Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society

Due to the 100% chance of rain on May 25, we will postpone our  outdoor member’s meeting at Penhorn Lake in Dartmouth to Saturday May 30 at 6:30pm. This day works best for Rosemarie.

Rosmarie Lohnes of Helping Nature Heal will be showing us the remarkable restoration work they have been doing with native flora around the lake. Then we can hike the short trail around the lake to see what else we can find. The trail is rated as easily accessible.

To get there, take Prince Albert Dr. to just below the Superstore near the 111. Turn at the intersection to continue on Prince Albert as it goes to the east of the Superstore. Just round the corner turn right onto Harris Road, then immediately turn right at Curley Dr. This will turn into PenhornDr. by Alderney School.  There is a small parking lot at the end of the Penhorn Dr. in front of the public washrooms.  Overflow parking is along Penhorn Dr.

Photo: Lisa Proulx

My name is Hiromu Nakao, and I am a PhD student at the Gregor Mendel Institute in Austria.We are currently building a collection of natural accessions of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha for genomic and evolutionary studies, and I am particularly interested in obtaining accessions from Canada. For this reason, I am reaching out to you.

If you would be willing to help, or if you know colleagues or collaborators who might be interested in contributing, I would be very grateful if you could share this request with them as well.

To facilitate the collection of additional Canadian samples, I will be visiting Vancouver in June. If it would be possible to collect samples and send them there by June 5, that would be greatly appreciated. For this project, we are only collecting living material, so dried samples will not be needed.

If this is not feasible, sending samples to Vienna would also work perfectly well.

All contributors will, of course, be acknowledged in future publications.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration. I would greatly appreciate any assistance you may be able to provide.

If helpful, samples may be sent to the following address in Vancouver:

Liam Irwin

Forest Sciences Centre

2424 Main Mall, Room 2051

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4

Canada

Keith Vaughan was an active member of the Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society for more years than we can count. A chemistry professor at Saint Mary’s University, Keith was especially interested in photography, botany, and lichens. He was very involved in our meetings, asking pertinent questions and often seconding motions. He was practically an ex officio member of the Board. We were privileged to have Keith, an award winning photographer whose work appeared in Formac publications, participate in our annual January Members’ Photo Night. We were also fortunate to have Keith give talks to our membership. The presentation on Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, given jointly with his wife, botanist Marion Sensen, Nov 26, 2018, was especially memorable. Keith and Marion travelled a good deal, and we benefited when they shared their experiences. Indeed, the joint participation of Keith and Marion in our society over many years has enriched us all. We will miss Keith, and express our heartfelt condolences to Marion and all of Keith‘s family and friends.

Please read Keith’s Obituary to learn more of his many talents and the wonderful life he lived.