THE JEPSON GLOBE A Newsletter from the Friends of The Jepson Herbarium

VOLUME 27 NUMBER 1, Spring 2017

Curator’s Column: Revisiting Walking with Wildflowers; species richness and ende- Citizen Science along the mism across California Pacific Crest Trail By Bruce G. Baldwin By Nicholas Kooyers and Benjamin Botanists focused on the evolution, Blackman ecology, biogeography, and conserva- Calling all hiking, backpacking, tion of Californian plants have long and nature enthusiasts! Scientists at UC been interested in spatial patterns Berkeley are teaming up with the USA- of floristic diversity across the state. National Phenology Network to launch Jepson considered areas of endemism a new citizen science project called in his Manual of the Flowering Plants Walking with Wildflowers along one of California (1925), as did Stebbins of the nation’s longest and most famous and Major, whose article ‘Endemism hikes, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). and Speciation in the California Flora’ The PCT stretches from the Mexi- (1965, in Ecological Monographs) was can to the Canadian border, and across particularly influential in thinking its more than 2500-mile path, it tra- about native floristic regions and the In Memoriam verses many difficult to access regions distributions and histories of range- Benito C. Tan of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade restricted plant taxa in California. Ranges. These wilderness areas may be Over the last 50 years, additional 1946-2016 particularly vulnerable to the impacts investigations have sought to refine Benito (Ben) Ching Tan, an inter- of global change; they are also some understanding of such patterns, in part nationally recognized bryologist and of the most challenging for scientists by improving spatial resolution of plant Research Associate at the University to regularly monitor because they are distributions and conducting new types and Jepson Herbaria died in December so remote. Therefore, following in the of diversity-focused analyses. As part of 2016. Among his many honors, Ben was footsteps of citizen science projects that the NSF-funded California Plant Phylo- a fellow of the California Academy of have been established to observe wild diversity Project (Jepson Globe V24#1), Sciences and recipient of the prestigious populations worldwide, Walking with a collaboration of the Mishler, Ackerly, Richard Spruce Award of the Interna- Wildflowers is recruiting PCT hikers and Baldwin labs at UC Berkeley, we tional Association of Bryologists. to generate a continuous stream of in- have completed a study (American Ben specialized in the systematics formation that will help document how Journal of Botany V104 no.3 487-501) and biogeography of mosses, espe- (Continued on page 4) that used ~1.4 million collections in the cially the family Sematophyllaceae, ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Consortium of California Herbaria to and published many studies on East characterize geographic distributions Asian bryophytes. He was considered New Faces of taxa and recently developed metrics the world’s foremost expert on tropical Revision 4 of eFlora of species richness and endemism to re- bryophytes and was often sought after Fire for Food examine patterns of floristic diversity to identify rainforest taxa. Digitizing microfungi throughout California at the scale of a Ben was a Research Associate of Alga named after Dr. Kathy Ann Miller 15 by 15 kilometer grid. the University and Jepson Herbaria at Members’ Night Botanical Artists Visit Herbaria (Continued on page 11) (Continued on page 9) New faces in the University and Jepson Herbaria Isaac Marck is a California natu- plant ecology research technician at Cal tween Chile and California. ralist who joined the Jepson Herbarium Poly Pomona. Isaac was devastated to At UC Berkeley, Isaac’s goals are as a graduate student in the Baldwin find that urban expansion and drought threefold: (1) to work on documenting Lab in Fall 2016. Isaac grew up in Los had extinguished many populations of the plant diversity of California, espe- Angeles, where he discovered his love formerly abundant native plants in the cially where threatened by habitat loss of plants while exploring the coast, environments he knew when he was or climate change, (2) to educate fellow mountains, and deserts of Southern younger. At Cal Poly Pomona he de- Californians about California natural California. His main interests are evo- signed and experimented with plant res- history and threats to biodiversity, and lutionary ecology, systematics, and the toration approaches using windbreaks, (3) to contribute to understanding of the assembly of diverse floras, such as the fog drip, and geographical information evolutionary processes that give rise to California Floristic Province. from remote sensing data. He also start- biodiversity in the California Floristic Isaac first got involved in research ed Natural Progressions Landscaping, Province. on plants while working in the labora- which focused on tory of Michael Singer at Wesleyan installing native University in Connecticut, where Isaac plant gardens in completed undergraduate and masters public gardens, studies. His research at Wesleyan fo- schools, parks, cused on the evolutionary ecology of and homes. Be- dietary specialization in herbivores of fore moving to the forest trees. In 2010, Isaac visited Costa Bay Area to begin Rica and fell in love with diverse tropi- graduate school, cal forests. After finishing his master’s Isaac did some degree in 2012 he moved to Costa Rica exploring in the to work as a high school instructor Chilean Floristic and to document and describe tropical Province where he biodiversity. was astonished by Isaac Marck holds up a capitate inflorescence of Eriogonum In 2014, Isaac came full circle and the convergences fasciculatum var. foliolosum during a botany workshop in the San returned to Los Angeles to work as a in plant form be- Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County. Photo by June Okada.

