The Grapevine
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| 2025 | |
| November | Camping, Field Trips |
| October | Microscope Meeting, Two Field trips |
| Aug/Sept | Field Trips, in-person meeting |
| July | Joint Meeting |
| June | USF Herbarium |
| May | Flatwoods Park, Field Trips |
| January | 2025 Board; FNPS Conference; Library Books and Free Books |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 Review | Summary of 2024 Activities |
| February | Special members only event on Bromeliads. Feature: Zephyrlily |
| January | Program: All About Us. A program that we create on the fly with uUpdates on what is happening here, picture sharing, etc. |
| 2023 | |
| October | Program: Tia Silvasty. Community Native Planting Projects |
| September | Program: Michael Jenkins, Florida Plant Conservation Program |
| July | Program: Using videos and photographs for conservation by William Freund, President and Founder of fStop Foundation |
| June | Program: To Weed or Not to Weed, That Is the Question by Susan Earley |
| May | Program: User Sharing |
| April | Program: What's Next at the USF Botanical Gardens by Craig Huegel |
| March | Program: What is the Atlas of Florida Plants all About? Feature: Sedges, Rushes and Grasses |
| February | Program: Are We at War with Nature?". Features: Words that Describe Flowers. |
| January | Program: Pose Your Native Plant Gardening Question". Features: Awards, Words that Describe Leaves. |
| 2022 | |
| November-December | Program: The adventure of owning an eco-friendly landscape company" by Troy Springer". Featured plant: Yaupon holly. |
| October | Program: "Vision for the Future" by Lynda Davis. |
| September | Program: " Florida's carnivorous plants" by Kenny Coogan. Featured Plant: Pine lily (Lilium catesbaei) |
| July | Program: " Mermaids, Manatees, and other Marine Life!" by Dr. James "Buddy" Powell, Executive Director, Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute; Featured Plant: Scarlet morning-glory (Ipomoea hederacea) |
| June | Probram: Anita Camacho. Butterflies. Featured Plant: Swamp milkweed.(Asclepias incarnata). |
| May | Program: Member Sharing. Featured Plant: Beach sunflowers |
| April | Program. Hillsborough County ELAPP Program and the Benefits of Fire by Rebecca Winch. Featured Plant: Trumpet vine, Campsis radicans. |
| March | Program: Native Plant Gardening for Birds by the Nectary. Featured Plant: sky-blue lupine, Lupinus diffusus. |
| February | Program: Neal Halstead, Skinks: Umbrellas for Central Florida Scrub Ecosystems, Featured Plant: Ash's Calamint, Calamintha ashei |
| January | Program: What should I plant here? |
| 2021 | |
| December | Special Feature: Tribute to Gar Reed. |
| November | Program: Ginny Stibolt. Carnivorous Plants and bogs. Featured Plant: Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquifolia). |
| October | Program: Member Sharing. Featured Plant: Fernleaf Yellow False Foxglove (Aureolaria pedicularia var. pectinata) |
| September | Program and Featured Plant Trichostema (blue curls). |
| August | Program: Sarracenia Chaper with FNPS president Bonnie Basham as hosting Featured Plant: Firebush, Hamelia patens |
| July | Program: Joint Meeting with Audubon and Sierra Featured Plant: Soft rush, Juncus effusus |
| June | Program: Jeannie Mounger, USF Forest Preserve Featured Plant: Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis |
| May | Program: Joel Jackson, Lettuce Lake Park Featured Plant: Tarflower, Bejaria racemosa |
| April | Program: Randy Mears: Carex Featured Plant: Lance-leaf blanketflower, Gaillardia aestivalis |
| March | Program: Jeff Norcini: Roadside Wildflowers Featured Plant: Purple thistle, Cirsium horridulum |
| February | Program: Troy Springer: Lessons Learned Featured Plant: Houstonia procumbens |
| January | Program: Shirley Denton: Going Beyond Oaks in Our Planted Landscapes Featured Plant: Red maple, Acer rubrum |
