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NEWSLETTER OF THE DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER

CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

CALENDAR
Wildflower Lore and Legend
Speaker: Ramona Crooks
Friday, February 18, 2005 7:00 PM
Gualala Community Center
Here is your chance to learn more about wildflowers --
what their names mean, the old legends that surround
them, how people have used them and more. Ramona
Crooks, as our chapter historian, is the creator and
keeper of those amazing giant scrapbooks. She is also
an expert gardener, advocate for conservation and
humane treatment for animals, and a true lover of
nature.
Annual Environmental Potluck
Monday, March 21, 2005
6:00 PM – Dinner, 7:00 PM – Program
Recreation Hall, Russian Gulch State Park
The always popular Annual Environmental Potluck is
sponsored by CNPS, Audubon Society, Mendocino
Area Parks Association and Mendocino Land Trust.
This year’s event, sponsored by Audubon, features
Steve Hampton, a Resource Economist with the Office
of Spill Prevention and Response, CA Department of
Fish and Game. He is a popular speaker about the
impacts of oil spills on the environment. While the focus
is likely to be on birds, toxic spills along our coastline
are a danger to all life forms. The evening also features
presentation of community environmental awards and a
wine bar. CNPS is expected to help out, so please
contact Lori at 882-1655 to volunteer.
To get to the Russian Gulch Rec. Hall, go two miles
north of the town of Mendocino, turn west at the
Russian Gulch State Park entrance sign, turn left onto
Point Cabrillo Drive, and follow the signs to the Rec.
Hall. Please bring an appetizer, main dish, salad or
dessert to share, as well as your own dishes,
silverware, and beverage. If you can’t make the dinner,
please join us at 7:00 PM for the program. There is a
small cover charge at the door to help pay for rent and
expenses.
Other Groups:
California Lichen Society:
Exploring for Myxomycetes (Slime molds)
Led by Don Kowalski
Saturday, February 12, 2005 10:00 AM
Did you know there are over 280 species of
Myxomycetes in California? Don Kowalski, an expert in
the field, has named many of them. Don will give a
short slide presentation about this fascinating subject
and then lead a field trip exploring for slime molds.
Meet at the College of the Redwoods just south of Fort
Bragg at 10 AM. Please bring a lunch, and dress for
variable weather. For more information, contact Judy
Robertson at jksrr@aol.com or 707-584-8099
PRESIDENTS CORNER
by Jon Thompson
This year has already brought some great changes as
well as challenges for the DKY chapter. We have some
new board members and chairpersons while some
longtime members are stepping down from their
positions. I would like to thank our nominating
committee Mary Hunter, Bob Rutemoeller, and Mary
Rhyne for finding great people to fill some of the
vacant chapter board positions.
Welcome to our new Vice President, Roz Bray.
Originally from the UK, Roz and her husband Derek
came to the United States in 1963 and they are now
residents of The Sea Ranch. They have four grown
children and six grandchildren. Roz grew up around
gardens and has always been interested in plants.
She is interested in dry gardening (landscaping with
no added water) and native plants of California. While
living in the South Bay, she belonged to the Western
Horticultural Society. Roz is also a member of the Sierra
Club and is an avid backpacker and hiker with that
organization, leading many trips in the High Sierra.
Roz will definitely be an asset to our chapter.
We also welcome Rich Schimbor as our newly elected
Secretary. He was born in Brooklyn, grew up on Long
Island and in San Francisco, and graduated high school
in Walnut Creek. An organic chemist by training, BS
Cal, PhD Illinois, with over 30 years experience in
research, development and management, Rich is now
retired and lives with his wife Connie and their dog at
The Sea Ranch (TSR). Rich is chair of TSR Utilities
Committee and is a reserve firefighter with TSR’s
Volunteer Fire Department. He led the effort to create a
Dog Park at TSR and you may have seen him acting in
a Sea Ranch Thespians production. Rich also serves
on the Gualala Arts Lecture Committee. We are very
fortunate to have someone as talented as Rich as
member of our chapter.
