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Volume 48, No. 8 October 2015 Adaptive Restoration in Oregon’s Coastal Prairies, Clatsop Plains California. Today, only about 1% of its and will continue to be an important by Sara Newman, Cecilia Welch, and historic range remains and much of the consideration for future restoration. Connor Whitaker, 2015 IAE/NPSO coexisting flora and fauna have conse- This ecosystem relies on a maritime Interns quently declined. climate and increased unpredictabil- Several factors have contributed to ity of precipitation and temperature Adaptive management is a frame- the reduction of coastal prairie habitats cycles make it difficult for sensitive work for making decisions based on including increased anthropogenic plant communities to adjust. Shoreline the assessed impacts of treatments, influence, the introduction of exotic erosion and coastal flooding from the results of which are formed into species, and climate change. Coastal rising sea levels may also play a role a flexible management plan with prairie communities have experienced in the future status of coastal prairies. modifications as the plan progresses. rapid habitat loss due to conversion The Fifth Assessment Report from the Adaptive habitat restoration requires to housing developments and areas Intergovernmental Panel on Climate novel approaches and all-encompassing for recreational use. Agriculture has Change suggests that the global mean solutions to improve the integrity of introduced many exotic species to sea level could rise by between approxi- ecosystems and their surrounding envi- coastal prairies such as tall fescue mately 0.5 to 1 meters (IPCC 2013), ronments. Coastal prairie ecosystems (Schedonorus arundinaceus), sweet which could have profound implica- are a prime target for restoration since vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), tions for coastal ecosystems. they have lost the majority of their and orchard grass ( glomerata). A major consequence of habitat original range over the past 150 years. Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) was fragmentation is loss of regional The Clatsop Plains study is a collabora- initially brought to the western U.S. as biodiversity. Oregon coastal prairie tive effort testing adaptive management a decorative garden shrub and is now sub-habitats include salt-spray mead- methods for restoring coastal prairie a widespread introduced species in ows and stabilized dunes; both are habitat, conducted by the Institute coastal prairies, outcompeting native critically important to the endangered for Applied Ecology (IAE), the North plants. While human impacts may be continued on page 8 Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC), detrimental to the survival of coastal the National Park Service (NPS) prairie communities, human influence and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service can be incorporated into the conserva- In This Issue (USFWS). Dune ecosystems and coast- tion of surrounding ecosystems. al prairies historically extended from A rapidly changing climate is Scholarship Awards...... 2 northwest Washington to northern another obstacle coastal prairies face Farewells...... 2 NPSO Calendar...... 3 Other Events...... 5 National Seed Strategy...... 6 Workplace Donation...... 6 2016 Annual Meeting...... 7 New Milkweed Source...... 7 t Aqu a r i um C o as t NPSO Contacts...... 9

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October 2015 1 Scholarship Awards Given to OCIE T S TY N O A F L Outstanding Oregon Students P O R E E V by Thomas Jenkins, Willamette Valley Chapter Scholarship Chairman G I

