From kathy at fred.net Mon Mar 2 07:30:08 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 08:30:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Tomorrow, March 3 - The Awesome World of Mangroves + Oh, deer! + Bullies Message-ID: Reminder - the next meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd. Speaker: Steven Canty Topic: The Awesome World of Mangroves Date and time: 7pm on Tuesday, March 3rd 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. Dinner and security details here: http://botsoc.org/ -------------------------------- Sunday, March 8 at 6:30 pm - Arlington County Central Library - 1015 N. Quincy Street - Nearest Metro: Virginia Square or Ballston Oh, Deer! A presentation by Bill Browning and Charles Smith What the overpopulation of deer means for our natural areas https://arlingtonmasternaturalists.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/oh-deer_march-8-2020.pdf ------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, March 10 at Cylburn in Baltimore A lecture on Botanical Bullies by Carole Bergmann https://mdhorticulture.org/programs-events/lecture-series/ From kathy at fred.net Fri Mar 13 16:52:37 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:52:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] This will probably not be a surprise - 4/7 meeting is cancelled + Misc. Message-ID: The Smithsonian museums are closed until further notice and our meeting scheduled for April 7 will not be able to take place. Nothing has yet been decided about the field trips which were to take place, tentatively on March 28, April 4 and April 11. ----------------------------------------------- In the meantime, here is something that doesn't require one to leave one's home: A New York Botanical Garden project called Transcribing Torrey is asking volunteers to decipher the notes and correspondence of one of the most prominent botanists of the 1800s, John Torrey. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-dawn-of-american-plant-science-was-lost-in-a-botanists-prolific-notes ------------------------------------------------------- ABC Presents James A. Duke Botanical Literature Award to Authoritative Text on Voynich Codex ? ?World?s Most Mysterious? Plant Book https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/03/09/1997575/0/en/ABC-Presents-James-A-Duke-Botanical-Literature-Award-to-Authoritative-Text-on-Voynich-Codex-World-s-Most-Mysterious-Plant-Book.html ---------------------------------------------------------- An exploration of women in botany and more https://www.chicoer.com/2020/03/05/an-exploration-of-women-in-botany-and-more-biblio-file/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Reviving interest in botany is this govt school?s mission https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviving-interest-in-botany-is-this-govt-schools-mission-52376 From kathy at fred.net Thu Mar 19 19:31:21 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:31:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Pictures from today from Ferry Hill (Mile 73 of the C and O) Message-ID: Here is a link to a folder with a number of pictures taken this afternoon at Ferry Hill along the C and O (near Shepherdstown, WV): Lots of the usual suspects. Hepatica has been up since mid-February. Today, I spotted two plants for the first time this season, Rue anemone and Wild Ginger. The rest I've been seeing on recent walks to the site. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bTRUpwTwYU_3X0b9DL8HYNUZz64Ez4YP Hope folks are doing OK. From kathy at fred.net Fri Mar 20 10:13:16 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:13:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Field trips on March 28, April 4 and April 11 Message-ID: For 2020 we have three Saturday spring field trips planned for plant walks, two will be along the Billy Goat Trail in Maryland, the third will be in Virginia at Turkey Run along the George Washington Parkway. Bring your lunch! And keep your distance! Billy Goat trail walks (2): Meet opposite the Old Anglers Inn at 9am for our plant walk on 28 March and 11 April. Turkey Run trail walk on April 4: meet at 9am 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 Paul Peterson 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 28 March this year might be better since the Cherry blossoms are blooming early @20-23 March. I?ve seen quite a few plants flowering already, i.e., Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume, Ranunculus ficaria L. etc. From kathy at fred.net Mon Mar 23 23:49:28 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:49:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Something that's not cancelled - 3 field trips Message-ID: Reminder... For 2020 we have three Saturday spring field trips planned for plant walks, two will be along the Billy Goat Trail in Maryland, the third will be in Virginia at Turkey Run along the George Washington Parkway. Bring your lunch! And keep your distance! Billy Goat trail walks (2): Meet opposite the Old Anglers Inn at 9am for our plant walk on 28 March and 11 April. iTurkey Run trail walk on April 4: meet at 9am 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 Paul Peterson 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 28 March this year might be better since the Cherry blossoms are blooming early @20-23 March. I?ve seen quite a few plants flowering already, i.e., Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume, Ranunculus ficaria L. etc. At this point, it looks like the highs on Saturday will be in the upper 50's.