Archive for April 2014
What We Saw on the VMI Bluffs Field Trip (04/19/14)
On April 19, 2014 Jefferson Chapter had a wonderful trip to the VMI bluff and Maury River floodplain. Ruth Douglas led 18 of us to see the many unusual plants there. The area has a wonderful combination of limestone soil; a cool and moist north facing slope, too steep for deer or logging; and…
Read MorePlants being offered at our 2014 Plant Sale
Jefferson Chapter, Virginia Native Plant Society’s ANNUAL NATIVE PLANT SALE NATIVE PLANT SELECTION (Partial Listing) April 27 (Sun.), 2014, 1:00 – 3:00 PM IvyCreek Natural Area, Barn 1780 Earlysville Rd., Charlottesville Plants listed have been potted by the Jefferson Chapter members from propagated plants (not collected from wild areas). Many additional species beyond those listed…
Read MorePlant Sale Profile: Aquilegia Canadensis
Native throughout the piedmont and most counties in Virginia, Aquilegia Canadensis (Wild Columbine, Eastern Red Columbine) can be found in dry forests, woodlands, barrens, and rock outcrops; shell-marl slopes, bluffs, and shell middens in the Coastal Plain. Although most numerous on subcalcareous, calcareous, and mafic substrates, in the higher mountains it is more tolerant of…
Read MorePlant Sale Profile: Trillium grandiflorum
Native to Greene and Nelson, Trillium grandiflorum known as Large-Flowered Trillium or Great White Trillium, is one of the showiest trilliums in Virginia. It grows in cove forests, mesic to dry-mesic slope forests, northern hardwood forests, Northern Red Oak forests, and seepage swamp hummocks; most characteristic of and numerous in (but not restricted to) soils…
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