Mick Song is a PhD student in hiking through the amazing national the Rothfels lab where he studies how parks there rejuvenated his early love whole genome duplications have im- of plant variation and motivated him to pacted the evolutionary trajectories of apply to Dr. Rothfels lab in the Integra- both ferns and flowering plants. Having tive Biology program. grown up all across America and being While at Berkeley, he hopes to an avid traveler, he finds ferns an attrac- marry approaches that investigate tive group to study as many of them are model organisms with those that study just as cosmopolitan as he is and some non-model natural populations in order even more so! to tackle the “big question” of the role During his undergraduate years, of polyploidy in plant evolution. His he worked for several summers with research is also concerned with the Dr. Jeff Doyle and Dr. Jeremy Coate at role of transposable elements in plant Cornell University and Reed College evolution as well as the history and studying the patterns of gene reten- philosophy of botany. tion and loss following whole genome Outside academia, Mick loves to duplications in a group of young al- botanize (meaning his hikes never get lotetraploids in Glycine subg. Glycine. too far) and visit wine country. Whether After completing his degree in molecu- on a mountain or a veranda, he always Mick Song. Photo by Orla O’Sullivan. lar biology and biochemistry at Reed enjoys a good book, friendly company, College, Mick travelled to Taiwan to and unique and rare plants. study the Chinese language. However, 2 Jepson eFlora Revision 4

Revision 4 involves treatments that have changed taxonomically (taxa added or deleted) since the publication of the sec- ond edition of The Jepson Manual (2012). A summary of the changes incorporated in the eFlora is presented below. See ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/supplement_summary.html#rev4

Ceanothus decornutus Photo by Vernon Smith Adiantum shastense Eriodictyon sessilifolium Photo by Neal Kramer Photo by Genevieve Walden

Summary of changes made in Revision 4 of the Jepson eFlora, December 2016 ATHYRIACEAE Athyrium transferred to Athyriaceae from Woodsiaceae BLECHNACEAE Blechnum spicant transferred to Struthiopteris, as Struthiopteris spicant, leaving no Blechnum in California CYSTOPTERIDACEAE Cystopteris transferred to Cystopteridaceae from Woodsiaceae PTERIDACEAE Adiantum shastense newly described, added, as native Pentagramma glanduloviscida newly described, added, as native Pentagramma maxonii, elevated to species rank from Pentagramma triangularis subsp. maxonii Pentagramma rebmanii, elevated to species rank from Pentagramma triangularis subsp. rebmanii (which was men- tioned in a note under Pentagramma triangularis subsp. triangularis in TJM2) Pentagramma viscosa, elevated to species rank from Pentagramma triangularis subsp. viscosa ASTERACEAE Bahia neomexicana transferred to Picradeniopsis, changed to Picradeniopsis multiflora, leaving no Bahia in California Amauriopsis dissecta transferred to Hymenothrix, changed to Hymenothrix dissecta; Amauriopsis is a synonym of Hymenothrix BORAGINACEAE Eriodictyon sessilifolium new to California, added, as native RHAMNACEAE Ceanothus decornutus newly described, added as native, a segregate of Ceanothus jepsonii Plants called Ceanothus vestitus in TJM2 are Ceanothus pauciflorus; Ceanothus vestitus is a synonym of C. pauciflorus

