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CALYPSO NEWSLETTER OF THE DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER NATIVE SOCIETY

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Volume 2017, JulJulJul-Jul---AugAug ‘17‘17‘17

DDDogwoodDogwood Timber Harvest Plan Update: On January 25, 2017, Judge Chouteau made an unexpected ruling to remand the entire Dogwood THP back to CAL FIRE to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Forest Practice Act (FPA). And on June 27, 2017, Judge Chouteau awarded $162,000 in attorney’s fees to the successful parties in the environmental litigation over CAL FIRE’s approval of the Dogwood THP. The Court granted Petitioners motion for fees, holding that: “Petitioners enforced an important public right and conferred a significant benefit to the general public by obtaining injunctive relief and proving respondent failed to comply with the requirements under CEQA and the Forest Practice Act.” This is great news, both because the attorney fees are covered and because it should send a message to CAL FIRE that requiring better THPs from applicants is in its own interests. CAL FIRE must return to Court to present its progress in late August. If the next plan also does not comply with CEQA, DKY will continue to work with other organizations to fight it. We are deeply grateful to those who have contributed to the DKY litigation fund, which will remain available for future efforts.

An Ecosystem in Recovery ––– Restoration of Ten Mile by Renee Pasquinelli

As many may remember from 2010 to 2014, our CNPS chapter, along with the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society, the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter, and several other local and State environmental entities, successfully supported a project to restore coastal in the Inglenook Fen Ten Mile Dunes Natural Preserve of MacKerricher State Park. Renowned ecologists, Peter Baye, Teresa Sholars, and Andrea Pickart were instrumental in providing expertise and guidance to the project. The 1200+ acre and wetland complex is both ecologically significant, and a sacred place Recolonization of native dune species after ice plant removal. to local Native Americans. The Ten Mile Dunes contain Photo by Terra Fuller 2017. some of the rarest plant species in the region, including Menzies’ wallflower (Erysimum menziesii ssp. menziesii, CA Rare Plant Rank 1.B.1, FE, CE), pink sand verbena (Abronia umbellata var. breviflora, 1B.1), round-headed Chinese houses (Collinsia corymbosa, 1B.2), and Howell’s spineflower (Chorizanthe howellii, 1B.2, FE, CT), a species that occurs only within and around MacKerricher State Park. The dunes also provide critical habitat for the federally threatened western snowy plover.

The restoration project focused on removing 2.7 miles of remnant asphalt, underlying baserock, and two stream crossings from a former logging road that paralleled the , and eradicating invasive species, primarily European beach grass and ice plant. Both invasives unnaturally stabilize dunes by preventing sand movement, and European beach grass alters natural dune topography by trapping sand and increasing the height of foredunes.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE mapped vegetation during two very intensive trips, one in mid-May and one in mid-June; Renee Pasquinelli also by Nancy Morin joined them for a couple of days. They surveyed many

This has been an astonishing year for plots each day in order to include every possible in our area. After a lovely spring with all the vegetation type and were able to access the land on the usual plants blooming in profusion, some north side of the Garcia River. We’ll look forward to species are still blooming or reblooming their final report, too. much later than usual. Blue-eyed grass is in full bloom There were many opportunities to explore the in the meadows of the Point Arena-Stornetta Unit of the Mendonoma plant life these past two months. California Coastal National Monument. Lilium Rhiannon Korhummel led a walk on the Pelican Bluffs, maritimum is in bloom along Eureka Hill Road and on which will be open soon, and a trip to Navarro Point. Garcia River Road. On lower Garcia River Road, Haley Ross led a hike at the Mendocino pygmy cypress Claytonia sibirica (Siberian candyflower), Tiarella woodland on Mendocino Redwood Company property trifoliata var. unifoliata (sugar scoop), Trientalis latifolia on Albion Ridge. And of course there was our annual (Pacific starflower), and Oxalis oregana are still in full Wildflower Show featuring nearly 200 species of local bloom. And yet, our typical summer Solidago native plants. Some 300 people came and were able to canadensis (Canada goldenrod) is already starting to study the plants at their leisure, chatting with their bloom on Highway 1 south of Manchester and Helenium friends about what they saw. bolanderi (sneezeweed) is in full glory on Lighthouse Road. Castilleja ambigua subsp. ambigua appears to be Summer is the time when botanists (and ecologists, and reblooming along Lighthouse Road also, as it does each zoologists and ornithologists no doubt) get together to year; the plants in this second wave are slightly exchange ideas and report on their research. I just different than those in the first having a longer beak on returned from Botany 2017, a series of botanical the corolla and a more exposed style. meetings, including the annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America, held this year in Fort Worth, Texas. I am so grateful to BLM for having contracted a proper Research focus has moved on from documenting that plant survey and vegetation mapping for the National the changing climate is impacting plants to trying to Monument, because it means that the species are being determine what we need to know to minimize the documented as herbarium specimens and the plant harm. Some studies are looking at the decrease in communities are being identified and recorded. Holly populations of plants that we think of as common— Forbes and her team (Ben Anderson, Clare Loughran, these will be the next to go after our truly rare species. Isaac Lichter Marck, Clare Al-Witri, and Vanessa Other studies are considering whether assisted Handley) have finished their last field visit. They will get migration (planting species, especially trees, north or all the pressed plants identified, labelled, and deposited upslope from their current locations) would be the best in the University of California Herbarium as way to assure that some of these forest types are not documentation for their final report. Before this last lost. Projects to collect and maintain seeds are getting trip they had made about 575 collections representing even more attention. Later this month I will attend the 83 families, 250 genera, and 320 species. Last week International Botanical Congress in Shenzhen, China. they even found an elusive Delphinium (maybe D. These congresses are held only every six years and it hesperium) on Miner’s Hole Road! will be interesting to see whether the international

