NativeSCAPE Published by the Georgia Native Plant Society
October 2009 Nature‘s Greenhouse Volume XV, Number 4 By Ellen Honeycutt Page 3 It takes some effort to learn how to recognize your seedlings, and some of them are ugly at first! ... If you get a seedling that you don‘t recognize, look at what‘s in the area around it, and see if those plants provide a clue.
The Discover Life Project President‘s Message 2 By Mary Tucker Page 5 Plant Rescue News 14 At the May 2009 GNPS meeting, we learned from Dr. John Pickering about an extensive, fascinating project called Discover Life. Chapter News 15
Plant Focus 16 Upcoming GNPS Events 17 Identifying Plants in the Off Season By Mike Strickland Page 6 Member Page 19 For those new to native plant identification, and for those not-so-new as well, identifying plants in all seasons of the year can be a challenge.
GeorgiaNatives.net: A Rescuer‘s Guide to Georgia Newsletter Editor Native Plants Sharon Parry By Mary Tucker Page 9
At this site you will find a monthly array of plant photos, letting you know exactly Newsletter staff: Ellen Honeycutt and what you are likely to find on a hike or a rescue during the current month. Lisa Betz, Proofreaders
NativeSCAPE is published Nurturing Nature quarterly by the Georgia Native Plant Society. A By Connie Ghosh Page 10 subscription is included Above and beyond gardening according to environmental principles, we are quietly with membership in the working out, in our own minds and yards, the principles of native habitat GNPS. restoration on a practical, small scale, ―everyman‖ basis.
Copyright 2009 by the Georgia Native Plant Society. All rights Native Walnuts reserved. Articles may by Ken Gohring Page 11 not be reprinted without The genera Juglans includes a number of walnut species found in both North and permission of the author. South America, Southeast Europe and Asia. There are six recognized species found in the United States. 2
Georgia Native Plant Society P.O. Box 422085 NativeSCAPE July 2009 Atlanta, GA 30342-2085 www.gnps.org President‘s Message 770-343-6000 By Marcia Winchester
GNPS Board of Directors Recently while waiting for my car to be repaired, I pulled out ―Bringing Nature Home‖ by Douglas Tallamy. Tallamy spoke at our 2009 symposium on his book and how important native plants are in sustaining our wildlife. Sitting in the repair shop, I read chapter 7: ―The Cost of Using Alien President Ornamentals‖. Tallamy lists the devastation of so many of our native plants from insects and diseases Marcia Winchester brought in from other countries. Some like the Chestnut Blight were introduced long before we understood about potential danger from non-native insects and diseases. But what caught my attention was that even with quarantining foreign plants, pests are still escaping detection and spreading in as late as 2006. I will Vice President think twice before I purchase non-native plants, and this is yet another reason to add to the long list of why Kathryn Gable it is important to use natives as our choice. Tallamy‘s message also underscores the educational importance of the Georgia Native Plant Society and other like-minded organizations.
Secretary As the year comes to a close, I‘d like to recap what the GNPS has done this year. Throughout the year, Shirley Center volunteers have participated in many events to represent the Society. Volunteers represent the heart of the GNPS, bringing our message to many new people in ways that books and brochures cannot. Hands-on volunteers at our restoration efforts like Heritage Park and our conservation programs like the Stone Treasurer Mountain Propagation Project (SMPP) not only show the public what native plants and natural areas can look like but also teach them how to restore areas and propagate plants (while learning themselves). Heritage Paula Reith Park was featured on our April garden tour, and the SMPP held its first open house in June.
Members-at-Large: Educational events held this year included the annual symposium, membership meetings, three field trips and two workshops. As a result of our meeting survey, we scheduled two meetings at different locations Tom Painter and organized a carpooling committee to help members find each other. We could do so much more if Dick Reeves more people would volunteer to help organize meetings, field trips and workshops. Check out our Volunteers Needed Page to find opportunities to contribute. Don Stewart Lullwater Garden Club in Atlanta has been added as a GNPS restoration project, increasing our number of Director of Communications restoration/conservation projects. Consider volunteering for any of the restoration projects when workdays are scheduled – new volunteers lighten the load and bring new energy to our projects. Sharon Parry The GNPS Board is excited that our first chapter was approved this year: the West Georgia Chapter of the Director of Conservation GNPS brings activities closer to home for members in the Carrollton area. The chapter now has around 40 David Zaparanick members. Visit their website at WGaWildflowers.org.
The GNPS website has continued to be a source of up-to-date announcements and resources for our Director of Education members. Changes such as the addition of many older documents, electronic signups for rescues and Ellen Honeycutt membership renewals, and a growing list of resource links has created a site that is invaluable not only for our members but also visitors exploring what the GNPS has to offer. If you haven‘t explored it lately, check out the links of interest section. Director of Membership Mary Lou Cannamela Despite coming into the year with a projected deficit in the budget, the GNPS was able to fund all activities as planned, including research grants and scholarships. The Board also voted to donate $2500 towards the printing of the ―Native Warm Season Grass Field Identification and Planting Guide‖ by the Joseph W. Jones About your membership in the Ecological Research Center. Georgia Native Plant Society Savings were realized by changing to an electronic newsletter, electronic Garden Tour brochure, and on- Your membership dues and demand printing for new t-shirts. Extra funds were garnered by a plant sale at SMPP in April. Of course, donations help support our mission membership dollars continue to be a significant source of support for our programs that educate and attract which is: new members, so remember to renew your membership for 2010. You‘ll find membership forms at our website and at the end of this newsletter. To promote the stewardship and conservation of Georgia‘s native Upcoming for 2010: a GNPS display garden at the Southeastern Flower Show in Cobb County, our 15th annual plants and their habitats - symposium (both in February), a return of our annual plant sale in late April and dozens of chances to volunteer at events, restoration/conservation activities and many other ways to become more involved. I By sponsoring meetings, workshops, believe that the Society‘s strength lies in active membership and hope that each and every one of you will an annual symposium, grants, consider joining an activity of interest. scholarships, the native plant rescue program, and this newsletter - utilizing an all-volunteer staff of This is my last President‘s message to you. I have enjoyed serving as President for the last two years. As I dedicated native plant enthusiasts. write this, the Nominations Committee is soliciting for new Board members to guide us thru 2010. I plan to remain on the board in the Past President position and look forward to helping the new Board take the GNPS We look forward to and appreciate into the new year. I hope to see you around at one of our many activities, especially at our November 10 your continued support. meeting at 7:00 pm where we will socialize and vote on our next Board of Directors. Membership renewal forms for 2010 can now be completed online or by completing the form on p. 20. 3
NativeSCAPE October 2009
Nature‘s Greenhouse By Ellen Honeycutt
My friend (and fellow GNPS member) Sheri Over in the front bed, I was blessed this year George is so adept at propagation. It does help that with an abundance of Penstemon smallii seedlings she has a small greenhouse, but even without it, I am courtesy of a plant that I got from Home Depot last sure she would be very good. She is especially good year. Many of these were potted up for the GNPS with seeds. On the other hand, I am terrible at raising propagation project in Stone Mountain, but friends got plants from seeds – with the exception of buckeyes. I a lot of them as well. Once the soil temperatures fight off the squirrels and successfully raise about 40 increased, scarlet sage (Salvia coccinea) seeds buckeyes every winter. sprouted (some seeds don‘t germinate until the soil is warmer, so you can get seedlings in the summertime Despite my lack of success with seeds, as well). This annual native salvia is a wonderful red- however, I happily give away baby plants to friends flowering plant, and the hummingbirds love it. I got and to the GNPS every year. How do I do it? I have my first plant courtesy of Sheri, as a matter of fact. I discovered the bounty of Mother Nature‘s greenhouse! love to share this one with friends too, especially Through careful observation I have found valuable friends that love birds (the goldfinches stop by to eat seedlings all over my yard and have learned to dig the seeds). them out from among the weedlings (that is, weed seedlings), discarding the bad while keeping the good.
