Bulletin of the Native Society of Oregon Dedicated to the enjoyment, conservation and study of Oregon’s native and habitats

Volume 50, No. 7 August/September 2017 2017 Annual Meeting Recap: Land of Umpqua For an in-depth recap and photos of one Roseburg locales, and Wolf Creek. On Susan Carter (botanist with the Rose- of this year’s annual meeting field trips, Saturday, nine trips included hikes to burg BLM office), Marty Stein (USFS visit Tanya Harvey’s “Plants and Places” Beatty Creek, Bilger Ridge, Fall Creek botanist), and Rod Trotter. blog, westerncascades.com/2017/06/21/ Falls, Hemlock Lake, King Mountain, Field trip participants were treated weather-woes-at-hemlock-lake Limpy Rock, Lookout Mountain, Tah- to views of the regionally unique en- NPSO members traveled to the kenitch Dunes, and Twin Lakes. Partici- demic species, including Calochortus Land of Umpqua June 9–11 for the pants at higher locations were treated coxii (crinite mariposa lily, named for 2017 Annual Meeting, jointly hosted by to a little snow (just enough to enhance Marvin Cox), Calochortus umpquaensis the Umpqua Valley and Corvallis Chap- the fun) but those at lower sites found (Umpqua mariposa lily), and ters. This location, situated at a “botani- primarily pleasant (if a bit drizzly) fragrans (fragrant kalmiopsis) along with cal crossroads” between the California weather. Sunday’s adventures trekked the threatened Lupinus oreganus (Kin- Floristic Province and the Vancouverian to the North Bank Preserve, Roseburg caid’s lupine). Noting some highlights Floristic Province, combined with par- locales, Wolf Creek, Beatty Creek, and from one trip, Gail Baker reports from ticular geological formations, allowed Bilger Ridge. Our knowledgeable field the Limpy Rock hike: exploration of the high plant diversity in trip leaders included: Tanya Harvey, "Although was area, including many species near their Bruce Waugh, Dan Luoma, Aaron Roe just past peak-bloom we still enjoyed northern or southern range limits and (botanist, Roseburg BLM), Sam Fried- what remained of the delicate pink several species endemic to the region. man (USFWS botanist), Ken Carloni flowers. It was the variety of non- Five Friday field trips explored Be- (biology professor, UCC), Scot Loring, photosynthetic relatives, just starting to atty Creek, Bilger Ridge, North Bank, Chris Rush (retired USFS botanist), come up, that were the real delights: Al- lotropa virgata (candy stick), andromedea (pinedrops), and Hemitomes congestum (gnome plant). Abundant continued on page 8

In This Issue 2018 Fellows Nominations....2 New EarthShare Liaison...... 2 Donation Doubling...... 2 NPSO Calendar...... 3 Other Events...... 5 New Grass Key...... 5 New NPSO Members...... 6 NPSO Contacts...... 9

L uom a Friends of OFP...... 10 D an Attendees at the annual meeting banquet.

August/September 2017 1 Call for Nominations for 2018 Fellows OCIE T S TY N O A F L Award P O R E E V The Fellows Committee has developed guidelines for recognizing NPSO mem- G I

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N tificate of recognition and lifetime membership in the Society. The guidelines are available online at http://www.npsoregon.org/documents/NPSO_Fellows.4-4-16. pdf or by request from the Fellows Committee at [email protected]. Fo 1 unded 196 Nominations for the Fellows Award should be submitted to the Fellows Committee at [email protected] before December 31 (earlier submission Native Plant is encouraged). Nominations must include an essay describing the nominee’s ac- Society of Oregon complishments and a good quality digital photo of the nominee that is suitable for publication. The Fellows Committee will evaluate nominations that meet the submission criteria and recommend awardees to the State Board. Awards will be World Wide Web presented at the next annual meeting. Biographies and photos of recipients will be http://www.NPSOregon.org posted on the NPSO website. E-mail Discussion List To join, send a message to [email protected], with New EarthShare Liaison the following in the body of the ­ Please welcome Claire Carder, who has volunteered to be the EarthShare ­message: subscribe npso Oregon liaison. Claire is a long time NPSO member who recently retired. Claire General Business Address lives in Portland and already knows Jan Wilson, executive director of EarthShare P.O. Box 902 Oregon. Eugene, OR 97440 or correspond directly with Officers and Committee Chairs listed on the inside of the back page. Your Employer May Double Your Donation Membership Inquiries Only Matt Morales Thinking of contributing to NPSO? If you donate through EarthShare Or- P.O. Box 80714 egon, your employer may pitch in too! Your employer may match your donation Portland, OR 97280 dollar-for-dollar! That’s what these great companies have pledged to do:

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2 NPSO Bulletin NPSO Calendar State Notes 503-435-2401. ways to easily distinguish each September 28, Thursday, 7 pm as well as some tricks to help everyone NPSO State Board Meeting remember the differences. For more Program: Native of information on the topic, visit Ken's October 14, Saturday, 10 am–2 Northwest Oregon. Using live samples pm website, nwconifers.com. Location: and photographs, Oregon Master McMinnville Public Library, see above The next State Board meeting will be Naturalist Ken Denniston will help us for details. hosted by the Mid-Columbia Chapter learn to identify each of the 18 conifers at the Hood River Library. native to northwest Oregon. Using a Corvallis Save the (Changed) Date! unique, staged approach to the topic, For questions, information on upcoming NPSO Annual Meeting 2018 the presentation will include simple events, or to be on the Corvallis chapter e- June 1–3, Friday–Sunday mail list, contact co_president@NPSOre- gon.org. The next Annual Meeting will be co- IMPORTANT NOTE TO hosted by the Portland and High Desert FIELD TRIP PARTICIPANTS Chapters. Please note the date change: Field trips take place rain or Emerald June 1–3, Friday–Sunday, in Prineville. shine, so proper dress and Visit the Emerald Chapter Web site at footwear are ­essential. BRING http://emerald.npsoregon.org to learn more Blue Mountain WATER AND LUNCH. Trips may about the latest chapter events, plant lists For information on Blue ­Mountain be strenuous and/or hazard- & botanical information about Lane Chapter call Jerry Baker,541-566- ous. Participation is at your County plants & the people who love them. 2244. To get on our email list, contact own risk. Be prepared to sign September 29, Friday, 7 pm a release form indicating this. [email protected]. A sample waiver form is avail- Program: Travels in the Countryside able at http://npsoregon.org/ of Russia. Presented by Dr. Nadja Cheahmill documents/NPSO_waiver.pdf. Nikolaeva of the Research Insti- For questions, or to be added to the Please contact the trip leader tute of the Karelian Research Center of Cheahmill Chapter's email list for re- or chapter representative about the Russian Academy of Sciences. She minders of upcoming programs and difficulty, distance, and terrain will take us to different regions in Rus- events, please contact the Cheahmill to be expected on field trips. sia including the North (Karelia, Mur- Dogs are not allowed. All NPSO Chapter President at ch_president@ mansk), Central (Moscow, Pskov) and NPSOregon.org. field trips are open to the pub- lic at no charge (other than Far East (Sakchalin) and show different Meeting and work party location: contribution to carpool driver) types of vegetation and landscapes, Carnegie Room, McMinnville Public and newcomers and visitors are especially birch. This is Dr. Nikolaeva’s Library, 225 NW Adams St. (corner of always welcome. You must pre- first visit to Oregon. Co-sponsored by Highway 99W and SW Second St.), register for all events. National NPSO and the Obsidians. Location: McMinnville. Parking lot entrances on require a Northwest the Obsidian Lodge located just south- Adams and Second Streets. Forest Pass for some field trip east of Laurelwood Golf Course. Please locations. Permits can be ac- visit obsidians.org for directions. August 26, Saturday, 10 am–noon quired at forest headquarters September 30, Saturday, 10 am- and ranger districts. Stay Tuned! noon October NOTICE TO FIELD TRIP Work Party: Native Plant Garden. Program: Little Shops of Horror— CHAIRS AND LEADERS Join the NPSO Garden Crew working Oregon's Carnivorous Plants. Pre- around the Carnegie Building. This The Forest Service and other sented by Charlene Simpson. Location agencies have set policies limit- mature native plant garden needs only a and date TBA. couple hours of crew work each month, ing group size in many wilder- as long as there are enough volunteers! ness areas to 12. The reason is to limit human impacts on Filipendula Everyone learns how to identify local This is a newly formed chapter for the native plants vs. weeds. Bring gloves, these fragile areas. Groups using wilderness areas should northern Oregon coast area. For more bucket and gardening tools if you have be no larger than 12. A trip information, visit our Facebook page: them. Location: McMinnville Public leader checklist and sample NPSO-Filipendula Chapter, or contact Library, see above for details. For more waiver form are available at: Field Trip Chair Carla Cole, colecarla@ information, contact Catie Ander- http://npsoregon.org/calendar. yahoo.com. son at [email protected] or html