Our new Camping Chairperson, Diane Wickstrom, has
already taken initiative in researching some great
places for chapter camping trips this year. Diane is a
retired professor of anthropology from the College of
Marin where she taught for 33 years. She has traveled
extensively, particularly in Asia, South East Asia and
parts of the Pacific Rim. She has been a gardener for
most of her life and reports that it seems to run in the
family because her great-grandmother brought plants
and seeds with her from the Azores when she came to
California in the late 19th century! Diane is looking
forward to taking natural history courses at College of
the Redwoods this spring.
One of the essential, but unsung jobs in a CNPS
chapter is that of mailing out the newsletters. All those
who have chosen to do this invisible, yet so necessary
task deserve great praise. Bobbie Penney retired from
this position in June 2004 after doing an excellent job
for nearly two years. We know Bobbie will continue to
be involved in many worthwhile projects. Linda Jones of
Gualala has taken on the job of Mailings. Linda and her
husband moved to Gualala from Truckee, CA where
she participated in Forest Service rare species surveys
at Tahoe National Forest. She has taken many of the
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Jepson Herbarium workshops and is a native plant
enthusiast.
Our new Posters Chairperson, Lynn Tuft has recently
moved to Sea Ranch with her husband from Auburn,
CA. She helped start the Redbud Chapter of CNPS in
Auburn area. Lynn has a long time interest in
horticulture and in native plants. We appreciate her
taking some of the load off Mary Hunter, DKY
Treasurer, who has also been serving as Posters Chair.
I am sorry to say Joan Curry is stepping down as our
Invasive Exotics Chairperson. Joan has been a
mainstay of this chapter for many years, serving as
invasive exotics chair, vice president, and chapter
president (twice!). More than that, Joan has been our
eyes and ears in the northern portion of our chapter,
letting us know about late-breaking conservation issues.
She has always been there for consultations, been
willing to ignore health problems in service of a cause,
and has been exemplary as someone who stands up for
her beliefs. Thank you, Joan, for all your wonderful
work, and for being a great inspiration!
Two other chapter mainstays are Pat Bauer and Pat
Howard, fondly known as “The 2 Pats.” Like Joan, they
have been stalwart volunteers for conservation and
nature education. Pat Bauer has served as “Member At
Large” for many years and is a wealth of information on
conservation issues. She also has been Invasive
Exotics Chair and represented our chapter on the
Caltrans Roadside Advisory Committee. Pat Howard
has also been a great help to the chapter serving as
North Coast Hospitality Chair. Pat filled in as Secretary
when needed (and did a great job I should add) and
also served as our temporary Vice President. Their
knowledge and enthusiasm have made them something
of a local legend. It is always a lot of fun to find out what
these two have been up to!
Needless to say, all ex-chairpersons will be sorely
missed but I am sure we will be seeing them at some of
our chapter functions this year. To all of the continuing
members of the board and chairpersons, I look forward
to working with you in the coming year.
I would like also like to thank botanist and plant
ecologist Peter Baye for his excellent presentation at
the DKY 2004 Annual meeting in Elk. We are fortunate
to have such a knowledgeable botanist in our area.
ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
by Lori Hubbart
The chapter’s annual meeting in December was well
attended and was lots of fun. Dr. Peter Baye’s talk on
conservation needs that go beyond lists was thought-
provoking on many levels. No summary could do
justice to his ideas, and we hope to see a full treatment
in Fremontia.
Conservation planning efforts are often based on
information about rare species because we want to
preserve rare species for their genetic uniqueness, and
because saving the rarities is supposed to save their
surrounding ecosystems and more common species as
well.
Why should taxonomic rarity be the sole criterion to
guide conservation of biological diversity in California’s
flora? It may be too much to expect listed plants to bear
the burden of conserving everything else.
