From kathy at fred.net Mon Mar 6 12:01:26 2023 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 13:01:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Meeting tomorrow + April topic + Misc. Message-ID: Our next meeting will be tomorrow, Tuesday, March 7 at 7pm., doors opening by 6:45. The speaker will be Dr. Keryn Gedan from the Department of Biological Sciences at George Washington University. Title: Sea Level Rise Effects on Coastal Forest Flier: http://botsoc.org/mar23.pdf Fuller description: http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2023-February/000526.html Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87026031437?pwd=cll5cUJSUjNJSHc2MWpWeUFMdGorUT09 Meeting ID 870 2603 1437 Passcode 320545 ----------------------------------------- Coming up at our next meeting on Tuesday, April 4 Speaker: Dr. Allie Igwe, Department of Biology, University of Miami? Title:?Investigating the Diversity and Function of Microorganisms in Serpentine and Non-Serpentine Soils --------------------------------------------------- Text of Maryland Senate Bill 62 AN ACT concerning Land Use ? Public Service Companies ? Pollinator?Friendly Vegetation Management https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0062f.pdf Sierra Club testimony regarding this bill: https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/2023-02/HB62_MDSierraClub_fav%209Feb2023.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, March 15 - 7pm - 8:30pm NPSNJ Webinar Uli Lorimer, Native?Plants for Your Garden: Creating a Wildlife Habitat in Your Own Backyard https://npsnj.org/event/wednesday-webinar-uli-lorimer-native-plants-for-your-garden-creating-a-wildlife-habitat-in-your-own-backyard/ --------------------------------------------------- Spread of redcedar tree may threaten quantity, quality of Nebraska?s?water https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/spread-of-redcedar-tree-may-threaten-quantity-quality-of-nebraska-s-water/ From kathy at fred.net Tue Mar 7 17:30:17 2023 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 18:30:17 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Reminder: BSW meeting starting in half an hour Message-ID: Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 7 at 7pm. Doors opening by 6:45. The speaker will be Dr. Keryn Gedan from the Department of Biological Sciences at George Washington University. Title: Sea Level Rise Effects on Coastal Forest Flier: http://botsoc.org/mar23.pdf Fuller description: http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2023-February/000526.html Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87026031437?pwd=cll5cUJSUjNJSHc2MWpWeUFMdGorUT09 Meeting ID 870 2603 1437 Passcode 320545 From kathy at fred.net Wed Mar 8 11:11:26 2023 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 12:11:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] April 4 + Help document Ghost Forests + Misc. Message-ID: Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 4. Speaker: Dr. Allie Igwe, Department of Biology, University of Miami? Topic: Investigating the Plant-Growth Promoting Properties of Microorganisms from Serpentine and Non-Serpentine Soils Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83694932537?pwd=WmRORUxvUFhiN0xoRlR5VWdjMVovQT09 Meeting ID: 836 9493 2537 Passcode: 017115 April 2023 Flyer: http://botsoc.org/apr23.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the recording of our March meeting's speaker, Keryn Gedan. Her topic: Sea Level Rise Effects on Coastal Forest. The recording will be available through the end of March. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/YkJObdPVeO0GdDpEvcuXQhz3OnI0nTO56_mbNN6sM4Og9V4BHKQfNjP6aRpdZqV6.s-L65vQOjwXY7dGJ Passcode: 9xqU$qMF Dr. Gedan shared with us a website through which you can help document the formation of ghost forests. Ghosts of the Coast https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/12863715c76a40d8928e467845801b03 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Botanizing with Marion You can go Botanizing with Marion at any time of year! https://vnps.org/botanizing-with-marion/ There's an article (on p. 3) here about a lovely spring ephemeral currently on view in your local woods: https://vnps.org/princewilliamwildflowersociety/wp-content/uploads/filebase/pwws/pwws_wild_news/pwws_newsletters_2013/WILD-NEWS-March-April-2013.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 19 - 20th Smithsonian Botanical Symposium: Exploring Plants in the Neotropics https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany/news-and-highlights/smithsonian-botanical-symposium Officials ready to let urban runoff swallow a cherished Virginia lake https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/05/lake-accotink-urban-runoff/ Non-Native Plants Outnumber British Flora, Major Report Finds https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64842402.amp David Attenborough's New BBC Show 'Wild Isles' Could Be His Last On-Location Series https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2023/03/06/david-attenboroughs-new-bbc-show-wild-isles-could-be-his-last-on-location-series/ From kathy at fred.net Fri Mar 17 15:01:57 2023 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:01:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Upcoming field trips, next meeting + Misc. Message-ID: BSW Doings The first BSW field trip is just over a week away, on Saturday, March 25th at 8am, parking across from Old Angler's Inn. For details on this and three further trips that have been scheduled for this spring, see http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 4, 7 pm Speaker: Dr. Allie Igwe, Department of Biology, University of Miami? Topic: Investigating the Plant-Growth Promoting Properties of Microorganisms from Serpentine and Non-Serpentine Soils Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83694932537?pwd=WmRORUxvUFhiN0xoRlR5VWdjMVovQT09 Meeting ID: 836 9493 2537 Passcode: 017115 April 2023 Flyer: http://botsoc.org/apr23.