August/September 2017 3 an extra 2 miles via the Sahalie Falls Coast. Hannah Schrager, stewardship High Desert loop. Elevation gain is 1,325 feet. I coordinator for the South Slough Na- For information, visit the High Desert have logged more wildflowers on this tional Estuarine Research Reserve in Chapter website: www.highdesertnpsore- hike than anyplace else. Location: meet Charleston, Oregon, will discuss the en- gon.org and Facebook page: Native Plant at parking area at 9:45 am; hike starts dangered Western lily (Lilium occiden- Society of Oregon: High Desert Chapter, at 10 am. Please contact Don Hardin at tale), its life history, conservation status, or email [email protected]. [email protected] to sign up. and the restoration efforts underway for August 26, Saturday, 10 am this native plant found within a narrow Klamath Basin 4-mile band along the Pacific coastline For information on the Klamath Basin Field Trip: Young’s Creek. This is a from Coos Bay to northern California. Chapter, visit http://klamathbasinnps.com wetlands hike in Rooster Rock State Hannah will also discuss some other or contact the chapter president, kb_presi- Park. From Crown Point a waterfall interesting projects occurring in the [email protected]. makes a dramatic drop into Mirror southern coastal plant communities. Lake. Young’s Creek runs from the Refreshments at 6:45 pm, meeting and east end of the lake for an easy stroll of program at 7:00. Location: Southern Mid-Columbia about 2 miles. The resulting wetlands For information on the Mid-Columbia Oregon University Science Building, are rich with flora not seen in your Room 161. Free and open to the pub- Chapter, contact Sara Wu at mc_presi- usual habitat—wapato, sneezeweed, [email protected]. lic. For information contact Alexis at spotted jewelweed, cut-leaf blackberry [email protected] or 860-878- (and Himalayan), and, regrettably, 2049. Portland purple loosestrife. This area is currently If you would like to receive the chapter’s under water and it will be interesting Umpqua Valley to see the effect of this year’s flooding semi-official email newsletter,The Visit umpquavalleynativeplants.com for when and if the trail dries out. To Calochortus, email Don Jacobson at more information on chapter activities or sign up contact Don Hardin at [email protected]. to be added to our email list. Check out [email protected]. Facebook: Take a look at our Face- our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ September 14, Thursday, 7 pm book page. Native Plant Society of Or- UmpquaValleyNPSO. Not online - call egon-Portland-Chapter. It will have the Program: Endangered Lilies of Or- Donna Rawson 541-459-2821. most up-to-date information on hike egon. Jordan Brown will speak on the and other events as well as great plant conservation efforts to protect habitat Willamette Valley pictures. for two of Oregon’s rare and endan- For program information, contact John gered lilies, the Gentner’s fritillary and Savage at 503-399-8615. The Portland Chapter meets the sec- the western lily. Jordan works with the August 27, Sunday ond Thursday of most months. Meet- Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Field Trip: Hawk Mountain ings and programs begin at 7:00 pm. Native Plant Conservation Program Huckleberry Hike. John Savage of MEETING PLACE: TaborSpace at and is based out of an OSU office in the Willamette Valley Chapter and Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church, 5441 Corvallis. Location: Copeland Com- Straub Environmental Center will SE Belmont St., Portland. We will mons, TaborSpace, Mt. Tabor Presbyte- lead an all-day hike to munch on ripe meet in Copeland Commons; enter rian Church, see above for details. the church through the main door off huckleberries and view the late summer Belmont and turn right to enter the Siskiyou flowers of Hawk Mountain, near Detroit. The 4-mile walk (with 800 room. Parking is available in the church To join the Siskiyou Chapter email list: feet of elevation gain) also features old lot on the NW corner of SE 54th and Send an email, from the address at which growth mountain hemlock, stunning Belmont. you want to receive announcements, to views of Mt. Jefferson, and one of the August 19, Saturday, 10 am [email protected]. last standing fire lookout cabins in No subject or message is required. You will Field Trip: Umbrella Falls. Hike Oregon. Bring sack lunch and water. get a confirmation email. If you would about 3 miles through a fir understory $10 for Native Plant Society members; like to volunteer to lead a hike in 2017, of anemones, bead lilies, strawberry, non-members $35, $45 for families make a suggestion, or provide feedback vanilla leaf, lupine, orchids, and (includes one-year membership to regarding the field trip program, please huckleberries and bear grass in season. Native Plant Society of Oregon). contact Julie Spelletich at: jspelletich@gmail. As the trail winds upwards look for Transportation will be provided to com. Join us on Facebook at: facebook.com/ alpine species including fleabane, asters, and from the trailhead. Registration is SiskiyouChapterNativePlantSocietyOfOregon. paintbrush, columbine, penstemons, required and limited to 10 participants. shooting stars, and on a good day sixty+ September 21, Thursday, 7 pm Register before Friday, August 25 at species. We will leave cars for a shuttle Talk: Restoration of the Endangered 5:00 p.m. For more information and after viewing Umbrella Falls or return Western Lily on the Southern Oregon to register, call 503-779-5414 or email

