Here is a reminder notice about the upcoming fieldtrip to the
Chesapeake Native Nursery this coming Saturday, July 16.
First a story from a recent Washington Post.
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For South Africa's Proteas, Change Is Not a Good Thing
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas
Global warming is coming to your living room, your dining room, your
kitchen, anywhere you decorate with cut flowers.
To view the entire article, go to
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR2005071000733.\
html?referrer=emailarticle
(or - http://tinyurl.com/e39qo)
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From Julie Moore:
Details on the Chesapeake Native Nursery Tour. It will be a combined trip
with the Maryland Native Plant Society
The tour will start at 3 p.m.
We will meet at the nursery.
Hopefully it won't be too hot. People may want to bring
umbrellas/parasols if it is a very hot day. The tour of the wildflower
production fields usually lasts an hour. All the genetic material is
indigenous to the Chesapeake Watershed. Expect to see butterfly and swamp
milkweed, spotted mint, woodland sunflower, Jerusalem artichoke, narrow
leaf mountain mint, Culver's root and many other herbaceous and woody
species also butterflies and their caterpillars. (Monarch caterpillars
will be free to a good home.)
There will be a non-profit plant sale afterward, and everyone is welcome
to buy.
We will have a picnic afterwards. Bring dishes to share or just food for
yourselves, and b.y.o.b. There will be grills if you would like to cook
something.
If you are planning to attend or need more information please send Julie
Moore an email message at Julie_H_Moore@... or call 703-356-1623.
Directions and map are available
at: http://www.chesapeakenatives.com.
Sara Tangren is our host and tour leader, should you care to contact her
see information below:
Sara Tangren, Ph.D.
Chesapeake Native Nursery
Mailing Address Only: 326 Boyd Ave. #2, Takoma Park, MD 20912
SATangren@...
Phone 301 580 6237
Fax 301 270 4534
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BSW Webpage: http://www.botsoc.org
Messages are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:53:30 EDT
From: MALawler@...
To: vnps-pot@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vnps-pot] Mt. Vernon Trail Extension through Turkey run
Apparently there has been some confusion about the dates and times of the
public open houses on the Mt. Vernon Trail Extension alternatives, which go
through Turkey Run Park. The one in Arlington at Key Elem. School was last
night. It was well-attended.... the bike people were there in force. It would
be really helpful if any of you could go to the one in McLean tonight. Here's
the information:
The July 21st event is in the Dranesville District of Fairfax County:
TIME: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Thursday
LOCATION: McLean Community Center
1234 Ingleside Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
If you cannot attend, you may comment on the various alternatives by e-mail:
GWMP_superintendent@...
Various alternatives are represented which range from no action (Alternative
A) to a trail completely on park lands (Alternative B). Alternatives C, D,
E, and F have less and less of the trail within the park.
Here is a portion of what VNPS has said formally:
It has come to our attention that there is a proposal to extend the Mt.
Vernon Trail with alternatives which include building a bike path through the
park. We are very alarmed about this and wanted to bring your attention to the
environmental damage that would be done to one of the most well-preserved
forests in our area.
Turkey Run Park is part of the Potomac Gorge, one of the most fabulously
diverse and special natural areas in the East. According to a publication on
the Gorge by the Potomac Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy and NPS:
“This 15 mile stretch is one of the country’s most biologically diverse
areas, home to more than 1,400 plant species. Scientists have identified at
least 30 distinct natural vegetation communities, several of which are globally
rare and imperiled. The Gorge also supports a rich array of animal life,
from rare invertebrates to the bald eagle and fish like the American shad. In
total, the Potomac Gorge provides habitat to more than 200 rare plant species
and natural communities, making it one of the most important natural areas
in the eastern United States.”
Cris Fleming, Botany Chair for Potowmack Chapter of VNPS, considers the
forest at Turkey Run Park the best example of a Piedmont upland forest in our
region. Much of the forest growth is mature, with pockets that could be
considered "old-growth". Some of the trees on the steep bluffs are known to be
greater than 200 years old based on ring counts. Turkey Run Park contains the
largest individual specimens recorded in the Potomac Gorge of sugar maple,
tulip-tree, white oak, American beech, and several other tree species.
The flagged route of the proposed bicycle trail would entail cutting many of
these huge trees and would open up this pristine forest to invasion from
non-native exotic species such as Garlic mustard and Stilt-grass. Also, the
construction of the proposed route through several steep ravines would create
extensive erosion and silting of the streams flowing into the Potomac River.
It is inconceivable to us that this high quality forest could be destroyed
when there are several other less damaging alternatives for a bicycle trail.
In addition, the proposed route of the trail runs right through several
colonies of a very rare plant, Coville's phacelia (Phacelia covellei). This
small wildflower, which may be globally rare, is known mainly from the Potomac
Gorge and Turkey Run Park contains the largest population in the region.
Although the Virginia Natural Heritage Program has considered this species to
be
Phacelia ranunculacea, which would be disjunct in our area from populations
found in the Midwest, it is still considered state-rare. Routing a bike
trail through colonies of this very rare species is surely not consistent with
the policies of the National Park Service.
We feel very strongly that a bike trail could do much damage to a priceless
natural heritage in Virginia.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
The Virginia Native Plant Society is dedicated to the conservation of native
plant species.
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Hi -
The next BSW meeting will be on the first Tuesday of September, the 6th.
As it is every September, it will be Members Night where various members
show a small number of slides. A more detailed announcement about it will
follow at a later date.
Alene at the NWF asked me to pass the message below along to BSW
members.
