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NEWSLETTER OF THE DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER NATIVE SOCIETY

PROGRAMS at our CNPS outings and Big River Stewards’ works parties is way down. Our chapter takes a hiatus during the summer, when program attendance is low. Starting in the fall, we What might be the reasons for this? Are people hope to offer public programs at various locations in traveling less by car? Is it the aging of our our chapter area. See you there! population? Are people working more hours now?

THANK YOU LINDA ANN VOROBIK Too many other activities going on? Are people losing interest in gaining new awareness and Well-known botanical illustrator, Linda Ann Vorobik, knowledge? gave an outstanding program to DKY chapter members and the public at the Mendocino Coast Folks, if you have any theories about this, or Botanical Gardens in May. Linda teaches illustration suggestions about what to do, please let me know. and watercolor workshops: Sept 15-16 she will be at The natural world around becomes even more the Berry Botanical Garden in Portland, Oregon; wonderful when we can share it with others October 21-27 join her for a week on the Big Island of Hawaii painting orchids! Contact Linda Ann at: FIELD TRIPS vorobik@gmail or see her website at: The trip to the Warner Mountains is taking place the www.vorobikbotanicalart.com. first week in July and we hope that Peter Warner will

write an article about this “splendidly isolated” mountain range located in the eastern portion of Modoc National Forest. Take a look at a panoramic view from a mountain top in the Warners: http://virtualguidebooks.com/NorthCalif/MountLassen

/WarnerSurprise/MountVidaViewpoint.html PRESIDENT’S CORNER by Lori Hubbart Featured Plant Sale Species: Outings – Where Have All the Participants Gone? Coastal Gum Plant, Grindelia Mendocino and Sonoma Counties have had a spectacular wildflower season this year. Southern stricta var. platyphylla Californians mourned the lack of poppies in a by Julia Larke drought-stricken spring, so we are so lucky to be If you are looking for a first-rate native plant here. It is fun and enriching to go out in the wilds groundcover then consider Coastal Gum Plant, with other people, learning and working together, Grindelia stricta DC. var. platyphylla (Greene) M.A. exchanging “news of the trail.” Lane. of this species will be available at the Wildflower hikes, restoration work parties, nature- DKY Fall Plant Sale in October. Also called related classes– All these have been offered in our gumweed, Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla is a area, yet fewer people are showing up. Attendance perennial herb in the that is endemic

Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla blooming on the Gualala This photo was taken near the pedestrian bridge on Bluff Trail, June 10, 2007. © Bob Rutemoeller. Gualala Bluff Trail. The Grindelia stricta plants in the foreground may one day overwhelm the low growing to California. It occurs in tidal flats, dunes, marshes manzanitas nearby. © Bob Rutemoeller, 2007. and sea bluffs in Coastal Strand, Coastal Salt Marsh and Coastal Bluff Scrub at elevations of <200 m The Kashaya Pomo used the sticky sap as a glue throughout coastal California and the Channel (Kashaya Pomo Plants by J. Goodrich, C. Lawson &

Islands. V. Lawson, 1980).

Called indestructible by some, gum plant thrives in A related species, Grindelia camporum, California sun to light shade and can tolerate wind and salt gum plant, was used extensively by the Round spray. It requires moderate to occasional watering Valley Yuki Indians as a medicine. A decoction of the and is a facultative wetland species (FACW) whole plant served as a blood purifier, a laxative, meaning that it usually occurs in wetlands, but and also was used to cure colds and colic. Leaves occasionally is found in non-wetlands. Gum plant were chewed fresh and also brewed as a tea. (V.K. has semi-fleshy leaves and forms prostrate Chestnut,1902. Plants Used by the Indians of spreading mats. Its brilliant yellow flowers bloom Mendocino County, California, contributions from the profusely throughout the summer months. U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408). Other California tribes used it in a decoction for dermatitis, poison oak, and wounds; fresh buds were used for blood disorders; and fresh leaves and flowers were applied to sore parts of the body. (University of Michigan Native American Ethnobotany database http://herb.umd.umich.edu).

Grindelia camporum is the subject of current research as a possible crop plant for its abundant resin production. The resins may be used in inks, adhesives, sizings and other related products.

The Grindelia is named for David Hieronymus Grindel (1776-1836), a Latvian physician and professor of botany. The specific epithet, stricta, means “upright” and the variety name, platyphylla, Brilliant yellow flowers of Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla refers to flat, broad leaves. There are ± 80 species of blooming in August 1984, along the California coast. Grindelia in c & w North America and South America.

© Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College [CalPhotos]. Sources: (see also, citations within text) The flower buds are protected by a white sticky resin University of Calif. Jepson Manual: that gives the plant its common names of gum plant http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu and gumweed. A skin ointment, which was first used CalFlora: www.calflora.org by coastal Native Americans, is available in some California Plant Names, compiled by M. L. Charters: health food stores according to the California www.calflora.net/botanicalnames Academy of Sciences @ www.calacademy.org. California Flora Nursery: www.calfloranursery.com

2 July-August ‘07 CONSERVATION NEWS Recreation and Park District, is short of money for the project. Is the district planning an extreme re- by Lori Hubbart

vamping of the project, or abandoning it altogether? Stornetta Public Lands: These lands are SPECIES PROFILE: administered and partly owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This federal agency BEHRENS SILVERSPOT decided to include the Stornetta Lands as part of the gateway to its California Coastal National Monument. BUTTERFLY, The offshore rocks and islands are part of this Speyeria zerene behrensii monument. In coastal Mendocino County, we have a number of The BLM was charged with protecting natural federally endangered species, one of which is resources on the rocks and islands, but declined to Behren’s silverspot butterfly, Speyeria zerene take action to protect nesting sea birds from behrensii. This butterfly inhabits coastal terrace fireworks-induced trauma in Gualala. From this, one prairie habitat in southern Mendocino and northern must conclude that the BLM cannot be trusted to Sonoma Counties. It was federally listed as protect plant resources, either. Any memorandum of Endangered in1997 and a Draft Recovery Plan was understanding between CNPS and the BLM should published in January 2004. It is currently undergoing be carefully crafted, rather than using a boilerplate a 5-year review by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. document. It is not even clear how such an agreement would benefit CNPS. The text in this article is compiled from the Draft Recovery Plan and species profile written by Jim Meanwhile, Congressman Mike Thompson plans to Watkins of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Arcata introduce legislation to upgrade the designation of Office. To view entire profile and recovery plan, see: the Stornetta Public Lands to recognize its unique www.fws.gov/arcata/es/inverts/BehrensSS/bss_bfly.html qualities as a valuable open space resource as well as a working ranch. If successful, it might make Description: Behren’s silverspot is a medium-sized more funds available to the BLM for management of butterfly with a wingspan of approximately 5.5 cm the Stornetta Lands. However, more money will not (2.2 inches). The upper surfaces are golden brown help unless the will to do the right thing is also with numerous black spots and lines. Wing present. undersides are brown, orange-brown, and tan with black lines and distinctive silver and black spots. It is Pygmy Forest Update: The Pygmy Forest Working a member of the family of true fritillary, or silverspot Group toured the Little River Airport to assess butterflies, of which 13 species occur in North opportunities for restoration and improved vegetation America. The species Speyeria zerene, sometimes management. We found that the airport land had known as the Zerene Fritillary, includes a number of long ago been altered in ways that constitute outright subspecies, of which eight occur in the Pacific abuse. There are huge trenches around the Northwest and on the California coast. perimeter of the airport, effectively ruining the hydrology of the pygmy forest. In such a compromised situation opportunities for restoration are limited.

Then there is the Fort Bragg golf course project. The county and the City of Fort Bragg want to build a huge new refuse transfer station, and have decided that the entrance to the golf course/park project would be the ideal site. The new facility would be right on top of one of the pygmy mitigation areas for the golf course project.

CNPS has sent a strongly worded letter to the City of Fort Bragg, objecting to this plan. It calls into question the future of the entire project. The golf course is supposed to be a money-maker, but why Behren’s silverspot butterfly, Speyeria zerene behrensii. would anyone pay to golf on a course dominated by Photograph © Gordon Pratt U.S. FWS. a large, noisy industrial facility? We already know www.fws.gov/arcata/es/inverts/BehrensSS/gallery/behrens the project proponent, the Mendocino Coast Silverspot_gallery.html 3 July-August ‘07 Two other coastal subspecies of Speyeria zerene, that females lay their eggs in the debris and dried the Oregon silverspot (S. z. hippolyta) and Myrtle’s stems of the larval food plant, the early blue violet silverspot (S. z. myrtleae), both of which are also (Viola adunca). The early blue violet is a small, federally listed, are similar in appearance to Behren’s native, perennial herb with pale to deep violet silverspot. flowers, and, in the range of Behren’s silverspot, they are associated with coastal grasslands. Current status: The historic range of Behren’s silverspot butterfly is based on six known locations which extended from near Mendocino south to the area of Salt Point State Park in Sonoma County. The current known range of the Behren’s silverspot butterfly is limited to a small number of sites located from the Point Arena-Manchester State Park area south to the Salt Point area. South of Salt Point in coastal Sonoma County, populations of Zerene Fritillary occur, which have similarities to both the Behren’s and Myrtle silverspot subspecies.