Science doesn’t always keep pace with conservation
needs. Real evolutionary units are not always captured
by taxonomic treatments, which are just human
constructs. Genetic variation occurs outside of and
beyond our taxonomic treatments.
Sometimes our base information about plants is wrong
in some way. Statements by notable early botanists
tended to be carried forward in time, and never
questioned. Early botanists also tended to voucher only
what they regarded as “typical” specimens. They
deliberately excluded specimens exhibiting “oddball”
characteristics.
Disjunct, relict and outlier plant populations may have
unique genetic characteristics that we would be wise to
preserve, yet there is little effort to do so. In animal
biology, hybrids are looked on as “contamination” to be
prevented; isolating mechanisms usually hinder natural
hybrids. This principle does not always hold for plants,
where natural hybrid zones may indicate an
evolutionary direction.
In the wild landscape, the dominance order of plants
can change over time, in response to human-induced
disturbances. A former dominant may never become
“rare” yet its decline can have significant implications for
ecosystem function. An example is Leymus mollis, the
local dune grass, largely supplanted by the European
beach grass, Ammophila arenaria, yet they behave very
differently in the ecosystem.
Another example, Valley oak, Quercus lobata, is not
likely to become "rare" but it is in decline, and this
decline has an impact on ecosystems. How can we
document and halt decline, while protecting the concept
of "rarity?
What can CNPS do about these conservation gaps?
Maybe CNPS needs another listing category called
“Needs More Study.” CNPS might also adopt
something like the ESA’s “Distinct Population
Segments” category. We need to document and collect
vouchers at range limits, disjunct populations, etc.
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Some chapters are already starting this work under the
CNPS Local Flora program.
We can also speak out and advocate for protection of
rare vegetation types, plants at their range limits,
unusual populations and natural hybrid swarms. We
should do this even if it doesn’t carry any weight within
the current regulatory framework, in addition to our law
and regulation-based comments. The new frontier in
plant conservation begins within CNPS, just as our Rare
Plant program did.
DKY CHAPTER DONATES MONEY FOR NATIVE
PLANT EDUCATION
by Jon Thompson
Thanks to Heidi Marshall, the Education Program is up
and running again. She has been working with Pacific
Coast Charter Elementary and High Schools and the
Point Arena Elementary School to create a learning
landscape with native plants. The DKY Board voted
unanimously to donate $1271 in matching funds to the
Learning Landscape Project with funds to be allocated
among the three schools.
The project will begin in February with a plant and bird
presentation by long time DKY member Sarah Flowers
at Arena Elementary School. This will be followed by a
combination of classroom instruction and garden
plantings of natives. The project will utilize, in part, the
wonderful landscape design that was drawn for the
Arena Elementary School by another longtime DKY
member, Mary Rhyne.
Other plantings will take place at the Pacific Coast
Charter High School and the Pacific Coast Charter’s
Garden located at the Point Arena Community Park.
Instruction topics will include plant identification, plant
uses, pollinators, foragers and other relationships with
plants in the environment. Our chapter will supply native
plants and chapter members will be helping with the
plantings and associated education.
CONSERVATION NEWS
by Lori Hubbart
Conservation Thoughts For the New Year: Holiday road
trips can result in culture shock for someone from a
quiet, rural community. We are just not used to cell
phone towers camouflaged as faux palm trees, or miles
and miles of look-alike buildings.
Corporate fast food joints have insinuated themselves
even in remote corners of the world. They sell
hamburgers to American travelers desperate for familiar
food in a well-known setting.
Back home, the urban-suburban-exurban scene
presents a bastion of homogeneity, with formulaic chain
stores, markets and eateries. Californians, too, seem to
need familiarity, convenience, predictability and
uniformity.
The sprawl marches on, compressing chaparral and
oak woodlands farther and farther into tight corners.
The trouble is we are running out of corners.
