Plant of the Month
The Pawpaw Chapter features a different native plant at each meeting where one of our members talks about the plant. Normally the presentation includes photos, a description and/or features of the plant, usually including personal observations and experience with this particular native and often historical or ethnobotanical information as well. Plant of the month presentations should be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes. Recently the Pawpaw Chapter has followed a theme each year.
2023 Native Plants Front and Center
Showcasing the spectacular native plants that work great in your front yard.
Jan. - None
Feb. -
March - Yellow necklacepod - Sophora tomentosa var. truncata - Georgann Meadows
April - Coontie - Zamia integrifolia - Peter Sigmann
May -
June - Chickasaw plum - Prunus angustifolia - Karen Walter
July -
Aug. -
Sept. -
Oct. -
Nov. -
Dec. - NO Plant of the Month - Holiday Native Plant Auction
Suggestions for possible plants of the month:
Chionanthus pygmaeus - Pigmy Fringe Tree
Conradina grandiflora - Large-flowered false rosemary
Helianthus debilis var. debilis - East Coast Dune Sunflower
Illicium parviflorum - Yellow Anise
Muhlenbergia capillaris - Muhly Grass
Myrcianthes fragrans - Simpson’s Stopper
Psychotria nervosa - Wild Coffee
Quadrella jamaicensis - Jamaica Caper
Randia aculeata - White Indigoberry
Sabal palmetto - Cabbage Palm
Serenoa repens - Saw Palmetto
Solidago sp. - Goldenrod
Coccoloba uvifera - Sea Grape
Tripsacum dactyloides - Fakahatchee Grass
Viburnum obovatum - Walters Viburnum
Contact Paul Rebmann to volunteer to present a plant of the month - NaturePaul @ wildflphoto.com
2022 Creepers & Kneelers
Creepers & Kneelers was a focus on vines and ground covers and those little annuals in the grasses we like to kneel down to see closer, with an opportunity to promote more eco-friendly lawn and landscape choices to help replacement of invasives and minimizing fertilizers and insecticides.
Jan. - Mimosa strigillosa - Powderpuff - Karen Walter
Feb. - Salvia misella - Southern river sage, creeping sage - Suzie Shaeffer
March - Stachytarpheta jamaicensis - Trailing Porterweed - Sande Habali
April - Dyschoriste oblongifolia - Twinflower, lakeside or oblongleaf - Peter Sigmann
May - Ipomoea pes-caprae var. brasiliensis - Railroad Vine - Paul Rebmann
June - None (meeting off-site)
July - None (no meeting)
Aug. - Passiflora suberosa - Corkystem - Kate Muldoon
Sept. - Helianthus debilis - Dune daisy, east coast - Leslie Nixon
Oct. - Kallstroemia maxima - Big caltrop - Danny Young
Nov. - Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper - Peter Sigmann
Dec. - NO Plant of the Month - Holiday Native Plant Auction
2021 - Hedge Your Bets
Our favorite native shrubs for screening, alternately featuring plants for both sun and shade.
January: Salt bush - Baccharis halimifolia - Peter Sigmann
February - Bay-cedar - Suriana maritima - Paul Rebmann
March - Jamaica caper - Quadrella jamaicensis - Melissa Lammers
April: Florida privet - Forestiera segregata - Leslie Nixon
June: Walter's viburnum - Viburnum obovatum - Karen Walter
July: Seagrape - Coccolobo uvifera - Paul Rebmann
August: Myrsine - Myrsine cubana - Danny Young
September: Marlberry - Ardisia escallonioides - Kate Muldoon
October: Yellow anise - Illicium parviflorum - Sande habali
November: Wax Myrtle - Morella cerifera - Leslie Nixon
2020 - Butterfly Buffets and Caterpillar Cafes
Native plants that are larval hosts or nectar sources for various Lepidoptera.
Jan. - Pine Ily - Lillium catesbaei (Cathy Lowenstein)
Feb. - Spanish needles - Bidens alba (Jane Andrews)
Mar. - Buttonsage - Lantana involucrata (Doug Hunt)
Apr. - Frogfruit - Phyla nodiflora (Carol Hawkins)
May - Partridge pea - Chamaecrista fasciculata ( Sande Habali)
June - Powder puff - Mimosa strigillosa (Paul Rebmann)
July - Ironweed - Vernonia spp. (Katie Tripp)
Aug. - Doctorbush - Plumbago zeylanica (Leslie Nixon)
Sept. - Scorpionstail - Heliotropum angiospermum (Katie Tripp)
Oct. - Spurred butterfly pea - Centrosema virginianum (Samantha West)
Nov. - White passionflower - Passiflora incarnata forma alba - (Karen Walter)
2019 - Flowering Favorites for our Feathered Friends
Native plants that provide food and/or shelter for birds.
Jan. - Wild coffee - Psychotria nervosa (Sande Habali)
Feb. - Yellow jessamine - Gelsemium sempervirens (Samantha West)
Mar. - Blood sage - Salvia coccinea (Megan Pritore)
Apr. - Tree sparkleberry - Vaccinium arboreum (Doug Hunt)
May - Red buckeye - Aesculus pavia (Judi Van Horn)
June - Firebush - Hamelia patens (Karen Walter)
July - Pokeweed - Phytolacca americana (Nancy Hull)
Aug. - Devil's-Walkingstick & Hercules’ Club - Aralia spinosa & Zanthoxylum clava-herculis (Ellen Nelson)
Sept - American beautyberry - Callicarpa americana (Sonya Guidry)
Oct. - Spotted beebalm - Monarda puctata (Peter Sigmann)
Nov. - Chapman's & seaside goldenrod - Solidago odora & Solidago sempervirens (Carol Hawkins)
2018 - Prickly Plants for Pollinators and Privacy
Native plants to keep people out and let nature in.
Jan. - ?
Feb. - Wild lime - Zanthoxylum fagara (Mark Wheeler)
Mar. - White indigoberry - Randia aculeata (Doug Hunt)
Apr. - Sweet acacia - Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana (Paul Rebmann)
May - Coralbean - Erythrina herbacea (Karen Walter)
June - Hercules club - Zanthoxylum cava-herculis (Dot Backes)
July - Sawtooth blackberry - Rubus pensilvanicus (Warren Reynolds)
Aug. - Hogplum - Ximenia americana (Sonya Guidry)
Sept. - Prickly-pear - Opuntia spp. (Nancy Hull)
Oct. - Buckthorn - Sideroxylon spp. (fka Bumelia spp.) (Sande Habali)
Nov. - Christmasberry - Lycium carolinianum (Danny Young)
Month - Plant common name - Scientific name (presentor)
NO plant of the month in December due to the annual Holiday native olant auction
