vol 45 / no 3 Ju ly–SePtember 2015 California native Plant SoCiety Bulletin cnps establishes statewide landscaper certification program

By Hei-ock kim care, and are perpetuating pest and disease problems by applying NPS is leading a partnership to conventional gardening methods create the first comprehensive to natives. By standardizing pro­ Cstatewide training and certifica­ fessional education, we aim tion program for professionals who to 1) train a large number of landscape with California native plants. California landscape profes­ Under the supervision of Hei­ock Kim, sionals to produce thriving CNPS Special Projects Coordinator, a native landscapes, and 2) re­ team of seven volunteers with a wide range duce urban water and pesticide of expertise related to native landscaping use, misuse, and runoff. is designing a curriculum that addresses all the basic principles of native plant ecology, some program details site preparation, soils, maintenance, The Landscaper Certifica­ These passionate experts have volunteered hundreds of watering, and pest management. tion Program will initially be hours creating California’s first standardized curriculum Partnering organizations have com­ offered three times a year in for native plant care and maintenance. In order from mitted to providing curriculum review, various locations throughout top left: Frank Simpson, Mike Evans, Ellen Mackey, Vic marketing, classroom facilities, and more. Northern, Central, and South­ Claassen, Nick Basinski, Chris Soltis, Orchid Black. Photos: Frank Simpson, Hilda Evans, Jason Casanova, Matt Claassen, Katie Basinski, Vicki Abney, The ever­growing list of partners includes (continued on page 6) David King key stakeholders, such as the California Landscape Contractors Association, Cal­ trans, UC Integrated Pest Management, dealing with emergent invasive weeds and numerous other public and water By DaviD Pryor agencies, botanic gardens, landscape edu­ cational programs, nonprofits, businesses, eeds in the garden, we all have them—in the front yard and in our open­space and school districts. Wpreserves. Entrenched species like black mustard (Brassica nigra) seem like a lost cause, The program targets all landscape pro­ and we’ve given up trying to control them unless there are funds available for removal and fessionals, public and water agency staff, restoration. But what about new occurrences of invasive weeds in our open space areas? students and faculty in college horticul­ Years ago, the California Invasive Plant Council (Cal­IPC) set early detection and ture programs, and maintenance staff for control of emergent invasives as its highest priority. Encouraged by the thought of being school districts and nurseries. able to win a weedy battle, and with help from a Cal­IPC board member in 2013, the Invasives Committee of the Orange County Chapter of CNPS formed a plant list of 18 Helping native plant landscapes likely new trespassers from the surrounding area that have invasive tendencies. Since then, acHieve widespread success a 19th invasive has been added to the list. California native landscapers have expe­ The Orange County Invasive Plant Management Program offers the following definition rienced increasing success over the last 20 for such weeds: “Emergent invasive plants are non­native species that have appeared recently years. However, many professionals are still in Orange County, are not yet widely distributed here, and are known to spread readily.” For untrained in best practices of native plant (continued on page 6) California native Plant SoCiety • vol 45 / no 3 Ju ly–SePtember 2015

From the executive director Gratitude s I write this we for help, though I confess it’s keeping us trip, grew plants, helped a garden tour, Aare preparing busy! As always, chapters are the first mapped rare plants, commented on a bad for yet another spring rain. It’s one of responders to a public seeking answers: development plan, supported a chapter, those years, a year in which the natives garden tour attendance is doubling, plant or just taught friends and neighbors. If get a great start and then are watered sales are selling out, and the exploding so, then please accept my thanks. If not, at just the right interval to crank out demand for native plant gardening I expect you probably will sometime so an abundance of seeds over the season. lecturers, designers, and installers has let me just thank you right now! Obviously it is also a dry year, and not made our people more popular than In 50 years, CNPS has had good times every part of California was blessed with Galvezia at a hummingbird convention. aplenty, but few could have been as good fantastic wildflower displays—but many It’s a good time to be CNPS! We are all as these. Yes, we face a lot of challenges parts were. That’s California for you, and thankful for the opportunities that CNPS and the need has never been greater, I feel thankful to live in a place where is being given to make a difference, and but our Society is strong and getting every year is a great year, somewhere. especially thankful to the hundreds of better every day. I believe that the next I’m thankful that thousands of tremendously dedicated volunteers who few years are going to be absolutely Californians are suddenly inspired to keep CNPS relevant and make CNPS remarkable. kill their lawns and plant natives, and fun. I give good odds that you have Thank you! T I’m thankful they are turning to CNPS probably helped, that you led a field Dan Gluesenkamp CnPS executive Director opportunities to serve at state level

