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CALYPSO Printed on Recycled Paper NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID GUALALA CA PERMIT NO. 21 THE PO Box 577, Gualala CA 95445 $5.00 per year, non-members Volume 99, Jan/Feb, 2000 CALYPSO Printed on Recycled Paper NEWSLETTER OF THE DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY CALENDAR upon them. In fact, many lilies are rare. The California Native Plant Society's Inventory of Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants of California lists Jan. 28, Friday – Wildflower slide show presented 101 taxa as warranting some level of protection. by San Smith following 6:00 PM potluck dinner at Eight taxa are listed or proposed for listing as Gualala Community Center. endangered or threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act and another eight are listed under the California Endangered Species Act, EDUCATION Fritillaries are a shy and delicate group of perennials, producing flowers with no consistency FOCUS ON RARITIES—Fragrant Fritillary whatsoever. Eighteen species have been recorded (Fritillaria liliacea) by Mike Wood (from the CNPS in California, all native. Some 100 species are Yerba Buena newsletter.) known from the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. Fritillaries belong to the lily family (Liliaceae), Plants produce along with agaves, onions (Allium), goldenstar bulbs that (Boomeria), Brodiaea, Calochortus, blue dicks develop short (Dichelostemma), fawn lily (Erythronium), true lilies stems with (Lilium), Mullla, Scoliopus, false Solomon's seal alternate (or (Smilacina), Trillium, Triteleia, Yucca, and death whorled), sessile, camas (Zigadenus), among many others. linear to ovate Worldwide, the family includes 4,600 species in 300 leaves along genera. California supports 220 native species in their length. 33 genera, along with another 11 nonnative species Flowers are and six nonnative genera. typically bell- or cup-shaped and Like orchids, lilies tend to inspire awe when nod on the ends encountered in the wild. Their dramatic shapes, of pedicels. , frequently brightly colored flowers, and short Fritillaries are flowering period lend to our sense that we have closely related to indeed witnessed a rare treat when we happen the Old World Ilustration reprinted from Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States volume I (Abrams 1940) genus Tulipa, the tulips. The name is derived from new one to your "life list." But if you should find this the Latin fritillus, meaning a dice box or jewel, be certain to provide us with an accurate checkerboard, alluding to the checkered markings description of its location and population size. frequently found on the petals. Fragrant fritillary is a low-growing herb, whose OFFICERS 1999 single, erect, 15-inch stems bear two to 20 alternate, linear to ovate leaves one-and-a-half to five inches long. White flowers with greenish Chapter Officers stripes, about one-and-a-half inches across, President Lori Hubbart 882-1655 nodding, sometimes sweet smelling, appear Vice President We Need a Volunteer! between February and April. Fritillaria liliacea Recording Secretary Suzanne Hansen 785-9302 occurs in heavy soils on open hillsides near the Treasurer Greg Jirak 882-1655 coast in coastal prairie, coastal bluff scrub, and coastal scrub habitats. It has been recorded from Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, Marin, San Field Trip Policy: Generally, field trips are held rain Benito, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, or shine. No smoking or radios on trails. No pets Solano and Sonoma Counties. A healthy on field trips. Bring lunch and beverage. population persists in Marin County near Nicasio Transportation to and from field trip site is the Reservoir, but such small isolated occurrences are responsibility of the individual. always at risk of cataclysmic disturbances, whether human or natural. Historically, fragrant fritillary was Readers are invited to submit proposed recorded in San Francisco from Bernal Heights material for publication, including text and graphics. (1890), Potrero Hills (1895), and Twin Peaks Send to masthead address. For a lengthy text (1892). A reintroduction attempt on Bernal Heights submittal, please consider sending a word produced a flowering individual in 1997 but no processing file, prepared in just about any major viable population has been reestablished to date. program. Include it as a file attachment in e-mail to the Editor: [email protected] Fragrant fritillary currently has no formal state or federal status as a protected. species. It is on the STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS CNPS List 1B: 1-2-3, a code which indicates that it is rare, threatened, or endangered in California; rare but found in sufficient numbers and distributed BOOK SALES - Cecilia Moelter 785-3537 widely enough that the potential for extinction is low CAMPING - Clare Wheeler 895-3131 at this time; endangered in a portion of its range; CONSERVATION - Flo Van de Water 884-3239 and endemic to California. Under the California EDUCATION - OPEN Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), impacts to the ESCAPED EXOTICS - Joan Curry 937-1649 species would be considered