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MNPS Baltimore Chapter Monthly Lecture/Discussion: Saving the Sundial Lupine

  • 03/21/2012
  • 7:00 PM
  • Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD

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Speaker: Dr. Sara Tangren

The University of Maryland Arboretum and Botanic Garden has completed it first Rare Plant Heritage Project, conservation of the state-threatened sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis).  Soil Scientist and Plant Ecologist, Dr. Sara Tangren, will discuss the unique habitats where Maryland's remaining lupines grow, the factors responsible for their precipitous decline, and the successful efforts that are being made to save them.

Location: Irvine Nature Center, 11201 Garrison Forest Rd. Owings Mills 21117

Directions: from I-695, take exit 20 for MD-140 N toward Garrison.  Take MD140 W/Reisterstown Rd to Greenspring Valley Rd. Turn right onto Greenspring Valley Rd., take a sharp left  onto Garrison Forest Rd.  The Nature Center is on the right.

There will be refreshments. Pot luck refreshments are always welcome.

The meeting is open to non-members.

Registration is not required.

Meetings take place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

For more information, contact Chris Partain: cpartain@gmail.com

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