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Past Meetings

2000

November 16, 2000
Distribution of Aquatic and Wetland Plants in Relation to Land Use in Mullica River Basin Streams
Speaker: Kim Laidig, Pinelands Commission, New Libson, NJ

December 14, 2000
Botanical Management Strategies in Fairmount Park
Speakers: Richard J. Horwitz, Alfred E. Schuyler, and Bradley W. Thompson, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 

2001

January 25, 2001
Useful Lichens: From Antibiotics to Zinc Concentrators
Speaker: Robert Hill, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation Land Natural Resources, Harrisburg, PA 

February 22, 2001 
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens: A Jewel in the University's Crown
Speaker: Richard A. White, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham, NC

March 22, 2001
Acanthaceae and Other Interesting Plants of South Africa
Speaker: Lucinda A. McDade, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 

April 26, 2001
Science, Policy and Management of an Invasive Plant, Purple Loosestrife
Speaker: Erik Kiviat, Hudsonia Ltd., Annandale, NY 

May 24, 2001 
Highlights on Botanical History and Exploration of Quebec-Labrador 
Speaker: Jacques Cayouette, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

27 September: 
Members' Reports on Summer Botanizing 

25 October: 
The Crataegus Problem 
James A. Macklin 
The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia PA 

15 November: 
More South Florida Goodies
Stevens Heckscher 
Natural Lands Trust, Media PA 

20 December: 
Carex polymorpha and other Botanical Treasures of the Nescopeck Creek Valley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 
Ann F. Rhoads and Timothy A. Block 
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 

2002 

24 January: 
A Review of Witmer Stone's Contributions to Botany 
Gerry Moore 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn NY 

28 February: 
Sex Life of Amaranthus cannabinus 
Margot Bram 
The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia PA 

28 March: 
New York Metropolitan Flora Project 
Steven E. Clemants 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn NY 

25 April: REVISED SPEAKER 
Evolution and Distribution of Dendrobium Orchids 
Howard P. Wood 
Research Associate in Botany at The Academy of Natural Sciences 

23 May: 
Limits to Restoring Native Woodlands to Urban Lands 
Steven N. Handel 
Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ 

26 September: Members' Reports on Summer Botanizing 

24 October: Fifty-six Orchids of New Jersey: A Video Film Presentation
David Snyder, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management; Natural Heritage Program

21 November: Spatial and Temporal Views of Tidal Freshwater Plants: Their Seed Banks and Germination Ecology
Mary Leck, Rider University 

19 December: What Can Mites Tell Us about the Systematics of Western Hemisphere Pitcher Plants?
Robert F. C. Naczi, Claude E. Phillips Herbarium, Delaware State University

2003

23 January: Saving an American Treasure -- The Lewis and Clark Herbarium during the next 200 years
Richard M. McCourt, The Academy of Natural Sciences

27 February: Between a Rock and a Soft Place:  Plant Habitats Scrutinized
Rick Mellon, Mellon Biological Services

27 March: Pollination, Breeding System, and Cushion Structure of the Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Eritrichium nanum)
Heinrich Zoller, University of Basel, der Schweitz 

24 April: Around the World: 80 Days and 80 Plants, with Stops in Zimbabwe, China, British Isles, and the Americas
Harold Sweetman, Jenkins Arboretum 

22 May: Philadelphia Botany and Horticulture in the Time of Lewis and Clark
Joel T. Fry, Historic Bartram's Garden 

25 September
Members' Reports on Summer Botanizing

23 October
Mosses and the Conservation of Natural Communities.
Terry O'Brien, Rowan University

20 November
The Forest Primeval
Ann F. Rhoads, Morris Arboretum

18 December
The Lost Worlds of Venezuela: Flora of the Tepuis and Table Top Mountains
Lena Struwe, Cook College, Rutgers University

2004
 
22 January
The Bryophytes of New Jersey
Bill Olson, Maser Consulting, Matawan NJ

26 February
The Lichens of New Jersey

James Lendemer, Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution, The Academy of Natural Sciences

25 March
Plant Diversity and Exotic Species Invasion in Southern Appalachian Riparian Systems

Rebecca L. Brown, Patrick Center for Environmental Research, The Academy of Natural Sciences

22 April
The Flora of Coastal Plain Seasonal Ponds on the Delmarva Peninsula

William McAvoy, Delaware Natural Heritage Program

27 May
Exotic Trees in Our Landscapes, and Rutgers' Urban Forestry Program

John Kuser, Rutgers University 23 September
Members' Reports on Summer Botanizing
 
28 October
Botanical Exploration in South Africa and Namibia

Ted Gordon, Pine Barrens Inventories
 
18 November
Peter Collinson and His Philadelphia Friends

Elizabeth P. McLean, The Academy of Natural Sciences
 
19 December, 2 PM
Dedication of the Benjamin Smith Barton Historical Marker

712 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
 
The Botanical Club, along with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Philadelphia Chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, will host a short ceremony at 2 PM to install a historic marker honoring the prominent botanist Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, who wrote the first textbook on American botany. He died on December 19, 1855.

Barton was a faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania and a staff member of the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1803 when Meriwether Lewis came to our city at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson to prepare for an expedition across the American West.

Barton tutored Lewis in the collection, labeling, and preservation of plant specimens, resulting in the archival collection held today at the Academy of Natural Sciences.

The ceremony will be held at the location of Barton's 1803 home: 712 Arch Street on the south side of Arch Street, about 195 feet from the 7th Street intersection.
 

