[Botsocwash] February 6 meeting + Recording of January 2 + MISC.

[Kathy BILTON]

The next Botanical Society of Washington meeting will be on Tuesday,
February 6 at 7pm with the Zoom doors opening by 6:45pm.  Stay tuned to
find out whether it will be hybrid or solely online.

The speaker: Andrea Weeks, Ph.D., George Mason University
Topic: "Common Ground of Fellow Botanists: Lena Artz and Francis W.
Hunnewell II in the Shenandoah Valley"

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89154323931?pwd=MG1jZStnNW1sUFpHcnpIRC9QNEJiZz09
Meeting ID: 891 5432 3931
Passcode: 991986
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Last Tuesday's recording is now available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zKZdWLSM0
Speaker: Harlan Svoboda, Ph.D., the curator of the Herbaria at the U.S.
National Arboretum.
His topic: "The Enduring Legacy of the USDA's Botanical Explorations"

It's also still available here, possibly with better video quality.
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/CzepiQTG2-GZ3YQPIlRKOw0OERJ9CpitWLlX-ImPTewlhV_HVuojsq9D_t7RaPuE.gd4dImDeitqarRb4
Passcode: q.X011BM
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Thursday, January 18 - 7pm - Wildflowers in Winter
https://npsnj.org/event/wildflowers-in-winter/

March 25 - April 4, 2024 -An Overview of The Quillworts: Identification,
Ecology, and Evolution
https://eaglehill.us/programs/sems-online/flyers-online-pdfs/2024-Schafran.pdf

Lunchtime Lectures from the Fort Worth Botanical Garden
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFlQggX9zTKQ3QuZ7lgnJ9zIMW997bIZq

1920's Botany Professor’s Mycology Samples Return to Brown Herbarium now
houses collections of Walter H. Snell, former professional
baseball player, Brown professor
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/11/1920s-botany-professors-mycology-samples-return-to-brown

>From Martha Mitchell’s Encyclopedia Brunoniana:
Walter Henry Snell (1889-1980)
https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=S0270

Flowers Are Evolving to Have Less Sex
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/science/flower-sex-evolution-bees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE0.6tWE.CccqmT7jRDY6&smid=em-share

Tech Founder Relinquishes Nearly 1,000 Acres of Private Land to Public
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-mendocino-forest-thomas-creek-18586075.php

"We are All Connected," The Wisdom of Jadav Payeng, India's Forest Man
https://www.oneearth.org/reforestation-hero-jadav-payeng/

Could Low Caffeine Coffee Varieties Replace Decaf?
https://perfectdailygrind.com/2021/06/could-low-caffeine-coffee-varieties-replace-decaf/
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