From the NWF:
Native plants will play a starring role in the new BACKYARD HABITAT TV
series created by the National Wildlife Federation and the Animal Planet
network. Several episodes were filmed in nearby backyard habitats.
************ Tune in! The National Wildlife Federation has teamed up with
Animal Planet to create BACKYARD HABITAT, a new television series that
makes the planet a better place for animals, one backyard at a time.
Hosted by David Mizejewski of the National Wildlife Federation and TV
personality Molly Pesce, each episode presents fun and simple ways to
attract wildlife to your property, whether it's a balcony in the city or a
large backyard. From butterfly gardens to turtle ponds to bird feeders,
learn how to build, landscape and create a certified habitat at home where
you can enjoy the simple pleasures nature has to offer every day.
Premieres August 15 and airs weekdays at 11:00 AM E/P through September.
Tell a friend with a
reminder e-card--visit http://www.nwf.org/backyardTVshow/. *************
NWF's mission is to inspire Americans to protect wildlife for our
children's future.
Alene Archer - Marketing Manager, Education
Phone: 703-438-6595 | Fax: 703-438-6468 | archera@...
National Wildlife Federation
11100 Wildlife Center Drive
Reston, VA 20190-5362
www.nwf.org
--Kathy
Summer's waning which means the annual members night meeting is
approaching... An .rtf file of the notice is on the website.
Botanical Society of Washington
865th Meeting
Tuesday, September 6th at 7:00 P.M.
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. 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 Teaism. It's at
8th and D. St. N.W. (Nearest Metro station: Archives/Navy Memorial -
yellow and green lines) - and is 3 and 1/2 blocks from the National Museum
of Natural History. http://www.teaism.com
BSW Webpage: http://botsoc.org
There is a fieldtrip in the works to a Pennsylvania serpentine barren on
September 24. However, we need to know if there is actual interest in the
trip before the plans are finalized. As of this writing, it looks like we
will be able to get Tim Draude to lead the trip.
http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/pennsylvania/volunteer/art8609\
.html
So - if you are interested in this trip and think you will be able to go,
please contact Warren Steiner - steinerw@... I'm not sure how many
people need to be interested before the trip will be a "go."
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And - Lynne Cherry is having a weed workshop on her farm on AUgust 20. You
will need to email her to find out the time.
>From Lynne Cherry:
Hello everyone,On Saturday August 20 I'll be having an invasive species
workshop at Lynne cherry's farm in the Catoctin mountains. Lynne is an
author/illustrator of many environmental children's books such as The
Great Kapok Tree, A River Ran Wild and The Armadillo from Amarillo, and
Flute's Journey: The LIfe of a Wood Thrush.
Jim Gallion of Baywatch will be bringing everyone
copies of his booklet on Invasive Species. We will identify invasive
species such as Japanese stiltgrass, Barberry and Multiflora Rose and
learning how to best pull it up so that it does not grow back.
Lynne's farm is also a fine place for berry picking and for mushroom
gathering in the future but we need to get rid of the invasives--so there
will be 2 hrs of invasive-pulling-up as well as the workshop. Please come
and join the fun and we'll have a pot luck lunch and late afternoon too.
Please bring workgloves, a long-sleeved shirt and pants.
Please rsvp directly to Lynne via cell phone at 717-960-9033 or e-mail at
LNcherry@.... Lynne will be on the road through August 19th --just
getting back the afternoon of the 19th or morning of the 20th so don't
worry if she does not answer her home phone. Please invite friends. The
more people, the merrier.
Directions to the farm: (but dont' just come--RSVP first to make sure
we're on) MY # AT FARM 301-416-0492 (CELL PHONE WORKS UNTIL THURMONT BUT
NOT AT FARM 717-860-9033(301) 416-0128 MY HOUSEMATE?S # DIRECTIONS TO
LYNNE?S FARM DIRECTIONS: (Please consult a map before heading out) From
DC: take 270 N to FrederickIn Frederick stay to the left where 15 and 70
split and TAKE 15 North (If you?re coming from Harrisburg you will be
coming dwn Rte 15 south and taking the same directions as below) Go about
10-15 minutes ON 15 NORTHGet off rte 77 W (or go to the next exit and ..)
If you get off at 77, see below. Take Big Green exit sign for 806 W
THURMONT (ignore the little white 806 signs you?ll see along the way) (If
you pass the 806 exit you?ll come to the rte 77 exit for the Cunningham
Falls State Park. You can also take that exit). At end of 806 exit go LEFT
under highway, road curves around to right. go through 2 stop signs to
end. At T intersection, GO LEFT. This will put you on rte 77 W (although
it's not marked) Pass one Stone sign for Catoctin Mountain Park. Continue
up Mountain about 5 minutes.At second stone sign (visitor center and Park
Central Road) SET YOUR ODOMETER?DO NOT TURN?CONTINUE ON 77W AT 2.4 MILES,
GO LEFT ON TOWER ROAD (If you come to Stottlemeyer, you?ve gone too far)
Go 1 mile and turn LEFT ON FOX TOWER ROAD (the first left turn you can
make). Go back into the woods, pass a little brown house set back, go down
an incline and you?ll come to a black mailbox 13949 Fox Tower Rd. (about
1/8 mi. from intersection) GO LEFT INTO THE DRIVEWAY** OPPOSITE** THE
BLACK MAILBOX. (so, you'll be taking a LEFT into the driveway). fol
low driveway to end. (If dog is tied up to the line, park in front of
the house as RED will jump on your car. she's Dean and Dawn's dog.) HAVE A
SAFE TRIP!
