Field Botanists of Ontario’s 28th Annual General Meeting
Saturday
Sunday
September 15 and 16, 2012
Elbow Lake
The AGM will be held at the Elbow Lake Nature Conservancy of Canada Reserve, in eastern Ontario, just north of Kingston. Four trips (two on Saturday and two on Sunday) have been organized for your enjoyment and our leaders will take you to various botanical hotspots of the Kingston area.
Field Trips: Saturday 15 September 2012
Elbow Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Conservancy of Canada)
Leader: Eleanor Thomson
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
The Nature Conservancy's Elbow Lake Nature Reserve is a rugged and beautiful area characteristic of the Frontenac Arch. We will be exploring the northern part of the property, which has high granite ridges and deep wooded valleys. Forests typical of the Frontenac Arch Till Plain are dominated by Sugar Maple, White Ash, Red Oak and White Oak, with strong Carolinian elements such as Shagbark Hickory, Blue Beech, Swamp White Oak, Rock Elm and Black Maple.
We will not go either fast or far but there are no trails so we will be bushwhacking on rough terrain.
St. Lawrence Islands National Park
Leaders: Josh Van Wieren and Mary Beth Lynch
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Experiencing the beauty and uniqueness of the 1000 Islands Region doesn't require a trip off the mainland. We will visit the Mallorytown Landing prescribed fire site and explore the Jones Creek Trail system. The fire site is approximately 0.4 hectares and is a study site for pitch pine management, evaluating the success of alternative methods for pitch pine regeneration. The Jones Creek property provides examples of the Frontenac Arch's rugged landscape and protects an astounding diversity of plant and animal life. We will hike through mature hemlock, pine and oak communities and view Jones and Mud Creek as we cross over an impressive wetland boardwalk.
Field Trips: Sunday 16 September 2012
Menzel Mosses!
Leader: Jennifer Doubt
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Menzel Centennial Provincial Nature Reserve was created in honour of Oivi Menzel, and protects one of the largest examples of open and treed fen in southeastern Ontario. Although peatlands such as fens are characteristic of Oivi Menzel’s native Estonia, they are rare in southern Ontario, and this is an excellent opportunity to get to know some of the bryophyte flora that dominates much of our Canadian wilderness as well. Fens, well-known as botanically rich wetlands, can be truly sumptuous reservoirs of bryophyte abundance and diversity. Bring your hand lens, or borrow one for the morning. Walk leisurely (and trust us, no-one does leisurely quite like a bryologist) along a 2-km (each way) trail and boardwalk, examining mosses and liverworts and getting to know their character and local ecology as you pass through a series of habitat types. Stay for lunch at Mud Lake, the trail’s turn-around point, if you can spare the time!
This nature reserve is about 23 kilometres (by road) north west of Napanee. Depending on the route, it’s 75 – 85 km from Elbow Lake, basically to the west, which should be handy for people heading back to the Toronto area.
Helen Quilliam Sanctuary of the Kingston Field Naturalists
Leaders: Anne and Barry Robertson
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
The 500-acre Sanctuary property has typical Shield habitats with deep woods, beaver ponds and open rocky areas. We will visit all of these on a short trail and also view a bog, check out a local suntrap and take in a view of a typical small lake. Some species we will see are restricted to the granite soils, while others are on the northern edge of their distribution in this transition zone on the edge of the Frontenac axis.
Interesting species expected in this location include: Black Spruce (Picea mariana), Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata), Tamarack (Larix laricina), Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia), Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), Steeple-bush (Spirea tomentosa), Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), Ditch Stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides), Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), Cotton Grass (Eriophorum sp.), Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis), and Reindeer Lichens (Cladina sp).
Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Field Botanists of Ontario
Saturday September 15, 2012
Elbow Lake Nature Reserve
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Directions:
From the east:
Off Hwy 15, take Chaffey's Lock Rd, go through the village of Chaffey's Lock, cross the Rideau Canal Bridge, go west approx. 2km past Indian Lake Rd and turn left onto Queen's University Rd.
From the west:
From Perth Rd, turn right onto Opinicon Rd. (just north of Perth Road Village), follow road for approx. 20km; then turn right onto Queen's University Rd..
Following Saturday’s field trips, we will meet at the pavilion of the Elbow Lake property.
