2020 and 2021 are the years of the grasses.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we could not hold our normal field trips and programs. Fortunately, we have been able to hold a series of webinars that focus on grasses.

2021 will be the year of the Graminoids which includes grasses (family Poaceae), sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Juncaceae). Grasses were the featured plant group for 2020 but the corona virus made it difficult to give them the attention they deserve. There were no society-sponsored field trips to study grasses up close and personal. Excellent monthly webinars helped with presentations on grass identification, wild rice marshes, serpentine barrens, and native grasses for home gardens, and an overview of Maryland's grasslands by the Director of the Southeast Grasslands Initiative, for the annual conference.