Each spring, areas of my yard are covered in red maple (Acer rubrum) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) seedlings, and I pull them out by the dozens while comfortably seated on the ground. But among those seedlings can also be found the occasional New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus), sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) and persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) seedling. I also found today two plants on the Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council‘s list of invasive plants: a mahonia (Mahonia bealei) and a privet (Ligustrum sinense)! While I throw away the weedlings, I pot up the extra New Jersey tea, sourwood and persimmon babies. In a foundation bed, the cool mossy areas are a favorite place for cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) seeds to germinate. Four or five new ones appear each year, some as late as the end of July. Not all of these are shared as this can be a shorter lived perennial, and I need to keep a few for myself to keep the stock going. This year I also found some beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) babies too. I can thank the birds for those, I think, as the mother plant is on the other side of the yard.
Last year I had baby arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) plants and this year I found witherod
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(Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides) seedlings near the in more shade if they suffer in the transition. The next plants that had berries last fall. I thought that was steps are just to label them and share them with your exciting, but then I noticed the seedlings under the friends or with the GNPS. GNPS plant sales are Florida anise (Illicium floridanum) – wow! To be fair, I ramping back up again, and donations will no doubt be think I helped those by ripping apart some of the seed welcome! pods last year and scattering the seeds on the ground. I do not get seedlings from every plant – it was years before I spotted a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) seedling, and even now they are few and far between. Friends report problems with beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis, especially ‗Husker‘s Red‘) seeding all over the place, but I‘ve had only two seedlings so far even after three years. I would love to have some butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) babies, and Price Crafts says she gets them all the time in her garden – but nary a one here. I‘ll keep looking though as some seeds take longer to germinate than others, and I have to trust that Mother Nature knows what she‘s doing.
By the way, I have to give credit to the first It takes some effort to learn how to recognize plant to make me aware of this bounty of nature – your seedlings, and some of them are ugly at first! black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). Thanks to a I‘ve included some pictures of my seedlings – I‘m sure seedhead left on the ground, several years ago I found you‘ll agree that cardinal flower is quite the ugly dozens of babies all in one area. The leaf was duckling. If you get a seedling that you don‘t distinctive enough for me to recognize it and have an recognize, look at what‘s in the area around it, and ―ah ha!‖ moment. I have been in search of treasure see if those plants provide a clue. Let it grow a bit – ever since. N those first leaves are the cotyledon. It may be one leaf or two - a plant that has one cotyledon is known as a monocot, while one that has two is known as a dicot. You may not recognize some plants until the For those interested in assisting Mother Nature in second leaves appear. If you are a neat-nick, you can seed propagation, visit our website. pot up the seedling in question while you wait for it to Several handouts from symposium speakers have reveal itself. been posted at:
Depending on the size of the seedling, I use a http://www.gnps.org/symposium/ weed fork or trowel to carefully extricate it from the Symposium_Papers.html ground (doing this after a rain or a soaking with the And from the NativeSCAPE archives: hose makes it easier). Once you pot up your seedlings, water them well and place them in a shady area to get http://www.gnps.org/newsletter/ them used to being transplanted. If they are sun- Newsletter_Articles/Native_Plant_Propagation.html loving plants, ease them back in a sunnier area after a week or so. Observe how they do, moving them back 5
NativeSCAPE October 2009
The Discover Life Project By Mary Tucker
At the May 2009 GNPS meeting, we learned from Dr. One of the research and educational projects that will John Pickering about an extensive, fascinating project called be of special interest to Georgia‘s native plant lovers is the Discover Life. Dr. Pickering is a faculty member of the Odum Peoples Online Plant Atlas (POPA). This program is in the School of Ecology at UGA. His passion is conservation, and he is process of creating a comprehensive photo atlas of the state‘s striving to understand changes that are occurring locally and estimated 5000 species of vascular plants, and mapping globally which affect distribution and diversity of living things. technology will help track distribution of the species. The atlas can help parks and nature centers manage invasive species and To assist with his goal of conservation, Dr. Pickering monitor changes; help scientists, students, and community established the Discover Life project and website volunteers monitor pollinator populations, ecosystem health, (www.DiscoverLife.org) that uses technology to gather and the effects of climate changes; and assist with lesson together scientists, researchers, and volunteers to study plans for science education. Native plant enthusiasts are asked biodiversity and share information to help understand and to participate by providing photos for the atlas, and detailed quantify how plant and animal species are being affected by instructions on how to participate are included on the website. such forces as climate change, habitat disturbance, and land Our own GNPS webmaster and photographer extraordinaire, use. This in turn will improve decision making around the Mike Strickland, has contributed almost 5000 photos to the world concerning conservation issues. A goal of Discover Life is site! (You can learn more about Mike‘s photographic endeavors to build an on-line encyclopedia of species. The website‘s in the article about his website, GeorgiaNatives.net, on page tools include a global mapper that shows the distribution of six.) species around the world. If you want to learn about a specific plant or group of A search feature at the Discover Life site lets you plants, the POPA site is quite useful, because you can search search for any plant or creature by common or scientific for Georgia‘s plants by division, family, or genus. For instance, name. For instance, searching for ―hibiscus‖ pulls up a global if you search for ―trillium,‖ all 20 species of trillium found in map showing where hibiscus species are found, as well as a list the state will be shown, each with a link for more information of the many species that exist around the world. Links with on that species. more information are available for each species that has been cataloged. The search engine currently has information on Other research and educational projects at the more than 1,289,000 scientific names and more than 101,000 Discover Life site include the Goldenrod Challenge, which common names. photographs and records species associated with goldenrods; the Great Sunflower Project, which records bees at sunflowers Also of particular interest is the section called to monitor and understand bee populations; the Lost Ladybug ―IDnature Guides.