4 NPSO Bulletin [email protected]. William Cusick Other Events Visit our Web site at http://williamcusick. Bryophyte Identification.Designed npsoregon.org or contact Susan Geer at Oregon Wild for those with a strong botany back- 541-963-0477 or Emelie Montgomery- and Umpqua ground and basic knowledge of bryo- Jones at 541-963-3339 for updates and phyte structure and life cycles. This general information. Chapter notices Watersheds workshop will be four days of integrat- and communications are done primarily August 23–29, Wednesday–Tues- ed lectures, field study, and lab prac- through a Google group. Members are re- day tice. Participants must bring their own minded to contact Susan or Emelie if they Field Trip: Crater Lake Hike Bonan- microscopes, critical dissecting tools, want to be added to the Google group, za. Join Crater Lake Wilderness Coor- and personal laptop computers. More or if they do not have internet access and dinator, Tara Brown, and local experts advanced students are encouraged to want to be contacted by phone for events. at Umpqua Watersheds to learn more bring challenging or critical specimens

l about this unprotected gem. Meander for supervised study. Focus will be on through old growth forests, scenic vis- the contemporary identification keys tas, wildflower meadows, and breath- pertinent to our area. Location: An- New Grass Key taking waterfalls while learning about drews Experimental Forest, Blue River, the threats and efforts to protect Crater Oregon.Tuition is $350 plus $120 for Available Lake, both on and off the beaten track. lodging. Space is limited; early inquiry The “Identification Key to the Registration required for each hike and recommended. For more information Grasses of Northern California and optional camping. Free and open to the and registration, contact David Wagner: Northwestern Nevada” booklet is public; consider making a donation so [email protected]. now available from the Carex Work- these hiking series can continue. For ing Group (CWG). CWG notes that more information and to register, visit Wallowa Land this key includes all the grasses known oregonwild.org/events/crater-lake-hike- Trust to occur in Northern California from bonanza-hiking-national-park-and- September 2, Saturday Lake and Placer counties north, and beyond. in the Washoe and Humboldt coun- Field Trip: Habitat Restoration on ties of Nevada. Common and scientific Northwest the East Moraine. Free and open to all names (with authors) are provided Botanical ages. For more information, visit wal- for each species. Names used in both lowalandtrust.org/index.php/events. the Jepson Manual (version 2) and Institute Space is limited, to sign up, email USDA PLANTS are provided where October 9–12, Monday–Thursday [email protected] or call 541-426-2042. they differ. This key provides a differ- Workshop: Pacific Northwest ent approach than the Jepson Manual key and includes some rare weeds not covered in that standard refer- ence. Also included are illustrations of basic grass morphology, a glossary, and recommended resources for grass identification.

