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Vol. 40 No. 3 September 2018 Newsletter of the Idaho Native Plant Society ● Promoting Interest in Idaho’s Native Flora INPS 2018 Annual Meeting in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains By Derek Antonelli, President, Calypso Chapter The Idaho Native Plant Society’s 2018 Annual Derek Antonelli. The morning’s walk was through Meeting was held in the beautiful Coeur d’Alene Settler’s Grove of Ancient Cedars. This grove of Mountains from Friday, June 29, through giant western red cedars (Thuja plicata) has been Monday, July 2. Fifty-seven people registered for established since the time of Columbus. The grove the four-day event, hosted by the Calypso Chapter. experienced a forest fire in 2015, and it was inter- We staged activities out of the U.S. Forest Service esting to see how resilient this habitat was to the Bumblebee Campground Group Site along the effects of fire. The afternoon walk was up Coal Little North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River. The Creek and provided a good example of the mesic focus of the event was John Leiberg, a Swedish- forests of north Idaho. The birders in our group American pioneering botanical collector, forester, were impressed by the American dippers being and bryologist. Leiberg was responsible for docu- very active in the creek. menting floras throughout the Pacific Northwest, Saturday evening incorporated the official por- but particularly north Idaho. tions of the Annual Meeting. The evening started Activities began Friday. As people checked in, off with a dinner catered by the Snake Pit, a com- they were given the opportunity to participate in a pany that has been in business since the 1880s plant scavenger hunt. The objective was to see who Gold Rush days. Dinner was followed by an INPS could find the most species of plants around the business meeting. Members elected officers and campground. Other users of the campground must discussed Society business. The evening concluded have thought we were crazy. Beth Corbin was the with a keynote talk by Jack Nisbet that covered the winner after finding 92 different species of plants. many contributions John Leiberg made to the un- While Beth was showing off her superior plant derstanding of the area’s flora. A light rain forced identification skills, the rest of us were dining on the entire group under the canopy of a few trees, grilled hamburgers, sausages, and some outstand- but we managed to stay dry and cozy. ing potluck fare. Continued on Page 4 Saturday was a busy day for activities. Half of In this issue: the group took a field trip up to the Twin Crags/Mount Wiessner area. The field trip was led 2018 INPS Annual Meeting..................................... 1 Letter From the President........................................2 by author and naturalist Jack Nisbet, with assist- Announcement........................................................ 2 ance by BLM botanist LeAnn Abell. This was an Eleventh Annual Idaho Botanical Foray...................3 area John Leiberg visited in the late 1800s on his Reflections from the 2018 Annual Meeting..............6 surveys for the U.S. Government. Jack Nisbet has The Life of a Retired Botanist.................................. 7 been researching a book on John Leiberg and 2018 ERIG Awardees.............................................. 8 provided fascinating insights into the work of Native Sagebrush Steppe Restoration.................. 10 Leiberg during the field trip. The other half of our Great Plains Grassland Summit............................ 12 group completed two plant walks, both led by Chapter News........................................................14 IDAHO NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY Letter from the President PO Box 9451, Boise, ID 83707 www.idahonativeplants.org Membership in the Idaho Native Plant Society brings a unique set of [email protected] rewards. It gives us a chance to rub shoulders with like-minded people, INPS BOARD provides opportunities to learn about our unique and fascinating Idaho President: Stephen Love flora, and allows us to have influence in worthwhile conservation causes. Vice-president: Tony McCammon Wherein a single connoisseur of incredible natural habitats has limited in- Secretary: Janet Bala fluence in conserving what we love, a unified group can bring a concentrated Treasurer: Karen Getusky Membership: Derek Duval force. Being a member is rewarding in a number of positive ways. Past-President: LaMar Orton Although we are an organization of volunteers, many dedicated people Member-at-Large: Mel Nicholls take the time to make things work. The INPS Board of Directors is made up CALYPSO CHAPTER of these kinds of people. We are currently in the midst of discussions that 821 W. Mustang Ave. will hopefully result