The evening’s program is as follows:
5:00 – 6:00 Social hour: an opportunity to meet and chat with fellow FBO members.
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner buffet (meat and vegetable lasagna), followed by tea, coffee and dessert.
7:00 Feature Speaker: Brenda Van Sleeuwen, Conservation Biologist - Eastern Ontario. Her presentation will explore the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s work in eastern Ontario. The presentation will highlight NCC’s planning process, including land acquisition and stewardship by taking you on a virtual tour of its properties in eastern Ontario.
8:00 – 9:30 2012 Annual General Meeting
Monday, August 20, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
2012 Field Trips
The 2012 field trips are out and they have been added to the website and the calendar. Sign up soon so that you don't miss out on any!
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Korea Report now available online!
Current FBO Vice President Chris Zoladeski has made available his
Illustrated Journal of Travels into South Korea During the Year 2010 online for those who are interested in the tales of his adventures in the Far East with Steve Varga and Mike O'Brien. Enjoy!
2012 Goldie Award
In order to continue the recognition process, FBO is seeking suggestions from the general membership regarding the names of suitable recipients for the award. Nominations for the annual award should be submitted to Bill McIlveen of FBO no later than July 1.
Critical information to be provided with the nomination includes:
Name of recipient (and his/her contact information)
Name of nominator (to be kept confidential) and their contact information
A statement by the nominator concerning the nominee's contributions to botany in Ontario as befits the award.
Supporting letters or other documentation whenever possible
Critical information to be provided with the nomination includes:
Name of recipient (and his/her contact information)
Name of nominator (to be kept confidential) and their contact information
A statement by the nominator concerning the nominee's contributions to botany in Ontario as befits the award.
Supporting letters or other documentation whenever possible
2011 Goldie Award
In August 2011, Dr. Jim Pringle completed 48 years of service as the Plant Taxonomist at the. Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton becoming the longest-serving employee at that institution. But it is not simply his long tenure at RBG that makes him an important figure in the field of botany in Ontario. During his career, not only has he made (and very importantly, still making) fundamental discoveries in science, he has been sharing his knowledge with both the scientific community and with amateur botanists alike. The Ontario Field Botanists are pleased to present the 2011 John Goldie Award to Jim Pringle in recognition of his combined contributions at all levels of botanical expertise, locally and internationally.
Dr. Pringle joined RBG in 1963 as a young Ph.D. graduate from University of Tennessee, where he completed his dissertation on the taxonomy of the Pneumonanthae, a section of the Gentian botanical family, in eastern North America. He went on to become a prolific scientific and technical writer and has described and named more than 15 new species and subspecies of plants. His particular area of interest and expertise deals with systematics and evolutionary relationships of vascular plants. He is also an expert in identifying plants in both the horticultural and natural botanical worlds, and has been involved in the systematics and taxonomy of lilacs and trilliums among other groups. Dr. Pringle is a world authority on the Gentianaceae (Gentian family), one of the largest families of flowering plants. In two recent scientific papers, for example, Dr. Pringle published the first botanical descriptions and official scientific names of nine new species of dwarf Gentians in the genus Gentianella, all from Peru.
He is one of the contributing authors of The Flora of North America, an ambitious project that will eventually see a full description of the entire plant biodiversity of the continent. His specific contributions deal with the likes of Gypsophila, Surianaceae, and Syringa. His publication list exceeds 100 technical papers (too many to list here) on diverse plant species but the Gentianaceae are particularly well represented amongst those.
Working in co-operation with systematic botanists at many other institutions, Dr, Pringle investigates problems of classification, describes species new to science, and contributes portions of floristic manuals, especially on the Gentians. He has written, or has in preparation, revised classifications and descriptions of this and other plant groups for the floras of North America, Meso-America and portions of South America. In collaboration with colleagues at McMaster University, he has combined comparisons of genetic information with other techniques in evolutionary botany to examine the probable ancestry of lilacs suspected to be of hybrid origin. This technique has also been of great value in his ongoing studies of the status, distribution and relationships of rare and potentially endangered polyploid species of Solidago (goldenrods) in the Great Lakes region.
