Summer 2005 Kelseya

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UM NATIVE PLANT GARDENERS HONORED By Kelly Chadwick

wealth of garden-worthy plants that cational setting. Klaus Lackschewitz, Thursday, April grow wild in the surrounding moun- late curator of the botany green- 28th, approxi- tains and valleys and to learn about house, developed and cared for the matelyOn 100 friends and family hon- these plants' growth habits in an edu- (Continued on page 7) ored six members of the Montana Native Plant Society with a beauti- fully catered surprise party hosted by the Division of Biological Sciences and the Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society. Sharing a common vision and working as a team, Sheila Morrison, Jean Parker, Jean Pfeiffer, Lois Puckett, Chin Won Reinhardt, and Peter Stick- ney were recognized as outstanding volunteers for their total 96 years caring for the Montana Native Plant Garden on The University of Montana campus. Surrounding the Natural Sciences Building, a native plant garden was established in 1967 as a collaborative effort of faculty and students from the Department of Botany. The pur- poses of the garden were to educate Erick Greene and Marilyn Marler present awards to Jean Pfeiffer, Jean Parker, Chin students and the public about the Won Reinhardt, Lois Puckett, Sheila Morrison and Peter Stickney. Photo: Kelly Chadwick

Landscaping with Native Grasses landscaping plants. In exchange for plants with low by Mark Majerus moisture, low nutrient, and reduced maintenance

Grasses can bring a simplistic style and texture to a requirements, some of the aesthetics, lushness, and landscape design. The wide variety of native grasses softness may be sacrificed. Native drought tolerant provide endless opportunities for adding color and grasses that were developed for coal strip-mine providing a diversity of sizes and shapes, while offering reclamation and highway roadside revegetation have lower water and nutrient input than the standard turf been successfully used as turf or ground cover. and ornamental grasses. There are commercially Rhizomatous cool-season grasses such as ‘Critana’ available native grasses that can be used for ground thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus, origin Hill cover, manicured turf, individual accent/specimen County, MT), ‘Sodar’ streambank wheatgrass (Eymus plants, tall borders or backdrops, and for prairie or lanceolatus), and ‘Rosana’ western wheatgrass meadow restoration. (Pascopyrum smithii, origin Rosebud County, MT) have The present drought and related water shortages has lower moisture and nutrient requirements and withstand increased the interest in alternatives to Kentucky trampling well, but do not cut cleanly and have a coarser bluegrass (Poa pratensis) and other high maintenance (Continued on page 7) Kelseya President’s Platform Out-going President Betty Kuropat

Between (and during) the rains, I hand her the responsibility. I have ity for Society obligations. The know it’s summer. Western Montana truly enjoyed working on Society board doesn’t consider this a shining is so green and clean, except for the business with the board and member- achievement, but a necessary re- lodgepole pine pollen that leaves a ship for the past four years. I feel a sponsibility given our growing mem- yellow ring around the puddles, spots loss about leaving this role. Maybe bership and activities. Accomplish- everywhere, and makes some people I’ll have more time to garden and ments more closely tied to Society sneeze. Flowers are blooming. This otherwise enjoy the plants. goals are our contributions to a vari- time of year is always a botanical tug Every year at the membership ety of chapter projects, the Small -of-war for me as I do my Forest Ser- meeting, I ask your board members Grant program, the Montana Audu- vice fieldwork and my personal to summarize the past year’s accom- bon lobbyist, Friends of the Herbar- walks, hikes, and bike rides. I love plishments and goals for the coming ium (University of Montana Herbar- to look at and try to identify the year, for the chapters and commit- ium), and our many publications. plants I encounter and watch them tees they represent. It’s not my Most of the publications are available develop throughout the summer. idea; it’s directed by a list of meet- on our website. If you want to see Every spring I try to relearn the lan- ings topics developed by the board. how Montana Audubon used our con- guage of botany. Plant-watching. But, I like it. The various commit- tribution for the legislative session Then there are weeds. I try not to tees and chapters were busy this this year, follow the “bill summary” obsess, but they get in the way of my year, as usual. Their reports are in link on their website: http:// plant-watching. Do I spend my out- this issue. The state board took on a www.mtaudubon.org/html/ door time attacking weeds or do I try few projects and, hopefully, sup- take_action_montana_legislature.ht to ignore them so I can enjoy the ported the chapters and committees m. natives? I do a little of both. It re- with theirs. The big one for the You all have accomplished good quires vigilance. Maintaining a bal- state is our decision to get liability things for native plants and steward- ance; tug-of-war. insurance for our activities. Along ship during the last four years. I am By the time you get this issue of with that, we included some safety proud to have represented you. I Kelseya the annual meeting, near guidelines in the field trip booklet have met many of you and made a Antelope, will be a recent memory. and asked field trip leaders to have lot of friends. I hope to keep those This year’s meeting is bittersweet for participants sign a liability waiver. friendships and make more. I plan to me because it is my last as your We will also be considering an addi- keep conserving, learning, and teach- president. I welcome Susan to the tion to our bylaws that indemnifies ing others about Montana’s native Board of Directors and am glad to board members from personal liabil- plant communities. Thank you. Welcome to our new President, Susan Winslow!

Susan can be reached at P.O. Box 502, Bridger, MT 59014 406-668-9112 e-mail: [email protected]

Rabbits and Lichen, Oh My! WELCOME new members!

