Steve Woodmansee's Blog (175)

This month we will return to Ron Ehman Park located here.  Meeting time is later than usual, 7PM.  Park your car (or bicycle) on the northside of the preserve, accessed from SW 97th Avenue in the NW corner of the park, and we…

This month we will meet at Ludlam Pineland Preserve  located here.  Access is from SW 67th Avenue (Ludlam Road), just north of SW 152nd Street.  Park your car (or bicycle) along Powerline Easement on the western side of Ludlam Road. …

This month we will meet at Trinity Pineland Preserve  located here.  Access is from Sunset SW 72nd Court south of Sunset Drive (SW 72nd Street).  Park your car (or bicycle) along circle at the end of SW 72nd Court.  …

This month we will meet at Kendalwood Park located here.  Access is from Galloway Drive (SW87th Avenue) using SW 80th Street.  Park your car (or bicycle) along SW 93rd Court.  Kendalwood Park…

This month we will meet at Larry and Penny Thompson Park located here.  Park your car (or bicycle) along SW 129th Avenue, in  parking area westside.  Access is north of SW 184th Street (Eureka Drive).  We…

This month we will meet at Kendall Indian Hammocks Park located here.  Park your car (or bicycle) along SW 79th Street, in  parking area west of skateboard park near the restrooms.  We will meet at the western trailhead.  This hammock is unusual for its highly sandy soil, native hammock species along with non native species occur here.   We will begin the trip at…

Last month's field trip was a success I think, so we will keep it going.

This month we will meet at Pine Shore Park located here.  Park your car (or bicycle) on the northside of the preserve along SW 126th Street and we will walk south  along the dirt path within the little preserve area.  We will learn Pine Rockland plants, assuming it doesn't burn. Like Ron Ehman Park, this park is small but pretty…

If you cannot attend the field trip, or if there is time after the field trip (doubtful), you can join an online discussion on Ferns.  Details below.

Greetings everyone!  Here is the connection information for next week's Florida Keys Native Plant Workshop...

The next virtual meeting for the Florida Keys Native Plant Workshop is Tuesday January 19 at 5:30 

Jennifer Possley from Fairchild…

You can download the whole flora, or the region of Florida.

Go here and download it:  

https://ncbg.unc.edu/research/unc-herbarium/floras/

New Year, new protocols. 

Until the Covid Craziness settles down, we will be learning our plants IN THE FIELD!  So we will still meet at 5:00PM on the third Tuesday, but now we will meet at select locations.  I realize there won't be much daylight in January, so I have picked a small preserve where which to learn plant identification. 

This month we will meet at Ron Ehman Park located…

Go here  and scroll to bottom of the page for details.  It's only ten bucks, and worth it.

Have a Merry Christmas and learn your weeds! 

Given restrictions due to Covid 19, there will be no meeting in December.  I am planning something different for 2021.  Stay Tuned!

Steve

The next virtual meeting for the Florida Keys Native Plant Workshop is Tuesday October 20 at 5:30 

Laurie Brooks is hosting the Zoom meeting for the Florida Keys Native Plant Workshop class.  Here is the zoom connection information: 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4526147402?pwd=RCtlMU5pbENhZk4yd1VvaHRpMG50QT09 

Meeting ID: 452 614 7402

Passcode: 123456…

Greetings all,

I contacted Theresa Chormanski to determine the status of Miami Dade College, our meeting place.  They are still pretty much shut down apparently, and likely will be in October.  This is the longest we've ever gone not having a meeting since the NPW's inception.  

If any of you know of a potential meeting space, whether it be a church, synagogue, club, etc. with folks who are willing to let us meet there, please let me know.   Some of you may…

Well, this COVID-19 thing has made meetings a bit difficult.  County guidelines currently recommend groups of ten or less, so that pretty much fits in with the typical number of people who attend the workshop.  However, Miami Dade College is shut down, so we do not have a facility to meet in.  I spoke with Theresa Chormanski, and she stated that maybe in the Fall (September).  Now that a third month (May) has been canceled, that leaves us with June, July, and August. 

If any…

April's topic is the genus Nephrolepis (Sword ferns) and will be lead by Jennifer Possley of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens (Woodmansee will be giving a talk in Palm Beach).  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM, the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus’s…

DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS PANDEMIC, WE WILL NOT BE MEETING THIS TUESDAY.  APRIL'S MEETING IS STILL ON UNTIL OTHERWISE NOTIFIED.

March's topic is the Malvaceae (Mallow Family), this includes the Sterculiaceae, Bombicaceae, and Tiliaceae.  Go to the Institute for Regional Conservation's FISF Online Database Advance Search…

February's topic is the Celastraceae (Stafftree Family), which have six native species in South Florida.  Go to the Institute for Regional Conservation's FISF Online Database Advance Search tab and select "Celastraceae" under the Plant Family look-up, and a list of plants found in South Florida will appear.   Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover…

January's topic is the Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort Family) which includes carnivorous plants such as bladderworts (Utricularia spp.) and Butterworts (Pinguicula spp.).  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.    

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM, the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College…

December's topic is Gymnosperms (conifers and cycads), Poinsettia (now part of Euphorbia), and Hollies (Aquifoliaceae) .  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  This will also be our traditional Christmas Party (19th?), so you are encouraged to bring in a dish or beverage to share.  Holiday Cheer is welcome.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM, the third Tuesday of each and every month. We…

November's topic is the Sunflower family (Asteraceae).  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM, the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus’s Landscape Technology Nursery in the northwest corner of the campus. Please park inside of the gate. For a map and address…