California native Plant SoCiety hen Mac Laetsch, CNPS’s first president, looked out over the 2015 Conservation 2707 K Street, Suite 1 Conference banquet crowd, he remarked how surprising it was to see how his Sacramento, Ca 95816-5113 one year of service 50 years ago helped lead to this enthusiastic crowd of people W Phone: 916-447-2677 T Fax: 916-447-2727 dedicated to preserving California’s native plants. Take a cue from Mac! Email: [email protected] This September 2015, elections will be Website: www.cnps.org CNPS Bulletin Email: [email protected] held for the CNPS Chapter Council and Dan Gluesenkamp, Executive Director Board of Directors. These bodies create 2015 board of direCtorS policy and provide direction that helps Laura Camp, President CNPS realize its mission. David Bigham, Vice President CNPS has a very democratic election Carolyn Longstreth, Secretary Nancy Morin, Treasurer procedure. Any CNPS member in good At Large: standing can self­nominate with a letter of Kristie Haydu, Gordon Leppig, Jean Robertson, Michael Vasey, Steve Windhager, Carol Witham support from their local chapter board or the Chapter Council Reps: support of five CNPS members. Glen Holstein, David Varner

Serving in statewide CNPS positions offers ChaPter CounCil members a unique opportunity to guide our Orchid Black, Chair Larry Levine, Vice-Chair

David Berman organization in protecting California’s Marty Foltyn, Secretary CNPS’s first president, Mac Laetsch, in a wonderful native plants. More information pensive moment at the CNPS 2015 Con- about the self­nomination process and open CnPS bulletin servation Conference banquet. Bob Hass, Editor Council and Board positions is available at Lisa Roth, Designer cnps.org/cnps/admin/ (under Governance and Structure/Self Nominations and Elections). David Chapman, Dave Flietner, Diana Hickson, If you have questions you’d like to discuss about any of these openings, please contact Proofreaders me at [email protected]. T mailinG label ChanGeS David Bigham, Vice President Send to: [email protected] CnPS Board of Directors P a G e 2 California native Plant SoCiety • vol 45 / no 3 Ju ly–SePtember 2015 state policy on native plants approved

CNPS praised for its work been largely ineffectual over time because By BoB Hass it has not ensured their survival. It also acknowledges the need to reexamine wild nother significant accomplish­ fire management practices such as fuels ment for native plants has just management and post­fire salvage and Aoccurred, and it could not have their impact on native plant conservation. come at a more opportune moment given The Commissioners and CDFW Direc­ th that this is the Society’s 50 anniversary tor Charlton Bonham had very positive Jeb Bjerke year. At its June 2015 meeting, the Califor­ things to say about the new policy, and A listing petition by CNPS for Livermore nia Fish and Game Commission (CFGC) applauded the professionalism of CNPS. tarplant (Deinandra bacigalupii) as State voted to approve a comprehensive State They also complimented CNPS on its pe­ Endangered was recently accepted by the state Fish and Game Commission. Its one- Policy on Native Plants. This landmark de­ tition to have the rare Livermore tarplant year status review has already begun. The cision establishes practices that give native (Deinandra bacigalupii) listed as “State plant was named after CNPS Fellow Remo plants and habitats considerably stronger Endangered,” and voted unanimously to Charles Bacigalupi, former curator of The Je- pson Herbarium (1950–1968). Heath Bartosh protection in California, and for the first start its one­year status review. deserves tremendous thanks for putting in time place them more on a par with wildlife. According to Heath Bartosh, who years of work to develop the listing petition. How did this come about? For over a year presented the petition on behalf of the now Greg Suba, Vern Goehring, and Dan CNPS Rare Plant Program Committee, tions.” At the meeting, Bartosh told the Gluesenkamp have been working on this the Commissioners “applauded our efforts Commissioners that CNPS will be submit­ initiative. It first involved the painstaking as being focused on quality and validity.” ting other petitions in the future, and one process of developing the policy, including Both he and Greg Suba had explained in Commissioner replied, “Bring ‘em on!” T practices that the CFGC and the California detail about CNPS’s robust vetting process Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the organization’s intention to present Bob Hass is editor of the CNPS Bulletin would support and implement. Part of that only “the most scientifically sound peti­ and Fremontia. process included working with CDFW staff and several key stakeholder groups to review it and make modifications, and then welcome mona robison getting it on the CFGC agenda for a vote. Rare Plant Program now has a manager The new state policy describes native plants “as integral elements of the State’s n early May Mona Robison began work as the new wildlife” and will help refine administrative ICNPS Rare Plant Program Manager—just in time to and legislative actions on behalf of con­ make sure the 2015 Rare Plant Treasure Hunt (RPTH) serving native plants. Previously most state trips are a great success. In addition to managing the protections were focused on wildlife, but less RPTH, Mona is tasked with supporting many exciting

