From kathy at fred.net Mon Jan 3 12:31:44 2022 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 13:31:44 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Reminder - Tomorrow - Tuesday, January 4 at 7pm Message-ID: Our first meeting of 2022 is coming up tomorrow, Tuesday, January 4, at 7pm. John Kress will be speaking on the topic: ?Coevolution in the Anthropocene: The Complexity of Nature in a Rapidly Changing World? A flier can be found here: http://botsoc.org/jan22.pdf. W. John Kress, Ph.D. Co-Chair, Earth BioGenome Project, https://www.earthbiogenome.org/ Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88102221525?pwd=WFlKcUgydlF0dzM1SS9LZWxnTlo3dz09 Note: This meeting will not be recorded. ------------------------------------------------------- Dues for 2022 There are two ways to pay Botanical Society of Washington 2022 Dues ($10 for individual or $15 for two at one address) to the Treasurer. 1) Mail check payable to Botanical Society of Washington to: Paul Peterson, 4520 Cheltenham Dr., Bethesda MD 20814 2) Pay using Venmo: Paul Peterson: @BotSoc-Wash Instructions for those new to Venmo: 1. Set up Venmo app on your phone 2. Link to method of payment, such as a bank account or credit card 3. Select pay 4. Enter @BotSoc-Wash on the Add Recipients line 5. Enter dollar amount, such as $10 or $15 6. Enter Dues on the What's it for line 7. Select Pay and follow instructions, if you have more than one bank listed you are prompted to select one or the other You actually do not need to use Paul's name. All you need is the Venmo name @BotSoc-Wash. If you search Paul Peterson in Venmo you will see the Botanical Society of Washington logo taken from the coffee mug and the Venmo name @BotSoc-Wash. There are no fees if you use your bank account; there is a 3% fee if you use a credit card. From kathy at fred.net Tue Jan 4 17:01:51 2022 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:01:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Meeting in about an hour + Next two months' speakers + Jan. 12 Alan Weakley Message-ID: Our first meeting of 2022 is coming up tonight, January 4 at 7pm. John Kress will be speaking on the topic: ?Coevolution in the Anthropocene: The Complexity of Nature in a Rapidly Changing World? "Doors" will open at 6:45. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88102221525?pwd=WFlKcUgydlF0dzM1SS9LZWxnTlo3dz09 ----------------------------------------- Next Month: Nathan Harrington, the director of Ward 8 Woods, will be speaking on 1 February about his organization's conservation work here in the District and urban land stewardship. And on March 1st: Doug Ripley - "Exploring the South Atlantic and Southern Oceans: Views of the Flora, Fauna, and Geology of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island, and the Antarctic Peninsula" --------------------------------------------- Please save the date for the first Plant Conservation Alliance general meeting for the year 2022! Held remotely and open to all -- on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET. Join us in welcoming Dr. Alan Weakley, Director of the UNC-CH Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden and Adjunct Associate Professor. RSVP by January 10. See full info below. http://lists.plantconservation.org/pipermail/native-plants_lists.plantconservation.org/2022-January/005263.html From kathy at fred.net Mon Jan 17 22:29:42 2022 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:29:42 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] February 1 meeting + Upcoming talks + Misc. Message-ID: Coming up in two weeks, at our February 1 meeting at 7pm Nathan Harrington, of the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, will talk about forest conservancy and stewardship in the District. Flier: http://botsoc.org/feb22.pdf Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85399610530?pwd=SHlSOWdYMkxEYmpKMXlRQ2pjOHgwdz09 Meeting ID and passcode: 853 9961 0530 432167 ----------------------------------------- Upcoming BSW talks: -Doug Ripley will present on "Exploring the South Atlantic and Southern Oceans: Views of the Flora, Fauna, and Geology of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island, and the Antarctic Peninsula" at the March 1 meeting. -Carolina Siniscalchi will talk about her research on Asteraceae as well as a new project on nitrogen fixation. -Vinita Gowda will talk about gingers in the Northeast of India. -One of Vinita's students will give a talk on pollination biology of the Western Ghats. -Amalia D?az Pe?a will give a talk about the Humbolt Institute and herbarium in Bogot? -Juan Diego Palacio Mej?a will give a talk about novel agricultural uses for underutilized grass species as well as details of his botanical trips through Mexico. ----------------------------------------- Other items: Thursday, January 20 - 1:00-3:30pm EST 100 Women in Science at the Smithsonian Join the Wikipedia edit-a-thon to increase the representation of women in science online! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/100-women-in-science-at-the-smithsonian-tickets-237168045007 ------------------------------------------ Thursday, January 27 at 2pm EST Recovering Women of Early Modern Science: Lady Emma Tankerville, a Pioneering Botanist https://www.eventbrite.com/e/recovering-women-of-early-modern-science-lady-emma-tankerville-tickets-169252935085?aff=erellivmlt&keep_tld=1 --------------------------------------------- Wednesday, February 9 - Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 9:00 am - 4:15 pm Winter Symposium AND CVNLA SHORT COURSE Building Plant Diversity Builds Resilient Landscapes https://www.lewisginter.org/event/winter-symposium-cvnla/ --------------------------------------------- PWWS Member Annual Slide Show 2022 https://vimeo.com/663747476 You can find out a bit about where Marion Lobstein goes for the winter at the 57 minute point of the video. --------------------------------------------- The Ever-Growing Story of Botany https://www.jic.ac.uk/blog/the-ever-growing-story-of-botany/ ---------------------------------------------- La Botaniste, 1810?1865 Elaborate annotations hidden in a copy of Sir James Edward Smith?s