[BSW] Next meeting, September 5 + Lots of Misc.

[KATHY BILTON]

Today is the first Tuesday of the month but our next meeting won't be 
until the next first Tuesday, September 5, as we don't have meetings in 
July or August.

As has been the case for quite some time for the September meetings, it 
will be Members' Night. Several members will be giving 5-10 minute 
presentations on a variety of topics.

As in the past, our September "Members' Night" will provide an opportunity 
for several members to share some of their botanical travel or research 
slides, or to present other short subjects (10 minutes or less) to which 
this format is especially suited.  Members who plan to present slides 
should send an email to Vice-President Mary McKenna at dr.mary.mckenna at 
gmail dot com.

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August 25-27, 2023  Charles Town, WV
WV Native Plant Society Annual Meeting and Field Trips
Marl Marsh and Reclaimed Wetland – Historic Claymont Mansion
https://www.wvnps.org/events
https://www.wvnps.org/s/WVNPS-Annual-Meeting-Field-Trips-August-25-27-2023.pdf

Mauricio Diazgranados Is a Botanist in a Hurry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/science/new-york-botanical-garden-diazgranados.html?unlocked_article_code=JQZapj1quwE7kJgtzvdLHyzSpNKJvhENAHagln4iG4bV2eVTPfZKk0XmAxHYlI3gxv9ZhjFObeMpDVGxELMX_e8E2m_dEiDNn3v7eb0d7HnRq9o1BMoAOWKk3pKLUahgYZfgzwqaWBoIhhcU6H65bsJwZt7RIxGrooWWreGqehFS83WKYkv8bwH3qSGXiaiN5fOQbUQwfYRZk_Y3ToK1d40ZqQVNWw1NaN4cSe8iQP4nstqcmAfToXhTtsj5oNeCMgb8SMMIKShdM6deUZLbd3RDLCclHtVu8RU-SMwJqm7MTi2FbDzai0yccgXq3GI2c_8GhasszWM-XN3ksNJaHdTGh3mU9yzLiafzyAQitQ&smid=url-share

Ukraine's Botanists Risked Their Lives for a Priceless Collection
https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-scientists-braved-shelling-herbarium/

Anna Atkins: Pioneering Botanical Photographer Who Captured Algae and 
Ferns in Ghostly Blue Images
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02446-3

Phoenix's Record Heat is Killing Off Cactuses
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/27/us/phoenix-arizona-heat-saguaro-cactuses/index.html

New Plant Invader Takes Over Eastern Forests
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-invader-eastern-forests.html

Lunchbox Talk: Flora of the Southeastern US Apps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VghyTtOhr0Q

World's Deepest Canyon is Home to Asia's Tallest Tree - and Chinese 
Scientists Only Just Found It
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/asias-tallest-tree-discovered-hiding-in-the-worlds-deepest-canyon-in-china

2023 NC Wildflower of the Year - North Carolina Botanical Garden
https://ncbg.unc.edu/2023/01/04/2023-wildflower-of-the-year/

Native Ohio Buttonbush Plant Feeds Birds, Bees, Controls Erosion
https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/home-garden/2023/06/11/native-ohio-buttonbush-plant-feeds-birds-bees-controls-erosion/70293866007/

Saving Islands in the Sky
https://appalachiantrail.org/official-blog/saving-islands-in-the-sky/

California Ph.D. Student's Research Trip to Mexico Ends in Violent Death: 
"He Was in the Wrong Place"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gabriel-trujillo-death-california-scholar-research-trip-mexico-ends-death-suv/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3b

Secret Weapon to Stop Invasive Honeysuckle: Satellites
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-secret-weapon-invasive-honeysuckle-satellites.html

In Search of Lost Fruit: The Explorers Tracking Down Ancient Trees before 
They are Gone Forever
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/22/fruit-explorers-ancient-trees-virginia

The Tree that Named a Nation
https://www.kuer.org/podcast/treenote/2023-06-22/the-tree-that-named-a-nation

German Forests Face Threat from Bark Beetles Following Years of Drought
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190123365/german-forests-face-threat-from-bark-beetles-following-years-of-drought

Plant Fossils Reveal Ancient South America-to-Asia “Escape Route”
https://scitechdaily.com/the-most-dramatic-evolutionary-biogeography-story-ive-ever-seen-plant-fossils-reveal-ancient-south-america-to-asia-escape-route/

Matthew Gaston of Zilker Botanical Garden is Turning Plants into a TikTok 
Sensation
https://www.austinmonthly.com/matthew-gaston-of-zilker-botanical-garden-is-turning-plants-into-a-tiktok-sensation/

Enjoy the Beautiful Silliness of Edward Lear's "Nonsense Botany"
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/edward-lears-nonsense-botany-1871-77/