on the plant habitats on which they depend. new special projects within the Rare Plant Program Mona Robison The policy mentions “the integrity of natu­ (RPP), including implementing the new strategic plan. Mona Robison. ral [plant] communities,” using “proactive Mona has a BA in botany and PhD in plant biology from approaches that address both naturally oc­ the University of California, Davis. She most recently worked with California State Parks curring and human­induced stressors,” and in Sacramento, coordinating with parks statewide to improve plant mapping, teach early the need for “adequately trained and expe­ detection of weeds, and support natural resource management. Prior to that she worked as rienced” experts being available to CDFW. an environmental consultant for over 15 years. Best of all, Mona is a long­time member Of particular note, the policy acknowl­ of CNPS and has served in many positions with the CNPS Sacramento Valley Chapter, edges that transplantation—the long­held and on the CNPS State Board. This is the first time in CNPS history that the Rare Plant state practice of mitigating threatened spe­ Program has had three full­time positions (Aaron Sims, Danny Slakey, and now Mona). cies by moving them to other protected ar­ We hope you will join us in welcoming Mona to this exciting new position as part of the eas in exchange for allowing development CNPS RPP Dream Team! T on lands containing such species—has Aaron Sims, CnPS Rare Plant Botanist P a G e 3 California native Plant SoCiety • vol 45 / no 3 Ju ly–SePtember 2015 C HAPteR n ewS

NORTH SAN JOAquIN VALLEy CHAPTER: grassland, and desert. The Valley grassland Birth of a school native plant garden zone was sloped to allow runoff from the surrounding hardscape to flow to an alifornia native plant demonstra­ When Amy Thorpe and Marlene Hepner, existing storm drain. Wide pathways C tion gardens are an integral part the agriculture teachers and Future Farmers divide the five zones and provide easy of the educational and horticultural of America (FFA) advisors at Merrill F. access to all parts of the garden. missions of CNPS, and are the primary West High School in Tracy, received a With guidance from Ms. Thorpe and focus of our chapter. $2,000 grant to build a California native Ms. Hepner, students worked hard to plant garden, they contacted the excavate the walkways, remove weeds, North San Joaquin Valley Chapter of and prepare for planting. Our chapter CNPS to ask for help with the design donated about 100 plants to the project, and implementation of the project. and chapter members helped the students The chapter responded immediately install most of the plants. Students and enthusiastically agreed to help. designed and built the irrigation system The garden site is approximately and the bridges, and will provide ongoing 100’ by 80’, in full sun, and is weeding and maintenance. In the works surrounded by a parking lot, athletic are interpretive signs and other features field, tennis courts, and the school’s to make the garden an educational greenhouse and vegetable garden. destination for the entire school district. Except for an existing weeping willow This project is an excellent example

Jim Brugger tree at the southeast corner, the site of the strong partnerships that can be White sage (Salvia apiana) (foreground), and the was covered with invasive weeds, and formed between CNPS chapters and grassland habitat area (middle and right), one of had very hard, compacted soil. their local communities. T five habitat zones of a new native plant demon- I came up with a design that stration garden at Merrill West High School in Tracy. Local CNPS members have helped students has five distinct zones: riparian, Jim Brugger, President and teachers with design and planting. Native American, pollinator, Valley north San Joaquin Valley Chapter