Dr. Pringle’s other research interest is in botanical history, in which he is acknowledged as the world’s leading expert on the history of Canadian botanical exploration. Between 1985 and1995, he contributed fully half of the material published in RBG’s own scholarly journal, Canadian Horticultural History. He has also studied “heritage plants” in Ontario horticulture represented by plants persisting after cultivation at abandoned farm and village sites. Dr. Pringle has contributed greatly to the field botany community in Ontario, including publishing technical bulletins on the common asters and goldenrods of southern Ontario, the trilliums of Ontario, and also checklists of spontaneous plants at Royal Botanical Gardens.
More specific to the activities of the Field Botanists of Ontario, Jim has led at least nine field trips since the organization was first formed. Although he has shown some preference for visiting Chaffey’s Locks and the Lake Opinicon field station, he has undertaken field events in other locations. He has, to his credit, led two of the more novel or interesting trips organized by FBO. One of these was the survey of plants that had become established in the inner city of Hamilton and Burlington Beach. Another particularly memorable trip was to look at ghost town botany in Haliburton. As well as leading trips for FBO, Jim has regularly led botanical trips for the local Hamilton Naturalist Club and the RBG. As well, he is an expert field ornithologist, and frequently leads bird-watching and plant-identification hikes.
In 2004, a new species of tree, Macrocarpea pringleana, was named in Dr. Pringle’s honour. M. pringleana is a one- to five-metre tall resident of the Amazon-facing slopes of the Central Andes, just north of the equator. Though specimens of this species have been collected and deposited in herbaria around the world for decades, it is only recently that it has been fully described and named. Fittingly, this species is a member of the Gentian Family. Jason Grant, the author of the official description of the plant, recognized Dr. Pringle’s lifelong study of the Gentianaceae and his contribution to the Flora of Ecuador, in which he wrote the extensive chapter on gentians.
It is with much pleasure that the FBO presents the John Goldie Award for 2011 to Jim Pringle, a most deserving recipient. The award recognizes the things that he has accomplished to date but we aware that there are more learned publications from him in press and pending and that he intends to keep sharing his great knowledge with others. Congratulations and Thank You, Jim!
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Field Botanists of Ontario’s 27th Annual General Meeting
Saturday and Sunday
September 10 and 11, 2011
Town of Simcoe
Dear friends and colleagues in Botany.
Enclosed is the schedule of our 2011 Annual General Meeting and its associated activities and field trips. The AGM will be taking place in the Town of Simcoe, Norfolk County.
If you are interested, please fill out the attached registration form and indicate your choice of trips and whether you will be attending the banquet on Saturday evening.
Four trips (two on Saturday and two on Sunday) have been organized for your enjoyment and our first-class leaders will take you to various botanical hotspots in the botanically diverse Haldimand and Norfolk counties. Trip descriptions and directions are included.
Please note that field trips are open to non-FBO members but there is a surcharge of $5 per person per trip, and after priority has been given to the members. Your cheque will be cashed following the AGM. Refunds will be issued provided cancellations are made at least 7 days prior to the AGM. No-shows will not be refunded.
For the trips, please arrive adequately supplied with food and drinks, and in proper footwear and clothing.
You will also remember that, as per our policies, personal collecting of plant material (whole specimens or parts, seeds, etc.) is not permitted on FBO trips unless stated otherwise. The trip leader may take voucher specimens for deposition in recognized herbaria.
For those wishing to stay overnight, the town and vicinity offer a good range of accommodations of various kinds, but Best Western appears to us as the most pleasant.
Field Trips: Saturday 10 September 2011
Chambers Property (Nature Conservancy of Canada)
Leader: Bill Draper
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has recently purchased a number of properties in Norfolk County as part of their Norfolk Legacy Project. We will be visiting one of these properties to explore a rich assemblage of plant communities on the valley slope and floodplain of Big Creek. We will see representative sand plain species, Carolinian species, and an unusual Black Walnut floodplain forest containing a large population of the rare grass, Deer-tongue Panic Grass (Dichanthelium clandestinum)(S2). If time permits, we will explore the oak forests on the adjoining property.
We will meet at the property at 9:30 am. To reach the property from Simcoe, follow Highway 24 south and west to Highway 59 (approximately 32 km from the intersection at Highway 3 in Simcoe). Proceed west across Highway 59 and continue on Regional Road 60 for approximately 3.7 kilometres to the West Quarter Line Road. Turn left and proceed 1.4 km south on the West Quarter Line Road to the first T intersection. Turn left and find a place to park on the side of the sand road.