Prices for a single copy: • Hard copy, $20 + $7 shipping and handling h • Hard copy plus PDF for personal use, $35, shipping and handling included • PDF alone, for personal use, $10 Agencies wanting a multi-use li- cense should contact Carex Working

Group for a price quote. B erger To order, contact the Carex

Working Group, [email protected], or S us an 541-760-1311. Lupinus oreganus from the Bilger Ridge trip.

August/September 2017 5 New NPSO Members Please welcome these new members who joined NPSO between November 26, 2016 and July 9, 2017.

Cheahmill High Desert, continued Portland, continued Clyde Thomas Ann Leschen Melanie Nead Sonya Wilkerson Debra Lumbert Wendy Smith Novick Lisa Morton Kathryn Oliver-Garnett Corvallis Cynthia Murray Susan Oretsky Anita Albrecht Coreen Prieto Laura Paulini Loretta Bailey Jason Rhodes Cathy Rakers Jean Fredrickson Karen Rich Edward Rosen Gary Gibson Cheryl Skinner Mary Rutt Kristina Hauge Oscar Sorlie Cassie Ryan-Mapolski Pat Penfield Todd West Brandy Saffell David Pengelley Bobbi Haley Seaborg Carolyn Peterson Klamath Basin Joel Shaich Kathryn Pospisil Heidi Anderson Gary & Eline Simantel Elizabeth Reikowski Claire Ellwanger Rhea Singer Dan & Carmel Hawkes Emily Yokum Emerald Margaret Conover Members At Large Siskiyou Stephen Erickson Cynthia Hammond Peggy Leviton Karen Hall Joshua Shindel Shae Pastrana Karen Morray Anthony Waldrop Tom Pratum Cynthia Orlando Terry Ruiter Saelon Renkes Mid-Columbia Joy Savoie Sue Sierralupe Emiliy Kao Marguerite & Jim Schellentrager Steven Soltesz Cheryl Wagner Joanne Smith Cynthia Stockwell Barbara Zeiger Portland Umpqua Valley Rachel Zitomer Erica Antill Ken Carloni Jason Auer W. Timothy Lange Filipendula Anne Barklis Donald Morrison Jim Border Viswesh Bhat Sandy Moyer Catherine Dunn Ling Chan Jasmine Sitt Deborah Jaques Roberta Cobb Branton Tatom Donald Johnson Stephanie Collier Jeff Roehm Brian Cook Willamette Valley Pat Wollner Misty Cummings Heather Anderson Janet Davis Robin Brandt High Desert Wendy Gorton Rich Clark Joan K. Amero Daniel Hostert Karen Freeman Tom Calderwood Daniel Kranowski Heather Pitts Lynn Cervantes Kathie Leck Marcia Cogswell Carla Lilyquist Wm. Cusick Lindsay Frankfurt Sarah Madison Meredee Lloyd James Gray Coral Mirth Walker

Because they are primeval, because they outlive us, because they are fixed, trees seem to emanate a sense of permanence. And though rooted in earth, they seem to touch the sky. For these reasons it is natural to feel we might learn wisdom from them, to haunt about them with the idea that if we could only read their silent riddle rightly we should learn some secret vital to our own lives; or even, more specifically, some secret vital to our real, our lasting and spiritual experience.

-Kim Taplin, Tongues in Trees: Studies in Literature and Ecology

6 NPSO Bulletin L uom a D an Hemitomes congestum (gnome plant) at

er Limpy Rock RNA. Ga ut i y y Cl a l H ad ley Ne a l Even the fauna came out to greet the partici- virgata from Tahkenitch Ditch pants of the Limpy Rock trip (giant pacific trip. salamander). Bak er l Gai l Limpy Rock trip leader, Dan Luoma . . . and Esther McEvoy moving in close for a shot. Sand ers Ju di Calochortus umpquaensis from the Bilger Ridge trip. Bak er l Gai l B erger Gail Baker says, "We hiked though a mixed

S us an conifer forest with gorgeous stately madrones, Calochortus tolmiei from the Bilger Ridge Arbutus menziesii, made even more stunning trip. from the rain with glistening wet red trunks.”

