[BSW] New Maine wildflower book + a number of Zoom opportunities + Misc.

[KATHY BILTON]

New Book: Wildflowers of Maine Islands: The Downeast and Acadia Coasts
https://mainenaturalhistory.org/wildflowers_of_maine_islands

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Dueling Zooms on January 13 at 7pm:

The Conservation of Virginia’s Native Plants with Chris Ludwig
https://vnps.org/events/the-conservation-of-virginias-native-plants-with-chris-ludwig-via-zoom/

‘The Invasive Spotted Lanternfly: Ecological and Agricultural Impacts and 
Potential Solutions’.
Speaker:  Tracy Leskey, Research Leader and Station Director of the 
USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station.
https://www.potomacaudubon.org/event/potomac-valley-audubon-societys-virtual-monthly-program-the-invasive-spotted-lanternfly-ecological-and-agricultural-impacts-and-potential-solutions/
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Thursday, January 14 - 8:30PM EST - Floral Treasures of the Atascosa 
Highlands
https://aznps.com/chapters/tucson/

Friday, January 15 - 9PM EST - Diversity in a Grassland: Flora of the 
Salero Ranch
https://aznps.com/event/cochise-chapter-meeting-sue-carnahan-ua-herbarium/

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Also on the 15th:
Friday, January 15 - 9PM EST - “What in the World Was I Thinking?  Or, The 
Making of Flora Neomexicana”
http://gilanps.org/events/programs/

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Thursday, January 21, 2021   ($15/$18)
Native Plant Trust Book Club: Around the World in 80 Trees
http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/native-plant-trust-book-club-around-world-80-trees-class/

Saturday, February 20, 2021  ($30/$36)
Tales from the Field
http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/tales-field/

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Wednesday January 27 at 7pm - "Winter Botany 101"
Joe Alvarez
http://www.npsnj.org/pages/events_01_january.html#
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February 6 - 7pm - Zoom - Dr. Mason Heberling, Assistant Curator of 
Botany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
"Rethinking the Herbarium Specimen"
(This will be their 1149th meeting, 6th Zoom)

March 6 - 7pm - Zoom - Wesley Knapp, North Carolina Natural Heritage 
Program, Asheville, NC
"Tales from the Crypt: The Extinct Plants of North America with a Focus on 
New England Extinction Events"

http://www.rhodora.org/meetings/upcomingmeetings.html
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Thursday, February 25 7pm - Webinar: The Wild and Wonderful World of 
Butterflies
http://nanps.org/events/save-the-date-nanps-spring-speaker-series-butterflies/

Upcoming meetings of the Philadelphia Botanical Club (1/28, 2/25, and 
3/25)
http://www.philbotclub.org/meeting.html

Recordings of the Torrey Botanical Society
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCto734vmsHWfrEAIlcxWWww

Recording of the 2020 Pennsylvania Native Plant Society Annual Meeting
http://www.panativeplantsociety.org/2020-annual-meeting.html

Recorded Lecture: Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
https://riwps.org/event/natures-best-hope-talk-by-doug-tallamy-online/

James’s Front-Walk Garden
Diverse plantings for season-long interest
https://www.finegardening.com/article/james-front-walk-garden

Long‐term trends indicate that invasive plants are pervasive and 
increasing in eastern national parks
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eap.2239