The Montana Native Plant Society extends a warm wel- Did you know that Beatrix Potter, the writer and origi- come to the following new members: nal illustrator of the Peter Rabbit books was the first per-

Artemisia Chapter: John & Catherine Campbell, Thad- son to unravel the mystery of the lichens? True. How- deus Charles Jones, Larry & Joy Schanz; Clark Fork Chap- ever, scientists at the time did not take seriously her idea ter: Diane Hafeman, Molly Galusha, Ralph & Betty that lichens were an association of two types of well- Thisted; Flathead Chapter: Valerie Kurtzhalts, Marianne known organisms. Even her meticulous drawings based on Madler, Betty & Lawrence Visocan; microscope studies failed to convince the male- Kelsey Chapter: Brenda Grasmick, Sundi West, Ann chauvinistic scientific community of nineteenth-century Davidson Zimmerman; Valley of Flowers Chapter: Steve England that this was so. Discouraged from continuing to Cook. pursue a career in botany, Ms. Potter returned to writing Your participation and support are important to us! children's books, and the rest, as we say, is history. The Please contact your chapter representative with any field of botany lost a fine scientist, but literature gained ideas or suggestions you may have. You will find them a wonderful writer. listed on the last page of this newsletter. From Sue Habeck via her father, Jim Habeck

2 Kelseya Summer 2005 MONTU Awarded National Colorado and University of Wyoming. though three species are represented A recent meeting of representatives among MONTU’s collections. This Science Foundation Grant from scientific societies and agencies omission might not have occurred if by Peter Lesica & Elizabeth Crone as well as museums recognized the the monographer had easy access to Reprinted from the Friends of the need to bring in new technologies to label data housed at the UM University of Montana Herbarium expand access to collections. They Herbarium. The flora of western Newsletter, Spring 2005 proposed creating a “Legacy Montana has not been studied Infrastructure Network for Natural intensively for many decades. Bioinformatics. It’s a word that Environments” to coordinate However, undescribed species have not many of us know or use, and yet museums in every state, and often been discovered among MONTU it was the promise of Montana increased funding for modernizing collections when they have been bioinformatics that won MONTU over collection facilities, updating examined by experts. At least 12 one-third of a million dollars from determinations and expanding new taxa have been described from the National Science Foundation electronic access. The UM MONTU collections in the past 20 (NSF). Last spring Lila Fishman, the Herbarium is now on the forefront of years. A systematic examination of new director of MONTU and professor this movement. the Montana collections is likely to in the Division of Biological Sciences, Accessioning MONTU’s collections bring other novelties to light and Elizabeth Crone, professor in the information is important at this time promote a more thorough College of Forestry and Peter Lesica in order to make it more readily understanding of the flora of the wrote a proposal to review the available to the research community. Northern Rocky Mountains. determinations and update Two ambitious North America plant It is envisioned that the Montana taxonomic nomenclature of all systematics projects are currently Flora On-line Project will employ 72,000 MONTU Montana collections underway: The Flora of North Peter Lesica as part-time curatorial and then digitize the label America Project (FNA) and the Biota specialist, four part-time information to form the basis for an of North America Program (BNA). undergraduates, a part-time interactive on-line database Both projects are working towards graduate student and a part-time available to anyone with internet cataloguing the diversity of plants in computer specialist for three years. access. Photographs and county dot North America. Montana plant The grant also provides money to maps for each species will also be distribution information is purchase three new computers, a available as part of this database. In inadequate in both of these projects. slide scanner, microscope and a laser December Lila was informed that BNA relies on county distribution printer. In addition to creating an on MONTU had been awarded a data from Booth and Wright’s 1959 -line database of Montana’s vascular competitive grant by NSF’s Biological flora and Dorn’s 1984 manual. plants, the project will also conduct Research Collections Panel. The Neither of these represent the UM workshops for agencies, school Montana Flora On-line Project is Herbarium collections. As a result, teachers and Native American land projected to take three years many BNA distribution maps managers to introduce the database beginning this spring. underrepresent species’ occurrences and demonstrate its use. Museums have taken on a new in the western part of the state. In ...MONTU is heading into the 21st importance because they are the Volume 23 of the Flora of North Century. Stay tuned, we’ll be digital primary source of information on the America, the genus Kobresia is not before you know it. earth’s biological diversity. They shown to occur in Montana even contain a huge amount of data that is not easy to access unless you are at that particular museum. Yet this The Montana Flora On-line Project knowledge is urgently needed to help protect and manage biodiversity now. These data provide the baseline for the next generation of Erigeron parryi is biodiversity studies and conservation one of the 72,000 activities. Enter bioinformatics. Montana plant speci- Bioinformatics refers to the tools and mens housed at the techniques for sorting, handling and UM Herbarium communicating large amounts of awaiting digital processing. Digital biological data in the age of access to label data computers and the internet. Many will allow on-line major western herbaria can already searches for species’ be accessed via the internet. These occurrence and lo- include the University of Idaho, cation. Oregon State University, University of California at Davis, University of

Kelseya Summer 2005 3 Publications Please send a SASE to the address above to receive any Available from MNPS of these publications. The third edition of the Source Guide for Native Available from the Flathead Chapter: a packet of in- Plants of Montana is now available. The cost is $6.00. formation about gardening with Flathead Valley native Send a check made out to MNPS to: MNPS Publications, plants.. The packet can be mailed to you for $3.50. 1270 Lower Sweet Grass Road, Big Timber, Montana Contact Tara Carolin at P.O. Box 382, West Glacier, MT 59011. The cost will cover postage. The guide lists 55 59936, call 406-888-7919 or e-mail Tara at: sources for over 500 species of trees, shrubs, forbs and [email protected] grasses. This edition has e-mail and website addresses Available from the Kelsey Chapter: a packet of infor- for many sources and a handy common name index. mation on landscaping with natives in the Helena area. The guide is a must for home landscapers, native plant The packet will be mailed to you for $3.50. Contact gardeners and those involved in restoration projects. Kathy at 449-6586 or e-mail: [email protected]

