Botanical Society of Westmoreland County
Welcome
SINCE 1949
The BOTANICAL SOCIETY
of
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
(BSWC)
is intended
"to bring together those who are interested in
botany and to encourage the study of science
and promote a knowledge of plants in
Westmoreland County."
Become a BSWC Member!!!
ATTEND a regular monthly meeting held at 7pm at the Center
for Conservation Education on the first Wednesdays of the months of
September thru May (excluding January) by submitting $10 per
individual and $15 per family annual discounted dues to
JOIN before Dec 1st of each calendar year to the treasurer
and PARTICIPATE in any of our members many interests from
study groups, beautification plantings, botanical identifications and
mappings, field trips highlighting Pennsylvania’s native and
endangered species and MORE!
2007 OFFICERS
BSWC PRESIDENT: PAULA KORBER
BSWC VICE PRESIDENT: LOUISA MAGGIO
BSWC SECRETARY: DR. JANICE DAVIS
BSWC TREASURER: GILBERT MAURER
DIRECTIONS
Center for Conservation Education
218 Donohoe Road, Greensburg PA
Taking Pennsylvania U.S. Route 30 opposite the
Westmoreland Mall onto Donohoe Road, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
approximately 1 mile on the right (behind the Pennsylvania State
University Extension Offices) in "The Red Barn"
http://www.wcdpa.com/directions.htm
BE OUR GUEST
THANK YOU for visiting our site!
A Special Thanks to you and your organizations, sponsors,
universities and or institutions
who continue to share your time,
knowledge, and resources so generously for the
benefit of so many of the Westmoreland County
Botanical and Horticultural Community.
For additional information you may contact the Botanical Society of
Westmoreland County President, Paula Korber at her Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, USA home
BOTANICAL STUDY GROUP !!!
Botanical members meet on selected Mondays and bring their specimens and share enthusiasms of BOTANY!
Some possible discussions may include member's interests from
invasive species to beneficial horticultural practices and:
naturalization and water gardening,
garden pests,
bulb planting,
fauna deterrents and enticements,
lichens,
plant and woodland identifications,
...and we are just waiting for your botanical input!
THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY'S 60th CELEBRATION YEAR 2009!
The very first organizational meeting of the Botanical Society of Westmoreland
County was held at the YMCA in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in April, 1949.
The Society was officially incorporated on December 29th, 1949
and consisted of 54 members.
The current emblem of the BSWC has the protected trillium, however it was the
pyrularia that was chosen for the society's first journals due to a field trip on
December 8th, 1950 that found the discovery of pyrularia in Westmoreland County
making it the northern most station of this fruit bearing plant in the world.
Current Botanical Society members welcome guests that share their enthusiasm for
Southwestern Pennsylvania's native and introduced species of horticulture to
become members at their meetings which are held on the first Wednesday of the
the spring and autumn months in our beautiful Southwestern Pennsylvania Region.
Botanical Popular References:
United States Department of Agriculture
PLANTS Database (NRCS)
http://plants.usda.gov/index.html
Westmoreland County Cooperative Extension
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences http://westmoreland.extension.psu.edu/
Pennsylvania Native Plant Society http://www.pawildflower.org/
Westmoreland Conservation District http://www.wcdpa.com/
Carnegie Museum of Natural History http://www.carnegiemnh.org/
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/HIBD/Exhibitions/Exhibitions.shtml
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens http://www.phipps.conservatory.org/
Botanical Society of America http://www.botany.org/index.php
If you would like additional information please attend a meeting
and obtain membership and any other information.
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY
c/o RE: Meetings @The Center for Conservation Education
218 Donohoe Road
Greensburg, PA 15601
Administrative FAX: 724-552-0143
TTY and American Sign Language may be made available upon request
OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES:
Audio amplification electronics may be utilized.
Disclaimer Note: All information is for entertainment purposes only and any formal and informal attendees do so at their own risk in every way and release and hold harmless forever the Members of the Botanical Society of Westmoreland County, also herein as "BSWC" past and present, including but not limited to their affiliates, visitors, speakers, guests, families, heirs and friends.
This site has all rights reserved and was established, maintained, and published by BSWC Friends and Membership Coordinator 2006-2007