The English Flora hinted at the life of a mysterious woman botanist. https://www.the-scientist.com/foundations/la-botaniste-1810-1865-69494 ---------------------------------------------- VNPS: The Healing Power of Nature with Charles Smith https://vimeo.com/666024580 ---------------------------------------------- My Name Is Josh - Joshua Styles is on a mission to save the seemingly plain plants that lie beneath our feet which have, he says have immeasurable benefit to the environment and need to be lov https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sy1z From kathy at fred.net Tue Jan 25 11:39:30 2022 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:39:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Next week: Ward 8 Woods + MNPS tonight + Misc. Message-ID: Coming up next week, our Febrary 1 meeting at 7pm Nathan Harrington from Ward8Woods will talk about forest conservancy and stewardship in the District. Flier: http://botsoc.org/feb22.pdf Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85399610530?pwd=SHlSOWdYMkxEYmpKMXlRQ2pjOHgwdz09 Meeting ID and passcode: 853 9961 0530 432167 --------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, January 25, 7pm - MNPS - Botanical Diversity in the Piney Branch Valley https://mdflora.org/event-4603017 - Register in advance for the link -------------------------------------------------- Friday, January 28 at 11am - New Visions of Botanical History?The Andrew W. Mellon Fellows Presentations https://www.nybg.org/event/new-visions-of-botanical-history-the-andrew-w-mellon-fellows-presentations/ --------------------------------------------------- Developers Pleaded to Buy His Island for Years. He Said No, and in a Final Rebuff, He Gave It to a Conservancy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/20/canada-island-nature-conservancy-vikstrom/ ---------------------------------------------------- Controlled Indoor Cultivation of Black Morel (Morchella sp.) All-year-round https://thedanishmorelproject.com/ ---------------------------------------------------- Man stole plants from California, exported to South Korea https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article257589178.html ---------------------------------------------------- Connecticut Invasive Plant Management Calendar https://cipwg.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/244/2018/10/Invasive-Plant-Management-Calendar.pdf ---------------------------------------------------- Dues for 2022 There are two ways to pay Botanical Society of Washington 2022 Dues ($10 for individual or $15 for two at one address) to the Treasurer. 1) Mail check payable to Botanical Society of Washington to: Paul Peterson, 4520 Cheltenham Dr., Bethesda MD 20814 2) Pay using Venmo: Paul Peterson: @BotSoc-Wash Instructions for those new to Venmo: 1. Set up Venmo app on your phone 2. Link to method of payment, such as a bank account or credit card 3. Select pay 4. Enter @BotSoc-Wash on the Add Recipients line 5. Enter dollar amount, such as $10 or $15 6. Enter Dues on the What's it for line 7. Select Pay and follow instructions, if you have more than one bank listed you are prompted to select one or the other You actually do not need to use Paul's name. All you need is the Venmo name @BotSoc-Wash. If you search Paul Peterson in Venmo you will see the Botanical Society of Washington logo taken from the coffee mug and the Venmo name @BotSoc-Wash. There are no fees if you use your bank account; there is a 3% fee if you use a credit card. From kathy at fred.net Mon Jan 31 13:25:08 2022 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:25:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Reminder: Tomorrow, Ward 8 Woods Conservancy + Misc. Message-ID: Coming up tomorrow, our February 1 meeting at 7pm. Nathan Harrington from the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy will talk about forest conservancy and stewardship in the District. https://ward8woods.org/ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85399610530?pwd=SHlSOWdYMkxEYmpKMXlRQ2pjOHgwdz09 "Doors" will open at 6:45. ----------------------------------------------- Saturday, February 12 9am-2:30pm 4th Annual Native Plant Symposium ? Stop Mowing, Start Growing! https://vnps.org/events/4th-annual-native-plant-symposium-stop-mowing-start-growing/ ------------------------- Thursday, February 19 at 7:30 PM - VNPS New Botanical Records and ?Rediscoveries? in Fairfax County with Nelson DeBarros https://vnps.org/potowmack/events/new-botanical-records-and-rediscoveries-in-fairfax-county-with-nelson-debarros/ ------------------------- Tuesday, February 22 at 7pm - The National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration https://mdflora.org/event-4615650 -------------------------- Latest Plant Press - October-December 2021 https://nmnh.typepad.com/files/vol24no4.pdfL -------------------------- Meet the Telugu Scientist Who Discovered 33 Orchid Species in Northeast India https://www.eastmojo.com/northeast-news/2022/01/28/meet-the-telugu-scientist-who-discovered-33-orchid-species-in-northeast-india/ --------------------------- A 'Lost' 125,000-Year-Old Mangrove Forest Is Thriving in Mexico https://gizmodo.com/a-lost-125-000-year-old-mangrove-forest-is-thriving-in-1847794744 ---------------------------- The Botanist Behind Encanto?s Plants https://discoverandshare.org/2022/01/28/the-botanist-behind-encantos-plants/ ----------------------------- The Plants of Encanto https://discoverandshare.org/2022/01/28/the-plants-of-encanto/ ----------------------------- Upcoming BSW Talks: March- Doug Ripley,?Exploring the South Atlantic and Southern?Oceans: Views of the Flora, Fauna, and Geology of the Falkland Islands,?South Georgia Island, and the Antarctic Peninsula April- Amalia Diaz Pe?a, History and Mission of Humbolt Institute/El Herbario Federico Meden Bogot?, Colombia. May-?Carolina Siniscalchi, Nitrogen fixation research June- Vinita Gowda, pollination studies in Western Ghats September- Member's Night October- Juan Diego Palacio Mej?a, Grass genomics and recent collection in Mexico November- Preeti Saryan, Hedychium systematics of northwestern Indian species. December- Marcos Caraballo Ortiz