Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon Dedicated to the Enjoyment, Conservation and Study of Oregon’S Native Plants and Habitats Volume 44, No

Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon Dedicated to the enjoyment, conservation and study of Oregon’s native plants and habitats Volume 44, No. 2 March 2011 The Life, Death, and Life of the Berry Botanic Garden by Ed Guerrant, PhD, Conservation Director, Berry Botanic Garden available to do something truly mean- ingful. Molly Grothaus, an early garden supporter and noted horticulturist her- self, had an original idea: use seed bank techniques developed for crop plants to conserve seeds of rare and endangered species. The Berry Botanic Garden Seed Bank for Rare and Endangered Plants of the Pacific Northwest was estab- lished in 1983, as the first seed bank in the United States dedicated exclusively to rare and endangered plants. Julie continued on page 10 In This Issue

Ed Gu e rrant Seed the Bank...... 2 A fine assortment of seeds from the Berry Botanic Garden. NPSO Calendar...... 3 ike people, botanic gardens have alpine plants, and rare natives, a small Lcomplex and multifaceted identities group of private citizens rallied the Other Events...... 6 that change over time. From the late community and were able to purchase 1930s until her death in 1976, Mrs. the grounds and house from the estate. NPSO Occasional Paper 3..... 7 Rae Selling Berry created a beautiful The Berry Botanic Garden was incor- and noteworthy private estate garden in porated as a non-profit organization Field Guide to Rare Plants of the Dunthorpe neighborhood of Port- in 1978, with conservation of rare and Washington...... 8 land. Rather than see the property sub- endangered species as a core part of 2011 Annual Meeting...... 9 divided and risk losing her exemplary the mission. The challenge then was collection of primulas, rhododendrons, how best to use the limited resources NPSO Board Candidates for 2011...... 9 IF YOU HAVEN’T RENEWED YET FOR 2011, NPSO Items for Sale...... 9 ✯✯ YOUR MEMBERSHIP WILL LAPSE SOON! ✯✯ Plan Now for Native Plant Ap- Look at the label on this Bulletin and if “2010” appears along the top preciation Week...... 10 edge, this is the LAST Bulletin you will receive. If you don’t want to miss out on any of this year’s Bulletin or Kalmiopsis issues, please send in your NPSO Contacts...... 11 dues payment right away! Friends of OFP...... 12

March 2011 1 OCIE Seed the Bank: Contribute to the T S TY N O A F L Conservation of Our Native Plants P O R E E he Berry Botanic Garden has closed but The V G I

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N dangered Plants of the Pacific Northwest is now on the move! The Seed Bank will be relocating to a new home at Portland State University this spring, where Fo 1 it will become part of their Department of Environ- unded 196 mental Science and Management. This move will Native Plant allow the seed bank to expand and extend its important work of ex situ conservation of our beloved Society of Oregon northwest plants. With global warming it is more important than ever that we save seeds to help pre- World Wide Web serve our biological diversity. Volunteers have been working hard to fundraise http://www.NPSOregon.org for this move. Berry Botanic garden member and philanthropist John Gray has generously issued a challenge grant. The John Gray E-mail Discussion List Native Plant Conservation Fund will match every dollar given by March 1, 2011 up To join, send a message to to 25,000 dollars. Please help ensure the future of this important resource by donat- [email protected], with the ing before March 1, 2011. Contributions can be made using Paypal at www.ber- following in the body of the message: rybot.org or by check to The Berry Botanic Garden, 11501 SW Summerville Ave, subscribe npso Portland, OR 97219. General Business Address P.O. Box 902 Eugene, OR 97440 or correspond directly with Officers and Committee Chairs listed on the inside of the back page.

Membership Inquiries Only Clayton Gautier 3927 Shasta View St. Eugene, OR 97405-4442 Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon Editor: Taya Cummins Layout Artist: Jocelyn Duffy ISSN 0884-599. Published 10 times per year. Subscription price $18/year. Date and issue number on page 1. The submission date is the 10th of each month for the following month’s issue except for the Aug/Sept issue which is July 24 and the Dec/Jan issue which is November 24. Send submissions by e-mail to bulletin@ NPSOregon.org. Opinions expressed in this publica- tion are those of the authors of the

articles. They do not represent the Har ve y anya T opinions of the Native Plant Society Western yellow oxalis (Oxalis suksdorfii) is a native perennial in the Wood-Sorrel family and of Oregon, unless so stated. its flowering season runs April through August.Oxalis suksdorfii is usually found growing in meadows, moist woods and sometimes on dry open slopes.