Viola adunca growing in grazed coastal terrace grassland near the Point Arena lighthouse on BLM land, March 20, 2006. © Derek Marshall, BioConsultant LLC.

Upon hatching, the caterpillars (larvae) wander a short distance and spin a silk pad upon which they pass the fall and winter in diapause (dormancy). The larvae are dark-colored with many branching, sharp spines on their backs. Upon ending diapause in spring, the larvae immediately seek out the violet food plant. During spring and early summer they

Early blue violet, Viola adunca, in an opening of north coast pass through five instars (stages of development) conifer forest dominated by bishop pine, Iversen Lane, before forming a pupa within a chamber of leaves Gualala, June 15, 2005 © Kim Fitts, BioConsultant LLC. that they draw together with silk.

Habitat Requirements: The Behren’s silverspot The adult butterflies emerge in about two weeks and butterfly occupies early successional coastal terrace live for approximately three weeks, during which time prairie habitat that contains the caterpillar’s host they feed on and reproduce. Besides internal plant, early blue violet (Viola adunca), adult nectar energy reserves present when they emerge from the sources, and adult courtship areas. Additionally, pupae, nectar is their only food source during this Behren’s silverspot butterflies may also inhabit period. coastal sand dune systems. Observations of nectar feeding are few, but based on In addition to perennial and annual grasses, coastal observations of this and closely related silverspot prairie vegetation includes bracken ferns and woody subspecies, plants in the sunflower family shrubs and trees such as coyote brush, red alder, (Asteraceae) dominate as nectar sources, including salal, and conifers. Soil and climatic conditions, salt- thistles (Cirsium spp); gumplant (Grindelia stricta); spray or mist, and disturbance regimes (such as fire) goldenrods (Solidago spp); tansy ragwort (Senecio are believed to have historically contributed to jacobaea), California aster (Aster chilensis), pearly maintaining low, open prairies within the subspecies’ everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), seaside daisy range by suppressing encroaching trees and shrubs. (Erigeron glaucus), and yarrow (Achillea millefolium). Life history: Studies of a closely-related coastal Reported nectar species from other plant families subspecies, the Oregon silverspot butterfly, provide include: yellow sand verbena (Abronia latifolia), the best available information on the life history of sea-pink (Armeria maritima) and western pennyroyal the Behren’s silverspot butterfly. These studies find ( undulata).

4 July-August ‘07 Critical habitat: Behren’s silverspot must have two THE MYSTERY OF THE key resources: 1) caterpillar host plants; and 2) adult nectar sources. Distribution of this species is highly RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER dependant on these resources. Violets, in particular by Lori Hubbart Viola adunca, need to be present, as they are the Having rhapsodized about Ceanothus, in the last butterfly’s larval host plant. Nectar sources need to issues, I learned about a bird-related Ceanothus be available to foraging adults during the summer disaster. Carolyn Saarni, a chapter member, had flight period. In addition to availability of violets and two of her Ceanothus die after their bark was girdled nectar plants, areas with shelter from wind may by red-breasted sapsuckers. affect habitat suitability. The birds drilled holes, very close together, in rings Coastal prairie habitat is highly fragmented by around the trunks, and effectively girdled the plants. agricultural and residential use, roads, and other That, of course, kills a plant by destroying its human development. Within this fragmented circulation system. Carolyn actually watched the landscape, suitable coastal prairie habitat (with birds systematically making these closely spaced violets and nectar plants) is patchy and further holes. fragmented. Recent surveys indicate that few remaining coastal prairie sites have sufficient early Just the week before, I had rejoiced to see a red- blue violet populations to support populations of the breasted sapsucker in someone's garden. This butterfly. woodpecker relative is a very handsome bird, with a bright red head and neck. Who wouldn't want them in Threats: Invasion by exotic species, natural their garden? succession, fire suppression, and development have all resulted in habitat loss. Land use practices have Sapsuckers do indeed live on sap from trees and altered disturbance regimes needed to maintain shrubs (and on inner bark and some insects), and existing habitats and create new habitats. Over- they are known to prefer sap from conifers or collection is also a threat. deciduous trees like willows, poplars and birches. It might make sense for a sapsucker to go after these For further information, contact: trees, since some northern birch species produce a Jim Watkins, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service sap that can be made into a rich, spicy syrup. Arcata Office 1655 Heindon Road According to David Sibley in his Sibley Guide to Bird Arcata, California 95521 Behavior, 2001, many animals may also feed at 707-822-7201 or [email protected] sapsucker wells including other woodpeckers,