Also on the National Monument, the California Native botanical community is also starting to look at practical Plant Society’s Jennifer Buck Diaz of the vegetation responses to climate change. program staff, with Teresa Sholars and Clare Golec, !!!

Field Trip: Cape VizcanoVizcano,,,, August 12 Cape Vizcano is located in northern coastal Mendocino County, just north of Westport and consists primarily of coniferous forest, coastal meadows and coastal scrub. Four hundred acres of Cape Vizcano is owned by Save the Redwoods League, a non-profit organization which protects and restores coastal forests in California. We will be joined by League staff familiar with the property. The hike is a moderate 5-mile loop through redwood forest, coastal meadows and mixed evergreen forest. We will be doing a floristic survey as we walk, so the more the merrier! For more information and to RSVP, contact Rhiannon Korhummel at [email protected]. Once you RSVP, directions will be provided.

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BBBotanicalBotanical GemGemssss Hiding in Plain Sight: Submerged Plants of River EstuarEstuariesiesiesies and LagoonLagoonss by Peter Baye

Part 1 – Wigeongrass and Sago pondweed Part 2 – Eelgrass in Sept-Oct Calypso.

Last April (2017), our local public radio station (KZYX) ran an excellent “Ecology Hour” program interviewing world-renowned oceanographer John Largier from University of California, Davis Bodega Marin Lab. Marginal to the discussion of the physical processes that influence the Mendocino Coast river estuaries was a reference by some callers and hosts, to “algae” in the Thick beds of wigeongrass, Ruppia cirrhosa, mantle upstream river. That was an unintended cue for this botanical brackish reaches of the fully tidal Albion River estuary. Long frond- gem column on the trio of native submerged aquatic like shoots sway back and forth with each ebb and flood tide. vascular plants that variably dominate our estuarine July 1, 2017

rivers. They are not algae themselves, but can become All photos by Peter Baye. covered by algae at some stages, and at a distance, are mistakenly identified as nuisance algal blooms. Nothing At right, emergent erect spike could be farther from the truth, since native submerged of Ruppia cirrhosa, on still aquatic vegetation (SAV) beds are the standard of high water of Navarro River lagoon. July 18 2013 estuarine habitat quality sought all over the world –

qualifying as both ecological and botanical gems. But

aquatic plants species, especially submersed species that complete their life-cycles under water, are also out of sight and thus out of mind for many observers. They are thus easily mistaken, by prejudice, for algae when visible at the water surface. That prejudice can lead to misguided demands for getting rid of falsely perceived “nuisance” algae.