| 2020 | |
| December | Program: Member sharing Featured Plant: Juniperus virginiana |
| November | Program: Anita Camacho, Butterflies of Hillsborough County Featured Plant: Garberia heterophylla |
| October | Program: Mimi Jenkins, Pollinator Decline Featured Plant: Liatris spicata |
| September | Program: Janet Bowers, Quick Transformation of Turf into Natives Featured Plant: Monarda punctata |
| August |
Featured Plant: Frogfruit, Phyla nodiflora |
| July |
Valerie Anderson. Saving Spit Oak |
| June |
Program: Randy Mears. Cyperus Species in Florida |
| May |
Program: Virginia Overstreet. Why Native Plants |
| April |
Program: Shirley Denton. Can I Grow it? / Should I Grow it Here? Implications of Moving Species Outside of Their Natural Ranges |
| March |
Program: Troy Springer. Lessons learned in native plant landscaping |
| February |
Program: John Miller. Florida Geology and its Influence on Florida Native Plants. Featured Plant: Zephyrlily, Zephranthes atamasca Proposed by-laws changes: marked up (delete and insert) Proposed by-laws: clean copy |
| January |
Workshop: Using a Dichotomous Key led by Dr. Luanna Prevost |
| 2019 | |
| November-December | Program: Nicole Cribbs, Gopher Tortoises and Tortoise Relocations, Featured Plant: American Holly, Ilex opaca |
| October | Program: Brian Pinson, Manager, Hillsborough River State Park, "Molding the Landscape with Fire", Featured Plant: muhly grass, Muhlenbergia capillaris |
| September | Program: Joel Jackson, "Native Habitats for Native Wildlife", Featured Plant: narrowleaf sunflower, Helianthus angustifolius |
| July-August | Program: Lee Ann Rottman, "Conservation at Zoo Tampa", Featured Plant: swamp azalea, Rhododendron viscosum |
| June | Program: Grayson McCormick, "Creating the Garden as a Fully Functioning Ecosystem", Featured Plant: beach sunflower, Helianthus debilis |
| May | Program: Member Sharing Night, Featured Plant: Cherokee bean, Erithina herbacea |
| April | Program: Arian Farid,"Importance of Macrofungi and Common Species in Our Area", Featured Plant: False indigobush, Amorpha fruticosa |
| March | Program: John Lampkin,"From Click to Pic", Janet Bower's last newsletter |
| February | Program: Chris Hanni, 2019 Board, Lyonia, Featured Plant: Rusty lyonia |
| January | Program: Janet Bowers, 2019 Board, Monarchs and Milkweeds; Featured Plant:Salvia lyrata |
| 2018 | |
| November | Program:John Lampkin;holiday party, Featured Plant: Andropogon glomeratus |
| October |
Program: Ginny Stibolt ; Silver Springs Camping, Plant Sale; Janet's pool conversion; Featured Plant: Dotted horsemint ; Native Plant Month |
| September | Program: George Heinrich; Boyd Hill and Blackwater Creek Field Trips, holiday party, October plant sale, BoD FNPS; Featured Plant: Saltmarsh Mallow |
| July | Program: joint meeting, Florida Ziziphus, Featured Plant: Aristida stricta |
| June | Program:Rachel Arndt,Troy Springer open house, Featured Plant: Gaillardia |
| May | Program: Open Mic. Field Trip: Lettuce Lake, Featured Plant: Tickseed |
| April | Program: Sea Level Rise (Tonya Clayton). Field Trip: Duette Preserve, Featured Plant: Dahoon Holly |
| March | Program: Happy Trails to you (John Lampkin), Field Trip: Green Swamp East, Monarch Monitoring, Update on Suncoast native gardent |
| February | Program: Species Ranges and Implications for Landscaping, Field Trip: Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve, Special Feature: Puss Moth Caterpillar |
| January | Thermoregulation and amphibian decline; Lettuce Lake Update |
| 2017 | |
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| November | Monarch migration, marlberry, insect eggs, thank you to Gar Reed, holiday party plans, need new board members |
| October | Lopsided Indiangrass,medicinal plants, hurricane aftermath, connections with nature, upcoming events |