3 (Pacifict Crest, Continued from page 1) a warming climate is affecting these sensitive habitats. The two project leaders are Dr. Benjamin Blackman, Assistant Profes- sor of Plant and Microbial Biology and Curator of Plant Adaptation in UC/ JEPS, and visiting scholar Dr. Nicholas Kooyers. Support for Walking With Wildflowers comes from the National Science Foundation and through col- laboration with Dr. Kathy Gerst and other staff at the USA-National Phenol- ogy Network. This is the first year of the program, and the pilot season’s efforts will focus on twenty California native plant spe- cies along segments of the PCT within Yosemite National Park, Crater Lake National Park, and North Cascades Na- tional Park. Volunteers will be trained to make simple observations at pre- The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) runs through the High Sierra next to Thousand Island Lake and wildflower meadows. Photo by Nic Kooyers. specified site locations about whether a particular species or individual is flow- PCT will record observations on the species are shifting when they flower ering and how many open flowers are same plants over time, producing a to thrive in ever earlier, warmer, and on a plant. The participants will record season-long and multi-year data set. drier growing seasons. Furthermore, these observations on their smartphones This crowd-sourced information will by examining year-to-year variation with the Nature’s Notebook mobile app, be extremely valuable for allowing re- in flowering patterns, researchers will and the stored data will be later trans- searchers to answer important questions be able to compare different species mitted to the USA-National Phenology about how plant species are responding responses and better understand why Network’s database. to climate change. For instance, the certain species are able to respond and Although a single hiker may ob- flowering observations that are generat- others are not. serve a given plant at a particular site ed by Walking with Wildflowers will be If you are planning a trip to Yosem- just once, different hikers along the used to identify which California native ite, Crater Lake, or North Cascades this summer or have friends who may be hiking the PCT, definitely get in touch! The PCT crosses diverse environ- ments that are inhabited by spectacular wildflower, shrub, and tree communi- ties, and being a citizen scientist with Walking with Wildflowers is a fantastic way to enrich your knowledge of these fascinating plants while also advancing much needed conservation research. To get involved, please visit the Walking with Wildflowers website, https://pct. usanpn.org/.

