuarine riparian swamp
forest and freshwater tidal marshes. We will be particularly seeking
fruiting pumpkin ash (Fraxinus profunda), a rare southern species at an
isolated more northerly location here. Bring-your-own picnic lunch (and
kids' play-time) at end of boardwalk trail. Optional off-trail exploration
of more swamp woods (expect water and mud) afterwards.


Larry Morse
BSW Field Trip Chair, 2006
Washington, D.C.
larry.morse.dc@...
(larry.e.morse@...)

http://www.botsoc.org

Dear Friends,

Please forward the attached notice of the Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale
to your colleagues and friends who may be interested.  This sale is
promoted primarily by word of mouth.  Thanks!

Best Regards,

Scott Knudsen
Sale Organizer
Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale
703-671-8416
sknudsen@...

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PARKFAIRFAX NATIVE PLANT SALE
Saturday, September 30, 2006 -- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
3601 Valley Drive, Alexandria, Virginia  22302
http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/

The sale features many top-quality nurseries from Virginia, Maryland,
and Pennsylvania offering beautiful and uncommon native perennials,
shrubs, and trees for sun or shade!  This will be the seventh native
plant sale held in Parkfairfax.

Twelve vendors will be at the Parkfairfax sale, making it our largest
sale yet and one of the largest native plant sales in our area!
Several of our vendors carry native trees and shrubs as well as
perennials, and several of our vendors specialize in some aspect of
native plants, such as fruiting shrubs, wetland plants, or native
azaleas.  A few of these vendors do not come to our local area for any
other plant sale.

For the full list of vendors, see the website at
http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/ and click on the "vendors" page.

The sale is entirely organized and run by volunteers.  No one makes
money from it except the vendors.  The purpose of these sales is to
promote native plant gardening in our region because gardening with
natives is better for our watershed, our woodlands, and our wildlife,
especially birds.  Bringing together a variety of growers makes it
easier for local gardeners (especially those new to native plant
gardening) to find quality plants and encourages greater demand for
natives in the nursery industry.

For those interested in news about the progress of these sales, the
Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale is gaining a following.  At the October
2005 sale, ten vendors sold about 1,150 plants to over 400 people who
came to the sale.  At the most recent sale, on April 29, eight vendors
sold over 1,500 plants to approximately 500 people, which was a
increase of over 30% over last fall in terms of total plants sold!

Directions:  Parkfairfax is located in the Washington DC metro area
within the I-495 Beltway, in northwest Alexandria directly across I-395
from Shirlington.  From I-395, exit Shirlington/Quaker onto Quaker
Lane.  At the first light on Quaker, turn left onto Preston. Follow
Preston to Valley and continue past Gunston Road.  The sale will be in
the long parking lot on the right.

For more information, visit the plant sale website at
http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/ or call 703-671-8416.

P.S.  Another great opportunity to purchase native plants in our area
will be on Saturday, September 16, when the Potowmack chapter of the
Virginia Native Plant Society (http://www.vnps.org/) holds its big fall
sale.  Their event will be at Green Spring Gardens Park
(http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/gsgp/).

Next fieldtrip this weekend. See: http://www.botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html

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Date: Tuesday, September 5th 7:00 PM

Speaker: September is Members' Night!

As in the past, our September "Members' Night" will provide an opportunity
for several members to share some of their botanical travel or research
slides, or to present other short subjects (10 minutes or less) to which
this format is especially suited. Members who plan to present slides
should send an email to Julie Moore at Julie_H_Moore@... or call her
at (w) 703-358-2096.

There will be a projector and laptop available for powerpoint
presentations that you bring on a cd or a USB drive. If you have actual
slides, let it be known so there can be sure to be a carousel projector
available.

Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340) on the third floor of the new
East Court building Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural
History

As usual, light refreshments will be served following the presentation.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Penn., a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the nearest
Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.

Oct. 18 Free Pollinator Symposium at USDA: http://tinyurl.com/lzjcl
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Botanical Society of Washington

Pennsylvania Field Weekend, Sept. 9-10, 2006

York County -- Open Rocky Riparian Terraces, Susquehanna River (Lock 12 Area)

Chester County -- Serpentine Barrens (Nottingham and New Texas)


For the 2006 field season, the Botanical Society of Washington's annual weekend
excursion will be to southeastern Pennsylvania, to one of the few remaining
natural sites along the mostly dam-flooded lower Susquehanna, and to two of the
classic serpentine barrens in the Maryland/Pennsylvania State Line Serpentine
Complex.  Local experts (Tim Draude and Roger Latham, respectively) will join
our group at each site.  Overnight accommodations and a group smorgasbord dinner
in the Lancaster/Strasburg (Pa.) area are suggested, in the Pennsylvania Dutch
country east of Lancaster.  The Lock 12 area is rocky and difficult, with good
mobility and agility required, while the serpentine areas are relatively easy,
especially for those staying on roads or trails.

Topo maps, directions, and map links follow the site descriptions.  For general
planning purposes, please RSVP to Larry Morse (larry.morse.dc@...)  if
you expect to come (indicating group size, and whether you plan on all
activities (including the group dinner and the optional Sunday afternoon site),
or only some.  Don' t worry about last-minute cancellations or additions;  the
group count does not have to be exact.  Note that a separate motel reservation
should be made to obtain the group rate at the Red Caboose; they require 48-hour
notice for cancellations.

All portions of the excursion are open to the interested public;  BSW membership
is not required.  Car-pooling is encouraged not only to save fuel but also to
accommodate participants without cars, or preferring not to drive.

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Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 (1:00 p.m.)
          Lock 12 Area, Susquehanna River (York Co., Pa.) -- Tim Draude, Local
Leader

Located on the Pennsylvania Piedmont where the Susquehanna River crosses a
resistant outcrop of Wissahickon schist, these rocky riparian terraces have
mostly herbaceous vegetation, with small pools and channels, near river level
(where ice-scour effects dominate), with open scrubby woody vegetation at
slightly higher levels showing bent trees and other effects of past major
floods.  (The Holtwood Dam just upstream now blocks most floods, and downstream
these terraces descent into the quiet waters of the pool behind the next dam
(Conowingo).  Occasional wading may be useful in studying some of the plants.

