Native plant sale at MU Bradford Farm 10 am-2 pm.
Chapter lunches are held on the third Thursday of each month. We meet just south of Broadway Street in downtown Columbia at Uprise Bakery inside the lobby of the RagTag Theatre, 10 Hitt St, Columbia Missouri.
We’ll spend two to three hours looking at spring glade wildflowers. Please RSVP (paradoxarolla@gmail.com ) if you plan to come. Indian Trail is about a one-hour drive southeast of Rolla. Those who wish to carpool should meet at the Rolla Kroger parking lot at 9:00 a.m.
At 6:30 pm, Shelby Timm will present a program at the Ozarks Chapter about the amphibians and reptiles of Missouri, including how to differentiate venomous snakes from non-venemous snakes. The program will be held at the MDC Regional office in West Plains, 551 Joe Jones Blvd. For more information, call Susan Farrington 314-402-3345.
May 1-3 – Bolivar, MO
Bona Glade, Corry Flatrocks, Rocky Barrens, 25 Mile Prairie
Come join us for a walk around the MDC Discovery Center gardens.
Hidden Valley Natural Area – join us in a search for the elusive Goldie’s fern (Dryopteris goldieana). Some may call it a glacial relic. Field trip leader: John Richter richterjc@bv.com 816-519-8201.
Tentative…Presentation by an MDC Urban Forester, topic would include the biology of trees
Likely an unmaintained and at places steep trail, we will endeavor to explore the rock outcrops and deep hollows of the north facing riverfront forest. We hope to see an uncommon species: black maple (Acer nigrum). Field trip leader: John Richter richterjc@bv.com 816-519-8201.