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PP Sept-Oct 09 Vol24#5.Qxd September-October 2009 NEWSLETTER OF THE MISSOURI NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY Vol. 24, No. 5 Banquet sign-up MONPS 30th Anniversary Please use sign-up flier enclosed with the Petal Pusher. Fulton, Missouri Schedule of events To Prairie Garden Trust Friday Evening, Sept. 25 Go east (toward St. Louis) on Interstate Westminster College Hunter Activity Center — Hermann Lounge 70 from Columbia. Take the US Hwy 54/Kingdom City exit from I-70. 5:30 p.m. — Reception and Welcome Take US Hwy 54 south (toward Fulton and 7 p.m. — MONPS Quarterly Board Meeting Jefferson City) to Callaway County’s Route Saturday Morning, Sept. 26 — 8 a.m. to Noon BB. (It’s south of Fulton; take the Hwy 54 Field Trip — Prairie Garden Trust — 4 miles south of Fulton. bypass around Fulton.) Turn left on Route BB. Private preserve owned and managed by Lorna and Henry Domke. Turn right on County Rd 430. (County Rd We’ll meet at the Country Hearth & Inn parking lot at 8 a.m 430 is in the middle of a 90 degree turn Saturday Afternoon, Sept. 26 — 1-5 p.m. on Hwy BB). It’s a gravel road. Westminster College Hunter Activity Center — Hermann Lounge At the “T,” turn right. Speaker Series Turn left on County Rd 431 (It is the first road Doug Ladd, director of science and conservation, The Nature on the left). It is also a gravel road. County Conservancy Missouri Chapter —“Whither Now MONPS? Conservation Rd 431 ends at Prairie Garden Trust. Gains, Losses, Needs and the Role of the Society Moving Forward” George Yatskievych’s cell phone number Paul Nelson, ecology and land management planner at Mark Twain National Forest —“Biotic Homogenization” is (314) 799-5722 and Paul McKenzie’s is (573) 289-2140. Call if you get lost. Bill Summers, botanist extraordinaire (retired) — “Missouri’s Orchid Flora, 30 Years of Change” Lodging Jim H. Wilson, Webster University E. Desmond Lee professor, Forest Park Forever —“To Own the World” In Fulton Country Hearth Inn & Suites — $80 with George Yatskievych, curator at Missouri Botanical Garden — AAA or AARP — (573)642-0077 “Reflections on the Flora of Missouri” Kingdom City — 10 mi north of Fulton Super 8 — $58 with Missouri Native Plant Saturday Evening, Sept. 26 — 7-10 p.m. Society; (573)642-2888 Banquet Dinner — Sir Winston’s Restaurant, Fulton (Contract # G0000863) MONPS Awards Additional Lodging Keynote Speaker: Larry Morrison, MONPS historian — “From these Fulton: Holiday Inn Express — $86; Roots: Interesting Events in the History of MONPS” (877)863-4780 Kingdom City: Comfort Inn — $90; Sunday Morning, Sept. 27 — 8 a.m. to noon (573)642-7745 Field Trip — Tucker Prairie most probably. Again, we’ll meet at the Note: It is a “Family Weekend” for Country Hearth & Inn parking lot at 8 a.m. Westminster College in Fulton. You may want to make reservations early. September-October 2009 Petal Pusher Page 1 Calendar of Events Hawthorn Chapter have questions or need further information at (816) 561-9419. Monday, Sept. 14: — Regular meeting 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Osage Plains Chapter Church, 2615 Shepard Blvd.Topic to be announced. Monday, Sept. 12 — field trip. TBA. Contact Jim and Dorothy Thursday, Sept, 17 — Lunch with Native Plant Enthusiasts! Harlan. 11:30 a.m. at the Uprise Bakery at 10 Hitt St. near Broadway. Saturday, Oct. 3 — In Touch with Nature field Day at Lincoln Sept. 21 – Potluck and garden tour at the home of Marlene and University Busby Farm in Jefferson City.Wagon tours and exhibits Jack Miller. Enjoy the wonderful array of herbs, flowers, trees and to discuss uses of native plants in landscaping, conservation, and more. Marlene will have her gardens open at 4:00 p.m., be sure as alternative crops will be emphasized.We will be setting up the to be there by 5 to enjoy it all. We will eat and have our meeting booth.Please let us know if you will be helping. to follow. Directions: 949 NE Highway C Hwy Calhoun, MO. Once again, take Hwy 7 from Clinton towards Warsaw, turn north onto Saturday, Oct. 10 — Fall prairie walk at the Bennitt Conservation Hwy C towards Lincoln. Her house is on the south side of C Hwy, Area and “The Hole” (Both in NW Boone County). This is the first between County Road 901 (to south) / V Hwy (to north) and of the three-part propagation workshop. Meet at noon at the MDC County Road 1001. Research Center. We will decide where to eat lunch. Contact Becky. Ozarks Chapter Saturday, Oct. 17 — Seventh Annual Chestnut Roast at HARC, Tuesday, Sept 15 — Chapter meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the MDC the MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center, New Ozark Regional Office, 551 Joe Jones Blvd, West Plains. Franklin, Mo.10 a.m. to 4 p.m.We will be setting up our booth at 9 Program to be determined. a.m. Please let us know if you can help. Tuesday, Oct. 20 — Chapter meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the