‖ Here are identification guides to many Project, which monitors native and non-native ladybugs in categories of life, including ferns, lizards, birds, butterflies, order to study ladybug diversity and help to prevent the loss of and wildflowers of North America (as well as many more). Each the native species; and the Bee Hunt, which aims to section will help you identify a creature or plant in that understand the impact of climate change and other factors on category. plant-pollinator interactions, geographic distributions, and seasonal abundances. One section of the Discover Life website that I found to be of special interest is titled ―Research and Educational I encourage you to browse the Discover Life website Projects‖ (found under the Education section of the website). for yourself, because this short article can in no way do justice Included are many worthy programs, most of which are to the many facets of this intriguing site. I also encourage you tailored to involvement by the average citizen or even to to personally get involved with the project. The Discover Life school children, an excellent way to get future generations home page has a ―get involved‖ link toward the bottom of the involved in the enjoyment and protection of nature. page that will inform you of the many ways in which you can contribute. N 6
NativeSCAPE October 2009
Identifying Plants in the Off Season By Mike Strickland
For those new to native plant identification, and for rescuers, who also have trouble with identification, but those not-so-new as well, identifying plants in all for one reason or another aren't willing to ask the name seasons of the year can be a challenge. If you are trying of a "stick" they've found. Those rescuers are the to do the identification when the plant is in bloom and hardest to help. I do my best by trying to notice that full growth, there isn't much of a problem as there are they've found something and volunteer an many books and websites with photos and drawings of identification, if I know it. I also try to convince them that situation. that everyone starts out not knowing. There are many plants that I've learned the names of since joining Problems arise in the GNPS, like the one I called "Licorice Plant" (because of "off season" - when the the smell of the crushed leaves) when I was growing up, plants are dormant. that I found out is called Horse Balm (Collinsonia Sure, there are books canadensis). There are still many plants that I don't and websites that help know the name of, even though I've seen them all my with trees and shrubs, life in the woods. My motto is: "The only dumb question but what about the is the one you don't ask," and those who rescue with me herbaceous plants that will attest to the fact that I ask others, with regularity, die back each year? Off for an identification of all sorts of plants I've found of season identification is which I don't know the name. many times dependent on text descriptions For quite a few years now I have been photographing with plenty of fancy, plants during all seasons and compiling a storehouse of scientific lingo that the photos, available at GeorgiaNatives.net, that rescuers average person is can use to help identify plants whenever they're on a unfamiliar with, rescue. The online photos show how the plants look in generally describing the the current month, which may be in bloom during the plant during the growing growing season, or may be dying back, dormant/dead
season, but all is not Horse Balm (Collinsonia canadensis) or sprouting during other seasons. lost. Off season stem with leaves Photo Credit: Mike Strickland identification, at least The main things to look for when trying to identify a to family or genus, plant in the off season depends on the type of plant, can be accomplished with a keen eye and a little but there is considerable overlap in the characteristics knowledge of what grows in the area. to keep in mind.
Even though a plant has no living above-ground growth, Woody Plants - trees, shrubs and woody vines many times, the dead stem can help to identify the plant that will sprout when growth resumes. These Bud stems are sometimes not much more than a stick with a placement few shriveled leaves hanging on, or seedpods attached. and shape: The shape of the stem, leaf form, growth pattern and Look to see if leaf scars are typically very helpful. the buds are alternate, Many times, on a rescue during the late fall and winter, White Oak (Quercus alba) showing buds opposite, clustered at end of stem I've been asked how I can find particular plants. My Photo Credit: Mike Strickland clustered at reply is that it comes from practice. There are other the end of
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the branches, pointy, rounded, big or small. A good plant you identify is too large to rescue, use the clues example here are the Oaks (Quercus spp.) which have you see on the larger plant to try to find smaller, buds clustered at the ends of the branches, but rescue-size, versions in the vicinity. identifying the species is more difficult in winter, using buds alone. Beech trees (Fagus spp.) have distinctive Herbaceous Plants - plants that die back each year long pointed buds, and small specimens tend to hold their leaves during the winter. Dogwoods have round Buds: Again, bud placement is an important factor. flower buds on larger specimens. Many times, even if a dead stem has no leaves on it, the scars from the leaves can be found. Branch growth Stems: Often, the shape and size of a dead stem can pattern: Some help to identify the plant. Some plants, like Goldenrods branches are (Solidago sp.), have characteristic galls on the stems, straight, which can prove useful for identity, and plants in the others zig-zag, mint family generally have squareish stems. others have widened Leaves: If leaves are present, look at the overall shape sections. For and size, then look to find how the veins run, whether example the edge of the leaf was toothed or smooth, and if Sweet Shrub hairs can be seen, if possible. (Calycanthus
floridus) is a Sweet Shrub (Calycanthus floridus) stem Seedpods: When fairly easy Photo Credit: Mike Strickland seedpods are present, plant to these can be of great identify because of the opposite position of the buds help with an and pronounced flattened, triangular shape of the stem identification. Look at where buds or offshoot branches are located. arrangement on the stem, shape, size and Thorns and bark: Some woody plants have thorns, any other others have distinctive bark that can be of help. The characteristics that bark may be smooth, of a certain color, have warty or you think might be of wing-like parts, or a particular pattern of cracks on the use. Even if the seeds main trunk. have dropped, many times the arrangement Odor: The smell of a branch scratched with a fingernail of the seeds can be or broken, can often provide a great clue to the determined by looking identification of a woody plant. Sweetgum at the stem. Try to
(Liquidambar styraciflua) is an example of a plant that think of the plants you Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) the smell of a broken branch can help identify. know that have seedpod Photo Credit: Mike Strickland flowers placed similar Habitat: Knowing the plants that grow in the habitat to the arrangement can, many times, provide a major clue to the you find. identification of a plant. Use these clues to identify the plant. Don't worry if the
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Identifying Plants in the Off Season Plant of the Year – Go ahead - nominate one!
