2025
March 18th - Katharine Hogan, Director of Conservation at Lauritzen Gardens
How do rare plants fit into grassland communities? Bridging habitat and rare plant conservation in Nebraska?
In Nebraska and worldwide, there are multiple valuable ways to conserve our priceless native plant diversity. Two of these ways are focusing on native habitat as a whole, and focusing on species most at risk of decline or extinction. This presentation will be an exploration of both of these methods of conservation, the unique lessons learned from each, and how projects and collaborations that bridge both can help us more effectively protect and conserve our native plant diversity as a whole. It will include a summary of 20 years of vegetation monitoring from the Platte River Prairies preserve, and a description of some past and future conservation projects from Lauritzen's plantconservation program.
February 18th - Drew Granville, Botanist and Photographer
Drew updated us on his progress on photo-documenting Nebraska plant species for a new guide book for Nebraska.
2024
June 1st - Field trip to Indian Cave State Park
We hiked from Trailhead 1 and observed many plants, including the very rare Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) and pawpaw. We also saw many different type of fungi. Leaders included Drew Granville.
April 9th - Annual Meeting
Our annual meeting was held at the Spring Creek Audubon Center and by zoom. Chelsea Forehead from the Nebraska Natural Heritage Program at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in Lincoln gave a presentation on the Ute ladies’-tresses and western prairie fringed orchids.
February 13th - Drew Granville, Botanist and Photographer
Drew has been covering all of Nebraska and presented a talk featuring some of his favorite plants and adventures in photographing these gems of the prairie. This event was at the Turpin Outdoor Education Center.
2023
November 28th - Presentation to Shine Light on Botanical Wisdom of the Omaha Tribe
Presentation on the Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) Ethnobotany Project, a multifaceted effort to celebrate the botanical knowledge of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Held at Lauritzen Gardens. Speakers included Dr. Kelly Kindscher, University of Kansas ethnobotanist, Vida Stabler, Director of the Umóⁿhoⁿ Language & Cultural Center in Macy, Nebraska, Taylor Keen, Creighton University instructor and member of the Omaha tribe, and Dr. Aubrey Streit Krug of the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas.
The project is based on work by ethnobotanist Melvin Gilmore in the early 1900s to document the use of native plants by the Omaha people. Analysis of Gilmore’s field notes and papers by Dr. Kindscher resulted in a list of 149 plants that the Omaha have gathered or cultivated for food, medicine, and craft. The Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) Ethnobotany Project also includes the development of a display garden at the National Park Service Headquarters and Visitor Center in the RiverFront District featuring Omaha plants with their names labeled in English and the Omaha language.
October 7th - Field Trip to Burr Oak Canyon
Bruce Hoffman with Common Scents Nursery of McCook led the tour.
October 10th - Species distinction among populations of Pediomelum tenuiflorum - Dr. Roxi Keller
Separated populations of Pediomelum tenuiflorum in Nebraska look very different. Over its history, taxonomists have alternated between splitting P. tenuiflorum into two species, calling the many-flowered morphotype P. floribundum, or lumping all the morphological variants into one species named P. tenuiflorum. In this talk, I will discuss the six morphological characters and seven highly variable plastid genetic markers we have identified to distinguish individuals among the two populations. We are currently expanding the first phase of the project to include samples from across the species’ geographic distribution that ranges from Montana to Texas and Arizona to Illinois. We also planted a common garden with 37 representatives from seven populations with varying morphotypes. We are extracting and sequencing DNA from representatives across the distribution and identifying and measuring additional morphological characters with the goal of combining data from multiple lines of evidence to determine once and for all if these morphotypes should be separate species.
April 20th Annual Meeting at Walt Branch Library in Lincoln
March 21st - Patterns of plant diversity and environmental variation along Nebraskan forest-grassland transition zones - Bailey McNichol 2020 Dr. Robert B. Kaul Nebraska Native Plant Research Award winner
Bailey provided a brief introduction to the two Smithsonian Forest Global Earth Observatory monitoring plots that are established in Nebraska. Then, she discussed the variation in microclimate and patterns of forest structure and diversity observed along the forest-grassland transition in the Niobrara River valley and highlight how these patterns vary between adult trees versus seedlings. She also focused on the unique understory community of herbaceous plants censused in the Niobrara River valley, showing how species richness and ground cover vary with respect to environmental variation in this ecosystem.