Regarding the potential Saturday Sept. 24 fieldtrip to the PA serpentine
barren:
The thought is to go up on Friday night (the 23rd) or Saturday morning,
touring with Tim on Saturday. Then folks who want to can spend the night
and look at other areas, like a near by state park, on Sunday morning.
Tim Draude in Lancaster is a botanical/restoration consultant involved
with several projects involving restoring former barrens including a big
one with TNC.
Again, if you are interested, please email Warren: steinerw@...
A clarification from Jim Gallion, who's doing the invasive workshop at
Lynne Cherry's on August 20:
Hello Kathy, Jim Gallion here.... It's not Baywatch... (I'm not a good
lifeguard and I don't have one of those skimpy red swimsuits) It's called
Bay-Wise and it's a program through the University of Maryland Extension,
Frederick County Master Gardeners........
Check our website below for our Bio "about us" about other things we do....
Have a great weekend.
Jim Gallion
_www.gardeningadventures.com_ (http://www.gardeningadventures.com/)
The September meeting is approaching, Details below. Below the meeting
announcement is an email from Emanuela Appetiti announcing a new book in
which she and Alain Touwaide have chapters.
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Botanical Society of Washington - 865th Meeting - Tuesday, September 6th
at 7:00 P.M. 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. 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 Teaism. It's at
8th and D. St. N.W. (Nearest Metro station: Archives/Navy Memorial -
yellow and green lines) - and is 3 and 1/2 blocks from the National Museum
of Natural History. http://www.teaism.com
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:23:51 -0400
From: Emanuela Appetiti <eappetiti@...>
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Subject: A new publication
HI!
I am glad to inform you that Haworth Press has recently published a book
entitled "Handbook of Medicinal Plants", edited by Zohara Yaniv and Uriel
Bachrach. It covers the uses of medicinal plants
throughout history in different countries of the world and presents the
latest plant research. Please, click here to have more infos and read its
table of contents:
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=5307
The reason why I am informing you about it is that both Alain and I are
among the contributors: scroll the contents and look for chapter 8 and
chapter 9!
A little suggestion in case you were interested in it and would like to have
it: before buying it through the publisher, do a search at Amazon.com and
the like, as it could be on offer at a better price! :-))
Thanks and warmest wishes,
Emanuela
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps
someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time. -Carl
Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)
Here is a meeting reminder followed by an email Steve Lonker
asked me to forward from the Margaret Mee Foundation in Brazil.
Botanical Society of Washington - 865th Meeting - Tuesday, September 6th
at 7:00 P.M. 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. 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 Teaism. It's at
8th and D. St. N.W. (Nearest Metro station: Archives/Navy Memorial -
yellow and green lines) - and is 3 and 1/2 blocks from the National Museum
of Natural History. http://www.teaism.com
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From: "Margaret Mee Foundation" <wynjones@...>
To: <steve.w@...>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Teasure Hunt
The Margaret Mee Foundation in Brazil is seeking original watercolours by
this remarkable artist, with a view to organizing the catalogue raisonn of
her works. This will lead to the publication of a bilingual book, The
Complete Works of Margaret Mee, sponsored by the BBM Bank. The resulting
publication will not only promote the value of the works featured, but be
invaluable to the artistic and scientific communities, and a delight to all
who enjoy nature and fine flower paintings. If you have, or know of the
whereabouts of, an original Margaret Mee work, please make contact with us
through mmee@... or through the Margaret Mee Office, The
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AB, England.
BSW Webpage: http://www.botsoc.org
Messages are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc
If you are interested in going on the trip September 24-25, please let
me know by September 14. Kathy kathy@...
From Julie Moore:
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We will complete arrangements for an outing on September 24 and 25 to the
Septentine Barrens in Pennsylvania near Lancaster. If we can determine that
at least a dozen folks seriously interested in going, I will finalize
arrangements. The date is fixed with Tim Draude who will be our guide. He
is quite interested in showing us an even more interesting and unusual
botanical area on Sunday morning. Tim is working with The Nature
Conservancy on restoration efforts on some of the serpentine areas that
they own. He assured me that there would still be interesting plants
blooming in late September but not too much longer.
Please respond to Kathy Bilton kathy@... by September 14 if you are
interested in a field trip to southern Pennsylvania near Lancaster and
York.
Jil and Carole have asked me to publicize the upcoming MNPS Fall
Conference at Oregon Ridge: http://mdflora.org/events/fall2005conference.html
If anyone would like some brochures about it, please email
Carole Bergmann <carolebergmann@...>
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2 Native plant sales - both on Sept. 10th.
Potowmack Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society
FALL PLANT SALE AT GREEN SPRING GARDENS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, noon to 4.
Plants will be sold at the propagation beds which are behind the
Horticultural Center. From the parking lot, continue down the gravel drive
past the green house. Follow the road to the left and you'll see our
propagation beds on your right.
We'll have native ferns, shrubs, trees and perennials for both sun and
shade and can help you pick appropriate plants for your site. Good plants
for habitat gardening available as well. Members recieve a discount on
plants.
Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, VA 22312
Directions: From I-395 Take Exit 3B (Little River Turnpike West.) Travel
1.25 miles. Turn right on Braddock Road. Drive 2/10ths mile and turn right
onto Witch Hazel Road.
