Southern California Botanists NON-PROFIT ORG. 2017 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1500 North College Avenue U.S. POSTAGE Claremont, CA 91711-3157 PAID Expenses for 2017

Claremont, CA Printing (Leaflets and Crossosoma): $5,109.05 Address Service Requested PERMIT NO. 147 Symposium (supplies + speaker costs + banquet mixer) $5,295.68 Research grants $4,000.00 Mailing $470.44 Taxes $177.03 Merch. (T-shirts + Sticker printing) $873.85

Board insurance $1,769.00 Volume 27 Number 3 & 4 May-August 2018 Storage rent $718.00

Sponsorships (CNPS, NCB) $1,200.00 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Supplies (storage, table, chairs, office) $119.79

ALTHOUGH WE DIDN’T have a sequel to the Bank Fees $60.00

original 'Miracle March' of 1991, March of 2018 Total Expenditures $20,274.89 will be remembered as a month that saved spring Income for 2017 for much of California. Rainfall totals in areas Membership $6,664.54 such as Ventura and Santa Barbara increased from Publication sales $670.00 less than 15% of average to more than 50% of average in one month. The series of storms that Merchandise sales $1,869.00 came during March triggered wildflower blooms Symposium (registration+banquet) $5,056.18 Interest $42.28 throughout much of northern and central Susan Hobbs auction $1,440.00 California and more isolated displays throughout Gifts $1,810.00 southern California. Precipitation from Los Dividend insurance $102.77 Angeles south to San Diego remains extremely Total Income low with less than 30% of the average $17,654.77 precipitation having fallen to date. Regardless of Account summary for the end of 2017 the low rainfall amounts, wildflower blooms are still being seen by those willing to venture beyond Checking end of 2017 = $13,025.56 roadside stops (an exception is the Grapevine, Savings end of 2017 = $56,083.00 APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP PayPal balance end of 2017 = $1,566.85 where the finest show in years is currently in full

___Individual (family) $25.00 Leaflets of the display from I-5). 2017 Sum of all accounts $70,675.41

Southern California Botanists 2016 Sum of all accounts $74,150.15 ___Organization $35.00 th I am looking forward to the 44 annual 2015 Sum of all accounts $75,341.05 (International Orders please add $10.00) Editor: Thomas Huggins & Nick Jensen symposium, which is tentatively planned to be Please circle one: New Member or Renewal rd c/o Thomas Huggins held on November 3 this year. This year's topic UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Name______621 Charles E. Young Drive South will focus on vegetation, fire, and climate change Address______Slender horned spineflower (Dodecahema Box 951606 in southern California. We are still working on the

Address______leptoceras); ______photo by J. Wood, April 21, 2017. Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606 line up of speakers but we hope to hear talks

City______State_____Zip______about adaptations, fire-following ,

Phone (optional) (___)______Native American uses of fire, and other related topics. The symposium will once again be held at Email address:______For membership information, please use the Claremont address Pomona College’s Seaver Auditorium in to the left. Also, please visit our website at www.socalbot.org. Claremont. We will also be hosting a mixer at In addition, I want to give $______to help support SCB. This newsletter is copyrighted © 2018 by Southern California Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and will have Make checks payable to Southern California Botanists and mail to: Botanists, Inc. All rights reserved. our poster session, music, beer, wine, and a Southern California Botanists gourmet food truck. We’ve had a great turnout for Membership Please circulate or recycle Leaflets. 1500 North College Ave the last few years and look forward to hosting

Claremont CA 91711-3157 another great event! Slender horned spineflower (Dodecahema

Justin Wood, SCB President 2018 leptoceras); photo by J. Wood, April 21, 2017.

County Native Plant Discoverers Meetup and sign the Upcoming Events & Fieldtrips!

liability waiver. A valid passport is required for th HE LANT UZZLER May 17 . Native bees in the wild and gardens. travel. Ride-sharing will be coordinated. We will be T P P

Thursday, 5:00 pm at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion, camping both nights, and each participant incurs their Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, UCLA. own expenses. For more information please contact [email protected]. Dylan Burge will speak to the plight of native bees, a Information to be included in the next issue of LEAFLETS (Vol. diverse and ecologically important group in 27, No. 5-6) should be sent to the editors by August 1st, 2018. Please email material to [email protected], or mail to: California. In natural ecosystems, native bees are the Tom Huggins primary pollinators of most . However, native UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology bees are in decline around the world, with introduced Ratay Heads North! 621 Charles E. Young Drive South Box 951606 diseases and pesticides the likely cause of the decline. Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606 Although humans are the ultimately responsible for The SCB board would like to wish board member bee declines, individuals can promote bee diversity by Sarah Ratay good luck in her new position as smart native plant gardening techniques that promote Preserve Steward for the Nature Conservancy’s pollinator diversity. The talk is free. preserve complex in southwest Oregon. A rare plant expert, Ms. Ratay served diligently on the SCB board June 8-10. Rare plant treasure hunt – Last Chance for many years and as editor and co-editor of Leaflets Range (high desert). for most of those years. Always an enthusiastic promoter of Californian botany, she will be sorely Steve Schoenig will be leading a Rare Plant Treasure missed by a legion of friends and admirers. Hunt/Botanical Exploration in the Last Chance Range (NE of Eureka Dunes) this year to collect plants in areas that don’t have much botanical documentation. Puzzle by N. Jensen The focus will be on perennials at elevations between 5,000 and 8,000 ft. Steve would love some help and company on these outings for any amount of time. Solution text: For more info check the CNPS calendar of events and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 email Steve at [email protected].

Jun 14-18. Eriogonum Society 8th Annual Meeting. Clues

th The Eriogonum Society is hosting it 8 annual 1. Extension at junction of leaf blade meeting in Southern California at Rancho Santa Ana 2. Type of pollination Botanic. The event will feature a banquet, 3. Unit of inflorescence identification sessions, talks by Eriogonum experts 4. below spikelet and enthusiasts, and local field trips to Tejon Ranch, 5. Inner of flower (enclosed by 8) the San Bernardino Mountains, and other Sarah Ratay circa 2015 on Catalina Island where 6. Used to make beer ( common name) locations. Registration is $120 per person. To register, she conducted rare plant surveys, sometimes using 7. Sharp extension of vein at tip of flower parts Orcuttia californica Vasey visit the Eriogonum Society website at helicopters to reach isolated locations; photo by 8. Outer bract of flower (encloses 5) California orcutt grass http://www.eriogonum.org. Sula Vanderplank. 9. Name of lineage with one cotyledon 10. Grass seed type Family: Poaceae June 23-25. Field trip to Punta Banda, Colonet and Illustration by Fred M Roberts, Jr. San Quintín Bay, including the natural reserves of Send the puzzle solution to Terra Peninsular and Jardín Botánico San Quintín. [email protected] before June 1st. The

winner will be selected at random from the pool This trip is being coordinated by Justin Daniel, with field guides Jose Campos and Sula Vanderplank. of correct answers, and will receive cool SCB

We will leave from San Diego at 7 am on Saturday merchandise! Good luck plant puzzlers!

June 23rd, and return on Monday June 25th. Habitats will include dunes, saltmarsh, maritime succulent scrub, vernal pools, and maritime chaparral. To join this field trip please register through San Diego