Recording - https://unl.zoom.us/rec/share/gk1mC1sqc-qutLWa0SS_edSgCklyo3Gc596O4eSIHzYHF0Vk5xG6y7Po4MjC0Vfd.PbRnb5juWCONYn9D?startTime=1679441474000
February 28th: Climate Change Resilience of Temperate Trees - Dr. Jake Brossman
We tend to take for granted that there are differences among species, including their resilience to the physiological stresses associated with our rapidly changing climate. At the same time, we also know that woody plants in temperate climates (like that of the Upper Midwest) display predictable, adaptive life-cycle changes over the course of a year; the study of these changes is called "phenology" and usually focuses on annual changes in leaves, flowers, fruit, and cones. Yet global change scientists tend to think of physiological resilience to climate change as temporally static and phenological observations tend to focus on changes in morphology. Researchers in the Grossman Lab measure drought tolerance and cold hardiness in diverse temperate woody plants (aspens, maples, hollies, and magnolias) to study the extent to which diversity in the physiological traits underlying climate change resilience shift predictably over the course of the year. Our work toward "phenological physiology" is designed to help people who care about temperate trees and shrubs to take better care of them in a warmer and more drought-prone future. In this talk, Prof. Grossman will present highlights from this research, including a case study on the naturally occurring hybrid Smith’s aspens in the Niobrara River Valley.
February 25th: Unlawning Suburbia: Lessons in Natural Design and Management
Benjamin Vogt presented an exploration of ten public and private projects in southeastern Nebraska, from parking lot edges to urban front yards. We'll briefly cover the planning, install, and management of the spaces -- successes and failures, too -- while learning how native plant communities perform in more manicured landscapes.
2022
The Nebraska Native Plant Society Annual Meeting was held in Lincoln on Thursday April 21 at the Walt Library. 12 people attended in person and 4 attended via Zoom.
2021
July 17th: Pahuk. Very early prairie restorations, bluff woodlands above the Platte River, floodplain woodlands and open sandy areas along the river.
2019
October 26th: Ecology, Plants and Stories in the Nebraska Sandhills. Mary Ann Vinton, Jay Leighter and John O’Keefe presented their work on the ecology, culture and stories in the Nebraska Sandhills, with the goal of describing the complexity and functioning of this fragile ecosystem and, in turn, discovering broader lessons for a people and planet in environmental peril. Website: https://www.sandhills.place
July 20th: Arbor Lake Field Trip. We explored the saline wetland near Lincoln with Tom Malmstrom, Natural Resources Coordinator with the City of Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department and the Saline Wetlands Conservation Partnership.
June 1st: Neale Woods Field Trip. Led by Matt Miller and Neal Ratzlaff. We visited forest areas, as well as prairie restoration sites within Neale Woods.
April 25th: Annual Meeting at Morrill Hall – Lincoln, NE. Several members gave "Lightening Talks"
2018
December 8: The Buzz on Pollinator Protection. Presented by Dr. Jonathan Larson. Nebraska Extension Entomology Educator/Community Environment. Held at the barn at Glacier Creek Preserve.
September 8: Gjerloff Prairie/Sherman Ranch Field Trip. We visited the Prairie Plains Resource Institute properties in the loess bluffs along the south side of the Platte River north of Aurora, hosted by PPRI director, Bill Whitney. http://www.prairieplains.org/
August 11: Cuming City Cemetery led by Glenn Pollock, NENPS Board and Audubon Society member, who is involved in developing a land management plan for this property
June 9: Field day in the vicinity of Columbus and Schuyler. The day began with an exploration of the Platte and Loup River bottomlands near Columbus led by Mike Gutzmer, an environmental consultant who lives in the area and did a study of the local flora under Dr. Robert Kaul. The second part of the day was a tour of Fertig Prairie near Schuyler, a 45-acre tract of flood plain tallgrass prairie recently acquired by the Wachiska Audubon Society
April 19: The 2018 annual meeting of the Nebraska Native Plant Society was held Thursday, April 19, 6:30-8:00 pm at Morrill Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Presentations were by Bob Kaul, Justin Evertson, Bob Henrickson, Jim Locklear and Jason "The Bird Nerd".