a significant adverse HISTORIAN - Ramona Crooks 884-3585 effect on the environment and must be addressed HOSPITALITY - Bev Sloane 785-3184 in environmental documentation. JUBATA ERADICATION - OPEN LEGISLATION - Ray Van de Water 884-3239 Two of the challenges facing conservationists MAILING - Katy Horn 785-2747 are that fritillaries don't flower every year and their Win Sinclair 884-4257 blooming period can be exceedingly short. In PLANT COMMUNITIES - OPEN addition, the stems appear to be readily browsed by MEMBERSHIP - Bob Rutemoeller 884-4426 deer, rabbits, and cattle. The California NEWSLETTER - Jack O'Rourke 882-2614 Department of Fish and Game guidelines for PLANT SALE - OPEN evaluating impacts to rare plants require focused PLANT WATCH - Sue Lease 884-1400 botanical surveys during each season in which all POSTERS - Mary Hunter 785-1150 target species would be recognizable, but multi- PROGRAMS - Elaine Mahaffey 785-2279 year surveys are not typically performed. The PUBLICITY - Bob Perkins 882-2705 likelihood of finding a fritillary in any given year is, (510) 654-7539 at best, hit or miss. So, next year, start your flower MEMBER-AT-LARGE Pat Bauer 937-4052 searches a little early and see if you can't add a RARE PLANT COORDINATORS - 2 North - Teresa Sholars 961-1010 Some other great conservation news is that Central - Mary Rhyne 884-3043 President Clinton is now proposing to create by South - George Snyder 785-2244 executive order three new national monuments in Inland - Clare Wheeler 895-3131 the West. One of them would encompass thousands of federally owned islands, rocks and All phone numbers are area code 707 exposed reefs along California's coastline, and except where otherwise noted contiguous marine sanctuaries extending twelve miles out to sea. Also planned is the expansion by MEMBERSHIP nearly half of the existing Pinnacles National Monument, south of Hollister in San Benito County. Bob Rutemoeller reports the following: This will protect valuable watersheds and wildlife habitat from commercial exploitation. Fortunately New Members: these actions will not need Congressional approval Susan Zerwick & Daryl Scherkenbach—Sea Ranch which would probably not be forthcoming under Elizabeth Tallent ----Mendocino present political conditions. Rebecca Susan Matson ----Fort Bragg Bonniejean Morgan ---Point Arena Flo Van de Water Vicki Hodge & Tom McEneany Gualala LEGISLATION Total Members for DKY Chapter: 152 Both the U. S. Congress and the California State CONSERVATION Legislature adjourned for the year last Autumn and will not resume their sessions until after the first of Mendocino County has one of the largest acreage the year 2000. Thus there has been little or no of native oak woodlands in California, totaling some legislative action since our last report in October. It 374,000 acres. For comparison, Sonoma County seems timely to take a broad look at what has has 211,000 acres and Lake County has 119,000. happened this past year, including some very Some recent good news is that the county is finally encouraging progress toward environmental goals. taking steps to heed a state mandate to develop It has been a very long dry spell in recent years; specific policies aimed at protecting this valuable now, all of a sudden the outlook is much brighter. natural resource. Federal The Board of Supervisors is now forming a committee to pull together all of the available The bills setting the funding levels for federal information on the history and present state of the programs for Fiscal Year 2000 were enacted and remaining oak woodlands, and to develop plans became law during the final days of the and proposed regulations to conserve what we Congressional session. Last minute negotiations have. In other counties that have already on these bills between Congress and the commenced to deal with oak conservation, some Administration produced some substantial politically explosive situations have developed with increases in spending for environmental projects. agricultural interests, particularly in relation to wine vineyard conversions. In Mendocino County, even The Forest Legacy program provides funds for the though new vineyard plantings are continuing, there states to acquire, or purchase conservation are still no more than about 27,000 acres of wine easements on, private forest lands. Its budget was grapes county-wide. At the present stage of increased to $30 million for next year. development, this is still not a great problem with respect to the native oak woodlands. Because of The Land and Water Conservation Fund uses tax recent publicity, growers and wineries in Mendocino revenues from oil exploration drilling, etc. Although County have been sensitized to the problems it has been in existence for many years, during the encountered elsewhere, especially in Sonoma last six years the revenues were diverted for other County. For this reason, the new Mendocino purposes, leaving the program unfunded. Next committee is hoping that future similar problems year, there will be $40 million available for matching here can be minimized. grants to the states. 3 Federal land acquisition funding was greatly increased to over $400 million this year.
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