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A change to the phone number has been made at the last momentfor tomorrow's phone conference call.  The New call in number is: 1-605-475-5950, Participant Access Code 969554. … [Read more...] about New Call In Access Number for 4/14/2012 Phone Conference

For botanists and Pine Barrens enthusiast , no name is more familiar than the author John McPhee.  His seminal work, The Pine Barrens, John described this landscape, the plants and animals found here along with the characters who inhabited this forest region. Well, Stockton College, located in Pomona, Galloway Township Atlantic County, is presenting  a free symposium dedicated to John McPhee. The symposium will be held May 12, 2012 and will feature two of the Flora of New Jersey friends … [Read more...] about John McPhee Symposium Scheduled May 12, 2012

Joe Arsenault, A Flora of New Jersey Project member, will be leading two field trips in South Jersey during 2012.  Both outings are joint trips with the Philadelphia Botanical Club.  The earliest is slated in June to Pemberton Township. We'll visit Rancocas Conservancy property.  The second trip is held September in the Burden Hill forest.  This trip will be co-lead with Ted Gordon.  Flora of New Jersey participants and friends can refer to the Events calendar available on the header of … [Read more...] about Two FNJP Field Trips Posted for 2012

The Kew Herbarium, the Royal Botanical Gardens' scientific center, is offering the Kew International Diploma Course in Herbarium Techniques in New York August 2012.  This two-week session would be held in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and taught by instructors from Kew and include a session on SPECIFY database, taught by Dr.  Andrew Bentley.  The course will also include a session on permitting and CITES, taught by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.  The course is for applicants currently working … [Read more...] about Kew Herbarium Techniques Course Offered

Well NJ Flora enthusiasts, the 2011 growing season has all but come to a close.  The leaves have fallen in all of our southern counties and the Tipularia leaves are visible again: the two signs that say to me its time to brush up on your winter botany skills.  From Dichanthelium basal rosettes to berries and fruiting capsules of all types, the winter is a wonderful time to enter the NJ botanical world.  The ticks are slower and the other biting insects are all but invisible.  The winter … [Read more...] about Its all over except for the crying! Leaves are gone, prepare for Winter Botany