The Lock 12 historic area (along an old canal) is located along McCalls Ferry
Road on the northwest side (York Co. side) of the Susquehanna,  just north of
the river bridge on Pa. Route 372.  For eastbound travelers, this road is the
first right turn, about 100 yards after the bridge, which offers an excellent
overview of the site.  It is suggested that westbound travelers also cross the
bridge for this overview, return, and take the first right.  The site has a
large parking area, with adjacent picnic tables and rest rooms.  Meet the group
at 1:00 pm at the lock (Lock 12) itself, along the wide trail downhill from the
parking/picnic area.


Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 (7:30 p.m.)
          Group Dinner, Miller's Smorgasbord, U.S. 30, East Ronks, Pa.

For dinner, we suggest Miller's Smorgasbord, deep in the Pennsylvania Dutch
country near Strasburg, east of Lancaster, and convenient to the Red Caboose
Motel (below).  Miller's offers an immense, all-you-can-eat buffet featuring
traditional Pennsylvania Dutch foods, for a fixed price per person.  Reservation
under BSW.


Saturday Night, Sept. 9, 2006
          Red Caboose Motel, Ronks, Pa.

Pennsylvania was and still is a railroad state, with numerous freight and
passenger lines, but cabooses are now rarely seen (having been replaced by small
electronic end-of-train boxes).  BSW has negotiated a group rate at the unique
Red Cabooses Motel, with brightly painted old cabooses converted to cozy
half-caboose and full-caboose motel rooms.  Breakfast available in an old dining
car nearby.  Make your own reservation, asking for the BSW group rate.  Note
48-hour cancellation policy.

For those preferring a larger, more traditional room, various other motels are
available in the Strasburg/Ronks area.


Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006 (10:00 a.m.)
          Nottingham Serpentine Barren (Chester Co., Pa.) -- Roger Latham, Local
Leader

The Nottingham serpentine barren (in Nottingham County Park) is a particularly
well-preserved example of the serpentine flora and vegetation of the state-line
area.  Serpentine is a strange ultramafic rock that most plants cannot tolerate,
due to both unusual nutrient ratios and presence of toxic heavy metals such as
chromium (which was mined commercially here in the 19th century).  Pines, oaks,
grasses, and greenbrier succeed in lack of competition from other familiar
plants, with numerous disjuncts and regional endemics (such as Aster
depauperatus)  rounding out the flora.  Fire was historically important in
maintaining grassland and savannah habitats on serpentine;  discussion of
Nottingham's restoration work will be included in the tour.  Group picnic lunch
in the park following the tour;  bring your own food and drinks.

Upon entering the park, note the fenced demonstration planting of serpentine
grasses along the road.  Please stop briefly at the Park Office to sign the
Researcher Guest Book, indicating your own affiliation (if any) as well as BSW. 
Amongst other purposes, this log helps the park justify to the county government
the scientific importance of the site.  Park maps, a plant list, and a geology
guide are available for purchase there as well.  Then continue down the paved
road beyond the park office to the parking lot near Pavilion 6, before the road
turns to gravel.  Park toward the far end of the lot (a different group will be
using the pavilion), meeting the group near several picnic tables in the open
woods opposite the pavilion.


Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006 (2:30 p.m.)
          New Texas Serpentine Barren (Chester Co., Pa.) -- Roger Latham, Local
Leader

For those not returning in the afternoon, Roger has offered to take a group to
see another nearby example of the state-line serpentine barrens, New Texas. 
Directions and further background will be provided at Nottingham.  Tim Draude
may also be able to join us there then.

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Directions and map links

1. Lock 12, Susquehanna River, from Washington/Baltimore:

General Directions:  The Lock 12 Historical Area is along the western (York Co.)
side of the Susquehanna River, just north of the river bridge on Pennsylvania
Route 372.  The parking area is reached by taking McCalls Ferry Road north
(right if eastbound, left if westbound), about 100 yards from the west end of
the river bridge, then immediately turning right, passing a small parking
turnout, and parking in the large lot by the picnic area and restrooms.  Meet
the group at Lock 12 itself, reached by a wide trail downhill from the
parking/picnic area.

>From the Washington area, use any convenient route to Interstate 95 north of
Baltimore.  Take that (or the parallel US40) to Md. 24 North, past Bel Air to
U.S. 1 North (right).  Follow US 1, crossing the Susquehanna atop the Conowingo
Dam, then in a couple miles take US 222 North (left) into Pennsylvania, and
about 10 miles more to Pa. 372 in Buck.  Take a left on 372, cross the
Susquehanna River on a long, high bridge (and preview the field site on the far
shore), then about 100 yards after the end of the bridge, turn right onto
McCall's Ferry Road, and immediately turn right to the parking area for Lock 12.

Topo: 
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.81484&lon=-76.32983&datum=nad27&u=6&layer\
=DRG&size=l&s=24


2. Red Caboose Motel, from Lock 12:

General Directions:  312 Paradise Lane, Ronks, Pa., near the Strasburg Railroad
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum.  From Lock 12, return to 372, turn left,
cross the river, continue on 372 for 15-20 miles to Pa. 896, turn left, take 896
about 6 mile to Paradise Lane, turn right, and look for the unmistakable motel
on the right about a mile past 741, naturally at a railroad crossing!  If you
get to the area of the train station or railroad museum on896/741, you've gone
slightly too far.

Map:    http://www.redcaboosemotel.com/map.html


3. Miller's Smorgasbord, from the Red Cabooses:

General Directions:  From the Red Cabooses, take Ronks Road north (right) to US
30, turn right, and immediately look for Miller's on the left:  2811 Lincoln Hwy
[Rte 30] East, Ronks, Penna., just east of Ronks Road, and one mile east of Pa
896.

Map:  http://www.millerssmorgasbord.com/directions.shtml


4. Nottingham Serpentine Barren, from the Red Cabooses:

General Directions:  150 Park Road, Nottingham, Pa., watch for signs from
US1/Pa272 intersection.   From the Red Caboose, take Paradise Lane south (left)
a few miles to 896, turn left (south/east) about 15 miles to US 1, take that
south about 8 miles to Pa 272 (Nottingham) exit, turn right onto 272 (W.
Christine Road), within half a mile turn left onto Cemetery Road, and look for
the park entrance on the left (at Park Road) in about a mile.  Please sign the
visiting researcher logbook at the park office, then continue to the Pavilion 6
parking area to meet the group.

