Schedule

Speakers and field trips are being finalized and are subject to change. 

EVENTS SCHEDULE:

Thursday, November 9th

Self-guided field trips on way to the symposium

6 – 7:30 pm – Meet and Greet, Fredonia Brewery: It’s been too long! Come to the Fredonia Brewery to see your friends and renew acquaintances. Compete in the Lone Star Trivia event at 7 pm. This is a “No Host” event – visit https://fredoniabrewery.com/ for menu and pricing.

Friday, November 10th, 9 am – 8 pm

Morning – Plenary Session, Fredonia Hotel and Convention Center
Matt Buckingham, An Overview of the Plant Communities of the Pineywoods*

Afternoon – Guided field trip options:

• • Angelina National Forest Upland Island Wilderness Area
  • Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve
  • Pineywoods Native Plant Center, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Scrappin’ Valley
  • Sabine National Forest, Fox Hunters Hill
  • USDA-NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center and Winston 8 Tree Farm
  • Davy Crockett Neches Bluff Overlook
  • Big Thicket National Preserve, Pitcher Plant Trail
  • Caddo Mounds State Historic Site 

Evening, 5 pm – 8 pm Reception, Fredonia Hotel and Convention Center: Come share your fun field trip experience with colleagues. Take some time to contemplate and place (first) bids on your favorite silent auction items. Talk to the vendors and sponsors. Hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages hosted by the Native Plant Society. Cash bar.

Saturday, November 11th, Morning 8:30 am – 1:45 pm

Plenary Sessions, Fredonia Hotel and Convention Center

• • Peter Loos, Ornamental Garden Plants Native to East Texas*

• • Dr. David Creech, Director of SFA Gardens, Stephen F. Austin State University, Lessons Learned from Forty Years of Native Plant Studies in the Pineywoods*

• • Dr. James E. Van Kley, Professor, Department of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Introducing ‘Plants of the Pineywoods Part 1’.*

• • Lunch, Society Annual State Meeting of Members*

• • Visit Vendors, Exhibitors, Silent Auction

Saturday, November 11th, Afternoon 1:45 – 5:30 pm

Choice of:

Workshop:

• Gail Barton, Make More Plants In Your Own Backyard!

-OR-

Concurrent Sessions 1:

• • Suzanne Birmingham Walker, Owner/ Vice President of Azimuth Forestry Services, Inc., New Occurrences and Rediscoveries in East Texas Flora*

• • David P. Lewis, Research Associate, S.M. Tracy Herbarium, College Station, TX, History of Mycology in Texas*

     

  • Charles Allen, Grasses and Sedges of East Texas and ID hints*

     

  • Tyson Hart, NRCS, Geology and Plants; (this session will not be recorded or broadcast)

-OR-

Concurrent Sessions 2:

• • Dawn Stover, Fire as the Great Renewer**

• • Jordan Cunningham, SFA Gardens Greenhouse and Nursery Manager, Pollination Station: Native Plants at SFA Gardens**

• • Leslie L. Bush, Owner, Macrobotanical Analysis, Manchaca, TX, How to Build a Grass House: The Archaeology of Traditional Caddo Building Materials and Landscapes in East Texas**

• • Graduate School Student, Research Paper**

Saturday, November 11th – Evening 6:45 – 9:15 pm

• • Awards Banquet

• • Presentation of Awards*

Sunday, November 12th

Self-guided field trips on way home