The Source Guide will include an insert with recent to order. updates for each source. Contact information for Visit the MNPS website at www.umt.edu/mnps to several new sources is included but their plants are download in pdf format Weeds Listed as Noxious by not listed. If you already purchased a Guide, you can Montana Counties, a list of weeds that are targeted by find the update on the website or send a SASE to each county; Guidelines for Selecting Horticultural MNPS Publications (see address above). Plant Material for Montana, voluntary guidelines by Available free from MNPS Publications: MNPS mem- MNPS and the Montana Nursery and Landscape Associa- bership brochures, Plant Collection Guidelines for tion; and Lewis & Clark Plants Collected Elsewhere Teachers brochures, and Echinacea Cultivation Informa- That Occur in Montana, an inclusive list of Lewis & tion. Also available are additional copies of Plants Col- Clark plants found in the state. lected in Montana During the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Landscaping with Native Plants Pollinator Wildflowers of Montana in South-central Montana Brochure by Donald Anthony Schiemann published by Mountain Press, 2005 The Valley of Flowers Chapter is Released Do we need another wildflower pleased to announce we have com- M o n t a n a field guide for Montana? We have pleted our version of landscaping Natural Re- Wayne Phillips’ two volumes of Rocky with native plants. We altered some sources Con- Mountain wildflowers, Dee Strickler’s of the text from the Kelsey Chapter's servation Ser- three volumes and Craighead’s Field version, completely revised the plant vice, in coop- Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflow- tables (adding several new plants), eration with ers, to name a few. And now, to add and included a section on wetland Missoula to the collection, we have a new species. There are revised and up- County Ex- guide by Donald Schiemann, Wild- dated sections on recommended tension, has flowers of Montana. Well, can you reading and websites, plus added published a ever have too many plant guides? listings for local nurseries and native brochure en- Schiemann, a retired professor of gardens in the Bozeman, Livingston titled Montana Native Plants for Pol- microbiology at MSU, spent many and Big Timber areas. Several bro- linator-Friendly Plantings. Pollina- years traveling around Montana chures and handouts are also in- tors, such as insects, hummingbirds, studying natural history and photo- cluded in a back-pocket page. We and some bats, are critical compo- graphing wildflowers. The book fea- will soon have it on the website. nents in human food production and tures more than 350 species and in- Bound copies with a color cover page their habitat serves many other im- cludes quite a few exotic plants you can be purchased by sending $6.50 portant conservation functions as are unfortunately likely to encoun- payable to Valley of Flowers Chapter well. The brochure presents options ter, as well as Montana natives. to: Denise Montgomery, 173 North for vegetative plantings that provide Schiemann mentions five distinct Sweet Grass Ave., Bozeman, MT pollinators with a continuously vegetation zones: the plains, foot- 59718. blooming nectar supply throughout hills, montane, subalpine and alpine Linda Iverson the growing season as well as roost- and includes photographic plant im- ing habitat and a succulent feeding ages from each of the five zones. substrate for insect larvae. Contact The book covers Montana from the your local NRCS Service Center or eastern plains to the western moun- Helen Atthowe at Missoula County tains, and from the sagebrush steppe Extension for more information. to alpine cushion plant communities, Peter Husby, NRCS-MT Biologist and has representative species from (Continued on page 5)

4 Kelseya Summer 2005 ...Book Review (Continued from page 4) think the images need more pop and Krause Basin each area of the state. Every plant could have benefited from sharpen- entry has a description of the plant ing before going to press, but the Interpretive Trail and general range and habitat infor- overall presentation is very nice and Swan View Coalition and the Swan mation. Exotic plants are mentioned the book covers a broad range of Lake Ranger District announce the somewhere in the text to separate Montana habitats not usually found in opening of a new way to enjoy native them from Montana natives, so read one volume. plants and plant communities in the carefully. The captions under the This book is worth adding to your Flathead: the Krause Basin Interpre- images include common names as collection; after all, who can’t use tive Trail. The quarter-mile loop well as when and where the photo another book covering Montana’s trail is located along the eastern rim was taken. This information may be wildflowers? of the Flathead Valley. The trail is useful if you are planning a trip to Drake Barton and Kathy Lloyd being constructed and maintained by coincide with a particular plant’s Swan View Coalition, a local conser- blooming period. The book has sec- vation group, through a volunteer tions devoted to shrubs and wildflow- agreement with the U.S. Forest Ser- ers, but you will have to consult one vice. It has a compacted gravel sur- of your other books to find grasses or face suitable for baby strollers and trees. wheelchairs, a unique feature that It seems to be common practice provides an opportunity for people today to arrange wildflower books by with limited mobility. flower color, which can be helpful The trail has 12 numbered stations for those unfamiliar with the region’s with interpretive information pro- flora, or frustrating if you are unsure vided via a trail guide brochure avail- what color to call your flower. How- able at the trailhead, the Swan Lake ever, Schiemann chose another lay- Ranger District, or the Flathead For- out for his book. In the wildflower est Supervisor's office. The trail section of the book he grouped them loops through an old stand of western alphabetically according to the com- hemlock forest and a regenerating mon name of the family and then clearcut logged in the 1960s. The alphabetical by genus/species. This trail guide provides information on may or may not prove to be useful to how forests recycle themselves and you. Occasionally we found it diffi- provide benefits to humans from cult, at first, to know what common medicine to lumber. family name a plant was listed un- Swan View Coalition volunteers der. Where to find Asteraceae? Un- invested some 400 person-hours de- der Sunflower family, of course. veloping the trail, including several Apiaceae? Parsley family. The shrub workdays donated by the Montana section is organized alphabetically by Weeding Opportunity in Conservation Corps. The work was genus/species. It is generous enough supervised by Swan Lake Ranger Dis- to show lots of our common shrubs the Flathead Valley trict and the trail guide brochure was but not so big as to make it difficult Brett Thuma could use help weed- a collaborative effort involving Swan to flip through the pictures looking ing his native plant restoration pro- View Coalition volunteers and Flat- for a particular plant. jects. One is in the parking lot of head National Forest staff, including You won’t find a lot of the most Harry Horn Park (adjacent to Way- experts in botany and public educa- current nomenclature (after all, who farer's State Park in Bigfork). The tion. do you follow?). Fireweed is still other is along Highway 35 across To access the trail take Foothill Epilobium, Potentilla fruticosa is still from Sliter's Ace Hardware in Bigfork. Road to the Strawberry Lake Road just that, but synonyms for some Please contact him at 837-1239 (hm), (#5390) turnoff, then drive 2.8 miles plants are listed, which is helpful for 837-4604 (wk), or by e-mail at: to the trailhead parking lot. For those of us trying to keep track. [email protected] to arrange a time. more information contact Swan View A word about the images. Like Brett is also attempting to organize Coalition Chair Keith Hammer (755- many field guides, this is a book as some weed pulling (especially spot- 1379) or Swan Lake District Ranger much about the pictures as about the ted knapweed) along the Swan River Steve Brady (837-7500). text. If you’re someone who finds Nature Trail. The moist conditions Shannon Kimball some of the modern field guides to we've experienced lately make this be over saturated with color you may an ideal time for pulling! Please con- find this more to your liking as the tact him at the above phone numbers Enjoy Montana’s native plants colors seem more muted. The pho- or e-mail to arrange a time. and plant communities any way tography is good and certainly shows you can—hike, draw, photograph, Schiemann’s love of his subject. We or read the Kelseya!

