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Sharing Botanical Field Trips

A new web site is now available which lists the botanically oriented field trips of a number of organizations in the Mid-Atlantic States. Botanical Field Trips is a great way to plan a weekend of botanizing in an area you are not familiar with. So take a look and plann your weekends and vacations! The groups  part icipating are:  Connecticut Botanical Society , CT Delaware Native Plant Societ y , DE Delaware Valley Fern and Wildflower Society , NJ & PA Maryland Native Plant Society ,  MD Muhlenberg Botanical Society , Lancaster, PA Pennsylvania Native Plant Society ,  State College, PA Philadelphia Botanical Club , Philadelphia, PA Western Pennsylvania Botanical Society , Western  PA UPDATE: as of Feb 3, 2010 two more groups are participating. the  Torrey Botanical Society , New York City area and the  Virginia Native Plant Society , Virginia

Muhlenberg Field trips Spring 2010

Saturday, April 17: Reed Run , Lancaster, County, PA, 10:00 a.m. Reed Run, in Martic Township, is a 148.7-acre nature preserve comprised of former cropland, early successional forested areas and mature forested areas. The majority of the preserve is forested, with three fields totaling about 40 acres that were in agricultural production at the time of the Conservancy's acquisition. There are two creeks that flow through the property: Reed Run parallels the inside of southern border of the preserve and Brubaker Run originates at the edge of the central field. Both creeks flow directly into the Susquehanna. Much of the forest that lies outside of the creek ravines is overrun with invasive plants, primarily ailanthus. The topography of the preserve includes 375' change in elevation from lowest to highest points (315' to 690' above sea level). Directions: From Lancaster City, take PA Rt. 324 South (New Danville Pk.). It turns left at New Danville and joins Rt. 741 for

Muhlenberg Bulletin, January 2010

The January 2010 "Muhlenberg Bulletin" the newsletter of the Muhlenberg Botanical Society is now available in PDF format.