From kathy at fred.net  Mon Mar  5 09:36:05 2018
From: kathy at fred.net (Kathy Bilton)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 10:36:05 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [BSW] Water-lilies + Field trips + botany teacher wanted
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1803051014231.62121@shell.xecu.net>

The next BSW meeting will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, March 6 at 7PM.  The 
speaker will be Dr. John H. Wiersema, BSW member and Botanist at the 
Agricultural Research Service, USDA

His topic: "An Overview of the Water-lily Genus Nymphaea"
Flier for posting: http://botsoc.org/mar18.pdf

Location and dinner details on the webpage: http://botsoc.org/

Dates for spring field trips will be determined at the meeting.

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Last Defense for Local Forests: Edges of Woodlands
Thursday, March 8, 2018 ? 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Speaker: Rod Simmons
Dolley Madison Library
1244 Oak Ridge Ave, McLean, VA 22101
PLEASE NOTE:? Change of venue and earlier start time
http://vnps.org/potowmack/download/Rod%20Simmons%20Last%20Defense%20Mar%202018.pdf

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Saturday, March 31 - 10:00 am ? 1:30 pm - Spring Flora of the Holmes Run 
Gorge
Leader: Rod Simmons
This program is free. ?Please register at
https://goo.gl/forms/QmHVJeRa2UoQOPgF2 ?Drop-ins are also 
welcome.
?Adults only.

The scenic Holmes Run Gorge is one of the most floristically and 
geologically diverse areas of northern Virginia. ?Massive cliffs and 
outcroppings of bedrock abound, capped by ancient gravel terraces and 
deposits of the Potomac Formation. ?The vegetation of the Gorge is 
diverse, with old-age forest stands and many species that are uncommon to 
rare in the region.

Directions: Shirley Highway (395) to King St. (Rt. 7) west exit.? 
Gradually move to the left lane after exiting and take left onto N. 
Beauregard St. at bottom of hill (N. Beauregard St. becomes Walter Reed 
Dr. at this intersection at edge of the City of Alexandria and Arlington 
County).? Follow N. Beauregard St. south and uphill past Seminary Rd. and 
downhill to Sanger Ave.? Take right onto Sanger Ave. and continue a short 
distance to its end.? Turn left into parking area (shared entrance with 
school) and proceed to parking lot at woods edge and park.? Meet at the 
Ford Nature Center, 5750 Sanger Avenue.? 703-746-5525 (front desk).

*In the event of pouring rain, the program will be cancelled.?

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Below is an email I received from someone via the BSW webpage looking for 
someone to teach a small botany class.  I told her I could not do this but 
asked if she would like for me to pass along her email to the BSW email 
list. She said, yes, so here it is.  I don't know anything more about this 
than what you can see in her email. If you are interested, please write 
directly to her.

From: Leila Tannous <leilatann at gmail.com>

Tue, 27 Feb 2018, at 09:09, Leila Tannous said:

Hi Kathy,

I am wondering if you'd be interested in giving a small group, one-off
classes in DC in a public location? I work for a start up that is looking
for various talents to list experiences in DC for locals and tourists. I
think a Botany class would add great flavor to the collection.

If this sounds like something you'd like to do or explore, we can chat or
meet for coffee and discuss.?

Thanks,
Leila

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See upcoming MNPS and VNPS events and trips here:

https://mdflora.org/events
http://vnps.org/events/

From kathy at fred.net  Wed Mar 14 12:42:37 2018
From: kathy at fred.net (Kathy Bilton)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:42:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] Next meeting  + Spring Field Trips
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1803081643440.4555@shell.xecu.net>

Next meeting: Tuesday, April 3rd at 7 P.M.

Speaker: Dr. Robert Gropp, Co-Executive Director, American Institute of 
Biological Sciences, Policy Director of the Natural Science Collections 
Alliance

Topic: Advocating for Biodiversity Collections: Engaging Decision-makers

Here is a flier for the meeting: http://botsoc.org/apr18.pdf

Location: VZ Conference Room (WG 33)
Ground Floor of the West Wing, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC.

Please email Erika Gardner at the address gardnere.si.edu to arrange for a 
pass to get to the meeting room.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, 
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The 
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th 
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the 
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby

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We will be having two Saturday trips to Bear Island, on March 31 and on 
April 14.  There will be a trip to Turkey Run on Saturday, April 7.

Details are here:  http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html

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Rediscovery of Thismia neptunis (Thismiaceae) after 151 years
https://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.340.1.5
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bizarre-plant-not-seen-150-years-found-sarawak-180968413/

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See upcoming MNPS and VNPS events and trips here:

https://mdflora.org/events
http://vnps.org/events/

Also - some additional events sent out by VNPS.  It came in a nice chart 
but when I tried copying it the chart aspect was lost.

http://botsoc.org/pipermail/2018_botsoc.org/2018-March/000001.html


From kathy at fred.net  Tue Mar 27 13:21:15 2018
From: kathy at fred.net (Kathy Bilton)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:21:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] Field Trips, next meeting, etc.
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1803271403220.45034@shell.xecu.net>

Reminder: Our first field trip will take place this Saturday, March 31, 
meeting at 9am in the parking area across from Old Angler's Inn.
http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html

Rod Simmons will be speaking this evening (March 27) at the Kensington 
library about the LIMITS OF RESTORATION.
https://mdflora.org/event-2780975

The next BSW meeting is coming up next week on 3 April at 7pm.  The 
speaker will be Dr. Richard Gropp.  His topic:  Advocating for 
Biodiversity Collections: Engaging Decision-makers
See the webpage for details: http://botsoc.org/

See the MNPS events page for many upcoming events including a walk on 
April 21 to Watkins Regional Park, one of the trips which does not 
require registration: 
https://mdflora.org/event-2869990?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=4/27/2018

MNPS Events page: https://mdflora.org/calendar
VNPS Events page: http://vnps.org/events/


MISC.:
How the earliest plants made our world muddy
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/23/how-the-earliest-plants-made-our-world-muddy

Nettle Cake
https://www.thewondersmith.com/blog/2018/3/13/nettle-cake-an-ode-to-moss-gazing