In settling for familiarity, convenience, predictability and
uniformity, people relinquish values like surprise,
spontaneity, discovery and uniqueness. Perhaps their
idea of adventure is to go parasailing in some
impoverished tropical paradise halfway around the
world.
Of course, these folks make excellent consumers, but
perhaps not advocates for native plant conservation.
To many, chaparral or sepentinitic grasslands look
barren and sinister. Maybe modern humans, lacking in
self-reliance and inner resources, need the presence of
familiar institutions all around them.
Native vegetation is “scrub” or “brush” and regarded
with uneasiness. Yes, the wildlands do harbor lions and
snakes, and we need to be wary of them. Why can’t we
embrace the feeling of awe in its classical sense – a
melding of fear, wonder and joy?
So how can we build a larger constituency for
California’s indigenous plants, in the face of such
massive, yet passive resistance? As we search for
answers, we can at least be thankful for the clean air
and natural beauty just outside our doorsteps.
Garcia River Forest Property
Background: California Coastal Conservancy awarded
$10 million to the Conservation Fund, a Virginia-based
land trust, for purchase of nearly 24,000 acres of Garcia
River watershed land. The Conservation Fund bills
itself as having the twin missions of nurturing nature
and local economies.
Working closely with local fisheries and land acquisition
activists, the Conservation Fund hopes to manage its
purchase as a working timberland. The group has
stated its intention of logging sustainably, while
preserving such natural values as habitat for steelhead
trout and Coho salmon, as well as birds and other
wildlife.
A “highlights” tour for local stakeholders was held in
November, as reported in the Lighthouse Peddler.
CNPS was not listed as being represented, but in fact,
the DKY conservation chair was along.
While the land was surprisingly well-vegetated, it has
obviously been the victim of “even aged management”
where logging practices result in trees that are all the
same age. However, variable-aged tree stands are
better for sustainable logging and for preservation of
ecosystem values.
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Most notably, the place appears to be a treasure trove
of native oaks. Species spotted on field trip: Canyon
oak (Quercus chrysolepis), interior live oak (Quercus
wislezenii), Oregon oak (Quercus garryana), and the
local scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia). Possible
additional species include: Black oak (Quercus kellogii),
coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), and even blue oak
(Quercus douglasii).
Specimens of both Q. wislezenii and Q. chrysolepis
seen on the field trip exhibited quite a range of
variability in leaf size and shape, even for species
known for their morphological variability.
Given the potential for black, coast live, and blue oak on
the property, hybrid oaks should be searched for.
Additionally, dwarf forms of Q. chrysolepis and Q.
wislizenii should also be looked for.
Other issues on the property include: Definitions of
“sustainability”; timing and methods of timber
operations; the need for biological surveys and sound
science; protection of rare plants; public access
questions; management of invasive, non-native species;
risk of diseases like Sudden Oak Death; and herbicide
use.
CNPS must work hard to get our views incorporated
into the master management plan for this land. It turns
out that the Coastal Conservancy is interested in
funding more "working landscapes” in the North Coast
region. This kind of arrangement is viewed as
appropriate for our area, so it’s important to do it right
from the start.
INVASIVE EXOTICS - WEED ALERT!
Noxious Grass Appears On Coast
As our December program speaker, Peter Baye, was
approaching the Greenwood Community Center in Elk,
he spotted an old enemy. There it was, growing right by
the entrance – Ehrharta erecta – a weedy grass with the
potential to invade coastal wildlands. This winter-
blooming South African grass goes by the name
Ehrharta and also Panic Veldtgrass, probably for its
resemblance to the species Panicum, but alarming,
nonetheless.
Despite its scientific name, it tends to have a spreading
habit, the better to hide out among other plants.
Ehrharta erecta thrives in a wide variety of soils,
weather and water regimes. While it establishes readily
in disturbance niches, it can also flourish in relatively
undisturbed wildlands. Its ability to reproduce rapidly
and to form dense turf is indeed cause for concern.