Kelseya Summer 2005 5 weed in some areas," Story says. Center for Invasive Plant Knapweed Crash! "The next challenge will be to restore Management by Carol Flaherty, MSU News these previously-infested sites to Reprinted from Plant Materials To- Service communities of desirable plant spe- day, Vol. 12 #2 cies, because the knapweed is being In past years, Jim Story only replaced by cheat grass at most The Center for Invasive Plant Man- needed a short trip to collect data on sites." agement (CIPM) was founded in 2000 spotted knapweed. As a Western Story's favorite six-legged weed and is located at Montana State Uni- Agricultural Research Center ento- eater, the root boring weevil called versity (MSU) in Bozeman. CIPM is a mologist who rears and studies in- Cyphocleonus achates, doesn't fly so regional program that cooperates sects introduced to feed on spotted it needs help to get to new sites with researchers, educators, and knapweed, the open land within a within any reasonable time frame. land managers to promote ecologi- few miles of the Corvallis center has Each year, Story and his assistants cally-based management of invasive been like an extended lab with rear about 30,000 of the weevils and plants in the western United States. plenty of knapweed to examine. No arrange for their distribution to It provides valuable services through more. knapweed infestations throughout educational outreach, restoration Spotted knapweed populations the region. research, grant funding, and dissemi- crashed near Corvallis in 2004. Add- First identified near Missoula in the nation of web-based and written ma- ing to the good news is the fact that 1920s, spotted knapweed originated terials. The Bridger Plant Materials biocontrol agents also seem to have in Eastern Europe but now is in every Center (PMC) teamed up with CIPM wiped out the small but threatening county in Montana, Oregon, Washing- and MSU in the fall of 2004, to coor- nucleus of diffuse knapweed in the ton and Wyoming and in a majority of dinate the development of a new East Helena area, says Story. counties in California, Nevada and study, “The Effect of Five Pre- Story has been documenting sub- Utah. It is blamed for $11 million in Emergent Herbicides on the Emer- stantial reductions of spotted knap- forage lost to Montana landowners gence and Establishment of Seven weed density at biocontrol agent re- each year due to its replacement of Native Wildflowers.” The goal is lease sites for the past few years, more desirable plant species on twofold: 1. to gain a better under- but the population crash at other rangeland. standing of the effects of pre- knapweed sites caught him by sur- The crash of the diffuse knapweed emergent herbicides on the estab- prise. population in the East Helena area is lishment of native wildflowers; and "All unmanaged lands in this area due to a seed head weevil introduced 2. to provide herbicide recommenda- were infested 10 years ago, but those by Story and USDA-APHIS personnel in tions for control of undesirable same sites don't have much knap- the early 1990's. This insect, which broadleaf species in plantings of na- weed today," he said. "We're seeing severely defoliates the plant, is caus- tive wildflowers. The initial testing up to 95 percent reductions." Story ing similar declines of diffuse knap- is currently being performed at MSU’s believes the knapweed population weed in Washington and Oregon. Plant Growth Center, with hopes of crash is due to several factors. The Story coordinates his work with follow-up field tests to be conducted primary cause is the heavy attack by various federal agencies, including at the Bridger PMC, and at a variety introduced root boring insects that USDA APHIS, the Extension Service, of sites in Montana. For more infor- now occur in high numbers in the BIA, BLM, U.S. Forest Service, private mation on CIPM, visit their website at area. But, drought is probably also landowners and county weed supervi- http://www.weedcenter.org. playing a role. "Spotted knapweed is sors. For more information on the Susan R. Winslow, PMC Agronomist usually very drought tolerant, but knapweed biocontrol effort, contact the plants may become vulnerable to your local MSU County Extension Regional Events drought stress when they are in- agent or Jim Story at (406) 961-3025. Ecology at Multiple Scales fested with the root boring insects," says Story. "And the fact that we're This story is available on the MSU Web at: The IX INTECOL International Con- not seeing a lot of replacement by http://www.montana.edu/commserv/ gress of Ecology, jointly held with younger knapweed plants I think is the 90th Annual Meeting of the Eco- logical Society of America (ESA) is due to the significant reduction in seed production by the seed head Some good scheduled in Montreal, Canada, on insects we introduced many years weed news August 7-12, 2005. Visit http:// for a www.intecol.net/ for information. ago. We have studies ongoing to identify the causes." change! Changing Natural Landscapes: Eco- He adds that it was "pretty amaz- Centaurea logical and Human Dimensions diffusa ing" to not find spotted knapweed (diffuse The 32nd Annual Natural Areas Con- infestations within four to five miles knapweed) ference is scheduled for September of Corvallis in 2004, but there still is crashed near 21-24, 2005, in Lincoln, Nebraska. plenty of work to do. East Helena Conference registration information "Biocontrol is proving to be ex- in 2004. is available by e-mailing: tremely effective at managing knap- John [email protected]