orioles, warblers, hummingbirds and mammals! Invertebrates are attracted to the sap flow and this attracts insect-eating birds! So, the sapsucker can attract a lot of wildlife to a garden ...with a possible trade-off risk of (occasional let's hope!) girdling!

I could find no information about this bird having any MEMBERSHIP preference for Ceanothus, so there is the first part of

the mystery: Why Ceanothus? New Member: Kristina Vigna

Renewal – your renewal date is listed on the The eastern yellow-bellied sapsucker is more well address label of your CNPS Bulletin; if you are known than the red-breasted for drilling rings around not sure of the date, please ask Bob Rutemoeller. trunks and girdling them. Yet it happened twice in the same garden! The second part of the mystery: Why Gift Memberships - Give a friend or neighbor the closely-spaced holes in an exact ring around a a gift membership! trunk?

Contact: Bob Rutemoeller at 884-4426 Editor’s guess (for part 2): Maybe spacing and or [email protected] if you have questions. number of holes is dependent on the amount of sap RECEIVE THE CALYPSO IN COLOR! produced by a tree or shrub…closer together holes if sap is not flowing freely? If you have an answer for Contact Bob Rutemoeller to receive email notification either part of this mystery, or know other girdling when the newsletter is published: [email protected]. stories, let us know, and we’ll publish it in the next You will continue to receive the printed version. issue. Contact Lori at 882-1655 or [email protected].

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BIG RIVER STEWARDS BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS Join the Big River Stewards of the Mendocino Land To celebrate publication of the Asteraceae volumes, Trust for a Big River Barbecue and Beach Grass Flora of North America (FNA) created a set of 12 notecards (4 X 6") featuring FNA plants, artists, and Removal on Wednesday, July 18th from 5:00 pm to authors. Each card reproduces the botanical illustration 8:00 pm at Big River Beach. Over the past year, the of the taxon on the front, and a distribution map, Stewards have volunteered more than 200 hours to taxonomic placement, and notes about the taxon, remove invasive plants on the Big River State Park author, and artist on the back. property from the borders of Laguna Marsh to the top

Plants FNA Authors Artists of High Chute Ridge to Big River Beach. Species Arctanthemum arcticum subsp. polare L. Brouillet targeted have included Broom, European Beach Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Grass, English Ivy, Cottoneaster, Bush Lupine and Baccharis halimifolia S. Sundberg Bee F. Gunn Jubata Grass. Cirsium douglasii var. breweri D. Keil John Myers parviflorus J. Allison Linny Heagy Now that the ground is to too dry to pull Broom or Echinacea pallida L. Urbatsch John Myers Jubata, we’re shifting our focus to ridding Big Helianthus maximiliani E. Schilling Marjorie Leggitt River Beach of an infestation of Ammophila, or Madia elegans B. Baldwin & J. Strother Barbara Alongi European Beach Grass. Volunteers will be feted Munzothamnus blairii L. Gottleib Bee F. Gunn to a Beach Barbecue with yummy treats prepared by Pluchea odorata var. odorata G. Nesom Barbara Alongi the Mendocino Land Trust’s executive director Packera cymbalaria D.Trock Linny Heagy James Bernard, who is also a skilled chef. Senecio amplectens var.holmii T. Barkley Y. Wilson-Ramsey Please dress warmly and wear sturdy shoes or Townsendia florifer J. Strother Y. Wilson-Ramsey boots, long pants and long-sleeved shirts and

bring work gloves. Water, tools and snacks will A “set “ includes 12 different cards + envelopes. be provided. Please RSVP. To order: Send Name, Address, Phone Number (in case of questions), number of sets, @ $12.00 per Matt Coleman set. Checks only please. Big River Stewards Volunteer Coordinator

Send order and payment to: Mendocino Land Trust Nancy Morin, FNA Business Office (707) 962-0470 P. O. Box 716 [email protected].

