welcome
Welcome to the NH Botanical Club website! (still under construction)
Check below for the meeting schedule for January-April 2010.
If you have questions about this site please contact webmaster@nhbotany.org
Support your local herbarium---it's useful and fun!
Submitted by Joann Hoy on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 08:48Volunteer on Saturday, April 17, 9:00 to 4:00, Spaulding Hall, room G-69.
Janet Sullivan, Collections Manager of the Hodgdon Herbarium, is arranging to have the herbarium open all day for those of us who want to do some volunteer work. You could drop in for a short time or spend the whole day: it’s up to you.
Squam Bioblitz II, May 21 and 22
Submitted by Joann Hoy on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 06:15The Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is organizing a second Bioblitz on May 21 and 22. Get a little more information, including contact phone number and e-mail, at http://www.nhnature.org/Calendar/bioblitz_2010.html
seasonal job opportunity: Lumberjack RC&D Council
Submitted by jmsachs on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 08:38Janet Sullivan from UNH asked me to post the following job description.
http://sites.google.com/a/nhbotany.org/nh-botanical-club/documents/20101...
Job Description
Lumberjack RC&D is a non-profit organization contracted primarily by the State of Wisconsin to collect data on permanent inventory plots across the State of Wisconsin.
Lumberjack RC&D has a history of efficiently turning in high quality data and is currently looking for quality and efficiency minded persons to assist the permanent inventory crews during the summer of 2010.
Schedule of meetings in 2010
Submitted by Joann Hoy on Thu, 12/24/2009 - 13:13All the meetings are 4:00-7:30 p.m.
January 5: "Fern allies" workshop at SPNHF
February 2: Scirpus species in New England at SPNHF
March 2: Salix species in New Hampshire at WMNF in Campton
(NOTE the different meeting location!)
April 6: Asters in New Hampshire at SPNHF
April 17: Volunteer day at Hodgdon Herbarium
Online resources for NH Botany Club members
Submitted by jmsachs_admin on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 12:06There are a number of online resources available to NH Botany Club members:
#phenology on Twitter
Submitted by jmsachs_admin on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 12:52Phenology data is extremely useful as it links plant and animal behaviors to seasonal climate and weather patterns. Climate scientists are using Thoreau's detailed notes on plant phenology in studies of changes in climate in the last 150 years.
A Field Guide to the Ferns of New England and Adjacent New York
Submitted by jmsachs_admin on Sat, 03/21/2009 - 18:37Michael Burgess, author of A Field Guide to the Ferns of New England and Adjacent New York, has graciously allowed us to distribute this guide online via our website.