2017
April 20th: State of Nebraska Native Plants 2017. Presentations by Cheryl Dunn, Grasses of the Great Plains; Mark Hammer, Plant Conservation in Northeast Nebraska; Barbara Hayford, Riparian Plants and Prairie Streams; Robert Kaul, Some New Invasives in Nebraska; Grace Kostel: Northern Great Plains Botanical Database; Glenn Pollock, The Mystery of the Missing snow trillium Trillium nivale; Gerry Steinauer, Vegetation Response to Oak Woodland Management at Indian Cave State Park; David Sutherland and Robert Harms, Compiling a List of Bryophytes for Nebraska; David Wedin, Dalbey Prairie - Morrill Hall, Uiversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
February 18th: Pollen: The Greatest Generation - presented by Mackenzie Taylor at Creighton University
2016
October 15th: Historic Plant Collecting in Nebraska - presented by Bob Kaul and Dave Sutherland at the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History
September 10th: Field trip to Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha, led by Jim Locklear, Director of Conservation. The field trip focused on the new Conservation Discovery Garden.
July 23rd: Field trip to Wiseman Wildlife Managment Area, Cedar County, led by Mark Hammer Plant List From Trip
June 25th: Field trip to the private Wearin Prairie near Glenwood Iowa, led by Glenn Pollock and owner Al Pulk, hosted by the Iowa Native Plant Society
2015
August 15th: Field trip to Witt's End, Western, NE (Saline Co.) including tour of native plant nursery, seed plots, native prairie, and historic house - Led by owner Kay Kottas.
June 27th: Field trip to a property near Valparaiso, led by Dave Sutherland and Robert Kaul. Plant List From Trip
April 18th: Attracting Beneficial Insects: Predators, Parasitoids, and Pollinators - Presented by Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
February 28th: Not Just a Pretty Place: Conservation Initiatives at Lauritzen Gardens - Presented by James Locklear, Director of Conservation at Lauritzen Gardens / Omaha's Botanical Center.
2014
November 8th: Invasive Native and Non-native Plants - Presented by Robert Kaul, UNL
July 12th: Rock Glen Wildlife Management Area and Rock Creek Station State Historical Park, led by Gerry Steinauer, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Plant List from Trip
June 21st: Indian Cave State Park (Richardson/Nemaha Counties) field trip, led by Krista Lang, Northern Prairies Land Trust
February 22nd: Bringing Back the Pollinators - Presented by Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
2013
December 14th: Sedges workshop, led by Bob Henrickson, UNL, and Neal Ratzlaff
August 24th: Steamboat Trace trail field trip, south of Nebraska City, led by Glenn Pollock
July 9th: Dieken Prairie field trip
March 9th: Nematodes Associated with Native Plant Communities - Presented by Tom Powers, UNL
January 26th: Plant Conservation at the Henry Doorly Zoo - Presentation and tour by Margaret From, Henry Doorly Zoo Center for Conservation and Research
2012
October 6th: Dynamics of Nebraska Vegetation - Presented by Jim Stubbendieck, UNL
February 11th: Soils of Nebraska - Presented by Mark Kuzila, UNL
January 14th: Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition - Presented by Neal Ratzlaff
2011
November 12th: Development and Application of Molecular Tools for the Study of Prairie Species - Presented by Mark Schoenbeck, UNO
August 27th: The Nature Conservancy Platte River Preserve (Wood River) field trip - Led by Chris Helzer, TNC and Rae Ann Powers, UNL
July 9th: Cuming City Cemetery prairie field trip
April 9th: Preparation Canyon State Park, Iowa (near Pisgah) - Led by Glenn Pollock
March 5th: Identification of grasses - Workshop led by Dave Sutherland, UNO
2010
September 18th: Ratzlaff Prairie
August 28th: T. L. Davis Preserve Plant List
July 25th: Spring Creek Prairie Plant List
June 26th: Hitchcock Nature Center Plant List
April 24th: Hike in Fontanelle Forest, led by Neal Ratzlaff, co-author of the "Field guide to wildflowers
March 27th: An Introduction to Nebraska's Mosses, Hornworts, and Liverworts - given by David Sutherland, assisted by Rob Harms and Todd Widhelm
2009
November 14th: Bessey Herbarium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln led by Robert Kaul, Director of the Herbarium Handout
October 14th: Tour of Fontanelle Forest - Roland Barth and Neal Ratzlaff. Fontanelle Forest NatureSearch
September 12th: Krohn's Prairie. Handout
August 18th: Alexandria Lakes Plant List
July: Pahuk Prairie Plant List
June 11th: Two Rivers Plant List
May 9th: Andrews Tract in Fontanelle Forest Plant List
April 18th: Return to Waubonsie
March 7th: Nebraska Invasive Species Project - presented by Annabel Major, Invasive Species Project Coordinator Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit. Presentation
January 17th: Gardening with Prairie Plants - a presentation by Bob Henrickson, Assistant Director of Horticulture Programs Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. Presentation
2008
December 6th: Medicinal Plants, presented by Eric Scholar. Presentation
November 22nd: Ancient Herbals in the UNL Libraries Archives presented by Richard Voeltz. Handout
August 16th - Annual Meeting
July 26th: Griffith Prairie - led by Gerry Steinauer
June 21st: Burchard Lake - led by Mike Remund.