6 Kelseya Summer 2005 ...Gardeners (Continued from page 1) Elderhostel classes, as well as the general public, have garden until his retirement in 1976, but by 1989 it was visited the gardens. People from around the country beginning to decline. continue to use this garden to study and observe plants That year Jean Parker and Jean Pfeifer took the initia- they might not otherwise have access to. The six volun- tive to renew and maintain this valuable resource. They teers give formal tours upon request, and graciously give forged a cooperative agreement between Facilities Ser- impromptu tours to interested passers-by when they are vices, the Division of Biological Sciences, and the Mon- working in the garden. tana Native Plant Society to save these gardens for pos- These dedicated individuals have cooperatively volun- terity. They organized a core group of volunteers, each teered countless hours to the native gardens. Because of of whom takes care of a particular habitat. the commitment and passion to these gardens the Uni- One day a week during each of the past 16 growing versity of Montana is a more attractive and educational seasons, these volunteers have moved rocks, improved environment. the soil, raised plants from seed, planted, weeded, wa- At the reception, Erick Greene, acting dean of the Divi- tered, labeled, pruned, and cared for the native gardens. sion of Biological Sciences, joined Marilyn Marler to pub- During the winter they design and plan existing and new licly thank Sheila, Jean, Jean, Lois, Chin Won, and Peter, areas, as well as educational projects such as a brochure and gave each individual a framed photograph of a and informational display. Over the years they have re- unique native plant of special interest. cruited, mentored, and supported a series of additional Thanks to Montana photographers Drake Barton, Peter garden volunteers for the project. One day a year they Lesica, Maria Mantas, and Wayne Phillips, who graciously enlist students at the Volunteer Fair to assist with large donated these beautiful, autographed photographs. garden projects. Thanks also to Nancy Bernius for organizing the cater- The garden now includes ten representative Montana ing, Alice Oaken for an outstanding flower arrangement, habitats with over 300 species and comprises a unique Gertrud Lackschewitz and Joe Elliott for their speeches educational resource for the university and the commu- and old photos of the gardens, and Dana D'Andraia, Alice nity. The Montana Native Plant Garden is used by Uni- Oaken, Marilyn Marler, and Gertrud Lackschewitz. Spe- versity of Montana Rocky Mountain Flora and Dendrology cial thanks to Erick Greene for all his time, enthusiasm, classes. In addition, grade school, high school, and effort, and support in making this long-deserved event happen.

...Grasses (Continued from page 1) cinereus, origin Musselshell County, MT) serves as an texture than does Kentucky bluegrass. excellent ornamental backdrop, screen, border, or But for cover, site stabilization, and wildlife cover. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) offers competition with weeds, they are hard to not only a moderately tall stature, but also an abundance beat. Warm-season grasses are generally of seed for game birds, as well as songbirds. One of the adapted to the plains and prairie region most attractive grasses is little bluestem (Schizachyrium of eastern Montana, but have survived in scoparium), having blue-green foliage in the summer, Jeanne the foothills and mountain valleys. ‘Bad turning a vibrant burnt-red in the fall. Grasses that have River’ (NW South Dakota) and attractive mature foliage and inflorescences include ‘Birdseye’ (Hot Springs County, WY) blue ‘Rimrock’ Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides, grama, and ‘Bismarck’, ‘Tatanka’ and origin Yellowstone County, MT), bluebunch wheatgrass ‘Cody’ buffalograss all have a very short (Pseudoroegneria spicata), blue grama, and sideoats stature, good drought tolerance, and grama (Bouteloua curtipendula). The silhouettes of require very little manicuring. However, grass inflorescences add a unique style and beauty to Bouteloua gracilis they are late to green up in the spring rock gardens and flowerbeds. or blue grama and early to brown up in the fall. The Seed is commercially available for many native grass strong tillering of blue grama and the species used for ground cover, turf, or prairie stolons of buffalograss allow these grasses to form a tight restoration. However mature, containerized plants are sod in relatively short order, but the resulting sod can of limited supply in the nursery/landscaping industry eventually be contaminated with other more aggressive (beware of plant materials originating from Winter perennial grasses. Careful preparation can help prevent Hardiness Zones other than Zones 3 to 5). See the this invasion, but a mixed stand often occurs. Spring and Source Guide for Native Plants of Montana to find early summer mowing, allowing the warm season grass to sources for native grass plants and seed (ordering flower later in the summer, is one management option information on page 4). for these grasses. Native grasses offer a practical alternative to high Native grass stature can range in height from just a few maintenance turf and landscaping plants, providing a inches to well over six-feet tall, offering a wide variety of variety of texture, color, and intricacy with the added options for backdrops, borders, screens and accent bonus of lower water, nutrient, and maintenance situations. Most accent/specimen grasses are requirements. All this information is summarized in the bunchgrasses, planted in individual clumps and often publication Creating Native Landscapes in the Northern maintained using weed barrier and bark/rock mulch. The Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, a booklet describing six-foot plus stature of ‘Trailhead’ basin wildrye (Leymus xeriscaping principles using native plants.

