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
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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
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