[BSW] February Cacti - 2021 Calendar - Living Landscape - + Misc.

[KATHY BILTON]

For our Tuesday, February 2, Zoom meeting, Lucas Majure, of the FLAS 
herbarium, will be our speaker.  His topic: "A Closer Look at the Cacti of 
the Antilles Reveals a Complicated Biogeographic History” 
https://www.majurelab.org
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/
A flier is here:  http://botsoc.org/feb21.pdf

(Zoom link will be provided later.)

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Calendar for the rest of 2021  (more specific titles closer to the meeting 
dates)

March 2nd: Doug Ripley - Natural History in Southern Oceans
April 6th: Daniel Nickrent - Parasitic Plants
May 4th: Ivalú Cacho - Caribbean Slipper Spurges
June 1st: Rob Soreng – Grasses
September 7th: Members' presentation night
October 5th: Jordan Teisher - Special Collections at PH
November 2nd: Monica Carlsen - Floral Scents in Anthuriums
December 7th : Outgoing president’s presentation and annual holiday party

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Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 P.M. MNPS Program:
Diversity of a Serpentine Grassland at Bare Hills Barrens, Lake Roland 
Park: A 20 Year Study
https://mdflora.org/event-4044312
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The Living Landscape speaker series
https://u.osu.edu/certify/living-landscape-speaker-series/

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“A New Year’s Resolution for Taylor Run”, January 13, 2021 Alexandria 
Times, page 24, letter to the editor by Rod Simmons
https://alextimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/01_14_2021-Alex_Times_WEB.pdf
Please contact Rod if you would like to get on his mailing list - 
simmons22041 at gmail.com
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The Conservation of Virginia’s Native Plants with Chris Ludwig (Recording 
of January 13 program plus resource list)
https://vnps.org/events/the-conservation-of-virginias-native-plants-with-chris-ludwig-via-zoom/
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The Hand Lens - Stories from the NYBG Steere Herbarium
http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/introducing-the-hand-lens/

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New issue of the Plant Press (AZNPS) focusing on invasives
https://aznps.com/the-plant-press/
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Britain and Ireland have a New Year Plant Hunt - Why Don't We?
https://bsbi.org/new-year-plant-hunt
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New Book: "The Botany of Gin" by Chris Thorogood and Simon Hiscock
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/B/bo68799071.html

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Mystery That Baffled Darwin Solved: Clever Strategy Some Flowers Use to 
Ensure Effective Pollination by Bees
https://scitechdaily.com/mystery-that-baffled-darwin-solved-clever-strategy-some-flowers-use-to-ensure-effective-pollination-by-bees/