Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
CHINQUAPIN

Chinquapin is the Newsletter of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society and is published four times a year.  In its 15th year of publication (2007), it has become an extremely important means of communication with and for the members.  It carries sections on letters to the editor, endowment news, wild ideas, botanical gardens, notes on specific plants, botanical excursions and other topics.

The name Chinquapin is the Indian name for Castanea pumila  (L) Miller, the dwarf chestnut, a smaller member of the genus Castanea inhabiting dry woods and thickets.

Dan will be retiring from his position as editor at the end of 2007.  He has been Chinquapin's only editor, and very successful at that!  Starting in 2008, Scott Ranger will become our new Chinquapin editor.

Volume 15, issue 2 is out:
    Two major successional trees; Black Locust and Yellow Poplar

    Repellant wild plants (R.F. Mueller)

    Botanical Excursions, Black Gum: Rabbit traps and bee gums (George Ellison)

    Mystery Plants

    Food plant questions

Botanical Quizzes (from previous issues):
  * How well do you know Great Smoky Mountain English?
      part 1 quiz answers
      part 2 quiz answers

If you are not a member and would like a free copy of Chinquapin, please e-mail your name and address to Charles Horn, or send him a note at Biology Department, Newberry College, 2100 College St., Newberry, SC  29108.

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