Topo: 
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.74817&lon=-76.03668&datum=nad27&u=4&layer\
=DRG&size=l&s=50


5. Washington/Baltimore, from the Nottingham Serpentine Barren:

General Directions:  Return to US 1, take that south into Maryland and across
the Conowingo Dam, then several miles to Md. 24 near Bel Air.  Take that south
to I-95, and 95 south to Baltimore, or onward to the Capital Beltway, returning
by whatever preferred route to your destination.


Note:  Directions to and home from New Texas will be provided Sunday afternoon
as needed;  the site is not far from Nottingham.


For further information, contact Larry Morse (2006 BSW Field Trip Chair) at
larry.morse.dc@... or at (202)-543-2488 or (202)-543-1656.

A few misc. items: Native Plant Sale - Sept. 30
http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/

The Birds, the Bees, and the Mites - and Mosses:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/901/1

Place where people post pictures to have plants and other things
identified: http://www.flickr.com/groups/idplease/

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October meeting flyer is posted at: http://www.botsoc.org/oct06.pdf

Botanical Society of Washington - 876th Meeting

Tuesday, October 3rd at 7:00 P.M

Speaker: Vicki Funk
Topic: Enology and Phylogeny: A Botanical Perspective

Location:  Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340) on the third floor of the new
East Court building Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural
History All are Welcome.

As usual, light refreshments will be served.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.

Fieldtrip: Saturday, October 28th Piscataway Park, Maryland 10:00 am
The Botanical Society of Washington will hold an easy-going,
family-oriented fall field trip to freshwater estuarine tidal marsh, tidal
swamp, and riparian shore at the Accokeek unit of Piscataway Park, along
the Maryland side of the tidal Potomac. See webpage for details.

BSW Webpage: http://botsoc.org

Hello Friends,

This is a reminder to everyone that the 7th Parkfairfax Native Plant
Sale is THIS SATURDAY, September 30, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.!

Again at the sale, we will be giving away copies of two excellent
guidebooks on native plants from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and
the Northern Audubon Society of Northern Virginia.  (The first book,
"Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping:
Chesapeake Bay Watershed," is a great list of plants in our region with
pictures of the plants in bloom.  The second book, "The Nature of
Change: Preserving the Natural Heritage of a Dynamic Region," offers
advice and examples of what one can do to restore and maintain
diversity and wildlife habitat in backyards and communities.)  You will
find these books at the information tables.

For anyone's interest, the sale website
(http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/) has been updated with some
changes and new information since the last sale.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!  As of this morning, I am still short a few
volunteers of the number needed to help the sale run smoothly.  If you
would like to help for a few hours, either at the start, from 8:30am to
11:30am, or at the end, from 11:30am to 2:30pm, please call me at
703-671-8416 or send an email to sknudsen@... .  Volunteers
will be able to receive a 10% discount on the first $50 spent at each
vendor.


Regards,

Scott Knudsen
Sale Organizer
Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale
website:  http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/

703-671-8416
sknudsen@...

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PARKFAIRFAX NATIVE PLANT SALE
Saturday, September 30, 2006 -- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
3601 Valley Drive, Alexandria, Virginia  22302

Twelve vendors will be at the Parkfairfax sale, making it our largest
sale yet!  Several of the vendors carry native trees and shrubs as well
as perennials, and several vendors specialize in some aspect of native
plants, such as fruiting shrubs, wetland plants, or native azaleas.  A
few do not come to our local area for any other plant sale.  The full
list of vendors is available as a downloadable list on the sale
website.

Directions:  Parkfairfax is located in the Washington DC metro area
within the I-495 Beltway, in northwest Alexandria directly across I-395
from Shirlington.  From I-395, exit Shirlington/Quaker onto Quaker
Lane.  At the first light on Quaker, turn left onto Preston. Follow
Preston to Valley and continue past Gunston Road.  The sale will be in
the long parking lot on the right.  Maps and directions are available
on the sale website.

Please pass this email along to your interested friends.  This sale
depends entirely on word-of-mouth support.  Thank you for helping to
spread the word!

Message from Sara Tangren satangren@...

Can you help me locate wild populations of

   Maryland            Chrysopsis mariana
   Goldenaster

   Virginia Wild Rye   Elymus virginicus

   Purple Lovegrass    Eragrostis spectabilis

   Intermediate        Lespedeza intermedia
   Bushclover

   Nutall's Bushclover Lespedeza nuttallii

   Beaked Panicgrass   Panicum anceps

   Florida Paspalum    Paspalum floridanum

   Foxglove            Penstemon digitalis
   Beardtongue

   Gray Goldenrod      Solidago nemoralis

   Germander           Teucrium canadense

   any of these in your neighborhood?  I want to find populations from
   all over the state, not just from the areas I travel frequently.    Any
   help would be appreciated.

If you can help Sara, please write directly to her:
satangren@...

Next meeting: Tuesday, October 3rd at 7:00 P.M
Speaker: Vicki Funk
Topic: Enology and Phylogeny: A Botanical Perspective
Details at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/113

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Parasitic plants sniff out hosts, according to Penn State research
http://www.statecollege.com/news/local/article.php?cat=6&id=9163

October 13-14 (Fri.-Sat.) - Herb Day Festival at the USNB
http://www.usbg.gov/education/events/HerbDay.cfm

October 14-15 (Sat.-Sun.) -  Maryland Native Plant Society's Annual
Conference, in Rockville.
http://www.mdflora.org/events/fall2006/fall2006conference.html

October 18 (Wed.) - Pollinator Symposium - USDA South Building
http://pollinator.org/SymposiumAgenda.pdf

October 26 (Thurs.) - Dr. Art Tucker's talk at the USBG.

October 28 (Sat.) - BSW fieldtrip to Piscataway Park in Maryland. Details
at http://www.botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html More specifics about
directions will be provided soon.

November 7 (Tues.) - Next BSW meeting.  Rob Soreng will be the speaker.
Topic: TBA. Elections will be held at the this meeting.

December 5 (Tues.) - Annual BSW Dinner.  It looks like it will be at the
Aria Trattoria. http://www.ariatrattoria.com.

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BSW member Edd Barrows announced at the last meeting that his book
_Nature, Gardens, and Georgetown_ has just been published.

