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Plant of the Month
At each monthly meeting, a chapter member gives a brief presentation about a native plant. Want to volunteer, but don't know where to begin? Here's a basic outline, which also has a book list and links to sites you may find useful in gathering information.
Our Plant of the Month talks have described:
2007
Mimosa strigillosa
Spotted Horsemint (Monarda punctata)
Florida Mountainmint
Sky Blue Lupine
Gary's Prickly Pear Cactus
Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Butterfly-weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Spotted Horsemint (Monarda punctata)
2006:
Native Rhododendruns
Wild Pennyroyal (Piloblephis rigida)
Innocence Plant (Hedyotis procumbens)
Simpson Stopper
Winged Elm
Virginia Willow
Mimosa strigillosa
Viburnum dentatum
Rusty Lyonia
Carphephorus paniculatus
Wax Myrtle
2005:
Native Porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
Possumhaw, Witherod, or Appalachian Tea (Viburnum
nudum )
Yellow Anise (Illicium parviflorum)
Polypodium fern
Coreopsis leavenworthii and Coreopsis lancelota
Bloodberry or Rougeplant (Rivina humilis)
Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
Wild Poinsettia (Poinsettia cyathophora)
Southern ladies' tresses (Spiranthes torta)
Sweet Acacia (Acacia farnesiana)
Pineland Gayfeather or Pineland Blazingstar
(Liatris garberi)
2004:
Hollies
Passion Vine
Hard coated seeds
Coontie/Garbaria
Poly podium fern
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Green Eyes
Conradina brevifolia
Scrub St John's Wort
Pawpaw
Blue Eyed Grass
Persimmon
Firebush
2003:
Dwarf Wax Myrtle
Dwarf Walter's Viburnum
Saw Palmetto
Coontie
Rusty Lyonia
Tarflower
Spicebush
Silver Croton
Gopher Apple
Goldenrod
Red Cedar
2002:
Beach sunflower
Pennyroyal
Swamp sunflower
Climbing Aster
Swamp Sneezeweed
Sweet Bay Magnolia
Chickasaw Plum
Sensitive Plant
Liatris
Wild Lime
Rattlesnake Master
2001:
Cabbage Palm
Passion Vine
Wild Poinsettia
Sparkleberry
Beautyberry
Redbud
Cherry Laurel
"Unplant" (invasive exotic) talks included:
Floating bladderwort
Coral Ardesia
Skunk Vine
Cogon Grass
Chinese Tallow
Catclaw Mimosa
Asparagus Fern
Air Potato
Nandina
Water-hyacinth
Camphor Tree
Ligustrm Sinense
Chinaberry
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