We asked Peter how it is best controlled, since we
could hardly walk away and leave the dastardly plants
flowering there. He said it can be risky to pull it up,
since that can help distribute its tiny seeds. In a large-
scale weed control project, a glyphosate herbicide like
Roundup ® would be used, but straight vinegar can also
be effective.
Ramona Crooks, our chapter historian, and a woman of
action, fetched an institutional-sized bottle of vinegar
from the Community Center kitchen. Peter showed us
how to use a thumb over the opening to create a spray
nozzle effect. It was one of those great CNPS moments!
After independent verification, voucher specimens will
be deposited at the College of the Redwoods and U.C.
Berkeley Herbarium. Meanwhile, it turns out that Peter
Warner, of State Parks, has also found Ehrharta erecta
here on the coast.
A message from notable weed warrior, Jake Sigg: “Any
attention you pay to jumping on pioneer populations of
this pernicious plant will pay dividends. After you have
searched and destroyed as many Ehrharta as I have, it
will jump out at you from all the other grasses. The inner
eye picks up the subtle details.”
Now we need to check and see if the vinegar treatment
did in the plants by the Community Center, and be on
the lookout for more plants. Ehrharta erecta was
previously known from the Greater San Francisco Bay
area south to Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
Ehrharta erecta © 2002 Tony Morosco, CalFlora Database.
Editor’s note: Botanist Tony Morosco, a former president
of the CNPS East Bay Chapter, has this to say about the
above image: “The Ehrharta ‘photo’ is actually a scan
taken on a flatbed scanner from fresh material growing
behind the Calflora office in Albany, CA. ID was confirmed
by Dr. Ann Dennis, former ecologist of the USDA Pacific
Southwest Research Station. I am intimately familiar with
Ehrharta, as I battle it every week in my yard!”
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CAMPING TRIP PLANNED!
Diane Wickstrom, the new Chair for Camping has
already arranged a DKY chapter trip to the Angelo
Coast Range Reserve in northern Mendocino County.
Lori Hubbart describes it well: “Great old trees, fabulous
mosses, giant manzanitas, and who knew Trilliums got
that big…” The trip is planned for May 13-15. Contact
Diane for information at 884-4556 - dwickie@mac.com;
http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/Angelo/Angelolinkingpage.ht
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REQUEST FOR SPECIES INFORMATION
Do you know where there are thriving populations of
Viola adunca? The following message goes out to the
DKY Chapter in an effort to gather information about the
food plant of the Federally Endangered Behrens
Silverspot Butterfly, Speyeria zerene behrensii.
From Richard Arnold:
“I am working with Gary Falxa and the USFWS to
survey sites for the endangered Behrens Silverspot
butterfly. I'd be interested in learning from you and other
Mendocino and Sonoma County CNPS members (I am
a member of the San Francisco Bay Chapter) about any
locations they are familiar with that support Viola
adunca, the silverspot's larval food plant. Historically,
the silverspot has been observed in coastal prairie
habitat from about Salt Point northward. Adults will
seek shelter in pocket meadows in nearby forested
areas, but are usually found near the immediate coast.”
Gary Falxa specifies that the area of interest is the
coastal zone (within a few miles of the coast) from near
Salt Point north to around the town of Fort Bragg....we
aren't looking for locations of the Viola north of
Mendocino County at this time (pers. comm.)
“You can have folks contact us directly (info below).
Thanks for your help with this and feel free to contact
me if you have any questions.”
Richard Arnold, Entomological Consulting Services, Ltd.
104 Mountain View Court
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-2188
925-825-3784; bugdctr@comcast.net
Gary Falxa, USFWS Arcata Office
1655 Heindon Rd, Arcata CA 95521
(707) 822-7201; gary_falxa@fws.gov
GARDENING WITH NATIVES?