There is going to be a book event on Tuesday, 10 October 2006, Georgetown,
Office of Scholarly and Literary Publications at Georgetown University.
Details at: http://georgetownbooks.blogspot.com/ (on right side of page)

Barrows, E. M. 2006. Nature, Gardens, and Georgetown. Premier Edition.
Xylocopa Press, Bethesda, MD. 112 pp. including 149 black-and-white
illustrations, mostly original ones and some historical ones, primarily
from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. ISBN 097860790-2. General
subjects: biodiversity (bacteria, protistans, fungi, plants, animals),
conservation, gardens, history, local interest, nature.

http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu/searchfiles/infosearch.cfm?view=all&IDNum
ber=2826 (or if that is too long: http://tinyurl.com/mwuhq )

So far the book is on sale:
1. from the author (in person)
2. at the Georgetown University Bookstore:
http://auxsrvcs.georgetown.edu/bookstores.html
3. at Glover Books & Music, 2319 Wisconsin Ave., NW, 202-431-231

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Mountain pine beetles killing S.D. trees
Tue Oct 3, 7:40 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061003/ap_on_sc/forest_beetles_1

Next BSW meeting: Tuesday, November 7 at 7pm..  "On the Steppes of
Kyrgyzstan" Rob Soreng will talk about the country, people, and vegetation
of Kyrgyzstan seen in August of 2006 on a USDA expedition to collect plant
germplasm.  Elections will take place at this meeting. Details below.
Flyer available for printing at: http://botsoc.org/nov06.pdf

October 10  (Tues.) - Book event Georgetown, Office of Scholarly and
Literary Publications at Georgetown University.
Details at: http://georgetownbooks.blogspot.com/ (on right side of page)

October 13-14 (Fri.-Sat.) - Herb Day Festival at the USNB
http://www.usbg.gov/education/events/HerbDay.cfm

October 14-15 (Sat.-Sun.) - Maryland Native Plant Society's Annual
Conference, in Rockville.
http://www.mdflora.org/events/fall2006/fall2006conference.html

October 18 (Wed.) - Pollinator Symposium - USDA South Building
http://pollinator.org/SymposiumAgenda.pdf

October 26 (Thurs.) - Dr. Arthur Tucker, of Delaware State University,
will talk at the USBG about "Chemistry and Ethnobotany of Commercial
Incense Copals, Copal Blanco, Copal Oro, and Copal Negro, of North
America". Reserve a spot by emailing kpalm@.... Time: 4:00 p.m. with
reception to follow

October 28 (Sat.) - BSW fieldtrip to Piscataway Park in Maryland. Details
at http://www.botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html More specifics about
directions will be provided soon.

November 7 (Tues.) - Next BSW meeting. Rob Soreng will be the speaker.
Topic: "On the Steppes of Kyrgyzstan" Elections will be held at the this
meeting.

December 5 (Tues.) - Annual BSW Dinner. It looks like it will be at the
Aria Trattoria. http://www.ariatrattoria.com.

January 9, 2007 - in Annapolis - Symposium on forest invaders - pests and
plants http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-eppc/message/2953

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Further meeting details:

Location:  Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340)
on the third floor of the new East Court building
Smithsonian Institution, National  Museum of Natural History
All are Welcome.

As usual, light refreshments will be served.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.
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BSW webpage: http://www.botsoc.org
Announcements archived at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:26:50 -0400
From: Emanuela Appetiti <eappetiti@...>
To: undisclosed-recipients:  ;
Subject: The Gaia Theory - symposium from the Washington Academy

I am happy to forward the following invitation.

Thanks for your attention and best wishes,

Emanuela Appetiti

Note: See http://www.gaiatheory.org/
Conference is this weekend, October 14-15 in Arlington.

You and your society's membership are invited to a public conference
about Earth science and our relationship to our planet:

"The Gaia Theory: Model & Metaphor for the 21st Century"

Scholarship funds still available for teachers and students



             What kind of science and perspectives do we need to most
effectively address global issues such as climate change, energy and
other matters?  The conference features internationally known speakers
on Earth science, energy and related topics and will be held on October
14-15, 2006 at the George Mason University Law School in Arlington, VA.
The Gaia Theory is a compelling way of understanding life on our
planet; an interdisciplinary context that is enriching science at every
level.  The theory has already inspired ideas and practical applications
for climate research, energy and economic systems, and new scientific
inquiry.



             Lynn Margulis, Distinguished University Professor in the
Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and
long-time advocate of the Gaia Theory, is a keynote speaker.  Among many
other speakers: Tyler Volk, Co-director of the Program in Earth and
Environmental Science at New York University; Dr. Donald Aitken,
Principal of Donald Aitken Associates; Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, President of
the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment; Robert
Correll, Senior Fellow, Atmospheric Policy Program, American
Meteorological Society and noted environmental ethicist, J. Baird
Callicott. James Lovelock, the theory's progenitor, has prepared a video
specifically for the event.



             Register now and find out additional information at
www.gaiatheory.org <http://www.gaiatheory.org/> .  The conference fee
is $130 -- a limited number of scholarships are available for teachers
and students.    Call 703/528-5406 or email Potomac@...
<mailto:Potomac@...>  with any questions.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:09:52 -0400
From: "Whittemore, Alan" <Alan.Whittemore@...>
To: dorrl@..., kathy@..., eyde@...
Subject: Sad news

Dear all,

       I am sorry to have to report the death of longtime National Arboretum
scientist Fred Meyer.  Fred was hospitalized after a bad fall in late September.
He contracted pneumonia in the hospital, and his physical condition deteriorated
after that.  He died on Friday night, the thirteenth of October.

       Frederick Gustav Meyer was born in Olympia, Washington on December 7,
1917.   He received his BS (1939) and MS (1941) from Washington State University
in Pullman, and his Ph.D. (1949) from Washington University in St. Louis,
studying the genus Valeriana under Robert Woodson.  He worked for Missouri
Botanical Garden for seven years (mostly as Curator of Woody Plants) before
joining the USDA New Crops Research Branch in Beltsville in 1956.  Fred came to
the U.S. National Arboretum in 1963 (he was the first person to move into the
new Administration Building), and worked here until his retirement in 1991.

       Fred made extensive collections of living plants and herbarium specimens
in the United States, western and southern Europe, Japan, Ethiopia, and South
America.  He personally introduced germplasm of several thousand plants to the
United States, including the first American introductions of numerous European
and Japanese cultivars.  Fred was also the first modern collector to bring back
wild coffee germplasm from its native range in southern Ethiopia, an important
contribution to a crop plant that had become highly inbred.  Fred's extensive
plant introduction work led to the award of the Frank N. Meyer (no relation)
Memorial Medal in 1982 "in recognition of distinguished service in the field of
plant  introduction."