The view from a PCT phenology site within in Lyell Canyon in Yosemite Na- A PCT trail marker in North Cascades tional Park. Photo by Nic Kooyers. National Park. Photo by Nic Kooyers. 4 Burning for Food fire to manage the Sovereignty landscapes in which they lived. As Heather By Edith Friedman Rickard, Natural Re- “Enhancing Tribal Health and sources Technician Food Security in the Klamath Basin for the Karuk Tribe, of Oregon and California by Building explains: “Cultural a Sustainable Regional Food System,” burning is central to also known as the Klamath Basin Tribal native food sover- Food Security Project, is a multi-partner eignty: the majority collaboration led by Dr. Jennifer Sower- of traditional foods, wine, Cooperative Extension Specialist fibers and medicines and Curator of Food Plants at the Uni- require fire in order versity and Jepson Herbaria. It aims to to be usable and ac- rebuild a food system in the Klamath cessible to people. Basin that supports healthy communi- Fire can reduce bugs ties, ecosystems and economies among in acorns, madrone Prescribed fire. Photo by Will Harling, Mid Klamath Watershed Council. the Karuk, Yurok and Klamath tribes. It berries, and willow includes formal scientific research con- sticks; stimulate regrowth of hazels, that TREX includes traditional food, ducted by Dr. Arielle Halpern on burn- willows, huckleberries, gooseberries fiber, and medicine plant monitoring, ing plots of tan oak (Notholithocarpus and more; invite game to graze; and sharing Traditional Ecological Knowl- densiflorus, Fagaceae). Her results sup- make plant food resources and hunting, edge (TEK), and connecting traditional port traditional ecological hypotheses fishing, and ceremonial locations more management approaches with skill that fire reduces insect consumption of accessible.” development for young community acorns and that traditional acorn gath- Last October, University and Jep- members. Fire-safe communities, youth ering criteria are extremely effective son Herbaria research partners the development, cultural education, and in distinguishing consumption-quality Karuk Tribe of California, Mid Klam- strengthened connections between acorns from those that are infested with ath Watershed Council, and numerous tribal people and their ancestral food insects and mold. other groups led volunteers in burning resources all contribute to building In the Klamath River Basin, pre- over 400 acres in the Klamath River tribal food sovereignty and a more food- scribed fire is being reintroduced to Prescribed Fire Training Exchange secure region for all residents. As Bill prevent devastating wildfires and (TREX). Tripp, Deputy Director, Karuk Depart- manage the forest—and the culturally Project partner Dr. Frank Lake, US ment of Natural Resources explains, important food sources within it. For Forest Service Research Ecologist and “Good Fire, such as that of indigenous thousands of years, native people used Karuk cultural practitioner, monitors management, is what we are beginning burn sites for improved to return to the land.” access and gathering The Food Security Project is sup- efficiency. Last year ported by USDA-NIFA-AFRI Security he recorded “epic” re- Grant # 2012-68004-20018. sults, gathering 1,300 acorns in 50 minutes in burned plots. Prescribed fire, with its agency-mon- itored approach and focus on wildfire pre- vention, is different from cultural burning. But in the Klamath, collaborative imple- Cultural Foods need fire. Photo by Stormy Staats, mentation and tribal Acorns from test site. Photo by Frank Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative. leadership have meant K. Lake, USDA Forest Service. 5 Digitizing microfungi at the University Herbarium By Else C. Vellinga chemistry professor at UC Berkeley studying the phylogeny of lepiotaceous Microfungi are fungi that are al- who started the study of rusts in Cali- fungi, the most beautiful mushrooms in most invisible to the naked eye; it is a fornia; he named three species and also existence, and I have been extensively convenient term, but all kinds of dif- published a preliminary list of all rust researching California mushrooms ferent fungi and various organisms that species in the state. Lee Bonar, the first since I moved to the US in 1998. I re- once were considered fungi are caught mycology professor at UC Berkeley, cently described a new species, Helvella under this umbrella. Many important specialized in the ascomycete fungi dryophila. This elfin saddle fungus is plant pathogens, food fermenters, slime on plants, and described many species common in California’s oak woodlands, molds, and water molds (such as the as new. Harold E. Parks and Joseph P. which includes the UC Berkeley cam- cause of Sudden Oak Death and Potato Tracy were eager collectors of parasitic pus, which is its type locality! The main blight) are considered micro “fungi”. fungi in Humboldt County, and south- motivation for me to do taxonomy and Just as humans have a wide array of ern California collections made by C.F. systematics is to be able to deliver a micro-organisms on and inside them, so Baker (who became an entomologist in foundation for conservation efforts. The do have plants their own microbiome— the Philippines) also contributed to the digitization projects at the herbarium fit either inside and not showing up on the wealth of California microfungi at UC. that mission perfectly! outside, or visible on leaves, in flowers, I have been supervising this project or on stems. Rust fungi are quite visible, and managing a team of undergraduate and you might be familiar with them as students who are barcoding and imag- the lilac bumps on the underside of hol- ing the specimens and then entering the lyhock leaves. Native plant species also label data. I have also been databasing have their own set of rust fungi, which the type collections, the newly acquisi- are as diverse as the flora. tioned collections, such as those from The University Herbarium (UC) the Los Angeles Country Museum, and has an estimated 50,000 collections the ‘problem folders’. of these different groups of organisms I also managed an earlier project and, thanks to the National Science to digitize the macrofungal collec- Foundation, their collection data are tions, and am happy to be back at the now digitized and directly available on University Herbarium after working the Microfungi Collections Consortium on the project at the Harry D. Thiers (mycoportal.org). Herbarium at San Francisco State Uni- Some notable collectors that de- versity in San Francisco. posited specimens in the University My work with fungi began in the Herbarium include W.C. Blasdale, a Netherlands where I earned my PhD Else C. Vellinga. Photo by Staci Markos.