August/September 2017 7 Annual Meeting, cont'd drawn by Dorothy Schattenkerk. Sha- host annual meetings, allowing smaller populations of the ghost orchid, ron and Dennis Shearer served ales. chapters to participate in the hosting Cephalanthera austiniae, were also seen The Saturday night keynote address process and help us access diverse site along the trail." was presented by Dr. Kevin Weitemier locations across our fabulous ecological From another trip, Dana Field of the Center for Genome Research & regions. Special thanks go to the local reports: Biocomputing at OSU (unfortunately organizing committees. The Umpqua "Forest Service botanist Marty for NPSO, he is moving to Arizona). Valley committee was headed by chap- Stein led a walk through mixed coastal Kevin explored how the technology of ter president, Neal Hadley, and also in- forest near Tahkenitch Lake out to DNA sequencing allows us to investi- cluded M A Hansen, Donna Rawson, some of the few dune areas left with gate the history of plant species in ways Ted and Dorothy Schattenkerk, Sam historic plant communities. He ex- that were impossible just a few years Friedman, and all the local chapter plained that invasive European beach- ago, creating insights about important members who worked so hard to make grass (Ammophila arenaria) brought conservation concerns, such as if two local arrangements. The Corvallis com- in to stabilize dunes has permanently populations might really be separate mittee was headed by chapter presi- changed this landscape and the habitats species, or whether a species has spread dent, Judi Sanders, and also included that depend on actively moving sand. or declined in the past, and what that Dan Luoma, Louise Marquering, The Forest Service has been controlling might tell us about its future. Esther McEvoy, Susan Nicholas, and beachgrass in a few areas to maintain All in all, it was a highly enjoy- Joyce Eberhart, with special thanks to some remnant of this habitat. We able annual meeting and demonstrated our web site creators: Ann Geyer and observed several species typical of ac- that two chapters can work together to Sunia Yang. tive dunes: Poa macrantha (seashore bluegrass), Glehnia littoralis (beach sil- A variety of amazing pictures from the field trips can be found at the following vertop), Aira praecox (yellow hairgrass) online sites: [exotic], and Lupinus littoralis (seashore Fragaria chiloensis lupine). (beach Photos by Don Jacobson strawberry) provided some tasty snacks. • donjacobsonphoto.com/WolfCreekFalls/WolfCreekFalls.html (Features Other highlights of this hike included Calochortus umpquaensis) several species with adaptations to the • donjacobsonphoto.com/BeattyCreek/BeattyCreek.html nitrogen-poor sandy soil in the forested • donjacobsonphoto.com/BilgerRidge/BilgerRidge.html (Features Calochortus older dunes: Allotropa virgata (candy coxii) stick), Boschniakia hookeri (small Kopsiopsis groundcone) [synonym of Photos by Craig Markham hookeri], and Peltigera lichens with and • http://cpmarkham.zenfolio.com/p1046116334 without cyanobacteria. On the return trip, we enjoyed a stop at the Elkton native plant nursery and community education center." Our host location was Phoenix School in Roseburg. Cindy Clark was the chef directing Phoenix students from the school's Culinary Arts Pro- gram in food preparation and service. The school even supplied vegetables from their own garden. Our Friday evening speaker, Dr. Ken Carloni, biol- ogy professor at Umpqua Community College, shared "Taking Back the Firestick: Humans, Fire and Becoming Indigenous." On Saturday evening Carlos Figueroa, owner of Wild Rose Winery and Vineyard, served the wine and B erger made donations of wine to the Oregon L uom a

Flora Project silent auction as well as D an S us an wine gifts to our presenters. Annual Clay Gautier gazes across the Limpy Rock Calochortus coxii from the Bilger Ridge trip. meeting attendees received wine glasses RNA landscape from beneath an impressive featuring Calochortus umpquaensis arch of hydrothermally altered igneous rock.

