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Muhlenberg Botanic Society Upcoming Field Trips - Spring 2009

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The following is the Field trip schedule through June 2009 ( Including a trip I am Co-Leading for the Mengel Natural History Club at State Game Lands 52 north of Churchtown, Lancaster Co. ) List of trips. See below for more deatail and directions. Saturday, April 18: Trout Run Nature Preserve 10:00 AM Sunday, April 19, 2009 1:00 PM FIELD TRIP the Mengel Natural History Club State Game Lands #52 Saturday, May 9 : Walnut Run 10:00 AM Saturday, June 13: Goat Hill 10:00 AM Details of the 2009 SPRING FIELD TRIPS: For those whose obligations do not allow them to participate for the entire day in the case of all-day field trips, you are welcome to join us for just the morning half (or the afternoon half, if that can be arranged). For all-day trips, bring a bag lunch. Saturday, April 18: Trout Run Nature Preserve 10:00 AM Located in Martic Township, Trout Run is a 123-acre nature preserve comprised of mature forested areas and the Trout Run stream corridor. From Lancaster City, take

Interactive key to the Cyperaceae of North America.

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A new online/interactive Key to the Cyperaceae of North America is now available and announced today on Taxacom by Timothy M. Jones a Ph.D. Student at LSU . I will have to start learning these better and not wait until retirement. I do like the interactive glossary for the Cyperaceae! Timothy Jones announced: "Interactive identification keys to Xyris, Cyperus, Kyllinga, Rhynchospora, Scleria, and Carex are now available on the Louisiana State University Herbarium website. The keys are free to use and written in Lucid 3. 4. Additionally, a demonstration of a new interactive glossary to the Cyperaceae written with Cooliris is available, as well as a demo interactive/zoom-able phylogenetic trees and data on the Cyperaceae. This is presented using Deepzoom(of project Seadragon). All are at http://www.herbarium.lsu.edu/keys/" This is a beautiful Carex species I took pictures of last June in a sphagnum bog in Quebec. I should try keying it out (or just send the pic