Genus of marine algae named after Dr. Kathy Ann Miller Millerella pannosa By Richard Moe The authors write: “The genus What do these algal generic names name, Millerella, honors Dr. Kathy have in common: Dawsoniella, Gard- Ann Miller, a perspicacious naturalist neriella, Hommersandia, Isabbottia, and Curator of Algae at the Herbari- Johansenia, Masonophycus, Norrissia, um of the University of California at Papenfussiella, Paulsilvella, Searlesia, Berkeley, U.S.A., who has greatly con- Setchelliella, Wynneophycus? tributed to the taxonomy of marine red Millerella tinerfensis They were all proposed by phycol- algae in California.” ogists honoring colleagues associated Dr. Miller, who has probably spent with the Department of Botany and the more time observing California sea- University Herbarium at UC Berkeley. weeds in the field than any of the other In the October, 2016 issue of Tax- namesakes, is currently distilling her on, a new name joins this distinguished phycological experience into an online assemblage: Millerella, named for Dr. flora, the California Seaweeds eFlora. Kathy Ann Miller, Curator of Algae. 6 A special night celbrating our members

On October 14, 2016, we had a special members’s night celebrating lichens and honoring Dr. Shirley Tucker for her generous gift that will establish the “Tucker Curator of Lichenology,” a new position that will support the lichen collection in perpetuity. Before the evening reception, we dedicated the newly housed lichen collection to Shirley in appreciation of her enduring investment in lichenology at the University Herbarium. Following the festivities, Dr. Larry St. Clair presented a wonderful lecture on using lichens as biomonitors of air quality. We hope to host another event for our loyal members in fall of 2017.

Group photo with Shirley taken during Member’s Night. Shirley and Brent Mishler standing next to “Shirley Cotter Left to right, Brent Mishler, Cathy Chambers, Beth Burn- Tucker and Kenneth W. Tucker,” which was etched in the side, Paul Licht, John Taylor, Stephen Sharnoff, Tom Carl- granite wall on the Builders of Berkeley monument hon- berg, and Larry St. Clair. Photo by Ana Penny. oring the university’s leading benefactors (on the Doe Li- brary Terrace, photo courtesy of UC Berkeley).

The Jepson Manual included in the wedding ceremony of longtime members! Do we have Ken Himes became a member of the Friends of the Jepson Herbar- your email? ium in 1990 as part of the 1993 Jepson Manual Project. A loyal One of the ways we keep in member ever since, we found it endearing that he and his wife touch with our members Dee included that book in their is by email. We send an- wedding, during the ring cer- nouncements, invitations emony. The photo captures Ken to special events, and Jepson taking the ring from a much-used copy of TJM1 as Patricia Evans, eFlora updates. If you haven’t the officiant and friend blessing been getting our messages, the rings, is saying, “Ken has carried this book on all his long and short please call 510-643-7008 hikes and trips so he could key out the flora. It is only fitting that I bless these two rings with The Jepson Manual symbolizing Dee and Ken’s dedi- or email Staci Markos at cation and love for each other.” Congratulations to this happy couple and [email protected] thank you for sharing a part of your wedding with us! Photo by Gladys Gem Photography.

