Nature Excursions
Nature excursions for field identification is offered for anyone wishing to learn more about the
wild edible,
medicinal, useful and poisonous plants of North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Georgia.
Scout and student groups are welcome. There is no charge for this
class/excursion.Hiking in mountainous terrain may be required for field identification
in North Carolina and Tennessee.
 Specific plant identification can include
wild American
ginseng, blue and black cohosh, burdock, lady's slipper, mullein, plaintain,
yellowroot, wild
indigo, mint, jack-in-the-pulpit, Solomon's Seal, false Solomon's Seal,
spikenard, sheep sorrel, cleavers, kudzu, Queen-of-the-meadow (Joe Pye Weed), ironweed,
wild wintergreen,
witch hazel, wild
ginger, wild yam,
etc.
Wild mushroom identification can be incorporated during certain
seasons. Mushroom identification can included morels, chanterelles,
lion's mane, puffballs, black trumpets, and indigo milk mushrooms.
This excursion is only available from April 1 through September 30
in North Carolina and Tennessee. Available in Georgia from March 1
through October 1.
Children must be
accompanied by an adult. No exceptions.
A signed liability waiver is required from all participants.
Suggested books:
National Audubon Society Field Guide to
Wildflowers Eastern Region (North America)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to
North American Mushrooms
Identifying and Harvesting Edible and
Medicinal Plants, in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places, by "Wildman"
Steve Brill & Evelyn Dean
Calendar of Events:
Georgia:
Mushroom Club of Georgia
Event Announcement
Event Title:
Mushroom Bioblitz!
Date: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Time:
7 AM – 4 PM
Location:
Mill Creek Nature Center (Atlanta, Georgia)
Directions:
(Located in Buford between the Mall of Georgia and Interstate 85)
From I-85:
Take exit 115 and follow the Buford (WEST) ramp. Take the first
right (Mall of GA Blvd) and follow to the 2nd traffic
light (Nature Center Parkway). The nature center property will be
on your right. Turn left into the Mall parking area and park there
OR turn right and park behind the Birdwatchers Supply Company
store. If parking at the mall, use the crosswalk to access the
nature center.
From Hwy 20:
Turn onto Mall of GA Blvd (Longhorn restaurant on the corner).
Follow to the 2nd traffic light (Nature Center Parkway).
The nature center property will be on your right. Turn left into
the Mall parking area and park there OR turn right and park behind
the Birdwatchers Supply Company store. If parking at the mall, use
the crosswalk to access the nature center.
Leader:
Mary Woehrel, cell: 678-457-4026,
mwoehrel@atlantabotanicalgarden.org
Description:
Grad students, birders, scientists, garden clubs, professors from
all over the area will be there counting and documenting their
specific interest. Mill Creek has asked us to participate in their
bioblitz to provide a list of what type of mushrooms can be found on
their grounds. Mill Creek, owned by the Georgia Wildlife
Federation, has 88 acres of wetlands, uplands and floodplains of Ivy
Creek and is located between the Mall of Georgia and Interstate 85.
The Center is not open to the public yet and there are no buildings
on-site. Mushrooms from the site
should not be eaten because they may be contaminated by run-off from
the Mall. However,
information we provide about mushrooms will be used to educate the
center’s visitors, once the Center is open.
If
you are interested in participating in the Bioblitz, you may arrive
any time during the day from 7 to 4, but please call me and tell me
when so that I can notify Mill Creek coordinators. My contact info
is above. See
http://www.gwf.org/locations/mcnc/bioblitz.html
for additional information.
Florida
(Gainesville, FL)
Event: 9th
Annual Air Potato
(Dioscorea bulbifera)
Round Up (dates will be
announced).
http://www.goatview.com/january29.htm
2006 - Volunteer: 8th Annual Great Air Potato Round-Up
Hey Gators, here is a great Volunteer Opportunity! Don’t
be a couch potato. Join with hundreds of other Gators in the
fun in The 8th Annual Great Air Potato Round-Up, January 27,
2007, from 9 am - 1 pm. Register today online at
www.natureoperations.org
This year we are once again taking back Gainesville’s
Natural Areas. As part of Invasive Plant Awareness Week,
G.E.A.R. (Gainesville’s Ecosystems at Risk), the Florida
Exotic Pest Plant Council (FEPPC) and other sponsors will
present the 8th Annual Great Air Potato Round-Up.
Last year alone nearly 1,000 volunteers collected
approximately 8 tons of air potatoes and other invasive
plants from 26 natural areas and neighborhoods. The event is
modeled after popular litter clean-up efforts, but instead
of trash, participants pick up tubers of the invasive air
potato (Dioscorea bulbifera).
Participants will receive a FREE T-shirt for their
efforts. Following the round-up, a celebration festival will
be held at Morningside Nature Center with food, live
entertainment, guest speakers, and a drawing for great
prizes. Awards will be given for the largest and the most
unusual potato.
Invasive plants pose a serious threat to Florida’s
natural communities. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (www.fleppc.org)
estimates that invasive plants are second only to
development in their impact natural areas. We are fighting
for the survival of Florida’s natural areas, and we need the
commitment of concerned people like you to succeed. Register
today online at
www.natureoperations.org or call for more
information: 334-3326.
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