Welcome to the Magnolia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society

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1 Welcome to the Magnolia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society Our mission is to promote the preservation, conservation and restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of Florida

Our Magnolia Chapter does not require membership to attend our meetings and field trips, but it is encouraged Membership fees support the mission of the Florida Native Plant

2 Our Magnolia Chapter does not require membership to attend our meetings and field trips, but it is encouraged Membership fees support the mission of the Florida Native Plant Society at both the state and local levels Please join or renew online ( by mail, or giving a check to our treasurer, Rayanne Mitchell. Thank you for your support!

3 For your convenience, this slide show has been saved to our website on the Meetings page

4 Get Involved Volunteer Workday Opportunities Where: Who: How: Angus Gholson Nature Park Diana Picklesimer Maclay Gardens Native Arboretum Ann Johnson Milkweed Initiative Facebook Monarch-milkweed st. marks nwr Seek and Destroy Coral Ardesia Katie Pearson, FSU Plant Club plantclubfsu@gmail.com TorreyaKeepers Leigh Brooks lbrooks2wd@nettally.com Upsy Daisy Plant Rescue Society Gail Fishman grtener@gmail.com Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve, Lost Creek Forest, & Cherokee Pollinator Garden Beth Grant bethgrant@bellsouth.net

Remembering Jack Stites Jack will be sorely missed by all of us who knew and loved him. Our hearts go out to Annie as she faces the challenges of beginning a new chapter in her life without him.

5 Remembering Jack Stites Jack will be sorely missed by all of us who knew and loved him. Our hearts go out to Annie as she faces the challenges of beginning a new chapter in her life without him. Many thanks to Eleanor Dietrich who has created a photo album of pictures she and other friends have taken of Jack. These photos help to reinforce our memories of him. There have been more than 400 views of this album so far If you have a nice picture that you have taken of Jack, please send it to Eleanor so she can add it to the album. Eleanor s address is eleanor43@aol.com A link to Eleanor s photo album has been posted in our Ms. Magnolia newsletter and to our website Links page:

Magnolia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society Schedule of Programs and Field Trips for 2018-2019 Please refer to: http://magnolia.fnpschapters.org/index.php?

, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 6 th Ginny Stibolt Climate-Wise Landscaping Practical Solutions for a Sustainable Future 4 th Jean Huffman From Seeds to Stumps Six Short Stories of Old Southern

6 Magnolia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society Schedule of Programs and Field Trips for Please refer to: for updates Month September October November December January February March April May Monthly meeting on 1st Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Rm 1024 King Bldg., 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 6 th Ginny Stibolt Climate-Wise Landscaping Practical Solutions for a Sustainable Future 4 th Jean Huffman From Seeds to Stumps Six Short Stories of Old Southern Pines 1 st Emily Coffey Ex situ and In situ conservation effort for North America s rarest conifer, Torreya taxifolia 6 th Reed Noss Florida Needs Fire! 3 rd Houston Snead The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem and Conservation of a Rare Orchid - Platanthera chapmanii, Chapman s Fringed Orchid 7 th Peter Kleinhenz Botanizing By Phone: Using inaturalist to Learn, Document, and Conserve Florida s Wildflowers We are co-sponsoring these two events with Apalachee Audubon and NABA Hairstreak Chapter 7 th Kevin Hiers How Fine Scale Fire Behavior Maintains Biodiversity in Southern Pine Ecosystems 4th Harley Means Our Local Surficial Geology Dissected: How Surficial Geology Affects Ravine Development 2 nd Craig Huegel Roots and How They Work Field Trip - generally on the following Saturday, 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 8 th Ginny Stibolt Workshop hosted by the Sarracenia Chapter 20 th Jean Huffman St. Joe Buffer Preserve 3 rd Emily Cofffey Details to be determined 8 th - Reed Noss Details to be determined 5 th Houston Snead Private land in Baker County that supports over 1,000 Chapman s Fringed Orchids 9 th Peter Kleinhenz Mini-bioblitz at Horn Springs Addition to Natural Bridge State Park using inaturalist 9 th Kevin Hiers Tall Timbers 6 th Harley Means The Nature Conservancy s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve - Garden of Eden trail (10:00 a.m.) 4 th Details to be determined

Monarch Milkweed Workday Wednesday, September 12 th, 9:00 a.m 12:00 p.m. 7300 Coastal Hwy, Crawfordville, FL Good News! Our workdays are starting up again!