Point Arena, CA 95468 NAVARRO POINT STEWARDS If a non-US order, or if you can suggest a botanical garden, museum, nursery or other gift shop that might Louisa Morris has recently begun work with the carry the cards, please email [email protected]. Coastal Land Trust as Project Manager for the Seaside Beach/Meadow Project. She enjoyed her work with the Mendocino Land Trust and looks forward to working together in the future. Tamira Jones is the new contact person for the Navarro Point Stewards.

Upcoming dates for Navarro Stewards workdays will be the second Wednesday of the month through September: July 11, 8:45-11:45 am; August 8, 8:45- 11:45am; September 12, 8:45-11:45. We will be removing invasive plants and doing the usual cleanup and maintenance of the trail.

Meet at the Navarro Point parking lot or call MLT office to carpool. Bring a shovel and gloves if you have them. Water, tools and snacks will be provided. Please RSVP by phone or email. Thanks Stewards!

Contact: Tamira Jones, California Coastal Trail Coordinator (707) 962-0470 [email protected] 6 July-August ‘07

LET'S MAKE SOME MONEY! Biology 24 Intro. to Marine and Anadromous Fishes

DO YOU HAVE BOOKS, ARTWORK, GARDEN M 9:00-11:05, W 9:00-12:10 G. Grantham ITEMS TO HELP US RAISE FUNDS? A detailed study of marine and anadromous fishes of the northern Pacific Ocean. Includes identification, If we can raise more money, our chapter will have biology, fisheries history and management and more to donate to worthy environmental causes, as sampling and census techniques. well as support our operations. Some CNPS chapters have vendors at their plant sales, selling Environmental Science 10 items with indigenous California nature themes. M 1:00-3:05 pm, W 1:00-4:10 pm T. Sholars Ecosystem structure and function, biodiversity, Vendors operate under an agreement to donate a evolution, and population dynamics will be studied. percentage of their earnings back to the chapter. The percentage varies from 10% to 20%. These vendors Geography 1 Physical Geography are members of CNPS, though not always of the W 6:30 – 9:30 pm G. Grantham chapter holding the sale. Emphasis of this course is on weather, climate, landforms, map interpretation, soils, and natural Are there enough people in DKY and neighboring vegetation. chapters interested in selling notecards, drawings, photos, T-shirts, garden decor and such? If we get Geol. 130F Geology of the Clear Lake Volcanoes Tu & Th Sept. 4 & 6 6:00 - 9:10 PM D. Springer some interest from our own members, we can also Sat. Sept. 8 8:00 - 4:00 PM send out inquiries to the Milo Baker and Sanhedrin An introduction to volcanic activity, its causes and chapters. distribution, associated rocks and minerals, and Another suggestion for the plant sale was to include resulting landforms. Field trip to the Clear Lake area. a flea market of native plant and garden-related Oceanography 10 Intro. to Oceanography items. Used books, that apron you never wear, old F 9:00-12:10 pm G. Grantham terra cotta pots, extra garden tools - these would be Introduction to the world’s oceans including marine donated to the chapter and sold at bargain prices. geology, plate tectonics, ocean circulation, fundamental We'll see if the response is sufficient to try this. physical and chemical properties of seawater & more.

DKY is seeking vendors with California nature- Oceanography 11 Lab themed items, willing to donate a percentage of (Oceanography 10 is a prerequisite or co-requisite) profits to the chapter. If you are an artist or F 1:00-4:10 pm G. Grantham craftsperson interested in participating in the October Lab exercises include chart reading, navigational skills, 13th Annual Plant Sale, please contact Lori Hubbart and basic measurements of seawater chemistry. Field at [email protected] or 882-1655. If you have flea experience will include examination of coastal geology, market items to donate for a fundraiser, please wave and beach processes, and marine organisms and contact Lori, too. habitats.

COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS Jepson Herbarium Workshops SCIENCE CLASSES July- November Fall Classes begin August 27th For more information on the workshops, or to register, 962-2600, www.redwoods.cc.ca.us

contact Cynthia Perrine (510) 643–7008, Biology 1 General Biology http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/2007/index.html. T 9:00-11:05 am, Th 9:00-12:10 pm T. Sholars Unless specified, workshops are held at UC Berkeley.

Introductory course in life science, emphasizing the July 12 –15: Great Basin National Park (David Charlet, unifying principles of biology. Pat Leary, Jim Holland)

Biology 16 Birds of the North Coast July 20 – 22: Lupinus at Sagehen (Teresa Sholars)

T 9:00 -11:05 am, 12:00 -3:10 pm G. Grantham July 28 – 29: The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Identification, structure and ecological relationships of “Method” (Monica Albe and Jeffery T Wilcox) North Coast birds. The course is newly modified to August 3 – 5: Potentilla at SNARL (Barbara Ertter) include more field time observing birds. Fieldtrips. September 9 - 10: History of Tanoak in California Biology 21 Mushrooms of the North Coast (Frederica Bowcutt) F 9:30-11:35 am, 12:00-3:10 pm T. Sholars Mushrooms, their identification and ecology will be the November 9 - 11: Mycorrhizae at Albion Field Station focus of this course. Learn to field ID some of the more (Teresa Sholars and Matteo Garbelotto) common toxic and edible species of the North Coast. 7 July-August ‘07

OFFICERS 2007 CNPS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION President: Lori Hubbart 882-1655 DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER fax 882-1645 Vice President: Mario Abreu 937-3155 Membership in the California Native Plant Society Secretary: Nancy Morin 882-2528 is open to all. The task and mission of the Society Treasurer: Mary Hunter 785-1150 is to increase awareness, understanding, and

appreciation of California native plants. The

challenge is to preserve their natural habitat COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS through scientific, educational, and conservation activities. Membership includes subscription AT LARGE OPEN to the quarterly Fremontia, as well as our local CAMPING Diane Wickstrom 884-4556 chapter newsletter, the Calypso.

CONSERVATION Lori Hubbart 882-1655

Greg Jirak 882-1660 Name______EDUCATION OPEN Address______FIELDTRIPS Peter Warner 964-8242 HISTORIAN Ramona Crooks 884-3585 City ______Zip ______

HOSPITALITY: Tel. ______E-mail______

North Coast OPEN

South Coast Beverly Sloane 785-3134 I wish to affiliate with the DKY Chapter______Roberta Rams 884-4847 or, other chapter ______

INVASIVE PLANTS Peter Warner 964-8242

JUBATA ERADICATION: (Please check, or name a chapter; CNPS will make at Sea Ranch Roz Bray 785-2694 assignment if none is specified by applicant.)

LEGISLATION OPEN

MAILINGS Roberta Rams 884-4847 MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY MEMBERSHIP Bob Rutemoeller 884-4426

NEWSLETTER Julia Larke 964-2845 PLANT SALE Student/Retired/Limited Income $25 PLANT WATCH Heidi Marshall 884-3831 Individual $45 POSTERS Lynn Tuft 785-3392 Family/Group/Library $75 PROGRAMS OPEN; Lori Hubbart (pro tem) Plant Lover $100 PUBLICITY Gail Hamilton 884-3807 Patron $300 RARE & ENDANGERED: Benefactor $600 Coordinator Teresa Sholars 962-2686 Mariposa Lily $1,500

Inland Clare Wheeler-Sias 895-3131 Sea Ranch Elaine Mahaffey 785-2279 Make check out to the California Native Plant Society; Sonoma Co. Dorothy Scherer 882-2850 mail check and application to:

South Coast Mary Rhyne 884-3043 Bob Rutemoeller, Membership Committee VEGETATION DKY Chapter, CNPS North & South OPEN PO Box 577 WEBMASTER Norm Jensen Gualala, CA 95445 [email protected]

All phone numbers are Area Code 707.

NEXT BOARD MEETING: The next meeting of the Executive Board is scheduled for mid-August at the Point Arena Library. For details, please contact Lori Hubbart at 882-1655. CHAPTER WEBPAGE: www.dkycnps.org. CALYPSO DEADLINE: Send newsletter items by If you have any nature photographs and/or articles Sunday, August 12th to: Julia Larke, P.O. Box 1631, for posting on the website, please send them to Fort Bragg, CA, 95437; 964-2845, [email protected]. Norm Jensen, [email protected].

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