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Fall Native Plant Sale
Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, MD, will host its annual Fall Native Plant
Sale
on Saturday, September 10, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. As the dog days of
summer begin to ebb, fall plants can brighten the landscape and provide a
colorful show to take us into the doldrums of winter. The sale benefits
the
Arboretum's educational programs and provides the public with an
opportunity
to become acquainted with Delmarva's native flora. Adkins Arboretum is
located at 12610 Eveland Road, Ridgely, MD, 21660. For further
information,
call them at 410-634-2847 or visit their website at
www.adkinsarboretum.org
<http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/ > .
The proposed field trip for this weekend September 24-25 did not get
enough people to express interest in going. So Julie has been talking to
Tim Draude and they have decided that the trip will be postponed until
next July.
For those interested in an alternate event, the Worthley Botany Class, has
something on its schedule for this coming Saturday.
September 24 10:00 am Warfield Farm Meadow Walk, 4900 Kemp Rd.,
Reisterstown, MD. Call Cas or Joe for directions 410-833-8707.
Also an MNPS event:
Sept. 24 Field Trip: Fall Flowers at Jug Bay Wetlands
Sanctuary, Anne Arundel County Leader: Karyn Molines
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2005
Time: 9:30am 12 noon
Asters, goldenrods, and bonesets should be plentiful in our open meadows.
These "confusing composites" can be a challenge to identify. Learn field
identification techniques while enjoying the beauty of the fall fields.
Children should be at least 12 years old and accompanied by an adult.
Directions: From Washington Beltway (495) take the Route 4 (Pennsylvania
Ave) Exit South or East toward Upper Marlboro. Travel 10.5 miles and turn
right onto Plummer Lane. In mile turn right onto Wrighton Road. In mile
turn left onto gravel driveway and continue almost a mile to the Wetlands
Center. From Baltimore Beltway (695), take I-97 south. I-97 ends at Route
50. Take Route 50 West/301 South. 301 South will split from Route 50.
Continue on Rt. 301 south to Route 4 at Upper Marlboro. Go east/south on
Rt. 4 for 3 miles (1.5 miles after crossing over the Patuxent River) to
the Plummer Lane exit on right. Follow as above.
Larry Morse and Julie Moore have announced a fieldtrip to Chain Bridge
Flats 1:00 pm Saturday, October 15, 2005.
Here is the info in html:
http://botsoc.org/fieldtrips/chainbridgeflats-oct-15-05.html
followed by plain text.
Botanical Society of Washington
Field Trip to Chain Bridge Flats, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.
1:00 pm Saturday, October 15, 2005
Trip Leader: Larry Morse
The Chain Bridge Flats area, along the District side of the Potomac River
near Chain Bridge, offers flood-scoured bedrock terrace habitat with
unusual flora and vegetation, including several Midwestern disjuncts or
range-limit populations, such as prairie redroot (Ceanothus herbaceus) at
its type locality, big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), shingle oak
(Quercus imbricaria), blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis), and rock
grape (Vitis rupestris), as well as various Appalachian, Piedmont, and
Coastal Plain species, and the type locality for Ward's willow, Salix
wardii (now usually included in the Carolina willow, S. caroliniana). We
will give particular attention to some of the shrubby oaks that resprout
after floods.
Meet on the walkway of Chain Bridge at 1:00 pm; we will then take the C&O
Canal towpath to an access point to the bedrock terrace habitat.
Directions:
From downtown Washington, take Canal Road west of Georgetown past Chain
Bridge to a parking area on the left just past the bridge.
From the Beltway or Montgomery County, take the Clara Barton Parkway past
the District Line to the parking area on the left just before Chain
Bridge.
From Arlington, take Glebe Road or Chain Bridge Road to Chain Bridge, and
(if space available) park in the small lot near the Virginia end of the
bridge, otherwise cross the bridge, turn right, take Canal Road to Arizona
Ave. (the next left), turn around on a side street, return downhill on
Arizona Ave., then turn right onto Canal Road, and continue past the
bridge to the parking area on the left just past the bridge.
Cautions:
1. This trip involves very rugged terrain ("the wildest place in D.C."),
with rocks, vines, and fallen trees. Physical agility and caution are
required; not recommended for small children.
2. Stay away from the river itself; the water here is deep, fast-flowing,
and very dangerous.
3. Poison ivy is abundant in the area.
4. Parking is sometimes limited, especially at the Virginia end of the
bridge; consider carpooling.
Dinner: We suggest Essy's Carriage House in Arlington for a group dinner
following the field trip, located at 4030 Lee Highway (at Quincy Street),
reached from Chain Bridge by taking Glebe Road, then a left onto Lee
Highway. Parking is next to the restaurant off Quincy St. Phone
(703)-525-7899, see www.essyscarriagehouse.com for menu and further
information.
From Larry Morse regarding October 15 Chain Bridge Flats field trip.
(Note: RSVP directly to Larry regarding dinner.)
Further information on my Oct 15th BSW field trip to Chain Bridge Flats:
1. If you expect to join the dinner group at the Carriage House
afterwards (around 5:30 pm), please let me know by e-mail
(larry_morse@...) or by phone (703)-908-1884, so we can let
the restaurant know the approximate number to expect. They plan to seat
us together at a group of adjacent tables, and have assured me that
there will be vegetarian options that evening, although the restaurant
is best known for its crab dishes.
2. In the directions from Maryland, note that the parking area is on the
right (not the left), what Glen Echo contradancers call "your other left
hand".
Larry Morse
Coming next Tuesday...
Botanical Society of Washington
866th Meeting
Our speaker will be Carol Spurrier, a Botanist with the BLM (and also a
BSW member)
Topic:
By the Numbers: A Closer Look at Selected Special Status Plants in the
West
Tuesday, October 4th at 7:00 P.M.
