From kathy at fred.net Mon May 3 12:45:29 2021 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 13:45:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Reminder: Slipper Sprurges tomorrow + MISC. Message-ID: Reminder: Our next BSW meeting will take place tomorrow evening. Tuesday, May 4 at 7pm Eastern Dr. Ival? Cacho of the National Autonomous University of Mexico will speak on the topic of ?Speciation in action? Biogeography, ecology and evolution in a Caribbean slipper spurge?. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87402861208?pwd=eEtMUTVHRkM1bEJHTXphUkhEbUhFQT09 "Doors" will open at 6:45 for those who might wish to come a bit early. As in the past, there will be a waiting room. Please try to make sure that your Zoom account identifies you with your name. This meeting will not be recorded. ------------------------------------------------------- Thursday-Friday May 13-14 - The 18th Smithsonian Botanical Symposium to explore plant symbioses https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany/news-and-highlights ------------------------------------------------------- I was looking at the Orobanche uniflora along the Ferry Hill trail yesterday when I decided to Google about it and what did I find but an article our own Marion Lobstein had written for VNPS in December. https://vnps.org/a-parasitic-lifestyle-beechdrops-and-their-relatives/ The day before, I'd been telling some people on a field trip about this article from the NY Times about the plant: The Flower That Must Not Be Named https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/nyregion/parasite-flower-orobanche-uniflora.html -------------------------------------------------------- New Book and Interview with One of the Authors BSBI Handbook #22: Broomrapes of Britain & Ireland: interview with Chris Thorogood https://bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2021/04/bsbi-handbook-22-broomrapes-of-britain.html -------------------------------------------------------- The Guardian of Cherry Trees: 93-Year-Old's Legacy https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/5001328/ -------------------------------------------------------- 'Wolf Packs' of Predatory Bacteria Lurk in Our Soil, and They Play a Crucial Role https://www.sciencealert.com/predatory-bacteria-hunt-in-wolf-packs-within-t he-soil-playing-a-huge-role-in-earth-s-nutrient-cycles From kathy at fred.net Tue May 4 17:31:38 2021 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 18:31:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Reminder = Meeting will start at 7; "Doors" open at 6:45. Message-ID: Here's the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87402861208?pwd=eEtMUTVHRkM1bEJHTXphUkhEbUhFQT09 Passcode shouldn't be needed but is: 012021 Dr. Ival? Cacho of the National Autonomous University of Mexico will speak on the topic of ?Speciation in action? Biogeography, ecology and evolution in a Caribbean slipper spurge?. From kathy at fred.net Sun May 9 11:45:30 2021 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Sun, 9 May 2021 12:45:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] May 13 at 1pm - Linnaean Society Herbaria talk by Dr. Thiers Message-ID: Herbaria: Collectively Saving Plant and Fungal Biodiversity It may be an evening talk across the pond but over here on the east coast it's at 1pm. The talk is free but one needs to register at least 24 hours in advance of the program. At this lecture, Dr Barbara Thiers, Vice President & Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, and Curator of Bryophytes at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), will illuminate the myriad ways in which the herbarium has made it possible for scientists to characterize the plants and fungi that grow in faraway places and to understand their diversity on a global scale. https://www.linnean.org/meetings-and-events/events/herbaria-collectively-saving-plant-and-fungal-biodiversity From jsully7 at gmail.com Sun May 9 12:24:57 2021 From: jsully7 at gmail.com (jsully7 at gmail.com) Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 17:24:57 +0000 Subject: [BSW] Invitation: May 13 at 1pm - Linnaean Society Herbaria talk by D... @ Sun May 9, 2021 1pm - 2pm (EDT) (bsw@botsoc.org) Message-ID: <000000000000a7623a05c1e8f0f3@google.com> You have been invited to the following event. 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Its global importance as a future gene resource for producing disease- and pest-resistance in our food crops is recognized through its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The registration fee goes to help this great organization. Description: https://anshome.org/naturalist-hour/ Registration: https://campscui.active.com/orgs/AudubonNaturalistSociety#/selectSessions/2917731/filter/types=1381008 Images are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bEuxH8_PPo1-OzKRG3cp-J1TMncEDzXA/view?usp=sharing ---------------------------------------------------- Our last BSW Zoom until after the summer will be on June 1. (Zoom link will be provided later.) Robert J. Soreng, PhD, Research Associate, Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution will speak on the topic: Drakensberg Alpine Grasslands: An assessment of impacts to plant diversity of fire and grazing. (Some results of from a 2020 expedition to South Africa and