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N The Willamette Valley Chapter is pleased to announce the scholarship award win- ners for 2015. Each will receive $1,000 toward their fall term tuition. Sebastian Mortimer has been chosen to receive the Augusta Rockafellar Memorial Fo 1 unded 196 Scholarship. Sebastian is a graduate student at Willamette University. He has been working on NSF-funded research on phenological monitoring of Camassia and its Native Plant associated pollinators. He co-authored a presentation given at the Botany Confer- Society of Oregon ence in Edmonton, Canada. Sebastian is pursuing a Ph.D., hoping to contribute to research that weds evolutionary biology, systematics and geography, with an eye to- ward both conservation and agriculture. He received very strong recommendations World Wide Web (“terrific, talented, highly motivated, and amazing”) from his mentors and we are http://www.NPSOregon.org happy to help this outstanding student in achieving his academic goals. E-mail Discussion List Kevin Mason has been chosen to receive the Jean Davis Memorial Scholarship. To join, send a message to Kevin is a Botany major at Oregon State University, with a focus on ecology, evo- [email protected], with lution, and conservation. He is working for the Carex Working Group on two the following in the body of the ­ projects: one dealing with Castilleja for the Flora of North America and the other ­message: subscribe npso involving preparation for a grass identification workshop in northern California. During the school year, he also works at the OSU Herbarium and is considered a General Business Address leader in the OSU Organic Growers Club. His other interests include restoration P.O. Box 902 of native habitat, lichenology, and ethnobotany. He was described by his mentors Eugene, OR 97440 as “enthusiastic, a first-rate student, and a model intern.” Kevin is an outstanding or correspond directly with Officers individual who is very deserving of this award. and Committee Chairs listed on the inside of the back page. Congratulations to both of our winners! Also, “Thank you very much!” to those who have donated money in support of these scholarships. Membership Inquiries Only Matt Morales P.O. Box 80714 Portland, OR 97280 Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon Editor: Erika Wedenoja Farewells Layout Artist: Mead ISSN 0884-5999. Published 10 times Oregon lost two native plant advocates unexpectedly in August. per year. Subscription price speci- fied in Membership Form printed on Jerry Igo passed away in his sleep on August 28. Jerry held many positions at inside back cover page of this issue. NPSO, from Mid-Columbia Chapter President, to Director-at-large, to Education Date and issue number on page 1. Chair. He became an NPSO Fellow in 2002. Outside of NPSO, he taught botany The submission date is the 10th classes, surveyed roadsides for rare plants, and was a regional coordinator for the of each month for the following Oregon Plant Atlas. Jerry is remembered as a "great weed warrior" and an "enthusi- month’s issue except for the Aug/ astic, knowledgeable and humorous" trip leader. Read more about his life in Kalmi- Sept issue which is July 24 and the opsis, Volume 9, available online at npsoregon.org/kalmiopsis/kalmiopsis_v09.pdf. Dec/Jan issue which is November 24. Send submissions by e-mail to Wendell Wood died August 11 after collapsing on a hike in the Redwoods. A vet- [email protected]. eran of Oregon Wild, he spent over 30 years working to protect Oregon's environ- Opinions expressed in this publica- ment. His recent native plant activities included supporting the designation of a tion are those of the authors of the Veva Stansell Botanical Area and updating a native plant list for the Rough and articles. They do not represent the Ready creek watershed. The list, along with his overview of this area, is available opinions of the Native Plant Society online at http://www.oregonwild.org/about/blog/oregons-red-rock-rainforest-doc- of Oregon, unless so stated. umenting-biodiversity-kalmiopsis. For more information about Wendell's life, visit wendellwood.org.

2 NPSO Bulletin NPSO Calendar entrances on Adams and 2nd Streets. citizen scientist concept, focused on State Notes For more information, contact Lisa seasonal rainfall and plant monitoring. State Board Meeting Blackburn, 503-538-3976 or black- Oregon Season Tracker participates [email protected]. in the National Phenology Network, October 17, Saturday, 10 am–2 November 19, Thursday, 7 pm in which volunteers monitor selected pm native plants over the growing season. Program: Oregon Season Trackers. Doors open at 6:45 pm for socializing, The next meeting of the NPSO State Amy Grotta with Oregon State Uni- Meeting/Program starts at 7:00. Loca- Board will be hosted by the High Des- versity Extension Service will discuss tion: Carnegie Room, McMinnville ert Chapter. Location: Environmental a new OSU program. Oregon Season Public Library, 225 NW Adams St. Center, 16 NW Kansas Ave., down- Tracker is a localized application of the (corner of Hwy 99W and SW 2nd St.). town Bend, 541-385-6908. Parking lot entrances on Adams and 2nd Streets. For more information, 2016 Annual Meeting IMPORTANT NOTE TO contact Lisa Blackburn, 503-538-3976 July 15–17, Friday–Sunday FIELD TRIP PARTICIPANTS or [email protected]. Field trips take place rain or The Emerald Chapter will host the shine, so proper dress and 2016 NPSO Annual Meeting on a footwear are ­essential. BRING Corvallis For questions, information on upcoming private forested 46 acre property near WATER AND LUNCH. Trips may events, or to be on the Corvallis chap- the majestic McKenzie River, a fifty- be strenuous and/or hazard- ter e-mail list, contact Jordan Brown minute drive from Eugene. Location: ous. Participation is at your at [email protected] or McKenzie River Conference Center, own risk. Be prepared to sign a release form indicating this. 253-820-3934. Rainbow, Oregon. A sample waiver form is avail- able at http://npsoregon.org/ October 12, Monday, 7:30 pm documents/NPSO_waiver.pdf. Talk: Acorns, Buntings and Cabernet Blue Mountain Please contact the trip leader -— Grassland Birds in our Changing For information on Blue ­Mountain or chapter representative about Rural Landscapes. How changes in Chapter call Jerry Baker,541-566-2244. difficulty, distance, and terrain land use, farm crops, farming methods, to be expected on field trips. and residential landscaping have af- Dogs are not allowed. All NPSO fected grassland birds in the Willamette Cheahmill field trips are open to the pub- For questions, or to be added to the lic at no charge (other than Valley. Our speaker, Joel Geier, is a Cheahmill Chapter's email list for re- contribution to carpool driver) hydrogeologist who works seasonally on minders of upcoming programs and and newcomers and visitors are grassland bird research. His enduring events, please contact the Cheahmill always welcome. You must pre- passion, ever since encountering a patch Chapter President at ch_president@ register for all events. National of virgin prairie on the family farm, has NPSOregon.org. Forests require a Northwest been grassland ecology. Location: Avery Forest Pass for some field trip House in Avery Park. For information, October 22, Thursday, 7 pm locations. Permits can be ac- contact Jordan Brown at 253-820-3934 Program: A Tale of Two Lilies. Jordan quired at forest headquarters or [email protected]. Brown will be speaking about na- and ranger districts. tive plant conservation in the state of Emerald Oregon, specifically showcasing two NOTICE TO FIELD TRIP CHAIRS AND LEADERS Visit the Emerald Chapter Web site at spectacular endangered lilies: the west- http://emerald.npsoregon.org to learn more ern lily and Gentner's fritillary. The The Forest Service and other agencies have set policies limit- about the latest chapter events, plant lists ongoing work with these two species & botanical information about Lane exemplifies how our efforts can help ing group size in many wilder- ness areas to 12. The reason County plants & the people who love them. conserve and recover imperiled plants is to limit human impacts on Meeting Location: Conference Room as we gain more knowledge about them these fragile areas. Groups and the threats they face. Doors open at at Lane County Mental Health, 2411 using wilderness areas should Martin Luther King Blvd. Turn off 6:45 pm for socializing, Meeting/Pro- be no larger than 12. A trip gram starts at 7:00. Location: Carnegie leader checklist and sample MLK Blvd. onto Scout Access Rd. Room, McMinnville Public Library, waiver form are available at: across from Autzen and take the first 225 NW Adams St. (corner of Hwy http://npsoregon.org/calendar. left into the parking lot. The meeting 99W and SW 2nd St.). Parking lot html room is on the right side as you face the building.