       In addition to Valeriana, Fred's research interests included the taxonomy
of Magnolia, Koelreuteria, and Hamamelidaceae.  Fred also collaborated on
intensive studies of Roman agriculture, based primarily on excavations in and
around Pompeii, and he was an expert on mediaeval botany, especially the great
German herbalist Leonhart Fuchs.

       Fred was very active in developing the National Arboretum.  His own
germplasm and herbarium collections form an important part of our material, and
he played a major role in acquiring outside collections, such as the Gotelli
Dwarf Conifer Collection and the Isaac Martindale Herbarium.  Fred also donated
his large and very valuable library, which includes many rare mediaeval herbals.

       Fred was a longtime member of the Cosmos Club, the Washington Biologist's
Field Club, and several botanical societies.  He is survived by a sister,
Dorothy, and a nephew, Pat, both of San Jose, California.  A memorial service
will be held at Fred's church, at a time to be announced in the Washington Post.


Alan T. Whittemore
US National Arboretum
3501 New York Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002-1958
(202) 245-4550

Note new email address:
alan.whittemore@...

These directions as well as other information about the fieldtrip is
posted on this page::  http://www.botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html

Directions from D.C. & Beltway to Accokeek Unit of Piscataway Park, P.G. Co.,
Maryland:

>From downtown D.C. or Capitol Hill, take I-295 (Anacostia Freeway) south toward
the Beltway

At complex interchange near Beltway, take "Indian Head" ramp (also marked "To
Route 210")

(Alternate, from Beltway, exit to Maryland Route 210 South toward Indian Head,
roughly due south of the District)

Follow Route 210 South (don't exit to 210 North) for several miles, past Fort
Washington (shopping center at each crossroad!)

Go up, then down, a long hill, cross a creek, then take right (at light) to
Farmington Road

Follow this road about 2 miles through farms and woods, pass old church and
cemetery on left, then at next intersection, take right onto Bryan Point Road

Continue on Bryan Point Road about 2 miles (beyond Hard Bargain Farm), cross a
creek, then turn into park entrance on right, just after mailbox #2800.

Follow gravel road to parking lot at end, with Potomac River and tidal-marsh
boardwalk just ahead at end of road

Meet group in parking lot or at beginning of boardwalk

*****

For MapQuest directions from your starting point, use the address 2800
Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, Maryland (near park entrance).
Or use this URL: http://tinyurl.com/y4lttc

Larry Morse
Washington, D.C.
larry.morse.dc@...
(larry.e.morse@...)

Past announcements archived at: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/botsoc

Reminder - tomorrow - October 28 is the trip to Accoceek.  Details at:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/121

And next meeting, November 7:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/118

Also, there was a message about Crow's Nest on the VNPS mailing list.
http://savecrowsnest.org/
(Press conference tomorrow about some ongoing activities at the site.)

        "Save Crow's Nest" is a non-partisan group of private
citizens who believe that the Crow's Nest peninsula--Stafford County's
largest tract of undeveloped land--is a treasure that should not be
spoiled by development.
       What do we want? We want our elected officials and the property
owners to work together to save the entire Crow's Nest peninsula from any
development, and to create a natural area park with public access for
low-impact recreational and  educational activities.

Topic: "On the Steppes of Kyrgyzstan"
PDF for posting about meeting: http://www.botsoc.org/nov06.pdf

Here is a note from Rob about construction at entrance of museum:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 13:08:40 -0500
From: "Soreng, Robert" <SORENGR@...>

The Nov. 7 meeting will be held in the Cathy Kerby Rm as usual at 7pm.

However, it will probably take a little extra time to get us all there
and back than usual, so pass this message along and come a little early
if you are unsure of the way (see below).

Our normal entrance routine will be affected by construction in the
Constitution Avenue lobby which will block our usual access route to the
meeting room.

Enter the museum at the 10th and Constution Avenue entrance as usual,
but instead of entering at the staff door on the left, enter from the
public door on the right.

A security officer will meet us in the west side of the lobby escort us
to the Cathy Kerby Rm.

You need not read the following instructions unless you want to.

We will first go up in the lobby elevator to the 3rd floor of the old
building, then east across to and beyond Carolyn Rose Rm (Antropolgy
seminar rm) in the East Wing, and then enter the new section.  Once in
the new section, go to the elevators and down to the 3rd floor of the
new section where the Cathy Kerby Rm. is located.

Security will then escort us out at 9:30.

Rob

Topic: "On the Steppes of Kyrgyzstan" - Rob Soreng
PDF for posting about meeting: http://www.botsoc.org/nov06.pdf

Note: there will be a bit of a different procedure for entering the
building because of construction.  Details below.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

A bit further afield:
This Friday at NCTC (Shepherdstown): Dr. Michael Fay
Wildlife Conservation Society The Long Walk and the Art of
Megatransecting: The Appalachian Trail Mega Transect - Friday, November
10, 2006 at 7:00 pm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/listener/message/2289
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0010/feature1/

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The Nov. 7 meeting will be held in the Cathy Kerby Room as usual at 7pm.

However, it will probably take a little extra time to get us all there
and back than usual, so pass this message along and come a little early
if you are unsure of the way (see below).

Our normal entrance routine will be affected by construction in the
Constitution Avenue lobby which will block our usual access route to the
meeting room.

Enter the museum at the 10th and Constution Avenue entrance as usual,
but instead of entering at the staff door on the left, enter from the
public door on the right.

A security officer will meet us in the west side of the lobby escort us
to the Cathy Kerby Rm.

Here are 2 pdf files.  One is the announcement and menu for our holiday
banquet on December 5th.  The other is the form to send in with your check
for dinner and/or for 2007 dues.

Holiday Banquet Announcement:
http://www.botsoc.org/2006dinner-announce-menu.pdf

Form for Dinner and 2007 Dues:
http://www.botsoc.org/2006dinnerform.pdf

The files will be available on the website, http://www.botsoc.org and I
will also copy the text of the files into this message.  Eventually I will
send out an announcement suitable for posting, which will include the
title of Julie Moore's presidential address.


