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SUMMARY:Seed Swap - Missoula
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 14 from 10 am-2 pm — in the Balsam Root conference room at the Exploration Center (same building as the Butterfly House) at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. \nFive Valleys Seed Library is gearing up for their annual Seed Swap! Join them for this beloved annual swing into spring\, as friends and neighbors share their bounty\, trade gardening tips and take home something new. \nDon’t miss the FREE presentations in the Lupine Room! \n\n11am – Propagation Basics w/Molly Anton\n12:30pm – Seed Collecting & Saving w/Bryce Christiaens\n\nIf you or your organization wants a table\, contact Nicole nms2112@yahoo.com or Amy minto.amy@gmail.com
URL:https://mtnativeplants.org/event/seed-swap-missoula/
LOCATION:Exploration Center at fairgrounds – Missoula\, 1075 South Ave. West\, Missoula\, MT\, 59801
CATEGORIES:Sale
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SUMMARY:Biodiversity of Rocky Mountain Alpine Plant Communities - Bozeman
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, March 10 at 7 pm in Room 108 of the Plant Bioscience Building on the MSU campus \nWe know many plant species are responding to changes in climate by moving upward in elevation or latitude\, but we know less about what alpine species are doing. By comparing communities along either side of the Continental Divide\, we may gain some insights into climatic and latitudinal effects on alpine plant community composition\, as well as expanding range knowledge of some rare species. \nPresenter Carly Segal is a PhD student at Montana State University who will share her research questions\, some alpine plant ecology\, and early biodiversity insights across her study area. \nRoom 108 of the Plant Bioscience Building – it’s on the west side of 11th Avenue on the MSU campus – parking could not be more convenient.
URL:https://mtnativeplants.org/event/biodiversity-of-rocky-mountain-alpine-plant-communities-bozeman/
LOCATION:Plant Bioscience Building\, MSU – Bozeman\, 400 Plant Bioscience\, Bozeman\, Montana\, 59715
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Valley of Flowers Chapter":MAILTO:beesgrmt@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:One Flower\, One Place: Spotlight on Missoula Phlox - Missoula
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, March 10\, 2026\, from 6 – 8 pm in the Balsamroot Conference Room\, 1st floor of the Exploration Center at the Missoula fairgrounds \nBlooms & Brews\nDr. Meredith Zettlemoyer will be sharing her research on our beloved Missoula Phlox (Phlox missoulensis). Learn the history of this adorable\, inconspicuous plant\, and what you can do to protect it! \nNestled in the windswept\, arid ridges of Missoula’s North Hills grows an endemic wildflower found nowhere else on Earth. Learn how it survives\, reproduces\, and fits into its ecological and evolutionary neighborhood. We will discuss the remarkable floral diversity of this species\, its population health\, how it’s related to similar species\, and how it interacts with the local plant and pollinator community. By understanding Missoula phlox’s evolution and ecology\, we hope to help guide conservation for this rare species and the unique ecosystem it depends upon. \n 
URL:https://mtnativeplants.org/event/one-flower-one-place-spotlight-on-missoula-phlox-missoula/
LOCATION:Exploration Center at fairgrounds – Missoula\, 1075 South Ave. West\, Missoula\, MT\, 59801
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Social gathering
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SUMMARY:Spring Kelseya Submission Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Our quarterly Kelseya newsletter welcomes submissions from professional scholars\, amateur botanists\, native plant enthusiasts\, MNPS event attendees and more! If you have articles or news of interest pertaining to the plant realm\, including scientific research summaries\, field trip recaps\, local events announcements\, education opportunities\, botanical artwork\, garden reports or natural history articles\, please send them our way. Annual deadlines for each issue are the 10th of March\, June\, September and December. Please visit our Submission Guidelines for more information.
URL:https://mtnativeplants.org/event/spring-kelseya-submission-deadline/
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SUMMARY:Peatlands of the Flathead Region - Kalispell
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 4 – starting at 7 pm – in the Montana FWP meeting room at 490 N Meridian Road in Kalispell\nPeatlands are a widespread and common wetland type in the boreal regions of the world\, but rare in Montana’s temperate climate. What exactly are peatlands? What makes them unique? How do they form?  What native plants and animals call this unique vegetation type home? Learn this & more in a presentation by plant ecologist Maria Mantas. \nMaria has researched native plants in northwest Montana for more than 40 years.  Her graduate work focused on rare plants of peatlands in the Swan Valley\, with particular emphasis on terrestrial orchids. She’s published several scientific papers related to rare flora and wetlands\, and she completed the first floristic survey of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. She worked as Forest Botanist for the Flathead National Forest\, as the Western Montana Science Director for The Nature Conservancy\, and as Director of Swan Valley Connections. \nMaria was a founding member of MNPS and established the Flathead Chapter with Anne Morely. She currently serves as Membership Chair for the state MNPS. \nBefore the presentation\, join other Chapter members at 5:30 pm to make plans for future activities.  Have ideas but can’t make the meeting?  Please email us at mnps.flathead@gmail.com. \n 
URL:https://mtnativeplants.org/event/peatlands-kalispell/
LOCATION:Montana FWP Region 1 – Kalispell\, 490 North Meridian Road\, Kalispell\, MT\, 59901
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Meeting
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