| September | Saw Palmetto, snags, burning at Blackwater Creek, some state money for conservation land, garden status |
| August | Frog Fruit, Phyla nodiflora, August Buying Trip, Book Reviews |
| July | Bok Tower, Corkeystem passionflower, Joint meeting, Board Positions |
| June | Lake Marion Creek, Fearless Leaders:Andy Taylor, FNPS 2017 Conference |
| May | North Alabama, Fearless Leaders:Virginia Overstreet, St. Joe Peninsula, Lizard's Tail, Earth Day |
| April | Plant Sale, Fearless Leaders: Tina Patterson, Netted Chain Fern - Woodwardia areolata |
| March | Perico Preserve, Fearless Leaders:Gar Reed/Treasurer, Spring Events |
| February | Monarchs and Milkweeds, Donna Bollenbach/President |
| January | New Board, Self-Taught Experts, part II, Year End and New Year Reports |
| 2016 | |
| November | Flatwoods Native Plant Garden, Jonathan Dickinson SP, Celestial Lilies |
| October | Pine Lilies, HIstoric Spanish Point, October Events |
| September | What's in a (botanical) name? Florida Native Plant Month |
| August | Blackwater Creek |
| July | Milkweed, Lettuce Lake, Flatwoods Park |
| June | FNPS Conference, Palmetto Awards |
| May | Lettuce Lake, Bok Tower, |
| April | Lake Blue Scrub, Springing into April, Growing Future Scientists |
| March | Why Natve Plants Matter? Corkscrew Swamp |
| February | Inspiration: Words to Live By, The Garden as Wildlife Sanctuary, Where Have the Pygmy Pipes Gone? |
| January | Past, Present & Future, Looking back at 2015 and Forward to 2016 |
| 2015 | |
| November | Hypericum, Kissimmee Prairie |
| October | FALL! Florida Native Plant Month! |
| September | BUGS!, Book Review: Maintaining a Florida Native Landscape, USF Herbarium |
| August | Blackwater Creek, Disney Preserve |
| July | Lake Blue Scrub |
| June | Westervelt Restoration Site, 2015 FNPS Conference, Native Nurseries in North Florida |
| May | Roadside Wildflowers, Spring Wildlflowers: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve |
| >April | Suwanneee State Park, A Bark of its Own (Trees) |
| March | Upper Little Manatee River Nature Preserve, Bats |
| February | Words that Describe Flowers, Balm Boyette Scrub Preserve |
| January | Wolf Branch Creek, Words That Describe Inflorescents |
| 2014 | |
| November | Duette Preserve, Words that describe Leaves |
| October | Balm Scrub, Words to Describe Plants |
| September | Bok Tower Gardens |
| August | Alderman Ford Preserve |
| July | Fish Hawk Creek Preserve, new SNPS website |
| June | Corkscrew Swamp, What Plants Talk About, Hickey Creek Mitigation Park |
| May | Little Manatee River State Park , Red Admiral Butteryfly, Polygala cruciata |
| April | The Garden of Eden, Torreya State Park and Trail, Sumatra Bogs |
| March | Serenova Tract of the Starkey Wilderness, 2014 Fieldtrip schedule |
| February | Lower Green Swamp Preserve, Dead River Road, Botany 102 Simplified |
| January | Botany 101 Simplified, Holiday Party |
| 2013 | |
| November | Carphephorus corymbosus , Florida paintbrush, Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, SNPS History |
| October | Solidago fistulosa , Pinebaren Goldenrod, Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park |
| September | Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigobush, Botany 101: Flowers of the Aster Family |
| August | Monarda punctata, Spotted Bee balm; Horsemint, Cypress Creek Preserve |
| July | Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Haw; Parsley Hawthorn, Colt Creek, Flatwoods |
| June | Zephyranthes atamasca, Z. atamasca var. treatiae, Z. simpsonii , Rain lily, zephyr lily, atamasco lily, FNPS 2013 Conference |
| May | Saururus cernuus, Lizard’s Tail, Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve |
| April | Starry Rosinweed, Little Manatee River SP Preserve |
| March | Erythrina herbacea, Cherokee bean, Coralbean, Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve, Gator Creek |
