Missouri Native Plant Society - St. Louis Chapter regular general meeting.
PROGRAM: Pollination Ecology of Cypripedium by Drs. Retha Meier and Peter Bernhardt

WHEN: 7:30 pm, Weds 23 February 2011
WHERE: Powder Valley Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Road, Kirkwood, MO
Starting at the intersection of I-270 & I-44, travel east on I-44 a short distance//take the Watson Road exit lane. As soon as possible take the left turn lane when approaching Geyer Road.
Turn left(north) on Geyer Road. Travel less than 0.2 mile on Geyer Road and turn left(west) on to Cragwold Road(the first road on the left after crossing the I-44 overpass).
Travel west on Cragwold Road about 0.8 miles - to the entrance to Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center on the right.
Turn right and follow the road 0.4 mile to the Nature Center parking area.
Meeting rooms are in the large building on the west side of the parking lot. Entrance is via the southeast corner of this building. . The main lobby visitor entrance at the center of the complex is closed after 5 pm.

Missouri Native Plant Society - St. Louis Chapter regular general meeting.
PROGRAM: Dodecatheon (Shooting Stars), by Dr. Brad Oberle, Research Associate at Missouri Botanical Garden.

Some of his work can be found at his website
http://www.dodecatheon.net/.

WHEN: 7:30 pm, Weds 26 January 2011

WHERE: Powder Valley Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Road, Kirkwood, MO

Starting at the intersection of I-270 & I-44, travel east on I-44 a short distance//take the Watson Road exit lane. As soon as possible take the left turn lane when approaching Geyer Road.

Turn left(north) on Geyer Road. Travel less than 0.2 mile on Geyer Road and turn left(west) on to Cragwold Road(the first road on the left after crossing the I-44 overpass).

Travel west on Cragwold Road about 0.8 miles - to the entrance to Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center on the right.

Turn right and follow the road 0.4 mile to the Nature Center parking area.

Meeting rooms are in the large building on the west side of the parking lot. Entrance is via the southeast corner of this building. . The main lobby visitor entrance at the center of the complex is closed after 5 pm.
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For Area map, please visit:

<< http://mdc.mo.gov/documents/area_brochures/8709map.pdf >>

Navigation destination data:

N 38 degrees, 33 minutes, 22 seconds

W 90 degrees, 25 minutes 42 seconds

All interested parties are WELCOME. No fees, parking is free.

MONPS members find over 70 Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchids and a Wood Lily on a prairie in northern Missouri on a weekend when flooding made navigation tricky.

http://www.youtube.com/v/MwbEaFFRuy8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1

Spring MONPS Meeting
A few pictures from our weekend.

Slideshow

In "Missouri's Natural Wonders Guidebook," Don Kurz has created a useful guide for any of us planning hikes for ourselves or for groups.

The book highlights 100 areas that represent the best of Missouri's natural world. Kurz checked out more than 1,600 public lands to come to this list. For the tech savvy or gadget blessed among us, the guide provides GPS coordinates.

Among the wonders listed in the book are prairies, waterfalls, shut-ins, caves, wildlife areas, geologic features, springs, trails, swamps and nature centers.

Kurz’s name is a common one on many MONPS members’ bookshelves. His other titles include “Trees of Missouri Field Guide”’ “Trees of Missouri”, “Illinois Wildflowers”, “Ozark Wildflowers”, “Shrubs and Woody Vines of Missouri”, “Shrubs and Woody Vines of Missouri Field Guide” and “Scenic Driving the Ozarks Including the Ouachita Mountains.”

Kurz has been a professional botanist, writer and nature photographer for more than 30 years. He was awarded the Erna R. Eisendrath Education Award in 1998 by MONPS.

Kurz plans to sign books in the lobby outside the gift shop at the Missouri Botanical Garden from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 5.

http://store.cloudland.net/merchant.ihtml?step=4&pid=88&id=1

Pictures of July Flowers

Including trips to Brownsmead Gardens, Graham Cave State Park, Victoria Glades, Shaw Nature Reserve, Ketcherside Mountain Conservation Area, Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, Onondaga Cave State Park, and Johnson Shut-Ins State Park. Includes Hexalectris spicata (Crested Coral Root Orchid) and shots of the damage and current condition of Johnson Shut-Ins after the Taum Sauk Reservoir failure of December 2005.

Pictures of May Flowers

Including trips to Cuivre River State Park, Lon Sanders Canyon, Shannon County with Father James Sullivan, and a new population of Phlox carolina.

Pictures of April Flowers
Including pictures of the new orchid to the state!

March in Missouri

Shaw Nature Reserve, March 7, 2009