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Rotorua Botanical Society

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Officers:

President	Paul Cashmore	07 348 4421	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vice President	Sarah Beadel	07 345 5912	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Secretary	Elizabeth Miller	07 362 4747	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Treasurer	Grant Milligan	07 349 4928	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Editors	John Hobbs	07 348 6620	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sub-editor	Elizabeth Miller	07 362 4747	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Committee:	President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, Mike Bucher, Matt Buys, Chris Bycroft, Wendy Hurren, Graeme Jane, Martin Pearce, Barbara Swale.
Regional Reps:	Eastern BOP	Mike Butcher	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Regional Reps:	Western BOP	Graeme Jane	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Address for Corresponce

c/-The National Forest Herbarium
Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park
Private Bag 3020
Rotorua 3046

Objectives

The objectives of the Society are "to further knowledge of field botany in the central North Island", to which end we hold field trips at least ten times per year; at least one of these trips being a long weekend away to some place of special interest.

Field Trips

Trips are normally on the first weekend of the month, in order not to clash with the Auckland Botanical Society to which some of our members also belong. The choice of Saturday or Sunday is at the discretion of the leader, although Sunday is probably the most popular. The numbers attending usually range from 5 to 15, occasionally more, and normally do not require a high standard of fitness. If the trip is expected to be strenuous this would be stated in the program, however if in doubt discuss the requirements with the leader beforehand.

Departure is normally from the Convention Centre car park, Fenton Street, Rotorua (near the Police Station), with an alternative meeting place nearer the venue for those coming from out of town. However, if numbers are small we sometimes arrange to meet at a member's home to pool transport and save time. With this in mind we request that participants ring to advise the leader in advance.

On trips, emphasis is given to pooling our knowledge between experts and beginners alike. We believe that everyone has something to offer and much is to be gained by sharing our experience.

Ecological Restoration Project

In addition to this, the society is involved in an ecological restoration project focusing on mistletoe recovery at Lake Okareka in conjunction with other organisations. The society's input into this project is currently focused on a weed control programme with work days held several times per year.

The Society produces an A5 "Newsletter" at approximately 6 monthly intervals containing field trip reports and formal reports on matters of scientific and botanical interest plus trip schedules and events information.
The annual subscription, which includes family membership, is $20.00.

To Join

To join, print the form on the printer-friendly application form here, and send it to the address listed on the bottom of that page.

Subscriptions

$20.00 per annum, due on 30 June, payable to the Treasurer.

For further information or membership forms see the website

www.wildlands.co.nz/botanical

Publications

Checklist of Indigenous AND Naturalised Vascular Plants
in the Bay of Plenty

botPlants

This publication is the first comprehensive checklist of indigenous and naturalised (wild) exotic plants compiled for each of the 16 Ecological Districts in the Bay of Plenty, ranging from Te Aroha ED in the north through to Kaingaroa ED in the south and the large Motu ED covering much of East Cape in the East. Each plant record is fully referenced including herbarium voucher numbers where present.

This publication is a must buy for anyone with an interest in the flora of the Bay of Plenty.

Written by Sarah Beadel, Chris Ecroyd, Peter de Lange, Paul Cashmore, William Shaw, Sarah Crump.

Order your copy today by emailing the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Botany Of Rotorua

COMPILED BY BRUCE CLARKSON, MARK SMALE, CHRIS ECROYD

This 132 page book published in 1991 with many beautiful colour photos, covers all aspects of the flora of the Rotorua District.

Sections are written by a range of well known authors covering history of the vegetation, native forest, exotic forest, pasture, naturalised vegetation, aquatic vegetation, lake shore vegetation, mires, thermal areas, micro-algae, Mt Tarawera, threatened plants, coastal plants inland, mosses and liverworts, fungi, and traditional uses

COPIES STILL AVAILABLE FOR ONLY $20 EACH
OR
$10 EACH FOR 10 OR MORE WHILE STOCKS LAST

Contact: The Secretary ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

Send Cheque to:

ROTORUA BOTANICAL SOCIETY
C/- The NATIONAL FORESTRY HERBARIUM
SCION
PRIVATE BAG 3020
ROTORUA, 3046

Newsletter Index 1984 - 2008

A revised newsletter index for all the RBS newsletters published from No. 1 in 1984 to No.50 in 2008 has been produced.

Available as a Compact Disc (CD) version with hyperlinking to individual articles. Cost $10 for members, $25 for non-members including p&p.

PLEASE SEND ORDER STATING WHETHER YOU WANT PRINTED HARD COPY OR CD VERSION OF INDEX AND HOW MANY REQUIRED WITH PAYMENT TO :

ROTORUA BOTANICAL SOCIETY
C/- The NATIONAL FORESTRY HERBARIUM
SCION
PRIVATE BAG 3020
ROTORUA, 3046

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