Kelseya Summer 2005 7 CALENDAR Artemisia chapter will show us a rare copper moss and other because this field trip has a maximum of For a schedule of Artemisia Chapter bryophytes. Meet at the Montana Tech 12 people. Call Bob if you have any events or to get your questions answered, Library parking lot at 6:00 p.m. For more questions and if you get voice mail be please call Leslie at 445-9178. information, call Debbie at 782-6651. sure to leave a detailed message complete with your phone number. Saturday, July 30 Clark Fork Chapter “To the Pryors, a place of Awe and Won- Thursday, October 13, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 2, 9:00 a.m. der.” Explore the history of the Pryors as Bob Keane, U.S. Forest Service Fire “Sun River Orchid Search.” Join us to related to Lewis and Clark and the early Ecologist, is recently returned from a year see the highest concentration of orchid days of fur trapping as well as plant com- in north-central Australia. Come and species in Montana. Meet at the U.S. munities from the Bighorn Basin desert to learn how fire regime affects the plants, Forest Service Ranger Station in Augusta subalpine meadows with leader Clayton wildlife and people in this vast country at 9:00 a.m. We will carpool from there McCracken. From Billings depart at 8:00 when Bob tells us about “The Fire Ecol- on a loop drive to Sun Canyon, Wagner a.m. from Rocky Mountain College park- ogy and Management of Tropical Sa- Basin Research Natural Area, Beaver ing lot at 1500 Rimrock Road next to the vanna of the Northern Territory, Austra- Creek and back to Augusta via Willow Billings Studio Theater. From Bridger lia.” Rm. L09 Gallagher Business Bldg., Creek. There will be two hikes, the first depart at 9:10 a.m. across from the Post UM Campus. of 2 miles/hours, and the second of per- Office. Plan to stay in the Pryors until Thursday, November 10, 7:30 p.m. haps 4 miles/hours, both on relatively dark. Bring water and lunch plus a snack Are wildflowers just the pretty faces of gentle terrain. However, the second hike for dinner. Past Bridger we will be on our grasslands? Monica Pokorny, re- requires a stream crossing and some bush- gravel roads. Four-wheel drive is not nec- searcher with MSU’s Center for Invasive whacking through an unstable landslide essary, but high clearance is desired. We Plant Management, doesn’t think so. area. There is a good alternative for those will stop at points of interest for discus- Monica will tell us about her research on who want to skip the second hike, and sion and will take short hikes to look at "Wildflowers of Southwest Montana stay in rich orchid areas near the road, but various plant communities; nothing Grasslands: A diverse display that resists the reward for bushwhacking is a chance strenuous. This trip is co-sponsored by weeds." Rm. L09 Gallagher Business to see Cypripedium passerinum. Expect a the Artemisia Chapter, Montana Native Bldg., UM Campus. long but rewarding day. We could rea- Plant Society and the Yellowstone Basin sonably find a dozen orchid species, in- Eastern Montana Group Sierra Club. Please indicate by cluding Amerorchis rotundifolia, Cypri- For more information about Eastern Mon- Monday 25 July if you plan to participate. pedium parviflorum, C. montanum, C. tana events call Connie Jacobs at 622- Contact person is: Clayton McCracken at passerinum, Epipactis, etc. For questions, 5266. 406-252-2807 or [email protected] call Wayne Phillips at 453-0648 or e- Saturday, August 13 Flathead chapter mail: [email protected]. Botanize in the Beartooth Mountains Our meetings have moved to the Moun- Saturday, July 9, 9:00 a.m. along Line Creek Plateau with Dr. Jenni- tain View Mennonite Church. To reach “Five Valleys Land Trust/Native Plant fer Lyman (Professor of Environmental the church, follow Highway 35 east from Society Volunteer Day.” Prune and cage Sciences at Rocky Mountain College). Kalispell past Woody’s (Highway 206 riparian restoration plants along a creek The terrain is moderate to strenuous with jct.) Just past Woody’s, turn left on the near Ovando on one of Five Valleys con- mostly off-trail hiking at elevations near Lake Blaine Road and continue for one servation easements. The three-hour 10,000 feet. Depart from Billings at 8:00 mile. Turn right on the Creston Hatchery work session will be followed by a tour of a.m., carpooling from the Rocky Moun- Road and go another mile. The Mennon- native grasslands and/or the 1988 Black- tain College parking lot at 1500 Rimrock ite Church is on the right at the junction foot burn. Meet at the northwest corner Road next to the Billings Studio Theater. of Creston Hatchery Road and Mennonite of Eastgate Shopping Center in Missoula. Depart from Red Lodge at 9:15 a.m., car- Church Road. Bring water. Lunch is provided. Call pooling from the Beartooth Ranger Sta- Saturday, July 16 Grant for more details at 327-6796. tion on the south end of town. Bring wa- “Mount Aeneas in the Jewel Basin Saturday, September 10, 9:30 a.m. ter, lunch, and be prepared for the ele- Recreation Area.” Join Flathead National “Whitebark Pine Field Trip.” Are you ments. Contact Leslie Marty at (406) 445- Forest botanist Linh Davis for a moderate interested in high mountain ecosystems 9178 for more information. hike up Mount Aeneas. Walk through and the plight of whitebark pine? Bob subalpine forest and then above the trees Keane, a research ecologist with the For- Calypso chapter to meadows and interesting rocky est Service, will give a full-day tour of the Call Sheila Thompson at 846-1855 for ridgelines. Meet at the Echo Lake Café at latest in whitebark pine restoration tech- times and details. 8:00 a.m. if you would like to meet Linh niques on Beaver Ridge in the Clearwater Wednesday, July 13, 6:00 p.m. for breakfast before hiking. Otherwise National Forest just outside of Powell, “The Badger Mine,” led by Grant Mitman meet at the café at 10:00 a.m. to carpool Idaho. All interested should meet at the and Paul Sawyer. We will examine the to the trailhead. Contact Linh at 270- Missoula Fire Lab (5775 Hwy 10 west florascape of a "butt dump" where dump 7533 for details and to sign up. near the smokejumper base) at 9:30 a.m. trucks heaped their contents, leaving a Saturday, August 13, 9:00 a.m. with a return time around 4 p.m. Bring a rugged, uneven dumpscape that has been “Tour of Grouse Springs Nursery.” Join lunch to eat at the Beaver Ridge lookout pioneered by a very hardy flora. Paul nursery owner Caroline Kruckeberg with fantastic views of the Bitterroot Sawyer will show us some of his experi- Clemans for a tour through the Grouse Crest. You must make a reservation with mental plots on site and Grant Mitman Springs Nursery from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 Bob Keane (329-4846) before Aug. 30,