2 NPSO Bulletin NPSO Calendar May 26, Thursday, 7-8:45 pm Information: 503-835-1042, livesim- Blue Mountain [email protected]. For information on Blue Mountain Program: Rare, Threatened and Chapter call Jerry Baker,541-566-2244. Endangered Plants. Lindsey Wise, botanist with the Oregon Biodiversity Information Center at Portland State Corvallis Cheahmill University, will familiarize us with spe- For questions, information on upcoming cies that are rare, endangered, and/or events, or to be on the Corvallis chapter For more information, visit the chapter threatened in nearby locales in Oregon. e-mail list, contact Laurel Moulton at Web site, www.oregon-nativeplants.com. She will focus on identifying plants [email protected]. To be added to the e-mail list for upcom- which we might see in nature nearby. ing programs and events, please contact Location: Carnegie Room, McMin- March 14th, Monday, 7:30 pm [email protected]. nville Public Library, 225 N.W. Adams Meeting: Stories about David Doug- March 24, Thursday, 7-8:45 pm St. (Highway 99W). Parking lot en- las. Margaret Anderson, author of the trances on Adams and Second streets. historical fiction children’s book “Olla Talk: Native Plants in the Garden: A Piska: Tales of David Douglas,” will Historical Perspective. Linda McMa- join us to talk about this important fig- hon of Corvallis, staff chair of the OSU IMPORTANT NOTE TO ure in Pacific Northwest botany. In the Extension Office in McMinnville, will FIELD TRIP 1820s, David Douglas, an adventurous give an illustrated historical perspective PARTICIPANTS young Scot with a passion for plants, on how Americans garden with na- covered over 7,000 miles in the Pacific tive plants. Location: Carnegie Room, Field trips take place rain or Northwest in search of specimens and McMinnville Public Library, 225 N.W. shine, so proper dress and seeds to send back to the Horticultural Adams St. (Highway 99W). Parking footwear are essential. BRING Society in London. Dozens of our na- lot entrances on Adams and Second WATER AND LUNCH. Trips may tive plants here in the Northwest bear Streets. Information: 503-835-1042, be strenuous and/or hazardous. his name, the most notable being the [email protected]. Participation is at your own risk. Be prepared to sign a release Douglas fir. All ages are welcome! Loca- April 28, Thursday, 7-8:45 pm form indicating this. For a sample tion: Avery House Nature Center, 1200 copy check out the NPSO website. Southwest Avery Park Drive, Corvallis. Talk: Wildflowers of Mary’s Peak.Dr. Please contact the trip leader or Information: contact Laurel Moulton at Steven E. Carpenter of Corvallis, retired chapter representative about dif- [email protected]. professional botanist and author of the ficulty, distance, and terrain to beautiful pocket guide, “Wildflowers be expected on field trips. Dogs of Mary’s Peak Meadows,” will speak. are not allowed. All NPSO field Emerald Mary’s Peak, the highest mountain in trips are open to the public at no Visit the Emerald Chapter Web site at the Coast Range, boasts a vast array of charge (other than contribution http://emerald.npsoregon.org to learn native forbs. Location: Carnegie Room, to carpool driver) and newcomers more about the latest chapter events, plant McMinnville Public Library, 225 N.W. and visitors are always welcome. lists and botanical information about Adams St. (Highway 99W). Parking lot National Forests require a North- Lane County plants and the people who entrances on Adams and Second streets. west Forest Pass for some field love them. Information: 503-835-1042, livesim- trip locations. Permits can be ac- [email protected]. quired at forest headquarters and March 5, Saturday, 9:00 am May 21, Saturday 10 am-3 pm ranger districts. Field Trip: Mount Pisgah. View early Special event: Wildflower Show. wildflowers and habitat restoration NOTICE TO FIELD TRIP work on the floodplain of the Coast NPSO Cheahmill Chapter’s annual CHAIRS AND LEADERS wildflower show will include hundreds Fork of the Willamette River. The walk of labeled native plant samples, a mi- The Forest Service and other is 3 miles, and we will see dwarf iso- Enemion stipitatum croscope to help everyone identify plant agencies have set policies limit- pyrum ( ) in bloom. parts, other educational displays, and ing group size in many wilderness Bring snacks and water. Location: a native plant sale. Location: Carnegie areas to 12. The reason is to limit Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Information: Room of McMinnville Public Library, human impacts on these fragile 541-345-5531. 225 N.W. Adams St., McMinnville. areas. Groups using wilderness More information to come later. areas should be no larger than 12.