October 2015 3 October 15, Thursday, 7 pm Program: The Stunning and Klamath Basin Portland Landscapes of South . Bitty Roy For information on the Klamath Basin If you would like to receive the chapter’s and Michael Wherley will show us why Chapter, visit http://klamathbasinnps.com semi-official e-mail newsletter,The Calo- South Africa is where plant people go or contact the chapter president, Kim El- chortus, e-mail Don Jacobson at donj- on pilgrimage. There are expanses of liott, [email protected]. [email protected]. desert blooms, savannah and grasslands, 252. Facebook: Take a look at our Face- odd forests, and the fynbos, a Mediter- October 1, Thursday, 6:30–7:30 book page. Native Plant Society of Or- ranean shrubland with about 10,000 pm egon-Portland-Chapter. It will have the species, a large fraction of which are Meeting/Program: First Chapter most up-to-date information on hike endemic. We will illustrate the flowers Meeting of the Fall! Help us elect new and other events as well as great plant within the context of their landscapes, officers and decide on program topics pictures. as well as some of their pollinators and for the upcoming academic year. Loca- herbivores. Location: Conference Room Meeting location: The Portland Chap- tion: Oregon Institute of Technology at Lane County Mental Health, see ter meets the second Thursday of most campus, DOW Center for Health Pro- above for directions. For more informa- months in the Metro Building at 600 fessions Room 252. tion call 541-521-3964. NE Grand Ave., Portland. Enter from November 5, Thursday, 6:30–8 NE Irving St. on the north side of the November 19, Thursday, 7 pm pm building and walk across the upper Program: Conserving Pollination Ser- plaza to the entrance (not the door on Meeting/Program: Speaker and Topic vices in Tropical Forest Landscapes. 600 NE Grand Ave.). An attendant will TBA. Location: Oregon Institute of Pollinators and the services they pro- let you in and direct you to the meeting Technology campus, DOW Center for vide are in decline worldwide, but the room upstairs. Meetings and programs Health Professions Room 252. causes remain cryptic, particularly in begin at 7 pm. tropical forest. Dr. Matthew Betts, as- October 3, Saturday, 9 am sociate professor of landscape ecology at Mid-Columbia Oregon State University, will summa- For information on the Mid-Columbia Field Trip: Abies ("True" Firs) rize eight years of research designed to Chapter, contact Sara Wu at mc_presi- Hike. Leader Rick Shory has worked understand pollination dynamics in the [email protected]. throughout the West as a Forest Service botanist. All the species of "true" fir montane tropical forests of Costa Rica. October 23, Friday, 7 pm Topics include limitations to humming- (Abies) in the Northwest grow around bird movement, pollinator recognition Program: How Soils Influence Our Government Camp, on the southwest by Heliconia tortuosa, and implications Native Plants. This event is on a Friday slope of Mt. Hood. Come learn about for coevolution and conservation. Loca- and does not meet at the usual location. this important genus of conifers, how tion: Conference Room at Lane County James Cassidy will take us on a virtual to distinguish the various species and Mental Health, see above for directions. tour of nearby Columbia Gorge sites tell them apart from other genera of For more information call Steven at to see what connections can be made trees. Location: Leave at 9:00 am from 541-521-3964 or see http://emerald. between native plants and the soil they NW corner of NE Pacific St. and NE npsoregon.org. grow in. Cassidy is a soil scientist in the 99th Ave., near Gateway MAX station. OSU Department of Horticulture. He Or meet near Government Camp at often compares teaching to perform- 10:30 am. Round-trip from downtown Filipendula ing music. Location: Rockford Grange, Portland, about 140 miles. Contact This is a newly formed chapter for the 4250 Barrett Rd., Hood River. For Rick Shory, [email protected] or northern Oregon coast area. For more information, contact Billy Don Rob- 503-253-8100 to sign up and for loca- information, visit our Facebook page: inson at 503-515-1708 or bdmeme@ tion details. NPSO-Filipendula Chapter, or contact gmail.com. Directions from Hwy 84: October 8, Thursday, 7 pm Field Trip Chair Carla Cole, colecarla@ Take the West Hood River exit #62 and yahoo.com. turn south (away from the river). Im- Program: Volume 1 of the Flora