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Aquilegia 2019 Fall Volume 43-4 Aquilegia Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant Society Volume 43 No. 4 Fall 2019 Aquilegia Volume 43 No. 4 Fall 2019 www.CoNPS.org 1 2019 Photo Contest This issue of Aquilegia features the winners of the annual photo contest. All 2019 entries were on display at the Annual Conference in September, where attendees voted on their favorites. Congratulations to all winning photographers in five categories! The photo featured on the cover garnered more votes than any other photograph in the contest. Wildlife First Place: Michael Aubrey, black-headed daisy (Erigeron melanocephalus) and American pika (Ochotona princeps). Other First Place winners are featured on this page and the back cover. On this page are Plants (tie): Linda Smith, Gunnison sego lily (Calochortus gunnisonii) and Bob Clarke, notch-leafed scorpionweed (Phacelia crenulate). On the back cover: Artistic: Bill Loessberg, cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum); Landscape: William Bowman, limber pine (Pinus flexilis); Gardens: Steve Slocomb, Colorado blue columbine (Aquilegia coerulea). First place winners earned a $50 prize. Second and third place winners are featured on pages 34 and 35 of this issue. About the American Pika The American pika (Ochotona princeps) is sometimes referred to as a rock rabbit or whistling hare. In fact, it belongs to the same family: Lagomorpha. The American by Rob Pudim pika is adapted to live in cold Botanicum absurdum temperatures and scientists fear that a rapidly warming climate threatens the species. Pikas, like the one featured on the cover, are often seen in alpine areas where they spend the summer “haying” or collecting food for winter caches. They cut, stack, and dry a variety of wildflowers and grasses, and then move them deep within their homes beneath talus slides and boulder fields. They do not hibernate and they eat the food stores throughout the winter. According to Montana Outdoors magazine, pikas get their name from the Russian word “pikat,” meaning to squeak. When in their territory, it’s common to hear them communicating © Rob Pudim with other pikas. MM 2 www.CoNPS.org Aquilegia Volume 43 No. 4 Fall 2019 Aquilegia: Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant Society Dedicated to furthering the knowledge, appreciation, and conservation of native plants and habitats of Colorado through education, stewardship, and advocacy Inside this Issue Featured Stories 2019 Colorado Rare Plant Symposium: Botanists Share Tales of Summer Field Work BY LISA TASKER ..... 4 2019 CoNPS Annual Conference: Here’s What You Missed ................................................................ 5 Conference Presentations .............................................................................................................. 5 Lifetime Achievement Award ........................................................................................................ 11 Field Trips ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Photo Contest ................................................................................................................................. 2 A Taste of Place: Colorado Breweries Celebrating Colorado Native Plants BY JEN TOEWS ....................... 14 Columns Conservation Corner: Colorado Takes the Lead in Protecting Alpine Plants in North America BY JENNIFER NEALE ....................................................................................................... 18 Garden Natives: The Obscure and Ignoble Two-Grooved Milkvetch BY JIM BORLAND ............................... 20 Restoration Roundup: Northern Chapter Completes Fall Planting at River’s Edge Natural Area in Loveland BY NAN H. DANIELS .................................................................. 21 Poetry: Ode to an Inconspicuous Flower BY ELIZABETH BLAKER .................................................................... 6 Research and Reports Shoot Production in the Rare Alpine Calciphile, Saussurea weberi Hultén: Insights into Its Population Dynamics BY RON ABBOTT ......................................................................... 23 The Importance of Local Variation for the Conservation of Rare Plants BY MEGAN PETERSON ................... 26 Book Review: What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist’s Quest to Name Every Living Thing REVIEW BY MARY MENZ ......................................................................................................................... 28 News and Announcements Chapter Events ................................................................................................................................... 