So before we have to defend our pristine native SAV beds, let’s introduce two of a trio of revered dominant underwater plant species that cohabit Mendocino Coast river estuaries: wigeongrass, Ruppia cirrhosa and sago pondweed, pectinata (syn. Potamogeton pectinatus). The linear-leaved eelgrass, Zostera marina is the third species and it will be discussed in the Sept- Ruppia cirrhosa mats drape over limbs of downed alders as the Oct issue of the Calypso. Navarro River lagoon draws down in summer. July 18, 2013

WIGEONGRASS, Ruppia cirrhosa, is the most widespread and abundant of Mendocino’s estuarine SAV species: it occurs in every estuary, whether fully tidal or summer lagoon, in DKY’s territory. In some rivers, like Navarro, Albion and Big Rivers, it extends for miles. That fact makes it all the more astonishing that the genus doesn’t even appear in the Mendocino Flora (Smith & Wheeler 1992), and there are no reported herbarium or checklist records of it from Mendocino in the Consortium of California Herbaria or Calflora databases! There isn’t even a record of its close relative (even a synonym in some taxonomic treatments of Ruppia), R. maritima. Sandpipers foraging on a thick floating Ruppia cirrhosa mat “Underrepresented” is an understatement for this on the lagoon of Navarro River. August 6, 2016

3 Jul-Aug 2017 botanical omission – the estuarine equivalent of SAGO PONDWEED, Stuckenia pectinata (syn. Potamogeton omitting redwoods from the Mendocino flora. pectinatus), is another nearly cosmopolitan species. It has less salt tolerance than Our estuarine riverbed wigeongrass consistently wigeongrass, usually occurring in freshwater or produces long, wiry coiled peduncles, which is the fresh- brackish water. diagnostic characteristic for Ruppia cirrhosa. R. maritima is the typical wigeongrass in salt marsh pools worldwide, which are shallow, warm, and more saline than seawater. Contrary to some descriptions of Ruppia, the male inflorescences of our R. cirrhosa often form erect spikes that emerge above the water surface, and release masses of pollen that make a whitish film on the water that winds can blow into piles of decaying scum in late summer.

Wigeongrass is a stealthy plant: when it grows underwater, it is barely detectable. When the fronds reach just below the water surface, they branch and proliferate, and drag on the water surface, heralding themselves by flat water surface areas, outlined by Flowering and fruiting spikes on floating mat of sago pondweed, wind-waves and ripples around them where there is no Stuckenia pectinata, Navarro River lagoon (closed nontidal wigeongrass. Finally, the fine linear leafy branches freshwater estuary phase). July 18, 2013 expand into floating mats that completely cover the water surface. Ducks and geese push through the floating mats as they feed on the leaves and Flowering spikes of invertebrates that live in them, leaving trails. Steelhead Stuckenia pectinata jump all around the food-rich wigeongrass canopies at with anthers. July 2013 dusk and stickleback move in abundance under the canopies themselves. During heat waves, stickleback

fish kills occur when the dense tangled floating mat interior overheats, and stickleback can’t escape in time.

Wigeongrass grows from perennial rhizomes, but it also colonizes new substrate very rapidly by seed and by vegetative propagules. Unlike eelgrass and sago pondweed, it regularly colonizes gravel estuarine river Fully elongated fruiting spike of Stuckenia pectinata. beds like an annual, apparently from seed. In late August 2011

summer, it spreads over sandy bottoms near the river mouth by creeping rhizomes and stolons, forming prostrate turf across the bed, which later develops vertical shoots. It even can form unusual short zig-zag lateral branches with pre-formed short anchor roots, which readily detach, disperse and sink to the bed as instant, ready-to-grow vegetative propagules. Wigeongrass can grow in both seawater and fresh water, and appears to tolerate switching back and forth. The primary production of wigeongrass in our estuaries is huge. So is the density of shoots under the floating mats: a single hand-grab of a tangled shoot mass can be heavier than a person can lift out of the water.

Floating, fruiting canopy of Stuckenia pectinata over a bed surrounding the riparian woodland and marsh island above the mouth of Navarro River.

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Salinity about half seawater strength (3.5 % salinity, 35 There are basically three types of coastal river estuaries ppt) is enough to severely inhibit its growth or kill it. in Mendocino County that predict the location and mix Sago pondweed has similar fish and estuarine of our native SAV plant species composition. Perennial invertebrate food-chain support value as wigeongrass, tidal estuaries, intermediate (choked) tidal estuaries, but it has even more food value for dabbling ducks and and seasonal estuaries forming non-tidal summer diving ducks. The fruits (drupes) and pea-sized, seed-like lagoons. vegetative propagules it forms in fall (turions; Perennial fully tidal estuaries include the Albion River overwintering detached “buds”), as well as its rhizomes, and Big River. Their mouths are sheltered from Pacific are eagerly consumed by waterfowl. The foliage is also swell and large coarse-grained barrier by rocky consumed. Sago pondweed colonies in our river headlands that form quiet embayments, keeping their estuaries are usually patchy, far less extensive than mouths from closing (by barrier beaches) or choking up wigeongrass. But they can also rebound in “boom” with sand. Fully tidal estuarine rivers are home to a years and actually overtop and surprisingly replace gradient of all three species. Ten Mile River estuary is dominance by wigeongrass over extensive areas, at usually tidal all year, but with flows that can become least temporarily. choked and reduced when the barrier beach and shoals