Continued from Page 7 So what‘s your favorite native plant? We know you have one! Native plants are very special to all of us for one reason or Sprouts and another so now we‘re asking you to speak up and nominate rosettes: your favorite for 2010 Plant of the Year. Sometimes, The purpose of the GNPS Plant of the Year program is to particularly if recognize native plants in the landscape which benefit our the winter is wildlife and ecology. The program highlights native plants that warm, or are underutilized in commercial and domestic landscapes or spring is which are vital components of our Georgia ecology. We are looking beyond beauty, even though we acknowledge that this approaching, is often what draws us to a special native plant in the first the plants will place. Mountain Mint have one or (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides) sprouts more sprouts By using native plants in our landscapes, we are restoring the Photo Credit: Mike Strickland components of the former natural habitat - which was here buried down long before we were and supporting our native wildlife, birds in the leaf and insects. Native plants, animals and other living organisms litter. Pull away the leaves to find out if you can get a have interacted with one another and the environment around clue to the leaves that will be growing later. Other them for millions of years. Migrations of birds, bloom times of the natives and the awakening of insects are the natural result plants will die back, but have a basal rosette of leaves of these interactions. The native plant you nominate is a part that collect sunlight during the winter, while the trees of this balance so please put a little extra thought into the are bare. process. Include a few lines to help us all learn from your observations and reasoning and to better appreciate your choice for plant of the year. Habitat: Where the plant is growing comes into play again with herbaceous plants. It is useful to know the Last year the majestic White Oak (Quercus alba) was voted kinds of plants that grow in the particular habitat in plant of the year. This magnificent, long lived hardwood summer to narrow down the list of prospects in the off provides food and shelter to birds and animals alike. It is fairly tolerant of a variety of habitats out in the wild but can also be season. It is unlikely that you will identify a plant, in the planted in a garden setting since its roots go deep and it rarely off season, that is growing out of its common habitat due drops branches. to a lack of overall evidence to support the identification. When nominating your native plant for the prestigious Plant of the Year title, consider what role your plant serves in a healthy ecosystem. Identifying herbaceous plants can be a bit more challenging than woody plants in some cases. Use the It‘s really easy to nominate your plant. GNPS members can clues you see, try to figure out what the plant may have simply send an email to [email protected] - Indicate the plant's common and botanical names and provide a short paragraph looked like in the growing season as far as leaf/flower explaining your choice. Nominations are open until October placement, size, along with the plants you know that 30th. grow in the habitat, to narrow down the possibilities. You just may find that you've narrowed the possibilities The candidate plants will be posted on the website beginning November 1st. Voting online begins November 1st and ends down to a few, or even a single plant! midnight November 15th. Of course, we will accept votes at the GNPS November general meeting as well. With practice, the use of these tips can greatly increase the number of plants that anyone can identify during the We will announce the winner before the end of the year.
off season. Just remember to pay attention to the plants Go ahead – nominate! You know you want to see your favorite you see in different habitats during the growing season native plant on next year‘s GNPS t-shirt! to help you during the off season - and don't be afraid to ask questions when you're out in the woods. N Thank you for your continued support of Plant of the Year!
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NativeSCAPE October 2009
GeorgiaNatives.net: A Rescuer‘s Guide to Georgia Native Plants By Mary Tucker
A common and perplexing question we native plant stages of growth, making a month-by-month record. As his lovers often voice is ―How can I possibly identify a plant if it‘s photo collection rapidly increased, Mike established a website not blooming?‖ Most of the field guides are based on bloom on which to post and share the photos. Mike‘s pictures are characteristics, and often books don‘t even have a decent especially useful for plant rescuers, since they are so helpful picture of the foliage of a plant. And if you‘re a GNPS plant for in-the-field identification, but Mike hopes his website will rescuer, you know that when you are in the woods not every benefit many others as well. ―I hope that the audience is plant of interest will be blooming. So it‘s essential to learn to wider than plant rescuers. I want to educate folks, ID plants by their foliage, or even particularly young folks – they‘re by the dried seed stalks that may the future after all. I‘d like for it be left behind in the dead of to be used in schools to get kids winter. The best way to learn such interested in natives. Other than ID techniques is to spend hours and getting kids interested, I hope that hours in the woods with anyone who sees something out in knowledgeable plant experts – time the woods and would like to know consuming indeed. Fortunately, I what it is would take a look to see can tell you the next best thing: if they can find it. Guess you could GeorgiaNatives.net, a wonderful say that my real target audience is website developed by our own GNPS anyone who goes out in the woods webmaster, Mike Strickland. and would like to learn more about the plants they see.‖ At Mike‘s site you will find a monthly array of plant photos, Mike‘s photos are making letting you know exactly what you an impact far beyond his website. are likely to find on a hike or a In fact, the Discover Life project rescue during the current month. (see article on page 5) is Best of all, you will see what stage employing close to 5000 of Mike‘s of growth the plant will be in, so it images in its Peoples Online Plant will be easy to identify when you Atlas. Mike has also provided come upon it in person. photos for the Georgia Cooperative Extension Service The month‘s pictures are publication Native Plants for Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) grouped alphabetically by botanical name, and Photo: Mike Strickland Georgia Part 1: Trees, Shrubs and each photo can be clicked for a larger display. Woody Vines. Both the botanical name and multiple common names are given. A ―search for more information‖ link is included that In addition to the monthly array of plant photos, takes you to a Google search for that plant. This presents you Mike‘s website has other items that will be of interest to the with many links you can then explore. nature enthusiast. Among them are pictures from Mike and wife Gina‘s annual trips to the Southeastern Wildflower Mike also has an index that lists all the plants for Pilgrimage and photos of numerous waterfalls in the which he has a picture during the month. It is organized Southeast. alphabetically by botanical name (common names are given as well), and Mike helpfully includes the Latin name Thanks to Mike‘s time and dedication, his excellent pronunciations, a very useful feature. Thumbnail photos are photography, and his generosity in sharing his pictures, we‘ll not on the index page, but each plant entry lists the dates for finally have some answers the next time we ask that which pictures are available, and you can call up a full-size perplexing question, ―How can I possibly identify a plant if it‘s picture by clicking on the date the picture was taken. not blooming?‖ N
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NativeSCAPE October 2009
Nurturing Nature By Connie Ghosh
Many GNPS members are avid gardeners as well As a result of those steps, we: as native plant lovers. We happily design planting places, put in plants, ooh and ahh when our dogtooths Support and re-introduce native plant communities. and dogwoods bloom, and generally carry on with creating personal little paradises for ourselves, family, Allow the plants to grow naturally, without relying and friends. on pruning, fertilizing, etc.