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 Teaism. It's at
8th and D. St. N.W. (Nearest Metro station: Archives/Navy Memorial -
yellow and green lines) - and is 3 and 1/2 blocks from the National Museum
of Natural History. http://www.teaism.com
Remnder: Larry Morse has a field trip to Chain Bridge Flats scheduled for
Saturday October 15. Further info can be found in message archives. (see
below for URL)
BSW Webpage: http://botsoc.org
THese messages are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/
The regular first Tuesday meeting of the BSW will be held tomorrow,
October 4, at 7 PM in the Cathy Kerby Room on the third floor of the new
East Court building Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural
History.
Speaking at our 866th Meeting will be Carol Spurrier, a botanist with the
BLM (and also a BSW member) Her topic will be: "By the Numbers: A Closer
Look at Selected Special Status Plants in the West"
As usual, light refreshments will be served preceding and following the
presentation.
Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at Teaism. It's at
8th and D. St. N.W. (Nearest Metro station: Archives/Navy Memorial -
yellow and green lines) - and is 3 and 1/2 blocks from the National Museum
of Natural History. http://www.teaism.com
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October 8: ASNV-Audubon at Home Native Plant Sale & Seed Swap
at Meadowlark Gardens
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vnps-pot/messages?yguid=3982621
October 15: Our fieldtrip to Chain Bridge Flats.
http://botsoc.org/fieldtrips/chainbridgeflats-oct-15-05.html
Please email Larry if you're planning to come to the dinner.
Larry Morse <larry_morse@...>
One of our members is giving a talk tomorrow evening:
Dr. Edward Barrows, Professor Georgetown University, "Our Local
Pollinators". Thursday, October 6, 2005, 7:30 pm at Green Spring Gardens
Park, 460 Green Springs Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, 703-642-5173.
Directions: From Interstate 395, exit at Route 236 West (Little River
Turnpike) in Alexandria, turn right at Braddock Road and proceed one block
north to the park entrance at Witch Hazel Drive.
Free and open to the public.
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The November BSW meeting will be Tuesday, November 1. The speaker will be
John Lill of George Washington University. The topic: "Plants as Food for
Caterpillars: Defenses, Toxins, and Enemy-free Space"
From Carol
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:08:03 -0400
From: Carol_Spurrier@...
To: Kathy Bilton <kathy@...>
Subject: answers to last nights questions
Hi Kathy,
Could you forward this information to the group on the questions I did not
answer last night!
The Lennoaceae has only one genera Pholisma and two species in the US
flora; P sonorae that I showed the photo of and P. arenarium. Both are
sensitive species.
As for the orchids, there are 15 of them on the list: twelve sensitive
species, two listed as threatened and one listed as Endangered.
(Embedded image moved to file: pic14309.jpg)
Thanks,
Carol
Kathy Bilton
<kathy@...> To: Botanical Society
<terr60@...>
cc:
10/05/2005 12:13 Subject: (BSW) Pollinator talk
+ November meeting info
PM
One of our members is giving a talk tomorrow evening:
Dr. Edward Barrows, Professor Georgetown University, "Our Local
Pollinators". Thursday, October 6, 2005, 7:30 pm at Green Spring Gardens
Park, 460 Green Springs Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, 703-642-5173.
Directions: From Interstate 395, exit at Route 236 West (Little River
Turnpike) in Alexandria, turn right at Braddock Road and proceed one block
north to the park entrance at Witch Hazel Drive.
Free and open to the public.
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The November BSW meeting will be Tuesday, November 1. The speaker will be
John Lill of George Washington University. The topic: "Plants as Food for
Caterpillars: Defenses, Toxins, and Enemy-free Space"
Tomorrow, October 15 is the Chain Bridge Flats fieldtrip.
Email Larry Morse <larry_morse@...> if you plan to attend
dinner afterwards.
http://botsoc.org/fieldtrips/chainbridgeflats-oct-15-05.html
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Solar houses on Mall open through Sunday the 16th.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar_decathlon/
Someone from one of the teams - I think from Puerto Rico - wrote to
inquire about native plants to use in the landscaping. I am curious to
know whether they actually used some native plants there.
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Alan Burdick authored a controversial article featured on the cover of the
May 2005 issue of Discover magazine, "The Truth About Invasive Species."
The meeting is free and no reservations are required; RSVP requested.
Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion
Wednesday, October 19 2005, 12noon-2pm
Location: Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Bldg, Federal Triangle, Washington,
DC
Alan Burdick, Writer, Discover magazine; Gary Man, USDA Forest Service
Asia-Pacific Program Coordinator; Michael Lusk, National Invasive
Species Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
RSVP at:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_rsvp&event_id=1450\
63
Hi -
An alternate parking place for those in Virginia is to park on N. Randolph
Street. If you get on Randolph, pass the turn for 40th St., go past a few
houses and you will see a Bike Route sign on the right. (There is a
constriction site just beyond the trail.) You can park nearby and walk
down the hill on the paved trail - which connects up with the road
(apparently 41st St.) where there is the very limited parking down nearer
to the bridge.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.926965,-77.119217&spn=0.008246,0.018428&hl=en
(or - http://tinyurl.com/ey89u )
Closer in: http://tinyurl.com/ao9zy
Interesting, I see Google calls Chain Bridge N. Glebe Road....
--Kathy
From the Washington Academy of Sciences via Emanuela Appetiti:
I am pleased to forward you this invitation from the Washington Academy of
Sciences, hoping you will find the initiative of interest.