MDC Saturday, Oct. 24— Fall Color Walk at Three Creeks: meet at 1 Ozark Regional Office, 551 Joe Jones Blvd, West Plains. pm at the MDC Research Center to carpool. Sign up to attend. Program to be determined. For more information contact Paula at (573) 474-4225 or Becky at (573) 657-2314 Perennis Chapter Kansas City Chapter Sunday, Sept. 27 — Guided tour of the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at 1 p.m. at the Visitor Center. Contact Allison Saturday, Sept. 19 — Field Trip to Jerry Smith Park.Plans are to meet at 9 a.m. at the park entrance. This is at 139th Street and Vaughn ([email protected]) with questions. Holmes Road.There is a maintenance shed near the parking area. Lance Jessee is the sponsor for this field trip. Please con- St. Louis Chapter tact Lance if you have any questions or need directions.(816) Wednesday, Sept. 23 — Nicole Miller, Washington University 444-4933. doctoral student, will be giving a presentation on “Pollination spe- Thursday, Sept. 24 — 7 p.m. chapter meeting in the meeting cialization and stress-adaptation in glade endemic plants: implica- room at All Souls Unitarian Church, 4501 Walnut, Kansas City, tions for species distributions.” Niki was the recipient of the 2008 Mo. The Program is to be announced.For further information MONPS Hudson Award. Chapter meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Powder about the meeting please contact David or Kathy Winn at (913) Valley Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Drive, Kirkwood (off Geyer 432-4220. Rd. between Watson & Big Bend). Saturday, Oct. 17 — Field trip to Maple Woods for the annual fall Wednesday, Oct 28 — Members’ Night. Share your slides or foliage display.Take North Oak Traffic way north to 76th Street, go other photographs from the year. Bring up to 20 of your best east on 76th Street about 1.25 miles.There is a parking area on slides or digital images for all to enjoy. Chapter meeting at 7:30 the south side of the street.Sue Hollis is sponsor for this trip and p.m. at Powder Valley Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Drive, will meet others in the parking lot at 9 a.m.Contact Sue if you Kirkwood (off Geyer Rd. between Watson & Big Bend). Rose gentian, Sabatia angularis Biennial, grows to 2 feet tall. Blooms June-September, five petal-like pink (sometimes white) lobes joined at the base, Has a slender, branching stem that is square usually with a yellow mark at the base; five sta- in section (to which “angularis” refers) mens. Bears opposite pairs of small, clasping ovate Grows in glades, upland fields, margins of leaves. Also has a basal rosette of leaves. woods. Page 2 Petal Pusher September-October 2009 Mailing address Shortleaf Pine Savanna Part I for MONPS has changed Logged, Overgrown Because our post office branch has moved to a new location, the and Ready for Restoration MONPS post office box and zip plus By Kevin Bley bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), little four zip code have been changed by bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), the Postal Service. The new P.O. Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) and Box number is 440353, and the zip This entry is part one of a periodic serial- switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) was distrib- plus four is now 63144-0353. We ization of the restoration of an Ozarks uted without working the seed into the will still receive mail addressed savannna. ground. using the previous post office box Historically common on south facing Some trees were chainsawed and the number, but only until the end of slopes throughout the pre- stumps treated with a solution of 2009, so please update your settlement Ozarks, shortleaf Crossbow and diesel fuel to pre- records and begin using the new pine (Pinus echinata) savan- vent regrowth. Fortunately, red mailing address. nas have diminished greatly cedar is not prevalent and many due to factors such as log- individual specimens could be ging, elimination of wildfires, eliminated. Natural Resources New members woody growth encroachment Conservation Service through and land clearing for human their cost-share program, EQIP, Melissa Dancer, Spokane use (i.e. livestock, crops, has approved efforts to burn the homesteads). area annually in 2010 and 2011 Cory Cross, Portageville Shortleaf pine, the only with subsequent seeding and Carol Widger, Novato, Calif. native pine in Missouri, is the woody vegetation elimination. most recognizable vegetation MONPS members, includ- Fairies Farm Corp., Stockton in this ecotype—at least from a ing Bill Knight, Nels Holmberg distance. It has a natural resist- and Alan Brant, have visited Sue Davis, Platte City Shortleaf pine ance to fire that previously the area to assist in identifying (Pinus echinata) Patricia Lynn, Ballwin allowed savannas to be domi- flora, which includes eight nated by these tall pines.
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