of mediately turn right on Country Club Oregon Is Here! The first volume of High Desert Rd. Drive 3 miles to the "T" intersec- the three-volume Flora of Oregon is now For information, visit the High Desert tion with Barrett Rd. and turn left. The available, reflecting the work of dedi- Chapter website: www.highdesertnpsore- Grange is on your left in 0.2 miles, a cated staff and hundreds of volunteers gon.org and Facebook page: Native Plant large white building with blue trim next over twenty years. Hear the stories of Society of Oregon: High Desert Chapter, to the Westside Firehouse. how Volume 1 developed, explore ap- or email [email protected]. plications of the information from the introductory chapters, and discover how you can join in the exciting and

4 NPSO Bulletin meaningful work of the Oregon Flora essential tool for anyone who paddles, Project with Director Linda Hardison. fishes, explores, or wants to understand Other Events Meeting location: Metro Building, the natural history of our rivers and Portland, see above for details. Contact: the challenges they face.--John DeVoe, Mary at [email protected] or executive director of Oregon Water- North American 503-288-4340. Watch. Refreshments at 6:45 pm, meet- Butterfly November 12, Thursday, 7 pm ing and program at 7:00. Location: Southern Oregon University Campus Association Program: Portland Area Meadows (exact location TBA). Free and open October 12, Monday, 7 pm and Pollinators. Can we all do more to the public. For information contact Seminar: Biology and Conservation to bring back Oregon’s natural habitats? Dave at [email protected]. of Monarch Butterflies in the Pacific Join Mark Griswold Wilson, restora- Northwest. David James, associate tion ecologist and landscape designer, South Coast professor of entomology at Washington as he discusses the cultural history of State University, will discuss current the Willamette Valley’s prairie savannah This is a newly formed chapter. For more information, contact the chapter research on monarch butterflies in the landscape and a potential urban analog Pacific Northwest, including recent — the native plant meadow garden. He president, Alexis Brickner, sc_president@ NPSOregon.org. findings on summer breeding popula- will present the idea of planting urban tions and migration routes. Also high- meadows as turf alternatives for: con- lighted will be the West Coast monarch serving water, improving water quality, Umpqua Valley tagging program. Location: The Eugene providing habitat for pollinators, and Visit umpquavalleynativeplants.com for Garden Club, 1645 High St., Eugene. introducing an interested gardening more information on chapter activities or Refreshments at 7:00; presentation at public to our native prairie plants. to be added to our email list. Check out 7:30. Free, all are welcome. For more He will also identify some commonly our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ information, visit naba.org/chapters/ seen urban bees and recommend na- UmpquaValleyNPSO. Not online - call nabaes/index.html. tive meadow plant communities to use Donna Rawson 541-459-2821. in your own yard to provide a micro- habitat for them. Meeting location: Willamette Valley KS Wild Metro Building, Portland, see above for For program information, contact John October 15, Thursday, 6:30–8 pm details. Contact: Mary at alphiesmith@ Savage at 503-399-8615 or Alexandra Science Works Taphouse Talk: Na- comcast.net or 503-288-4340. Ninneman at 503-391-4145. ture's Phoenix: The Science of Wild- fire.Dominick DellaSala will give a Siskiyou William Cusick presentation on his new book about To join the Siskiyou Chapter email list: wildfire,Ecological Importance of Mixed- Visit our Web site at http://williamcusick. Send an email, from the address at which Severity Fires: Nature's Phoenix. This npsoregon.org or contact Susan Geer at you want to receive announcements, to event is free to the public. Location: 541-963-0477 or Emelie Montgomery- [email protected]. No Howie's, 16 N Front St, Medford. For Jones at 541-963-3339 for updates and subject or message is required. You will get more information, visit http://kswild. general information. Chapter notices a confirmation email. If you would like to org/get-involved/Events or call Morgan and communications are done primarily volunteer to lead a hike in 2015, make a Lindsay at 541-488-5789. through a Google group. Members are re- suggestion, or provide feedback