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2019 | |
April | Program: Arian Farid,"Importance of Macrofungi and Common Species in Our Area", Special feature: False indigobush, Amorpha fruticosa |
March | Program: John Lampkin,"From Click to Pic", Janet Bower's last newsletter |
February | Program:Chris Hanni, 2019 Board, Lyonia, Special feature: Rusty lyonia |
January | Program: Janet Bowers, 2019 Board, Monarchs and Milkweeds; Special feature:Salvia lyrata |
2018 | |
November | Program:John Lampkin;holiday party, Special feature: Andropogon glomeratus |
October |
Program: Ginny Stibolt ; Silver Springs Camping, Plant Sale; Janet's pool conversion; Special feature: Dotted horsemint ; Native Plant Month |
September | Program: George Heinrich; Boyd Hill and Blackwater Creek Field Trips, holiday party, October plant sale, BoD FNPS; Special feature: Saltmarsh Mallow |
July | Program: joint meeting, Florida Ziziphus, Special feature: Aristida stricta |
June | Program:Rachel Arndt,Troy Springer open house, Special feature: Gaillardia |
May | Program: Open Mic. Field Trip: Lettuce Lake, Special Feature: Tickseed |
April | Program: Sea Level Rise (Tonya Clayton). Field Trip: Duette Preserve, Special Feature: Dahoon Holly |
March | Program: Happy Trails to you (John Lampkin), Field Trip: Green Swamp East, Monarch Monitoring, Update on Suncoast native gardent |
February | Program: Species Ranges and Implications for Landscaping, Field Trip: Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve, Special Feature: Puss Moth Caterpillar |
January | Thermoregulation and amphibian decline; Lettuce Lake Update |
2017 | |
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November | Monarch migration, marlberry, insect eggs, thank you to Gar Reed, holiday party plans, need new board members |
October | Lopsided Indiangrass,medicinal plants, hurricane aftermath, connections with nature, upcoming events |
September | Saw Palmetto, snags, burning at Blackwater Creek, some state money for conservation land, garden status |
August | Frog Fruit, Phyla nodiflora, August Buying Trip, Book Reviews |
July | Bok Tower, Corkeystem passionflower, Joint meeting, Board Positions |
June | Lake Marion Creek, Fearless Leaders:Andy Taylor, FNPS 2017 Conference |
May | North Alabama, Fearless Leaders:Virginia Overstreet, St. Joe Peninsula, Lizard's Tail, Earth Day |
April | Plant Sale, Fearless Leaders: Tina Patterson, Netted Chain Fern - Woodwardia areolata |
March | Perico Preserve, Fearless Leaders:Gar Reed/Treasurer, Spring Events |
February | Monarchs and Milkweeds, Donna Bollenbach/President |
January | New Board, Self-Taught Experts, part II, Year End and New Year Reports |
2016 | |
November | Flatwoods Native Plant Garden, Jonathan Dickinson SP, Celestial Lilies |
October | Pine Lilies, HIstoric Spanish Point, October Events |
September | What's in a (botanical) name? Florida Native Plant Month |
August | Blackwater Creek |
July | Milkweed, Lettuce Lake, Flatwoods Park |
June | FNPS Conference, Palmetto Awards |
May | Lettuce Lake, Bok Tower, |
April | Lake Blue Scrub, Springing into April, Growing Future Scientists |
March | Why Natve Plants Matter? Corkscrew Swamp |
February | Inspiration: Words to Live By, The Garden as Wildlife Sanctuary, Where Have the Pygmy Pipes Gone? |
January | Past, Present & Future, Looking back at 2015 and Forward to 2016 |
2015 | |
November | Hypericum, Kissimmee Prairie |
October | FALL! Florida Native Plant Month! |
September | BUGS!, Book Review: Maintaining a Florida Native Landscape, USF Herbarium |
August | Blackwater Creek, Disney Preserve |
July | Lake Blue Scrub |
June | Westervelt Restoration Site, 2015 FNPS Conference, Native Nurseries in North Florida |
May | Roadside Wildflowers, Spring Wildlflowers: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve |
>April | Suwanneee State Park, A Bark of its Own (Trees) |
March | Upper Little Manatee River Nature Preserve, Bats |
February | Words that Describe Flowers, Balm Boyette Scrub Preserve |
January | Wolf Branch Creek, Words That Describe Inflorescents |
2014 | |
November | Duette Preserve, Words that describe Leaves |
October | Balm Scrub, Words to Describe Plants |
September | Bok Tower Gardens |
August | Alderman Ford Preserve |
July | Fish Hawk Creek Preserve, new SNPS website |
June | Corkscrew Swamp, What Plants Talk About, Hickey Creek Mitigation Park |