7 Recognizing Lifetime Members

Lifetime members demonstrate their dedication and commitment to the Jepson Herbarium, and share ideas with the Director and Curator. Each year, we host Lifetime Members for a hike and lunch with our Director and Curator to share ideas and enjoy the flora. This year, Kate Mawdsley will lead us on a tour of the Jepson Prairie Vernal Pool Preserve in Winters. We should be treated to a spring palette of wildflower color!

Lifetime Members Lowell Ahart Jan Nachlinger Bruce Baldwin Julie Kierstead and Jim Nelson Robert & Evelyn Berman Richard O’Donnell Central Coast Wilds (Institution) Roger Overstreet Alison Colwell Catherine Park Susan Crocker & Lee Gallagher Stephen P. Rae Christopher Davidson Danica Harbaugh Reynaud Frank W. Ellis Betsy Ringrose and Edward Adasiak Barbara Ertter Lynn Robertson Wilma and William Follette Thomas J. Rosatti, in memory of Kenneth Fuller, in memory of Jean Ann (Seely) Rosatti and Thomas C. Fuller Lifetime Member hike at Sugarloaf Ridge Edward James Rosatti, Jr. Lawrence Giles State Park, May 1, 2016. Photo by Staci Robert A. Schlising Markos. Jeffrey and Judy Greenhouse Steve Schoenig Kenneth R. and Dee Himes Evelyne and David Lennette Jacob Sigg Robert Terry Huffman Park L. Loughlin James P. Smith, Jr. Dwight L. Johnson Staci Markos John C. Stebbins Dale & Marie Johnson Steve Matson Dean Taylor Alan I. Kaplan, in memory of Mary Ann Matthews Chris Walden Dr. Lewis A. Coveler Brent Mishler Norm and Cathy Weeden Robert W. Kirby, Jr. Michael Mitchell Jennifer Whipple Stefan Kirchanski and Ann Hirsch L. Maynard Moe, in memory of Marshall and Jenny White Shelby Kolstad Larry Heckard Marcia H. Wolfe, in memory of Neal Kramer Richard Moe Dr. James Hickman Ann Lambrecht Dennis Mudd Thomas Zavortink

Memorial, Honorific, and Special Gifts The Jepson Herbarium is pleased to offer thanks to those who chose to honor or remember others with gifts to the herbarium.

Peter Warner, in honor of Stephen J. Barnhart Stefan Kirchanski and Ann Hirsch, in honor of Dorothy Alfred and Barbara Sattler, in memory of Mary Bower- and Donald R. Kaplan and Cathy and Rod Park man, and Bill and Genevieve Sattler Gail Ward, in honor of Cynthia Knutson Kathleen Dowdakin, in memory of Rick and Peggy Theodora Lee Gregg, in memory of Robert Lloyd Dowdakin Paul and Diane Reeve, in memory of Dr. Marian E. Reeve Carole S. Hickman, in memory of Jim Hickman and Dr. Roger M. Reeve Julia Ann Savelle, in memory of Glenn D. Savelle

8 Your help is needed to establish a new bryophyte curation fund Bryology at UC benefited greatly from careful curation by Benito Tan. He and Dan Norris, a fellow bryologist, worked together in the collec- tions for many years. To honor their contributions, along with other UC bryologists past, present, and future, we are hoping to establish an endowment fund that will support bryological curation and studies at the UC herbar- ium in perpetuity. We are two-thirds of the way toward our goal of raising $50,000 by June 30, 2017. Please join Bill Doyle, David Lennette, Brent Mishler, Jim Shevock, and Paul Wilson with a contribution to the fund. Con- tact Brent Mishler ([email protected]) or donate online and specify “Bryophyte Fund” in the memo. (https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/?f=FU0840000). Photo by Brent Mishler taken on a trip with Benito Tan.