St. Williams Conservation Reserve, Turkey Point Tract and adjacent wetlands.
Leader: Kevin Kavanagh
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
A wonderful assemblage of uplands, steep valley slopes and wetland habitats all exist here in proximity to one another. We will begin at a scenic overlook of the Turkey Point marshes at Long Point Eco-Adventures and then proceed into the St. Williams Conservation Reserve where we will encounter plant communities on steep valley slopes dominated by Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and bluffs with mixed oak woodland. We will see representative Carolinian species including mature Tulip Trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) and American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). We will explore the edges of the Turkey Point Bog where northern species such as Black Spruce (Picea mariana), Tamarack (Larix laricina) and Eastern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) can be found growing within metres of the Carolinian species. This is also the only known site in Ontario where Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) naturally occurs, often in association with Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) and Poison Sumac (Rhus vernix). The trails are very steep in places and will require sturdy (and potentially waterproof) footwear.
We will meet at Long Point Eco-Adventures at 1:00 pm. To reach this location from Simcoe, follow Highway 24 south and west to Regional Road 10 (approximately 15 km from the south end of Simcoe). Turn left (south) onto Regional Road 10 (which is also called Turkey Point Road) to Front Road (3rd intersection after turning off of Highway 24). Turn right onto Front Road and you will see the entrance for Long Point Eco-Adventures on your left (south side). Park in the main parking lot and we will meet inside the main building at 1:00PM.
Field Trips: Sunday 11 September 2011
Long Point Sand Dunes, Long Point Provincial Park
Leader: Albert Garofalo
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
The Great Lakes coast supports some of the rarest and most threatened ecosystems in Canada. Long Point, on Lake Erie, is a hotspot for species diversity and supports a number of distinctive shoreline plants such as Beach Grass (Ammophila breviligulata), Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus), Sea Rocket (Cakile edentula), Seaside Spruge (Euphorbia polygonifolia), and Kalm’s St. Johnswort (Hypericum Kalmianum). We will be visiting the sand dune communities in search of coastal species which occur on the shorelines of the Great Lakes in addition to the Atlantic Ocean. If time permits, we can also explore the coastal wetlands.
We will meet at the entrance to Long Point Provincial Park at 9:30 am, on September 11th. To reach our meeting place from Simcoe, follow Highway 24 south and then west to Highway 59. Turn south (left) on Highway 59 and proceed until it turns into Long Point Road. Continue on Long Point Road as it turns eastward onto the Long Point Sand Spit and becomes Erie Blvd. Follow signs to the entrance of the Provincial Park. The drive is approximately 45km from Simcoe and should take 45-50 minutes. We will try to park outside the park and walk in.
Haldimand Clay Plain
Leader: Mary Gartshore - !
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
We will assemble at 9:00 am at the Little River Inn Best Western in Simcoe and then travel to the Selkirk Park as our first stop, en route to two other areas.
Selkirk Provincial Park, on Wheeler Rd. Approximate start time 9:30 am. We will search dry woods for clay hickory-oak specialties and other southern species including Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea), Great St. John’s-wort (Hypericum ascyron) and Southern Wild Rice (Zizania aquatica).
Oriskany Sandstone, east of junction of Dry Lake Rd and Townline Road. Approximate start time 12:00 noon. Small open sandstone pavement feature of the Oriskany sandstone with Intermediate (or Wand-like) Bush-clover (Lespedeza intermedia), American Pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) and other sandstone specialties.
Ruthven Historic Park, Lower Grand River Land Trust, Hwy 54 just north of Cayuga. Approximate start time 2:00 pm. Grand River slope forest with Black Cohosh (Actaea (Cimicifuga) racemosa) and North Cayuga Slough Forest sloughs with Sharp-Winged Monkey Flower (Mimulus alatus), Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis), Southern Arrow-wood (Viburnum recognitum) and other slough forest specialties.
We will finish the busy day at Cayuga around 3:30-4:00 pm.
Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Field Botanists of Ontario
Saturday September 10, 2011
Best Western Little River Inn
203 Queensway West
Town of Simcoe
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Directions: Highway 24 South to Simcoe’s downtown, right (west) onto Queensway, hotel very short distance on the north side of street.
Following Saturday’s field trips, we will meet at the Little River Inn’s Skylight Room. The evening’s program is as follows:
5:00 – 6:00 Social hour: an opportunity to meet and chat with fellow FBO members. A fine selection of imbibements will be available, at cost.