| February | Tillandsia simulata , Florida Air Plant, Deadriver County Park, |
| January | Plumbago zeylanica, Wild plumbago, Florida Water and Land Legacy |
| 2012 | |
| November | No focus plant, Cockroach Bay Preserve Fieldtrip |
| October | Muhlenbergia capillaris, Muhly grass, Thce Cockroach Bay Restoration Project, |
| September | Eragrostis elliottii, Elliott’s lovegrass, Book Review: The New Traditional Garden by Michael Weishan, |
| August | No focus plant, Green Isle Gardens Field trip, |
| July | Heliotropium polyphyllum, Pineland Heliotrope, 2012 FNPS Conference Report |
| June | Glandularia maritima, Beach verbena |
| May | No focus plant,Book Review: Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators by Jeff Klinkenberg |
| April | Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon holly, The History of Plant City, |
| March | Ardisia escallonioides, Marlberry, Biography of Kellie Westervelt, Book Review: Bringing Nature Home: How You can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Doug Tallamy |
| February | Sophora tomentosa, Yellow necklacepod, Crystal Springs Preserve |
| January | Piloblephis rigida, Pennyroyal, Book Review: Florida Butterfly Caterpillars and their Host Plants by Marc Minno, Jeffrey Butler and Donald Hall |
| 2011 | |
| December | Ilex ambigua, Carolina holly |
| November | Verbesina virginica, White crownbeard |
| October | Carphephorus corymbosus, Florida paintbrush |
| September | Cephalanthus occidentalis, Common Buttonbush |
| August | Ctenium aromaticum, Toothache Grass |
| July | Chamaecrista fasciculata, partridge pea |
| June | Cnidosculus stimulosus, tread-softly |
| May | Hypericum tenuifolium (=H. reductum), Atlantic St. John's wort |
| April | Vaccinium arborescens, Sparkleberry |
| March | Linaria canadense, old-field toadflax |
| February | Gelesium sempervirens, Carolina jessamine |
| January | Ulmus alata, winged elm |
| 2010 | |
| November | Symphyotrichum carolinianum, climbing aster |
| October | Taxodium ascendens, pond cypress |
| September | Pityopsis graminifolia, silk-grass, goldenaster |
| August | Phytolacca americana, Pokeweed |
| July | Salvia lyrata, Tropical sage |
| June | Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Twinflower |
| May | Berlandiera subacaulis, Florida greeneyes |
| April | Scutellaria integrifolia, rough skullcap |
| March | Avicennia germinans, black mangrove |
| February | Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana, wiregrass |
| January | Stachytarpheta jamaicense, blue porterweed |
| 2009 | |
| December | Juniperus virginiana, eastern red cedar |
| November | Andropogon glomeratus, bushy bluestem |
| October | Liatris tenuifolia, blazing-star |
| September | Ocimum campechianum, sweet basil |
| August | Encyclia tampaneis, butterfly orchid |
| July | Senna ligustrina, privet wild sensitive plant, privet senna |
| June | Phyla nodiflora, frogfruit |
| May | Galactia elliottii, Elliott's milkpea |
| April | Lupinus diffusus, sky blue lupine |
| March | Scaevola plumieri, inkberry |
| February | Calamintha ashei, Ashe's calaminth |
| January | Psychotria sulzneri, velvetleaf wild-coffee |
| 2008 | |
| December | Ilex vomitoria, yaupon holly |
| November | Panicum virgatum, switchgrass |
| October | Carphephorus corymbosus, Florida paintbrush |
| September | Rivina humilis, rouge plant, bloodberry |
| August | Sabal palmetto, cabbage palm, sabal palm |
| July | No focus plant |
| June | Helianthus debilis, beach sunflower |
| May | Celtis laevigata, sugarberry |
| April | Parthenocissus quinquifolia, woodbine, Virginia creeper |
| March | Glandularia tampensis , Tampa verbena |
| February | Quercus geminata, sand live oak |
| January | Acacia farnesiana, sweet acacia |
| 2007 | |
| December | Ilex cassine, dahoon holly |
| November | No focus plant |
| October | Muhlenbergia capillaris, muhlygrass |
| September | No focus plant |