regarding minded to contact Susan or Emelie if they the field trip program, please contact Julie want to be added to the Google group, ORBIC Spelletich at: [email protected]. Join us or if they do not have internet access and on Facebook at: facebook.com/SiskiyouChap- October 16, Friday, 9 am want to be contacted by phone for events. terNativePlantSocietyOfOregon. Meeting: Plant and Fungi Species Updates. October 15, Thursday, 7 pm The Oregon Biodiversity Information Center will be releasing a Program: Oregon Rivers. Author and new version of their “Rare, Threatened photographer Tim Palmer will present a and Endangered Species of Oregon” slide show based on his new book, Field publication (http://orbic.pdx.edu/ Guide to Oregon Rivers. "This rare gem documents/2013-rte-book.pdf) in of a book is an excellent combination 2016. In preparation, this meeting will of art and science. Descriptions of ecol- discuss recommended revisions to the ogy and natural history are accurately plant and fungi section. Location: Peavy and eloquently written."--Stan Gregory, i Lodge in the Peavy Arboretum north of distinguished professor of fisheries, continued on page 6 Oregon State University. "Here is an

October 2015 5 Other Events, cont'd October 31–November 7, Satur- National Seed Corvallis. For more information, visit day–Saturday http://orbic.pdx.edu/index.html. Strategy Estacada Festival of the Fungus. Enjoy the fabulous fungi in the form Scappoose Bay of an art show, food, and education. The Department of the Interior has Watershed The festival offers several related events released a National Seed Strategy for starting October 31, ending with the Rehabilitation and Restoration 2015– Council big day November 7. Get up close to 2020. This Strategy was developed by October 17, Saturday, 9 am–1 pm wild mushrooms, eat edible mush- the Plant Conservation Alliance and rooms, and meet vendors displaying its scope is not limited to federal agen- Fall Sale: Native Plants. The SBWC cies. the BLM explains on the National Native Plant Center has one of the re- their fungus fun artwork. Get the dirt on poisonous mushrooms and check Seed Strategy webpage “it is designed gion’s largest selections of native trees, to provide a more coordinated ap- shrubs, wildflowers, ferns and sedges. out other wild fungi, from the wonder- fully medicinal to the really strange. proach among tribal, state, federal, Plants are propagated by volunteers for local and private entities, including the SBWC’s habitat restoration proj- For more information, visit estacada- fungusfest.com. commercial growers, to restoring plant ects, given to landowners to enhance communities.” their properties, and sold during their There are four main goals, all native plant sale. For more information Straub focused on genetically appropriate, lo- or to view the list of natives plants for Environmental cally adapted seed: assess seed needs sale, visit scappoosebay-wc.org/native- and increase seed availability; conduct plant-nursery. Location: off Hwy 30 in Learning Center research to improve seed production the greenhouse behind Scappoose High October 31, Saturday, 9 am–4 pm and storage as well as restoration and School, 33589 SE High School Way, monitoring techniques; develop tools Scappoose. Class/Field Trip: Lichen Identifica- tion. Noted lichenologist Daphne Stone to help managers make restoration will teach an introductory class, fol- seeding decisions; and develop strate- Mount Pisgah lowed by a field trip to identify lichen. gies for communication, including Arboretum Location: Straub Environmental Learn- education and outreach. The National ing Center, 1320 A Street NE, next to Seed Strategy does not change current October 25, Sunday Olinger Pool, near North Salem High. federal law or agency policies. Rather, Mushroom Festival. Location: Mount Participants will carpool to the field trip it is envisioned as a guide and aims to Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Par- site from the Straub Center parking lot. create a national network of existing rish Rd., Eugene. Details online at Bring lunch. Cost is $10 per person. public and private entities to achieve mountpisgaharboretum.com/festivals- Registration is required. Call or email its goals. For more information and to events/mushroom-festival or call Nichole at 503-391-4145 or nichole@ download the 56-page Strategy, visit 541-747-3817. straubenvironmentalcenter.org. blm.gov/seedstrategy.

