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Join Gus Hall as he looks for the winter blooms of skunk cabbage in the Longhill Swamp off of Longhill Road in Williamsburg. Dress for the weather and wear waterproof shoes. Hot chocolate will be served.
Please register at 757-564-4494 or email Helen Hamilton.
Location: Meet in the parking lot of the Christian Life Center at 4451 Longhill Road.
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 Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus Photo by Jan Newton
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Join Gus Hall and Jan Newton on a quest for everything green as they lead a native plant walk at the Wahrani Nature Trails in New Kent County. Winter is a lovely time to enjoy evergreen plants as they are contrasted nicely with the browns, grays, and tans of bare-limbed plants and the leaf layer on the ground. The site has ground cedar, cranefly orchids, Christmas ferns and, of course, American holly and partridge berry (the VNPS wildflower of the year for 2012). You’ll be amazed at the different types of mosses and lichens and even a few sedges that are green this time of year. Dress for the weather and expect uneven trails and some muddy areas along the trail.
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Please register so that in case of inclement weather and the walk has to be re-scheduled, we will be able to let you know.
Register by contacting Jan Newton at 757-566-3646 or jnewton110@cox.net. Let us know your name, phone number and how many are attending. Thank you.
Directions: From the east (Williamsburg) Take 64 west towards Richmond Take the 2nd West Point exit (Exit #220) Travel approximately 4 miles on Hwy. 33 toward West Point Trail entrance will be on the right hand side
From the north (West Point) Take Hwy 33 across the bridge at West Point towards New Kent Travel approximately 3-4 miles on Hwy. 33 (from the bridge) Trail entrance will be on the left hand side
For more information and a map, visit http://www.hikingupward.com/ovh/wahrani/
Inclement Weather Note: If weather stops the walk, it will be re-scheduled for Saturday, February 25 at 10am.
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Please note new date... Charlie Dubay will lead a tree identification workshop to learn about how bark and twigs can be used to identify trees without their leaves. The following day, Saturday, February 11 Charlie will lead a winter tree walk. See details for the walk in the next listing below. Limited space so register early.
Attendance at both sessions is not required, but come to both sessions for maximum benefit!
Workshop Location: Williamsburg Library on Scotland Street, Room B
Register by contacting Charlie Dubay at 757- 870-0284 or email Charlie Dubay. Let us know your name, phone number and how many are attending. Thank you.
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Please note new date... Charlie Dubay will lead a walk at the College Woods on the College of William and Mary Campus to look at trees in their winter state. This walk follows the winter tree identification workshop held the day before on February 10th. See details for the workshop in the previous listing above.
Attendance at both sessions is not required, but come to both sessions for maximum benefit!
Walk Location: College Woods on the College of William and Mary Park at the William and Mary Hall parking lot which is open to the public on weekends
Register by contacting Charlie Dubay at 757- 870-0284 or email Charlie Dubay. Let us know your name, phone number and how many are attending. Thank you.
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The focus will be on native plants...
Speakers:
Click here for more info> www.piedmontlandscape.org The Paramount Theater, 215 East Main St., Charlottesville, VA
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Save this date! The 2012 VNPS Winter Workshop will be held at the University of Richmond. Speakers will present an overview of Virginia’s Ecosystems. Martin Ogle of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority will be the keynote speaker with retired forester, Tom Dierauf presenting forest ecology, Mike Hayslett of Sweetbrier presenting non-tidal wetland ecology and Ben Tracy of Virginia Tech speaking on ecology of grasslands.
More details to come...
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Dr. Eric Wiseman, a Virginia Tech professor of Urban Forestry, has developed a free, asynchronous online course about Emerald Ash Borer monitoring and management. The course targets green space enthusiasts and green industry professionals with the intention of increasing our collective capacity to detect and manage Emerald Ash Borer in Virginia. Learning how to identify this destructive insect and learning to control it is necessary for survival of all Fraxinus species. The course is eligible for CEUs from an assortment of professional organizations.
Click here for Course> www.hort.vt.edu/eab.
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Angie Shelton at Indiana University has created a new website on predicting the spread of invasive species, with a focus on her research on Japanese stiltgrass. The information will be of interest to both land managers and researchers. Take a look at www.indiana.edu/~preserve/InvasiveSpread.
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Jackie Bailey Labovitz,
photographer and museum curator, began her relentless search for
the rare exotic woodland orchids such as the pink and yellow
lady slippers. This led to finding more spring ephemerals
and resulted in a photo exhibition titled, "Understory," and
displayed at the Smithsonian Institution located in
Leesburg, VA. The text is by Jack Sanders, an
award-winning Connecticut weekly newspaper editor. See
website below for more details and for a look at lady slippers,
Dutchman's breeches, twin-leaf, trilliums and more.
www.easternunderstory.com (click on the large picture of a
Trout Lily to continue and then click on NEXT...) Location:
Smithsonian Institution
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John Clayton Chapter of the VNPS, P.O. Box 1128, Williamsburg, VA 23187, www.claytonvnps.org