But just like plants, gardeners themselves grow. Re-establish self-reliant and self-perpetuating plant An increasing number of us are teaching ourselves communities. something very different from what the typical gardener does. Above and beyond gardening according to Restore the dominant species of the habitat to their environmental principles, we are quietly working out, in naturally occurring frequencies. our own minds and yards, the principles of native habitat restoration on a practical, small scale, In this new practice of ―restorer-gardening,‖ it ―everyman‖ basis. is not enough to have general native plant lists; it is important to have lists of plants found in specific As awareness of the benefits of habitat communities. Where small scale habitat restorers are restoration grows, various agencies and organizations beginning to operate, success is not counted so much by are undertaking restoration projects. GNPS members ―wow!‖ comments from visitors as by species counts. are quite involved in volunteering their time and labor The needs of the environment are considered when for these projects. In return for their efforts, they gain planting. Examples include: planting shrubs to deflect special knowledge and often they find themselves the wind and allow other plants to take root, extending applying this expertise to their own properties in turn. the forest boundary by letting tree seedlings grow, and While they cannot apply all the tenets of habitat planting native grasses where appropriate. Wild- restoration to small properties, they are nevertheless gathered seeds, rescued plants, and forest trees are implementing a sufficient number of new practices to being planted where once there were lawns and flower make a difference. beds.
Consider that when restoring habitat, we: Unlike large scale restoration efforts, the small scale habitat restorer will not normally have to call in Think how nature creates communities like the Oak- large numbers of workers to do massive plantings, Hickory forest. restore earlier contours, or pull acres of invasives. And due to the small size of most yards, he or she will Emphasize the dynamics of native plant probably not have room to add more than a half dozen communities, and the animals living within them. or so young forest trees, or 600-700 sq. ft. of native grasses and shrubs. Add plants if needed, researching natural distribution patterns. Small scale restoration, however, can make a difference. Every small restoration feeds the eco- Use native plants (non-hybrids and within-region). system and when several small ones are grouped together, the impact grows. Neighbors can come Remove invasive plants. together to make a difference, creating an expanding network of properties that helps to restore stable native plant populations to the land. N 11
NativeSCAPE October 2009
Native Walnuts By Ken Gohring
In a recent article, the genus Carya, trees develop a deep taproot and several wide spreading which includes the hickories, was discussed. In this lateral roots. Black walnut grows on a variety of sites article, the other native member of the Juglandaceae but grows best on neutral, deep, well drained soils that family is considered. The genera Juglans includes a are moist and fertile. Slower growth occurs on wetter number of walnut species found in North and South soils and dry ridges and slopes. It is commonly found on America, Southeast Europe and Asia. There are six limestone soils. In the mountains, the trees are usually recognized species found in the United States, although found at elevations below 4000 feet. as with many plant species, taxonomists disagree concerning whether some forms are varieties, as opposed to separate species. In general, walnuts are characterized by having compound leaves and nuts enclosed in thick leathery husks. The leaf structure is generally composed of numerous leaflets and ranges from 8 inches to 2 feet plus in length. Their plant growth characteristics range from small trees to larger trees sometimes over a hundred feet tall. Many of the walnut trees have dark wood that is very hard and durable and considered by some to be without equal in use in making cabinets and other wooden furniture. One notable characteristic is that walnuts produce chemicals Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) Fruit Photo: Paul Wray, Iowa State University, that are toxic to other plants, inhibiting the growth of www.forestryimages.org other plants around them. Like hickories, walnuts have both male and female catkins pollinated by wind. It is considered one of the most durable of US hardwoods. Easily worked with hand tools and wood Juglans nigra - Black Walnut working machinery, it is often used for high grade furniture, and for stocks for expensive shotguns and Black walnut is a hunting rifles. Frequently planted for timber purposes, medium to large tree good specimens can sell for thousands of dollars. Black found as far north as walnut is shade intolerant and must be dominant to southern Minnesota and as survive in mixed forests. It usually does best as far south as northwest scattered single trees occurring in openings in the Florida. Its western range canopy. While the black walnut trees are highly prized extends to eastern Texas for timber, they do not make good yard trees. Their and western Oklahoma tendency to produce periodic crops of nuts results in and to southeast South clean up chores and their early leaf drop can be Dakota. This species can undesirable. An additional problem is the chemical, grow as high as 125 feet called juglone, produced by the leaves, roots and other but normally tops out at parts of the tree. This chemical inhibits the growth of 80 feet. It usually has a plants beneath and around the tree. While some plants long smooth trunk and are tolerant of juglone, it is particularly difficult for small crown when growing tomatoes and apples. in a forest, but the Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) tree trunks Photo: Bill Cook, Michigan St. University, On the small Midwest farm where I grew up, frequently fork in www.forestryimages.org there was a small grove of black walnut with as many as open areas. The 20 trees. I never knew whether they were planted there
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Native Walnuts Continued from Page 11 or grew naturally. They were located adjacent to a furniture, the tree is more valued for its nuts. These field for growing crops and grew quite well. The nuts, nuts are oblong with a sticky husk. The nut shell has which grew as large as 2-1/2 inches in diameter, were irregular ridges and the nutmeat is sweet and oily, like gathered for eating. We were quite fortunate to have a butter. farm association nearby that would hull the nuts gratis in return for the shells. I never knew what the shells The range of the butternut is similar to the were used for, but references indicate that they are black walnut but doesn't extend as far south and extends sometimes used to produce a brown dye. The nuts are further north. While found in common areas, the two eagerly sought for their use in confections such as ice species apparently do not cross pollinate. Georgia's cream, cakes and candy. The oily nutmeats are more population is found in the northern part of the state. I distinctive than those of its related Asian species have never knowingly seen one on a GNPS rescue, but I Juglans regia, which is known as the English did find a nut at a site in Cherokee County near the walnut. English walnuts are grown extensively in Etowah River. It could have washed a significant California for commercial use. Black walnut shells are distance from a more northerly site. On a recent quite hard and difficult to crack. The shells have been Georgia Botanical Society field trip to the northern used for many purposes such as non slip agents in tires, portion of the Etowah, trip leader Hal Massie found a air pressure propellants in strip paints, and deburring tree that was identified as Juglans cinerea by Tom and cleaning agents in industrial applications. A Patrick of the DNR. Tom, who was also on the trip, was charcoal made from the shells was once used in gas able to make the identification by observing the amount mask filters. of hair on the leaves, which is denser on butternuts than on the black walnut. This specimen did not exhibit any of the cankers common to infected trees. Juglans cinerea - Butternut or White Walnut
