From kathy at fred.net  Mon Mar  4 08:30:12 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 09:30:12 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [BSW] Meeting reminder - Tomorrow, Tuesday March 5
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1902280944370.29281@shell.xecu.net>

*** Parking in the museum lot is no longer available. ***
There is paid parking on the mall behind the museum as well as in nearby 
lots.

Next meeting: March 5 at 7 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Puttock
Topic: Apocynaceae of the mid?Atlantic

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 at 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.

From kathy at fred.net  Fri Mar 15 16:43:38 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:43:38 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] April 2 meeting + some upcoming VNPS and MNPS trips
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1903151727580.63806@shell.xecu.net>

Next BSW meeting: April 2 at 7 P.M.

Speaker: Dr. Marcos Caraballo

Topic: Taxonomy, phylogenomics, and current studies on neotropical 
mistletoes

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 at 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.

*** Parking in the museum lot is no longer available. ***
There is paid parking on the mall behind the museum as well as in nearby 
lots.

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DUMBARTON OAKS FOREST RESTORATION (SUNDAY)
03/24/2019
  10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
https://mdflora.org/event-3299142

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CHESAPEAKE NATIVES NATIVE PLANT SALE (SUNDAY)
03/31/2019
  10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
https://mdflora.org/event-3286345

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Early Spring Walk at Turkey Run
Sunday, March 31, 2019
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
https://vnps.org/potowmack/events/early-spring-walk-at-turkey-run/
Registration required.

https://vnps.org/potowmack/events/early-spring-walk-at-turkey-run/

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G. Richard Thompson WMA Walk and Invasive Removal
Sunday, March 31, 2019
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
https://vnps.org/piedmont/events/g-richard-thompson-wma-walk-and-invasive-removal-3/

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April Ephemerals of Turkey Run
Saturday, April 6, 2019
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
https://vnps.org/potowmack/events/april-ephemerals-of-turkey-run-with-alonso-abugattas/
Registration required.


From kathy at fred.net  Sun Mar 24 18:20:37 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:20:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] =?utf-8?q?FW=3A_=E2=80=9CWhat_Darwin_Couldn=27t_Know=3A_Mo?=
 =?utf-8?q?dern_Perspectives_on_Crop_Plant_Origins=22_-_Smithsonian_Botani?=
 =?utf-8?q?cal_Symposium=2C_May_17=2C_2019_-_Washington_DC?=
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1903241918280.55736@shell.xecu.net>

>From Gary Krupnick via Robin Everly:

From: Krupnick, Gary
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 2:24 PM
To: Krupnick, Gary <KRUPNICK at si.edu>
Subject: ?What Darwin Couldn't Know: Modern Perspectives on Crop Plant
Origins" - Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, May 17, 2019 - Washington DC

The National Museum of Natural History and the U.S. Botanic Garden have
begun accepting abstracts for poster presentations for the 17th Smithsonian
Botanical Symposium, " What Darwin Couldn't Know: Modern Perspectives on
Crop Plant Origins", which will be held May 17, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Poster abstracts must be submitted electronically to sbs at si.edu before 12
April 2019.

There is no registration fee to attend the Symposium, but attendees must
register online. Visit the website http://sbs19.eventbrite.com or send email
sbs at si.edu for more information.

For those attending the Symposium, the museum is hosting a behind-the-scenes
tour of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. The Cullman
Library will have on display for browsing and discussion a wide selection of
stunning books highlighting Darwin?s publications, medical botany, Native
American plant use, and more. To sign up, please send an email message to
sbs at si.edu indicating which tour you would like to attend:

  *  Thursday, May 16 at 3:00 - 4:00 pm
  *  Thursday, May 16 at 4:00 - 5:00 pm
  *  Friday May 17 at 8:00 - 9:00 am

First come, first serve. Capacity for each tour is 20 people. Please meet at
the T. rex skull in the Constitution Ave. lobby at 5 minutes before the
scheduled time. A waiting list will be made to accommodate demand. RSVP by
Monday, May 13.

Note: The original title of the symposium, ?Beneath their Notice:
Domestication of Useful Plants? has officially been changed to ?What Darwin
Couldn't Know: Modern Perspectives on Crop Plant Origins.?


From: Krupnick, Gary
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:36 AM
Subject: "Beneath their Notice: Domestication of Useful Plants" -
Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, May 17, 2019 - Washington DC

Smithsonian Botanical Symposium

May 17, 2019

Washington, D.C.

http://sbs19.eventbrite.com
?