SANHEdRIN CHAPTER: Gardening With a Wild Heart. small but impressive Over 60 people showed up for the chapter’s first meeting this year on edible ike a number of the smaller CNPS and medicinal plants of California. We

Margo Bors Lchapters, the Sanhedrin Chapter cosponsored a second meeting with the serves a large territory—Lake and local Audubon chapter on California inland Mendocino Counties. It is always grasses, featuring botanist James P. a challenge finding enough members to Smith, with a field trip a month later to help so that long­time and new active identify grasses along Lake Mendocino. members are not overworked. Our chapter also sponsored ten field trips Despite those challenges, we are This illustration of yerba buena (Clinopodium during the spring wildflower season. We accomplishing quite a lot. We produce a douglasii) by Margaret Warriner Buck from are gearing up for our 2015–16 season newsletter worthy of perusal by members the book The Wildflowers of California, with more field trips, public meetings, accompanies a chapter newsletter article on from other chapters. Of particular note in the plant by Cathy Monroe. and our first Rare Plant Treasure Hunt. T the February 2015 issue is an excellent article on the 2015 CNPS Conservation and an informative short book review by Allison Rofe, Co-President Conference by Geri Hulse­Stephens, Gail Johnson on Judith Larner Lowry’s Sanhedrin Chapter

P a G e 4 California native Plant SoCiety • vol 45 / no 3 Ju ly–SePtember 2015 cnps launches calscape to Help people save water and restore nature s more Californians remove their thirsty lawns, CNPS now offers gardeners a way not only to save water, but also to help, albeit in a Asmall way, to restore California’s native habitat. A new software tool called Calscape, available on the CNPS website at calscape.com, allows anyone to easily find and see the plants that grow naturally in their area. Just enter your street address and you will receive a native plant list appropriate for your garden from among the 3,000 plants in the database. Then you can use the site to get detailed plant descriptions, as well as information on growing requirements and nursery availability. The site also contains thousands of plant photographs. Calscape was created by CNPS member and Web developer Dennis Mudd, who generously donated his time and expertise to the project. The site is a work­in­progress, and eventually the Jepson Horticultural Database will be incorporated into it. We are continuing to add to the CNPS Calscape plant profiles. If you would like to contribute your knowledge and expertise, please email Caroline Garland Calscape can search for locally appropriate plants at [email protected]. based on California addresses. Each plant profile pro- T vides description information, growing requirements, Hei-ock Kim availability, and estimated natural range. CnPS Special Projects Coordinator in appreciation: alicia Funk Advocate for culinary and medicinal uses of native plants y now, Alicia Funk should be a grandmother, before working for 20 years name familiar to CNPS members publishing textbooks on the safety and Band native plant aficionados far science behind plant­based medicine. and wide. As founder of The Living Since moving to the Sierra Nevada Wild Project, Alicia has become a one­ foothills community of Nevada City in woman revolutionary force. She has 2004, her work has largely concentrated passionately promoted both environmental on the abundance of edible and medicinal sustainability and knowledge of our native plants readily available and underutilized

plant communities by encouraging that by our modern society, just outside our Ingrid Nelson we re­engage with our local landscapes doors here in California. Alicia Funk collects “oak nuts” (acorns) and and incorporate the intrinsic wealth of Alicia coauthored Living Wild: Garden- spicebush flowers on her property over- medicinal and culinary uses of native ing, Cooking and Healing with Native Plants looking the South yuba River in Nevada County. plants into our daily lives. of California (available through CNPS’s By becoming an expert on wild plants online store), now in its second edition. supports the heritage and future biodiver­ and their traditional uses by indigenous Recently she gave CNPS an extremely sity of California.” people, her research has led her on the generous gift—all proceeds from the sales CNPS continues to be amazed and path promoting the use, cooking, and of this book to date—and will continue inspired by Alicia as she motivates and gardening of nutritional and medicinal to do so annually. To quote Alicia, “I’m electrifies the public on the uses of native plants through her talks, workshops, donating all of the profits from Living Wild plants, and is grateful for her generosity to demonstrations, and writing. to CNPS, because their work is our future. our organization. T She started her journey 25 years ago With the drought and climate change, the by learning plant­based medicine in the plant habitats we love and our own food Stacey Flowerdew, CnPS Membership Ecuadorian rainforest from an indigenous supply are threatened. The work of CNPS and Development Coordinator