Wigeongrass can be distinguished from sago pondweed grow across the mouth in summer. easily when they are flowering or in fruit. Sago The Gualala and Navarro River Estuaries, in contrast, pondweed has thick, elastic peduncles terminating in are usually tidal only when river flows force their high spikes with whorls of flowers or swollen brown, nearly coarse-grained barrier beaches to breach and open a round drupes. Wigeongrass has slender-peduncled tidal inlet. When freshwater flows diminish in spring or inflorescences (wiry and coiled in R. cirrhosa), summer, the tidal inlets close, and form deep terminating in 3 or more terminal branchets with freshwater to fresh-brackish lagoons (saltier at the asymmetric pointed fruits, or a short spike of whitish bottom; “stratified”), with water levels well above high male flowers (mostly anthers). Vegetatively, both tide. Eelgrass cannot compete or survive in non-tidal species have very narrow linear leaves, but wigeongrass brackish to freshwater lagoons, but wigeongrass and has tiny teeth along the blade margins, and long sago pondweed can thrive in them, and do. sheaths that pull themselves away from the shoot, at their bases. Sago pondweed sheaths enclose their In all three estuary types, a highly variable mix of stems tightly, like a tube with overlapping margins wigeongrass and sago pondweed beds occur. They where they enfold the stem. Sago pondweed is far more dominate tidal estuaries in their more brackish to difficult to distinguish from linear-leaved pondweeds in freshwater tidal river reaches, overlapping with the genus Potamogeton, in which it was traditionally eelgrass, but dominating above the upstream reach of placed as P. pectinata. eelgrass. In non-tidal summer lagoons, wigeongrass and sago pondweed vary greatly in relative abundance and W.L. Jepson was so enamored of sago pondweed as a position, with a mix of persistent old perennial beds, waterfowl food in early historic Suisun Marsh (San and rapid new colonization responding to changed Francisco Estuary) that he wrote a popular article about estuary conditions. his first-hand observations for Sunset Magazine, “Where Ducks Dine”, in 1905. (yes, it’s found online!). The next time you drive over one of the Mendocino When ducks can’t feed on sago, which County estuaries on Highway 1, and see “algae”, think makes their flesh sweet and nutty, they eat clams that about running down to the shore and looking for make their meat taste fishy and gamy. Canvasback beached samples of one of our native SAV species. And hunting has lost popularity as sago pondweed wetlands if you overhear discussion of “algal blooms” in our have declined in California. estuaries, help educate about what native species lie underneath and attached to those Sago pondweed is reported in the Mendocino County epiphytic algal mats, and what they indicate about flora from inland ponds, but only one coastal pond environmental health and water quality. This region is complex (Hunter Lagoon and Davis Lake, Manchester) an estuarine sanctuary compared with most of the and two estuaries: Pudding Creek (above the dam, California Coast, and we can boast of some of the most however) and Big River. In fact, it is intermittently healthy, beautiful and diverse estuarine SAV in the abundant and extensive at Ten Mile River, near the state. head of navigation on Albion River, and in the Navarro,

Garcia (P’dhau), and Gualala estuaries. !!!

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An Ecosystem in Recovery - cont. from page 1: areas with active sand movement. In such a challenging

The restoration work was contained within a State environment, natives can thrive once the unnatural Natural Preserve, which by statute has as its purpose elements are removed, and are readily able to

recolonize newly disturbed areas. “to preserve such features as rare or endangered plant and animal species and their supporting ecosystems” (PRC Section 5019.71). Yet, opponents still rallied against the project. Their stated concern was that coastal access would be lost. This claim proved to be unfounded, as the only viable access route through the Natural Preserve has been, and continues to be along the undeveloped beach. With climate change and sea level rise, even if the Natural Preserve status was not in place and the management emphasis was more on recreation, it would be impossible to maintain a hardened trail surface through the naturally moving foredunes.