May 17th: Ponca State Park - led by Mark Hammer
April 19th: Erythronium Viewing at Madigan Prairie - led by Robert Kaul
March 15th: Waubonsie State Park Winter Tree Identification Workshop. Plant List
February 23rd: Macrofungi of Nebraska: Edible and Poisonous presented by Tom Weber. Presentation
January 26th: What Happened to Asclepiadaceae? Understanding the Science Behind Changes in Plant Classification presented by Tatyana Livschultz. Presentation
2007
November 17th: Wild Seasons: Gathering and Cooking Wild Plants of the Great Plains presented by Kay Young. Handout: Guidelines for the Safe and Sustainable use of Edible Wild Plants
October 13th: Lincoln Salt Marshes Plant List
September 22nd: Gutzmer Place - Mike Gutzmer kindly invited us to his place near Columbus on the Platte River. The site is bottomland oak forest on sand, a strange combination. Western species come down the river (Rosa woodsii), and eastern ones reach their western limits near there (jack-in-the-pulpit, prickly ash). Catalpa and sycamore are rampant, both not native there. There are good swamps, and the river itself has interesting sandbars when it's low enough. There's enough purple loosestrife for everyone in the state. The vegetation is rather pristine. Seven species new to Platte county were observed.
March 18th - Katharine Hogan, Director of Conservation at Lauritzen Gardens
How do rare plants fit into grassland communities? Bridging habitat and rare plant conservation in Nebraska?
In Nebraska and worldwide, there are multiple valuable ways to conserve our priceless native plant diversity. Two of these ways are focusing on native habitat as a whole, and focusing on species most at risk of decline or extinction. This presentation will be an exploration of both of these methods of conservation, the unique lessons learned from each, and how projects and collaborations that bridge both can help us more effectively protect and conserve our native plant diversity as a whole. It will include a summary of 20 years of vegetation monitoring from the Platte River Prairies preserve, and a description of some past and future conservation projects from Lauritzen's plantconservation program.
February 18th - Drew Granville, Botanist and Photographer
Drew updated us on his progress on photo-documenting Nebraska plant species for a new guide book for Nebraska.
2024
June 1st - Field trip to Indian Cave State Park
We hiked from Trailhead 1 and observed many plants, including the very rare Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) and pawpaw. We also saw many different type of fungi. Leaders included Drew Granville.
April 9th - Annual Meeting
Our annual meeting was held at the Spring Creek Audubon Center and by zoom. Chelsea Forehead from the Nebraska Natural Heritage Program at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in Lincoln gave a presentation on the Ute ladies’-tresses and western prairie fringed orchids.
February 13th - Drew Granville, Botanist and Photographer
Drew has been covering all of Nebraska and presented a talk featuring some of his favorite plants and adventures in photographing these gems of the prairie. This event was at the Turpin Outdoor Education Center.
2023
November 28th - Presentation to Shine Light on Botanical Wisdom of the Omaha Tribe
Presentation on the Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) Ethnobotany Project, a multifaceted effort to celebrate the botanical knowledge of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Held at Lauritzen Gardens. Speakers included Dr. Kelly Kindscher, University of Kansas ethnobotanist, Vida Stabler, Director of the Umóⁿhoⁿ Language & Cultural Center in Macy, Nebraska, Taylor Keen, Creighton University instructor and member of the Omaha tribe, and Dr. Aubrey Streit Krug of the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas.
