The monthly BSW meeting will be tomorrow at 7 pm. Details below.
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How you can help the Flora of Virginia Project
If you would like to provide financial support to this project, please
make your check out to "The Foundation of the Flora of Virginia Project,
Inc." and send it to:
The Foundation of the Flora of Virginia Project, Inc.
P.O. Box 512
Richmond VA 23218-0512
All donations are fully tax-deductible and will be acknowledged by
letter, a copy of which should be kept for tax records. Please indicate
if you would like your gift to remain anonymous. To give a donation in
the form of securities, please call Chris Ludwig at 804-371-6206.
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870th Meeting
Tuesday, 7 February 2006 at 7:00 P.M.
Speaker: Jessie Harris Nature Photographer
http://www.agpix.com/photographer/prime/A0030320.html
Topic: "A visual presentation of North American Orchids from the U.S.
proper to Canada and Hawaii"
Members will be challenged to see how many of the orchids are familiar to
them.
The long-time BSW member's exquisite photographs have been published in
innumerable publications over the years. Currently, among other things,
she is working on providing photographs of North America plants for use in
the second release of the Synthesis of the North American Flora.
Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340)
on the third floor of the East Court building
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
All are welcome. Use Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to be escorted up.
As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and after the
presentation.
Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. NEW LOCATION
Elephant and Castle, 2101 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Phone 202-347-7707. Menu at
http://www.elephantcastle.com/menu.html
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.
Tues. Feb. 21, Virginia's National Forests: Film and Discussion,
7:30 pm - Arlington -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vnps-pot/message/1559
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Next BSW meeting, Tuesday, March 7 - 7 pm The evening's presentaion will
likely be given by members of the Anacostia Watershed Society.
http://www.anacostiaws.org/ Confirmation and detais to come.
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Note follows from Emanuela Appetiti with information about Alain
Touwaide's upcoming lectures in Richmond.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:59:50 -0500
From: Emanuela Appetiti <eappetiti@...>
To: kathy@...
Subject: 2 lectures at the University of Richmond, VA
Hi, Kathy!
Thought to let you and the BSW members know about two lectures that Alain
Touwaide will deliver at the University of Richmond on Feb. 20:
Poisons, venoms, and medicines in antiquity - a strange mixture and Feb.
21: Schemes, individuals and concepts: Representing plants in Renaissance
herbals
Attached is the flyer with the information of both lectures.
(I put flyer at: http://botsoc.org/temp/touwaide.pdf --KB )
More infos on the university and how to reach the campus:
http://www.richmond.edu/about/visit.htm
Thanks for your attention and all best wishes,
Emanuela
There is a new publication which is a companion to Invasive Plants of
Asian Origin Established in the United States and Their Natural Enemies
Volume 1. It is available online as a .pdf. I will also ask for some print
copies and bring them to the March or April meeting.
http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/bcpubs.shtml
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Upcoming BSW fieldtrips include April 1 and 8 to the Billy Goat Trail and
April 21 to Shannondale Springs near Charles Town, WV. (Latter is easy
walk on road right along Shenandoah River - assuming there is no flood!)
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Invitation from Hayden Matthews:
You are invited to attend a pot luck dinner and the special story telling
program that Carolyn Rapp and I will be offering for the Chesapeake Earth
Institute on Saturday, March 4th from 5:30 to 8:30 PM at the Fairlington
United Methodist Church (I-395 at King Street). Carolyn, a local
storyteller with Washington Storytellers Theater for many years, will be
reading from her marvelous book, Garden Voices Stories of Women and their
Gardens, in which she shares the stories of twelve women and how each of
them has found deeper connection, healing and groundedness through working
in a garden that they created. You can find out more about her book at
www.gardenvoices.com. I will be sharing stories of my forays into the
wild garden of the swamps, bogs, meadows, forests, and fens that can be
found in the mid-Atlantic area and offering my thoughts about the
richness, beauty and connection that can be found there while illustrating
my talk with slides I have taken on these outings.
So please join CEI, Carolyn and me for a wonderful evening of good food,
great people and stories that share the common threads of our connections
to soil and spirit.
Go to
http://www.ecostewardsalliance.org/events/calendar.php?display=event&id=52&date=\
2006-Mar-4
(or http://tinyurl.com/j5oks ) for additional information on EcoStewards
Alliance, the Chesapeake Earth Institute, and this event.
With thoughts of spring as the Red Maples begin their annual bloom,
Hayden
Hayden W. Mathews
River Stories LLC
Burke, VA
(703) 323-5246
Re-Storying The Land
Re-Connecting People and Place
Joyfully Witnessing the More-Than-Human World
Upcoming Shannondale Springs fieldtrip will be on Saturday, April 22. (Not
on the 21st as was reported in last email.)
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The speaker at the next BSW meeting on March 7 will be P.J. Harmon of the
West Virginia Natural Heritage Program. Topic to be announced.
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You are invited to join members of the Washington Area Butterfly Club
tonight at Long Branch Nature Center to hear Cole Burrell discuss
attracting butterflies and other wildlife to his garden.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vnps-pot/message/1568
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Announcement about 20th Annual Lahr Symposium at the Arboretum
Native Plants: Cultivating a Sustainable Future
March 25, 8:30am-3:30pm
Administration Building Auditorium
Continuing in the 20-year tradition of the Lahr Symposium, this years
program brings together thought provoking topics concerning the natural
world and our human attempts to be a positive presence in natures garden.
The days speakers will address our understanding of what isand is
notnative; the conditions under which natural diversity flourishes; and
how our personal landscapes can be transformed from mere ornamental spaces
to be become genuine environmental assets. Symposium participants can shop
early8-10amat the Native Plant Sale. For program brochure, fees, and
symposium registration form, call 202-245-5898. Number of
spaces available as of 2/15/06: 111
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/lahr.pdf
P.J Harmon of the West Virginia Natural Heritage Program will speak about
Federally Listed Threatened and Endangered Plants of West Virginia at the
next BSW meeting on March 7 at 7 PM. Location, etc. details at bottom of
message.