While not considered endangered as yet, this species is becoming scarce in the wild. The trees are threatened by a fungus called butternut canker. This disease is so intense that authorities have decided to consider butternut a "species at risk." In many areas tree kill is 90% and in other locations 100%. The disease has reportedly eliminated butternut in the Carolinas. Even though the tree is sparsely distributed throughout its range, the fungus is quite effective in its destruction. The butternut has limited resistance to this fungus of unknown origin which was most likely introduced from outside North America. It was first observed in the late Butternut (Juglans cinerea) Fruit Photo: Paul Wray, Iowa State University, 1970s in Wisconsin. Apparently, it does not harm any www.forestryimages.org other tree species. Like the efforts to restore the Butternut trees are sold by numerous plant American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and American nurseries. Several select cultivars exist. These are elm (Ulmus americana), programs are underway to distinguished by good cracking qualities, vigorous growth develop resistant cultivars. habit, nut flavor, bearing capability and qualities such
as kernel size. I have planted several butternuts in my Butternut is a small to medium sized tree that garden. They are said to grow rapidly at an early stage, can, in optimal environments, grow to 75 feet, however however that has not been my experience. it seldom lives over 75 years. While sometimes used for
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Native Walnuts George Sanko Receives Tom Dodd Jr. Award of Excellence at Cullowhee Native Plants Conference Continued from Page 12 By: Rick Barnes
Juglans microcarpa - Little Walnut Apparently the term Little walnut, sometimes called Texas walnut, is a ―retirement‖ is foreign to small shrub-like species that usually grows no taller than George Sanko. For nearly two decades, Sanko has been 20 feet, although some specimens grow taller. It‘s the driving force behind the name refers to the size of the species fruit rather than Georgia Perimeter College its structure. There are two recognized varieties, var. (GPC) Native Plant Botanical microcarya and var. stewartii, which differ by leaf and Garden, a role he took on to ―wind down a bit‖ after fruit size. It is found from southwestern Kansas through concluding a formal teaching Oklahoma to central New Mexico and Texas south into career that ended in 1990 Mexico. It‘s nuts are the smallest of the native walnuts, after spanning a quarter- only reaching about 3/4 inch in diameter or 1 inch in the century. case of var. stewartii. For his work as a teacher, botanist, and George Sanko Photo: Rick Barnes garden director, George received the Tom Juglans major - Arizona Walnut Dodd Jr. Award of Excellence at the 26th The Arizona walnut is found from central Texas west annual Native Plants Conference held at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. Formerly called the ―North into central Arizona. It generally grows to a maximum American Native Plantsman Award,‖ past recipients include Lady height of 40 plus feet and lives up to 400 years. Its fruit Bird Johnson, Fred Galle, Darrel Morrison, the National Park is larger than the little walnut, reaching 1-1/2 inches in Service, The Nature Conservancy, and other distinguished diameter with a thin husk. It hybridizes with the little Americans selected for their efforts toward the conservation and promotion of native plants in the landscape. walnut in areas where both grow. It is the only walnut that grows in the desert. The lifetime achievement award was presented on July 25, 2009 to honor George‘s work as an instructor of both Botany and Juglans california - California Black Walnut Biology to nearly 20,000 students of GPC (then DeKalb Community College), as well as for his stellar work in the This species is sometimes called southern California development of the GPC Garden on the college‘s Decatur black walnut. Another species, Juglans hindsii, is found campus which features native plants from North America. further north in California. This species is either a large multi-stemmed shrub or a small single-trunked tree ―George‘s Garden,‖ as it is affectionately called, displays hundreds of taxa of native ornamental plants, including ferns, in which frequently forks and grows to 20 feet. It has a an informal landscape setting. One important community small hard nut that grows as large as 1-1/2 inches. The outreach effort is education: garden staff provides many no-cost species is threatened in its natural area by California's educational programs for the general public on topics ranging exploding development. from plant taxonomy to general gardening to specific classes on gardening with native plants such as ferns and trilliums. The botanical garden is a travel destination for master gardeners, Juglans hindsii - Hind's Black Walnut garden clubs, and plant societies. Similar to the California black walnut, this species is considered a variety of such by some. It is also known as The Plant Sales area stocks unusual native plants for sale to the gardening public. The garden benefits from the work of a northern California walnut. Originally its range was dedicated volunteer corps and donations from individuals and restricted to a few locations near the Bay area, but its non-profits such as the Georgia Native Plant Society. Over the use as a rootstock for English walnut has caused its years, GNPS has donated to the garden‘s spring and fall ―Lunch naturalization in many areas of California. It is believed & Learn‖ programs, and recently funded the development of the Jeane Reeves Memorial Garden. that in some of these areas the species has hybridized with Juglans nigra, the black walnut. Hind's black In his acceptance remarks, George, in characteristic fashion, walnut can grow to a large tree up to 60 feet and its shunned all credit, giving it instead to all the students and volunteers who ―actually make things happen.‖ ―I am only a wood is used for furniture and gun stocks. N catalyst,‖ he said. Indeed, he is: congratulations, George! N 14
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Native Plant Rescue News By Lynn Almand Is it true you‘ve never been on a plant rescue?