8 NPSO Bulletin Native Plant Society of Oregon Membership Form Name______DUES include monthly Bulletin and Kalmiopsis when published. Membership is for the calendar year. New memberships enrolled after Address______July 1 include the following year.

City______State______Zip+4______New Renewal Student – $12 Regular – $25 Family – $35 Phone ______E-Mail ______Sustaining – $60 Patron – $125 Life Membership – $500 Chapter (if known)______Subscription Only (Bulletin and Kalmiopsis) – $25 Only for those who wish to subscribe, but do not want to have full membership status. Is this a change of address? If so, please write your old address here: CONTRIBUTIONS to NPSO are tax deductible. Address______Jean Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund $ ______Leighton Ho Memorial Field Botany Fund $ ______City______State______Zip+4______Augusta Rockafellar Memorial Scholarship $ ______ Check to receive electronic Bulletin, sent by email in lieu of paper. Rare and Endangered Plant Conservation Fund $ ______Friends of the Oregon Flora Project $ ______Please make checks for dues and contributions payable to: native plant society of oregon Membership in the Native Plant Society of Oregon is open to all. Membership applications, renewals and changes of address (include Send completed form and full remittance to: old address) should be sent to the Membership Chair. Changes of ad- Native Plant Society of Oregon dress may also be e-mailed to [email protected]. P.O. Box 80714 Portland, OR 97280 Officers & Committee Chairs State officers Directors...... Thea Cook Jaster, Michael McKeag, Zak Weinstein (to 6/2018); Dawn Anzinger, Alexis Brickner, Esther McEvoy (to 6/2019) President...... Lisa Blackburn...... [email protected], 503-538-3976 Immediate Past President...... Kelli Van Norman...... [email protected] Vice President...... Dan Luoma ...... [email protected]; 541-752-8860 Secretary...... Steven Yeager...... [email protected]; 541-521-3964 Treasurer...... Cyndi Dion ...... [email protected] Chapter Presidents Cheahmill ...... Lisa Blackburn ...... [email protected]; 503-538-3976 Corvallis...... Judi Sanders...... [email protected] Emerald (Eugene)...... Matt Groberg...... [email protected]; 541-954-5334 Filipendula...... Kathleen Sayce...... [email protected]; 360-665-5292 High Desert (Bend)...... Susan Berger...... [email protected] Klamath Basin...... Todd Kepple...... [email protected] Mid-Columbia...... Sara Wu ...... [email protected] Portland...... Alix Danielsen...... [email protected]; 406-666-7888 Siskiyou...... Kristi Mergenthaler...... [email protected]; 541-941-3744 Umpqua Valley (Roseburg)...... Neal Hadley ...... [email protected]; 541-679-8889 Willamette Valley (Salem)...... John Savage ...... [email protected]; 503-399-8615 Wm Cusick (La Grande)...... Susan Geer...... [email protected] State Committee Chairs Budgets and Grants...... Dan Luoma...... 5 NW Edgewood Dr., Corvallis, OR 97330; 541-752-8860 Conservation...... Billy Don Robinson...... [email protected]; 503-515-1708 Friends of OR Flora Project. Linda Hardison...... 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902; [email protected]; 541-737-4338 Legislative...... Billy Don Robinson...... [email protected]; 503-515-1708 Membership...... Matt Morales...... P.O. Box 80714, Portland, OR 97280; [email protected] NPSO Fellows...... Cindy Roché and Kareen Sturgeon...... [email protected] Rare & Endangered Plants..... Jason Clinch...... [email protected] Publications Bulletin Editor...... Erika Wedenoja...... [email protected] Bulletin Production...... Cat Mead...... [email protected] Publications Committee Chair. Cindy Roché...... [email protected] Webmaster...... Sunia Yang...... [email protected]

August/September 2017 9 Send change of address notices and membership requests to: NonProfit ORG Native Plant Society of Oregon US Postage Matt Morales, Membership Chair Paid P.O. Box 80714 Eugene, OR Portland, OR 97280 Permit No. 204 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

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