ARKANSAS NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY
SPRING 2010 MEETING
APRIL 16-18, 2010
DAYS INN
17701 INTERSTATE 30
BENTON, ARKANSAS
REGISTRATION
Registration costs $5.00 and occurs on-site Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Days Inn. At the registration table we will have sign-up sheets and trip information for various field trips. Registration will also be available Saturday evening. During the registration period refreshments will be provided (potluck style). We always appreciate members who bring items to share.AGENDA
Friday, April 16th
5:00-7:00 p.m. Registration at Days Inn
Dinner is on your own
7:00 p.m. Evening Program: “THE FLORA OF SALINE
COUNTY”
Theo Witsell & John Pelton will give a detailed and heavily illustrated report on the more than five years of field work they conducted to document the plants and habitats of Saline County. Saline County includes portions of both the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Ouachita Mountains and is among the most botanically diverse counties in Arkansas, with more than 1500 species! Hear about (and see) rare habitats like igneous glades, shale barrens, floatant marshes, and channel scar depression wetlands. And see photos of the 25 species of native orchids known from the county as well as rare plants like Pelton’s rose-gentian, which is known only from Saline County, Arkansas and nowhere else on Earth! This will be followed by a brief slide show highlighting the field trip destinations for Saturday and Sunday.Saturday April 17th
8:30 a.m. Field trips depart from the Days Inn
1:30 p.m. Field trips depart from the Days Inn
Dinner is on your own.
7:00 p.m. Evening program
The ANPS is fortunate to have a number of skilled photographers among the membership and Saturday’s program will present an opportunity for photographers in the Society to show their work documenting the native flora of the state. Time will be limited to two hours, so please contact Theo Witsell (501.831.7473) IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING if you would like to show some photos. We will have both a digital projector and a slide projector available for use.The Society's business meeting will follow the program.
Sunday, April 18th
8:30 a.m. Field trips depart from the Days Inn
ACCOMMODATIONS
A special rate has been arranged at Days Inn (501.776.3200). The rooms being held for ANPS are under “Plant Society”. Room rates are $59 plus tax. Pets can stay for an extra $5. Free breakfast hot bar for those staying at the motel. Easy access to the interstate. Lots of eating places within a two block area Additional motel lodgings in Bryant at Exit 123. No special rates have been arranged:Holiday Inn Express (501) 847-0900
Hometown Hotel .com (501) 653-0123
Comfort Inn and Suites (501) 653-4000
LaQuinta Inn and Suites (501) 847-9494
CONTACTS
Jean Ann Moles, President 501-794-2284 501-860-4772 (cell phone with voice mail) jam26@sbcglobal.net DRIVING DIRECTIONS(FROM THE EAST)
Coming from the east side on the state on Interstate 30, take
exit 118, go past Brown's Country Restaurant, go under the
overpass, circle right, at the traffic light turn right. At the
second traffic light once you are over the overpass, turn right
(you will see Lincoln Square on your right and TLC service
station in front of you). When you turn right you will be on
Military Road. At Burger King turn left (you will still be on
Military Road) at Taco Bell turn right. At the bottom of the
hill you will see IHOP on your right and Colton's Steak House
on your left. Turn into Colton's parking lot and you will see
Day's Inn.
(FROM THE WEST)
Coming from the west side of the state on Interstate 30, take
exit 117 and stay on the service road, go past Wal-Mart. If
you miss the Days Inn sign, go to Colton's Steak House, turn
right in the Colton's parking lot and you will be a short
distance from the Days Inn parking lot.