Six native West Virginia vascular plant species are protected under the
federal Endangered Species Act: shale barren rockcress (Arabis serotina),
small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides), harperella (Ptilimnium
nodosum), northeastern bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus), Virginia spiraea
(Spiraea virginiana), and running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum).
Also, the moss species Ammon's twist moss (Syntrichia ammonsiana) gets
extra management attention as a designated species of special concern.
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Virginia Native Plant Society Workshop March 11, 2006 Planting the Wild:
Links between Cultivation and Conservation University of Richmond,
Richmond, VA http://www.vnps.org/workshop06.pdf
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A new section entitled "MD/DC/DE Comprehensive Lists of Butterfly Records"
has just been added to the Washington Area Butterfly Club website at
http://users.sitestar.net/butterfly/lists.htmhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/VA-MD-DE-Bugs/message/2495
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March 7 meeting location and pre-meeting dinner information:
Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340) on the third floor of the East
Court building National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
All are welcome. Use the Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to be escorted
up. As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and after the
presentation.
Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the
Elephant and Castle, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Phone 202-347-7707. Menu at:
http://www.elephantcastle.com/menu.html
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.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:04:36 -0500
From: Larry Morse <Larry_Morse@...>
Four botanical or plant conservation events in a 24-hour period March
7-8 in Washington/Arlington:
1. Tues. 7:00 pm -- P.J. Harmon (W.Va.Heritage) speaks to Botanical
Society of Washington, Smithsonian Natural History Museum
Dinner group beforehand, Elephant & Castle, 1201
Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. (at 12th St.), 5:30 pm
2. Wed. 9:30 am -- Plant Conservation Alliance bimonthly meeting,
NatureServe, Arlington (Rosslyn)
Featured speaker: Randy Gray (NRCS), on the
Farm Bill
3. Wed. 2:00 pm -- Demonstration and Workshop by John Kartesz on new
version of his floristic synthesis, including county-level data
NatureServe, Arlington
4. Wed. 4:30 pm -- Party marking my transition from NatureServe employee
to independent contractor (d/b/a LEM Natural Diversity)
Please RSVP to Amanda Morris at NatureServe if
you plan to attend this event (Amanda_Morris@...,
(703)-908-1868).
Larry
Larry E. Morse
North American Botanist, NatureServe
Arlington, Virginia, USA
http://www.botsoc.org/march06.pdf
P.J Harmon of the West Virginia Natural Heritage Program will speak about
Federally Listed Threatened and Endangered Plants of West Virginia at the
next BSW meeting on March 7 at 7 PM. Location and dinner details below.
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Upcoming fieldtrips: April 1 and 8: Our annual Bear Island andBilly Goat
Trail Flowering Plants Walk. Leader: Dan Nicolson. Bring lunch and water.
Park at lots across from Old Anglers Inn.
http://www.oldanglersinn.com/map.html Plant list from a prior year:
http://www.botsoc.org/bearislandlist.pdf
Time TBA.
Further afield trip: April 22 to Shannondale Springs near Charles Town,
WV. There has recently been an FOSS clean-up trip to SS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chipgallo/sets/72057594067113969/http://www.shannondale.org/foss/
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March 7 meeting location and pre-meeting dinner information:
Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340) on the third floor of the East
Court building National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
All are welcome. Use the Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to be escorted
up. As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and after the
presentation.
Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the
Elephant and Castle, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Phone 202-347-7707. Menu at:
http://www.elephantcastle.com/menu.html
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.
I just received word that Larry Stritch has agreed to move the Shannondale
trip to 4/29 at 1:00 pm. By doing so, there is no longer a conflict with
the Smithsonian symposium scheduled 4/22.
Info about the April 21-22 Symposium: http://persoon.si.edu/sbs/
From: Scott Knudsen <sknudsen@...>
Date: March 17, 2006 1:05:32 PM EST
To: Native Plant Sale Notification List <sknudsen@...>
Cc: Mostly Edibles <pfried@...>, Natural Landscapes Nursery
<naturallandscapes@...>, Maryland Natives Nursery
<sales@...>, Nature By Design
<plantfolks@...>, Sassafras Farm
<sassafrasfarm@...>, Elk Ridge NatureWorks
<info@...>, Doyle Farm Nursery <jld@...>,
Hyla Brook Farm <nativeplants@...>
Subject: Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale - April 29
Dear Friends,
I am sending the notice below about the large native plant sale in my
neighborhood to interested parties, friends, and people who have signed
onto my "plant sale email notification" list. Please forward this
information to your colleagues and friends who may be interested.
Note that the Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale now has a website at
http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Scott Knudsen
Sale Organizer
Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale
3478 Gunston Road
Alexandria, VA 22302
703-671-8416
sknudsen@...
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PARKFAIRFAX NATIVE PLANT SALE
Saturday, April 29, 2006 -- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
3601 Valley Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302
The sale will feature 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 sixth such native plant sale held in Parkfairfax. At
this point, we are expecting nine vendors this time, which will make it
one of our largest sales. The attending vendors will be: Doyle Farm
Nursery, Elk Ridge NatureWorks, Hyla Brook Farm, Maryland Natives
Nursery, Natural Landscapes Nursery, Nature By Design, Sassafras Farm,
Mostly Edibles, and Toad Hall Gardens.
The sale is entirely organized and run by volunteers. No one makes
money from it except the vendors. Our goal is to promote native plant
gardening in our area because gardening with natives is better for our
watershed, our woodlands, and our birds. Bringing together a variety
of growers makes it easier for local gardeners to find quality plants
and encourages greater demand for natives in the nursery industry.
Lists of native plants recommended for various growing conditions will
be available at an information table.
Directions: Parkfairfax is located in the Washington DC metro area
within the I-495 Beltway, 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 Drive and
continue past Gunston Road. The sale will be in the long parking lot
on the right.
You can view a flyer for the sale, containing the list of vendors and a
map of the neighborhood, at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/sitebuildercontent/
sitebuilderfiles/NativePlantSale_Apr29.pdf.
The website for the sale is http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/.
You may contact sale organizer Scott Knudsen at 703-671-8416 or
sknudsen@.... If you send email, please put the words
"native plant sale" in the subject line.
