HVC Events 02-03

Revised 02/27/08

2002 Fall Field Trips

Sunday October25, 2002. Horner Woods Work Session. afternoon. Leader: Sylvia Taylor. Meet in the west parking lot at Matthaei and carpool.

2002-2003 Meetings

Monday, September 16, 2002. Peter Kaufmann, " The talk will be based on a newly published book, “Creating a Sustainable Future. Living in Harmony With the Earth”, co-authored by Professor Kaufman.
Sunday September 29, 2002. Annual Fall Meeting at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Hastings, MI.
Lunch at 11:30 am. State Board Meeting at 12:45. Lecture at 2:30 pm. “El Niño: Master of the Coastal Deserts of South America”, presented by Dr. Michael O. Dillon, Curator of Vascular Plants at the Field Museum, Chicago.Field trip to the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute nature preserve after the lecture.
Monday, October 21, 2002. Bev Walters, “Results from Burning in Ann Arbor Parks”
Monday, November 18, 2002. Miro Kummel,“Partner Choice in Ectomycorrhizal Mutualism”
Monday, January 20, 2003. Sylvia Taylor, “Big Bend, Texas”
Monday, February 17, 2003. Chuck Davis, " The Tropical Plant Family, Malpighaceae."
Monday, March 17, 2003. Mike Penskar, "Adventures of a Michigan Field Botanist."

Monday, April 21, 2003. Gary Hannan, “Iris Pollination, Clonal Growth, Rhizome Structure and Architecture”

2003 Spring Field Trips

Saturday, April 26. Wildflower walk at Ann Arbor's Brown Park and the "landfill woods." Led by Bev Walters. Meet at 9:00 am. at Southeast Area Park at the corner of Platt and Ellsworth Roads. (entrance is on Ellsworth Rd.) and carpool from there, since parking is limited at one of the sites.

Sunday May 4, 2003 Big tree tour- afternoon bus tour of Big Trees in the vicinity of Ann Arbor. 12:15 pm - 5:00 pm. The attendes will ride on an air-conditioned tour bus with restroom facilities. Meet at the University of Michigan parking lot NC-51, which is on the Northwest corner of Glazier Way and Huron Parkway in Ann Arbor. Registration cost $15.00. Send check made out to Michigan Botanical Club - HVC to Joan Doman, 4091 Thornoaks Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Global ReLeaf of Michigan, a non-profit organization dedicated to "replanting Michigan one tree at a time" and the sponsor of the biennial Big Tree Hunt contest in which Woody Ehrle, one of the judges, is busy at this moment planning the route, obtaining the property owner's permission, determining the number of stops possible within a four-hour time frame and so forth. For more information contact: Joan Doman GmajoanDo@aol.com

Saturday May 17. 2:00-4:00 pm. Horner Woods.

Saturday, May 31. 9:00-12:00 noon. Spring Flora Hike at the Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center. Waterloo Recreation Area,16345 McClure Rd. Chelsea, MI 48118. The center is located on Bush Road between Pierce and McClure roads in Chelsea. Take I-94 to exit 157 (Pierce Road) and go north to Bush Road. Take Bush Road west to the center.- Leader - Mike Penskar- phone 517-335-458

Saturday July 12. 8:00 am. Plant Inventory work day. contact Sondra Gunn at sgunn@umich.edu or Melaine Gunn at mgunn@umich.edu.

Sunday July 13. 10:00 am. Cedar Bend Nature Area led by Bev Walters.
1:00 pm. Furstenberg Natural area led by Aunita Erskine.

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