About the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society PDF Print

The Pennsylvania Native Plant Society had a beginning in 1979, when, through initiatives of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, and the Pennsylvania Legislature, a movement was begun to recognize the rare and endangered plants of Pennsylvania and to set up organized efforts to produce a list of such plants and implement legislation for their study and protection. Through the efforts of Paul Weigman, Edgar T. Wherry and Carl Keener such a list was prepared in 1979 and updated frequently in subsequent years.

 

To facilitate continuous management of data on the Pennsylvania flora and its rare, threatened and endangered components, the Rare Plant Committee was formed of any botanists with special interest in the flora of Pennsylvania who cared to join, and, from its inception, the Rare Plant Committee was designated a committee of the "Pennsylvania Native Plant Society." Membership of the Committee and the Society were the same, and it consisted of volunteers who joined because they had botanical contributions to make or desired to be on a "Pennsylvania botanical information network."

 

The only meetings were the annual meetings of the Rare Plant Committee, and 8 issues of a newsletter, The Truffula Seed, appeared between 1981 and 1986. General membership in the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society was not solicited until 1993, when a small group of botanically-dedicated Pennsylvanians, recognizing, among other things, the historical importance of Pennsylvania botany, joined together to transform the Society into a general-membership native plant organization which is now a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation with headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania.

 

The Society sponsors numerous field trips and projects throughout the state and publishes a quarterly newsletter, PNPS Notes, for members.

 
 
Membership Information PDF Print

We cordially invite anyone interested in native plants to join our organization. We offer the following types of memberships:

 

Individual: $15/year

Family: $20/year

Organization: $25/year

Life: $200

 

Please send a completed Membership Form  and check for the appropriate amount to:

 

PNPS

PO Box 807

Boalsburg, PA 16827

 

For additional information, send e-mail to the membership chairperson, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

To download a printable copy of the current PNPS bylaws, click here (PDF, 318KB)