March 2011 3 March 21, Monday, 7:30 pm logging, agriculture, mining and other Specialist with the WSU-Whitman Meeting: Delights, Myths and Leg- human activities. Location: EWEB County Extension, will speak on the ends of Native Plant Gardening with Training Room at 500 East 4th Avenue, long-term rehabilitation project under- Bruce Newhouse. Celebrate the first Eugene. Information: 541-746-9478. way in the Columbia Hills State Park/ Dalles Mountain Ranch. The project day of spring! We are going to explore May 22, Sunday, 12-5 pm the myths, legends and delights of na- aims to increase vegetative plant diversi- tive gardening and landscaping and Garden Tour: Green Tracks: Com- ty (with a focus on native forbs) on 180 create “deep gardening” goals that are munity Service in the World of Native acres of previously disturbed range that both good looking and purposeful. This Plants. This garden tour showcases is now a “secar” bluebunch wheatgrass show is for homeowners, landscape ar- the outstanding Horticulture Program monoculture. Van Vleet will describe chitects and designers, nursery owners, at the Martin Luther King Education approaches to restoration such as man- permaculture enthusiasts and others. Center, Lane County Department of aged grazing of cattle and invasive plant You can create a small ark of native Youth Services. The young people in control. Location: Boardroom, Building biodiversity in your yard if you include this program receive vocational train- 1, Columbia Gorge Community Col- native plants, bees, butterflies and birds ing in horticulture and landscaping; lege, The Dalles. their projects have included landscaping as part of your inner circle of friends. If March 26, Saturday, 9:30 am you would like to read a good primer, and habitat restoration for the City of try “Bringing Nature Home,” by Doug- Eugene, the Bureau of Land Manage- Hike: Early and Rare Wildflower las Tallamy. Location: EWEB Training ment, and the U.S. Forest Service. This Hunt. Join Sara Wu and Nancy Allen Room at 500 East 4th Avenue, Eugene. fun-filled educational event includes for a moderately paced hike along Swale Information: 541-343-2364. live music, food, and a native plant sale. Creek in the eastern Gorge. About 5 Food prepared by the young people in miles round trip. Look for desert pars- April 2, Saturday, 10 am-1 pm MLK’s Culinary Arts Program as well leys, especially purple leptotaenia (Lo- Field Trip: The Nature Conservancy’s as native plants propagated and grown matium columbianum), and rare Dalles Willamette Confluence Project.Join at MLK will be for sale. All proceeds Mt. Buttercup (Ranunculus triternatus) Chris Orsinger of Friends of Buford benefit the vocational programs at the on this occasionally rocky but nearly Park & Mt. Pisgah on an exclusive tour Department of Youth Services. This flat trail. Dress warmly! Bring a lunch. of the Nature Conservancy’s newest is a Free Event! Location: 2700 MLK Location: Meet at 9:30 am at Lyle Trail- Eugene/Springfield area acquisition, the Blvd at the John Serbu Youth Campus. head of the Klickitat Trail. From there Willamette Confluence Project. This Information: ngap@emeraldnpsoregon. we will carpool 15 miles to the Harms 1,270-acre property borders Buford org. Rd. Trailhead where the hike begins Park and includes over six miles of Wil- OR meet at the Harms Rd. Trailhead at lamette riverfront. To register email 10:15 am. Go to http://www.klickitat- Dave at [email protected] or call High Desert trail.org/map.htm for maps. Informa- 541-345-5531. The High Desert chapter is inactive at tion: Contact Sara Wu at wusara96@ this time. If you are interested in par- yahoo.com. April 18, Monday, 7:30 pm ticipating in organizing chapter events, Meeting: Tree Ferns, Orchids & please contact [email protected]. Other Wonders: A Journey to the North Coast Cloud Forest of Northwestern Ecua- For information on the North dor. Tobias Policha will share photos Klamath Basin Coast Chapter call Janet Stahl at and stories from the making of his For information on the Klamath Basin 503-842-8708. book, “Plants of Mindo & the Andean Chapter, contact Sarah Malaby at 541- Choco,” a field guide to the cloud for- 884-5703 or [email protected]. est of Ecuador. http://plantsofmindo. Portland blogspot.com. Ecuador is a small coun- If you would like to receive the chapter’s try, (256,370 square km) yet it provides Mid-Columbia semi-official e-mail newsletter,The Calo- 20,000 to 30,000 plant species--about For information on the Mid-Columbia chortus, e-mail Don Jacobson at donj- 10% of the world total. Cloud forests Chapter, contact Sara Wu at wusara96@ [email protected]. occur between 700 and 2,500 meters yahoo.com. March 10, Thursday, 7:00 pm elevation and are found on both sides of the Andes. They have nearly con- March 10, Thursday, 7 pm Program: Poaceae: All About the Grass Family. Rick Shory, of the Natu- stant high humidity, frequent mist and Meeting: Increasing Plant Diversity ral Resources Ecology Lab, Colorado dense loads of vascular epiphytes and in Columbia Hills State Park/Dalles State University, will present a program mosses.The intact primary forest at this Mountain Ranch. Stephen Van Vleet, elevation is under serious threat from exploring this extensive, fascinating Agriculture and Natural Resource family. Grasslands provide about 20%

4 NPSO Bulletin of planetary vegetative cover. Many spe- threatening this unique serpentine Ashland (next to BiMart-leave by 9:00). cies occur in habitats like fens, marshes, community. We will meet at the way- Take I-5 north to Exit 48 Rogue River. forests, and tundra. Location: Mount side parking area on Highway 199 at Information: George at oldrecordguy@ Tabor Presbyterian Church, Southeast 9:30am. Parties interested in carpooling gmail.com or 541-582- 8980. Belmont at 54th Avenue. Church lot from Ashland should meet behind the parking OK. Information: Billy Don, Oil Stop at 7:30am and folks interested 2010 Hike Summary 503-515-1708. in carpooling from Grants Pass at the The 2010 Siskiyou Chapter NPSO had Wal-Mart parking lot next to the Taco a successful hike season thanks to the March 12, Saturday, 8:30 am Bell at 8:30am. Carpools unguided and generous help of 16 people who volun- Field Trip: Catherine Creek. The pre- self-directed. Information: Suzanne teered to lead hikes this year. Thanks go miere early flower spot in the Gorge, Vautier at [email protected] to; Kristi Mergenthaler, Suzanne Vauti- with Olsynium douglasii in profusion, or 541-592-3939. er, Rose Kilpatrick, Norm Jenson, Keith Fritillaria pudica, Lithophragma glabra, Perchemlides, Frank Lang, Armand several species of Lomatium, and many April 30, Saturday, 10 am-12 pm Rebischke, John Teem, Alex Maksy- others. This field trip marks the mostly Field Trip: Yreka Plox Walk at China mowicz, Frank Callahan, Lee Webb, official start of the wildflower season of Hill. Sheri Hagwood of the Fish and Suzanne Willow, Scot Loring, Richard 2011. Don’t miss it! Leave at 8:30 am, Wildlife Service will lead a 0.5 mi, easy Halsey, Olivia Duren and Wayne Rolle. Gateway MAX station, corner of NE “Phlox walk” at China Hill in Yreka Between them they led eighteen hikes Pacific Street and NE 99th Avenue. Or to see the endangered Yreka phlox and to locations covereing the depth and meet at Catherine Creek at 10:00 am. other early spring treasures in bloom. breadth of diversity in this region, from 120 miles round-trip drive; easy walk- Optional and unguided carpool meet- Rough and Ready Creek, Bigelow and ing 3 to 4 miles, with 500 ft. elevation ing behind Oil Stop in Ashland (next Tanner Lakes to the wild and scenic gain. Information: Jan and Dave Dobak to BiMart-leave by 9:10). Directions Rogue River, Grizzly Peak, the Cascades at 503-248-9242. from I-5 South: take the first Yreka exit and more. Participation varied from (776), take a left off the exit onto Hwy four to 52 and covered topics from new 3 going east, go about 0.60 miles to a invading weed species, spring & alpine Siskiyou kiosk on the left with a small parking wildflowers to fall fungi. Many non- The Siskiyou chapter e-mails meeting lot. This is the meeting place and is members joined us, providing opportu- reminders and last-minute information just before Juniper Way (if you drive nities to spread knowledge and aware- such as field trip cancellations. To be past Juniper Way, you’ve gone too far). ness and share the love of native plant added to the list, please send your e-mail Information: Sheri at 530-841-3126 diversity in our region. If you would address to Kristi Mergenthler at coprolite- (home), 530-842-2092 (evening), or like to volunteer to lead a hike in 2011, [email protected]. [email protected]. or would like to make a suggestion or give feedback regarding the field trip March 17th, Thursday, 7:15 pm May 7, Saturday, 10 am program please contact Sasha Joachims Meeting: Update on the Oregon Flora Field Trip: Fielder Mountain. George at [email protected]. Project. Join Dr. Stephen Meyers as he Van Vetchen invites you to share his discusses news from the Oregon Flora personal trail to the top of Fielder Project. Dr. Meyers is the new Taxo- Mountain, north of the town of Rogue Umpqua Valley nomic Director responsible for coordi- River. This moderate-to-strenuous 8 Visit www.umpquavalley.npsoregon.org nating the development of an Oregon mile (roundtrip) trail passes thru private for more information on chapter flora – a flora is the primary reference and BLM land on its 2500’ gain to the activities. manual for determining the scientific summit of Fielder Mountain. There are names of plants. Info: http://www.or- views of Rogue River, Grants Pass & March 10, Thursday, Business meet- egonflora.org. Location: Southern Ore- Mt. McLaughlin and an abundance of ing at 6 pm, Program at 7 gon University, Science Bldg., RM 171. plant life. Wear sturdy shoes and bring Program: What Lies Beneath: The Information: Kristi, 541-941-3744. lunch and water. Directions: Exit 48 Ephemeral Rainbow of Forest Fungi. Rogue River. Turn towards town, over Botanist Jenny Moore, now living in April 16, Saturday, 9:30 am rr tracks and turn Left. At 4-way in- Eugene, will share her expertise in local Field Trip: Rough and Ready Creek tersection turn Left. Take a Right onto fungi and help explain the important Botanical Wayside. Suzanne Vautier West Evans Creek Road after crossing part they play in every ecosystem. Pre- and Kathy Lombardo will lead an easy bridge. Take Left at #2583. Mailbox sentation will be hosted at the Doug- hike at Rough and Ready Creek to ad- is by itself on a log post with 3 red re- las County Museum of Cultural and mire the spring wildflowers and provide flectors. Drive is about 0.3 miles long Natural History. Directions: I-5 exit an update regarding the status of the and house is at end of drive against the 123. Museum address is 123 Museum Allyssum murale and corsicum invasion foot of the hill. Optional and unguided Drive, Roseburg. Information: Donna carpool meeting behind Oil Stop in