| August | Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master |
| July | Equisetum hyemale, scouring-rush |
| June | Gallardia pulchella, gallardia, blanketflower |
| May | No focus plant |
| April | Hypericum hypericoides, St. Andrew's wort |
| March | Ardisia escallonioides, marlberry |
| February | Salvia lyrata, lyreleaf sage |
| January | Itea virginica, sweetspire, Virginia-willow |
| 2006 | |
| December | Lycium carolinianum, Christmasberry |
| November | Callicarpa americana, beautyberry |
| October | Eragrostis, purple lovegrass |
| September | Juncus effusus, soft rush |
| July | Ipomoea hederifolia, scarlet morningglory |
| June | Hibiscus coccineus, scarlet hibiscus |
| May | Pontederia cordata, pickerelweed |
| April | Erythrina herbacea, coralbean |
| March | Aesculus pavia, red buckeye |
| February | Cercis canadensis, eastern redbud |
| January | Sophora tomentosa, yellow necklacepod |
| 2005 | |
| December | Passiflora suberosa, corkystem passionflower |
| November | Solidago fistulosa, pinebaren goldenrod |
| October | Cornus foemina, swamp dogwood; cornel |
| September | Hibiscus coccinea, scarlet hibiscus, scarlet rosemallow |
| August | Crataegus marshalii, parsley haw; parsley hawthorn |
| July | Monarda punctata, spotted bee balm; horsemint |
| June | No focus plant |
| May | Coreopsis leavenworthii, Leavenworth's tickseed |
| April | Hydrangea quercifolius, oakleaf hydrangea, graybeard |
| March | Silphium asteriscus, starry rosinweed |
| February | Tillandsia simulata, Florida air plant |
| January | Anemia adiantifolia, maidenhair pineland fern |
| 2004 | |
| December | No focus plant |
| November | Sabal etonia, scrub palmetto |
| October | Capsicum annuum, bird pepper |
| September | No focus plant |
| August | Hymenocallis latifolia, spider lily |
| July | Licania michauxii, gopher-apple |
| June | Sporobolus junceus, pineywoods dropseed |
| May | Mimosa strigillosa, powderpuff |
| April | Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-pulpit |
| March | Clematis baldwinii, pine-hyacinth |
| February | Prunus angustifolia, chickasaw plum |
| January | Chaptalia tomentosa, wooly sunbonnets; pineland daisy |
| 2003 | |
| December | |
| November | Aster carolinensis, climbing aster |
| October | Aureolaria pedicularia var. pectinata, fernleaf yellow false-foxglove |
| September | Ipomopsis rubra, standing cypress, Spanish larkspur |
| August | Teucreum canadensis, wood-save, Canadian germander |
| July | Myrcianthes fragrans, Simpson’s stopper; twinberry stopper |
| June | Castanea pumila, chinquapin |
| May | Amorpha fruticosa, false-indigobush |
| April | Oenothera laciniata, cutleaf evening primrose |
| March | Zephyranthes atamasca, rain lily, zephyr lily, atamasco lily |
| February | Samolus ebracteatus, water pimpernel |
| January | Piloblephis rigida, pennyroyal |
| 2002 | |
| November | Palafoxia integrifolia, Coastal-plain palafox |
| October | Carphephorus corymbosus, Florida paintbrush |
| September | Helianthus angustifolius, narrow-leaf sunflower, swamp sunflower |
| August | Ipomoea pescaprae subsp. brasiliensis, railroad vine |
| July | Heliotropium polyphyllum, pineland heliotrope |
| June | Sarurus cernuus, lizard's tail |
| May | Sabatia bartramii, Bartram's marsh pink |
| April | Saracennia minor, hooded pitcherplant |
| March | Rhododendron viscosum, wild azalea |
| February | Quercus laevis, turkey oak |
| January | Pinus palustris, longleaf pine |
| 2001 | |
| December | winter plants |
| November | Pteroglosapsis ecristata, wild coco |
| October | Sorgastrum secundum, lopsided Indiangrass |
| September | Pityopsis graminifolia, silkgrass, goldenaster |
| August | Crataegus marshalii, parsley haw |
| July | Licania michauxii, gopher-apple |
| June | Passiflora lutea, yellow passion-flower |
| May | Scutellaria integrifolia, rough skullcap |
| April | Ilex vomitoria, yaupon holly |