Lesotho) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VuY4N7gp1qH6WgLf1UXz_prFnQkBGeak/view?usp=sharing -------------------------------------------------------------------------- And a bit closer to home, right over in Ward 8, see this article about "Cleansing the soul and restoring the spirit with a spot of forest bathing": https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-ward-8-nature/2021/05/03/34013cb6-ac20-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html "We were forest bathing, but most of the participants were more accustomed to forest washing, so to speak. Nathan B. Harrington is the executive director of Ward 8 Woods, a nonprofit that is cleaning up the forested areas in Ward 8 and making them more accessible to residents. Nathan said that since 2018, his teams have carted out 300,000 pounds of trash and removed invasive vines from 1,000 trees." See this page for links to some upcoming work days. https://ward8woods.org/ From kathy at fred.net Sun May 16 13:25:11 2021 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 14:25:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] June 1 Meeting + Thiers talk + MISC. Message-ID: Our next meeting, the last until September, is coming up on the 1st of June at 7pm Eastern. Doors will open by 6:45 for socializing. Topic: Drakensberg Alpine Grasslands: An assessment of impacts to plant diversity of fire and grazing. (Some results of from a 2020 expedition to South Africa and Lesotho) Speaker: Robert J. Soreng, PhD, Research Associate, Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89044695837?pwd=QUtZQ2c1MmRsRUhETXllc2tVZlZ1UT09 (If needed: Meeting ID: 890 4469 5837 Passcode: 990270 ) -------------------------- A recording of the Linnean Society talk given on May 13 by Barbara Thiers is below. It was NOT canceled, even though you may have received an email saying that it was. (Possibly the result of an overactive Outlook calendar which sent out the email without human intervention...) Herbaria: Collectively Saving Plant and Fungal Biodiversity https://youtu.be/fYQzmrCokys An interview with Thiers about the book she released last December: Telling the Story of the Quest to Preserve and Classify the World?s Plants https://www.nybg.org/planttalk/telling-the-story-of-the-quest-to-preserve-and-classify-the-worlds-plants/ And a December podcast with Thiers: https://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/tag/Dr+Barbara+M+Thiers ----------------------------------------- Thursday, May 20 at 6pm Eastern - A Journey Through June Garden with David Culp https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hHLTtrfaRwiw7peGg4fKQA ----------------------------------------- Friday, May 21 at 9pm Eastern - Twenty Years of Conservation: Above and Below Ground at Kartchner Caverns State Park (AZNPS) https://aznps.com/event/cochise-chapter-meeting-3/ ----------------------------------------- Tuesday, May 25 - 7:30pm - Gardening for Pollinators - MNPS Zoom https://mdflora.org/event-4294522 ----------------------------------------- Thursday, June 17 -at 1pm Eastern -The Global Heritage of British Natural History https://www.linnean.org/meetings-and-events/events/the-global-heritage-of-british-natural-history ------------------------------------------ These Native Woodland Plants Deserve a Spot in Any Garden https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/native-flowering-plants-garde n/2021/05/11/ccf55ae2-ac20-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html One of the plants Higgins mentions, Phacelia bipinnatifida, I have growing at my house, the result of a single small plant given to me by Jean Worthley 8 or so years ago. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oy43wTjSL7y9e6-naOM0M84XlNi4vZPx/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GduTRy3SwVq8UhpjsZ0WN4YBgJ5SOIwQ/view?usp=sharing "No woodland garden should be without a showy lavender-blue bloomer named the fernleaf phacelia (Phacelia bipinnatifida). The half-inch blooms are round and prolific, borne atop leafy stems. It is biennial; the first year it germinates, the second it grows beefy and blooms before setting seed and dying to start the cycle again. It may take three or four years for a colony to become robust, but once it does, you will be pulling young plants to control the show." From kathy at fred.net Tue May 25 17:01:00 2021 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 18:01:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Earthworm ecology + 6/1 Drakensberg Alpine Grasslands + MISC Message-ID: Wednesday, May 26 at 11am Eastern (3pm UTC) Frank Ashwood will speak on?Earthworm Ecology Zoom?Registration: https://esrag.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceygqTstE9ZKFHVzWGGJnMjKVS87N5Si (Further details at bottom of this email.) ---------------------------------------------------------- Next BSW meeting is coming up in a week - Tuesday, June 1 at 7pm. Doors will open by 6:45 for socializing. Topic: Drakensberg Alpine Grasslands: An assessment of impacts to plant diversity of fire and grazing. (Some results of from a 2020 expedition to South Africa and Lesotho) http://botsoc.org/jun21.jpg Speaker: Robert J. Soreng, PhD, Research Associate, Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89044695837?pwd=QUtZQ2c1MmRsRUhETXllc2tVZlZ1UT09 (If needed: Meeting ID: 890 4469 5837 Passcode: 990270 ---------------------------------------------------------- Free Webinar: ?Glades of Arkansas? with Brent Baker Hosted by the Arkansas Native Plant Society Time: Saturday, June 5, 10-11am Program Description: Brent Baker, Botanist for the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, will discuss what glades are, the different types in Arkansas, and where they occur. He?ll also highlight glade plants in general and some plants unique to certain types of glades. Click here to join:?https://craftontull.zoom.us/j/93105676042 ----------------------------------------------------------- Lots of online and in-person seminars this summer at Eagle Hill https://www.eaglehill.us/programs/sems-online/calendar-online.