[Botsocwash] (BSW) Field trips + March 4 Recording + Wednesday Oaks + Misc.

[KATHY BILTON]

Our next meeting will be on April Fool's Day. The speaker originally
scheduled is not able to speak that night, so as soon as a speaker is
confirmed, another email will be sent out.

We have three field trips scheduled so far. The first and third will be on
Saturdays, March 29 and April 5, meeting at 8am across from Old Angler's
Inn.   The second will be on Saturday, April 12 at Turkey Run in Virginia.
Details can be found here: http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html

Recording of our March 4 meeting with
Speaker: Alina Puig, PhD, Research Plant Pathologist at USDA-ARS
Title: Theobroma Cacao Cultivation and Diseases
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/vK7CZcyKbWpgzJ51i1_f8km2w2Wm2OewH5VipaTEa9VJ3GxWwtBLY28ndP4pPEbY.KLlChALsJFqKFSxf
Passcode: 1.n2jG?w


Wednesday, March 12 - at 7:30pm - Webinar - The Wild World of Oaks —
Majestic, Iconic, and Indispensable, presented by Dr. Randi Eckel (Register
at this link)
https://npsnj.org/event/the-wild-world-of-oaks-majestic-iconic-and-indispensable-presented-by-dr-randi-eckel/

Thursday, March 13 - 7pm - Weird and Wonderful Native Orchids with Melissa
McCormick [via Zoom]
https://vnps.org/potowmack/events/our-native-orchids-with-melissa-mccormick-via-zoom/

Wednesday, March 19 at 7pm - Webinar: Weeds as Workhorses - featuring Ethan
Dropkin - of Larry Weaner Associates -
https://npsnj.org/.../weeds-as-workhorses-by-ethan-dropkin/

Thursday, March 20 - 7pm - Impact of Invasive Plants on Native Biotic
Communities in Eastern Virginia, with Jim Perry, via Zoom
https://vnps.org/johnclayton/events/impact-of-invasive-plants-on-native-biotic-communities-in-eastern-virginia-via-zoom/

Tuesday, March 18, 10:00 PM: Catherine Young. Analysis of Potential Hazards
to
the Future Conservation of the Endemic Alpine Species Packera franciscana
https://aznps.com/event/flagstaff-chapter-meeting-5/

After 2,000 Years, These Date Seeds Have Finally Sprouted
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/02/how-to-grow-a-date-tree-from-2000-year-old-seeds/606079/?gift=hl5XMy3HWJ64YOLiuKY__8mrrEVBHKRlbqrtQP8MWk4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Ash Borer Research Focuses on Trees that are Naturally Resistant to the
Invasive Pest
https://www.turfnet.com/news.html/ash-borer-research-focuses-on-trees-that-are-naturally-resistant-to-the-invasive-pest-r2122/

Nearly Half of Popular Tropical Plant Groups Related to Birds-of-Paradise
and Bananas are Threatened with Extinction
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-popular-tropical-groups-birds-paradise.html
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