All the best,
Emanuela Appetiti
Dear Colleague,
Global competition is creating an urgent need to motivate and attract
some of the best and brightest students into science and technology
careers.
This year, the Washington Academy of Sciences is expanding its "STARS"
(Science and Technology Aptitude Recognition for Schools)
youth-in-science outreach program.
Last year, the program included not only participation in Senior High
School Science Fairs, but also science events at Elementary Schools, a
robotics competition involving 20 Middle Schools, and judging of the
(67) outstanding student papers for the Montgomery Blair Magnet Research
Convention. Four of these students became semi finalists in the National
Intel Science Competition. The AAAS supported all our efforts through a
grant. This year we are planning at least eight local events.
We are interacting with many area schools and allocating a large number
of awards to secondary school students as well as recognizing
outstanding teachers. Award winning student projects will also be
recognized in the WAS Journal and on our Web site.
Our biggest asset is your expertise and dedication and that of your
fellow professionals. I am writing to offer you the opportunity to
participate as a judge in a school science project. You will not need
any special preparation, and the Washington Academy of Sciences will
provide everything needed at the school.
Typically this will involve about a 4-hour commitment at a
participating school (in the DC, MD or Northern VA area) sometime in the
January 15-March 31, 2006 time frame.
The number of schools and students benefiting from the "STARS" Program
depends directly on your commitment to participate.
If you are interested, please e-mail me a one-liner by November 30th
2005, saying:
"I would like to be included in the WAS Judges' Roster",
and include your name, e-mail, address and telephone number.
You will be notified as soon as the schools give us their event dates.
I believe you would find your interaction with fellow judges, the
schools, and those enthusiastic students to be a worthwhile, rewarding,
and fun experience and look forward to our collaboration in this
exciting 2006 WAS initiative.
Yours truly,
Paul Hazan
WAS Vice President for the Jr. Academy
I may be reached by: 1) e-mail: pmhazan@... 2) Phone: (301)
603-0536
Dear Colleague,
Global competition is creating an urgent need to motivate and attract
some of the best and brightest students into science and technology
careers.
This year, the Washington Academy of Sciences is expanding its "STARS"
(Science and Technology Aptitude Recognition for Schools)
youth-in-science outreach program.
Last year, the program included not only participation in Senior High
School Science Fairs, but also science events at Elementary Schools, a
robotics competition involving 20 Middle Schools, and judging of the
(67) outstanding student papers for the Montgomery Blair Magnet Research
Convention. Four of these students became semi finalists in the National
Intel Science Competition. The AAAS supported all our efforts through a
grant. This year we are planning at least eight local events.
We are interacting with many area schools and allocating a large number
of awards to secondary school students as well as recognizing
outstanding teachers. Award winning student projects will also be
recognized in the WAS Journal and on our Web site.
Our biggest asset is your expertise and dedication and that of your
fellow professionals. I am writing to offer you the opportunity to
participate as a judge in a school science project. You will not need
any special preparation, and the Washington Academy of Sciences will
provide everything needed at the school.
Typically this will involve about a 4-hour commitment at a
participating school (in the DC, MD or Northern VA area) sometime in the
January 15-March 31, 2006 time frame.
The number of schools and students benefiting from the "STARS" Program
depends directly on your commitment to participate.
If you are interested, please e-mail me a one-liner by November 30th
2005, saying:
"I would like to be included in the WAS Judges' Roster",
and include your name, e-mail, address and telephone number.
You will be notified as soon as the schools give us their event dates.
I believe you would find your interaction with fellow judges, the
schools, and those enthusiastic students to be a worthwhile, rewarding,
and fun experience and look forward to our collaboration in this
exciting 2006 WAS initiative.
Yours truly,
Paul Hazan
WAS Vice President for the Jr. Academy
I may be reached by: 1) e-mail: pmhazan@... 2) Phone: (301)
603-0536
Notice for the November meeting suitable for printing is at:
http://www.botsoc.org/nov05-1.doc
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The December holiday dinner meeting will be on December 7 which is a
WEDNESDAY.
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Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 1st, 7 PM
Speaker: John Lill of George Washington University
Topic: "Plants as Food for Caterpillars: Defenses, Toxins, and
Enemy-free Space"
Meeting location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340), third floor of
the new East Court building Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of
Natural History 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at Teaism, 400 8th St. N.W.
Elections for officers for 2006 will be held at this meeting.
A message from Alice...
(+ story about DC trees - see below)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:36:18 -0400
From: Alice Tangerini <Tangerini.Alice@...>
To: kathy@...
Subject: Re: (BSW) Next meeting: November 1
Kathy, since this is the day after Halloween I was going to ask if you could
post a notice asking for members to bring their leftover Halloween candy
for the meeting. This could fill in some of the sweet part of refreshments.
I will still provide cookies.
Alice
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On Metro Connection on WAMU-FM - broadcast Friday, October 28:
DC - City of Trees - Audio -
http://www.wamu.org/audio/mc/05/10/m1051028-9623.ram
(Real audio)
http://www.wamu.org/audio/mc/05/10/m1051028-9623.asx
(Windows Media)
URL mentioned: Interactive Tree Map provides detailed information on any
street tree in DC - http://www.caseytrees.org/treemap/index.html
DC has been called the city of trees. And a stroll through many of the
District's neighborhoods confirms that this is still a tree-rich urban
area, with enviable tree-lined city streets and stunning parks. But
Washington's green complexion has been fading over the past few decades.