March 2011 5 Rawson, 541-459-2821 (evenings). I-5 exit 103 at the McDonald’s parking indigenous people used the plants for lot at 9:00 am. Information: Sam Fried- food, shelter, medicine, clothing, hunt- March 26, Saturday, 8:30 am man, 541-673-0589 (evenings). ing and religious ceremonies. Date and Field Trip: Beatty Creek area. Join time for a corresponding field trip will US Fish and Wildlife Service botanist, be announced in class. Location: Straub Sam Friedman, at Beatty Creek area, a Willamette Valley Environmental Learning Center, 1320 serpentine rock outcrop that features For program information, contact John A St. NE, next to Olinger Pool, near many early blooming plant species in- Savage at 503-399-8615 or Alexandra North Salem High. The class costs $5 cluding grass widows, three saxifrages, Ninneman at 503-391-4145. and is open to the public. Registration a romanzoffia, a lomatium and vari- is required. Information: Call 503-391- ous other annual plants. Also at Beatty March 25, Friday, 6:30-9 pm 4145 to register. Creek is a rare serpentine endemic moss Program: Wildflower and Ethno- and the rare, California sword fern. Lo- botany Class. Dr. Morris Johnson, cation: To carpool or caravan, meet in Professor Emeritus at Western Oregon William Cusick the NE corner of the parking lot behind University, will discuss native plant Visit our Web site at http://williamcusick. the Douglas County Courthouse (Fowl- families and flowers common to the npsoregon.org for updates and general er and Diamond Lake Blvd) in Rose- Willamette Valley and Western Oregon. information. burg at 8:30 am or alternate location He will also explain how the area’s Other Events Ashland Parks anytime, please call. Location: North wildflowers into one exhibition space Mountain Park Nature Center, 620 N for visitors to enjoy and appreciate. and Recreation Mountain Ave, Ashland. Information: This unique show stresses education, Department 541-488-6606. appreciation and conservation. There is no other show exactly like this one! Lo- March 6, Sunday, 1-4 pm cation: the Glide Community Center, Class: Creating a Living Willow Eugene Natural located on Hwy 138 in Glide, Oregon just 17 miles east of Roseburg. Informa- Structure with Louisa Lenz-Porter. History Society tion: www.glidewildflowershow.org or Local native willows have many practi- 541-496-3323. cal, medicinal and artistic uses. Learn March 18, Friday, 7:30 pm to build a living dome structure by Talk: Not Your “Ho Hum” Climate pushing long native willow shoots into Change Talk. Hear about cutting edge Lane Community the ground and weaving them together. research concerning the future status of They will root and grow, producing a our terrestrial ecosystems at the March College cover of green leaves over the structure. get-together of the Eugene Natural Come prepared to work outdoors in History Society. The public is invited April-May (beginning April 6), moist ground. $10. Location: North free of charge to attend a dynamic talk Wednesdays, 4-7 pm Mountain Park Nature Center, 620 N by Scott Bridgham, Professor of biol- Class: Identification of Plants in the Mountain Ave, Ashland. Information: ogy and environmental studies at the Field. Join Marcia Cutler of NPSO Register online at www.ashland.or.us/ University of Oregon. Scott’s presenta- Emerald Chapter for a class on plant register or call the North Mountain tion will detail the ongoing impact of ID and keying. We spend all our time Park Nature Center at 541-488-6606. climate change on ecosystems as diverse in the field, meeting at various parks as northern peatlands and prairies and & natural areas within 20 miles of March 16, Wednesday, 10 am-12 pm oak savanna. Location: Room 100, Wil- Eugene-Springfield. Subjects we’ll Work Party: Spring Gardening. Cul- lamette Hall, UO campus. cover include plant families, botanical tivate new acquaintances and exercise terminology, keying to a specific plant your green thumb while volunteer- (using Gilkey and Dennis’s Handbook ing as a gardener at North Mountain Glide Wildflower of Northwestern Plants), habitat, ecol- Park. North Mountain Park staff and ogy, etc. This is a community education volunteers will provide an orientation Show class; no tests, no term papers (yea!) but to the Demonstration Gardens, green- April 23- 24, Saturday and Sunday no credit (boo!). Location: On Ap[ril house, and composting facility to kick 6th, meet at the LCC main campus, Event: The 2011 Glide Wildflower off the season. Tools and snacks will be 4000 E. 30th Ave. Information: www. Show provided. To volunteer in the gardens will again bring the colors, lanecc.edu or contact Marcia Cutler at shapes and splendor of 600 species of