(Benito Tan, Continued from page 1) curator in the Lee Kong Chian Natural butions to bryology and for those who UC/JEPS since 1998, and following a History Museum, he moved to Cali- were lucky enough to work with him long and distinguished career in Sin- fornia and joined UC/JEPS full-time personally, he will also be remembered gapore as an adjunct professor in the in 2013. for his kindness, generosity, and uplift- Department of Biological Sciences, Ben will always be recognized and ing spirit. National University of Singapore, and remembered for his significant contri-

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9 Botanical Artists Visit the Herbaria

In January 2017, The University and Jepson Herbaria hosted an outing for the East Bay members of the Northern Cali- fornia Society of Botanical Artists, a chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists. The one-day visit consisted of a tour of the herbarium by Assistant Director for Collections, Andrew Doran; listening to a lecture on Natural His- tory, Botanical Illustration, and Teaching with Drawing by Ingrid Jordon-Thaden, Research Botanist; and pouring over some of our in-house botanical library collections with impressive original plates of illustrations, which were curated and presented by our Archivist, Amy Kasameyer. Andrew Doran also presented a lecture on the history of the relationship between the University of California Botanical Garden and the Herbaria. There were 16 members in attendance (below). Their East Bay Representative, Walter Denn (pictured on the far right), thanks the herbarium and staff for their hospitality and encourages everyone who reads The Jepson Globe to follow their exhibitions that are posted on www.ncalsba.org/.

Above, images from Edwards Botanical Register: 1816. These colored figures are of exotic plants cultivated in British gardens. Images used with permission from the The University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, maintained by Archivist Amy Kasameyer.

Above, Nelumbo lutea, American water lotus, a drawing by American botanical illustrator, Isaac Sprague. This illustration is from Gray, Asa, and Isaac Sprague. 1848. Genera Florae Americae Boreali-Orientalis, one of the first American botanical illustrated works that was accepted by the European botanical community for From left to right: Celia Bakke, Pat Martin (back), Connie van Ness, Joyce Mar- its high-level of scientific illustrations tin (back), Dolores Morrison (front), Susan Bellone, Catherine Dellor, Sherry that were done in America. Johnson (kneeling in front), Barbara Ward, Leah Kaiser (back row), Ingrid Jor- don-Thaden, Hanneke Van Oosterhout (front), David Mark-Raymond, Joanne Palamountain, Susan Mark-Raymond, Isabel Wade, and Walter Denn. Photo by Walter Denn.