If you haven‘t been on a rescue, now is the time! After a long, hot break from rescues during July and August, we‘re back in the plant rescue business. The September schedule is complete, and we are looking forward to more rescues in October, November, and December. The monthly email rescue announcement contains a link to the website to sign up. If you are not receiving the listserv, please let me know at [email protected] . You don‘t need to be a native plant expert. It is a learning experience for all of us each time we go, and there are plenty of facilitators and fellow rescuers eager to help get you started. The more you participate, the more you learn. It is so much fun just being out there with like-minded GNPSers digging and talking plants, that you don‘t even have to have a place to plant them. We have many worthwhile projects eager to take your plants.
Fall is the perfect time to plant. Many of us pot up freshly dug rescued plants during late spring and summer and wait until fall to get them in the ground. It is much easier to water plants when they are grouped together in pots than to try to remember just where you planted this one or that one around your garden.
When you are deciding where to put that potted or freshly dug rescued plant, remember the growing conditions it was in originally. Was it growing in the sun, partial shade or full shade? In dry, sandy soil? In moist, rich soil? In rocky conditions or on a slope? You will have the best success by replicating those conditions in the plant‘s new home. I‘ve also heard many a seasoned rescuer say that most of the plants we rescue would love a little more sun than they received where we dug them. I most often hear that about native azaleas.
Many of our woodland plants love a rich, moist soil created by years and years of accumulated leaves that ultimately become part of the soil. Oh, the times I‘ve been digging plants on a rescue and wished I could take home a truckload of that beautiful soil. When Ed McDowell was rescue director, I tried to talk him into buying a bobcat we could haul around on rescues. You can imagine his answer. So, shovel full by shovel full, I try to take a little home with each plant, knowing that it helps to keep the roots moist and safe on the way home and nestles the roots when it‘s planted.
The range of conditions native plants love is as varied as the plants themselves. But good gardening practices for natives are really no different than non-natives. Soil preparation, planting in the right place with the right light and moisture, and keeping the plant watered properly until it becomes established are essential elements for any garden.
So, what are you waiting for? If you‘ve never been on a rescue or it‘s been awhile, go to the website, pick out a rescue and hopefully you are not too late to sign up. Or if you miss out this time, when you get the next announcement, sign up quickly to secure a place.
Hope to see you on a rescue soon. Marshall Haltom, a Cobb County Eagle Scout Candidate rescuing plants for his Eagle Project with Troop 1011 Photo: Sheri George 15
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Chapter News By Gina Strickland
The West Georgia Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society will hold a weekend workshop on October 17th at the Carrollton Ag Center on several topics including:
Native Plants and Butterflies
Using Natives in the Home Landscape
Invasive Plants in Georgia
This is a fund raiser for the West Georgia Chapter as well as an educational event. The fee for the workshop is $5.00 for members and $10.00 for non-members. The event will include a plant sale, merchandise sale, and a seed swap. The merchandise available will include the new 2010 calendars, as well as GNPS T-shirts, coffee mugs with the WGC logo, and native plant photos suitable for framing.
The calendar for 2010 will feature member Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides) photos of Georgia‘s native plants and include Photo: Mike Strickland dates of interest for meetings and events of the West GA Chapter and GNPS, as well as other events of interest to native plant enthusiasts.
The WGC is taking nominations for its Board of Directors until November 1st. Send nominations to:
For updates and more information on the West Georgia Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society, visit our recently launched website at: WGaWildflowers.org 16
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Plant Focus: Dogbane By Jim Smith
Many gardeners eschew plants without an inflorescence of white to greenish flowers that spectacular flowers, foliage or edible qualities. If you usually does not exceed the foliage. Both have slender have seen my garden, you would know that these are paired follicles that resemble ―skinny‖ milkweed pods. not criteria for inclusion. In fact, my garden might best be described as a ―horticultural zoo.‖ Any plant that Because of the plants resemblance to milkweeds interests me is a candidate for inclusion. they are often mis-identified as milkweeds by casual observers, but they are poisonous and should not be One of the plant families that I find interesting confused with milkweed when foraging for wild food. is the Apocynaceae. The family comes from an ancient The stems of oleander, when used to skewer and cook name from the Greek that meat, were the source of literally means ―from a dog,‖ very serious illness and because many of the plants in even death on occasion, the family were considered according to John poisonous to dogs. Many of Kingsbury, the author of the plants in the family are ―Poisonous Plants of the familiar plants to gardeners, United States and from the oleander (Nerium Canada.‖ oleander) found along the seacoast, to the garden The plants were periwinkles (Vinca spp.) and listed in the United States the blue stars (Amsonia spp.). Pharmacopoeia until The latter are common in 1952, and were widely many gardens and are used medicinally, both beautiful, tough and pest-free. here and in Europe. The plant roots contain the Two plants ubiquitous glycoside cymarin, which in most of Georgia are the was used as a cardiac dogbanes (Apocynum spp.). stimulant. The common names fly-trap and catch-fly derive from the Many Indian fact that the flowers are able tribes including the to trap some insects. Insects Cherokees used the feasting on the nectaries of plants medicinally and the flowers are occasionally Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) also to make a wash to trapped in the narrow fissure Theodore Webster, USDA Agricultural Research Service, treat mange on dogs. between anthers and stigma. www.forestryimages.org Perhaps the most The two are the closely related and very similar A. important use of the plants by most Indian tribes was for androsaemifolium and A. cannabinum. They are both thread, cordage and fish nets. There are very specific found along woodland margins and both have opposite instructions on the internet on methods to harvest, dry, leaves, milky sap and urceolate (urn-shaped) flowers. extract and use the fibers of this interesting plant. Give The former usually has an inflorescence of white to it a try. N pinkish flowers that overtop the foliage and the latter 17
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Upcoming GNPS Events
November 1: Voting Begins for Plant of the Year!