6 NPSO Bulletin 541-687-2559, [email protected]. For 541-687-9699, info@nearbynature. info on registration, call LCC down- org, or http://www.nearbynature.org/ Now Available: town center 541-463-5252. volunteering. NPSO Occasional Paper 3 Mount Pisgah Siskiyou Field Urbanizing Flora of Portland, Arboretum Institute Oregon, 1806-2008 NPSO Occasional Paper 3: 1-315. March 16 OR March 29, Wednesday April 2-3, Saturday-Sunday by John A. Christy, Angela Kimpo, OR Tuesday, 6:30-8 pm Course: Introduction to Bryology. Vernon Marttala, Philip K. Gaddis, Volunteer Orientation: Explore Na- Join Scot Loring for a two-day Intro- and Nancy L. Christy (2009), 319 ture with Elementary School Kids! duction to Bryology. The class will pages, spiral bound Mount Pisgah Arboretum has been cover basic bryophyte biology, recogni- This compilation of the vascular bringing out more than 3,000, K-5 tion of common species in the field, plants of the Portland-Vancouver area grade students each year for the past microscopy/lab techniques and use of analyzes changes in the region’s vegeta- 30 years, and volunteers make it hap- dichotomous keys; with class time di- tion since 1806. A total of 1,556 taxa pen! Volunteers are trained to lead vided between classroom lectures, lab in 125 families are represented. Based small groups of students on trail hikes, and field. Tuition for the class is $100, on herbarium specimens, publications, exploring the plants, animals, and ecol- and discounted lodging is available and unpublished manuscripts, it tracks ogy of the S. Willamette Valley. Volun- onsite for class participants. Location: the changing fortunes of native and teers lead a minimum of one morning Siskiyou Field Institute. Information: exotic species shaped by an expanding tour per week (May 2–June 14). No 541-597-8530, or visit www.thesfi.org. urban environment. It includes a his- experience necessary. Location: Wayne tory of botany in Portland, a gazetteer Morse Family Farm, 595 Crest Drive in of historical and modern place names, Eugene. Information: Fran Rosenthal, Willamette Valley botanical miscellanea from 19th and 747-1504, [email protected]. early 20th century Portland, and lists Hardy Plant Group of rare species for use by planners and Nearby Nature March 8, Tuesday, 6:30 pm Talk: Great Gardens of the Pacific March 7, Monday, 7:30 pm Northwest. Dave Eckerdt’s illustrated Talk: The Nature Principle: Human talk will tour us through the gardens, Restoration and the End of Nature- plants and garden art of some twenty northwest gardens, including those of Deficit Disorder. In his best-selling Oregonian writer Dulcy Mahar, “In book Last Child in the Woods: Saving the Garden” host Mike Darcy, Garden our Children from Nature Deficit Dis- Personality Lucy Hardiman, Plants- order, author Richard Louv shared lots man Dan Hinkley, as well as his own of compelling arguments for why kids garden. Following his talk, Tamara and need to spend time outside. Louv’s talk Greg Clift of McKenzie River Nursery will be based on his new book, The Na- will give a demonstration of how to ture Principle: Human Restoration and plant a gorgeous hanging basket. Doors the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder, open at 6:30 for book sales and view- due out in May 2011. Location: EMU ing botanical samples. Admission is $6 Ballroom at UO. Information: http:// for non-members and $3 for members. www.nearbynature.org/events. Location: University of Oregon, Agate March 10, Thursday, 6:30-8 pm Hall, Agate Street at 18th Avenue, Eu- gene. There is ample parking next to land managers. Volunteer Training: Spring New Agate Hall. Information: www.thehar- Price: $20 postpaid, checks payable to Volunteer Orientation. Love nature? dyplantgroup.org or 541-344-0896. Native Plant Society of Oregon. Enjoy kids? Want to make a differ- Orders: Prepaid only ence? Learn all about leading school Contact: John Christy nature walks in Alton Baker Park this 7050 SW Canyon Crest Drive spring as well as other Nearby Nature Portland, OR 97225-3623 volunteer opportunities. No experience [email protected] needed. Location: Tykeson Room at the Please remember to include your mail- Eugene Public Library. Information: @ ing address and telephone number.