The project is based on work by ethnobotanist Melvin Gilmore in the early 1900s to document the use of native plants by the Omaha people. Analysis of Gilmore’s field notes and papers by Dr. Kindscher resulted in a list of 149 plants that the Omaha have gathered or cultivated for food, medicine, and craft. The Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) Ethnobotany Project also includes the development of a display garden at the National Park Service Headquarters and Visitor Center in the RiverFront District featuring Omaha plants with their names labeled in English and the Omaha language.
October 7th - Field Trip to Burr Oak Canyon
Bruce Hoffman with Common Scents Nursery of McCook led the tour.
October 10th - Species distinction among populations of Pediomelum tenuiflorum - Dr. Roxi Keller
Separated populations of Pediomelum tenuiflorum in Nebraska look very different. Over its history, taxonomists have alternated between splitting P. tenuiflorum into two species, calling the many-flowered morphotype P. floribundum, or lumping all the morphological variants into one species named P. tenuiflorum. In this talk, I will discuss the six morphological characters and seven highly variable plastid genetic markers we have identified to distinguish individuals among the two populations. We are currently expanding the first phase of the project to include samples from across the species’ geographic distribution that ranges from Montana to Texas and Arizona to Illinois. We also planted a common garden with 37 representatives from seven populations with varying morphotypes. We are extracting and sequencing DNA from representatives across the distribution and identifying and measuring additional morphological characters with the goal of combining data from multiple lines of evidence to determine once and for all if these morphotypes should be separate species.
April 20th Annual Meeting at Walt Branch Library in Lincoln
March 21st - Patterns of plant diversity and environmental variation along Nebraskan forest-grassland transition zones - Bailey McNichol 2020 Dr. Robert B. Kaul Nebraska Native Plant Research Award winner
Bailey provided a brief introduction to the two Smithsonian Forest Global Earth Observatory monitoring plots that are established in Nebraska. Then, she discussed the variation in microclimate and patterns of forest structure and diversity observed along the forest-grassland transition in the Niobrara River valley and highlight how these patterns vary between adult trees versus seedlings. She also focused on the unique understory community of herbaceous plants censused in the Niobrara River valley, showing how species richness and ground cover vary with respect to environmental variation in this ecosystem.
Recording - https://unl.zoom.us/rec/share/gk1mC1sqc-qutLWa0SS_edSgCklyo3Gc596O4eSIHzYHF0Vk5xG6y7Po4MjC0Vfd.PbRnb5juWCONYn9D?startTime=1679441474000
February 28th: Climate Change Resilience of Temperate Trees - Dr. Jake Brossman
We tend to take for granted that there are differences among species, including their resilience to the physiological stresses associated with our rapidly changing climate. At the same time, we also know that woody plants in temperate climates (like that of the Upper Midwest) display predictable, adaptive life-cycle changes over the course of a year; the study of these changes is called "phenology" and usually focuses on annual changes in leaves, flowers, fruit, and cones. Yet global change scientists tend to think of physiological resilience to climate change as temporally static and phenological observations tend to focus on changes in morphology. Researchers in the Grossman Lab measure drought tolerance and cold hardiness in diverse temperate woody plants (aspens, maples, hollies, and magnolias) to study the extent to which diversity in the physiological traits underlying climate change resilience shift predictably over the course of the year. Our work toward "phenological physiology" is designed to help people who care about temperate trees and shrubs to take better care of them in a warmer and more drought-prone future. In this talk, Prof. Grossman will present highlights from this research, including a case study on the naturally occurring hybrid Smith’s aspens in the Niobrara River Valley.
February 25th: Unlawning Suburbia: Lessons in Natural Design and Management
Benjamin Vogt presented an exploration of ten public and private projects in southeastern Nebraska, from parking lot edges to urban front yards. We'll briefly cover the planning, install, and management of the spaces -- successes and failures, too -- while learning how native plant communities perform in more manicured landscapes.
2022
The Nebraska Native Plant Society Annual Meeting was held in Lincoln on Thursday April 21 at the Walt Library. 12 people attended in person and 4 attended via Zoom.
2021
July 17th: Pahuk. Very early prairie restorations, bluff woodlands above the Platte River, floodplain woodlands and open sandy areas along the river.