May | Little Manatee River State Park , Red Admiral Butteryfly, Polygala cruciata |
April | The Garden of Eden, Torreya State Park and Trail, Sumatra Bogs |
March | Serenova Tract of the Starkey Wilderness, 2014 Fieldtrip schedule |
February | Lower Green Swamp Preserve, Dead River Road, Botany 102 Simplified |
January | Botany 101 Simplified, Holiday Party |
2013 | |
November | Carphephorus corymbosus , Florida paintbrush, Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, SNPS History |
October | Solidago fistulosa , Pinebaren Goldenrod, Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park |
September | Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigobush, Botany 101: Flowers of the Aster Family |
August | Monarda punctata, Spotted Bee balm; Horsemint, Cypress Creek Preserve |
July | Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Haw; Parsley Hawthorn, Colt Creek, Flatwoods |
June | Zephyranthes atamasca, Z. atamasca var. treatiae, Z. simpsonii , Rain lily, zephyr lily, atamasco lily, FNPS 2013 Conference |
May | Saururus cernuus, Lizard’s Tail, Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve |
April | Starry Rosinweed, Little Manatee River SP Preserve |
March | Erythrina herbacea, Cherokee bean, Coralbean, Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve, Gator Creek |
February | Tillandsia simulata , Florida Air Plant, Deadriver County Park, |
January | Plumbago zeylanica, Wild plumbago, Florida Water and Land Legacy |
2012 | |
November | No focus plant, Cockroach Bay Preserve Fieldtrip |
October | Muhlenbergia capillaris, Muhly grass, Thce Cockroach Bay Restoration Project, |
September | Eragrostis elliottii, Elliott’s lovegrass, Book Review: The New Traditional Garden by Michael Weishan, |
August | No focus plant, Green Isle Gardens Field trip, |
July | Heliotropium polyphyllum, Pineland Heliotrope, 2012 FNPS Conference Report |
June | Glandularia maritima, Beach verbena |
May | No focus plant,Book Review: Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators by Jeff Klinkenberg |
April | Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon holly, The History of Plant City, |
March | Ardisia escallonioides, Marlberry, Biography of Kellie Westervelt, Book Review: Bringing Nature Home: How You can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Doug Tallamy |
February | Sophora tomentosa, Yellow necklacepod, Crystal Springs Preserve |
January | Piloblephis rigida, Pennyroyal, Book Review: Florida Butterfly Caterpillars and their Host Plants by Marc Minno, Jeffrey Butler and Donald Hall |
2011 | |
December | Ilex ambigua, Carolina holly |
November | Verbesina virginica, White crownbeard |
October | Carphephorus corymbosus, Florida paintbrush |
September | Cephalanthus occidentalis, Common Buttonbush |
August | Ctenium aromaticum, Toothache Grass |
July | Chamaecrista fasciculata, partridge pea |
June | Cnidosculus stimulosus, tread-softly |
May | Hypericum tenuifolium (=H. reductum), Atlantic St. John's wort |
April | Vaccinium arborescens, Sparkleberry |
March | Linaria canadense, old-field toadflax |
February | Gelesium sempervirens, Carolina jessamine |
January | Ulmus alata, winged elm |
2010 | |
November | Symphyotrichum carolinianum, climbing aster |
October | Taxodium ascendens, pond cypress |
September | Pityopsis graminifolia, silk-grass, goldenaster |
August | Phytolacca americana, Pokeweed |
July | Salvia lyrata, Tropical sage |
June | Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Twinflower |
May | Berlandiera subacaulis, Florida greeneyes |
April | Scutellaria integrifolia, rough skullcap |
March | Avicennia germinans, black mangrove |
February | Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana, wiregrass |
January | Stachytarpheta jamaicense, blue porterweed |
2009 | |
December | Juniperus virginiana, eastern red cedar |
November | Andropogon glomeratus, bushy bluestem |
October | Liatris tenuifolia, blazing-star |
September | Ocimum campechianum, sweet basil |
August | Encyclia tampaneis, butterfly orchid |
July | Senna ligustrina, privet wild sensitive plant, privet senna |
June | Phyla nodiflora, frogfruit |
May | Galactia elliottii, Elliott's milkpea |
April | Lupinus diffusus, sky blue lupine |
March | Scaevola plumieri, inkberry |
February | Calamintha ashei, Ashe's calaminth |
January | Psychotria sulzneri, velvetleaf wild-coffee |
2008 | |
December | Ilex vomitoria, yaupon holly |