Obtaining necessary regulatory permits to implement Recolonization of former road corridor with Abronia umbellata the project proved to be a cumbersome process. var. breviflora in the foreground. Photo by Alison Cebula 2014

Rightfully so, as careful scrutiny and planning are required to navigate the ecological requirements of Now, just three years after the final segment of road listed plant and animal species, especially for a project was removed, the dune ecosystem at Ten Mile is that generates much public interest. At Ten Mile, listed thriving. Collaboration between public, private, and species and their are abundant. Finally, after State Park project advocates has had striking results. By several years of planning and environmental review, removing unnatural elements in the Ten Mile Dunes, permits were obtained and the last segment of and restoring natural dune processes, native plant approved road removal was completed on March 4, populations quickly reestablished. Seedlings and 2014. Invasive plant species continue to be eradicated resprouts of common natives, including beach sagewort under the leadership of State Park Sr. Environmental (Artemisia pycnocephala) and beach bur (Ambrosia Scientist, Terra Fuller through an on-going process, with chamissonis) emerged in abundance without nearly 50 acres of European beach grass and ice plant supplemental planting the first summer after road removed to date. removal. Before the road was removed, only about 20 plants of the rare pink sand verbena were counted Dune ecosystems are dynamic and constantly changing; within the project area of affect. Two years later, over sand movement is an integral function in maintaining 600 plants were counted in the same survey corridor.

the health and resilience of these systems. Grain size,

wind speed, vegetation, and dune height are factors

that affect the rate of sand movement. Typically, sand moves inland from the beach to the foredunes. At Ten Collinsia Mile, sand movement from the nearshore foredunes to corymbosa. farther inland areas is inhibited by large expanses of Photo by Peter Warner dune and wetland vegetation that occur between the

foredunes and the separated transverse dunes to the

east. Within these older, transverse dunes, sand circulates internally with the seasons. While wind- transport of sand is a natural process in a dune environment, sand becomes deposited and its movement halted on the eastern fringes of dunes where conifers are established. Acclaimed botanist and ecologist, Peter Warner, developed a comprehensive restoration and monitoring This moving environment favors those plant species plan for the rare plant species that were to be that are adapted to these dynamic conditions. Few temporarily affected by restoration activities. invasive species, other than European beach grass and Monitoring plots that were established within the ice plant, are able to sustain threatening populations in former road corridor and in invasive plant removal sites 6 Jul-Aug 2017 show rare plants returning in abundance. Per the Restoration of native coastal dune ecosystems is project mitigation plan, additional plots in which challenging, but incredibly rewarding. Andrea Pickart, Howell’s spineflower and Menzies wallflower were Humboldt Bay Ecologist, US direct seeded, now have well-established populations of Fish and Wildlife Service, coauthored the book, “Ecology the rare plants. According to Terra Fuller, this spring, and Restoration of Northern California Coastal Dunes” one of the plots had five species of rare plants: Howell’s (Pickart, Andrea J. and John O. Sawyer, 1998, CNPS spineflower, round-headed Chinese houses, Menzies’ Press, 152 pages), which is a practical and authoritative wallflower, dark-eyed gilia (Gilia millefoliata, 1B.2), and guide for anyone interested in restoring dune systems. North Coast phacelia (Phacelia insularis var. continentis, Her restoration work at Lanphere-Christensen Dunes 1B.2), so many that they were difficult to count. Preserve has been highly successful, and she is currently

one of the leading researchers in the Dunes Climate

Ready Study for Humboldt Bay. The recent and on-

going restoration work in the Ten Mile Dunes Phacelia insularis var. continentis contributes to the regional conservation of dune ecosystems, furthering the recovery of several listed plants as well as the western snowy plover.

As the reality of climate change and sea level rise continue, dunes will continue to shift and migrate inland. Coastal dunes can be resilient to sea-level rise as long as development pressures and invasive species

that obstruct natural processes are removed or Erysimum menziesii prevented from becoming established. Conservation ssp. menziesii efforts focused on allowing natural dynamic changes to occur, including the inland migration of coastal dunes,

are of paramount importance to protecting this ecologically significant community.

DKY WILDFLOWER SHOW A GREAT SUCCESS!