Although this issue of the Calypso takes a break from
gardening articles, our chapter likes to provide
information on gardening with native plants. If you have
questions or ideas for articles on growing native plants
in our region, please contact Lori Hubbart,
lorih@mcn.org or 882-1655.
RARE PLANT STATUS:
Lotus formosissimus New Add to CNPS LIST 4
The CNPS Rare Plant Inventory webpage has posted
Lotus formosissimus as a recently added List 4 species:
a Watch List, “plant of limited distribution.” In British
Columbia, at the edge of its range, it is listed as
Endangered.
Lotus formosissimus E. Greene
seaside bird’s foot trefoil, coastal witches’ teeth,
harlequin lotus (& many more common names)
Synonym: Hosackia gracilis Benth.
Status*: List 4, RED: 1-2-1, G4
Description: Sprawling perennial legume with umbels of
showy pink and yellow bicolored flowers, varying from a
light pink /rose-magenta and pale yellow/deep orange.
Habitat: open moist areas in coastal prairie, coastal
scrub, mixed evergreen forest, North Coast coniferous
forest, meadows; marshes and swamps, near springs,
and roadside ditches. Elevation: < 700 m.
Range: restricted to the west coast of North America,
from southeastern Vancouver Island, south on the west
side of the Cascade Mtns. from Washington to Oregon
and w of the Sierra Nevada to San Luis Obispo County.
Although relatively widespread, Lotus formosissimus
is not very common. According to Teresa Sholars,
“surveying for this species is sometimes difficult
because although it is easy to find when in flower, the
flowers are short-lived and plants seem to “disappear”
into the increasingly tall surrounding vegetation.”
Besides human impacts, non-native plants are a threat.
Moderate grazing is thought to benefit this species by
maintaining an open understory. L. formosissimus
sometimes thrives in roadside ditches, an environment
similar to that of an open wet area in a natural plant
community.
Photo showing magenta and deep orange flowers
of Lotus formosissimus by Brother Alfred Brousseau
© 1995 Saint Mary’s College Collection.
To see these Lotus photographs in color:
www.dkycnps.org.
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Photo showing pink and yellow flower color of
Lotus formosissimus. © Reny Parker (President
of the Milo Baker Chapter) www.renyswildflowers.com
Lotus formosissimus is thought to be the host plant of
the possibly extinct Lotis Blue Butterfly, Lycaeides idas
lotis. According to USFWS Biologist Gary Falxa, the
butterfly was last observed in coastal Mendocino
County in 1983;it was not relocated in 2003/2004
surveys. (Falxa, pers. comm.) See butterfly photos at:
http://www.ccfwo.r1.fws.gov/es/inverts/lotis.html
* Explanation of Status: List 4 = Watch List;
RED code (Rarity, Endangerment, Distribution):
1 = Rare, but found in sufficient numbers and distributed
widely enough that potential for extinction is low at this time;
2 = Endangered in a portion of its range;
1 = Distribution is more or less widespread outside California.
G4 (Global Rank) = Apparently secure globally, although it
may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at periphery.
Sources: Misa Ward (pers. comm., 2005)
http://www.cnps.org/programs/Rare_Plant/inventory/chang
es/changes_accepted.htm; Gary Falxa, USFWS, Arcata
Office: gary_falxa@fws.gov
VEGETATION MAP OF NAPA COUNTY
There is now a vegetation map for all of Napa County,
featured in an article in the Oct-Dec issue of the journal,
Madrono. Project methodology was based on the CNPS
Manual of California Vegetation, but it uses existing USGS
imagery. The map should be accessible on the Internet:
http://cain.nbiigov/regional/napavegmap/
Downloading success may depend on the speed of your
internet connection. The website also contains a link to the
Madrono article. Areas of human-mediated vegetation
removal cover 24.1%, leaving 75.9% with natural or semi-
natural vegetative cover. The following limitations must be
considered when interpreting the map: undocumented
vegetation; 10-year old imagery; variable capacity of
imagery to resolve plant species. Lastly, a major limitation
was the lack of funding for on-the-ground plot data
collection.
COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS SCIENCE COURSES
SPRING SEMESTER begins January 24, 2005
 AG63 Intro. to Sustainable Agriculture
Tuesday 1:00–3:05 PM
Teresa Sholars
Provides a working knowledge of all phases of production
of vegetables, fruits, and flowers in a sustainable manner.
Farming/Gardening using organic fertilizers and pest
control strategies will be emphasized. Includes proper
cultivar selection, soil problems and amendments, pest
and disease problems, and harvesting. 2 units.
 BIOL 1 General Biology
Tues 9:00 AM – 11:05 AM;Thurs 9:00 AM –12:10 PM
Greg Grantham
Introductory course in life science, emphasizing the
unifying principles of biology. Applications of biological
concepts to current human issues are also considered.
3 units.
 BIOL15 Marine Biology
Mon 9:00 AM – 1:05 PM; Wed 9:00 AM –12:10 PM
Greg Grantham
Identification, natural history and ecology of local marine
organisms including intertidal invertebrates, marine birds,
mammals and plankton. 3 units.
 BIOL17 Wildflowers, Trees and Shrubs
Monday 12:00 – 4:10 PM
Teresa Sholars
Identification, structure, function, and ecological
relationships of North Coast Plants will be studied during
weekly walks in Mendocino coastal communities. 2 units.
 BIOL 19 Rare Plants: Species of Special Concern
Thursday 1:00 – 5:00 PM beginning March 24 to May 19
Teresa Sholars
This course will cover the identification and ecology of
Mendocino Coast plants of special concern as defined by
the Department of Fish and Game and the California
Native Plant Society. Key features used in identification
will be covered as well as plants that are often mistaken
for rare species. Habitat preference, reproductive ecology,
and other ecological features will be discussed. 2 units.
 BIOL 20 Natural History
Friday 9:30 AM – 3:10 PM
Teresa Sholars
An introduction for non-science majors to the identification,
natural history and ecological relationships of local plants,
animals, fungi and lichens will be studied. A 2 hour lecture
followed by 3 hours of field identification of local plants,
fungi, lichens, and animals. 3 units.
 BIOL 26 Introduction to Marine Plankton
Tuesday 1:00–5:10 PM
Greg Grantham
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Introduction to the identification, biology, ecology, and
distribution of marine phytoplankton and zooplankton. Lab
and field exercises will focus on sampling, analytical
procedures and identification techniques. 2 units.
 BIOL 120E Intertidal Ecology
Friday May 6 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Saturday, May 7 6:00 AM – 12:00 noon
Sunday May 8 6:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Greg Grantham
This course will discuss the factors and principles involved
in an intertidal ecosystem. Local intertidal habitats will be
explored and the ecological role and adaptive morphology
of intertidal organisms will be discussed. 0.5 unit.
 BIOL 120M Intro. to the Identity of North Coast Birds
Saturday, April 16 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Sunday, April 17 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Greg Grantham
Learn how to identify local birds and where to find them.
Field observations will focus on the identification and
ecology of local bird species. 0.5 unit.
 BIOL 120O Mosses and Their Allies-North Coast
Wednesday, April 27 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 30 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday, May 1 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Don Kowalski
An introduction to the identification, morphology, anatomy,
and ecology of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. 0.5 unit.
 CHEM 2 Introduction to Chemistry
Monday, Wednesday 9:00 AM – 11:05 AM
Friday 9:00 AM – 12:10 PM
Michael Grady
An introduction to basic chemical principles. This
fundamental approach serves as a beginning for allied
science fields. 5 units.
 GEOG 1 Physical Geography
Thursday 1:00 – 4:10 PM
Greg Grantham
A study of the fundamentals of physical geography and
their integrated patterns of world distribution. The
emphasis of this course is on weather, climate, landforms,
map interpretations, soils and natural vegetation. 3 units.