The candidate plants will be posted on the website beginning November 1st. Voting online begins November 1st and ends midnight November 15th.
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November 10 at 7:00 PM: GNPS Meeting
Come join your GNPS friends for the GNPS holiday social and annual business meeting, which will be held Tuesday, November 10, at 7:00 PM in Day Hall at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. This is what we plan to do:
Meet the candidates and elect the new board of directors for 2010.
Vote on Plant of the Year for 2010.
Learn something new at one (or more) of our learning stations.
Bring a side dish to share with others (more on this later through the GNPS listserv).
Socialize and share holiday cheer (not in the beverages, please no alcohol) with our friends and think of spring.
Raffle off an exciting selection of prizes.
We hope you will come and join us for a good time as we head into the holiday season. And please think about carpooling! You‘ll save money on parking and enjoy company on the ride.
November 15 at 2:00 PM: Workshop on Winter Twig Identification
Learn more about how to identify woody plants in the winter using twig characteristics. Ron Lance will be your instructor for this 3 hour workshop. Ron is the author of ―Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States: A Winter Guide‖ and currently is a senior naturalist at Balsam Mountain Preserve in Sylva, NC.
The workshop will consist of some classroom time and some time outdoors, so appropriate clothing based on the weather will be required.
Participation is limited to 25 attendees. The workshop will be from 2 pm to 5 pm on Sunday, November 15th at Dunwoody Nature Center. Light refreshments will be provided. The fee for this workshop is $15. To reserve your spot, please send an email to [email protected].
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Upcoming GNPS Events
February 13, 2010: GNPS Symposium
The Georgia Native Plant Society‘s 15th symposium is approaching! It will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the North Metro campus of Chattahoochee Tech in Acworth, GA. A brochure about the symposium will be mailed to all GNPS members in early November, and details will also be available on the GNPS website.
Speakers include the following:
Dan Long (nursery owner) on ―Native Vines‖
Tom Patrick (botanist) on ―Georgia Trilliums‖
George Kish (Hydrologist with U.S. Geological Survey) on ―Climate Change and Plant Phenology in the Southeastern United States‖
Gil Nelson (botanist and author) on ―Native Hollies of the Southeast‖
Rick Lewandowski (director of Mt. Cuba Center) on ―Nurturing Gardens Inspired by Nature‖
If you are interested in assisting with the event, contact symposium chairperson Ellen Honeycutt at [email protected].
April 24, 2010
Mark Your Calendars-
We have a date for the 2010 GNPS Spring Plant Sale!
When? Saturday, April 24 with set-up Friday, April 23
Where? McFarlane Nature Park 280 Farm Road SE Marietta, GA 30067
Fall is here with cooler temperatures...perfect weather for joining a rescue!
(Also a perfect time to begin donating some of those rescued natives for our spring sale.)
Thank you!
Sheri George Spring Plant Sale Chair [email protected] 19
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The Certificate in Native Plants Program By Julie Newell
The Certificate in Native Plants program was Okay, so that‘s the official ―scoop.‖ What I really created in 2007. It is sponsored by the State Botanical want to tell you is just how rich these courses are—and Garden of Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia Plant how much fun! Every course includes hands-on learning— Conservation Alliance. The program ―offers committed usually out on the paths and among the plants of the individuals a comprehensive series of short courses in Garden. Class size is about 20, and there‘s ample identification, cultivation, propagation, ecology and opportunity to make new friends and run into old friends conservation of native Georgia plants. With an emphasis as well. The instructors all have strong academic and on participatory learning, the short courses are designed hands-on backgrounds and come well prepared, but the to provide a supportive and challenging learning lectures are informal enough that questions are always atmosphere. Participants will gain a greater welcome and encouraged. appreciation and understanding of native plants in a broad context.‖ Completion of the Certificate requires Ann Shenk, the Director of Education, and Cora four 8-hour core courses, six 4-hour electives, two field Kerber, the Education Coordinator, at the State trips, and sixteen hours of volunteer work for a total of Botanical Garden are the icing on the cake. Unfailingly 80 hours. The first ―class‖ graduated at the Garden‘s friendly and helpful, they make it clear that every Native Plant Symposium in January 2009. GNPS was well participant is valued. And when the inevitable questions represented among that first class of 8, and will certainly and even glitches arise, they respond promptly and be well represented among the Class of 2010. helpfully. Approximately 30 program participants are expected to receive their certificates of completion at the 2010 I stumbled Native Plant Symposium at the State Botanical Garden on across this program by January 20th. accident in late December of last The program is very flexible. Two core courses year. By December of and several electives are offered each quarter, and most this year I will be one classes are on Saturdays. There is no requirement that core course and the program be completed within a given timeframe. It maybe some volunteer can be completed within a year, but many (if not most) hours short of my participants will take longer than that—enrolling in certificate. But it long courses as interest and other demands on their schedules ago stopped being allow. There are currently about 120 people registered in about ―finishing the the program. (The one-time certificate registration fee is program‖—I drive two $30.) Core courses are $100 or $90 for members of the hours each way and garden. Electives are $45 or $40 for members. sign up for every class I possibly can because Elaine Nash (gray hat) leads the Cool- The four core courses, each taught in one 8-hour I‘ve found I really love Season Grasses elective course. Photo: Julie Newell day, are: Basic Botany, Natural History of Georgia Plants, these courses, the Plant Taxonomy and Basic Field Botany, and Plant personal interactions, and what I‘m gaining both in Conservation: Protecting Botanical Diversity. Electives, specific information and in perspective. Some might call each taught in a single half-day, focus on everything it ―enrichment‖ or ―intellectual stimulation.‖ I just call from Spring Wildflowers of the Granite Rock Outcrops to it ―brain candy,‖ and there‘s plenty of it to be had in grasses (warm season or cool season) to ferns and mosses this program! N to tree identification. There are also electives on Certificate web page: photography, plant families of Georgia, propagating http://www.uga.edu/botgarden/cnp.html plants from seeds, and botanical names—and many more Course schedule information: as well. http://www.uga.edu/botgarden/educationalevents.html 20
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