[Botsocwash] (BSW) Meeting tomorrow, 4/2 + Field Trips + Misc (with corrections)

[Kathy BILTON]

NOTE: Speaker and topic was omitted from the previous announcement. And a
change of time has come up for the reservation at the restaurant. New
meeting time at the Elephant and Castle: 5:15pm.

Our next (hybrid) meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, April 2 at 7pm.

Our speaker: Carlos Machado,  Ph.D., of the Machado Lab, Department of
Biology, University of Maryland
The title of the talk will be "Figs and the Evolution of a Mutualism".

A flyer is available for the talk: http://www.botsoc.org/apr24.pdf

For those planning to come to dinner beforehand, meet at the Elephant and
Castle at 5:15pm. Those planning to attend in person but not come to dinner
should arrive in the Constitution Avenue lobby at 6:45 so that you can be
escorted to the meeting room.

In-Person Location: The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History,
Room W-33.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87861668978?pwd=QWtGUzdpc1RIc1VvMlJUOXd1bUJMdz09
("Doors" will open by 6:45.)
           Meeting ID  878 6166 8978   Passcode 841633

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The next field trip is this Saturday, April 6 to Turkey Run, meeting at
9am. Details about this trip and two more trips the following two Saturdays
can be found here: http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html

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Tuesday, April 23 - 7pm - Using iNaturalist to Document Plant Diversity by
Deborah Barber
https://mdflora.org/event-5610956

April is National Native Plant Month
https://nationalnativeplantmonth.org/

Manganese in Soil Can Turn Forests into Carbon Emitters Rather than Vaults
https://www.earth.com/news/manganese-soil-turns-forests-into-net-carbon-emitters/

Penn State History Lesson: Old Botany Building
https://onwardstate.com/2023/10/20/penn-state-history-lesson-old-botany-building/

Here’s When You Can Visit Chantilly’s National Botanic Garden
https://northernvirginiamag.com/things-to-do/things-to-do-features/2024/03/25/heres-when-you-can-visit-chantillys-national-botanic-garden/
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