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For your interest: Our previous native plant sale on 10/1/05 was a
great success! We had 10 vendors and about 400 people came. Together,
the vendors reported a total of about 415 sales in which about 1,150
plants were sold. 67% of the plants sold were herbaceous plants, 27%
were shrubs, and 5% were trees. A warm thanks to everyone who took
part, including the vendors, Tree Stewards of Arlington/Alexandria,
Parkfairfax staff, and everyone who came to the sale.
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Regarding the email notification list, I am now listing everyone in the
"Bcc" field because the list has grown so large. I am copying the
vendors for the spring sale on this email so you have their email
addresses if you want to send one of them a specific question.
If you did not receive this email directly and would like to be added
to my email list, please send me an email requesting that with the
words "native plant sale" in the subject line. (To delete your name
from the list, do the same. Send me an email requesting that with
"native plant sale" in the subject line.)
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!
Next meeting:Tuesday, April 4 7 PM
Speaker: Carol L. Kelloff, Assistant Director of the Biological Diversity
of the Guianas (BDG) Program.
Topic: Phytogeography of Kaieteur Falls, Potaro Plateau, Guyana: Floral
Distributions and Affinities
Abstract at bottom of this email.
Illustrated Flier at: http://www.botsoc.org/april06-2.pdf
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Upcoming fieldtrips: April 1 and 8: Our annual Bear Island and Billy Goat
Trail Flowering Plants Walk. Leader: Dan Nicolson. Bring lunch and water.
Park at lots across from Old Anglers Inn. Meet at 9 a.m. Moving out
promptly at 9:30.
http://www.oldanglersinn.com/map.html Plant list from a prior year:
http://www.botsoc.org/bearislandlist.pdf
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Further afield trip: Saturday, April 29 to Shannondale Springs near
Charles Town, WV. 1 PM. Leader: Larry Stritch. There has recently been an
FOSS clean-up trip to SS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chipgallo/sets/72057594067113969/http://www.shannondale.org/foss/
Detailed directions will be sent in later email. (They are currently
available on the website. http://botsoc.org)
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April 4 meeting location and pre-meeting dinner information:
Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340) on the third floor of the East
Court building National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
All are welcome. Use the Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to be escorted
up. As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and after the
presentation.
Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the
Elephant and Castle, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Phone 202-347-7707. Menu at:
http://www.elephantcastle.com/menu.html
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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Phytogeography of Kaieteur Falls, Potaro Plateau, Guyana: Floral
Distributions and Affinities
Carol L. Kelloff, Ph.D.
ABSTRACT
The plant diversity of one location on the Guiana Shield, Kaieteur
National Park in Guyana, is used to examine the various hypothesized
origins of the flora and to evaluate which may best explain the current
plant distributions. Kaieteur National Park is located on eastern edge of
the Potaro Plateau in central Guyana, South America. The species examined
have distributions that vary from local to global. The distribution
patterns of the families, genera, and species known from Kaieteur are
examined using generalized distribution patterns. Data on distribution
patterns, elevation, and habitat were gathered from 131 flowering plant
families, 517 genera, and 1227 species. These plants represent all taxa
that are currently known to occur in the area of the original Kaieteur
National Park. Families tend to have cosmopolitan or pantropical
distribution, genera are mostly neotropical and at the species level, most
species are restricted to the Guiana Shield (ca. 40%), northern South
America (69%) or neotropical (96%) in distribution, each level inclusive
of the previous. The flora at the study site in Kaieteur National Park
has its strongest affinity with the Guiana Shield; 42.1% of the species
have a distribution that corresponds with the Shield or is more restricted
within the Shield. There is a distinct flora on the Guiana Shield and its
affinities lie with the flora of northern South American and beyond that,
the neotropics. The flora is not closely affiliated with the floras of
the Brazilian Shield, the Amazon, the Andes, the eastern coastal forests
of Brazil, southern South America, or Africa as has been previous
suggested.
Carol L. Kelloff is the Assistant Director of the Biological Diversity of
the Guianas (BDG) Program. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Elmira
College, Elmira, New York, in 1986 and her Masters of Science from George
Mason University in 1990. Carol completed the requirements for a PhD from
George Mason University in 2002. Her current research interests include
fern systematics, neotropical floristics, and environmental policy.
Next BSW meeting: Tuesday, May 2 7 PM.
Speaker and Topic TBA
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April 15-26 and 24-25
Trips Planned to Green Ridge State Forest
These are working trips where MAGIC will continue to map the internal
roads in the Green Ridge State Forest. It's an opportunity for
people to enjoy a weekend of hiking in the state forests and also to
learn about GPS mapping. We plan to camp in the forest one night.
The first trip is scheduled for this coming weekend, April 15-16 and
the second trip will be on April 24-25 (not a weekend). If you are
interested in going along on either trip, please contact Bob
DeGroot. E-mail: Bobdegroot@....
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April 13 - Thursday evening VNPS tree program at Green Springs
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vnps-pot/message/1622
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Message from Megahan about new listseerv:
New Maryland Herps Listserv
After a couple (three) years of thinking about it, I finally created a
listserv for posting events related to, and the sightings and soundings
of, reptiles and amphibians occurring within the wilds of the Maryland,
D.C., Virginia, and surrounding area. This is a conservation-minded
endeavor. Please don't post exact locations of any rare or threatened
species observed. Abusers will be swiftly thwarted. Please do post
things such as when and where you first hear species of frogs and toads
calling this spring!
Please join! Here's the link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MDHerps<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MDHerps>
To post: MDHerps@yahoogroups.com<mailto:MDHerps@yahoogroups.com>
Thanks,
Meghan Tice, List Owner
cecropia13@...<mailto:cecropia13@...>
From: Emanuela Appetiti
please find attached the invitation and reservation form to attend the annual
Banquet and Awards Ceremony of the Washington Academy of Sciences, to be held
on May 9th at the US Botanic Gardens, Washington DC.
Should you have any problem in opening the file (in pdf), I am enclosing the
text with the information and the instruction to register.