Chorizanthe We had a wonderful Wildflower Show May 27 and 28 at howellii the Gualala Community Center. About 300 people came

to see nearly 200 species of local native plants blooming

now. The exclamations about how nice it looked were

very gratifying and people had many questions about the plants and some shared their photos. Special thanks Photos by Peter Warner to Mary Sue Ittner for again sharing some of the

beautiful flowers of native bulb plants and to Jon With all of the rain this year, the plants are Thompson for his display of native grasses. Jon, Mario exceptionally robust and abundant. However, in areas Abreu, Julia Larke, Kathleen and Lloyd Chasey and I where duff remains after ice plant removal, notably in collected most of the plants. Laura Baker, Bob older dunes with lessor sand movement south of the Rutemoeller, and Jeff Woodward joined us to set up Preserve, the rain has also benefited non-native grasses, and take down and be on hand through both days to which continue to be a challenge to control. talk with people. Amy Ruegg dropped in on Sunday to Terra also reports that along the former road corridor, answer questions. Kathleen brought beautiful native sand is beginning to cover stretches where not all of the plants in pots to sell--a preview of how great the annual underlying rock ballast could be removed (due to the plant sales will be this coming fall—and all were sold urgency to complete work within seasonal constraints, except for four little 4" pots. Mario had books and or because of legal requirements to protect sensitive posters for sale. We had a great time keying out archaeological sites). State Park staff, in collaboration mystery plants, too. Being able to spend two days with Peter Warner, will continue monitoring through surrounded by our favorite plants and talking about the end of this year, at which time, more detailed them with other plant lovers--just great! results will be available. --Nancy Morin, DKY Chapter President 7 Jul-Aug 2017

DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER OOOFFICERSOFFICERS 2017 PRESIDENT: Nancy Morin, 882-2528

[email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT: Mario Abreu, 937-3155 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION [email protected] DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER

SECRETARY: Laura Baker, [email protected] Membership in the California Native Plant Society TREASURER: Lloyd Chasey, [email protected] is open to all. The task and mission of the Society is to increase awareness, understanding, and appreciation of COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS California native plants. The challenge is to preserve their CONSERVATION co-chairs: natural habitat through scientific, educational, and Peter Baye, [email protected] conservation activities. Membership includes subscription Renee Pasquinelli, [email protected] to Fremontia and the chapter newsletter, the Calypso. EDUCATION Mario Abreu 937-3155 Name______

FIELD TRIPS Rhiannon Korhummel, [email protected] Address ______

HISTORIAN Ramona Crooks 884-3585 City______Zip ______HOSPITALITY OPEN . Tel. ______E-mail ______

INVASIVE PLANTS Mario Abreu 937-3155 Please check, or name a chapter; CNPS will make MAILINGS Ramona Crooks 884-3585 assignment if none is specified by applicant. MEMBERSHIP Bob Rutemoeller 884-4426 NEWSLETTER Julia Larke [email protected] I wish to affiliate with the DKY Chapter ______or, other chapter______PLANT SALE Kathleen Chasey 320-8895 MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY PLANT WATCH OPEN POSTERS Mario Abreu 937-3155 Student/Limited Income $25 PUBLICITY Susan Wolbarst (530) 757-1770 Individual $45 PROGRAMS OPEN - Nancy Morin (temp) Family/International/Library $75 Plant Lover $100 RARE & ENDANGERED: Patron $300 Coordinator Teresa Sholars [email protected] Benefactor $600

Inland OPEN Make check to: California Native Plant Society The Sea Ranch Barbara Rice 785-2318 South Coast Jon Thompson 884-4847 Mail check and application to: VEGETATION Teresa Sholars [email protected] Bob Rutemoeller, Membership Committee DKY Chapter, CNPS PO Box 577 WEBMASTER Mindy Eisman [email protected]

Gualala, CA 95445 Unless otherwise listed, area code is 707.

Next Board Meeting: For time/date of the next board meeting contact Nancy Morin at [email protected], 882-2528. All members are welcome to attend Board meetings. CALYPSO: Send articles and photos to Julia Larke, [email protected].

Save the datesss --- Fall Plant Salesss September 23- Fort Bragg Town Hall September 30- Gualala Community Center

Seed Savers: With our wet spring flowers have been fabulous so the amount of seeds this year should be great too. If you are a seed saver please save some extra for our annual fundraiser, the DKY Fall Plant Sales. Record what/when /where you collect and between now and the sales Kathleen can arrange to pick them up. Call 884-1094 or People examine with pleasure displays at the DKY Wildflower [email protected].

Show at Gualala Community Center held on Memorial Day weekend. Nancy Morin photo

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