in stable, yet more responsive, organization. We are Hayden, ID 83835 working to find ways to increase our contributions to the Education, Re- President: Derek Antonelli search, and Inventory Grant fund such that we are in position to strengthen Vice President: Vacant native plant research and education. We are having discussions related to Secretary: Karen Williams Society fiscal health and working to come up with ways to keep a stable Treasurer: Laura Asbell Newsletter: Karen Williams budget. We are also working on solutions to communications issues that seem to plague complex organizations (with effective chapter-level function LOASA CHAPTER underlying statewide administration) with a goal to improve information 340 E 520 N. flow from the state organization to individuals within our society. If you have Shoshone, ID 83352 President: Bill Bridges any suggestions concerning any of these issues, please write to me or contact Vice President: Valdon Hancock your chapter president. Member-at-Large: Kelvin Jones In the meantime, I am going in search of the elusive Penstemon salmon­ ensis PAHOVE CHAPTER . I hope you too have a native plant objective. Makes life much more PO Box 9451, Boise, ID 83707 interesting. [email protected] President: Karie Pappani Stephen Love, Vice President: Susan Ziebarth INPS President Secretary: Daniel Murphy Treasurer: Caroline Morris SAWABI CHAPTER Announcement 1506 N. Mink Creek Road Pocatello, ID 83204 2018 Botanical Foray Plant Identification Workshops President: Paul Allen Vice President: Geoff Hogander After a successful 11th Annual Idaho Botanical Foray last June, we have Secretary: Barbara Nicholls hundreds of plants that need to be identified. There will be upcoming Treasurer: Linda Edwards Identification Workshops that you are all invited to attend if you would like to share in the identification of those plants. All are welcome regardless of UPPER SNAKE CHAPTER Currently Inactive experience. For more information, please contact Don Mansfield ([email protected]) or Beth Corbin ([email protected]). WHITE PINE CHAPTER PO Box 8481, Moscow, ID 83843 November 1, 6:00 pm: College of Idaho Herbarium, Boone Hall [email protected] President: Judy Ferguson December 6, 6:30 pm: SRP Herbarium, BSU (Science Building, 2nd Floor) Vice President: Pam Brunsfeld February 7, 6:30 pm: SRP Herbarium, BSU (Science Building, 2nd Floor) Secretary: Bettie Hoff March 7, Time and location TBA Treasurer: Susan Rounds WOOD RIVER CHAPTER Correction PO Box 3093, Hailey, ID 83333 President: John Shelly In the June 2018 issue of Sage Notes, the article titled "2018 INPS Rare Vice President: Lisa Horton Plant Conference," Table 1 on page 5, incorrectly included Drosera anglica Secretary: Jeanne Cassell as being dropped from the INPS Rare Plant List. It should have been Treasurer: Carol Blackburn Drosera intermedia shown as being removed from the list. Sage Notes Vol. 40 (3) September 2018 2 Botanical Foray Eleventh Annual Idaho Botanical Foray Article and Photos By Don Mansfield, Pahove Chapter From May 31 to June 4, 2018, at least 30 folks with a passion for plants from as far as Wisconsin gathered at the Pioneer Camp- ground by the Soldier Mountain Ski Area north of Fairfield, Idaho, to botanize in Ca- mas, eastern Elmore, western Blaine and northern Gooding and Shoshone Counties. Each day two to five groups of seasoned and aspiring botanists searched new areas to From left to right: Dave Tank, Sam West, Samantha Seabrook­Sturgis, Cara voucher Idaho’s diverse and amazing vascu- Hastings, Bryan Carrier, Jim Smith, Sarah Herzog, Emmitt Ambert, Bob McCoy, Chris McCoy, Don Mansfield, Barbara Ertter, Brenda Morales, Mary lar flora. At the end of each day’s exploration Ann Feist, Eli Rolapp, Rosemary Smith, Anne Halford, Janet Bala, Sandy we returned to camp to press plants, meet Smith, Abbigail Selzer, Danielle Trawick, Allison Buiser, Beth Corbin, Rick with old acquaintances, and make new friends. Williams, Sophia Neumann, Pam Reschke, Rose Lehman, Brittni Brown. Each morning participants could choose which group it had uncharacteristic involucel bractlets, indicating that to join for the day. Some groups undertook lengthy hikes; it obviously does not read our current literature about others did not venture far from cars, but stopped at many how biscuitroots are supposed to behave! Also in Rock places along the way. All groups collected plants from Creek drainage, we found a rare Eriogonum crosbyae on habitats as diverse as desert scablands, lush wetlands and a volcanic ridge. In the Bennett Hills south of Camas marshes, coniferous forests, prairies, various sagebrush Prairie we found such oddities as the tiny Chorizanthe scrublands,and watsonii, and the large, inflated-stemmed Caulanthus riparian mead- crassicaulis. And in the wetlands
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