March 2011 7 Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington

Book Review by: Dave Dobak either (1) historically reported occur- included, based on one collection from Field Guide to the Rare Plants of rences (mostly herbarium records) that 1884. Its rank is “G5/SX”. The plant is Washington have not been confirmed since the all over the intermountain west and has Edited by Pamela Camp & John Washington Natural Heritage Program the lowest possible endangerment rat- G. Gamon. University of Washington was created (in 1977) or (2) docu- ing Globally, but is presumed extinct in Press 2011. ISBN 978-0-295-99092-7. mented occurrences for which we have Washington. There are many “G5/S1” Paperback; 408 pages, 600 color pic- solid evidence that the population no or “G4/S2” plants in the book, some tures, 350 drawings, 350 maps. longer exists at that location (e.g., loca- of them based on few or even a single tions that are now totally converted to specimen or observation from right on urban or residential land uses, or that the border of Washington -- and there have been inundated as a result of dam are healthy masses of it just over the construction, etc.). Black dots represent border and for hundreds (thousands) of species occurrences that have been con- miles beyond. firmed between 1977 and today (with How useful might this book be the caveat that if our most recent in- in Oregon? Consider the case of Pen- formation indicates that the species has stemon deustus var. variabilis, which been extirpated, we would represent it is included because the edge of its by an open circle).” range includes a few sites in Washing- Writing as an Oregonian for an ton’s Klickitat County. It is abundant Oregon audience, however, I must across a broad swath of northeastern point out the choice of species in- Oregon. In Oregon’s Union County, cluded. They are specifically the plants three varieties have been collected in in the categories Endangered, Threat- close proximity. This book’s treatment his is an impressive and handsome ened, Sensitive, and Possibly Extinct or points out the differences between var. Tbook, describing 317 species of Extirpated on the Washington Natural variabilis and var. deustus, but does not rare plants of the state of Washington, Heritage Program’s list of plants of con- distinguish var. pedicellatus (and if you with distribution maps, line drawings, servation concern. This is very different made a new find of one of these other and photographs of plants and habitats. from the concept that a recreational varieties just across the border in Co- The species descriptions are “evolved botanist, especially a visitor from out of lumbia, Garfield, or Asotin Counties, from” material published as “two-pag- state, might think of when seeing the you might be stumped!). ers” on the Washington Department term “Rare Plants” in a book title. The book is certainly an aid for of Natural Resources website http:// Anyone who buys this book think- serious botanists and photographers, www1.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/fguide/ ing it will help him identify Viola flettii as well as rare plant monitors and land htm/fsfgabc.htm . As a consequence, a and Campanula piperi during a visit to managers, who regularly venture into potential buyer might visit that website Olympic National Park, or Hulsea nana Washington’s wild places. But never- for an opportunity to “look inside this and Collomia larsenii during a visit to theless this is a book driven by a tightly book”. There are many more pictures the screes above Hellroaring Overlook defined process with specific goals in in this book than on the website. on Mt. Adams, will be disappointed. mind. It is narrowly targeted. These treatments have been avail- None of those plants, which certainly able for quite some time now, so there meet most recreational botanists’ con- has been ample opportunity for correc- cept of “rare”, is included. The threat tions to be included; I will not attempt levels which plants face are determined to critique the accuracy of the material. by many factors. A plant which would a se b ata

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Particularly useful are the Identification S Tips that can be used to distinguish nation might receive only a “Watch” this species from similar species. Older rating simply because it is situated synonyms are included for recently inside a National Park, where many - NR CS PL ANT S DA changed plant names. protections are already in place. And U The only error that has jumped out thus, the plant would not have a place in this book. at reviewers so far regards the omission g w oo d @ of a key to the map symbols. Co-editor Not to revive the debate over clas- sifying plant endangerment based on Gamon has provided the missing text, S he r i Ha and I pass it along here to serve as an political boundaries, but I observe that, Penstemon deustus Douglas ex Lindl. (scab- errata sheet. “Open circles represent for example, Eriogonum maculatum is land penstemon)