November | Panicum virgatum, switchgrass |
October | Carphephorus corymbosus, Florida paintbrush |
September | Rivina humilis, rouge plant, bloodberry |
August | Sabal palmetto, cabbage palm, sabal palm |
July | No focus plant |
June | Helianthus debilis, beach sunflower |
May | Celtis laevigata, sugarberry |
April | Parthenocissus quinquifolia, woodbine, Virginia creeper |
March | Glandularia tampensis , Tampa verbena |
February | Quercus geminata, sand live oak |
January | Acacia farnesiana, sweet acacia |
2007 | |
December | Ilex cassine, dahoon holly |
November | No focus plant |
October | Muhlenbergia capillaris, muhlygrass |
September | No focus plant |
August | Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master |
July | Equisetum hyemale, scouring-rush |
June | Gallardia pulchella, gallardia, blanketflower |
May | No focus plant |
April | Hypericum hypericoides, St. Andrew's wort |
March | Ardisia escallonioides, marlberry |
February | Salvia lyrata, lyreleaf sage |
January | Itea virginica, sweetspire, Virginia-willow |
2006 | |
December | Lycium carolinianum, Christmasberry |
November | Callicarpa americana, beautyberry |
October | Eragrostis, purple lovegrass |
September | Juncus effusus, soft rush |
July | Ipomoea hederifolia, scarlet morningglory |
June | Hibiscus coccineus, scarlet hibiscus |
May | Pontederia cordata, pickerelweed |
April | Erythrina herbacea, coralbean |
March | Aesculus pavia, red buckeye |
February | Cercis canadensis, eastern redbud |
January | Sophora tomentosa, yellow necklacepod |
2005 | |
December | Passiflora suberosa, corkystem passionflower |
November | Solidago fistulosa, pinebaren goldenrod |
October | Cornus foemina, swamp dogwood; cornel |
September | Hibiscus coccinea, scarlet hibiscus, scarlet rosemallow |
August | Crataegus marshalii, parsley haw; parsley hawthorn |
July | Monarda punctata, spotted bee balm; horsemint |
June | No focus plant |
May | Coreopsis leavenworthii, Leavenworth's tickseed |
April | Hydrangea quercifolius, oakleaf hydrangea, graybeard |
March | Silphium asteriscus, starry rosinweed |
February | Tillandsia simulata, Florida air plant |
January | Anemia adiantifolia, maidenhair pineland fern |
2004 | |
December | No focus plant |
November | Sabal etonia, scrub palmetto |
October | Capsicum annuum, bird pepper |
September | No focus plant |
August | Hymenocallis latifolia, spider lily |
July | Licania michauxii, gopher-apple |
June | Sporobolus junceus, pineywoods dropseed |
May | Mimosa strigillosa, powderpuff |
April | Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-pulpit |
March | Clematis baldwinii, pine-hyacinth |
February | Prunus angustifolia, chickasaw plum |
January | Chaptalia tomentosa, wooly sunbonnets; pineland daisy |
2003 | |
December | |
November | Aster carolinensis, climbing aster |
October | Aureolaria pedicularia var. pectinata, fernleaf yellow false-foxglove |
September | Ipomopsis rubra, standing cypress, Spanish larkspur |
August | Teucreum canadensis, wood-save, Canadian germander |
July | Myrcianthes fragrans, Simpson’s stopper; twinberry stopper |
June | Castanea pumila, chinquapin |
May | Amorpha fruticosa, false-indigobush |
April | Oenothera laciniata, cutleaf evening primrose |
March | Zephyranthes atamasca, rain lily, zephyr lily, atamasco lily |
February | Samolus ebracteatus, water pimpernel |
January | Piloblephis rigida, pennyroyal |
2002 | |
November | Palafoxia integrifolia, Coastal-plain palafox |
October | Carphephorus corymbosus, Florida paintbrush |
September | Helianthus angustifolius, narrow-leaf sunflower, swamp sunflower |
August | Ipomoea pescaprae subsp. brasiliensis, railroad vine |
July | Heliotropium polyphyllum, pineland heliotrope |
June | Sarurus cernuus, lizard's tail |
May | Sabatia bartramii, Bartram's marsh pink |
April | Saracennia minor, hooded pitcherplant |
March | Rhododendron viscosum, wild azalea |
February | Quercus laevis, turkey oak |
January | Pinus palustris, longleaf pine |
2001 | |
December | winter plants |
November | Pteroglosapsis ecristata, wild coco |
October | Sorgastrum secundum, lopsided Indiangrass |
September | Pityopsis graminifolia, silkgrass, goldenaster |
August | Crataegus marshalii, parsley haw |
July | Licania michauxii, gopher-apple |
June | Passiflora lutea, yellow passion-flower |
May | Scutellaria integrifolia, rough skullcap |
April | Ilex vomitoria, yaupon holly |