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Beckwith's Violet Fever Sego Lily May 2010 33 (3) May 2010 (volume 33 number 3) In this issue: Beckwith‘s Violet Fever . 1, 5 Chapter News . 2 Bulletin Board . 4 UNPS State Board Meeting and Kanab Creek Botanical Foray Beckwith‘s Violet, Bonneville Violet, and Emigration Market (1942-2010) . 6 More Beckwith‘s Violet News . 7 The Cactus and the Beetle . 8 Utah Botanica . 11 Forest Service Updates Sensitive Plant List Cover: Beckwith’s violet (Viola beckwithii) is the only native Utah violet with ternately compound leaves (with the main divisions fur- ther divided into narrow segments) and white and purple petals. The species occurs widely across the Great Basin but is rare and declin- ing in northern Utah as its foothills habitat is displaced by urban growth. Photo by Steve Hegji. Beckwith’s Violet Fever By Steve Hegji had been discovered in 2004 by Only the small population in Red Robert Fitts. Two members of the Butte Garden (discovered in 2008) This year, Viola beck- Weber State University Botany is known for sure in Salt Lake department, Blake Wellard and County. withii fever hit the Wasatch Beckwith‘s violet is primarily a Margaret Harris, following up on a Great Basin plant, found in Califor- Front. No doubt this was triggered Weber State College Herbarium nia, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and by Tony Frates's excellent presenta- specimen label, rediscovered a Utah. Development along the Wa- tion on V. beckwithii at a Salt Lake population in northern Weber satch Front in Utah has eliminated Chapter meeting in early March. I county. A number of other UNPS most of the violet‘s natural habitat. caught the fever and have concen- members have been trying to lo- The known Utah populations are trated on visiting a Utah county cate other populations this Spring. vulnerable and could disappear at population near Spanish Fork that any time. Blake [continued pg 5] Copyright 2010 Utah Native Plant Society. All Rights Reserved. Utah Native Plant Society Education: Ty Harrison Sego Lily Editor: Walter Fertig Horticulture: Maggie Wolf ([email protected]). The deadline for Invasive Weeds: Susan Fitts the July 2010 Sego Lily is 15 June Rare Plants: Walter Fertig 2010. Scholarship: Bill Gray Copyright 2010 Utah Native Plant So- Chapters and Chapter Presidents ciety. All Rights Reserved Cache: Amy Croft and Michael Piep Cedar City: Marguerite Smith The Sego Lily is a publication of the Officers Escalante: Harriet Priska Utah Native Plant Society, a 501(c)(3) President: Walter Fertig (Kane Co) Fremont: Lisa White not-for-profit organization dedicated Vice President: Kipp Lee (Salt Lake Co) Manzanita: Walter Fertig to conserving and promoting steward- Treasurer: Charlene Homan (Salt Lake Mountain: Mindy Wheeler ship of our native plants. Use of con- Co) Salt Lake: Marni Ambrose tent material is encouraged but re- Secretary: Mindy Wheeler (Summit Southwestern/Bearclaw poppy: Mar- quires permission (except where ex- Co) garet Malm empted by statute) and must be cor- Board Co-Chairs: Bill King (Salt Lake Utah Valley: Celeste Kennard rectly credited and cited. Articles, Co) and Dave Wallace (Cache Co) photographs and illustrations submit- Website: For late-breaking news, the ted to us remain the property of the UNPS Board: Loreen Allphin (Utah UNPS store, the Sego Lily archives, submitting individuals or organiza- Co), Robert Fitts (Utah Co), Susan Fitts Chapter events, links to other websites tions. Submit permission requests to (Utah Co), Ty Harrison (Salt Lake Co), (including sources of native plants and [email protected]. We encourage read- Celeste Kennard (Utah Co), Margaret the digital Utah Rare Plant Field ers to submit articles for potential Malm (Washington Co), Larry Meyer Guide), and more, go to unps.org. publication. By submitting an article, (Salt Lake Co), Therese Meyer (Salt Many thanks to Xmission for an implicit license is granted to print Lake Co), Leila Shultz (Cache Co), sponsoring our website. the article in the newsletter or other Maggie Wolf (Salt Lake Co). For more information on UNPS: UNPS publications for reprint without Contact Bill King (582-0432) or Susan permission (in print and electronic Committees Fitts (801-756-6177), or write to media). When submitting an article, Communications: Larry Meyer UNPS, PO Box 520041, Salt Lake City, please indicate whether it has been Conservation: Bill King and Tony UT, 84152-0041 or email previously published or submitted for Frates [email protected] consideration to other publications. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ May 15 at the Cedar City Visitors Chapter News Center parking lot at 581 N. Main Street. Four Utah nurseries special- Cache: Maguire Primrose Walk izing in native plants and landscap- (date TBD, dependent on flower ing will be participating. bloom). Our annual walk to view The Cedar Breaks Wildflower the federally listed Maguire‘s prim- Festival will be July 2nd thru 18th rose will begin at the First Dam this year. Two hikes per day are parking lot at 6:30 PM, where we planned at 10 AM and 1 PM. Volun- will car pool to the turn off for an teers are needed to help with hikes. easy walk to the plants. Contact Mi- To find out about volunteer oppor- chael Piep to find out the exact date. tunities, contact Peg Simons at 435- Our yearly chapter business 677-3900 or peg.simons@ meeting is tentatively scheduled for gmail.com.—Alice Maas Thursday, May 13, at 7 PM at the Cache Learning Center. Our Escalante (Garfield County): May speaker will be announced at a later 11, Paleobotanist Dr. Ian Miller of date. the Denver Museum of Nature and The Richard J. Shaw Memorial this under 12-centered activity. Science will speak about his work on Wildflower Walk will be on Tuesday, More activities and workshops the fossil flora of the Kaiparowits May 18 at 6:30 PM. We will meet at will be taking place through the Formation on the Grand Staircase- the parking lot in Green Canyon, Intermountain Herbarium. Con- Escalante NM near Henrieville and wander up the trail, and have local tact Michael Piep for more infor- Escalante. The meeting will be a 7 botanists discuss the plants found in mation ([email protected]) - PM at the Interagency Office visitor bloom. Michael Piep center in Escalante. The Bear River Celebration will May 29, Janett Warner of Wild- be on Saturday, June 5 on the west Cedar City: The public is invited land Nursery will be selling native side of Willow Park. Bring your kids to the chapter‘s Native Plant Sale plants during the Heritage Festival and visit our booth and others for from 9 AM to 12 noon on Saturday 2 Sego Lily May 2010 33 (3) in Escalante. conservation, is a small landscape Salt Lake: At our March 3rd meet- June 26—Dr. Jim Bowns will lead tree, and has good genetic diver- ing, Tony Frates did a great job of a field trip along the Mossy Cave sity for selecting superior clones. unveiling what we know of Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park. To try and locate the best Bigtooth Beckwith‘s violet (Viola beckwithii) – Adam Hutchins maple samples he used aerial digi- in Utah, starting with the historical tal photography and found the explorations of Gunnison and Fremont (Richfield area): Come location of desired trees with lati- Beckwith and the strange fact that joint the Fremont Chapter for a tude and longitude found on Marcus Jones never collected it night of camping and fun in the new Google EarthTM images. Larry is within a few miles of where he lived Sam Stowe Group Site at Fremont also experimenting with the in Salt Lake City. Since the talk, we Indian State Park on Friday, June propagation of Rubber rabbit- have had a flurry of activity, high- 11th. Potluck dinner starts at 6 PM brush (Ericameria nauseosa), lighted by new discoveries described with hotdogs provided by the chap- Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis), elsewhere in this issue of Sego Lily. ter; bring a side to share, drinks, Greenleaf manzanita (Arcto- On April 7th, Mitch Power, the and roasting sticks. Take Exit 17 off staphylos patula), and Fremont‘s new director of the Garrett Herbar- I-70 to reach the park. Saturday mahonia (Mahonia fremontii). ium at the Utah Museum of Natural morning, June 12, we will caravan Larry is actively looking for any History, made a tour de force of un- down the Three Creeks Road (FS interesting specimens of native earthing evidence for climate change road #106) to see the flowers on the woody plants that might have po- buried in sediments, including pre- Devil‘s Dance Floor on the Fishlake tential for propagation and land- historic records of plant distribu- National Forest. The road is dirt but scaping. He would be happy to tions from pollen analysis. Some usually in good condition for two visit with people (Larry.Rupp amazing computer animations wheel drive. Meet at the Sam Stowe @usu.edu, 435-797-2099) who tracked the migrations of various group site by 10:30 AM and bring a may know of such plants and is conifers as the ice ages fluctuated, camera and lunch if desired. Camp- also able to help individuals pro- and also showed how coastlines ing on June 11th is free to all Utah tect their ―ownership‖ rights to shrank as the ice sheets melted. We Native Plant Society members, so if any plants they discover. - Lisa were left with a lot of food for you have friends that are thinking White and Lydia Jakovac thought. about becoming members please let The following field trips and them know about the event. Contact Manzanita (Kane County): On meetings are open to the public. Lisa White at Lisa_Ogden @nps.gov the evening of Thursday, May Please contact the listed person to for more info.
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