8 NPSO Bulletin 2011 Annual NPSO Board Candidates for 2011 Meeting he Nominating Committee’s candidates for NPSO state offices are: The Portland Chapter will host T President: Judi Sanders the 2011 annual meeting of the Native Vice-President: Billy Don Robinson Plant Society of Oregon in Logan Val- Secretary: David Barts ley, on the south side of the Strawberry Treasurer: Cyndi Dion Mountain Wilderness area. The dates Directors-at-Large: Linda Hardison, Bruce Waugh, Frances Stilwell are Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 26. Brief resumes of each candidate, along with the ballot, will be printed in the This area has a diverse ecological April Bulletin (deadline for copy submission is March 10th). Any group of five makeup. Five of the seven major life or more dues-paying members may also submit nominations (with nominee’s zones in North America can be found consent). here. Nearly every type of alpine wildflower found west of the Rockies can be found here blooming at some time I taste a liquor never brewed, When landlords turn the drunken bee during the year. The rich flora is com- From tankards scooped in pearl; Out of the foxglove’s door, plemented by a lengthy list of animals, Not all the vats upon the Rhine When butterflies renounce their drams, insects, fish, and birds. The geology Yield such an alcohol! I shall but drink the more! provides a variety of formations and Inebriate of air am I, minerals, including basalt, rhyolite, And debauchee of dew, Till seraphs swing their snowy hats, granite, shales and serpentine, which Reeling, through endless summer days, And saints to windows run, we botanists know has unique flora. From inns of molten blue. To see the little tippler A variety of field trips will be of- Leaning against the sun! fered on Saturday (details in the April Bulletin). Saturday evening following Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American poet the banquet, stories about the adven- tures of botanizing will be told by the Carex Working Group. Friday evening after dinner, Paul Slichter will give a NPSO Items for Sale preview of the flora and places that will be seen on Saturday’s field trips. Booklets on Gardening with Native Plants. Emerald Chapter’s three Our meeting place will be Lake booklets about native plants of the southern Willamette Valley are “Na- tive Herbaceous Plants in Our Gardens,” “Native Shrubs in Our Gardens,” Creek Camp. A large central lodge and “Native Trees in Our Gardens.” $9.35/set of three, mail order. Indi- provides meeting space, and meals will vidual booklets sold from the NGAP booth at Down-To-Earth, or by check be served there. Beds (provide your made out to “Emerald Chapter NPSO” with “NGAP Gardening Guides” in own linen, blankets and towels) are the memo line to P.O. Box 902, Eugene OR 97440-0902. Also see online available in shared cabins, and there in PDF format at www.emeraldnpso.org Click on “Gardening with Native is plenty of open space for tent or RV Plants.” camping. Please plan to stay overnight Field Guide to Shrubs of Southwest Oregon. An 80-page, pocket-sized at Lake Creek Camp, or a Forest Ser- field guide identifies 56 of the most frequently-encountered shrubs in SW vice campsite nearby. All motels in Oregon, and describes each species in detail with words and photos, in- John Day are expected to be filled this cluding habitat, leaves, twigs, fruit, and flowers. Dichotomous keys, illus- weekend by another group’s annual trations of common plant parts and glossary included. Janet Walker, NPSO meeting. (And, John Day is a long Siskiyou chapter member, and Max Bennet, Forestry Agent with Jackson/ drive from our meeting place!) Josephine Counties. $7/copy; checks payable to “OSU Extension Service.” Join us in Logan Valley this June, Mail to Shrub Guide, Jackson County Extension, 569 Hanley Rd., Central and enjoy this special place for an an- Point, OR 97502. nual meeting, and for celebrating the Poseidon’s Necklace. Don Begnoche, Siskiyou chapter, has issued an 50th Anniversary of NPSO. For more Oregon field guide covering the coastal section, mile by mile, from As- information about the meeting and ac- toria to Brookings. Genesis of the coastal landscape and flora found on commodations, please visit our website: dunes, headlands and montane slopes; over 500 landscape and floral http://2011.npsoregon.org. photographs as well as geologic maps and illustrations. PDF format on a CD. $19.95 + $2.50 s/h. Mail checks to Don Begnoche, 439 Herbert St., 2 Ashland, OR 97520

March 2011 9 Berry Botanic Garden, continued from page 1 the board of directors and representa- tives of Portland State University, ar- Kierstead (Nelson) was the first cura- rived at a mutually beneficial plan to tor. By seeking advice on technical move the Conservation Program and matters from two of the premier seed Seed Bank to PSU’s Department of En- banks in the world, and choosing to vironmental Science and Management. work closely with state and federal land New opportunities for serving the management agencies, Julie laid the conservation community of the North- foundation on which the seed bank has west lie ahead: for starters, we will have flourished. A short time later the Berry greatly expanded seed banking capacity, Botanic Garden became a founding and solid institutional support for con- member of the Center for Plant Con- tinuing our part in the larger effort. servation, a national network dedicated Finally, because the Rae Selling to using off site collections as a means Berry Garden and House was placed of conserving and restoring America’s Ed Gu e rrant on the National Register of Historic Lillium occidentale flower most vulnerable native plants. Places in 2002, the property cannot The seed bank has grown consider- seed for or has been directly involved be subdivided and the house will not ably, not only in the number of species in reintroduction projects involving be demolished. Thus, the character of collected but also in the technical abil- almost a dozen species, including the what Mrs. Berry created will survive ity to store seeds safely for long periods endangered Stephanomeria malheurensis the change in ownership, and the con- of time. The nationwide professional and Lilium occidentale. servation function will be healthier community provided by the Center Even as the seed bank and than ever: a bittersweet outcome if ever for Plant Conservation enabled the conservation program continued to there was one. BBG Seed Bank to become a globally grow, the garden’s overall financial recognized leader in the field of ex situ, health had been in a slow decline or off site plant conservation. The seed for many years, suffering a crippling o bank currently has over 3.3 million blow with the economic downturn of seeds of more than 18,000 separate col- 2008. By 2009 it became clear that the lections of over 350 of the region’s rar- botanic garden could not survive eco- Plan Now for Na- est and most endangered plants. Seed nomically, and the decision was made tive Plant Appre- banks are a means to an end: support- to move the conservation program to ing species survival in the wild. The “higher ground”. ciation Week Berry Seed bank has either supplied Following months of exploration, lthough the weather outside is Afrightful, we know the arrival of spring will be delightful… so it’s not too early to plan for Native Plant Ap- preciation Week! NPAW 2011 will be May 1-7, 2011. This is NPSO’s largest coordinated public outreach event of the year. It is an excellent opportunity for your chapter to sponsor workshops, hikes, plant sales, and other great events while helping to raise visibility for your chapter and NPSO. As the weather improves, we will all be much busier, so now is the time to plan! This year, the State Parks Trust would like to coordinate with NPSO to raise aware- ness of our State Parks. Consequently, this is a fine opportunity for you to plan a hike at a State Park in your area on May 1 or May 7. Please notify your chapter’s NPAW Coordinator as soon as possible or contact Judi Sanders at [email protected] and we will

Ed Gu e rrant assist with publicity and event coordi- Rae Selling Berry Garden and House nation activities.

10 NPSO Bulletin Native Plant Society of Oregon Membership Form

Name______DUES include monthly Bulletin and Kalmiopsis when published. Membership is for the calendar year. New memberships enrolled after July Address______1 include the following year.

