South Central Chapter Events & Activities

Newsletter

[to come]

Wildflower Walks

All walks require pre-registration

**POP-UP WILDFLOWER WALKS**

Check the SC-INPS Facebook page and your email for announcements of May hikes–these will have a shorter lead time to avoid rain delays.

RSVPs to David Mow at davidmow@att.net

Midwest Herbaria Plant Lists

Interested in matching your landscaping plants to the local flora? IU’s Deam Herbarium, through the Consortium of Midwest Herbaria, has compiled plant lists for Indiana counties, ecoregions, state parks and nature preserves to assist you in determining what plants are suitable for your area (there’s also a list of invasives to avoid).

https://midwestherbaria.org/portal/projects/index.php?pid=124

Past Events

October 2022
Picnic, Hike, and Chapter Meeting
Spring Mill State Park, Lawrence County
Come enjoy a Potluck Picnic (Bring a dish to share!)
Followed by a brief Chapter Meeting and Plant/Seed Swap
(For guidelines on collecting plants and seeds see July Newsletter.)
Then join hike coordinator David Mow on a Plant Walk around the easy Spring Mill Lake Trail.

April 2022

Friday & Saturday Spring Wildflower Hike Series at
Charlestown SP, Clark Co.
https://events.in.gov/dnr/calendar/month/2022/4?event_types%5B%5D=34006055383415&search=%22charlestown+state+park%22

McCormicks Creek SP Wildflower Weekend, Owen Co.
Wildflower Weekend Brochure 2022.pdf
SC-INPS is a proud sponsor

Clifty Falls SP Wildflower Weekend, Jefferson Co.
https://events.in.gov/event/WildflowerWeekend_2022

Bluffs of Beaver Bend Wildflower Walk, Martin Co.
(Daviess-Martin CISMA) https://fb.me/e/e8esxIJ5Y

37th Annual Spring Wildflower Foray,
Brown and Monroe Counties
*Please note: you must register for most events on the website
https://www.browncounty.com/wildflower-foray/#foray-schedule
SC-INPS is a proud sponsor

March 2022
Zoom presentation by David Mow on “Native Spring Ephemerals”

September 2021
Ask a Naturalist, with Patrick Haulter

July 2021
Indiana Flora News  ♥ View on YouTube
Paul Rothrock of the Indiana University Herbarium reports on the progress of their Plant Photographic Scavenger Hunt, shares improvements to the Consortium of Midwest Herbaria data portal, and takes a look back at Charles Deam’s plant collecting after more than 80 years since the publication of his Flora of Indiana.

June 2021
Growing Natives from Seed  ♥ View on YouTube
Two presenters, Natalie Marinova and Bill Daniels, share methods of native seed propagation and a pilot project to collect native seed regionally by creating Indiana Native Seed Commmunities.

May 2021
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants in Landscapes  ♥ View on YouTube
You’ve torn out that burning bush. Now what? Plant an alterNATIVE. Learn what invasive plants to avoid in landscaping and why, and find out how to support indigenous Indiana flora and fauna by using plants that fit into our ecosystem. Presentation by Mary Welz, Regional Specialist, Southern Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management (SICIM), active in her local CISMA* chapter,  MC-IRIS (Monroe County–Reduce Invasive Species). She holds a BS in Biology from Indiana University, Bloomington and studied Plant Pathology at the University of Georgia, Athens.

*CISMAs are Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas, also known as CWMAs, Cooperative Weed Management Areas, often county-based. http://www.sicim.info/cismas

April 2021
Ecological Landscapes: Contributing to Conservation, Landscaping with Natives ♥ View on YouTube
Presentation by Coralie Palmer, INPS Landscaping with Natives team leader, to South Central Chapter.