2019
October 26th: Ecology, Plants and Stories in the Nebraska Sandhills. Mary Ann Vinton, Jay Leighter and John O’Keefe presented their work on the ecology, culture and stories in the Nebraska Sandhills, with the goal of describing the complexity and functioning of this fragile ecosystem and, in turn, discovering broader lessons for a people and planet in environmental peril. Website: https://www.sandhills.place
July 20th: Arbor Lake Field Trip. We explored the saline wetland near Lincoln with Tom Malmstrom, Natural Resources Coordinator with the City of Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department and the Saline Wetlands Conservation Partnership.
June 1st: Neale Woods Field Trip. Led by Matt Miller and Neal Ratzlaff. We visited forest areas, as well as prairie restoration sites within Neale Woods.
April 25th: Annual Meeting at Morrill Hall – Lincoln, NE. Several members gave "Lightening Talks"
2018
December 8: The Buzz on Pollinator Protection. Presented by Dr. Jonathan Larson. Nebraska Extension Entomology Educator/Community Environment. Held at the barn at Glacier Creek Preserve.
September 8: Gjerloff Prairie/Sherman Ranch Field Trip. We visited the Prairie Plains Resource Institute properties in the loess bluffs along the south side of the Platte River north of Aurora, hosted by PPRI director, Bill Whitney. http://www.prairieplains.org/
August 11: Cuming City Cemetery led by Glenn Pollock, NENPS Board and Audubon Society member, who is involved in developing a land management plan for this property
June 9: Field day in the vicinity of Columbus and Schuyler. The day began with an exploration of the Platte and Loup River bottomlands near Columbus led by Mike Gutzmer, an environmental consultant who lives in the area and did a study of the local flora under Dr. Robert Kaul. The second part of the day was a tour of Fertig Prairie near Schuyler, a 45-acre tract of flood plain tallgrass prairie recently acquired by the Wachiska Audubon Society
April 19: The 2018 annual meeting of the Nebraska Native Plant Society was held Thursday, April 19, 6:30-8:00 pm at Morrill Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Presentations were by Bob Kaul, Justin Evertson, Bob Henrickson, Jim Locklear and Jason "The Bird Nerd".
2017
April 20th: State of Nebraska Native Plants 2017. Presentations by Cheryl Dunn, Grasses of the Great Plains; Mark Hammer, Plant Conservation in Northeast Nebraska; Barbara Hayford, Riparian Plants and Prairie Streams; Robert Kaul, Some New Invasives in Nebraska; Grace Kostel: Northern Great Plains Botanical Database; Glenn Pollock, The Mystery of the Missing snow trillium Trillium nivale; Gerry Steinauer, Vegetation Response to Oak Woodland Management at Indian Cave State Park; David Sutherland and Robert Harms, Compiling a List of Bryophytes for Nebraska; David Wedin, Dalbey Prairie - Morrill Hall, Uiversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
February 18th: Pollen: The Greatest Generation - presented by Mackenzie Taylor at Creighton University
2016
October 15th: Historic Plant Collecting in Nebraska - presented by Bob Kaul and Dave Sutherland at the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History
September 10th: Field trip to Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha, led by Jim Locklear, Director of Conservation. The field trip focused on the new Conservation Discovery Garden.
July 23rd: Field trip to Wiseman Wildlife Managment Area, Cedar County, led by Mark Hammer Plant List From Trip
June 25th: Field trip to the private Wearin Prairie near Glenwood Iowa, led by Glenn Pollock and owner Al Pulk, hosted by the Iowa Native Plant Society
2015
August 15th: Field trip to Witt's End, Western, NE (Saline Co.) including tour of native plant nursery, seed plots, native prairie, and historic house - Led by owner Kay Kottas.
June 27th: Field trip to a property near Valparaiso, led by Dave Sutherland and Robert Kaul. Plant List From Trip
April 18th: Attracting Beneficial Insects: Predators, Parasitoids, and Pollinators - Presented by Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
February 28th: Not Just a Pretty Place: Conservation Initiatives at Lauritzen Gardens - Presented by James Locklear, Director of Conservation at Lauritzen Gardens / Omaha's Botanical Center.