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner (plated: poached salmon with dill hollandaise), followed by tea, coffee and dessert.
7:00 Feature presentation: “Botanical highlights of the Midwest Tallgrass Prairie, Carolinian forests of the Appalachians and the Atlantic Coastal Plain”, based on the travels of Chris Zoladeski, presented by himself.
8:15 – 9:30 AGM (agenda below)
Agenda
2011 Annual General Meeting
1. Call to Order
2. Introduction of FBO Executive and address of the President
3. Presentation of Goldie Award
4. Approval of Agenda
5. Approval of the 2010 AGM Minutes
6. Treasurer’s Report
7. Auditor’s Report
8. Membership Chairman’s Report
9. Nominating Committee Report and election of officers
10. Suggestions for future trips and location of 2012 AGM
11. General discussion and other business
12. Adjournment
Registration forms are on the website, or coming in your mail!
September 10 and 11, 2011
Town of Simcoe
Dear friends and colleagues in Botany.
Enclosed is the schedule of our 2011 Annual General Meeting and its associated activities and field trips. The AGM will be taking place in the Town of Simcoe, Norfolk County.
If you are interested, please fill out the attached registration form and indicate your choice of trips and whether you will be attending the banquet on Saturday evening.
Four trips (two on Saturday and two on Sunday) have been organized for your enjoyment and our first-class leaders will take you to various botanical hotspots in the botanically diverse Haldimand and Norfolk counties. Trip descriptions and directions are included.
Please note that field trips are open to non-FBO members but there is a surcharge of $5 per person per trip, and after priority has been given to the members. Your cheque will be cashed following the AGM. Refunds will be issued provided cancellations are made at least 7 days prior to the AGM. No-shows will not be refunded.
For the trips, please arrive adequately supplied with food and drinks, and in proper footwear and clothing.
You will also remember that, as per our policies, personal collecting of plant material (whole specimens or parts, seeds, etc.) is not permitted on FBO trips unless stated otherwise. The trip leader may take voucher specimens for deposition in recognized herbaria.
For those wishing to stay overnight, the town and vicinity offer a good range of accommodations of various kinds, but Best Western appears to us as the most pleasant.
Field Trips: Saturday 10 September 2011
Chambers Property (Nature Conservancy of Canada)
Leader: Bill Draper
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has recently purchased a number of properties in Norfolk County as part of their Norfolk Legacy Project. We will be visiting one of these properties to explore a rich assemblage of plant communities on the valley slope and floodplain of Big Creek. We will see representative sand plain species, Carolinian species, and an unusual Black Walnut floodplain forest containing a large population of the rare grass, Deer-tongue Panic Grass (Dichanthelium clandestinum)(S2). If time permits, we will explore the oak forests on the adjoining property.
We will meet at the property at 9:30 am. To reach the property from Simcoe, follow Highway 24 south and west to Highway 59 (approximately 32 km from the intersection at Highway 3 in Simcoe). Proceed west across Highway 59 and continue on Regional Road 60 for approximately 3.7 kilometres to the West Quarter Line Road. Turn left and proceed 1.4 km south on the West Quarter Line Road to the first T intersection. Turn left and find a place to park on the side of the sand road.
St. Williams Conservation Reserve, Turkey Point Tract and adjacent wetlands.
Leader: Kevin Kavanagh
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
A wonderful assemblage of uplands, steep valley slopes and wetland habitats all exist here in proximity to one another. We will begin at a scenic overlook of the Turkey Point marshes at Long Point Eco-Adventures and then proceed into the St. Williams Conservation Reserve where we will encounter plant communities on steep valley slopes dominated by Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and bluffs with mixed oak woodland. We will see representative Carolinian species including mature Tulip Trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) and American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). We will explore the edges of the Turkey Point Bog where northern species such as Black Spruce (Picea mariana), Tamarack (Larix laricina) and Eastern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) can be found growing within metres of the Carolinian species. This is also the only known site in Ontario where Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) naturally occurs, often in association with Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) and Poison Sumac (Rhus vernix). The trails are very steep in places and will require sturdy (and potentially waterproof) footwear.