10 (Curator’s column, continued from page 1) Jepson Herbarium Resources Patterns of species richness across southern Great Basin and Mojave Des- & Projects related to the the state were resolved largely as ert by obtaining similar results when California flora previously suggested, with strong the analysis was restricted to include Approximately 400,000 plant specimens concentrations of diversity in areas only absolute endemics of California. from California of high topographic heterogeneity, In general, our results bring the south- Director: Brent D. Mishler mostly within the California Floristic ern California deserts into stronger California Phylodiversity Project Province. Similar results were obtained focus as areas warranting attention Systematics and ecology of Syntrichia using a relative-endemism metric from a conservation standpoint, even Jepson Curator: Bruce G. Baldwin called weighted endemism, which by comparison with the species-rich Jepson eFlora gives greater weight to taxa with nar- California Floristic Province to the Systematics and evolution of Calif. tarweeds rower ranges —not to be confused with west. and relatives (tribe Madieae, Compositae), Chaenactis (Chaenactidieae, Compositae), absolute endemism, which examines Areas of both high species rich- and Collinsia (Plantaginaceae). the proportion of taxa that are com- ness, in terms of either raw richness or Curator of Ecology: David Ackerly pletely restricted to a particular area or weighted endemism, and significantly Ecology and evolution of California flora environment. Areas of high weighted high relative-endemism include the Climate change impacts and conservation endemism were generally of more desert ranges listed above and, in the strategies limited extent and were concentrated California Floristic Province, such Curator of Ferns and Lycophytes: Carl at higher elevations than were areas of areas as the Klamath Ranges (includ- Rothfels high species richness. Two exceptions ing the Siskiyou, Marble, Scott, and Divergence and hybridization in Califor- were the Klamath Ranges and Channel Trinity mountains), Mt. Shasta vicin- nian ferns and lycophytes (especially Islands, where areas of high weighted ity, high central and southern Sierra Notholaena, Cystopteris, Isoetes). endemism were more extensive than Nevada crest, higher reaches of the San Curator of Monocots: Chelsea D. Specht Evolution and biogeography of Calif. mono- areas of high species richness, as might Bernardino Mountains, and the Santa cots (including Allium, Nolina) be expected based on their substantial Rosa Mountains (Peninsular Ranges). Population structure and floral color pat- diversity of range-restricted taxa. Areas Comparisons across the areas of sig- tern diversity in the Calochortus venustus of high weighted endemism were also nificantly high endemism showed that complex much more extensive in the higher highest floristic similarity often was Curator of W. N. Am. Botany: Barbara montane areas of the southern Great shared by taxa occurring in the same Ertter, Flora of Mount Diablo and flora of Basin (east of the Sierra Nevada) and geographic subdivision of California, the East Bay, Mojave Desert than were areas of high but sometimes not. For example, the North American Potentilleae species richness. areas of significantly high endemism Asst. Director for Collections and Cura- tor of Cultivated plants: Andrew Doran Strikingly different results were in the Sierra Nevada foothills showed Asst. Director for Development & Out- obtained from a randomization test more floristic similarity to those of reach: Staci Markos, Jepson eFlora, CCH to identify areas of significantly high the Great Valley and South Inner & Globe editor relative-endemism, which were more Coast Ranges than to the areas of sig- Biodiversity Informatics Manager: concentrated in the Great Basin and nificantly high endemism in the high Jason Alexander Mojave Desert than in much of the Cali- Sierra Nevada, which in turn showed Collections Staff & Plant Identification: fornia Floristic Province. The Death highest floristic similarity to those of Kim Kersh, Ana Penny, and Margriet Valley region and ranges to the north the Cascade and Klamath Ranges, Wetherwax and south, including the Sweetwater except for the central Sierra Nevada Archivist and Librarian: Amy Kasameyer Mountains, White-Inyo Range, Clark crest and southern Sierra Nevada, Public Programs: Allyson Ayalon Mountain Range, New York Moun- which were most similar to the areas Membership, workshop enrollment, tains, and Providence Mountains, were of significantly high endemism in the and Globe design: Edith Summers resolved as strongholds of significant Great Basin. We are now in the process Staff Research Associate: Bridget Wessa relative-endemism in the California of comparing all of these findings with Trustees: deserts. The possibility that those those from more extensive analyses of Vice Chancellor Emeritus Beth Burnside; findings were attributable to exclusion the California flora that incorporate Professor Emeritus Russell Jones; Professor Emeritus Paul Licht; Professors John Taylor from the analysis of out-of-state desert a phylogenetic perspective, and look and Brent D. Mishler (ex officio) areas where California desert species forward to sharing those results with Constancea: UC Publications in Botany often occur widely was ruled out for the our Friends in the near future. (online)

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Spaces Available in Jepson Workshops! There are spaces available in the following Jepson Workshops. Complete descriptions are online at ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops Wetland Delineation May 11-13 Butterflies: Biology, Behavior, and Identification May 20-21 How to Learn the Plant Families of California June 3-4 and 10-11 Climate Change in California: Past, Present and Future September 23 GIS for Botanists October 20-22 Mushrooms of the Bay Area December 8-10: Photo left: Eriogonum crocatum, a rare plant endemic to the Santa Monica Mountains, from the workshop there April, 2017. Photo by Allyson Ayalon.

Advanced Registration is required for all workshops. Please call the Herbarium at (510) 643-7008 if you have additional questions.

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