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Chapman Forest A Unique Natural Community. Forest Ecology Talk & Spring Bird & Ephemeral Walk

Chapman Forest: A Unique Natural Community. Forest Ecology Talk & Spring Bird & Ephemeral Walk

Chapman Forest: A Unique Natural Community. Forest Ecology Talk & Spring Bird & Ephemeral Walk

Time Sat Apr 06 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
(GMT-04:00)

Mount Aventine, Bryans Road,MD,United States

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Chapman Forest: A Unique Natural Community. Forest Ecology Talk & Spring Bird & Ephemeral Walk, 6 April About the event Chapman Forest: A Unique Natural Community. Forest Ecology Talk & Spring Bird & Ephemeral Walk
Join us on April 6, 2024, from 11 am - 1 pm at historic Mount Aventine situated within Chapman State Park, a 2200-acre forest. This is a joint event co-hosted by Southern Maryland Audubon and our new local chapter Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay, a national non-profit focusing on incorporating native plants into our landscape. The talk is presented by S Md Audubon Society Membership Chair and WOCB Membership Chair Lynne Wheeler. The event starts with a talk at the historic Mount Aventine, an 1840 antebellum home. Lynne will present a 40-minute talk about the unique forest ecology of Chapman Forest. Come and learn about how native plant communities are a direct result of their ecology. As they say: location, location, location. The combination of deep ravines, calcareous soils, and close proximity to the Potomac River has produced a remarkable flora predominantly composed of species typical of the inner piedmont and carbonate areas of the Appalachians that are otherwise rare to absent on the Coastal Plain, especially in association. Chapman Forest is considered to be Maryland’s largest and finest example of this natural community type, and is also designated as an Important Bird Area by Audubon. After the presentation we will take a 90-minute walk into the forest looking for spring ephemeral plants. Space limited to 15.

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Sat Apr 06 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
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