28 CoNPS Workshops ............................................................................................................................ 29 Cross-Pollination Events .................................................................................................................... 30 Support CoNPS on Colorado Gives Day! ........................................................................................... 32 Apply Now for Marr and Steinkamp Research Grants .......................................................................... 32 AQUILEGIA: Newsletter of the Colorado OPERATING COMMITTEE & LEADERSHIP TEAM: Mo Ewing, [email protected]; Ann Grant, [email protected]; Native Plant Society David Julie, [email protected]; Denise Wilson, [email protected]; Amy Yarger, [email protected]; Aquilegia Vol. 43 No.4 Fall 2019 Secretary: Amy Yarger, [email protected]; Treasurer: Mo Ewing, [email protected] ISSN 2161-7317 (Online) - ISSN 2162-0865 (Print) Copyright CoNPS © 2019 CHAPTER PRESIDENTS: Boulder: Pam Sherman, [email protected]; Metro-Denver: Lenore Mitchell, Aquilegia is the newsletter of the Colorado [email protected]; Northern: Hugh Mackay, [email protected]; Plateau: Susan Carter, Native Plant Society. Members receive at [email protected], Jim Pisarowicz, [email protected], David Varner, [email protected]; Southeast: least four regular issues per year (Spring, Maggie Gaddis, [email protected]; Southwest: Anthony Culpepper, [email protected], Amanda Summer, Fall, Winter). At times, issues may Kuenzi, [email protected], Michael Remke, [email protected] be combined. All contributions are subject to MEMBERS-AT-LARGE: Christina Alba, [email protected]; Deryn Davidson, [email protected]; editing for brevity, grammar, and consistency, Steve Olson, [email protected]; Irene Weber, [email protected]; Anna Wilson, [email protected]; Tom Zeiner, with final approval of substantive changes by [email protected] the author. Articles from Aquilegia may be used by other native plant societies or non- COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Conservation: Mo Ewing, [email protected]; Education & Outreach: David Julie, profit groups, if fully cited to the author and [email protected]; Field Studies: Steve Olson, [email protected], Lara Duran, [email protected]; Finance: Mo attributed to Aquilegia. Ewing; Horticulture: Ann Grant, [email protected]; Media: Deryn Davidson, [email protected], Lenore Managing Editor: Mary Menz, Mitchell, [email protected], Steve Olson, [email protected]; Research Grants: Stephen Stern, [email protected] [email protected]; Restoration: Haley Stratton, [email protected]; Scholarships: Cecily Mui, Associate/Design Editor: Kelly Ambler, [email protected] [email protected] SOCIAL MEDIA: E-News Editor: Linda Smith, [email protected]; Facebook: Carol English, [email protected] Assistant Editor: Nan Daniels Twitter and Instagram: Jen Bousselot, [email protected] and Denise Wilson, [email protected]; Cartoonist: Rob Pudim Webmaster: Mo Ewing, [email protected] Botanical names reviewer: Elizabeth Taylor Proofreaders: Suzanne Dingwell, Cathi CoNPS STAFF: Linda Smith, administrative coordinator, [email protected], 970-663-4085; Denise Wilson, marketing & Schram, Linda Smith, John Vickery events coordinator, [email protected]; Kathleen Okon, workshop coordinator, [email protected] Aquilegia Volume 43 No. 4 Fall 2019 www.CoNPS.org 3 2019 Colorado Rare Plant Symposium Botanists Share Tales of Summer Field Work By Lisa Tasker potential inclusion in the newer United States Forest What’s new in regard to southwest Colorado’s globally Service Species of Conservation Concern (SCC) lists. imperiled plants? If you were one of sixty plus These lists are quickly replacing the older USFS attendees of the Colorado Natural Heritage Program’s Sensitive Species lists. Of the approximately 520 rare Annual Rare Plant Symposium in Grand Junction, you plant species tracked by CNHP, 23% fit this category know! Professionals to amateur botanists and ardent of imperiled on a global level in Colorado and are native plant enthusiasts have coveted this gathering eligible for USFS consideration as a species of the Friday before the CoNPS annual meeting. “substantial concern.” This relatively newer approach CNHP, under the guidance of botany team leader Jill to rare species by the USFS makes CNHP’s Handwerk, has always intended for this meeting to communication with them even more essential in allow for data sharing. Botanists look forward to the recent years. event as they are usually dispersed across the state. Often announced at the annual meeting are the But fresh off a field season in late September, they newest strategies to improve our understanding
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