Also, you can get more infos at : http://www.washacadsci.org
I hope you will be able to attend this event and I kindly ask you to circulate
this news among the Botanical Society members.
MANY thanks and all warm wishes,
Emanuela Appetiti
PS: cc. to Dan and Debbie who showed interest in the event. HOPE TO SEE YOU
THERE!
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THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS BANQUET
Where: The U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory, 100 Maryland Avenue SW,
Washington, DC, 20024. (On the National Mall, next to the U.S. Capitol)
When: May 9, 2006
6:30 - 7:30 Wine bar - Social hour
7:00 - 7:30 Guided tour of the Conservatory
7:30 - 8:30 Dinner
8:30 - 8:35 Welcome by Banquet Chair: Emanuela Appetiti
8:35 - 9:15 Presentation of the Awards*
9:15 - 9:25 State of the Academy: President F. Douglas Witherspoon
9:25 - 9:35 Next Year at the Academy: President-Elect William Boyer
9:35 - 9:45 Introduction of New Officers
*Awards Committee: Peg Kay, chair. Michael Cohen, Roberta Cohen, Frederica
Darema, Donna Dean, Katharine Gebbie, John Meagher, Mary Phillips, Albert
Teich, E. Eugene Williams.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. The parking spaces next to the Conservatory, on Maryland Avenue and First
Street
SW, are available for those attending this event. The “Permit Parking Only”
signs will not
apply.
2. While the event officially begins at 6:30PM, you may arrive as early as
6:00PM.
Because the usual Government-building security checks will be in force, it
would be best
to arrive between 6:00PM and 6:30PM
3. The U.S. Botanic Garden is part of the Capitol Grounds Complex. Financial
transactions of any kind (including tips) are not allowed on the property,
therefore you
must reserve your place and pay in advance. We will not be permitted to take
any
walk-in payments.
4. Price: For Academy members and one guest, $52.00 each, including all
beverages
(wine, beer, soft drinks)
For non-members, $57.00 including all beverages
For further information call a member of your banquet committee:
Emanuela Appetiti: 202- 633- 0967
Bill Boyer: 202-363-8383
Peg Kay: 703-536-0990
or email: banquet@....
Notes: Upcoming fieldtrips - April 29 and June 10. Webpage has details.
Http://botsoc.org
Programs at Meadowlark Gardens in 2006
http://www.nvrpa.org/meadowlarkevents.html
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May 2, 2006 BSW meeting
RARE FLORA AND NATURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE UPPER ANACOSTIA WATERSHED
John Parrish, Maryland Native Plant Society
Mark Strong, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution
The upper Anacostia River watershed, situated in Prince George's and
Montgomery Counties, Maryland, is a vast area that encompasses thousands of
acres of high quality forest, wetlands, streams, and plant communities.
Many of these habitats are highly rare or unique in the greater Washington,
D.C. area, including the globally rare, Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) dominated
Pine Barrens Pine - Oak Woodland and Pine Barrens Lowland Forest, seepage
bogs, and Coastal Plain Bottomland Forest.
Much of the flora is typical of the Coastal Plain, including numerous rare
and disjunct species and many that reach their western limits in Maryland
here.
Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340)
on the third floor of the East Court building
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
All are welcome. Use Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to be escorted up.
As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and after the
presentation.
Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M.
Elephant and Castle, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Phone 202-347-7707. Menu at
http://www.elephantcastle.com/menu.html
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.
Trip is Saturday the 29th. Meeting there at 1 pm.
Below are the directions from Washington, DC. to Shanondale WMA for the April
29 field trip.
Take I-270 to I-70 west bound in Frederick, MD. After about 3/4 mile exit
off I-70 onto US 340. Take US 340 to Charles Town, WV. As you approach
the city limits you will need to exit from US 340 onto US 340 / WV 9. Take
US 340 / WV 9 for a couple of miles and exit off US 340 and stay on WV 9
towards Leesburg, VA. After you cross the Shenandoah river go
approximately 1 mile to Mission Road. Turn right onto Mission Road.
Travel on Mission Road for 2.2 miles and exit right onto the entrance road
to the Shanondale WMA. There is a brown recreational sign. Park at the
parking lot. Larry Stritch will be driving a red Ford Ranger pickup truck.
Pat Ford
May 2 meeting info is below. A flyer for the meeting can be found at:
http://www.botsoc.org/may06.pdf
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Rob Soreng reported:
Another name on maps for Mission Road is apparently Cr 9/5, Mission Rd.
was not on my map.
Directions to Shannondale (1 pm April 29 fieldtrip
location) on webpage : http://botsoc.org - and also here:
From Washington DC take I-270 north to I-70 west. After entering onto I-70
west immediately get into the right lane and prepare within a mile to exit
on to Route 340 west to Charles Town, WV.
As you begin to enter the outskirts of Charles Town move into the right
lane. Exit onto WV 9 south and US 340 west. After a couple of miles exit
WV 9 south. When you come to the stop sign at the end of the exit, turn
right, south and continue on WV 9 south towards Loudoun County, Virginia.
After crossing the Shenandoah River go approximately one mile and turn
right onto Mission Road (aka CR 9/5). Continue on Mission Road for 2.2
miles. Turn right on the Shanondale WMA road. You will see a brown
recreational sign.
This is a one lane road so before careful. At the end of the entrance road
you will come to a parking lot. Park and meet me (Larry Stritch) at the
red ford ranger pickup truck.
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Additionally - some alternate directions to Mission Road (aka CR 9/5) can
be found on the Rolling Ridge page:
http://www.rollingridge.net/%5Cindex.cfm?action=about_us.directions This
community is a few miles further down the Mission Road from the
Shannondale WMA.
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MAY 2 BSW Meeting :
873rd Meeting
Tuesday, 2 May 2006 at 7:00 P.M.
John Parrish, Maryland Native Plant Society and
Mark Strong, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution
Rare Flora and Natural Communities
of the Upper Anacostia Watershed
Location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340)
on the third floor of the East Court building
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
All are welcome. Use Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to be escorted up.
As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and after the
presentation.
PRE-MEETING DINNER: 5:30 P.M. Elephant and Castle, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave.