2005
 
27 January
Highlights of the Madagascar Flora

Lucinda McDade, The Academy of Natural Sciences
 
24 February
Ectomycorrhiza Underground Networking, or Fungi and the Wood Wide Web

Lena Jonsson
 
24 March
Cedar Glades: History, Ecology, and Conservation

Jeffrey L. Walck, Middle Tennessee State University
 
28 April
Flora of the Warren Grove Gunnery Range, Burlington County, New Jersey

Walter Bien, Drexel University
 
26 May
The Historical Ecology of Eastern Oak Forests: Past, Present, and Future

Marc Abrams, Pennsylvania State University
 
22 September
Members' Reports on Summer Botanizing
 
27 October (at the Academy of Natural Sciences)
Getting Wet with Plants in Eastern Pennsylvania Lakes

Ann F. Rhoads and Timothy A. Block, The Morris Arboretum
 
17 November
Morphology and Distribution of Juncus longii -- Clarifying its Status as a Species

Wesley M. Knapp, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
 
15 December (at the Academy of Natural Sciences)
Fire, Rain, and Flowering along Florida's Lake Wales Ridge and Adventures in the Everglades

Amy E. Faivre, Cedar Crest College
 

2006
 
26 January
Floristic Resources of Evansburg State Park, Montgomery County, PA

Nancy Khan, Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers
 
23 February
Plant Diversity in New Jersey Pinelands Fens (a.k.a. Savannas)

Matt Palmer, Columbia University
 
23 March
The Native Grasslands and Meadows of Pennsylvania -- Past, Present, and Future

Roger Latham, Continental Conservation
 
27 April
A Southern California Spring Odyssey -- Desert Wildflowers in a Record Rainfall Year

Douglas Ripley, Headquarters U.S. Air Force Environmental Division, Washington, DC (retired)
 
25 May
Adventures with Seep-Weeds and Sea-Blites: Systematics of the Genus Suaeda

Wayne R. Ferren, Jr., Maser Consulting
 
28 September
Members' Reports on Summer Botanizing
 
26 October
Floristic Diversity in the Western Cape Region of South Africa
Ann F. Rhoads, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
 
16 November (at the Academy of Natural Sciences)
Botanical Art Before Linnaeus in the Library of The Academy of Natural Sciences
Alfred E. Schuyler, The Academy of Natural Sciences
 
21 December
Update on the New Jersey Flora Project
Joseph R. Arsenault, Environmental Consulting
Annual Holiday Party following the meeting
 

2007
 
25 January
The Rubus Problem: a Review of the Taxonomy of the Raspberries and Blackberries of the Northeastern United States
Gerry Moore, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 
22 February
Plants of Belize, Cultural and Botanical Melting Pot
Robert F. C. Naczi, Delaware State University
 
22 March
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Plant Habitats Scrutinized
Richard Mellon, Mellon Biological Services
 
26 April
Plants and Geology of Burnt Cape, Newfoundland
Elizabeth Smith and Jackie Bessey, Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
For more information, download the
flyer.
 
24 May
Recovery of a Lichen Community near the Palmerton Zinc Smelters
Natalie M. Howe, University of Pennsylvania and The Academy of Natural Sciences
 
27 September
Members' Reports on Summer Botanizing
 
25 October (at the Academy of Natural Sciences)
Benjamin Smith Barton: Naturalist and Physician in Jeffersonian America
Alfred E. Schuyler, The Academy of Natural Sciences
Meeting in the Academy's library followed by a wine and cheese reception
 
15 November
Lichens of the Limestone Barrens of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland
James C. Lendemer, New York Botanical Garden
 
20 December
Botanical Collections in the Tepui Highlands of Guyana
Erin A. Tripp, Duke University
Annual Holiday Party following the meeting
 

2008
 
24 January
Revealing Camera Studies of Plants in the Florida Everglades and Keys
Stevens Heckscher, Natural Lands Trust
 
28 February
The Diversity and Evolution of Rainforest Tree Communities in the New World Tropics
Benjamin Torke, The Academy of Natural Sciences
 
27 March
The Ascomycete Genus Neolecta in New England
David Hewitt, Harvard University
 
24 April
Highlights of the Andean Flora
Alina Freire-Fierro, The Academy of Natural Sciences
 
22 May
Rare Plant Conservation in the New Jersey Pinelands
G. Russell Juelg, Pinelands Preservation Alliance
 
25 September
Members' Reports on Summer Botanizing
 
23 October
Two Centuries of Philadelphia Botany in Newfoundland
Ann F. Rhoads, Morris Arboretum, and Alfred E. Schuyler, The Academy of Natural Sciences
 
20 November (Note the change of program.)
To Boldly Botanize: Thomas Nuttall's Explorations in the Early Nineteenth-Century North America
Steve Grund, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program at the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
 
18 December
The Latest on the Systematics of North American Atriplex
Elizabeth H. Zacharias, Harvard University Herbaria
Annual Holiday Party following the meeting
 

2009
 
22 January
Ecosystems and Plants of Cambodia and Thailand
Tatyana Livshultz, Academy of Natural Sciences
 
26 February
Notes on the Natural History and Evolution of the Cape Flora, Southern Africa
Chris Hardy, Keeper of the Herbarium and Assistant Professor, Millersville University
 
26 March
Pennsylvania's "Little Newfoundland": Glacial Till Barrens on the Pocono Plateau
Roger Latham, Continental Conservation
 
23 April
Unusual Ferns of North America
Robbin Moran, New York Botanical Garden
 
28 May
The Private Life of Trillium
John Gyer
 


Lonicera dioica fruit

Updated November 9, 2009. Lonicera dioica image © 2003 Janet Novak.