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6 NPSO Bulletin New Milkweed NPSO 2016 Annual Meeting Seed Source Near The Emerald Chapter will host and High Cascades. In addition to Clarno the NPSO 2016 Annual Meeting wildflower trips there will be specialty July 15–17, 2016 along the beauti- trips: pollinator-focused, bryophytes, NPSO members who attended the ful McKenzie River, 47 miles east of ferns, and ethnobotany. Herm Fitz 2010 NPSO Annual Meeting hosted Eugene-Springfield. (Fitz 1983), long time McKenzie River by the High Desert Chapter may re- The venue is the McKenzie River resident, ecologist, and former NPSO member driving past the USFS Clarno Conference Center, owned and oper- State President, has said, “This area is Hardwood Propagation Facility on ated by the U.S. Basketball Academy, a meeting place of plants more typical their way to the BLM campground, which explains why the beds in dorms of adjacent regions to the north, south, along the John Day River north of and lodges are extra-long. The Center east, and west. Many are disjunct from Clarno. Now the Clarno Facility is is located in a private forested 46-acre their main populations.” home to a new source of native milk- property off Hwy 126 (the McKenzie Saturday’s keynote speaker will be weed seed for central Oregon. Last Highway) at Rainbow (milepost 47). Mark Egger, research associate at the year, the USFS established a plantation The Emerald Chapter will have Burke Museum of Natural History in of Asclepias speciosa and A. fascicularis an annual meeting website online in Seattle. His expertise is in paintbrushes at the Clarno Facility. Seed from 18 November. Watch for the URL in the (Castilleja), which are well represented separate populations is planted together November 2015 Bulletin. Informa- in the flora of the Western and High tion about the annual meeting will be to promote crossing of genotypes and Cascades. in monthly NPSO Bulletins, however genetically diverse seed. The goal is The Emerald Chapter is excited the Emerald Chapter encourages you to produce large quantities of locally about hosting the NPSO 2016 Annual to check the website regularly for the adapted seed for habitat restoration. Meeting. People will be a lot of fun most comprehensive and up-to-date and the wildflowers will be outrageous! There are already signs of success information. just one year into the project. This past We’d love to see you up the McKenzie Registration will be handled by River next July! June, USFS Geneticist Matt Horning the Emerald Chapter. Do not register sent an email update that two mon- directly with the U.S. Basketball Acad- Reference archs and dozens of other pollinator emy. Forms with lodging, meal, and Fitz, Herm. May 14, 1983. “The McK- species were seen on a portion of the field trip options will be available on enzie River Valley: A floral ecotone Clarno Facility milkweed plantation. the annual meeting website and in the punctuated with a relict archipelago of Horning noted “These plants were not March 2016 Bulletin. We will provide xeric islands in a sea of coniferous for- even in the ground at this location at information about nearby motels, cab- est.” NPSO Annual Meeting keynote this time last year. And now, the very ins, and camp sites on the website. presentation. Eugene, Oregon. first year…the very first spring, we have Field trips will be in the Western monarchs utilizing this plantation.” Indeed, as the Clarno Facility is located along a monarch migration route, the plantation is intended as a waystation A Seed and breeding habitat in addition to a byWilliam Allingham seed source. See how a Seed, which Autumn flung down, References And through the Winter neglected lay, Uncoils two little green and two brown, USFS. 2014. Creating a seed source With tiny root taking hold on the clay of native milkweeds for restoration of As, lifting and strengthening day by day, critical Monarch habitat. Accessed Sep- It pushes red branchless, sprouts new leaves, tember 14, 2015. http://www.fs.fed.us/ And cell after cell the Power in it weaves wildflowers/Native_Plant_Materials/ Out of the storehouse of soil and clime, documents/npmreports/fy2014/PNW- To fashion a Tree in due course of time; ClarnoMilkweedSeedProduction.pdf Tree with rough bark and boughs' expansion, Where the Crow can build his mansion, USFS. 2015. Sanctuary in the high Or a Man, in some new May, desert: Partnering to restore Monarch Lie under whispering leaves and say, butterflies and their habitat in central "Are the ills of one's life so very bad Oregon. Accessed September 14, 2015. When a Green Tree makes me deliciously glad?" http://nativeseed.info/wp-content/ As I do now. But where shall I be uploads/NativeSeed2015-Horning- When this little Seed is a tall green Tree? Monarch.pdf

