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Arkansas Native Plant Society Fall Meeting 2013

Arkansas Native Plant Society Fall Meeting 2013 October 11-13 Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View Everyone Welcome! Where:  The Ozark Folk Center State Park  1032 Park Avenue, Mountain View, AR 72560 The Ozark Folk Center is located on 640 wooded acres, … Continue reading

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ANPS Field Trip on April 14 to Cossatot River State Park

Field trips of the Arkansas Native Plant Society are for current and future members. (That’s right: Everyone is welcome!) Botanists from around the state lead these enjoyable and informative walks.  Uncertain of the weather?  Call the trip leader. Sunday, April … Continue reading

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ANPS Fall Meeting, Auctions and Field Trips and Plant Nerds, oh my!

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The community of Dardanelle was invaded by Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) members. The featured event on Friday was the annual ANPS Plant Auction. Field trips on Saturday and Sunday included Mt Nebo, Long Pool, Bona Dea Trail and Dardanelle’s Trees of Distinction and Pine Ridge Gardens. Continue reading

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Eight Applicants Receive Scholarships and Awards

Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) was delighted to receive a record number of applications for grants and scholarships in 2012. Money for those awards comes from three sources within the ANPS budget: (1) Memberships, specifically, Supporting, Family, Contributing, and Lifetime … Continue reading

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Neat Plant Alert – Kentucky Coffee-Tree Near Little Rock Capitol

By Eric Sundell About a dozen Kentucky coffee-trees encircle the Arkansas Supreme Court Building on the south side of the Capitol grounds off 7th Street in Little Rock. Gymnocladus dioicus is an Arkansas native, but not an easy one to … Continue reading

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Jonesboro Meeting Cool but Too Hot, Too

Our ANPS Spring 2012 meeting drew a good crowd up to Jonesboro and Crowley’s Ridge in northeast Arkansas. Saturday field trips to Crowley’s Ridge State Park and to the Arkansas Game and Fish Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center … Continue reading

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May 4-6 ANPS Spring 2012 Meeting at Crowley’s Ridge in Jonesboro

ANPS SPRING 2012 MEETING May 4-6, 2012 Crowley’s Ridge – Jonesboro, Arkansas FRIDAY EVENING, May 4, Arkansas State University Student Union, Spring River Room (Parking in North Parking Deck most convenient) Registration 4-7 p.m.  Members are reminded that the standard $5.00 … Continue reading

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June 2, 2012, Field trips to Mt Magazine, Brown Springs and Vogelpohl’s Place

June 2, 2012 Field trip to Mt Magazine, led by Lori Spencer (author of Arkansas Butterflies and Moths), Eric Sundell, and Sid Vogelpohl. Participants should gather at the Mt. Magazine state park Visitors’ Center at 10 a.m. for a two … Continue reading

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April 28 and May 12, 2012, Field trip to Vogelpohl’s Place in Paris

Sid & Jeanette Vogelpohl’s 50-acre place, just south of Paris (Logan County), is criss-crossed by trails.  The house site is surrounded by native plants (plus non-native favorites) and provides a nice view of Mt Magazine.  The hike will be from … Continue reading

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April 14, 2012, Spring Field Trip to East Cadron Creek in Greenbrier

Margaret and Tom Beasley will host a field trip on East Cadron Creek near their home in Greenbrier. What we might see: Dutchman’s pipe, trillium, Jack-in-the-pulpit, bloodroot, spiderwort, green dragon, azaleas, violets of all colors, crested iris, ferns, Solomon’s seal—just … Continue reading

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