N.W. Phone 202-347-7707. Menu at http://www.elephantcastle.com/menu.html
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.
ABOUT THE TOPIC: The upper Anacostia River watershed, situated in Prince
George's and Montgomery Counties, Maryland, is a vast area that
encompasses thousands of acres of high quality forest, wetlands, streams,
and plant communities. Many of these habitats are highly rare or unique in
the greater Washington, D.C. area, including the globally rare, Pitch Pine
(Pinus rigida) dominated Pine Barrens Pine - Oak Woodland and Pine Barrens
Lowland Forest, seepagebogs, and Coastal Plain Bottomland Forest.
Much of the flora is typical of the Coastal Plain, including numerous rare
and disjunct species and many that reach their western limits in Maryland
here.
Info about movies this weekend in Shepherdstown in case anyone is staying
for the weekend. There will be a contra dance on Saturday night at 8 pm
in S'town at the Men's Club.
http://www.contradancers.com/shepherdstown/mayday/index.html
Babette's Feast is being shown Friday night. (free)
http://www.shepherdstownfilmsociety.org/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:19:41 -0400
From: Rusty Berry <rustyberry@...>
To: Opera House Patrons <pberry@...>
Subject: April 28 thru May 1 at the Shepherdstown Opera House
Dear Opera House Friends,
We are featuring a new French mystery called “Cache (Hidden)” this
week. Please note that this film we play for this one weekend only as we start
our eleven-day All-Asian Film Festival next weekend!
In the opening shot of “Cache”, we see an unremarkable townhouse on a side
street in Paris. Ordinary events are taking place on the street. As the scene
continues to unfold, you realize it is a video being watched by Anne and Georges
Laurent (Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil). The townhouse is their home, and
they have no idea who sent the videotape, but someone is watching them.
Soon, more perplexing videos arrive. One shows the farmhouse where Georges and
his family lived when he was a boy. Another shows a trip down suburban streets.
Georges is able to make out a street name. Without telling his wife, he
investigates the area and finds a person known to him, but unlikely to be the
source of the mysterious videos. But when another video arrives showing Georges
speaking with that person, Anne begins to mistrust her husband. What is he
withholding from his past?
Director Michael Haneke received the Best Director Award when “Cache” premiered
at the Cannes Film Festival, and it has since won seven major European film
awards. Running time 117 minutes, rated R, in French with English subtitles.
“Like Hitchcock, only creepier, Haneke slowly cranks up the suspense.” - The
Philadelphia Inquirer
“A perplexing and disturbing film of great effect!” - Roger Ebert
“A psychological suspense drama of the utmost originality!” - Los Angeles
Times
“The twist is not revealed until the last shot – if you keep your avid eyes
open!” - Time
(Note that previous quote and watch for the two people talking in the background
of the final scene).
Showtimes for “Cache” are Friday and Saturday at 6:00 and 8:15, Sunday at 2:00,
5:00 and 7:30, and Monday at 6:00 and 8:15.
Coming soon to the Opera House movie schedule - “Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom
Dancing & Charm School”, “Why We Fight” and “Thanks You For Smoking”.
Tickets are now on sale for Shepherdstown Film Festival 2006 – “East Meets
East”.
In conjunction with the Shepherdstown Film Society, we will be presenting “East
Meets East”, an all-Asian film festival from May 4 through May 15. The featured
films are “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”, “The Buffalo Boy”,
“Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring”, “The Hunter and the Hunted”, “The
Beautiful Country”, and “3-Iron”. Film discussions will be held after selected
showings. Advance tickets may be purchased online at www.OperaHouseMovies.com
and at the Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery. More detail on the films and other
activities is available at the film society website,
http://www.shepherdstownfilmsociety.org/.
For more information about upcoming films and events, please check our website
at www.OperaHouseMovies.com.
Pam & Rusty Berry
Hello Friends,
This is a reminder to everyone that the Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale
is THIS SATURDAY, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This will be our
sixth semi-annual sale, and eight vendors will be there, making it one
of our larger sales. I also want to tell you all about some exciting
new developments regarding the sale.
One new development is that we will have several new guidebooks and
references available at the information tables for those who want
information regarding: (a) a broad list of native plants for our area
arranged in a simple format to highlight the conditions in which they
grow best, (b) some examples and success stories of what other people
in our area have done in their yards and neighborhoods, and (c) the
specific technical details of planning and installing a rain garden on
one's property.
In another new development, the sale now has a website at
http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/ on which I have put useful
information for everyone about the sale. There is an updated contact
list of the vendors who will be at the spring sale (and even the
vendors coming to the fall sale, on Sept. 30). There is a vendor
layout diagram for the spring sale. For our friends who may be coming
from some distance away, there is a quick visual map that shows the
location of Parkfairfax in the DC metro area. (Please note:
Parkfairfax--spelled as one word with a lower-case "f"--is in the
northwest corner of ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, not in Fairfax county.)
Besides that map, there is a small map of the neighborhood with
directions on the sale flyer itself, which is also on the website.
These files can be downloaded and printed for your reference.
Lastly, I have also begun a project to find and post on the website as
many links to good information that I can find on native plants and
related topics, that everyone can use as a reference. So far, this
effort is "a work in progress" that has just started; but there are
four lists already on the website with links to some excellent
resources that might help a person decide what plants to purchase for a
particular spot in one's garden. To show you what I mean, four good
examples of these links are below:
(1) A good comprehensive listing of native plants in our region is the
publication by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service titled “Native Plants
for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay
Watershed.” You can view this publication online or download a PDF
file at http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/ .
(2) A good reference that complements the one above is a new
publication of the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia titled "The
Nature of Change: Preserving the Heritage of a Dynamic Region." The
book can be obtained by visiting http://www.asnv.org/body.htm . Free
copies of this book will be available at the Parkfairfax sale
information tables while their supply lasts. When we run out, we will
collect names to give to the Audubon Society to have them send copies
of this good book to those who missed getting a copy.