8 Kelseya Summer 2005 CALENDAR a.m. Look at a variety of plants, Kirk Hill trails while we search for these Friday, Saturday, July 8-9 including natives, used for landscaping blooming beauties. Meet at 6 p.m. at the “Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedi- and restoration. Of particular interest are parking area for the “MSU Foothills tion” with Wayne Phillips of the Glacier plants from the Pacific Northwest that Natural Area – Kirk Hill” at the big curve Institute. A fee is required. Call 406-755 thrive along Flathead Lake and are at the on S 19th Road. Bring water and bug re- -1211 for registration information. eastern extent of their range. Meet at the pellent, and dress for the weather. No Wednesday, July 13, 6:00 p.m. nursery located at 5853 Highway 35 (east dogs, please. The walk will wrap up at “Trail of the Cedars in Glacier National side of Flathead Lake) just south of Finley dusk. This trip is offered through the Park.” Tara Carolin, Glacier National Point and just north of Polson. The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, and Park ecologist, will lead an easy 1 to 2 nursery is 5.8 miles north of the junction there is a small fee for participants. Call mile walk through one of the oldest forest of Highways 93 and 35. Contact Caroline 406-994-6618 to register. Handouts and stands in the park, a moist cedar-devil’s at 887-2696 for details and to sign up. plant lists will be provided. club forest along Avalanche Creek. Meet Saturday, July 16, 8:00 a.m. at the West Glacier Post Office at 6:00 Kelsey chapter A pleasant hike into the Hyalite- p.m. and we will carpool to the trailhead. For more information about Kelsey Chap- Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Wilderness Contact Tara Carolin at 888-7919 for de- ter programs and events, call Kathy at 449 Study Area, with magnificent views and tails. -6586. glorious displays of wildflowers. The Saturday, July 23, 7:00 a.m. Maka flora chapter trail will take hikers up to the Windy Pass Explore subalpine park habitat on the For information about the Maka Flora cabin and along the open plateau, with a Montana/Idaho border with Peter Lesica Chapter or events call Rebecca Kallevig return along the same trail. Reservations in a quest for rare and interesting species at 488-5455. are required. Call Anne Banks after July unique to this habitat. This should be a Saturday, July 23, 10:00 a.m. 4 and before July 14 at 587-7629, or e- moderately easy hike including open “Three Buttes.” An easy to moderate mail: [email protected]. ridges and steep slopes. Bring lunch, hike exploring the area on and around Saturday, August 6 sunscreen and plenty of water. A 4-wheel these historic buttes. The group will help “Wildflower Photography in the Bridger drive vehicle is recommended. Meet at complete a cultural inventory for nomina- Mountains above Fairy Lake, north of Nin’s Local Store in Trout Creek at 7:00 tion of this site for the National Register Bozeman in the Gallatin National Forest.” a.m. For more information contact Erich of Historic Places. Meet at the CQ Bar, A moderate 6-mile hike to botanize and Pfalzer at 406-827-4078 or e-mail: next to the city park in Lambert at 10 a.m. discuss wildflower photography with pro- [email protected] Saturday, August 20, 10:00 a.m. fessional photographer Bruce Selyem. Sunday, July 24 “Brush Lake.” This walk is co-sponsored The hike has magnificent views and there “Wildflower Wanderings at Logan Pass” with the Montana Wilderness Associa- should be a glorious display of wildflow- with Janet Paul Bones of the Glacier Insti- tion. An easy 3-mile hike to explore land ers. Bring your cameras! Meet at 8:00 tute. A fee is required. Call 406-755- recently purchased by FWP for a state a.m. at the MSU AgBioscience parking 1211 for registration information. park at Brush Lake. Bring a swimsuit, lot, north side of building, on 11th St. Tuesday, August 2 towel, and snorkel (optional) if you wish Bozeman for carpooling, or 9:15 a.m. at “Noxious Weeds: Invaders in our Woods” to explore the “reef” mineral deposits the Bridger Crest Trailhead. Contact Beth is a free workshop offered by the Glacier unique to this lake, a sack lunch and wa- MacFawn, 587-5211, beth- Institute. Call 406-755-1211 for registra- ter. Group size will be limited to 20, and [email protected] or Bruce Selyem, tion information. pre-registration is required by August [email protected] for addi- Wednesday, Thursday, August 3-4 15th. Contact Doug Smith at 765-3411 tional information. “Native Plant Landscapes: Collection, (day) or 483-5431 (eve). Meet at CJ’s Saturday, August 20, 1:00 p.m. Cultivation and Creation” with Joyce Country Store in Dagmar at 10:00 a.m. A trip to the Crazy Mountain Museum in Lapp, Sara Dedekam and Sonja Hartman Saturday, September 17, 12:00 Big Timber to see the Lewis and Clark of the Glacier Institute. A fee is required. “Fort Peck Sand Arroyo Badlands.” An plantings and some of the original collec- Call 406-755-1211 for registration infor- easy to moderate hike through 1-2 miles tion. A free exhibition called "For Barter mation. of rugged badlands terrain. Meet at the and Trade: Native Plants and the Corps of Friday-Sunday, August 5-7 new Fort Peck Dam Interpretive Center at Discovery." We will meet with a repre- “Flora of Glacier National Park: Plant 12 noon (come early to tour the center). sentative of Blake Nursery for native Identification Demystified” with Peter plant viewing. In Bozeman, meet at the Lesica of the Glacier Institute. A fee is Valley of flowers parking lot for the Agbioscience Building required. Call 406-755-1211 for registra- Contact Monica at 763-4109 if you need off 11th Street on the MSU campus at tion information. additional information. 1:00 p.m. to car pool. The museum can Saturday-Sunday, September 17-18 Tuesday, July 12, 6:00 p.m. be found off Cemetery Road, Exit 367 “Fall Mushroom Foray” with Larry Evans “The Orchids of Kirk Hill.” The Kirk from Interstate 90. For more information of the Glacier Institute. A fee is required. Hill nature area south of Bozeman is call Joanne Jennings at 586-9585 Call 406-755-1211 for registration infor- home to at least five species of ground- mation. dwelling orchids, as well as a wealth of Western Montana other plants in open grasslands, moist For information about activities in West- aspen thickets, and Douglas-fir forest. ern Montana, call Erich Pfalzer at 406- Join Jan Nixon for an easy ramble around 827-4078.