   *BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON*

*2006 Annual Banquet and Membership Dues*


   *Please complete this form and return it by November 30, 2006*


   *2006 BSW Banquet Tuesday, December 2004*

*Social Hour 6 pm; Dinner 7 pm; President's Talk 8 pm*


   *This year at a NEW Location: Aria Trattoria, Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC,
readily accessible from the Federal Triangle Metro Station; cross the
interior courtyard and use the entrance facing Pennsylvania Avenue *


   *Aria Trattoria offers free validated self-parking in the Ronald Reagan
Building and International Trade Center*


   *http://www.ariatrattoria.com*


   *Choose one entrée per person from the menu and include it on the form.*

   *MENU*


   Botanical Society of Washington

2006 Annual Banquet

at Aria Trattoria

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006



   *Primi*


   Insalata Mista

Baby Greens, Radicchio, Cherry Tomatoes,

Served with Balsamic Vinaigrette


   *Secondo (choose one entrée)*


   Margherita Pizza

Crushed Plum Tomatoes, Fresh Mozzarella,

Fresh Basil Leaves


   Saltimbocca di Pollo

Pan-Seared Chicken, Served with Prosciutto & Sage,

Fingerling Potatoes, Asparagus


   Pappardelle Bolognese

Ribbon Noodles, Traditional Meat Sauce

& Parmesan Cheese


   *Dolce e Saporito*


   Chef's Selection of Dessert



   Cash Bar at Happy Hour (6 to 7 pm) Prices



   *BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON - ANNUAL BANQUET - MEMBERSHIP DUES*


   *Please complete this form and return it by November 30, 2006 *


   *2006 BSW Banquet Location: Aria Trattoria - o*n the plaza at 13th Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue

*Tuesday, 5 December 2006. Social Hour: 6 p.m.; Dinner: 7 p.m.; President's
Talk: 8 p.m. *


   *(Address, phone, email, interests info only needs to be included if it
differs from your directory info and needs to be updated.)*



Name(s)_________________________________________________________________________\
___________________________


   I/we plan to attend the dinner on Tuesday, December 5. At $35 per person, I
owe $__________ for dinner.


   Though 2007 dues are not due until next month, you may wish to pay them at
this time, especially if you are sending in a check for the dinner. Dues are
$10 for individuals or $15 for two at one address.


   Name 1:__________________________________________________________________

E-mail Address:____________________________________________________________

Phone: ( H) _____________________ (W)______________________________________

Name 2:__________________________________________________________________

Phone: ( H) _____________________ (W)______________________________________

Mailing Address:___________________________________________________________

City______________________________State:__________Zip: _____________


   Special Botanical Interests:
___________________________________________________

Include in directory Yes_______ No________


   Enclosed is ________ for dinner.

________ for 2007 dues. ($10 for 1, $15 for 2 at the same address)

Entree
selection(s):__________________________________________________________


   Total: ______________


   *Checks should be made payable to: The Botanical Society of Washington.*


   *Forms and checks should be sent to:*


   PaulPeterson, Treasurer

Department of Botany - MRC 166

National Museum of Natural History

P.O. Box 37012

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, DC 20013-7012

I have made a decorative flyer for posting - about the upcoming Dec, 5
holiday banquet: You can find it at:
http://www.botsoc.org/dec06.pdf

If you open it, you will be able to learn the topic of Julie's
Presidential Address.

A more detailed file, which has the menu, as well as a form for the
dinner and 2007 dues can be found at:

Announcement - menu   http://www.botsoc.org/2006dinner-announce-menu.pdf
Payment form  - dues  http://www.botsoc.org/2006dinnerform.pdf
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Member Jessie Harris is going to be doing a presentation about the Flora
of Plummers Island on Nov. 28 for the MNPS. See
http://www.mdflora.org/events/monthlymeeting0611.html for details.

***********************************************

Recent story about invasives:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-eppc/message/3004

Forest Service research papers are online at:
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Message about Key appeared on ecolog-l list

https://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html
Subject: New Free Interactive Key to Wetland Monocots of the US

There is a new Interactive Key to Wetland Monocots of the US (ca.2400
taxa) available from PLANTS  (plants.usda.gov). See
(http://npdc.usda.gov/technical/plantid_wetland_mono.html) for details.
It is free for use and download and requires no installation or
registration.

The data set was developed cooperatively by the Missouri Botanical
Garden and the USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center and was compiled
from numerous and varied sources by Dr. David Bogler of the Missouri
Botanical Garden (ca. 1.7 million data points). The automated plant key
runs in a new version of SLIKS (www.stingersplace.com/SLIKS) which is
free and requires no installation. It lets you identify the monocots
known to occur in U.S. wetlands.  The species list in this key is
derived from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetland
Inventory National List of Vascular Plant Species That Occur in
Wetlands: 1998 National List.

This draft plant character data set is for testing purposes only. For
further information, click on the "Instructions, Information,
Disclaimers and Policies" link after the application is loaded.

The version of SLIKS (2.0) used for this particular application was
specifically designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you need to
use another browser, there are other options available at the SLIKS
website (www.stingersplace.com/SLIKS).

Agreements for completion of datasets for all US grasses, all US
legumes, all US gymnosperms and all US Ericaceae have been made through
various CESUs in the CESU (www.cesu.org) network and the data sets
should be delivered over the next near. First drafts of the keys for the
grasses of Louisiana and Missouri are available now for testing and
evaluation by qualified botanists. Please contact me
(gerald.guala@...) for copies.

Cheers,
Stinger Guala, Ph.D.

Gerald F. Guala, Ph.D.
USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center
P.O. Box 74490
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70874-4490 USA
Tel: 225.775.6280
Fax: 225.775.8883
http://npdc.usda.gov
http://plants.usda.gov

Just a reminder that the deadline for getting your reservation in for the
December 5 banquet is coming up soon, this Thursday, November 30.  If you
plan to come, you will probably also want to pay your 2007 dues at the
same time.  If you're not planning to come, please send just your dues
payment in before the end of the year.

Any questions about banquet payment or dues, please direct to Paul
Peterson: peterson@... His mailing address is on the form as well as at
the bottom of this email.

Note: there is free validated self-parking at the restaurant.

Here are 3 pdf files. One is the announcement and menu for our holiday
banquet on December 5th. The second is the form to send in with your check
for dinner and/or for 2007 dues. The 3rd is a flyer for posting.

Holiday Banquet Announcement:
http://www.botsoc.org/2006dinner-announce-menu.pdf

Form for Dinner and 2007 Dues:
http://www.botsoc.org/2006dinnerform.pdf

Decorative flyer for posting:
http://www.botsoc.org/dec06.pdf

The files will be available on the website, http://www.botsoc.org and I
will also copy the text of the files into this message.


*BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON*

*2006 Annual Banquet and Membership Dues*


*Please complete this form and return it by November 30, 2006*


*2006 BSW Banquet Tuesday, December 2004*

*Social Hour 6 pm;
Dinner 7 pm;
President's Talk 8 pm: "From the Kalahari to Saskatchewan:
the Cosmopolitan and incomparable Citrullus lanatus"

*This year at a NEW Location: Aria Trattoria, Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC,
readily accessible from the Federal Triangle Metro Station; cross the
interior courtyard and use the entrance facing Pennsylvania Avenue *


*Aria Trattoria offers free validated self-parking in the Ronald Reagan
Building and International Trade Center*


*http://www.ariatrattoria.com*


*Choose one entre per person from the menu and include it on the form.*

*MENU*


Botanical Society of Washington

2006 Annual Banquet

at Aria Trattoria

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006



*Primi*


Insalata Mista
Baby Greens, Radicchio, Cherry Tomatoes,
Served with Balsamic Vinaigrette


*Secondo (choose one entre)*


Margherita Pizza
Crushed Plum Tomatoes, Fresh Mozzarella,
Fresh Basil Leaves


Saltimbocca di Pollo
Pan-Seared Chicken, Served with Prosciutto & Sage,
Fingerling Potatoes, Asparagus


Pappardelle Bolognese
Ribbon Noodles, Traditional Meat Sauce
& Parmesan Cheese


*Dolce e Saporito*


Chef's Selection of Dessert



Cash Bar at Happy Hour (6 to 7 pm) Prices



*BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON - ANNUAL BANQUET - MEMBERSHIP DUES*


*Please complete this form and return it by November 30, 2006 *


*2006 BSW Banquet Location: Aria Trattoria - o*n the plaza at 13th Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue

*Tuesday, 5 December 2006. Social Hour: 6 p.m.; Dinner: 7 p.m.;
President's Talk: 8 p.m.


*(Address, phone, email, interests info only needs to be included if it
differs from your directory info and needs to be updated.)*



Name(s)_________________________________________________________________________\
\
___________________________


I/we plan to attend the dinner on Tuesday, December 5. At $35 per person,
I
owe $__________ for dinner.


Though 2007 dues are not due until next month, you may wish to pay them at
this time, especially if you are sending in a check for the dinner. Dues
are
$10 for individuals or $15 for two at one address.


Name 1:__________________________________________________________________

E-mail
Address:____________________________________________________________

Phone: ( H) _____________________
(W)______________________________________

Name 2:__________________________________________________________________

Phone: ( H) _____________________
(W)______________________________________

Mailing
Address:___________________________________________________________

City______________________________State:__________Zip: _____________


Special Botanical Interests:
___________________________________________________

Include in directory Yes_______ No________


Enclosed is ________ for dinner.

________ for 2007 dues. ($10 for 1, $15 for 2 at the same address)

Entree
selection(s):__________________________________________________________


Total: ______________


*Checks should be made payable to: The Botanical Society of Washington.*


*Forms and checks should be sent to:*


PaulPeterson, Treasurer

Department of Botany - MRC 166

National Museum of Natural History

P.O. Box 37012

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, DC 20013-7012

Alan Whittemore has been busy, tracking down information about past BSW
presidents.  The file he created is now online at:

http://www.botsoc.org/BSWPresidents.pdf


The next BSW meeting will be held on its usual day, the first TUesday of
the month, January 2.  There was discussion at the banquet about changing
it to the following Tuesday because of its being so close to the holiday,
but it was decided to have it be on the regular day.

Speakers will be Gary Fleming and Johnny Townsend of the Virginia Natural
Heritage program.

Details will be sent at a later date.

It now looks like the meeting will be held the second Tuesday of January,
the 9th rather than the 2nd.

From Rod Simmons:

I got a call from Gary Fleming (one of our January 07 meeting speakers)
after our banquet meeting on Tuesday, who was concerned when he read the
January meeting announcement because he misunderstood the meeting date to
be January 9th instead of January 2nd.  January 2nd is a Virginia state
holiday for both Johnny and Gary and both have included it in their holiday
plans, and therefore would not be able to speak on that evening.

They both are ready and looking forward to speaking to the group on January
9th (which I think is a better date anyhow and allows us a little
separation from the holidays - at least more than a day!).

I recommend that we hold our January meeting on the 9th.

Gary Fleming is the Vegetation Ecologist with the Virginia Dept. of
Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division. John Townsend is
the Staff Botanist with the Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation,
Natural Heritage Division.

Thanks,

Rod

At the next meeting, 7:00 PM January 9th, 2007, the second Tuesday rather
than the standard first, we will have two speakers from the Virginia
Natural Heritage Program.

(A flyer for posting is at: http://botsoc.org/jan07.pdf )

Gary Fleming will speak about: The Vegetation and Floristics of an Ancient
Baldcypress - Water Tupelo Forest in Southampton County, Virginia.  John
Townsend's topic will be: An Overview of the Genus Boltonia (Asteraceae),
Including a New Taxon from the Appalachians.

Location:  Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340)
on the third floor of the new East Court building
Smithsonian Institution, National  Museum of Natural History
All are Welcome. As usual, light refreshments will be served.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Dues for 2007 are now due, unless you paid them last month at the same
time you paid for dinner, or have otherwise already paid them for 2007.

Dues are $10 for individuals or $15 for two at one address.


Name 1:__________________________________________________________________
E-mail
Address:____________________________________________________________
Phone: ( H) _____________________
(W)______________________________________
Name 2:__________________________________________________________________
Phone: ( H) _____________________
(W)______________________________________
Mailing
Address:___________________________________________________________
                  City______________________________State:__________Zip:
_____________

Special Botanical Interests:
___________________________________________________
Include in directory         Yes_______    No________


Checks should be made payable to: The Botanical Society of Washington.

Checks for dues should be sent to:

PaulPeterson, Treasurer
Department of Botany - MRC 166
National Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 37012
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC  20013-7012

Reminder: Next BSW meeting is at 7pm Tuesday, January 9.

(A flyer for posting is at: http://botsoc.org/jan07.pdf )

Gary Fleming will speak about: The Vegetation and Floristics of an Ancient
Baldcypress - Water Tupelo Forest in Southampton County, Virginia. John
Townsend's topic will be: An Overview of the Genus Boltonia (Asteraceae),
Including a New Taxon from the Appalachians.

Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340)
on the third floor of the new East Court building
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
All are Welcome. As usual, light refreshments will be served.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Dues for 2007 are now due, unless you paid them last month at the same
time you paid for dinner, or have otherwise already paid them for 2007.

Dues are $10 for individuals or $15 for two at one address.
Checks for dues should be sent to:

PaulPeterson, Treasurer
Department of Botany - MRC 166
National Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 37012
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20013-7012

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Thursday, January 11 BUILDING THE NATIONAL GARDEN, A NEW HOME FOR NATIVE
PLANTS at Green Spring Gardens
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vnps-pot/message/1768
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Info about proposal to introduce non-native bees:
http://lists.plantconservation.org/pipermail/native-plants_lists.plantconservati\
on.org/2007-January/000736.html
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

NEW BOOK: PRACTICAL PLANT IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

Cullen, James. 2006. _Practical Plant Identification: Including
     a Key to Native and Cultivated Flowering Plants in North
     Temperate Regions_. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
     357 p.
     ISBN 0-521-86152-7 [hardback] Price: US$75.00
     ISBN 0-5211-67877-3 [softcover] Price: US$29.99

Meeting Tuesday January 9 - 7pm. Cathy Kerby Room.

Gary Fleming will speak about: The Vegetation and Floristics of an Ancient
Baldcypress - Water Tupelo Forest in Southampton County, Virginia. John
Townsend's topic will be: An Overview of the Genus Boltonia (Asteraceae),
Including a New Taxon from the Appalachians.

Location and dinner details at:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/132

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The next meeting of Washington, D.C. Ethnobotanists is
Sunday, January 21st at 3:00 pm.  Speakers will be
announced at a later date.

The meeting is being sponsored by the U.S. Botanic
Garden and will be held in the USBG conservatory
classroom. The closest metro is Federal Center SW.
Parking in front of the conservatory is free during
the weekend.

Please contact Jamie Whitacre at
jamie_s_whitacre@...  or 202-230-8447 with your
questions or if you would like to present your
research, experiences, or other work at one of our
meetings.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If you want to see some White-nosed Coatis making use of their exercise
equipment, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-SqT-jiW_Y

   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==+++++++
Thursday, January 11 BUILDING THE NATIONAL GARDEN, A NEW HOME FOR NATIVE
PLANTS at Green Spring Gardens
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vnps-pot/message/1768

The BSW received an announcement from the Washington Academy of Sciences
for our members about an upcoming free symposium:  Effects of Intellectual
Property Protections on Scientific Research on January 16.  Details about
it can be found here:

http://sippi.aaas.org/ipissues/meetings/?res_id=726

Hi -

I've just heard from Rob Soreng that tonight's meeting will not be in its
regular room, but instead in the Waldo Schmitt Room.

It's on the 2nd floor of the West Wing of the National Museum of Natural
History (as opposed to the Cathy Kerby Room which is in the East Wing.)

7 PM

--Kathy

Next BSW meeting, Tuesday, February 6. Topic and speaker as yet
unannounced.

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Please join the United States Botanic Garden and the Smithsonian
Institution's Department of Botany for a new talk in the Botanical
Partners Lecture Series:

"Plants in Danger: What Do We Know"
Dr. Jane Smart, OBE
Head of the Species Programme
IUCN - The World Conservation Union

Date: Thursday, January 18, 2007
Time: 4:00 p.m. with reception to follow
Location: U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory, 100 Maryland Avenue SW,
Washington DC

RSVP to Katie at (202) 226-8038 or kpalm at aoc.gov; space is limited.

Two articles about the old growth forest at Cypress Bridge which was the
topic of one of the presentations at the last meeting:
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=115850&ran=173448
http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060901-102939-4501r
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Flyer for posting: http://botsoc.org/feb07.pdf
Meeting: February 6, 7 pm

Topic: Invasion and Diversity: The Impact of an Invasive Grass on Plant
Communities

Speaker: Sheherezade N. Adams, University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory and Frostburg State
University

Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340)
on the third floor of the new East Court building
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
All are Welcome. As usual, light refreshments will be served.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and
Restaurant, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707.
The restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at
12th and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle
the nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.


Abstract:

The spread of invasive species has alarmed land managers, the public and
scientists.  While invasives are associated with a decline in species
richness and native species in some cases, it is often not apparent
whether the invasive caused the decline in biodiversity or whether it was
able to invade because of the decline.  By studying pairs of invaded and
uninvaded plots across a landscape, I demonstrated that Microstegium
vimineum is likely causing change in plant communities in forest
understories in western Maryland.  While high levels of soil nitrate were
generally correlated with high levels of species richness across the
landscape, invaded plots had higher soil nitrate concentrations but lower
species richness than neighboring uninvaded plots.  These seemingly
contradictory results at two spatial scales suggest that M. vimineum
usurps resources, such as light, and counteracts the otherwise positive
effect of soil nitrate on species richness.  The negative effect of M.
vimineum on species richness changed through time, with no relationship
between community composition and invasion in June, when M. vimineum was
relatively small, but a significant negative correlation between native
species and invasion in August, when M. vimineum is at peak cover and
height.  However, M. vimineum invasion was clearly not the only important
driver of community composition in this system, where the overall
variability of species composition between the six study sites was greater
than the difference between invaded and uninvaded plots at each site.
This study shows the value of evaluating impact of invasion on species
richness at two spatial scales, local and landscape, and through time to
detect mechanisms driving local plant composition.

Emanuela asked me to forward this announcement from the Washington Academy
of Sciences:


The National Capital Astronomers present a Lecture:

"Etienne Leopold Trouvelot (1827-1895), the Artist and Astronomer"

Ms. Brenda Corbin, U. S. Naval Observatory, retired.

Brenda Groves Corbin held the position of head librarian at the U. S. Naval
Observatory for 33 years, retiring in October 2005. The Naval  Observatory
Library is the largest astronomical library in the United States, with the
oldest book dating from 1482.  She was actively involved with astronomy
librarians world wide and in 1988 founded the conference series, Library and
Information Services in Astronomy, which is still being held. She has a keen
interest in the history of astronomy and has served as an officer in the
Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society.
She is also a member of the International Astronomical Union and recently
served as Chair of the Working Group on Archives.

Date, Time, and Location:
February 10, 2007, 7:30 PM, at the Univ. of MD Observatory, in College Park.

The Observatory is reached by a driveway on Metzerott Rd., halfway between
Adelphi Rd. and University Blvd.

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