Our Mission: To promote the preservation, conservation, and restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of Broward County.
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June 2022
Meeting Potluck with Elections & Trivia
Wednesday, JUNE 8, 2022
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Secret Woods Nature Center
2701 W State Road 84, Dania Beach, FL 33312
Join us for our in-person monthly meeting for a potluck. There will be a fun game of trivia hosted by our own, Kay Taylor, complete with plant prizes. Also, we will be holding elections for board positions. Reminder, this will be our last monthly meeting before we break for summer. Monthly meetings will resume in September.
To protect the health of the guests and employees from exposure to COVID-19, a new County Administrative Policy requires everyone to wear a facial covering and practice social distancing inside Broward County park buildings.
JUNE FIELD TRIP
Sunday, June 26, 2022
9:00am - 11:30am (time is preliminary)
Dade Chapter Field Trip: Greynolds Park
Greynolds Park is a 249-acre urban oasis which was once the site of a rock quarry until the land was deeded to Dade County to become the third park in the newly formed county park system, opening to the public in 1936. Designated in 1983 as a historic site by the Miami-Dade County Historic Preservation Board and as a heritage site in 2004 by the Board of County Commissioners for its exceptional historic and archaeological significance, the park is most notable for the limestone rock structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps., the Depression-era program responsible for the construction of many of the nation’s treasured national parks and state parks. The park offers areas for group picnics, two playgrounds, walking paths and trails, and opportunities for bird-watching with scenic views of the Oleta River.
Details are still to be announced. Please visit the Dade Chapter website and calendar as it gets closes to the event for more information.
Leader: Brian Diaz, President of the Dade Chapter.
Location: 17530 West Dixie Hwy, North Miami Beach, FL 33160
Plant list from The Institute for Regional Conservation, www.regionalconservation.org – Online Resources - Floristic Inventory of South Florida
JUNE 2022 NEWSLETTER FOR THE BROWARD CHAPTER OF FNPS
The Florida Native Plant Society
license plate is a reality!
Governor DeSantis has signed legislation granting FNPS our own license plate. You can pre-order your plate either at your Tax Collector’s office or your Highway Safety/Motor Vehicles’ office or by visiting the link below. FNPS must pre-sell 3,000 vouchers before the State will manufacture the license plate. The Florida Native Plant Society will receive $20.00 for each plate sold to further our mission work.
CLICK THIS LINK TO REGISTER FOR YOUR FNPS PLATE
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Wonderful News for Florida
List of Broward "Protected Natural Lands"
Including Coordinates (Jan 2020 PDF)
Keeping our eyes on the welfare of plants and wildlife on Broward's Protected Natural Lands is everyone's responsibility. Use the list above to ensure these lands are cared for.
Current and historical records of Broward County Natural Lands:
Tax Parcels (Foilio Numbers) associated with current protected natural lands
Old March 2, 2011 "Natural Lands Inventory," County record
Broward County 2010 Natural Land (in green) Inventory Map
Watch this calendar for up-to-date Chapter for future event information.
LOCAL NURSERIES: NATIVE PLANTS FOR LANDSCAPING? Click here
21 Stand Up At Fort Lauderdale City Commission Meeting
To Save Executive Airport Natural Areas
Wearing green and holding sprigs of native plants, this group of 21 stood in protest of the destruction of City-owned natural areas within the Executive Airpark north of the FXE Airport*. City Mayor Trantalis assigned continued discussion to District 1 Commissioner (district containing the Executive Airport) Heather Moraitis, but no indication of intent to save these natural areas was made by Commissioner Moraitis at the June 11, 2019, meeting. We are planning our next move now. Please write to the City Commissioners (see below) and FXE Board now. Known more for native plant talks and field trips, this group made a polite, but impressive presence at City Hall on May 7. Thank you all!
*These areas are not associated with the proposed stadium areas.
April Chapter eNews explains the issues ... April Newsletter (published April 3, but correspondence with City began March 18)
City of Fort Lauderdale Responds (April 4)
Broward Chapter FNPS President Answers City Letter (April 10)
Burrowing Owls Observed on Parcel C (April 28)
HELP US SAVE THESE NATURAL AREAS. Many voices, short and polite, are the most effective...
Mayor Dean Trantalis; Phone: 954 828-5004, Email: DTrantalis@fortlauderdale.gov
Vice Mayor/District III Commissioner Robert L. McKinzie; Phone: 954-828-5004, Email: RMckinzie@fortlauderdale.gov
District I Commissioner Heather Moraitis; Phone: 954 828-5033, Email: HMoraitis@fortlauderdale.gov
District II Commissioner Steve Glassman; Phone: 954 828-5923, Email: PRaju@fortlauderdale.gov
Dist. IV Commissioner Ben Sorensen; Phone: 954 828-5003, Email: BSorensen@fortlauderdale.gov
Broward County Mayor Mark D. Bogen; Phone: 954- 357-7002, Email: mbogen@broward.org
Action Notice To Broward County Commissioners
June 28, 2019
This letter sent to Broward Mayor and County Commissioners
Regarding May 2020 Destruction of River Oaks Preserve
Letter TO County regarding failure to protect River Oaks Preserve, a Protected Natural Land
Letter FROM County regarding failure to protect River Oaks Preserve (highlights added)
Attachment to letter from County - Permit Modification
Attachment to letter from County - Commencement
Attachment to letter from County - Project Details
FNPS Landscaping Brochure
Here is the Southeast Regional FNPS Native Landscaping brochure. One side shows 63 recommended native landscape species in their "right place" (sunny-dry soils, for example) with at least 6 species for each light and soil-moisture zone.
The other side has basic native landscaping tips and recommended links and books for additonal information. You can get a copy at any Broward Chapter event.
Or view a low resolution version of the brochure online here.
THREE VALUABLE LANDSCAPING RESOURCES
https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/default.asp
Landscape & Enthusiast Plants Native to Broward
Host Plants for Scarce South Florida Butterflies (sorted by plant)
Nectar Plants for Scarce South Florida Butterflies (sorted by plant)
South Florida Butterflies and their Native Plants (Broward County list)
Scarce South Florida Butterflies and Host Plants (sorted by butterfly)
and other conundrums... Biomimacry.org
Explore the PLANTS + menu above for much more information about Broward native plants.
