Recordings of previous Pawpaw Chapter meetings.
May 2022
Program: Pollination Biology of Orchids, Haleigh Ray, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Stetson University.
Plant of the Month: Railroad Vine - Ipomoea pes-caprae var. brasiliensis - presented by Paul Rebmann
April 2022
Program: People Make the Parks - Stephaine York,Park Services Specialist at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area & North Peninsula State Park
Plant of the Month: Dyschoriste oblongifolia - Twinflower, lakeside or oblongleaf - presented by Peter Sigmann
March 2022
Program: Living shorelines - Jessy Wayles, Director of Programs, Marine Discovery Center.
Plant of the Month: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis - trailing porterweed - presented by Sande Habali
February 2022
Program: Planting and care for urban trees and palms - Ray Jarrett, Environmental Supervisor, Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection with FDACS and ISA Certified Arborist
Plant of the Month: Salvia misella - Southern river sage, creeping sage - presented by Suzie Shaeffer
January 2022
Program: Identifying Sedges in Florida, Scott Ward, Research botanist at North Carolina Botanical Gardens
Plant of the Month: Mimosa strigillosa - Sunshine mimosa, powderpuff - presented by Karen Walter
November 8, 2021
Program "The Beetles & Florida Native (mostly) Plants" presented by Paul Rebmann
Plant of the Month: Wax Myrtle - Morella cerifera - Presented by Leslie Nixon
October 11, 2021
Plant of the Month: Yellow anise- Illicium parviflorum - presented by Sande Habali
September 13, 2021
Program: "Native Wildflowers of the Panhandle"
Speaker: Bonnie Basham FNPS President presenting the video "From the Ashes - Springtime in the Pinelands"
Plant of the Month: Marlberry - Ardisia escallonioides - presented by Kate Muldoon
August 9, 2021
Program: "Yard management, native plants, and how we benefit”
Speakers: Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos, Associate Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics at the Federal University of ABC and Jesse Jones, Research and Extension Associate at the University of Florida’s Residential Landscape Ecology Lab
Plant of the Month: Myrsine cubana - myrsine presented by Danny Young
July 12, 2021
Program: Speaker: Richard Harris, Volusia County Environmental Specialist II
Topic: Land Management Practices in Volusia County Conservation Lands
Plant of the Month: Seagrape - Coccolobo uvifera - Paul Rebmann
June 14, 2021
Program: Samantha West, Volusia County Environmental Specialist III and ISA Certified Arborist - Topic: Environmental Planning, Protection and Regulations in unincorporated Volusia County
Plant of the Month: Walter's viburnum - Viburnum obovatum - Karen Walter
May 10, 2021
Program: Cindy Bennington - Volusia Sandhill Pollinator Project
Dwarf Yaupon Dilema
April 12, 2021
Program: Kris Daniels - Honey Bee Forage: Content, Location & Uses
Plant of the Month: Florida Privet - Forestiera segregata - Leslie Nixon
Feb. 8, 2021
Program: Basil Ianonne - Biodiversity in Suburbia
Plant of the Month: Bay Cedar - Suriana maritima - Paul Rebmann
Virtual Landscape Tour - Ormond by the Sea beachside home - presented by Katie Tripp
Nov. 9, 2020
Program: Katie Tripp - Plant Native, Grow Nature
Plant of the Month: White passionflower - Passiflora incarnata var. alba - Karen Walter
Oct. 12, 2020
Program: Paul Rebmann - A Florida Naturalist's Glimpse of Cuba
Plant of the Month: Spurred butterfly pea - Centrosema virginianum - Samantha West
Sept. 14, 2020
Program: Danny Young of Young Bear Environmental on Homeowner shoreline restoration
Video previewed during the presentation in its entirety.
Plant of the Month: Scorpionstail - Heliotropum angiospermum - Katie Tripp
August 10, 2020
Program: Linda Walters of UCF on Tomoka State Park restoration
Plant of the Month: Plumbago zeylanica - Doctorbush (native plumbago) - Leslie Nixon
July 13, 2020
Program: Jenny Nazak, local sustainability educator, presenting
Soil 101: Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Plant of the Month: Ironweed - Vernonia species - presented by Katie Tripp
June 8, 2020
Program: Nash Turley, postdoctoral fellow at University of Central Florida’s Department of Biology and co-founder of Lawn to Wildflowers, presenting Lawn to Wildflowers
Plant of the Month: Powderpuff - Mimosa strigillosa - presented by Paul Rebmann
April 13, 2020
Program: Valerie Anderson, FNPS Director of Commmunications and Programming, presenting Conservation and the Role of the Florida Native Plant Society