Dear Student Members of the BSA (NE)

The Northeastern section extends you an invitation to the 2007 annual Joint Field Meeting of the Botanical Society of America -- Northeastern Section, Torrey Botanical Society, and Philadelphia Botanical Club:

The 2007 Joint Botanical Field Meeting will meet on the campus of Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, from Sunday, June 17 to Thursday, June 21. Our program will include three all-day field trips plus four evening lectures on pertinent topics.

Elkins is a gateway to the high Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. Much of this magnificent, scenic region is conserved within the Monongahela National Forest. Our field trips will visit Canaan Valley State Park, Dolly Sods Wilderness Area, and other interesting botanical sites. Canaan (pronounced kin-naine) is a high, cool valley at about 3000 ft. above sea level, with an average growing season of less than 100 days. It supports a varied flora, with plants such as balsam fir (Abies balsamea) and bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) growing near the southern extreme of their range. Dolly Sods features spectacular rock outcrops in addition to its remarkable flora. We will examine some of the characteristic plant communities of this part of West Virginia, including spruce forests, heath barrens, and sphagnum glades. There will be plenty of ferns and fern allies, and this should be the blooming time for several native orchids. If you visited the area before, come back and see how your favorite plants are surviving in the 21st century!

The price for the meeting is $250 based on double-occupancy. It includes lodging for 4 nights, 4 breakfasts, box lunches on 3 field trips, and 4 dinners, including our traditional Wednesday night banquet. Our lodging accommodation is a college dormitory with double-occupancy rooms (two twin beds) and communal bathrooms. A few single-occupancy accommodations are also possible ($290), and reduced rates are available for commuters ($55 or $185).

An application form can be found at http://www.botany.org/news/images/NESectionJointBotanicalFieldMeeting2007.pdf

For further information or a registration form please contact:
Larry Klotz, chairperson, lhklot@ship.edu, 717-477-1402

Larry Klotz
Chair of Northeastern Section
Botanical Society of America
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Mission: The Botanical Society of America exists to promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.

The objectives of The Society are to: sustain and provide improved formal and informal education about plants; encourage basic plant research; provide expertise, direction, and position statements concerning plants and ecosystems; and foster communication within the professional botanical community, and between botanists and the rest of humankind through publications, meetings, and committees.