We will meet at Long Point Eco-Adventures at 1:00 pm. To reach this location from Simcoe, follow Highway 24 south and west to Regional Road 10 (approximately 15 km from the south end of Simcoe). Turn left (south) onto Regional Road 10 (which is also called Turkey Point Road) to Front Road (3rd intersection after turning off of Highway 24). Turn right onto Front Road and you will see the entrance for Long Point Eco-Adventures on your left (south side). Park in the main parking lot and we will meet inside the main building at 1:00PM.
Field Trips: Sunday 11 September 2011
Long Point Sand Dunes, Long Point Provincial Park
Leader: Albert Garofalo
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
The Great Lakes coast supports some of the rarest and most threatened ecosystems in Canada. Long Point, on Lake Erie, is a hotspot for species diversity and supports a number of distinctive shoreline plants such as Beach Grass (Ammophila breviligulata), Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus), Sea Rocket (Cakile edentula), Seaside Spruge (Euphorbia polygonifolia), and Kalm’s St. Johnswort (Hypericum Kalmianum). We will be visiting the sand dune communities in search of coastal species which occur on the shorelines of the Great Lakes in addition to the Atlantic Ocean. If time permits, we can also explore the coastal wetlands.
We will meet at the entrance to Long Point Provincial Park at 9:30 am, on September 11th. To reach our meeting place from Simcoe, follow Highway 24 south and then west to Highway 59. Turn south (left) on Highway 59 and proceed until it turns into Long Point Road. Continue on Long Point Road as it turns eastward onto the Long Point Sand Spit and becomes Erie Blvd. Follow signs to the entrance of the Provincial Park. The drive is approximately 45km from Simcoe and should take 45-50 minutes. We will try to park outside the park and walk in.
Haldimand Clay Plain
Leader: Mary Gartshore - !
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
We will assemble at 9:00 am at the Little River Inn Best Western in Simcoe and then travel to the Selkirk Park as our first stop, en route to two other areas.
Selkirk Provincial Park, on Wheeler Rd. Approximate start time 9:30 am. We will search dry woods for clay hickory-oak specialties and other southern species including Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea), Great St. John’s-wort (Hypericum ascyron) and Southern Wild Rice (Zizania aquatica).
Oriskany Sandstone, east of junction of Dry Lake Rd and Townline Road. Approximate start time 12:00 noon. Small open sandstone pavement feature of the Oriskany sandstone with Intermediate (or Wand-like) Bush-clover (Lespedeza intermedia), American Pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) and other sandstone specialties.
Ruthven Historic Park, Lower Grand River Land Trust, Hwy 54 just north of Cayuga. Approximate start time 2:00 pm. Grand River slope forest with Black Cohosh (Actaea (Cimicifuga) racemosa) and North Cayuga Slough Forest sloughs with Sharp-Winged Monkey Flower (Mimulus alatus), Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis), Southern Arrow-wood (Viburnum recognitum) and other slough forest specialties.
We will finish the busy day at Cayuga around 3:30-4:00 pm.
Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Field Botanists of Ontario
Saturday September 10, 2011
Best Western Little River Inn
203 Queensway West
Town of Simcoe
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Directions: Highway 24 South to Simcoe’s downtown, right (west) onto Queensway, hotel very short distance on the north side of street.
Following Saturday’s field trips, we will meet at the Little River Inn’s Skylight Room. The evening’s program is as follows:
5:00 – 6:00 Social hour: an opportunity to meet and chat with fellow FBO members. A fine selection of imbibements will be available, at cost.
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner (plated: poached salmon with dill hollandaise), followed by tea, coffee and dessert.
7:00 Feature presentation: “Botanical highlights of the Midwest Tallgrass Prairie, Carolinian forests of the Appalachians and the Atlantic Coastal Plain”, based on the travels of Chris Zoladeski, presented by himself.
8:15 – 9:30 AGM (agenda below)
Agenda
2011 Annual General Meeting
1. Call to Order
2. Introduction of FBO Executive and address of the President
3. Presentation of Goldie Award
4. Approval of Agenda
5. Approval of the 2010 AGM Minutes
6. Treasurer’s Report
7. Auditor’s Report
8. Membership Chairman’s Report
9. Nominating Committee Report and election of officers
10. Suggestions for future trips and location of 2012 AGM
11. General discussion and other business
12. Adjournment
Registration forms are on the website, or coming in your mail!
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