City______State______Zip+4______New Renewal Student – $12 Regular – $25 Family – $35 Phone ______E-Mail ______Sustaining – $60 Patron – $125 Life Membership – $500 Chapter (if known)______Subscription Only (Bulletin and Kalmiopsis) – $25 Only for those who wish to subscribe, but do not want to have full membership status. Is this a change of address? If so, please write your old address here: CONTRIBUTIONS to NPSO are tax deductible. Address______Jean Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund $ ______Leighton Ho Memorial Field Botany Award Fund $ ______City______State______Zip+4______Augusta Rockefeller Memorial Scholarship $ ______Please make checks for dues and contributions payable to: Rare and Endangered Plant Fund $ ______native plant society of oregon Friends of the Oregon Flora Project $ ______Send completed form and full remittance to: Membership in the Native Plant Society of Oregon is open to all. Clayton Gautier, NPSO Membership Chair Membership applications, renewals and changes of address (include old 3927 Shasta View St. address) should be sent to the Membership Chair. Changes of address may Eugene, OR 97405-4442 also be e-mailed to [email protected]. Officers & Committee Chairs State officers Directors (to 6/2011)...... Celeste Coulter, Dan Luoma, Billy Don Robinson (to 6/2012)...... Esther McEvoy, Lisa Blackburn, Rhoda Love President...... David Lebo ...... [email protected]; 503-622-3191 ext. 639 Immediate Past President...... Kelli Van Norman ...... [email protected]; 503-236-8787 Vice President...... Judi Sanders ...... [email protected]; 541-738-6674 Secretary...... David Barts ...... PO Box 2105, Portland, OR 97208; [email protected]; 503-679-2190 Treasurer...... Cyndi Dion ...... 897 Hillview Dr., Ashland, OR 97520-3517; [email protected]; 541-482-8603 Chapter Presidents Blue Mountain (Pendleton) .... Jerry Baker ...... P.O. Box 662, Athena, OR 97813; [email protected]; 541-566-2244 Cheahmill ...... Susan Aldrich-Markham ...... 22245 NE Ilafern Lane, Dundee, 97115; [email protected]; 503-537-0587 Corvallis...... Laurel Moulton ...... 425 S.E. Bridgeway Ave, Corvallis, OR 97333; [email protected]; 206-459-3834 Emerald (Eugene)...... Brian Basor ...... 78703 Echo Hollow Ln, Cottage Grove, OR, 97424; [email protected]; 541-335-1268 High Desert (Bend)...... Eileen Obermiller...... [email protected]; 541-350-7436 Klamath Basin...... Sarah Malaby...... [email protected]; 541-884-5703 Mid-Columbia...... Sara Wu ...... 95 Hearthside Lane, Goldendale, WA 98620; [email protected]; 509 773 7127 North Coast...... Janet Stahl...... 9780 Whiskey Creek Rd., Tillamook, OR 97141; [email protected]; 503-842-8708 Portland...... Angie Moore...... [email protected]; 503-292-2093 .Roger Brewer...... [email protected]; 503-789-5027 Siskiyou...... Frank Callahan ...... [email protected]; 541-897-0421 Umpqua Valley (Roseburg)...... Donna Rawson ...... 4134 Goodrich Hwy, Oakland, OR 97462-9636; [email protected]; 541-459-2821 Willamette Valley (Salem)...... John Savage ...... 1645 Church St SE, Salem, OR 97302-2908; [email protected]; 503-399-8615 Wm Cusick (La Grande)...... Jenifer Ferriel...... 2513 Washington Ave., Baker City, OR 97814; [email protected]; 541-523-5040 State Committee Chairs Budgets and Grants...... Dan Luoma...... 3740 NW Harrison, Corvallis, OR 97330; 541-752-8860 Conservation, East Side...... Duncan Thomas...... 529 N.W. 31st St. Corvallis 97330-5157; [email protected]; 541-752-5211 Conservation, West Side...... David Lebo...... [email protected]; 503-622-3191 ext. 639 Friends of OR Flora Project. Linda Hardison...... 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902; [email protected]; 541-737-4338 Legislative...... Billy Don Robinson...... [email protected]; 503-515-1708 Membership...... Clayton Gautier...... 3927 Shasta View St, Eugene, OR 97405-4442; [email protected] NPSO Fellows...... Rhoda Love...... [email protected]; 541-345-6241 Rare & Endangered Plants..... Les Gottlieb...... 1085 Timberline Ter., Ashland, OR 97520-3436; [email protected] Publications Bulletin Editor...... Taya Cummins...... P.O. Box 28208, Portland, OR 97228; [email protected] Bulletin Production...... Jocelyn Duffy...... 17969 SW Broad Oak Blvd, Aloha, OR 97007; [email protected] Kalmiopsis Editor...... Cindy Roché...... P.O. Box 808, Talent, OR 97540; [email protected] Webmaster...... Norm Jensen...... [email protected] March 2011 11 Send change of address notices and membership requests to: NonProfit ORG Native Plant Society of Oregon US Postage Clayton Gautier, Membership Chair Paid 3927 Shasta View St. Eugene, OR Eugene, OR 97405-4442 Permit No. 204

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Friends of the Oregon Flora Project We are in the midst of our periodic updates to the online Atlas and Photo Gallery. To prepare for an update we incorporate new data, cor- rect errors reported, and apply the nomenclatural changes presented in the Checklist. Updates should be completed and reflected online within the next month. We are also working to present the Checklist in a searchable format that will make it easier to find information as www.oregonflora.org well as link to the other OFP tools. The research to support this work and develop the tools made available to the public is funded solely by donations and competitive grants. Contributions people give of their time and financial resources are a critical part of our operating budget. If you would like to be a part of the team that makes the OFP the valuable resource it is, please contact us at [email protected], or phone 541-737-4338. Contributions can be mailed directly to: Agricultural Research Foundation, Oregon State University, 100 Strand Ag Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2219. Please make checks payable to the Ag. Research Foundation, and include “Oregon Flora Project—4482” on the memo line.

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