(3) A good primer on butterfly gardening is a recent publication by
Laura Farron of the Washington Area Butterfly Club titled "Butterfly
Gardening in the D.C. Area." You can download a PDF file of this
publication at
http://users.sitestar.net/butterfly/bfgardening/gardening.html .
(4) A good technical reference on planning and installing rain gardens
is the publication by the Virginia Department of Forestry titled simply
"Rain Garden Technical Guide." You can download this publication as
five PDF files at
http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/EnvironmentalServices/epo/
EnvironmentalServicesEpoRainGarden.aspx .
(Looking at the list above, I realize that I don't have the links for
items #2 and #4 above in the four lists on the website. Oh well, they
will be added to the lists and, right now, you have them in this email!
Like I said, it's a work in process. Two of the four documents
available on the sale website were made by other people, but they were
good lists so I grabbed them to pass them along.)
That's it. Thanks for reading this long email. Feel free to contact
me if you have a question. I hope to see you at the sale!
Regards,
Scott Knudsen
Sale Organizer
Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale
http://home.earthlink.net/~sknudsen/
703-671-8416
sknudsen@...
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PARKFAIRFAX NATIVE PLANT SALE
Saturday, April 29, 2006 -- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
3601 Valley Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302
Directions: Parkfairfax is located in the Washington DC metro area
within the I-495 Beltway, 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.
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!
Reminder: tomorrow, May 2, 7 pm is the next BSW meeting. The topic: RARE
FLORA AND NATURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE UPPER ANACOSTIA WATERSHED. Details
can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/90
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About 12 people came out to Shannondale for the Saturday fieldtrip. I
think we had a great trip leader. Thanks to Larry Morse for organizing
it.
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Below is an invitation to a May 18 symposium:
----- Forwarded by Jil Swearingen/NCR/NPS on 05/01/2006 10:34 AM -----
Target 14 of the GSPC
The role of education in conserving plant diversity cannot be overstated.
Please join Botanic Gardens Conservation International and the United
States Botanic Garden on May 18 for a daylong symposium to assess the
status of and how to improve plant-based conservation education in the
United States.
During the day, we will hear case studies of plant-based conservation
education and public awareness programs from around the country. We will
also collaboratively create a series of recommended actions and indicators
that you can tak back and use at your garden, park, or agency.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO FOLKS YOU KNOW.
For more information visit http://www.bgci.org/usa/T14_Symposium
many thanks and I hope to see you on May 18!
Ray
Ray Mims
Conservation Horticulture
United States Botanic Garden
4700 Shepherd Parkway, SW
Washington, DC 20032
202.226.4067 office
202.409.1659 cell
A Botanic Garden is defined as an area in which a wide range of plants are
grown for scientific, educational, and aesthetic purposes. *Source =
Penguin Reference Dictionary of Plant Sciences(See attached file: May 18
Invitation Letter.doc)
There is no charge to particpate in the symposium, and lunch will be
provided.
Here is a link to an article about the Flora of VA and Marion Lobstein
which appears in the May issue of Southern Living magazine.
http://botsoc.org/southernliving1page.pdf
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BSW members are invited to come to Thompson's Wildlife Management Area
near Linden, VA, on the way to Front Royal. this Saturday, May 6 with the
Worthley Botany Class. If you haven't been there before, it is a place
where you will see more Trilliums than you could probably ever imagine.
The time is not yet fixed - probably around 1 pm. If you are interested
in going, please email me - Kathy Bilton kathy@... and I will be able
to let you know more specifics in a day or so.
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Next BSW meeting, Tuesday, June 6. Details to be announced.
Tomorrow - Thursday, May 4 at 6:30
BSW member Mary Vogel will be presenting the slide show "New Orleans: The
Artist, The Engineer and The Earth" at Candida's World of Books.
The first showing of the slide show "New Orleans: The Artist, The
Engineer and The Earth" will be presented for the DC Sierra Club May 4
at 6:30 PM at Candida's World of Books, 1541 14th Street NW (14th & Q NW).
Candida can only provide seating for 25-30 people so please
RSVP to http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/nckaos@aol.com/neworleans
so that we have seating for you.
Urban Planner, Mary Vogel, recently returned from 2.5 months as a
long-term recovery planner in the New Orleans area. She also went back
for a week to volunteer in a charrette for the neighborhood of
Gentilly working alongside renowned New Urbanists from all over the
country. As part of her planning role, she was able to network with
community groups interested in green design, new urbanism, smart growth
and other aspects of environmental protection.
While New Orleans is often portrayed as a city of artists, Mary believes
that it is also a city where the engineer rules. Engineers have waged a
war with nature for the last century — perhaps our first war for oil.
Now the payment for that war may be coming due as she will explain. Come
hear about Mary's work and see some of her images of Southeast Louisiana,
blending the beauty, the destruction and some thoughts on recovery.
In June, we will be meeting jointly with the Entomological Association of
Washington. June 6 is the day of their annual banquet and we have been
invited to share the evening with them. You will have the option of
getting a ticket for the banquet which will start at 6:30 or to just come
to the talk afterwards at Baird Auditorium at 8 P.M. (No ticket needed if
you plan only to come to the talk.)
Flyer for June Meeting: http://botsoc.org/june06.pdf
Banquet Ticket to print and send in: http://botsoc.org/esw.jpg
Dr. Michael Sharkey will speak about:
Tricksters, Hypnotists, and Puppeteers: The Strategies and Tools of
Parisitoid Hymenoptera
http://sharkeylab.org/sharkeylab/sharkeyCV.php
Banquet tickets are $40 per person ($20 for students). You will see the
dinner options from which to choose on the ticket. Deadline for getting a
ticket is: Friday, May 19.
Make checks payable to: Entomological Association of Washington
Send to: Michael Gates
4113 Conrad Road
Alexandria, VA 22312-1155
Or give to Michael directly if you are in the Natural History Building,
East Court, Room 521; SEL employees in Beltsville planning to attend can
give their tickets and payments to Dug Miller (BARC-WEST, Bldg. 005,
301-504-5895).
Contact: Michael Gates mgates@...
202-382-8982
Remember, the deadline for reservations and checks is: May 19.
