Native Woodland Grasses and Glades of Forested Natural Communities
Date/Time
Thursday, September 11, 2014
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Green Spring Gardens
Categories
Thursday, September 13, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Green Spring Gardens
The Potowmack Chapter invites you to a presentation by Rod Simmons on the several dozen native grasses that are often associated with forested natural community types of the piedmont, fall line, and coastal plain of our area. Grasses of upland forest, slopes and ravines, seeps and bogs, stream valleys and alluvial floodplains, and bottomland swamps will be discussed. Identification and good places to see grasses in the region will also be discussed, as well as associated grass-like plants. This presentation is offered to the public at no cost, reservations are not necessary, please come!
Note: Rod will follow-up this lecture with a field trip to Gold Mine Tract and Bear Island on Saturday, September 27. Registration for the field trip will open shortly at https://vnps20140927.eventbrite.com
Rod Simmons is a plant ecologist with a background in biology and geology. He is the Natural Resource Specialist and Plant Ecologist for the City of Alexandria. Rod has extensively surveyed the flora and natural communities of the mid-Atlantic region, especially the inner coastal plain and piedmont of the greater Washington DC area. Rod is a Research Collaborator with the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; a member of the Virginia Botanical Associates; and works closely with the Virginia and Maryland Natural Heritage programs. He is the author of numerous technical reports, papers, and articles, and has published in scientific journals. An active member and past president of the Botanical Society of Washington, Rod currently serves on the boards of both the Maryland and Virginia Native Plant Societies. He is a regular field trip leader for all of these organizations.
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Questions: please email vnps.pot@gmail.com.