Plant Rescue Schedule
You must be a GNPS member to participate in plant rescues or a member may request that you attend one time as a guest before joining. To become a member, go to the Membership page for instructions. Memberships run from January 1 to December 31.
Plant Rescue Contacts:
Plant Rescue Director: Lynn Almand or 770-886-9526
Deputy Director: Don Schwarz or 770-979-4237Rescue Coordinator: Sheri George or 770-612-0676
Site Procurement Coordinators:
Lynn Almand, Russell Brannon, Sheri George, Andrea Greco, Paul Shivers
Please help us locate new rescue sites. If you find property that is going to be developed and looks promising for GNPS rescues, please take a few minutes to help us out. Collect all of the information you can about the property, such as address or street and nearest intersection, any information on a For Sale, Zoning or other posted notice, along with a general description, and then fill out our Potential Rescue Site Information Form. Submission of this form will provide the information to the Rescue Committee so we can begin the process of obtaining permission to rescue the property.
See the Plant Rescue FAQ for more information about plant rescues and how new rescue sites are located.
Note: If you have expressed a desire to be notified by email about rescues and your email address changes, notify Ed McDowell who maintains the listserv for plant rescues.
How to Sign Up for a Rescue:
It's easy! If rescue information is displayed below, pick a rescue that you'd like to attend, click on Sign Up For This Rescue, and fill in the appropriate information. You will receive a response that your request has been sent to the facilitator leading the rescue. The facilitator will contact you in a day or so notifying you whether or not there is room for you on the rescue.
Rescue Schedule:
Saturday, February 4
Cherokee County, Canton, The Bluffs, 9:30 amLead Facilitator: Murrel Creekmore Sign Up For This Rescue
Cofacilitators: Reds Broadhead, Sheri George, Ken Gohring
Plant List: cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea), green and gold (Chrysogonum virginianum), azalea (Rhododendron sp.), fairywand (Chamaelireum luteum), possumhaw (Viburnum nudum), maple leaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium), beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta), blueberry (Vaccinium sp.), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), pussytoes (Antennaria sp.), pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata), Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens), Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), little brown jugs (Hexastylis arifolia), birds foot violet (Viola pedata), New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis), lady fern (Athyrium felix-femina), phlox (Phlox sp.), turtlehead (Chelone sp.), bellwort (Uvularia sp.), dwarf crested iris (Iris cristata), whorled coreopsis (Coreopsis major), hoary scullcap (Scutellaria incana), yellowroot (Xanthorhiza simplicissima), rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), Solomon's seal (Polygonatum biflorum), Solomon's plume (Maianthemum racemosum)
Gwinnett County, Grayson, Callie Still, 10 amLead Facilitator: Lola Halpin Sign Up For This Rescue
Cofacilitators: Jeff Barrett, Susan Todd
Plant List: pawpaw (Asminia triloba), pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata), moss, hawthorn (Crataegus sp.), mountain mint, Vaccinium sp., sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum), spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana), several kinds of hypericum (Hypericum sp.), red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis), wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), green and gold (Chrysogonum virginianum), ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron), passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), rudbeckia (Rudbeckia sp.), pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium), wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), azalea (Rhododendron sp.), flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata), hearts a-bustin' (Euonymus americana), Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), maple leaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium), woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata), devil's walkingstick (Aralia spinosa), Carolina silverbell (Halesia carolina)
Saturday, February 18
Gwinnett County, Grayson, Callie Still, 9 amLead Facilitator: Denise Hartline Sign Up For This Rescue
Cofacilitators: Jeff Barrett, Dave Saunders
Plant List: pawpaw (Asminia triloba), pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata), moss, hawthorn (Crataegus sp.), mountain mint, Vaccinium sp., sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum), spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana), several kinds of hypericum (Hypericum sp.), red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis), wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), green and gold (Chrysogonum virginianum), ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron), passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), rudbeckia (Rudbeckia sp.), pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium), wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), azalea (Rhododendron sp.), flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata), hearts a-bustin' (Euonymus americana), Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), maple leaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium), woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata), devil's walkingstick (Aralia spinosa), Carolina silverbell (Halesia carolina)
Paulding County, New Georgia, The Georgian, 10 amLead Facilitator: Fran Forsyth Sign Up For This Rescue
Cofacilitators: Lola Halpin, Flo Hayes, Gina Strickland, Mike Strickland
Plant List: Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), little brown jugs (Hexastylis arifolia), rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), hearts a-bustin' (Euonymus americana), rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides), elephant's foot (Elephantopus tomentosus), southern wood violet (Viola hirsutula), Horsebalm (Collinsonia sp.), dwarf crested iris (Iris cristata), Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica), wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis), wild yam (Dioscorea quaternata), upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrata), piedmont azalea (Rhododendron canescens), climbing hydrangea (Decumaria barbara), low bush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
Saturday, February 25
Paulding County, Cartersville, Richland, 9 amLead Facilitator: Greg Kohlbacher Sign Up For This Rescue
Cofacilitators: Lisa Betz, Reds Broadhead, Ken Gohring, Lola Halpin, Sharon Parry
Plant List: Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), shuttleworth ginger (Hexastylis shuttleworthii), cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea), royal fern (Osmunda regalis), big leaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla), umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala), foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), galax (Galax urceolata), pussytoes (Antennaria sp.), musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana), fly poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum), skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia), yellowroot (Xanthorhiza simplicissima), low bush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta), pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata), star chickweed (Stellaria pubera)
This site requires a 3/4 mile hike to the rescue area and waterproof boots as there is a stream to cross.
Sunday, February 26
Cherokee County, Canton, Northside (New Site), 10 amLead Facilitator: Ellen Honeycutt Sign Up For This Rescue
Cofacilitators: Reds Broadhead, Sheri George
Plant List: Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata), dittany (Cunlia origanoides), climbing hydrangea (Decumaria barbara), boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), little brown jugs (Hexastylis arifolia), dwarf crested iris (Iris cristata), dwarf iris (Iris verna), partridgeberry (Mitchella repens), moss, piedmont azalea (Rhododendron canescens), Catesby trillium (Trillium catesbaei)
Fulton County, Roswell, Herman Miller, 9:30 amLead Facilitator: Andrea Greco Sign Up For This Rescue
Cofacilitator: Keith Kaylor
Plant List: little brown jugs (Hexastylis arifolia), bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata), Solomon's seal (Polygonatum biflorum), Solomon's plume (Maianthemum racemosum), star chickweed (Stellaria pubera), yellow violet (Viola hastata), rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides), Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron), musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana), beech (Fagus grandifolia), sweet shrub (Calycanthus floridus), trout lily (Erythronium umbilicatum), rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum)
Rescue will include transplanting 1/3 of collected trout lilies to an on-site nature trail.
More information about rescues and the rescue procedures are outlined on the Plant Rescue FAQ.