David Furst met with Metro Connection's resident naturalist Mark Garland
to talk about the city's tree-hugging reputation...and its future. And
although we frequently travel to natural areas far outside the beltway
with Mark - that's not the case this time...
The December holiday dinner will be held on Wednesday, December 7.
Details will follow when they are available.
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Looking for BioBlitz help for the Potomac Gorge BioBlitz which will be
held on June 23-25, 2006 along the Potomac Gorge.
The BioBlitz is an extension of the Virginia BioBlitz and is a joint
venture between the National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy
and is designed to survey poorly known groups of organisms on NPS lands
along the Potomac River in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of
Columbia.
Details at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vnps-pot/message/1512
Wednesday, Dec. 7 holiday dinner invitation WILL be coming soon.... In the
meantime, see this article from the Nov. 14 Post.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:21:38 -0500
From: Larry Morse <Larry_Morse@...>
To: kathy@...
Cc: Stephanie Flack <sflack@...>
Subject: FW: Potomac Gorge in Nov. 14 Style Section
Kathy, for Bot.Soc.Wash. list. One minor correction is that "globally
rare" species generally occur in about 100 or fewer places worldwide,
not 5 or fewer. Larry Morse
________________________________
Great piece in today's Washington Post, an engaging way for people to
learn about why the Gorge is so special...John Kelly really "got it" in
drawing the linkages between the river, its water, and how both people
and other species depend upon it.
John Kelly's Washington
Answer Man: What Lies Beneath
By John Kelly
Monday, November 14, 2005; Page C11
On a "Naturalist's Tour of Arlington" our group walked to a strange
concrete platform in the Potomac River, upstream maybe a quarter-mile
from Chain Bridge. We accessed it from the canal side. It's quite large
and seems to have trap doors leading down to who knows what underneath.
Guesses as to its purpose ranged from "an abandoned helicopter landing
pad" to "this must be where Cheney hid on 9/11." Can you find out
anything about this mysterious construction?
Ann Kurzius, Arlington
There are two new signs on Chain Bridge -- one in each direction --
sharing what might be interesting information. However, unless you are a
pedestrian or stuck in traffic at just the right place, you pass by too
quickly to read it. In two trips across the bridge we have pieced
together this much: "Potomac Gorge . . . This 15 mile . . . Roosevelt
Island . . . concentration of globally-rare . . . communities in the
nation." Can you please find out what this sign is all about and print
its complete text?
Marilyn Taylor, Arlington
Are these questions related? Yes, indeedy, since both involve what's
known as the Potomac Gorge, a little patch of our back yard that is
literally crawling with interesting fauna and flora.
The Answer Family recently trekked to the aforementioned concrete
structure and found the reader's description to be accurate. The area is
reachable by a concrete road and comprises two installations: a large
concrete pad about 60 feet square and a smaller concrete area
overhanging the Potomac that is inset with five metal doors and bounded
by low walls.
It reminded Answer Man of a sacrificial altar, but then, most things do.
In fact, it's an emergency pumping station, said Tom Jacobus , general
manager of the Washington Aqueduct, which supplies most of the
Washington area with water. (If you've ever seen "Chinatown," you know
it always comes down to water.)
Let us travel back to 1966: The Beach Boys release "Pet Sounds," the
Orioles win the World Series and the Washington area is locked in a
severe drought. The Corps of Engineers is so concerned that someday
there won't be enough H2O that it decides to build an emergency pumping
station as far downriver as possible. It's right near where the Potomac
becomes tidal, ensuring that there will always be water available.
The idea is that should things ever get really bad, five pumps would be
installed in the five "doors" and powered by generators on the concrete
pad. The pumps would suck water out of the river and push it to the
Dalecarlia treatment plant.
But by the time the pumping station was completed in the early 1970s, it
had been decided that the area's water woes would be dealt with in a
different way, by building the Jennings-Randolph Reservoir on the West
Virginia-Maryland border. The station instead was used to discharge the
dirt and other solids that are left when water is cleaned at Dalecarlia.
New EPA rules stipulate that solids must be handled differently, so the
station is once again being considered for emergency water intake.
But that's only part of the story. For the concrete road leading to the
pumping station follows a cut in the landscape that was made in the
1920s as a tailrace for a now-shuttered hydroelectric power plant. The
rock and rubble removed to build that tailrace was positioned
downstream. When the Potomac runs high, this berm creates all kinds of
nasty currents and eddies that disturb the environment.
Which brings us to those signs on Chain Bridge, which went up in
September and read: "Potomac Gorge -- The 15 mile section of the Potomac
River from above Great Falls to Theodore Roosevelt Island - has the
highest concentration of globally-rare natural communities in the
nation."
Answer Man finds that little hyphen in the middle of the sentence
unfortunate. And the wording makes him wonder whether the rest of the
country had been cut into 15-mile segments, measured against the Potomac
Gorge and found inferior.
The signs probably should say, "one of the greatest concentrations of
rare species" in the nation, said Stephanie Flack of the Nature
Conservancy, one of the groups that lobbied for them. (The Palisades
community, the Potomac Conservancy and the U.S. Geologic Survey were
also involved.)
But there's no denying that the 10,000-acre gorge -- formed by the
eroding powers of the river -- is amazingly biologically diverse. It's
home to more than 1,400 species of plants (hairy wild petunia,
sweet-scented Indian plantain, Virginia mallow. . .) and all manner of
animals, from Pizzini's amphipod to 14 species of salamander. Many of
the species, as the signs point out, are "globally rare," meaning
they've been found in five or fewer places on the planet.