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------- Vascular Plants of Maryland: A Comprehensive Account of the State's Botanical Diversity https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/book/Vascular_Plants_of_Maryland_USA_A_Comprehensive_Account_of_the_State_s_Botanical_Diversity/14605674/1 ---------------------------------------------------------- What You May Not Know about Poison Ivy https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/realestate/poison-ivy.html ---------------------------------------------------------- Fatal Attraction: Rare Corpse Flower Draws Hundreds of Onlookers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/19/corpse-flower-san-francisco-bay-area ----------------------------------------------------------- Recording of April MNPS Program is now online. Grasses That Bloom in the Spring with Lauren Brown https://youtu.be/RtnasRASQk4 ----------------------------------------------------------- Title:?Earthworm Ecology Dr Frank Ashwood will provide an overview of the many ecological groups of earthworms and the ecosystem services that they provide. He will also describe the global distribution of earthworms, and the effects of introduced invasive species on native earthworm communities and ecosystems in various regions of the world,?especially the Atlantic region of North America. (You may also ask "What has climate change got to do with earthworms?") Frank?s Bio Dr Frank Ashwood is a soil ecologist working for Forest Research, Great Britain?s principal organisation for forestry and tree related research. Frank?s doctoral thesis investigated the role of earthworms as soil improvers for tree establishment on reclaimed land, and he now researches soil biological health in woodlands and forests across the United Kingdom. In his spare time, Frank is the research officer for the Earthworm Society of Britain, and an Associate Tutor for the Field Studies council, running earthworm education courses for the British public. A world renowned?expert?on earthworms, he was a keynote speaker at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Annual Convention.?The Forestry Commission is internationally renowned for the provision of science, research, evidence, data and services in support of sustainable forestry. From kathy at fred.net Sun May 30 18:34:05 2021 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 19:34:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Reminder: June 1 - Drakensburg Alpine Grasslands + MISC Message-ID: Reminder: BSW June meeting, Tuesday, June 1 at 7pm. Doors will open by 6:45 for socializing. Topic: Drakensberg Alpine Grasslands: An assessment of impacts to plant diversity of fire and grazing. (Some results from a 2020 expedition to South Africa and Lesotho) Speaker: Robert J. Soreng, PhD, Research Associate, Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89044695837?pwd=QUtZQ2c1MmRsRUhETXllc2tVZlZ1UT09 (If needed: Meeting ID: 890 4469 5837 Passcode: 990270 http://botsoc.org/jun21.jpg ---------------------------------------------- Thursday, June 3 at 6pm HST (12 Midnight Eastern) https://www.wcisa.net/industryevent/627 ----------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 15 at 9pm Eastern - AZNPS Zoom https://aznps.com/event/flagstaff-chapter-meeting-june-15-2021-dr-judith-bronstein-binders-full-of-women-female-scientists-in-the-american-naturalist-1867-1917/ Dr. Judith Bronstein ? Binders full of Women: Female Scientists in The American Naturalist, 1867-1917 ------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, June 16 at 7:00 PM NJNPS Zoom "Native Plants For Moths" Speaker: Rachel Mackow https://www.npsnj.org/pages/events_06_june.php ----------------------------------------------- A Virtual Walk through Sping - April 2021 - in the Finger Lakes Region of NY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjNJAFogTsg&t=3s ----------------------------------------------- Greed is destroying forests and the environment in Northern Virginia https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/21/fairfax-development-destroying-forests-environment ------------------------------------------------ The Daily Gardener - Podcasts, Gardening Info, Botanical History https://thedailygardener.org/ -------------------------------------------------- Dimensions of invasive plant success https://phys.org/news/2021-05-dimensions-invasive-success.html -------------------------------------------------- Get Smarter about Poison Ivy, with Dr. Susan Pell https://awaytogarden.com/poison-ivy-with-dr-susan-pell/ --------------------------------------------------- BSW presentations coming up after the summer: 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 January 4th: John Kress