 GEOL 130E Geology of the North Coast Range
Tuesday, May 10 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Thursday, May 12 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Saturday, May 14 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
This course deals with the study of earth materials, rock,
minerals and their structure. Geologic hazards and
processes associated with earthquakes and faulting,
volcanic activity, soils, landslides, coastal processes,
ground water and fossil fuels will be covered. 0.5 unit.
MEMBERSHIP Next Board Meeting will be held at 10AM Wed.,
February 16th in the Point Arena Record Building. All
New Members:
members are welcome. For information, please contact
Barbara Barkovich Mendocino Jon Thompson 884-4847.
Tina Fabula Fort Bragg
Sarah Ginskey Mendocino Calypso Deadline: If you wish to submit material to the
Kathie Kinzie Philo Calypso, deadline for the next issue is February 17th.
Laurie Maitre Mendocino The DKY Chapter webpage at www.dkycnps.org
--- submitted by Bob Rutemoeller offers a variety of useful information such as Activities &
Events, What’s Now Blooming, Native Flora Plant lists,
Useful Field Guides and Reference books, as well as
OFFICERS 2005 links to CNPS chapters and other environmental
President: Jon Thompson 884-4847 organizations. The current issue and past issues of the
Vice President: Roz Bray 785-2694 Calypso can also be viewed. Check out the wildflower
Secretary: Rich Schimbor 785-9626 photographs in color! The webmaster, Norm Jensen,
Treasurer: Mary Hunter 785-1150 encourages you to report on what’s blooming in your
neck of the woods and to send in photographs.

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS CNPS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

AT LARGE OPEN DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER
CAMPING Diane Wickstrom 884-4556 Membership in the California Native Plant Society is open
CONSERVATION Lori Hubbart 882-1655 to all. The task and mission of the Society is to increase
fax:882-1645; awareness, understanding, and appreciation of California
Greg Jirak 882-1660 native plants. The challenge is to preserve their natural
EDUCATION Heidi Marshall 884-383 habitat through scientific educational, and conservation
FIELDTRIPS OPEN activities. Membership includes subscription to the
HISTORIAN Ramona Crooks 884-3585 quarterly Fremontia, as well as our local chapter
HOSPITALITY: newsletter, the Calypso.
North Coast OPEN Name ______________________________________
South Coast Beverly Sloane 785-3134 Address ____________________________________
Roberta Rams 884-4847 City ________________________ Zip ___________
INVASIVES OPEN Tel _____________ e-mail _____________________
JUBATA ERADICATION OPEN
LEGISLATION OPEN I wish to affiliate with the DKY Chapter _______
MAILINGS Linda Jones 785-1743 or, other chapter _____________________________
MEMBERSHIP Bob Rutemoeller 884-4426 (Please check, or name a chapter; CNPS will make
NEWSLETTER Julia Larke 964-2845 assignment if none is specified by applicant.)
PLANT SALE Jon Thompson 884-4847 MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY
PLANT WATCH Heidi Marshall 884-383
POSTERS Lynn Tuft 785-3392 Limited Income $20
Individual $35
PROGRAMS OPEN; Lori Hubbart (pro tem)
Family/Group $45
PUBLICITY OPEN
Supporting $75
RARE & ENDANGERED: Plant Lover $100
North Teresa Sholars 962-2686 Patron $250
Inland Clare Wheeler-Sias 895-3131 Benefactor $500
Sea Ranch Elaine Mahaffey 785-2279 Mariposa Lily $1000
Sonoma Co. Dorothy Scherer 882-2850
South Coast Mary Rhyne 884-3043 Make Check out to the California Native Plant Society,
VEGETATION OPEN mail check and application to:
WEBMASTER Norm Jensen Bob Rutemoeller, Membership Committee
webmaster@dkycnps.org DKY Chapter, CNPS
PO Box 577
All phone numbers are Area Code 707. Gualala CA 95445

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