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Fieldtrip reminder: Sunday, June 4 - Chain Bridge Flats - 2 p.m.
http://botsoc.org/chainbridgeflatsfieldtripjune06.html
I just realized it should be:
Entomological Society of Washington rather than Entomological Association
of Washington as I had in the announcement I just sent out.
--Kathy
May 19 Spring Symposium at Adkins Arboretum
http://hwww.adkinsarboretum.org/ev_symposium.html
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May 19 - Deadline to sign up for June 6 meeting - jointly with ESW.
Banquet is $40 (or $20 for students)
Details at: http://botsoc.org/june06.pdf
Print out ticket at: http://botsoc.org/esw.jpg
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BSW Fieldtrips - Late Spring/Summer 2006
June 4 - Chain Bridge Flats
Meet on the Virginia end of Chain Bridge at 2:00 pm; we will then go
across the bridge and take the C&O Canal towpath to an access point to the
bedrock terrace habitat. 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. Details at
botsoc.org/chainbridgeflatsfieldtripjune06.html.
August 19 - Chesapeake Native Nursery Tour
We'll meet at the nursery (between Washington and Annapolis) at 3:30, with
a tour at 4:00, and a potluck picnic at the farm afterwards. 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.
Sara Tangren is our host and tour leader. Email:
SATangren@... Additionally, she will be doing a
presentation for the Plant Conservation Alliance meeting at NatureServe in
Arlington on Wednesday, July 12th, at 9:30 am.
For directions, see: http://www.chesapeakenatives.com
IF you get lost, you can contact Sarah on her cell phone 301 580 6237.
Regarding the June 6 meeting/banquet:
You are encouraged to come to this joint meeting which is a special
opportunity to to meet and socialize with our sister organization, the
Entomological Society of Washington.
Speaker: Dr. Michael Sharkey
Topic: Tricksters, Hypnotists, and Puppeteers: The Strategies and Tools of
Parisitoid Hymenoptera
If you are planning to attend the banquet or just the talk at 8pm,
please let Julie Moore know ASAP but no later than May 19. We need
to tell the ESW how many BSW members are going to be attending. Julie's
email: Julie_H_Moore@... Phone 703-358-2096; FAX 703-358-1735
The deadline for getting your check in to the ESW for the banquet is May
19 (so it should probably go out by the 17th.)
Make checks payable to: Entomological Society of Washington
Send to:
Michael Gates
4113 Conrad Road
Alexandria, VA 22312-1155
($40/person, $20 for students)
http://www.botsoc.org/june06.pdfhttp://www.botsoc.org/esw.jpg
There is still a chance to sign up for the ESW banquet - which is our
joint meeting for June. The deadline has been extended until June 2 -
this coming Friday.
And - remember - this Sunday is the Chain Bridge Flats field trip.
http://botsoc.org/chainbridgeflatsfieldtripjune06.html
Please note: THE FINAL BANQUET ATTENDANCE COUNT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO
THE CATERER BY FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2006!
This is the FINAL announcement of our upcoming banquet for the
Entomological Society of Washington. I have enclosed a JPEG copy of a
ticket that can be filled out and mailed to me (address below) or given to
me directly if you are in the Natural History Building. If I am not
available, check to see if Jeff Chiu is next door (CE-520) and you can
give your payment to him. SEL employees in Beltsville planning to attend
can give their tickets and payments to Dug Miller (BARC-WEST, Bldg. 005,
301-504-5895). Contact me with any questions (202-382-8982).
For details from earlier email see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/101
(This email will include a link to the JPG file referred to above.)
Event is at 2 pm on June 14. USDA South Building.
ALso - see below - horticulturalist position in New York
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Forwarded from Joe Kirkbride:
-----Original Message-----
From: Guala, Gerald - Baton Rouge, LA [mailto:gerald.guala@...]
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 4:44 PM
To: Guala, Gerald - Baton Rouge, LA
Subject: SEMINAR: Interactive Keys to US Plants
SEMINAR
USDA NRCS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Topic: PLANTS Identification Presenter: Gerald “Stinger” Guala, Plant
Systematist, National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dr. Guala Leads the effort at the National Plant Data Center to develop
and make plant identification tools available at through USDA NRCS PLANTS
(http://plants.usda.gov). He has an extensive background in both plant
taxonomy and biodiversity informatics. Before joining NRCS, he was Program
Director for Biological Databases and Informatics, and Assembling the Tree
of Life at NSF.
Dr. Guala will introduce a new effort to provide very information rich
interactive identification tools for all plant taxa in the US and its
territories. He will demonstrate the technology using newly completed
interactive keys to all wetland monocot species. Evaluation copies of some
interactive keys and other software will be available at the seminar.
Date: June 14, 2006
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Place: Room 3854-S, USDA South Building
Contact: Bill Boyer, 202-720-0307 or Scott Peterson 225-775-6280
Sponsor: The NRCS Science & Technology Deputy Area
>From outside USDA, Take METRO to Smithsonian Station
Enter South Building–Wing 1 at 12th Street and Independence Ave, SW.
[Call 720-2587 if assistance is needed when visiting]
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From: Terry S Taranto
Horticulturist: <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Quaker Hill Native Plant
Garden is a unique private garden in Pawling, New York dedicated to native
plant communities of Eastern North America. Requirements are a passion
for native plants with training or experience in horticulture or related
environmental field. The position involves leading a gardening crew,
garden design, and entails all aspects of horticulture. Applicants should
enjoy outdoor work in all weather, be dependable, and willing to work some
Saturdays. Salary commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits.
Application: Please forward your resume via email to
rreimer@...
See below this announcement for info previously announced about an August
19 trip to the Chesapeake Native Nursery. There is also en email from
Emanuela Appetiti about an article in the Plant Press about the library
for the History of Medicine and Botany
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Our long-planned weekend field trip to southeastern Pennsylvania is now formally
scheduled.
On Saturday, Sept. 9th, we will meet in the early afternoon near the
Susquehanna River to explore some flood-scoured riparian bedrock terraces,
in a setting comparable to Chain Bridge Flats here in D.C., but drawing on
a substantially different flora (more northerly rather than Appalachian).