P a G e 5 California native Plant SoCiety • vol 45 / no 3 Ju ly–SePtember 2015 landscaper certification program (from page 1) stay inFormed The CNPS Landscaper Certification is ern California. Classroom time will span ter, we will also be offering the certifica­ expected to launch in the summer of 2015, 24 hours over three weeks, include hands­ tion program in Spanish. By doing so, we and is supported in part by Metropolitan on training, and require memorization of hope to connect Spanish­speaking land­ Water District, Western Municipal Water region­specific plant lists. Students will scape professionals to the larger native District, Irvine Ranch Water District, then enter a year­long mentoring period plant landscaping community. This will and the Riverside­Corona Resource that will culminate in a final exam. This help to increase their access to important Conservation District. To receive updates exam will be pass/fail, and those who information regarding native landscaping about the program, and to learn more about pass will be eligible to receive the CNPS and pesticide regulations that they often the curriculum, prospective fee schedule, Landscaper Certification. miss due to the language barrier. and other program information, visit the In order to be awarded the certification, CNPS.org will feature many online Gardening section at CNPS.org. T all students who use pesticides in their resources for participants once they are work will need, or have to apply for, a certified, including a job board, and the Hei-ock Kim is CNPS Special Projects Qualified Applicators Certificate issued opportunity to maintain a professional Coordinator. She brings with her 13 by the California Department of Pesticide profile page that is tied to a publicly years in the nonprofit world and a life­ Regulation (DPR). searchable database of California land­ time of advocating for the arts and the With the help of the CNPS Baja Chap­ scapers. environment. emergent invasive weeds (from page 1) this population over the next several years. Our chapter’s invasive plant report­ each species meeting this definition on our of an unknown invasive species, and after ing protocol asks members to document chapter list we developed descriptive PDFs field verification, a small population of observations of each site with photos, with photos, identifying characteristics, as approximately 200 plants were removed GPS location, number of plants, date, well as information and images of other in an organized weed pull. We learned landowner, and a collected sample. It species readily confused with the target that the culprit was the North African also includes an important reminder about ones, and posted these on the chapter invasive species, Moroccan knapweed the importance of cleaning footwear and website (occnps.org/Invasives.html). (Volutaria tubuliflora), which was stopped clothing after being in the field. Species Once an alert and search request went from spreading and was included as a new descriptions for use in the field can be out to members, field reports flowed in. occurrence for the county. printed or downloaded to a smartphone, Within the first week, we received photos So far our chapter has responded to one aided by links to Calflora and Cal­IPC. other invader, stinkwort Instead of walking by unknown “weedy (Dittrichia graveolens). looking” species along roads, parking ar­ Reported last Novem­ eas, and trailheads, our chapter members ber by chapter member are helping to identify these invaders Bob Allen, the small before they set seeds and spread further. population was about Stopping emergent weeds early on can to set seed. By the next make a tremendous difference in prevent­ weekend, a team from ing the loss of valuable native habitat, and Orange County Parks, in saving time and resources that could be Irvine Ranch Con­ better used for other things. According to servancy, and chapter Ron Vanderhoff, our chapter weed master, volunteers counted, “We can quickly respond to small, new mapped, pulled, and weed infestations before they become too bagged the population large and problematic.” T of about 1,000 plants. The Orange County Chapter’s list of 19 newly discovered weeds Chapter members will David Pryor is a board member of the with invasive tendencies, available on the chapter website. monitor and report on Orange County Chapter. P a G e 6 California native Plant SoCiety • vol 45 / no 3 Ju ly–SePtember 2015 native plant gardens of cnps members Denise Louie, San Francisco n 2011 I visited a neighbor’s hillside garden and learned it contained na­ Itive plants. This inspired me to be­ gin to increase the native habitat on my own property. Since I began the redesign in 2011, I’ve found about a dozen volun­ teer native plants. On a lower slope of thin soil, I found polypody (Polypodium californicum), blue­eyed grass (Sisyrinchi- um bellum), blue wild rye (Elymus glau- cus), hairy wood rush (Luzula comosa), and California poppies (Eschscholzia californica). Farther uphill, where the soil is deeper, I found a 15­foot toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), wild cucum­ ber (Marah fabaceus), woodland sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis), miner’s lettuce