Kelseya Summer 2005 9 Clark Fork Chapter Woad Warriors The Clark Fork Chapter Strikes it Rich:

We had a productive dyer's woad-pulling season here in 2005 Plant Sale

Missoula. Each spring, for more than 12 years, the Clark On May 14, 2005, the Clark Fork Chapter of the Mon- Fork Chapter hosts two community events to seek out tana Native Plant Society held its annual plant sale at the and pull the new invader (Isatis tinctoria) from the Missoula Farmer’s Market, which marked a milestone for slopes of Mt. Sentinel above the UM campus. This year the chapter. We offered more than 1,400 pots of over 45 the pulls were held May 23rd and again on June 7th and species of plants and made $2038, all of which were new we had lovely weather for both! records for the event. Beyond the many interested and UM staff, and state dyer's woad coordinator and Valley ardent gardeners of the Missoula Valley who rewarded us of Flowers Chapter president Monica Pokorny, met with with their enthusiasm on sale day, many others made this 15 volunteers from the community at the M trail. After occasion a success. Sheila Morrison, the retired grande an introduction to the issue and a lesson in woad identifi- dame of the sale over the years, still served as the pri- cation, our team of Woad Warriors combed the grassy mary propagator and keeper of knowledge. Caras Nurs- hillside for the offending yellow invaders. Mule deer and ery and Marchie’s Nursery helped out with timely dona- spotted towhees watched our progress, and we had fabu- tions of much-needed pots for our growing seedlings. lous displays of penstemon, paintbrush and other local Marilyn Marler generously gave us access to her magnifi- favorites. The first night we found over 1200 plants, and cent Fort Missoula greenhouse and to greenhouse help- the second night we found only 200. I will return to the ers—some interns and many school children—that kept site in a few weeks with another group of volunteers to the plants well-watered and growing from mid-March mop up any late bloomers. We are working to involve onward. Many others helped as cashiers or assisted in set the City Parks Department in this project for future years up: David Schmetterling, Archie McMillan, Pat Gray, since the woad occurs on both city and UM property. Beth Judy, Ginny DeNeve, Lori Parr Campbell, and Kathy There are only five dyer's woad infestations in the en- Settevendemie. Others served as repositories of knowl- tire state of Montana, and Missoula is blessed with one of edge—Peter Lesica, Jean Pfeiffer, and Peter Stickney—or them. UM and the Clark Fork Chapter work in coopera- experts in the persuasion of reluctant customers—Kelly tion with Missoula County Weed District and Monica to Chadwick. Madeline Mazurski took the leftovers to use keep on top of this infestation. on grade school projects, and sellers in adjacent spaces The annual event also serves as a fundraiser for our tolerated the crowds that swarmed around us. Finally, chapter, with the county paying $10 per person-hour do- Dana D’Andraia and Michael Young served as sale co- nated to the project, up to a maximum of $400 each coordinators this year, and look forward to a repeat per- year. This year we hit the maximum amount, due to out- formance next year (especially Dana, who is moving to standing community participation! We had three staff New York!). members and 16 volunteers at each event. Mike Young Marilyn Marler

Kelsey Chapter Report and Lewis and Clark plants. Thanks to Spring Creek Cemetery (led by Jen

Kelsey Chapter has been busy this to all the Kelsey Chapter volunteers Asebrook) was popular, although the spring. Two hands-on classes on who helped with student activities. flower show wasn’t as brilliant as Carices, presided over by Drake Our packet of information on some year’s. There are many more Barton, were well attended and very landscaping with native plants is still opportunities to learn about native informative. Kevin Taylor’s program in demand. Pat Plantenberg recently plants in and around the Flathead on primitive skills and Montana distributed over 50 packets at the Valley. Check out our list of native plants had an overflow crowd 68th annual Montana Federation of upcoming activities in this issue of of enthusiasts anxious to learn about Garden Clubs convention in Helena. the Kelseya. fire making, shelters, medicinals and And finally, we are once again Late this spring the finishing food uses for native plants. Several publishing a series of articles on touches were added to our latest hikes and outings proceeded on Montana Lewis and Clark plants in production: a list of native gardens schedule despite the weather, the the Helena Independent Record. and restoration projects around the lateness and coldness of the season, Watch for the series to begin in mid- Flathead Valley. This one-page and the fickleness of blooming dates! July. We hope to see you out document summarizes the success Thanks to all our hike leaders and all enjoying Montana’s native flora. stories of a handful of people who those who attended. Kathy Martin Kathy Lloyd decided to plant natives in their gardens or used them to landscape represented the Kelsey Chapter as Flathead Chapter Report part of a cooperative group that larger areas. Contact information is hosts an annual event on Mount After an enjoyable season of fall included so those interested can Helena in honor of National and winter programs, the Flathead learn more and visit these special Wildflower Week. Hundreds of Chapter is ready to shift its focus to sites. Call or e-mail Tara Carolin fourth grade students had an outdoor activities. It’s been a rainy (755-9412 or opportunity to learn about native start, but so far attendance has been [email protected]) for plants, noxious weeds, pollination surprisingly good! Our May field trip information.

10 Kelseya Summer 2005 MNPS Chapters & the Areas They Serve:

ARTEMISIA CHAPTER - Yellowstone and Carbon Counties; southeastern/south-central Montana CALYPSO CHAPTER - Beaverhead, Madison, Deer Lodge and Silver Bow Counties; southwestern Montana CLARK FORK CHAPTER - Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell and Ravalli Counties FLATHEAD CHAPTER - Flathead and Lake Counties plus Glacier National Park KELSEY CHAPTER - Lewis & Clark, Jefferson and Broadwater Counties MAKA FLORA CHAPTER - Richland, Roosevelt, McCone, Sheridan and Daniels Counties VALLEY OF FLOWERS CHAPTER - Gallatin, Park and Sweet Grass Counties plus Yellowstone National Park

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