Message from the Tennessee Native Plant Society: Roan Mountain State Park has informed us about some area closures in June that will affect our conference field trips. Two of our field trips, the Saturday AM trip to Grassy Ridge and the Saturday PM trip to the Miller Farmstead, are not affected by the closures. However, […] Continue reading "2024 Tennessee Native Plant Society Annual Conference"
Come celebrate National Seed Swap Day with us on January 27, 2024 at Lichterman Nature Center, 10 am until 2 pm. We’ll have seeds carefully packaged by hand in envelopes to share. The Seed Swap is part of a larger event at Lichterman. National Seed Swap Day is declared on the last Saturday of January […] Continue reading "National Seed Swap Day at Lichterman"
This month, consider reading with us! We’re reading Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, written by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Published by Milkweed Editions in 2013: As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi […] Continue reading "Reading Recommendation: September"
This month, consider reading with us! We’re reading The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World, written by Oliver Milman. Published in March of 2022: “A devastating examination of how collapsing insect populations worldwide threaten everything from wild birds to the food on our plate.” Also available here. What should […] Continue reading "Reading Recommendation: July"
View or download the PDF by clicking here. Written by Julia Horne: Schisandra (shiz’-an-dra) glabra is a deciduous woody vine. There are about 25 species of Schisandra in East Asia, but S. glabra is the only species found in America. It is considered native to the southeastern United States (Louisiana, east Arkansas, southwest Tennessee, Mississippi, […] Continue reading "Schisandra glabra by Julia Horne"
View or download this as PDF by clicking here. Written by Caroline Snider: Hydrangea barbara (BAR-bair-ah) formerly known as Decumaria barbara is a species plant in the hydrangea family. Common names: Climbing Hydrangea and Woodvamp Hydrangea barbara is a woody vine reaching 30 feet by attaching arial rootlets and has smooth, shiny, round to oval […] Continue reading "Hydrangea barbara, Climbing Hydrangea, by Caroline Snider"