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• MNPS Baltimore Chapter Monthly Lecture/Discussion: Wavy-leaved Basketgrass Ecology

  • When
    15 Feb 2012
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Howard County Conservancy, Woodstock, MD

  Speaker: Dr. Vanessa Beauchamp
  
  Maryland is "ground zero" for the invasive plant, wavy-leaved basketgrass (Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. undulatifolius).  Towson University plant ecologist, Vanessa Beauchamp will discuss the ecology of this insidious non-native grass.
  

  Location: 

  Howard County Conservancy, 10520 Old Frederick Road  Woodstock, MD 21163.

   Directions: from I-70, take exit toward MD-99.  Merge onto Columbia Pike.  Turn left onto MD-99 W/Old Frederick Rd.  The Conservancy will be 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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• MNPS Western Mountains Chapter Meeting: "Going Native in Your Backyard"

  • When
    21 Feb 2012
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD

  Speaker: Liz McDowell, Coordinator, Western Mountains Chapter of MNPS

  Switching to native plants and using conservation landscaping techniques is crucial to the long term health of the environment. As habitat is lost and exotic species invade the most wild and rural areas of our region, gardeners can play a key role in maintaining regional biodiversity. Many native alternatives to the exotic invasive plants commonly used for landscaping in our region will be highlighted. Discover the connection between native plants, wildlife and people. Enhance and preserve regional biodiversity by simply 'going native'.

  This program will begin immediately following a brief MNPS chapter business meeting.

  Directions: From I-68 take exit 33 (Braddock Rd & Midlothian Rd exit). Follow Braddock Road approximately .2 miles to the entrance to the Appalachian Lab on the left side of the road (301 Braddock Road). There is plenty of parking in front of the building.

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• MNPS Monthly Meeting: Winter Oak Identification Workshop

  • When
    28 Feb 2012
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    Kensington Library, Kensington, MD

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  Speaker: Cris Fleming

  2012 is the MNPS Year of the Oak, and this month Cris Fleming will continue her series of tree identification workshops with a focus on oaks. She will bring specimens of twigs, bark, and fruits to help participants learn different techniques of identifying oaks in winter. Please bring a hand lens if you have one and any book that gives information about trees and shrubs without the leaves.

  Location: Kensington Library.

  Directions: From the Washington Beltway (I-495)

  Take Connecticut Avenue north to the third signal after the Beltway. Turn left onto Knowles and go 2 1/2 blocks to the library on the right.

  The meeting is open to non-members.

  Registration is not required.

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  • When
    20 Mar 2012
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Cheverly, MD
  • Registered
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  Sponsoring Organization: Cheverly Green Infrastructure Committee

  Speaker: Doug Tallamy
  

  Douglas Tallamy, a Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at University of Delaware, is widely recognized for his ability to clearly explain complex ecological relationships among plants, insects and other animals. His award-winning book "Bringing Nature Home" is must reading for anyone interested in gardening, wildlife and in preserving sustainable environments. 

  
  

  Dr. Tallamy will speak on the interrelations of plants and animals and what we can do to preserve the services nature is providing us by using native plants in landscaping. Following his recommendations to encourage native flora can have far reaching benefits for our entire ecosystems which in turn provide us with clean air, water, food and healthy surroundings. 

  
  

  Contact: Matt T. Salo at 301-341-1261; e-mail mtsalo1@gmail.com 
  

  
  

  Location:Cafeteria of the Chevery lJudith P. Hoyer Early Childhood Center Montessori School, 2300 Belleview Ave., Cheverly, MD, 20785.

  Directions: Google maps directions

  The meeting is open to the public.

  Registration is not required.

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

  • When
    21 Mar 2012
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD

  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, MD 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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• MNPS Monthly Meeting: The Flora of Virginia Project

  • When
    27 Mar 2012
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    Kensington Library, Kensington, MD

  Speaker: Marion Lobstein

  Virginia, for its landmass, has the greatest diversity of vascular plants of any state in the US, with Maryland not far behind. Virginia had the first flora (Flora Virginica) among the original thirteen colonies but has not had a flora published since. A mere 250 years later, the final editing of a modern Flora of Virginia is being completed in early 2012 for publication by Botanical Research Institute of Texas later in 2012. In this program Marion Lobstein, an active member of the Foundation of the Flora of Virginia Project, will describe this exciting project and why the new Flora of Virginia will be important and useful to MNPS members.

  Marion Blois Lobstein is a recently retired Associate Professor of biology at the Manassas Campus of NVCC. Along with Cris Fleming and the late Barbara Tufty, she is a co-author of Finding Wildflowers in the Washington-Baltimore Area. Marion is on the Board of Director of the Foundation of the Flora of Virginia Project, a Fellow of the Virginia Academy of Science, and former Board of the Foundation of the State Arboretum (at Blandy Experimental Farm), and active member of the Virginia Native Plant Society. She is also a member of the Audubon Naturalist Society.

  Location: Kensington Library.

  Directions: From the Washington Beltway (I-495)

  Take Connecticut Avenue north to the third signal after the Beltway. Turn left onto Knowles and go 2 1/2 blocks to the library on the right.

  The meeting is open to non-members.

  Registration is not required.

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• MNPS Western Mountains Chapter Meeting: "A Native American Species Becomes a New Fruit Crop"

  • When
    17 Apr 2012
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD

  Speaker: R. Neal Peterson, Plant Breeder

  The pawpaw, Asimina triloba, is North America’s largest edible native fruit – not to be confused with the papaya, also known as pawpaw in the tropics. Native in 26 States across most of Eastern North America, the pawpaw is largely forgotten today, but in centuries past it was a common part of the seasonal diet for white settlers and for the native peoples. This talk recounts the pawpaw’s history, biology, early efforts at domestication, and the recent domestication conducted by the speaker that is bringing a distinctively American fruit into the arena of horticulture, not only in America but also in other humid temperate regions of the world.

  His program will begin immediately following a brief MNPS chapter business meeting.

  Directions: From I-68 take exit 33 (Braddock Rd & Midlothian Rd exit). Follow Braddock Road approximately .2 miles to the entrance to the Appalachian Lab on the left side of the road (301 Braddock Road). There is plenty of parking in front of the building.

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• MNPS Western Mountains Chapter Meeting

  • When
    19 Jun 2012
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD

  Speaker: Donna Ford-Werntz, Herbarium Curator, West Virginia University

  The program will begin immediately following a brief MNPS chapter business meeting.

  Directions: From I-68 take exit 33 (Braddock Rd & Midlothian Rd exit). Follow Braddock Road approximately .2 miles to the entrance to the Appalachian Lab on the left side of the road (301 Braddock Road). There is plenty of parking in front of the building.

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• MNPS Western Mountains Chapter Meeting

  • When
    21 Aug 2012
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD

  Speaker: Stephen Keller, Assistant Professor Appalachian Lab

  Program will begin immediately following a brief MNPS chapter business meeting.

  Directions: From I-68 take exit 33 (Braddock Rd & Midlothian Rd exit). Follow Braddock Road approximately .2 miles to the entrance to the Appalachian Lab on the left side of the road (301 Braddock Road). There is plenty of parking in front of the building.

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• MNPS Western Mountains Chapter Meeting

  • When
    16 Oct 2012
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD

  Program will begin immediately following a brief MNPS chapter business meeting.

  Directions: From I-68 take exit 33 (Braddock Rd & Midlothian Rd exit). Follow Braddock Road approximately .2 miles to the entrance to the Appalachian Lab on the left side of the road (301 Braddock Road). There is plenty of parking in front of the building.

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