Why so rich? The Potomac Gorge is at the intersection of two geologic
formations, the rocky Piedmont Plateau to the west and the Atlantic
coastal plains to the east. It's a crossroad for countless critters.
Because it is constantly scoured by floodwaters, it provides little
nooks and crannies where animals and plants can get a foothold -- or a
roothold.
Taken together, the pumping station and the signs symbolize the
relationship we have with the Potomac. We count on it for life itself,
tapping its waters to fill our taps. But it's good to be reminded that
lots of other living things count on it, too.
Curious about something you've encountered while walking, hiking,
sauntering, gallivanting or perambulating across the Washington area?
Ask Answer Man:answerman@....
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Stephanie Flack
Potomac Gorge Project Director, The Nature Conservancy
301.897.8570 phone; 301.897.0858 fax; sflack@...
<mailto:sflack@...>
In office Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Kathy, please circulate to membership -- thanks! Larry
BSW Members,
At the November meeting, the Society agreed to establish a Field Trip
Committee, which I have offered to chair. We would like the membership
to include at least one member each from Maryland, Virginia, and the
District. The Vice President (Program Chair) would be invited ex
officio, to help coordinate field trips with other activities of the
Society.
We would also like to have an additional committee member who would take
the lead in coordinating the annual summer excursion (planned for
Pennsylvania in 2006), relieving the vice president of that task; this
generally involves working with a local contact in the field-trip area,
obtaining directions and logistical information, drafting the field-trip
notice, and being available for questions.
Please let me know by 5pm Tuesday 11/29 (by e-mail, phone, or postal mail)
if you'd be interested in participating in this committee in one or more
of the ways suggested above, or have any other thoughts on this topic.
We would like to appoint the members at the December 7 meeting and have
the committee active for the 2006 field season.
Thanks,
Larry
Larry E. Morse
North American Botanist, NatureServe
1101 Wilson Blvd., #1500
Arlington, Virginia 22209
(703)-908-1884
larry_morse@...
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
The invitation to the 2005 BSW banquet on December 7 is here:
http://www.botsoc.org/dec05.pdf
And the form for sending in your payment for the dinner as well as for
2006 dues is here:
http://www.botsoc.org/dec2005duesform.pdf
Both files are also linked from the webpage: http://www.botsoc.org
6 PM (Social hour: 6 PM
7 PM Banquet
8 PM President's Address: Warren Steiner
Topic: "Madagascar Reflections"
Location: Atrium Cafe, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution
For any with a problem opening a pdf file, here is the info from the
dues and banquet payment form:
2005 ANNUAL BANQUET and MEMBERSHIP DUES
Please complete this form and return it by December 2, 2005
2005 BSW Banquet Location: Atrium Caf, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution.
(enter at 10th and Constitution)
Wednesday, 7 December 2004. 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 Wednesday, December 8. At $45 per
person, I owe $__________ for dinner.
Though 2006 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:
___________________________________________________
Enclosed is ________ for dinner.
________ for 2006 dues. ($10 for 1, $15 for 2 at the
same address)
Total: ______________
Checks should be made payable to: The Botanical Society of Washington.
Forms and checks should be sent to:
Dan Nicolson, Treasurer
Department of Botany - MRC 166
National Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 37012
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Dan Nicolson (202) 603-0910 - nicolson@...
Hi -
It has just been pointed out that the dues form at
http://www.botsoc.org/dec2005duesform.pdf says correctly in one place that
the dinner is on Wednesday, December 7th, but in another - says it is
Wednesday, December 8th. I seem to have not caught that one when I was
re-editing last year's form for this year.
So - the correct date is WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2005.
Forms are due in to Dan on the 2nd. If you are just sending it in now, I
would advise emailing Dan to tell him "The check is in the mail" in case
it doesn't arrive by the 2nd. (And let him know how many people the check
is for.) I suppose that mail is better now than it was a couple of yeras
ago when the anthrax/mail problems were slowing the government mail down
considerably but nevertheless...
--Kathy
The next BSW meeting will be on January 3, 2006. Our speaker will be Ken
Wurdack. The topic will be announced soon. See below for an announcement
about a winter solstice walk (Dec. 18) being led by our new vice
president.
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Announcement about a new DC chapter of SCB (first meeting Dec. 15 6pm)
http://tinyurl.com/7am24
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From Meghan and Rod:
Season's Greetings,
MNPS Annual Winter Solstice Walk
Blockhouse Point
Leader: Rod Simmons
Date: Sunday, December 18 Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
A large, exceptional forest community that combines montane elements like
Shagbark Hickory, White Pine, and Table Mountain Pine, many of which are
old-age, with some Coastal Plain outliers, such as Basket Oak (Quercus
michauxii), at the farthest western extent of their range. Many other types of
trees and shrubs will be seen.
Directions: Take 495-Capital Beltway to the River Road west exit. Proceed on
River Road west for approximately 9 miles. Just before the parking area, River
Road descends down a fairly steep downgrade into the Muddy Branch stream valley.
As you continue up from the stream valley on River Road, slow down near the top
of the hill and be prepared to exit into the parking area on the left. The
parking area is adjacent to a large powerline crossing and is marked by a park
sign: Blockhouse Point Conservation Area.
Bring: Water and lunch.
Note: Moderate walk on trails.
Contact: Rod at cecropia13@...<mailto:cecropia13@...> or 301-809-0139.
Thank you,
Meghan & Rod
Maryland Native Plant Society
http://mdflora.org<http://mdflora.org/>
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