2014
November 8th: Invasive Native and Non-native Plants - Presented by Robert Kaul, UNL
July 12th: Rock Glen Wildlife Management Area and Rock Creek Station State Historical Park, led by Gerry Steinauer, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Plant List from Trip
June 21st: Indian Cave State Park (Richardson/Nemaha Counties) field trip, led by Krista Lang, Northern Prairies Land Trust
February 22nd: Bringing Back the Pollinators - Presented by Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
2013
December 14th: Sedges workshop, led by Bob Henrickson, UNL, and Neal Ratzlaff
August 24th: Steamboat Trace trail field trip, south of Nebraska City, led by Glenn Pollock
July 9th: Dieken Prairie field trip
March 9th: Nematodes Associated with Native Plant Communities - Presented by Tom Powers, UNL
January 26th: Plant Conservation at the Henry Doorly Zoo - Presentation and tour by Margaret From, Henry Doorly Zoo Center for Conservation and Research
2012
October 6th: Dynamics of Nebraska Vegetation - Presented by Jim Stubbendieck, UNL
February 11th: Soils of Nebraska - Presented by Mark Kuzila, UNL
January 14th: Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition - Presented by Neal Ratzlaff
2011
November 12th: Development and Application of Molecular Tools for the Study of Prairie Species - Presented by Mark Schoenbeck, UNO
August 27th: The Nature Conservancy Platte River Preserve (Wood River) field trip - Led by Chris Helzer, TNC and Rae Ann Powers, UNL
July 9th: Cuming City Cemetery prairie field trip
April 9th: Preparation Canyon State Park, Iowa (near Pisgah) - Led by Glenn Pollock
March 5th: Identification of grasses - Workshop led by Dave Sutherland, UNO
2010
September 18th: Ratzlaff Prairie
August 28th: T. L. Davis Preserve Plant List
July 25th: Spring Creek Prairie Plant List
June 26th: Hitchcock Nature Center Plant List
April 24th: Hike in Fontanelle Forest, led by Neal Ratzlaff, co-author of the "Field guide to wildflowers
March 27th: An Introduction to Nebraska's Mosses, Hornworts, and Liverworts - given by David Sutherland, assisted by Rob Harms and Todd Widhelm
2009
November 14th: Bessey Herbarium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln led by Robert Kaul, Director of the Herbarium Handout
October 14th: Tour of Fontanelle Forest - Roland Barth and Neal Ratzlaff. Fontanelle Forest NatureSearch
September 12th: Krohn's Prairie. Handout
August 18th: Alexandria Lakes Plant List
July: Pahuk Prairie Plant List
June 11th: Two Rivers Plant List
May 9th: Andrews Tract in Fontanelle Forest Plant List
April 18th: Return to Waubonsie
March 7th: Nebraska Invasive Species Project - presented by Annabel Major, Invasive Species Project Coordinator Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit. Presentation
January 17th: Gardening with Prairie Plants - a presentation by Bob Henrickson, Assistant Director of Horticulture Programs Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. Presentation
2008
December 6th: Medicinal Plants, presented by Eric Scholar. Presentation
November 22nd: Ancient Herbals in the UNL Libraries Archives presented by Richard Voeltz. Handout
August 16th - Annual Meeting
July 26th: Griffith Prairie - led by Gerry Steinauer
June 21st: Burchard Lake - led by Mike Remund.
May 17th: Ponca State Park - led by Mark Hammer
April 19th: Erythronium Viewing at Madigan Prairie - led by Robert Kaul
March 15th: Waubonsie State Park Winter Tree Identification Workshop. Plant List
February 23rd: Macrofungi of Nebraska: Edible and Poisonous presented by Tom Weber. Presentation
January 26th: What Happened to Asclepiadaceae? Understanding the Science Behind Changes in Plant Classification presented by Tatyana Livschultz. Presentation
2007
November 17th: Wild Seasons: Gathering and Cooking Wild Plants of the Great Plains presented by Kay Young. Handout: Guidelines for the Safe and Sustainable use of Edible Wild Plants
October 13th: Lincoln Salt Marshes Plant List
September 22nd: Gutzmer Place - Mike Gutzmer kindly invited us to his place near Columbus on the Platte River. The site is bottomland oak forest on sand, a strange combination. Western species come down the river (Rosa woodsii), and eastern ones reach their western limits near there (jack-in-the-pulpit, prickly ash). Catalpa and sycamore are rampant, both not native there. There are good swamps, and the river itself has interesting sandbars when it's low enough. There's enough purple loosestrife for everyone in the state. The vegetation is rather pristine. Seven species new to Platte county were observed.
