What's New
NEBC 2011-2012 Program Calendar
Slate for the NEBC Council 2012-2013
In accordance with the three-week notice provision of the By-Laws of the Club, the slate of officers and councilors is being presented to the membership. The slate is to be voted on at the Annual Meeting on 2 March 2012. Article VI of the Bylaws states: "Nothing herein shall restrict the right of members to offer nominations from the floor provided a notice listing such nominees and signed by not less than three members shall be filed with the Corresponding Secretary not later than ten days prior to the date of the meeting."
Schedule for Nonvascular Plant Herbarium Work Sessions: Spring 2012
Type of work: Curatorial - replacing old packets, data basing, and inserting collections. A great chance to work with historic New England lichens, bryophytes, algae and fungi.
Dates:
- Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 2:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 2:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 2:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 2:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 2:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 2:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 2:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Locations:
Saturday Session: At the entrance to Gray Herbarium, Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Wednesday Sessions: In the basement of the Farlow Herbarium, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA.
Please bring your own snacks/lunches. We take breaks in the Farlow office where it is possible to brew a cup of tea.
Contact Person: Elizabeth Kneiper, Ekneiper@aol.com, 781-235-8440 or 781-801-2734.
Feel free to volunteer for any of the following scheduled work sessions. All help is welcomed. You may work for part of a session if you have a schedule conflict. Please contact me if you have any questions. If you are planning to attend a session give me your contact information in the event that I need to cancel the session at the last minute.
Announcing a new feature in Rhodora!
The Editorial Board of Rhodora would like to announce a new regular feature of the journal, entitled "The Botanists' Corner," which will report short communications of botanical discoveries, observations, news, or other noteworthy information relevant to the field of botany in northeastern North America. The aim of The Botanists' Corner is to keep members and subscribers better informed of botanical happenings and innovations involving the plants of our region, and hopefully to provide members a greater voice within Rhodora. Papers within the column will be shorter and less comprehensive than a "New England Note." More specifically, items published will be brief communiqués on the order of 300-700 words that relate botanical findings of interest to the scientific community, including but not restricted to: new state records of plant taxa, rediscoveries of historical plant taxa, regional announcements of conservation initiatives or large-scale research studies involving plants, summaries of previously-published nomenclatural changes/revisions, observations of unique plant-animal interactions, distinctions among difficult plant taxa, or profiles of compelling plants or botanists. Literature citations will be allowed, as needed, but should be brief; figures and tables will not be permitted. Papers submitted will be peer-reviewed by feature editor, Melissa Dow Cullina, by Rhodora Editor-in-Chief, Elizabeth Farnsworth, plus one external reviewer with appropriate expertise in the subject matter. As the emphasis of this section is on timely, rapid communications, the peer review process will take a maximum of two weeks, with revisions expected from the author in another two weeks. We invite you to send your submissions to this exciting new section of Rhodora to botanist@rhodora.org.
New Special Publication Available
The Field Guide to Carex of New England, by Dr. Lisa A. Standley, has been published by the New England Botanical Club. This wire-bound book contains matrix keys and dichotomous keys to all 188 species of Carex recorded from New England, with clear descriptions and illustrations for each species. To purchase, send a check for $26.00 payable to the New England Botanical Club to: Lisa Standley, VHB, 101 Walnut Street, Watertown MA 02472.