9 Monarch Milkweed Workday Wednesday, September 12 th, 9:00 a.m 12:00 p.m Coastal Hwy, Crawfordville, FL Good News! Our workdays are starting up again! We've been on hiatus while Scott's injuries are healing from his accident. Scott and David Moody will be at the workday to wrangle volunteers and lead tasks. Lots of work to do cleaning up the nursery, sowing seeds, and upgrading plants into larger pots. Workdays will be held each Wednesday morning for now, but we'll add a weekend workday soon. Cold water and snacks will be available. Please bring your own water bottle. We also have a supply of thermocells to ward off the mosquitoes! I hope you can join us!

From Seeds to Stumps: Six Short Stories of Old Southern Pines Longleaf pines are a vital and beautiful element of our southern pine savannas.

At the same time she will highlight some of what makes our rare old-growth longleaf pine stands so unique and valuable. FNPS Magnolia Chapter Meeting Thurs., October 4 th 7:00 9:00 p.m. Rm 1024, King Bldg Jean Huffman is a fire ecologist and land manager.

She is also coordinator of the Southeastern Coastal Plain Tree Ring Lab at Tall Timbers and is continuing work reconstructing the history of fire in several sites in Florida and southern Georgia.

13 From Seeds to Stumps: Six Short Stories of Old Southern Pines Longleaf pines are a vital and beautiful element of our southern pine savannas. Through six short stories, based on current research projects in our region, Jean will explore a few threads of the web of ecological relationships between longleaf pines, fire, plants and fungi. At the same time she will highlight some of what makes our rare old-growth longleaf pine stands so unique and valuable. FNPS Magnolia Chapter Meeting Thurs., October 4 th 7:00 9:00 p.m. Rm 1024, King Bldg Jean Huffman is a fire ecologist and land manager. Currently she is a research associate at Louisiana State University working on a study of fire, plants and fungi at the Wade Tract and St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve. She is also coordinator of the Southeastern Coastal Plain Tree Ring Lab at Tall Timbers and is continuing work reconstructing the history of fire in several sites in Florida and southern Georgia. Her Ph.D. is from Louisiana State University and her master s from University of Florida. She has worked for decades with on-the-ground fire and land management in Florida, most recently as the manager of the St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve, and previously as biologist at Myakka River State Park. Jean will lead a field trip to St. Joe Buffer Preserve on Saturday, October 20 th

14 Other Upcoming Events of Interest Apalachee Audubon 3 rd Thursday, 7:00 8:30 p.m. in Room 1024 King Building September 20 th Mindy Mohrman - Tallahassee s Trees and Urban Forest Master Plan October 18 th Scott Davis The Importance of Volunteers to the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Apalachicola National Forest (FANF) 2 nd Monday, 7:00 8:30 p.m. in Room 1024 King Bldg. September 10 th - Tom Miller - The Ecology of Pitcher Plants in the ANF October 8 th - Jean Huffman, Brian Pelc and Ace Haddock - Restoring Longleaf Pine in Flatwoods Sierra Club Big Bend Group 1834 Mahan Dr. September 13 th DK Roberts Talking about the Environment

Buy some $1 tickets to have a chance to win plants and other items!

Native Nurseries for the plant donations!

found the R. fulgida in the Panhanlde to prefer average to wet soils.

15 Buy some $1 tickets to have a chance to win plants and other items! September Plant of the Month: Rudbeckia fulgida, Black-eyed Susan Many thanks to Native Nurseries for the plant donations! Lilly says that the FANN website recommends sandy, dry soils for it, but she has found the R. fulgida in the Panhanlde to prefer average to wet soils. She actually sees it often in roadside ditches that are temporarily flooded and her experience with growing is that it does not like to dry out.

And now for tonight s presentation: Climate-Wise Landscaping Practical Actions for a Sustainable Future By Ginny Stibolt In additon to this featured book,

Native Landscape, Organic Methods for Vegetable Gardening in Florida, and Sustainable Gardening for Florida.

16 And now for tonight s presentation: Climate-Wise Landscaping Practical Actions for a Sustainable Future By Ginny Stibolt In additon to this featured book, Ginny has published additional books about gardening in Florida including: A-Step-by-Step Guide to a Florida Native Yard, The Art of Maintaining a Florida Native Landscape, Organic Methods for Vegetable Gardening in Florida, and Sustainable Gardening for Florida. Copies of each of these books are available for purchase and autographs Ginny also frequently publishes on her blog, Green Gardening Matters and on her Sustainable Gardening for Florida Facebook page

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