Specific local trip leader not yet identified, but some prospects in line.
For evening accommodations, I'm suggesting Strasburg, in the Pennsylvania
Dutch country, with a group smorgasbord dinner there. I'll check with a
motel I know there for a group rate. Camping is also available nearby, if
I recall right; will check.
For Sunday morning, Sept. 10th, we will meet mid-morning in extreme
southeastern Pennsylvania at the Nottingham serpentine barren, for a tour
by Roger Latham, a local expert on serpentine flora and habitat
management. He plans to tell us a bit about serpentine vegetation and
flora as well as habitat-management practices, and include some
restoration areas in his tour. We will have a group picnic/brownbag lunch
there or nearby. Afterwards, those interested in staying into the
afternoon can join Roger at a different serpentine site nearby (New
Texas).
More information on locations, times, and other logistics, as well as some
background references, to follow. Meanwhile, anchor these dates on your
calendar if interested!
Larry
Larry Morse
Washington, D.C.
larry.morse.dc@...
(larry.e.morse@...)
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From: Emanuela Appetiti <eappetiti@...>
Subject: our library on History of Medicine and Botany
Further to the opening of our library, a small article (with a photo!)
about the event appeared on Plant Press, the newsletter of the Botany
dept. of the Smithsonian Institution. Thought you might enjoy it. Please
click on the following link and scroll down to pag. 9, to read the
article:
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/plantpress/vol9no2.pdf
Love and have a great Summer!
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August 19 - Chesapeake Native Nursery Tour
We'll meet at the nursery (between Washington and Annapolis) at 3:30, with
a tour at 4:00, and a potluck picnic at the farm afterwards. 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.
Sara Tangren is our host and tour leader. Email:
SATangren@... Additionally, she will be doing a
presentation for the Plant Conservation Alliance meeting at NatureServe in
Arlington on Wednesday, July 12th, at 9:30 am.
For directions, see: http://www.chesapeakenatives.com
IF you get lost, you can contact Sarah on her cell phone 301 580 6237.
Here is an early announcement for a late October fieldtrip. Info about
our 3 upcoming trips is available at: http://botsoc.org/fieldtrips.html.
And remember, the archive of all announcements sent out is available at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/ which is linked to from the main BSW
page: http://botsoc.org
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If anyone has any ideas about this vine, please let me know:
http://bilton.us/vine1.jpg Flower was placed beside plant after having
fallen off. Scrambling on an old wall in West Va.
http://bilton.us/vine2.jpg
I should get a better picture of the flower but maybe someone will
recognize it without a better picture. I was thinking it's some sort of
Cucurbitaceae though the leaves at first impression made me think of an
Aristolcohia. Plant is rather prickly/hirsute.
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BSW Field Trip to Piscataway Park (Md.) -- Saturday, Oct. 28th, 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, on Saturday, October 28th, meeting at the site at 10:00 am. We
plan to be there a few hours, starting with a easy-paced tour on a boardwalk
crossing the marsh and swamp, followed by a bring-your-own lunch at a picnic
site at the end of the boardwalk, with the option of exploring additional swamp
woods further upriver in the early afternoon. Local floristic expert Brent
Steury of the National Park Service has offered to lead the trip for us.
Just in time for Halloween, we will be particularly looking for the pumpkin ash,
an uncommon, primarily southern species that grows in the swamp crossed by the
boardwalk at Accokeek. By late October, this should be dispersing fruit, which
is needed for definite identification of this red ash look-alike. We should
also see a abundance of hot-dog plants, as they were named by the kids along on
a kids-and-families trip that I took to this site last fall.
The morning portion of this trip, mostly on a boardwalk, is appropriate for
families with young children and old-timers or others with mobility limitations,
as well as the usual more vigorous folk, who may want to stay for the longer
swamp hike in the afternoon. Lunch will be in an area of picnic tables in a
mowed farm field at the end of the boardwalk; beach blankets are also OK there
if the grass is not wet. I'll plan to bring some of my usual nature-related
puppets and other toys for the younger participants, and others are invited to
bring similar items to share.
The site is west of Maryland 210 between Ft. Washington and Indian Head;
directions and further details to follow later in the season.
Thanks to Jil Swearingen for anchoring our trip leader!
-- Larry Morse, Chair, Field Trip Committee 2006
Below is a link to an article in today's Post about Plummers Island.
Using the link, you should not have to log in to the website. In the
print version, there is an additional picture of two people walking on a
trail through what looks like nothing but young pawpaws.
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Fieldtrip reminder: Pennsylvania Field Trip -- Sat/Sun Sept. 9-10, 2006: Info
at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/104 and another trip October
28 to Accokeek Boardwalk: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/105
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The next meeting will be Members' Night - TUesday, September 5. So get
your pictures ready!
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For any who were curious about my mystery vine, but did not ask me whether
I had learned what it was: Yes, I found out what it was! I had posted the
pictures online in a couple of spots but had no success. But a couple of
days after posting the links in one of my previous emails to this BSW
list, Art Tucker told me that the "cordate leaves and distinctive
campanulate corolla correlate nicely with Thladiantha dubia." When one
does a google search on the plant, the first hit you get is:
http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/dandridge/g37.html - from an old magazine.
The author was Danske Dandridge and it was on the property that Danske
used to own that I had found the vine! Given her description of how it
began to spread, it's surprising it doesn't seem to have spread very far.
According to the plants.uda.gov website, it's only reported from 4 or 5
states. Another interesting thing I learned was about some cedar wars that
took place in Shepherdstown in the late 20's and Danske's daughter was
sort of an earlier version of Julia Butterfly Hill.
From:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wfischel/Papers/cedar%20rust%20Fischel%2028apr04.pdf
"The states woodsmen were only slightly delayed by the on-site protests of
Serena Dandridge, who had tied American flags to the branches of the
better specimens in the hope that patriotism would shame the cutters. When
it did not, she tried civil disobedience, positioning herself between the
axmen and the trees. But the trees were widely spaced and the cutters were
many and efficient. Miss Dandridge took a last stand next to the largest
remaining cedar."
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