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SEPTEMBER MEETING

DATE: September 12, 2017

LOCATION: Lost Island Nature Center Ruthven

HOSTESSES: Angie Beem, Miriam Patton, Alice Ann Underwood

TIP OF THE MONTH: Hostesses

ROLL CALL: What native plant did you bring?

BUSINESS MEETING:

PROGRAM: Native Bees and Making Mason Jar Bee Houses -
Miriam Patton

DATES: September 22 - First day of autumn

DID YOU KNOW? Monocultures of exotics destroy the diversity of
vegetation and structure in plant communities that many birds
require. In contrast to a multi-layered forest, a buckthorn woods
forms a dense mass of shrubs of uniform height, shading out
herbaceous species, other shrubs and even tree samplings.

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