(Claytonia perfoliata), and California Margo Bors blackberry (Rubus ursinus). Along denise Louie’s suspended staircase, farewell to spring (Clarkia rubicunda) and My first challenge during the redesign coast buckwheat, also called seaside buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium), bloom in sum- process was access. A landscape contrac­ mer months and attract many pollinators. tor who co­owns a native plant nursery mourning doves. Since I live near Glen (Bromus carinatus). A visitor told me helped me build a 42­step suspended Canyon, where Islais Creek runs, I’ve she had now caught my passion for staircase on a relatively steep slope. He had damselflies come to visit. I’ve seen local native plants. In August 2013 had a vision for my backyard that I would a few different butterflies, including the Greg Gaar, author of San Francisco: A never have imagined. In quick order he red admiral. And native bees love my Natural History, was rather excited to see built other box stairs, cleared weeds and coast buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium) the clarkia, farewell to spring (Clarkia overhanging pine tree branches from a and poppies. Moths come in the evening rubicunda), in full bloom along my neighbor’s yard, planted natives local to to pollinate my soap plant (Chlorogalum property line. These clarkia descended San Francisco, and removed several tons pomeridianum ) when in bloom. Now from a plant he grew at a former native of loose chert from a rockface. I think about habitat value when plant nursery site in Golden Gate Park. We used red elderberry (Sambucus choosing new plants. I love creating floral arrangements racemosa), ribes (Ribes sanguineum), Cal­ Ongoing challenges include weed with the tall native bunchgrasses and ifornia fescue (Festuca californica), sticky removal by rappelling down about 50’ on brightly colored wildflowers in my monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus), the lower slope and hand watering uphill garden. I also enjoy collecting, sharing, and California sagebrush (Artemisia 100’. The garden is now rid of ivy and and propagating seeds of local native californica), to name a few, which add Himalayan blackberry. I still see oxalis plants from the backyard. I frequently diversity of color, height, and texture. and chickweed. French broom may be volunteer for habitat restoration I now delight in the heavenly fragrance around forever, but I recognize it when projects so I can learn from experts and, of sagebrush and wonder if this should it first sprouts with two dark green leaves with permission, collect small amounts be our state fragrance. and immediately pull it. of seed from native plants that grow in Since the remake, I’ve noticed a hawk I opened my garden to the Yerba nearby open spaces. Indeed, my idea of roosting on the crest of my main slope. Buena Chapter’s Garden Tour in 2013, “my backyard” has grown expansively And with the added vegetation I’ve and was delighted when one of the since 2011 when I first began gardening observed up to four different species of participants identified an unnoticed with plants native to this amazing place birds in my garden at one time, including plant for me—California brome where I live. T P a G e 7 California native Plant SoCiety • vol 45 / no 3 Ju ly–SePtember 2015

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california native shows up on romanian stamp

ow does a California native plant contacted in 2014 via email by Alec Bartos end up on a Romanian stamp? of Romania. Bartos had seen Blumin’s HCNPS member Len Blumin was photo on Flickr of the desert native rock hibiscus (Hibiscus denudatus) and requested use of the photo for a stamp design contest on desert flowers being

held by his country’s postal Nancy Gamble service. Blumin agreed, and Longtime CNPS supporters Patti and Len was delighted when Bartos’s Blumin of the Marin CNPS Chapter. digital design of the original photograph won and ended family of artists. He is currently president up as a Romanian postage of the Commission for Astrophilately of stamp, along with three other the Romanian Philatelic Federation. desert flower designs. Len was introduced to California As it turns out, Bartos is wildflowers on walks with Bob Stewart, well­known among stamp then a Marin County naturalist. He has collectors in Romania and taken over 10,000 photos of California Europe. He is an award­ natives, and has contributed some to winning philatelic designer, Calflora. T as well as an accomplished McLaughlin Vici This Romanian stamp, rock hibiscus (bottom right), is of a California native, based on a photograph taken by CNPS painter and mixed media Bob Hass, editor member Len Blumin. artist, and comes from a CNPS Bulletin and Fremontia