?Beneath their Notice: Domestication of Useful Plants?

Presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History,
Department of Botany

In collaboration with the United States Botanic Garden

The Department of Botany and the United States Botanic Garden will convene
the 2019 Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, ?Beneath their Notice:
Domestication of Useful Plants,? to be held at the National Museum of
Natural History in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2019.
?

Darwin was not only interested in Galapagos finches, but he also spent a
considerable amount of time experimenting and thinking about domestication
of animals and plants. He took a dim view of progress in understanding
domestication in the vegetable kingdom and wrote, ?Botanists have generally
neglected cultivated varieties, as beneath their notice? (The Variation of
Animals and Plants under Domestication, 1868). This is no longer the case.
There is a resurgence of research focused on the plants most essential to
human life.

The 17th Smithsonian Botanical Symposium will highlight current research
into the domestication of crops and their wild relatives as well as
ornamental plants. Speakers will include archaeobotanists, botanists,
geneticists, and paleoethnobotanists utilizing molecular and genomic tools
unknown to Darwin.

There is no registration fee to attend the Symposium, but attendees must
register online.

Email sbs at si.edu for more information.

PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE

Friday, May 17
Morning Session - NMNH Baird Auditorium
9:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. ? 12:45 p.m. Invited papers

12:45 p.m. Lunch break

Afternoon Session - NMNH Baird Auditorium
2:00 p.m. ? 5:30 p.m. Invited papers and discussion

Evening Events - The United States Botanic Garden Conservatory
100 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20001
6:30 p.m. Closing reception and poster session

?

Call for Posters

Abstracts for poster presentations may be emailed to sbs at si.edu. Poster
topics must be related to the study of archaeobotany and contain original
research. The deadline for abstract submission is April 12, 2019.

?


From kathy at fred.net  Sun Mar 24 18:33:53 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:33:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] BSW field trips 6, 13,
 20 of April 2019 all meeting at 9am on Saturday mornings
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1903241921150.55736@shell.xecu.net>


For 2019 we have 3 spring field trips planned for plant walks. 2 will be 
along the Billy Goat Trail in Maryland, the 3rd will be in Virginia at 
Turkey Run along the G.W. Parkway.

Bring your lunch!

Meet opposite the Old Anglers Inn at 9am for our plant walk along the 
Billy Goat trail on 6 and 20 April. ?

On 13 April we do Turkey Run, meet in front of the U.S. Park Police 
District Two Station, McLean, VA 22101 off of George Washington Memorial 
Parkway.? You can make a left while heading south just past the signed 
turn for Turkey Run park (slow down and turn from left lane across 
traffic). ?People can contact me at 301-412-4212 if they are running late 
or need reassurance.? We go for a hike even if raining!?

Plant lists, maps, etc can be found 
here:   http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html

We?ve decided that going on 30 March this year might be a little early.? Not
many plants flowering yet and it appears next week may not be very warm.?
Cherry blossoms are projected to peak @ 5th April now.?


?

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From kathy at fred.net  Sun Mar 24 18:39:08 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:39:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] Next meeting: April 2 at 7pm
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1903241935530.55736@shell.xecu.net>

  *** Parking in the museum lot is no longer available. ***
There is paid parking on the mall behind the museum as well as in nearby 
lots.

Next meeting: April 2 at 7 P.M.

Speaker: Dr. Marcos Caraballo

Topic: Taxonomy, phylogenomics, and current studies on neotropical 
mistletoes

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 at-the-domain si 
(dot)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.

--------------------------

Three field trips are scheduled for April.  See details here:

http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html


From kathy at fred.net  Tue Mar 26 17:27:33 2019
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:27:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [BSW] April 2 BSW meeting flier + Sunday events in Alexandria
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1903261535120.55736@shell.xecu.net>

Here is a link to a flier which you can print and post for the April 2 BSW 
meeting: http://botsoc.org/apr19.pdf

Here are links to meeting details as well as to the announcement about the 
3 upcoming April BSW field trips:

http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2019-March/000303.html
http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2019-March/000302.html

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Rod Simmons is going to be giving a presentation on: 
The Importance of Native Vines and Their Association With Trees
for the 2019 spring training class of the Tree Stewards of Arlington and 
Alexandria

Sunday, March 31, 2019
1:30 ? 4 p.m.
Beatley Central Library
5005 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22304

A field trip to the old channel of Holmes Run and Holmes Run Park adjacent
to the library to see native and invasive exotic vines will follow the
presentation.