MNPS Photo Contest 2007

In conjunction with the 2007 Fall Conference, MNPS held a photo contest. Attendees cast their votes on (recycled) paper ballots by selecting a numbered photo for their favorite in each category.  Congratulations to the winners of the Maryland Native Plant Society Photo Contest of 2007! Winning entries are listed below.

The categories were:

• Maryland native plants – close ups, whole plants, or plant communities;
• Wildlife with native plants – birds, pollinators, caterpillars, etc. and their interactions with native plants;
• Threatened Maryland habitats – with a statement on how it is threatened.

Category	Winners	Photographer/Subject
Maryland Native Plant	"Secret Beauty"	Joann L. Alexander Chimaphila maculata View photo (pdf)
	"Solomon's Seal Dream"	Jim Gallion Polygonatum View photo (pdf)
	"Showy Orchis"	James Winner Orchis spectabilis View photo (pdf)
	"Fringed Gentian"	Dave Pyle Gentienopsis crinita
	"3 Butterflies + 2 Bees"	Jeff Middlebrooks View photo (pdf)
Wildlife with Native Plants	"Resting with Pupa"	Jim Gallion Monarch butterfly on Rudbeckia triloba View photo (pdf)
	"Slumbering Honeybees"	Cortney L. Cook View photo (pdf)
	"Nature as Art: Everyday Miracles"	Sara Joan Levin Ruby-throated hummingbird, female, and Coral Honeysuckle View photo (pdf)
	"Bee on Purple Coneflower"	Dave Pyle Echinacea purpurea
Threatened Maryland Habitats	"Overcup Oak Overlooking Mattawoman Creek"	Jim Long Quercus lyrata View photo (pdf)
	"Got Milkweed?"	Jim Gallion Asclepias syriaca View photo (pdf)