October 2015 7 Adaptive Restoration, cont'd (Figure 3). The treatments included gain a more expansive knowledge base Oregon silverspot butterfly (Figure 1; herbicide application, topsoil inver- and tool set to conserve biodiversity Speyeria zerene hippolyta).The Oregon sion, and topsoil removal. No treat- and reduce habitat fragmentation. Ulti- silverspot’s life cycle relies on the ments were applied to control plots, mately, restoring the integrity of coastal hooked spur violet (Viola adunca), a but they were exposed to the same ecosystems improves upon the services small violet that predominantly exists environmental conditions as all other these ecosystems provide in a way in coastal prairies. Their historic range treatments (weather, climate, herbivory, that benefits the natural and human- is from northern Washington south etc.) to create a basis for comparison. influenced ecology as a whole. to northern California (U.S. Fish & Glyphosate and Imazapyr, both broad References Wildlife Service 2013). The current spectrum herbicides typically used for distribution of the Oregon silverspot weed control, were alternately applied Boisson, E., K.D. Holl, S. Anderson, in Oregon is shown in Figure 2. Now to the herbicide plots to assess the E. Corcket, G.F. Hayes, F. Torre, A. mostly extirpated because of fragment- impact of exotic species in competition Peters, and T. Dutoit. 2006. Effect of ed habitat, a multi-agency collaborative with native plants. For topsoil inver- seed source, topsoil removal, and plant effort has formed to restore the Oregon sion, vegetation and soil were turned neighbor removal on restoring Califor- silverspot back to portions of its histor- over to mimic dune-soil conditions nia coastal prairies. Restoration Ecology: ic range. For example, the adaptive where nutrient rich soil layers move 14:4:569–577. under or over nutrient poor layers. restoration in the Clatsop Plains region Heady, H.F., T.C. Foin, M.M. Hekt- Previous studies in central California actively engages many partners includ- ner, D.W. Taylor, M.G. Barbour, and and northwest Wales, U.K., show that ing the NCLC, NPS, USFWS, Natural J.W. Barry. 1977. Coastal prairie and mimicking natural disturbance regimes Resource Conservation Service and the northern coastal scrub. In: Barbour of blowing sand and dune creation can Nature Conservancy. MG, Major J, editors. Terrestrial be effective in increasing establishment Restoration of coastal areas vegetation of California. Sacramento, of coastal prairie species (Jones et al. requires consideration of the historical CA: California Native Plant Society. p 2010, Boisson et al. 2006). Topsoil disturbance regimes at work in a func- 733–760. tioning grassland ecosystem. Coastal removal excavates nutrient rich topsoil prairies rely partly on disturbance to and leaves behind a sandy, nutrient IPCC, 2013: Summary for Policymak- ensure growth of native grasses and poor layer; this encourages colonization ers. In: Climate Change 2013: The limit encroaching shrubs. Historic through reseeding post soil removal. Physical Science Basis. Contribution of disturbance included fire and shifting In the Clatsop Plains study, several Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment sands from coastal winds (Heady et al. acres have been treated and an adap- Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on 1977). Now, since these processes no tive management decision-making Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, longer occur at the same intervals, land framework will guide the remainder of G.-K.Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, management strategies could incorpo- the restoration process, where combi- J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex rate mimicking disturbance into their nations of treatments will be imple- and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge restoration objectives. mented over a larger scale. Conducting University Press, Cambridge, U.K. and In the Clatsop Plains study, three more experiments that factor in a New York, N.Y., USA. different treatments and a control rapidly changing climate and attempt Jones, M.L.M., K. Norman, and P. were used to evaluate the effectiveness to mimic natural disturbance regimes M. Rhind. 2010. Topsoil inversion as of each method on prairie restoration allows land managers and researchers to a restoration measure in sand dunes, early results from a U.K. field-trial. Journal of Coastal Conservation: 14:139-151. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2013. Species fact sheet: Oregon silverspot

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E mm a O rego n F ish Figure 3. Surf Pines; one study site where s Figure 2. Current populations of the Oregon all the various treatments can be seen. Fore- silverspot butterfly (dark) compared with his- ground to back left: soil inversion, herbicide, toric populations (light) in Oregon. soil removal. Control plots are interspersed.

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