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------ Other Activities and Articles Monday, March 20 - 2-3:30 p.m. A Year of Bloom with Native Plants with Margaret Chatham Location: Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library https://vnps.org/potowmack/events/a-year-of-bloom-with-native-plants-with-margaret-chatham/ Tuesday, March 21; 5 p.m. EDT, Online - Free EcoFlora Seminar Speaker: Heather Liljengren, Supervising Seed Collector/Field Taxonomist, NYC Parks URBAN GENETIC POOLS: RESERVOIRS OF ADAPTIVE POTENTIAL AND THE SEED COLLECTORS WHO ARE AFTER IT https://www.nybg.org/event/ecoflora-seminar-urban-gene-pools/ Thursday, March 23 - 2pm EST The Impact of European Colonialism on Global Plant Redistribution https://members.linnean.org/events/63ceb18e7dc0e800071305ff/description VNPS Events: https://vnps.org/events/ MNPS Events: https://mdflora.org/events Climate Change Threatens Spring Wildflowers by Speeding Up the Time When Trees Leaf Out above?Them https://theconversation.com/climate-change-threatens-spring-wildflowers-by-speeding-up-the-time-when-trees-leaf-out-above-them-200975 Citizen botanists wanted! Native Plant Trust volunteer program helps catalog and conserve New England's rare plant colonies https://www.berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_culture/home-garden/thomas-christopher-native-plant-trust-volunteer-program-new-england-rare-plants/article_c83e2d72-c1ad-11ed-8a6f-cfd564e47a74.html Researchers from the Institute of Botany discovered a new type of coexistence between algae and fungi https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/980518 The Creeping Threat of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/07/great-atlantic-sargassum-belt-seaweed-visible-from-space Thomas Walter ? botanist, recruiter, scholar https://www.postandcourier.com/berkeley-independent/community-news/thomas-walter-botanist-recruiter-scholar/article_a8b38db4-c3a4-11ed-ab3b-13ddb9a8b8ca.html From kathy at fred.net Thu Mar 30 18:44:30 2023 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:44:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BSW] Saturday Field Trip + Meeting Next Tuesday + May 2 Speaker + Misc. Message-ID: Reminder: Three field trips are coming up in April, this Saturday to Turkey Run (April 1), the following Saturday to Bear Island (April 8) and two weeks after that to Ferry Hill (April 22). Details are here: http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The April meeting is coming up this Tuesday, April 4. Speaker: Dr. Allie Igwe, Department of Biology, University of Miami? Topic: Investigating the Plant-Growth Promoting Properties of Microorganisms from Serpentine and Non-Serpentine Soils Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83694932537?pwd=WmRORUxvUFhiN0xoRlR5VWdjMVovQT09 Meeting ID: 836 9493 2537 Passcode: 017115 April 2023 Flyer: http://botsoc.org/apr23.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The speaker for our May meeting will be: Dr. Marcela Sandoval Velasco,?Postdoctoral Researcher, National Museum of Natural History Her topic: An Integrative Palaeogenomic Approach to Study the Domestication History of Agaves ----------------------------------------- Showcase of Videos from VNPS March 7 and 14 Workshop https://vimeo.com/showcase/10019429 Links to individual videos Harnessing Technology & Applications to Bring Botany into the Modern Era https://vimeo.com/showcase/10019429/video/806957747 The Dichanthelium Break-Up: A Classic ?It?s not them, it?s us? Story https://vimeo.com/showcase/10019429/video/806960532 From Bloodroot to Banyan: 1,000 Miles of Botanical Explorations and Discoveries Across Florida?s Diverse Ecosystems https://vimeo.com/showcase/10019429/video/809192542 Relictual Floras and Habitats of the Washington, D.C. Region https://vimeo.com/showcase/10019429/video/809761868 ------------------------------------------- Planting Trees is a 'Karma Rebuild' for Former Baltimore County Tree Feller https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2023-03-20/planting-trees-is-a-karma-rebuild-for-former-baltimore-county-tree-feller Plant Atlas reveals that Ireland?s botanical heritage is in serious trouble https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22227020/ Discussion of the newly released Plant Atlas 2020 https://bsbi.org/plant-atlas-2020 Nature on One 'The Dandelion' Friday 17th March 2023 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/mooney/programmes/2023/0318/1363898-mooney-goes-wild-saturday-18-march-2023/ Flora of the Southeastern United States https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/ Japan?s most familiar orchid is found to have near-identical cousin https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/17/japans-most-familiar-orchid-is-found-to-have-near-identical-cousin