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Native Plant Rescue! Saturday, May 20, Round Rock

logo for Native Plant Rescue Project

The Native Plant Rescue Project is having a rescue in Round Rock on Saturday, May 20th, from 11am to 1:30pm. There will Liatris punctata as well as other meadow plants available to dig. You must be a current NPSOT member and over the age of 18 to attend. (Join or renew here.)

For more details and to sign up, go to: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4cada62aa75-round3#/

If you have  questions, please contact the Native Plant Rescue Project using this form.

image of wildflower meadow
Plant rescue site
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May 11 recording available, “Medicinal Applications of Native Plants by Native Americans”

The video recording of our May 11, 2023 chapter meeting is now available for Medicinal Applications of Native Plants by Native Americans with Ricky Linex.

NOTE: Due to a hiccup in the Zoom recording, some plant names on some slides are obscured in the video. With Ricky’s permission, chapter member Gary Bowers put together a list to supplement the video. See this link in iNaturalist. Thank you, Gary!

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You can see business slides for 2023 chapter meetings here, listed by date. (If this particular meeting’s business slides were not added yet, they will be soon. Please check back later.)

NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. We hope you attend!  Meetings may be in person, virtual, or both, so be sure to check details in the meeting announcement. Meetings are announced on our website, our calendar and Facebook.

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Free native plants at May 11 meeting; Guest topic “Medicinal Applications of Native Plants by Native Americans” with Ricky Linex

Along with our terrific speaker, Ricky Linex, we will have free native pollinator-friendly plants at our May 11th meeting for in-person attendees.

Species include:  

  • Conoclinium betonicifolium (Betony-leaf Mistflower)
  • Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida (Zexmenia)
  • Salvia roemeriana (Cedar Sage)
  • Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea)
  • Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia Snakeroot aka Va. Dutchman’s Pipe)
  • Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian Sunflower)
  • Ratibida sp (Mexican Hat)
  • and some others

Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor. Come at 6:30 to browse. Meeting starts at 7 PM. See this previous meeting announcement for more info.

Please note: This month our meeting may run a little longer than usual with a 1 hour guest presentation.

==> If you attend in person, you are giving consent to be videoed for Zoom and YouTube (if the meeting is to be posted on YouTube).

==> To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ufuCrqjsiHtUy9eE2yXIdOX30bxjrxkAd#/registration

Maximilian sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani
Maximilian sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani