Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of

Dedicated to the enjoyment, conservation, and study of Oregon’s native vegetation

VOLUME 34, NO. 540TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR! MAY 2001

The Return of a Wet Prairie by Dave Hanson, Cheahmill Chapter bout ten miles southwest of somewhat nondescript expanse of grass combined with large, woody debris car- AMcMinnville in the foothills of and weeds—which makes Deer Creek ried downstream from the forested up- the Coast Range, lies a tract of public Park unique. Out in that rundown lands, produced frequent log jams in land where natural processes are recov- looking field, our native prairie com- the stream channel. These dams, along ering a piece of our past. Located six munity has been slowly returning. with those made by beaver, trapped miles north of well-traveled Highway and stored deposits of sediment creat- 18, Deer Creek County Park lies with- Ecological History of the Site ing meandering streams having multi- in Gopher Valley, a flat and narrow For thousands of years the Willa- ple side-channels. The strong forces of bottomland sheltered between fir-cov- mette Valley was periodically burned floodwaters and debris flows were dissi- ered ridges. This park which has possi- by humans, leading to the evolution of pated by the riparian vegetation and bly the most tranquil setting in the fire-disturbance ecosystems—wet dispersed over the adjacent floodplains. county, has a six-acre portion tradition- prairie, dry prairie, and oak savanna. The seasonal inundation of the flood- ally developed, with picnic tables and Nearly one million acres of prairies were plains recharged groundwater crucial mowed grass, nestled under the canopy maintained through annual burning by for maintaining cool streamflows dur- of a grove of Oregon ash alongside the people inhabiting the valley known ing the dry summers. Deer Creek. as the Kalapuya. Tufted hairgrass was Directly adjacent to the west lies one of the dominant species of the ex- Settlement the other part of the park—a 23-acre, tensive wet prairies, being well-adapted The settlers arriving in Gopher to both periodic fires and the wide- Valley in the mid-1800s, brought land- spread hydric soils. It grew intermixed use practices that gradually produced with other perennial plants such as major ecological changes in the land- In This Issue sedges, rushes, bulbs, and wildflowers. scape. They began ditching and drain- Deer Creek, a tributary of the ing the wetlands and prairies to make Chapter Calendar...... 55 South , flows south out of cultivation possible. The winding, the steep hills of the Coast Range. debris-clogged streams were cleared Cool the Northwest...... 60 When it reaches Gopher Valley, a flat and straightened to speed the drainage narrow plain, the stream gradient de- of the fields. Beaver were largely elimi- Traditional Ecological creases, causing the stream to slow and nated from the watershed as their dam- Knowledge and Wisdom ....61 develop a more sinuous channel pat- building was perceived as a nuisance to Other Events ...... 62 tern. This valley of open prairies and farming. Over the years, the dense, ri- densely vegetated riparian corridors parian forests of large trees that shaded New Members ...... 66 was seasonally occupied by the Kala- the stream banks were steadily cut away puyan people, who periodically set it for firewood and lumber, and then NPSO Items for Sale ...... 66 on fire to maintain conditions favor- converted to agriculture. able for their needs. The riparian But the most profound change in Annual Meeting Schedule..68 forests along Deer Creek included large the landscape by the new settlers was trees species such as Douglas-fir, grand the suppression of wildfire. When the NPSO Board Election fir, cottonwood, ash, and alder along longstanding practice of seasonal Ballot...... enclosed with an understory of shrub species. praire-burning by the Kalapuya ceased, Fallen trees from this riparian forest, continued on page 64

May 2001 53 State Secretary OCIE T S TY N O A F Candidate Biography L ANNUAL P O R E E V elli Van Norman grew up in the G I

T O MEETING mountains of southwestern Ore- A N K N gon hiking and learning the native June 8-10 flora through 4-H Forestry. She has a B.S. in Geography from the University Fo 1 unded 196 See back page of Oregon and an M.S. in Forest Sci- ence from Oregon State University. Reminder: The Cost for While living in Corvallis, Kelli helped Native Plant registration will double after out with the Corvallis chapter’s native Society of Oregon May 9th! Please send in your plant garden at Avery Park. Recently registration form today. Kelli has worked as a forest ecologist See March Bulletin for forms. for the Forest Service in Brookings. World Wide Web Beginning this May she will be relocating to Portland to work for the http://www.NPSOregon.org Bureau of Land Management on the New Fellows of Northwest Forest Plan’s species data- Email Discussion List NPSO Elected base. In Portland she hopes to continue To join send a message to gardening with native plants. She also [email protected], with the t the April 14 State Board Meeting hopes to purchase a dissecting micro- following in the body of the message: Ain The Dalles, Charlene Simpson scope soon so that she can stop subscribe npso and Veva Stansell were unanimously procrastinating and learn to identify elected Fellows of NPSO, our Society’s grasses. General Business Address highest honor. They will receive their awards at the Annual Meeting Banquet P.O. Box 902 in Corvallis June 9. Congratulations Eugene, OR 97440 Charlene and Veva! or correspond directly with Officers and Committee Chairs listed on the inside of the back page.

Membership Inquiries Only Jan Dobak 2584 NW Savier St. Portland, OR 97210-2412

Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon Editor: Tanya Harvey ISSN 0884-599. Published monthly. 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. Send submissions by e-mail to [email protected]. Opinions expressed in this publica-

tion are those of the authors of the HARVEY TANYA articles. They do not represent the opinions of the Native Plant Society The blossoms of Scoliopus hallii are small but intriguing. Slink lily or Fetid adder’s tongue is an of Oregon, unless so stated. early-blooming flower of moist forests throughout much of western Oregon. As its common name implies it is a member of Liliaceae. To attract pollinating flies it smells like rotting flesh.

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Northwest published in 1996 by OSU 7:30pm at Avery House,Avery Park, State Press. 7:00pm, Graf Hall, Room 101, Corvallis. For more information con- June 8-10, Friday-Sunday Linfield College, 900 SE Baker St., tact Esther McEvoy at 541-754-0893. McMinnville. For more info call Rob Annual Meeting: in Corvallis. For Tracey at 503-843-2702. more information see page 68 of this June 8,9,10 issue and March Bulletin for registra- Annual NPSO Meeting in Corvallis tion form and information. Registration and information in March Corvallis Bulletin and on page 68. June 10, Sunday May 14, Monday Board Meeting: Marketplace West Meeting: Butterfly (aka West Dining Hall) in Corvallis. Gardening. Bruce Newhouse and Eric Emerald 9:00am to 3:00pm. Wold of the Eugene-Springfield Chap- May 5, Saturday ter of the North American Butterfly Field Trip: Tour a Local Native Plant Association (and NPSO) will discuss Garden. We will visit the Eugene gar- Blue Mountain the keys to successful butterfly garden- den of Alice Pueschner which features For information on the Blue Mountain ing in the Willamette Valley. Meet at chapter call Jerry Baker at 541-566- around 90 native plant species. Meet at 3381. 10:00am at northeast corner South Eu- gene High School parking lot, for an IMPORTANT NOTE TO approximately 1.5 hour field trip. For Cheahmill FIELD TRIP PARTICIPANTS more information contact Heiko Koester at 541-485-7245. May 6, Sunday Field trips take place rain or shine, so proper dress and footwear are Field Trip: Camassia Preserve of the May 12, Saturday essential. Trips may be strenuous Nature Conservancy in West Linn. Field Trip: Willows of the Eugene and/or hazardous. Participation is Start Time: 10:00am. This area is an Area. Learn how to tell our local willow at your own risk. Be prepared to odd oasis of diversity so close to the big species apart by their vegetative charac- sign a release form indicating this. city of Portland. We will see Camas teristics. We will also discuss the ecolo- For a sample copy check out the and other spring-blooming flowers gy of willows and the riparian areas and NPSO website. Please contact the such as Iris, Erythronium, Sedum wetlands where they live. We will visit trip leader or chapter representative spathulifolium, and False Solomon’s- a site on the Willamette River and then about difficulty, distance, and terrain Seal. We will be on the lookout for the head out to Kirk Ponds downstream of to be expected on field trips. Bring rare Delphinium leucophaeum. There is Fern Ridge Dam. An easy walk, bring water and lunch. All NPSO field trips also a remnant stand of Quaking hand lens, lunch, water, and rain gear if are open to the public at no charge Aspen. This is a walk and not a hike. it’s a wet day. Meet at 9:00am at South (other than contribution to carpool Bring good walking shoes though and Eugene High School parking lot. Lead- driver) and newcomers and visitors expect to walk about a mile on devel- ers: Danna Lytjen and Nick Otting. are always welcome. National oped trails. Parking is limited. For 541-334-4499. Forests require a Northwest Forest more information, to register, and Pass for many field trip locations. directions, call trip leaders Chuck and May 14, Monday Permits can be acquired at forest Patti Buffett at 503-474-1386. Meeting: The Art of Botanical Illus- headquarters and ranger districts. tration – 3000 Years of History and May 10, Thursday One Week in London. Bonnie Hall, NOTICE TO FIELD TRIP Meeting: Native American Fire Man- retired scientific illustrator with a pas- agement. Robert Boyd, consulting CHAIRS AND LEADERS sion for creating screenprinted botani- anthropologist and adjunct professor of The Forest Service and other agen- cal portraits of Northwest native plants, anthropology at Portland State Univer- cies have set policies limiting group will give us a visual tour of centuries of sity, will present evidence for fire man- size in many wilderness areas to 12. wonderful illustrations. We’ll also get to agement of natural resources by West The reason is to limit human im- see Bonnie’s own beautiful work, some Coast Native Americans, especially the pacts on these fragile areas. Groups of which she’ll have available for pur- Kalapuya Indians of the Willamette using wilderness areas should be no chase. Note: the meeting is on the sec- Valley. Mr. Boyd is editor of, Indians, larger than 12. ond monday this month. 7:30pm, Fire, and the Land in the Pacific

May 2001 55 Room 117, Science Building, LCC lunch, hand lens and rubber boots. through clearcuts, so good boots are es- main campus, Eugene. For more info Trip limited to six canoes and/or 15 sential. Meet 8:00am at northeast cor- contact Nick Otting, 541-334-4499. participants. To register, e-mail John at ner of parking lot at South Eugene [email protected] or call 541-343-0707. High School. Back by 5:00pm. To sign May 15, Tuesday up call Jenny Lippert at Willamette Field Trip: Evening trip to the Natur- June 2, Saturday National Forest, 541-465-6321. al Landscape and Habitat Restora- Field Trip: West Eugene Wetlands. tion Project at South Eugene High Join local Botanist Lynda Boyer and School. For the last three years SEHS learn more about restoration efforts High Desert students have been working on this ex- occurring in our own backyard. There Unless otherwise noted all trips will citing project under the direction of will be a brief overview of the pro- depart from the north end of the main horticulturalist Dennis Lueck. This is a gram’s goals, then a visit to some newly parking lot on the east side of Pilot Butte good opportunity to see many native restored and remnant wet prairie sites State Park off of Hwy 20 (Greenwood prairie plants. The project is sponsored (one with three rare plant species). St.) in Bend at 8:30am sharp. Please ar- by the student environmental club and Meet 9:00am at northeast corner rive a few minutes early to form carpools. Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to South Eugene High School parking lot. On one-day trips we will normally return Pesticides (NCAP). Meet at 6:30pm at Back around 2:00pm. If you have it, to the parking lot by 5:30pm. Please: no the northeast corner South Eugene bring Wetland Plants of Oregon & smoking, no picking or collecting of High School parking lot. Over by Washington by Jennifer Guard. plants, and no pets. Remember, you 7:30pm. For more information contact participate at your own risk. Becky Riley at 541-461-4281. June 23, Saturday Field Trip: Bear Grass Study Trip May 8, Tuesday May 20, Sunday with Dr. Nan Vance of the Pacific May 16, Wednesday Event: Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Wild- Northwest Research Station and Dr. May 24, Thursday flower Show. See page 61 for info. Peter Bernhardt, a pollination ecologist from the University of St. Louis. Come Work Party: Pilot Butte State Park: May 26, Saturday learn about Nan’s study to determine Stop the Alien Invaders! The Butte is Field Trip: Hult Marsh in the Coast sustainable levels of beargrass harvest a special natural feature in the urban Range. Led by John Koenig. We will and help Peter collect insects for his sea of Bend. This half million-year-old canoe the pond and explore the north beargrass pollination study. Trip will be volcano has intact native bunchgrass marsh on foot. Expect to see Utricularia a full day with some walking, although communities over much of its flanks gibba and Lycopodiella inundata. Canoes plots are close to the road and on rela- and springtime wildflowers abound. to be provided by participants. Bring tively flat ground. We will be walking Unfortunately, in the last 10 years spot- ted knapweed, toadflax, cheatgrass, sweetclover, and mullein have begun to replace native plants. In cooperation with the State Parks Division and Pilot Butte Partners, we are pulling weeds to stop this invasion in its early stages. Bring gloves, wear sturdy footwear, and meet at the eastside parking lot at the base of the Butte at 6:00pm for an hour of weed pulling! For more info call Stu Garrett at 541-389-6981 eves. May 12, Saturday Field Trip: Tam-A-Lau Trail (with Sierra Club). A moderate hike to the peninsula above Lake Billy Chinook. About 8 miles roundtrip. Great views and wildflowers. Meet at 9:30am at the K-Mart parking lot, Mountain View Mall, corner of Robal Rd. and Hwy 97. For more information call trip leaders Hanne Madsen 541-317-9134 Iris tenax. Serigraph illustration by artist and Corvallis NPSO member Bonnie Hall. Bonnie or Alison Hamway 541-382-2035. will be speaking about botanical art at the Emerald chapter’s May 14th meeting.

56 NPSO Bulletin June 9, Saturday trip leader Reid Schuller for sign-up: Deschutes Basin Land Trust works out Field Trip: The Island. The Island Re- days 541-317-0199. of Bend to protect significant habitats search Natural Area is a remnant exam- in the Central Oregon. Brad Chalfant, ple of our native grasslands. Much of Executive director of the land trust, the local high desert probably looked Klamath Basin will show us slides of some of the lands like this before grazing, farming, and For information on the Klamath Basin the trust is working to protect, and dis- urbanization took over. Unfortunately, Chapter, call David Lebo at cuss strategies that can be used by a even in this barely-grazed area, exotic 541-883-8393. land trust and by conservation-minded weeds are a problem. NPSO will assist owners to protect land. the BLM in removing medusahead Mid-Columbia from several small infested areas. This North Coast is a unique opportunity to visit the area May 2, Wednesday since the Island Research Natural Area Unless otherwise stated, the group will is closed to casual hiking. We may see Meeting: The Miniature Insect meet at 10:00am at the front parking lot rattlesnakes so long pants and boots are World on a Native Lupine. Jim McIv- of the PUD building at the south end of encouraged. Call trip leader Stu Gar- er of Pendleton, research ecologist with Tillamook at 11th and Pacific. Guests rett for details: 541-389-6981 eves. Forest Service Research, will give us a are welcome, pets are not. For further in- slide show about the fascinating ento- formation and if you intend to go, call or June 16, Saturday mological play that takes place on the e-mail John Gerke at 503-842-5366 or Field Trip: Mill Creek Wilderness/ stage of Lupinus argenteus. Some of the [email protected] or phone Nancy Eide (503-861-1837) or Kathleen Sayce Hash Rock Fire. The Hash Rock fire characters are ants, spiders, plant bugs, (360-665-5292). in July of 2000 burned over 1000 and assassin bugs. Some of the evolu- acres, part of it in the Mill Creek tionary plot lines are mimicry and Wilderness. We will hike into the May 12, Saturday murder. The performance starts at wilderness to see fire effects and learn Field Trip: Fort Columbia. At high- how the Forest Service is approaching 7:30pm at the Columbia Gorge Dis- way 101 west of the interstate bridge the restoration of this special area. Due covery Center in The Dalles; take exit and east of Chinook, WA. Turn south to wilderness travel, hiker numbers are 82 off of I-84 and follow signs. into park just after tunnel. Park above limited to 12, so call trip leader Stu tunnel. Wear hiking boots and bring Garrett early at 541-389-6981 eves. May 20, Sunday lunch. Short hike of moderate intensi- Field Trip: the Hillis property, near ty. Hope to see Delphinium, Phacelia, June 23, Saturday Mill Creek. Join us for a hike on this old growth Sitka spruce and upland Field Trip: Crescent Mountain (with beautiful and diverse area southwest of forest. Phone Nancy or Kathleen. Sierra Club). Moderate to difficult The Dalles, owned by Hew and Jean May 13, Sunday climb up Crescent Mountain in the Hillis. We will climb through mixed Field Trip: Summit of Wilson River Cascades. Great views and wildflowers. oak and fir woods on north-facing Highway to Gales Creek Camp- Meet at 9:30am at the JC Penney Park- slopes to open meadows of flowers, and ing Lot, Mountain View Mall, Hwy 20 ground. Meet at 10:00am at the front will make a plant list for the area. Ex- side. Call Sierra trip leaders for more parking lot of the PUD building at the info: Hanne Madsen 541-317-9134 or pect to see columbine, dogwood trees, south end of Tillamook at 11th and Pa- Alison Hamway 541-382-2035. roses, balsamroot, lupines, and Indian cific or at 10:30am at the parking lot paintbrush. For those who have time, on the north side of the summit of the June 30, Saturday we will then visit the mountain lady Wilson River Highway (Hwy 6 and Field Trip: Hummingbird Meadows. slippers on Jerry and Mike Igo’s proper- Story Burn Road). We’ll hike about 3 Exult in the beauty of mountain wild- ty if they are blooming. Meet at the miles to the Gales Creek Campground flowers. This easy to moderate 5-mile Columbia Gorge Discovery Center where there is a rest room, picnic tables hike will explore some verdant mead- parking lot at 9:30am (Exit 82 off I-84 and a 15-passenger Forest Service van. ows above 5,000 ft in the Rogue- and follow signs). Trip leaders are Jean We’ll enjoy a succession of trees, shrubs and spring flowers as we descend. Umpqua Divide Wilderness which is Hillis and Barbara Robinson. Call Bar- There is also a short nature trail to ex- northwest of Crater Lake National bara for more info at 541-296-5334. Park. Be ready for any weather! Due to plore. Chris Friend of the Forest Grove wilderness travel, hiker numbers are June 6, Wednesday Office of Oregon State Parks will share limited to 12, so call Reid early. Pre- his research on the history of this area. Meeting: Deschutes Basin Land registration is required! Note 8:00am After lunch the van will return us to Trust. 7:30pm at the Columbia Gorge departure due to the 2.5 hours drive the summit or you may hike on your Discovery Center in The Dalles (Exit time. Return to Bend by 6:00pm. Call own. Contact John. 82 off I-84 and follow signs). The

May 2001 57 May 20, Sunday June 16, Saturday sclerocarpus and succumbens, Penstemon Field Trip: Peninsula Park on the Field Trip: Oswald West State Park, accuminatus, Oenothera contorta, Trask River. Expect a large variety of Cape Falcon trail. On Highway 101 Cryptantha celosioides, and splendid lowland and upland plants. Hope to between Manzanita and Arch Cape, bunchgrasses. 400ft. elev. gain, 1.5 mi. see shooting stars and delphinium. just north of Neah-Kah-Nie Mt. Meet hike. Driving time from Portland Hike will be moderately strenuous. on east side of highway at the main day about 2 hrs. one way. Leave at 8:30am, Good hiking shoes and a walking stick use parking lot, the one with a rest- NE99th and Glisan Park and Ride, are not required, but will be appropri- room. It will be an easy 4-mile (round southeast corner of parking lot. For ate. Phone John. trip) hike through coastal forest. Phone more information call Greg Stone at Nancy or Kathleen. 503-233-4761. May 26, Saturday May 8, Tuesday Field Trip: Mill Creek Pond and Swamp, at Seaside, OR. Turn east off Portland Meeting: The Western Canadian Arc- highway 101 on ave S. Go one block tic: Flora and More. Laura Gasaway east and park by gate on right side of May 4 – June 1, Fridays will discuss recent trips to the western road, This will be a site listing trip to a Field Trip: Salmon River. USFS Arctic. 7:00pm, Fireside Room (#355) new location. The site is a fresh water Botanist Carol Horvath representing of the First United Methodist Church swamp, marsh and pond. Wear hip or the Zig Zag Ranger District is leading located at 1838 SW Jefferson St. in knee high boots or wading sandals and one to two hour hikes on Friday morn- Portland. For more information con- shorts. Phone Nancy or Kathleen. ings May 4th thru June 1st, to the tact Skip Haak, 503-460-3198. Salmon River, It’s an active time there May 26, Saturday June 4, Monday for wildflowers. For more information Meeting: Planning. 7:00pm at PUD call Greg Stone at 503-233-4761. Field Trip: Bald Butte. Join trip leader building in Tillamook at 11th and Pa- Beth Magnus as she takes us to the cific. Park in the lot at the east end of May 5, Saturday beautiful meadows and oak woods of the building and enter through the NE Field Trip: Columbia Gorge East the Mt. Hood foothills, south of Hood door. We’ll plan future field trips and End. Wishram/Maryhill. Trip leader River Valley. We’ll see Collomia grandi- activities. If you would like to show Russ Jolley will show us many species flora, Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides, some of your slides, let John Gerke not found anywhere else in the Gorge. Calypso bulbosa, Anemone oregana, and know so that he can bring a projector. Flowers include Lesquerella, Astragalus the splendid Balsamroot. For time and meeting place call Beth at 503-226- 7919. June 3, Sunday Field Trip: North Ridge of Augspurg- er Mountain. We’ll join trip leader Russ Jolley to explore the back side of Augspurger Mountain. This hike will be 3 miles R/T with an 1100ft. elev. gain. We’ll be looking for Hydrophyl- lum fendleri along with many others. Leave 8:30am from Gateway/NE 99th Ave. Park and Ride, southeast corner of parking lot. For more information call Greg Stone at 503-233-4761 or Russ at 503-286-2350. June 16, Saturday Field Trip: Cape Falcon, Oswald West State Park. Nancy Eid and Kath- leen Sayce from the N. Coast chapter are leading this 4-mile easy hike in the beautiful old growth coastal forests.

TANYA HARVEY TANYA We’ll carpool from our meeting place for all destinations west; the old Cedar Hills shopping center parking lot right Balsamroot at Catherine Creek, Washington side of the Columbia Gorge.

58 NPSO Bulletin near the only coffee shop that’s open. May 12, Saturday Turn south on Watergap Road toward Leaving there at 8:30am and we’ll be Field Trip: Hanky Panky on the Ser- Williams and go 2.3 miles. The Pacifica meeting at the trailhead at 10:00am. pentine: The Story of Hybrids. gate will be on the left (east) side of the For directions and other info. call Greg Rough and Ready Creek, Mud Springs road. Go up the driveway, under a Stone at 503-233-4761 or look in N. Trail 9:00am, Illinois Valley Visitor’s large wooden arch and proceed to the Coast Chapter listings. Center 201 Caves Highway, Cave meeting place, a big building on the right side of the road. Leader: Barbara June 23, Saturday Junction. Leader: Mike Anderson (Mike does not have a phone, so call Mumblo (541-770-2349 or 541-899- Field Trip: Coffin Mountain. Loren Don Heinze at 541-955-7247 for in- 1812). See first hand one of the most Russell from the Corvallis Chapter, formation). See the spectacular spring exciting botanical projects ever to come who gave us that wonderful slide show serpentine flora with an emphasis on to southern Oregon. This trip is one of on alpine flora, is taking us up Coffin serpentine hybrids. We’ll see intermedi- many activities that will take place at Mtn. to see Iris chrysophylla, Helianthus ate (hybrid) forms of rockcress, balsam- Pacifica on May 19, which is called cusickii and Convolvulus nyctagineus, root, ceanothus, and manzanita with a “Take Flight Day”. Easy hike. along with a great view of Mt. Jefferson discussion of what the evolutionary fu- May 26, Saturday when we reach the top. The hike is 3 ture might hold for each hybrid. Mod- miles R/T with 800 ft. elev. gain. Side erate 3-mile hike. Field Trip: Four Faces of Serpentine, trip to Bruno Meadows for great high Tennessee Pass. 9:00am, Illinois Valley meadow habitat if time allows. 2 hours May 17, Thursday Visitor’s Center 201 Caves Highway, driving time each way. Leave Cedar Meeting: Wildflowers of the French Cave Junction. Leader: Mike Anderson Hills shopping center parking lot at Alps. Loren Russell of Corvallis will (Mike does not have a phone, so call 8:00am. For directions and more info. show slides of the subalpine forest, Don Heinze at 541-955-7247 for in- call Greg Stone at 503-233-4761. meadows, turf and rocks near the vil- formation) This hike will focus on the lage of La Grave in the Dauphine Alps four Klamath Mountain serpentine of France, and discuss how the flora has habitats and the plants associated with Siskiyou been assembled and preserved by tradi- each habitat. We’ll see riparian, chapar- All trip participants will be required to tional agricultural practices occurring ral, savanna, and barrens, each unique- sign a disclaimer. None of the trips are all over thousands of years. 7:30pm in ly different. One habitat, the chapar- access (on trails suitable for wheelchairs). Room 171 of the SOU Science Build- ral—mixed conifers in open growth For more information, call the trip leader ing in Ashland. For more information above a dense scrub oak stratum with or Don Heinze at 541-955-7247. call Molly Sullivan at 541-770-7933. grassy openings—is, according to the late botanist R. H. Whittaker, found May 5, Saturday May 20, Sunday nowhere else on Earth. Moderate 3.5 Field Trip: Illinois River Canyon. Field Trip: Limpy Creek. 10:00am, mile hike. 9:00am. Right (south) side of the US Forest Service Building, 200 NE May 27, Sunday Selma Market parking lot in Selma, 20 Greenfield Road in Grants Pass just miles south of Grants Pass on Highway north of Exit 58 of Interstate 5, Lead- Field Trip: Otter Point (near Gold 199. Leader: Don Heinze 541-955- ers: Linda Mullins 541-479-3243 and Beach). 10:00am, Gold Beach Ranger 7247. Along with many other flowers, Janet Yoder 541-596-2691. Another District, US Forest Service, 29279 El- we will see the most accessible stand of chance to have a botanist-guided tour lensburg Ave, Gold Beach. Leader: Kalmiopsis (namesake of the Kalmiopsis of this beautiful botanical hot spot. Viva Stansell. Call Don Heinze 541- Wilderness Area) and a population of Both wet serpentine and dry serpentine 955-7247 for information. Hopefully western sopora, both rare plants that habitats will be seen. Meet at the US we will see several species of coastal were originally found by and named Forest Service office in Grants Pass at wildflowers at their best. We may see for one of Oregon’s best known pioneer 200 Greenfield Road, just north of the large-flowered goldfields (threatened in botanists, Lilla Leach. USFS trail per- Interstate 5 Freeway at Exit 58. Easy Oregon) and/or black crowberry (rare mit is required. Easy 2-3 mile hike on a one-mile hike. in California). For those coming to good trail, but the slope from the trail Gold Beach on Saturday, there are sev- to the Illinois River is high and precipi- May 19, Saturday eral campgrounds up the Rogue River tous. Recommended prior reading: Field Trip: Pacifica Arboretum and towards Agness and RV parks on High- Begnoche, Don; Siskiyou Sundays; Botanical Garden. 9:00am, Meet at way 101. Easy hike above the beach. pages 91-100 and Kirkpatrick, Pacifica. Take Highway 238 southwest Recommended prior reading: Beg- Holzwarth, and Mullins, The Botanist of Jacksonville (or southeast of Grants noche, Don; Siskiyou Sundays, pages and Her Muleskinner, pages 63-103. Pass) to the junction of 238 and Water- 67-73, 75-79. gap Road. This junction is at the bor- der of Jackson and Josephine Counties.

May 2001 59 Umpqua Valley Cool the Northwest May 10, Thursday by Flori Hall Meeting: Beatty Creek ACEC/RNA. ur planet and its inhabitants for reducing their emissions. We can Russ Holmes will talk about the Rose- Ostand at a crossroads. Technologi- call for an aggressive effort in increasing burg BLM land exchange that is in- cal advances fueled by ever-increasing the efficient use of energy, such as using tended to expand the Beatty Creek use of energy are resulting in a corre- natural gas in homes rather than power ACEC/RNA. County Courthouse sponding impact on the environment. plants, offering tax credits and rebates Annex, Roseburg, 7:00pm. Call The most stark evidence of this impact for energy efficient appliances. We also Richard Sommer at 541-673-3709 for is global warming and climate change; need to develop renewable energy more information. changes that will have far reaching im- sources, such as solar panels on rooftops pacts on entire ecosystems, human and wind and geothermal resources May 26, Saturday health, and the economy in the North- where environmentally feasible. Field Trip: Beatty Creek. Russ west and world wide. The most immediate solutions are Holmes will lead a trip to Beatty Creek Oregon’s Office of Energy has con- in the hands of individuals. Little things to see Cypripedium californicum and cluded global warming could seriously are important, like not letting your car other rare plants. Meet in the BLM alter the environment of the North- warm up for more than a couple of parking lot at 8:00am. Call Russ at west. For example, Portland currently minutes, and using a bicycle or mass 541-672-4635 for more information. averages 10 days a year with tempera- transit whenever possible. Taking advan- tures of 90° or above; global warming tage of utilities’ renewable energy pro- will increase that to 30 days each year. grams can also make a difference; one Willamette Valley Global warming will mean more rain example is Pacific Power’s Blue Sky pro- in the winter and less snow, increasing gram. Signing up for programs like Blue May 5, Saturday flooding in winter and drought condi- Sky sends a strong message to your utili- Field Trip: Independence Rock. See tions in summer. These changes will re- ty and to policy makers that you really Calypso orchids in an old growth forest sult in lower stream flows and warm do care how your energy is generated. on a 2-mile loop trail. Easy to moder- water directly impacting salmon. A While global issues such as climate ate, with some steep pitches. Meet at warmer climate will make trees more change may leave us feeling helpless, 8:30am at the Salem K Mart parking susceptible to pests, disease, and fire there are things we can do at home to lot on the Mission St. side. Trailhead is damage; it’s possible that some forest make a real difference. 1/8 mile SE of Marion Forks on Forest land will be replaced by grassland. Na- For more information contact Service road 2250. No parking fee. tive plant species could suffer and dis- Eugene Rosolie at Northwest Environ- Leaders G. & H. Schoppert e-mail appear altogether. But, just as global mental Advocates by email: [email protected] or phone 503- climate change will have local impacts [email protected]; 859-2613. there are also local solutions. voice:503-295-0490, or visit the web- The U.S. Environmental Protec- site at www.CoolTheNorthwest.org. May 26-28, Saturday–Monday tion Agency (EPA) says the use of fossil Field Trip: Memorial Day weekend fuels—coal, oil and natural gas—to in the Siskiyous in SW Oregon, a produce energy is the primary source of joint trip with Rhododendron Society, “greenhouse gas” emissions that cause Willamette Chapter. We’ll meet daily climate change. In Oregon 40% of at 8:00am at Junction Motel in Cave greenhouse gas emissions come from Junction. No signup necessary, just transportation and 33% from electric come on day or days you can. Bring utilities’ use of fossil fuels, mainly coal New (Old) Books lunch and drink. Hope to include one and natural gas, to produce electricity. of best bogs in region and other areas Current energy shortages, caused by andbook of Northwest Plants by not previously visited by Willamette lack of hydro power, are creating pres- H Gilkey and Dennis has been fully Valley Chapter. 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60 NPSO Bulletin Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wisdom by Gail A. Baker, Emerald Chapter ust as western medicine practitioners are acknowledging the instructive prac- Jtices, insights and values of ‘alternative’ healing methods scientists trained in the European scientific process, specifically ecologists, are beginning to realize that a di- versity of ways of thinking about ecology is necessary to address ecological prob- lems. Indigenous peoples bring this diversity to scientific ecological knowledge be- cause they hold a wealth of knowledge about the resources in their environment and how those resources were managed in relation to their cultural practices. This accumulation of knowledge is referred to as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and maintains distinctions from Scientific Ecological Knowledge (SEK) in important ways although both are dependent on accurate data about the dynamics Friends of the of natural systems. Oregon Flora According to Fikret Berkes (1993) the following describes general differences between TEK and SEK: Project

• TEK does not aim to control nature. • The Friends of the Oregon • TEK is based on a long-term series of information from one location Flora Project will have a dis- while SEK uses primarily short-term series over a large area. play at several of the wild- flower shows throughout the • TEK is based on data generated by the resource users themselves, state this season. Look for us while SEK is conducted by a specialized cadre of researchers. as you attend these events! • TEK is inherently holistic, in contrast to reductionism of SEK. • Our slide presentation on • TEK has a moral spiritual component, while SEK is “value-free”. the Flora Project makes an • TEK is mainly qualitative, SEK is quantitative. excellent program for your chapter meeting. • TEK is based on empirical observations and direct experience. Contact Linda Hardison ([email protected]; 541- TEK is increasingly being recognized as an informative component of land 745-5770) to schedule this management decisions and policy, and ecosystem restoration research and imple- informative and wildflower- mentation. Dr. Robin Kimmerer gave a presentation to the Emerald Chapter, in filled talk for your NPSO Eugene, about TEK and ecological restoration. One of her research interests is the chapter, or for other interest- restoration of culturally significant plants to Native American communities. The ed organizations. following references might be of interest to those desiring to learn more about TEK. Contributions to the Oregon Anonymous. 1999. “Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Another way to create Flora Project are always grate- order out of chaos.” NewSource: the Newsletter of the Ecological Society of Ameri- fully accepted. ca 68:1-7. Please make checks payable to: Berkes, F. 1993. “Traditional ecological knowledge in perspective.” In Traditional Native Plant Society of Oregon Ecological Knowledge concepts and cases, ed. J.T.Inglis. Ottawa Canadian Muse- (attention:Friends of the um of Nature and International Development Research Centre. Oregon Flora Project) Buchman, S. & G.P. Nabhan. 1996. The forgotten pollinators. Island Press, WaDC. and mail to: Ecological Applications a journal published by the Ecological Society of America. Friends of the Oregon Flora Vol. 10(5), October 2000. Invited Feature: Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Project Ecosystem Science, and Environmental Management. 11 separate articles P. O. Box 402 about TEK. Corvallis, OR 97339-0402 Nabhan, G.P. 1985. Gathering the Desert. University of Arizona Press. Nabhan, G.P. Cultural Parallax: the wilderness concept in crisis from Cultures of Habit

May 2001 61 OTHER EVENTS

Mount Pisgah Arboretum Events Oregon Scientific Seavey Loop Rd., Eugene Illustrators Explore May 5, Saturday, 8-10am May 6, Sunday, 1pm-3:30pm the Natural World Bird Walk with Davey Wendt. Meet at Wildflower Illustration Workshop. April 10–December 23, University of the Arboretum visitor center. Suggested Discover the fine points and hone your Oregon Museum of Natural History donation $3 (MPA members free) skills of observing and drawing wild- ee the harmonious union of science flowers with instructor Kris Kirkeby, May 5, Saturday, 10am-Noon S and art in Sight & Insight, a gallery Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. exhibit, classes, and events by 24 Ore- Wildflower Walk. Enjoy the beauty of Fee: $25 ($20 MPA members) Pre-reg- gon scientific illustrators (including wildflowers in the spring at Mt. Pisgah istration required. Call 541-747-1504. several NPSO members). These illus- Arboretum with David Wagner as your May 12, Saturday, 10am-Noon trators use scientific observation and guide. Meet at the Arboretum visitor technical skill to create fine art for center. Suggested donation $3 (MPA Wildflower Walk Enjoy the beauty of practical purposes. With subjects that members free) wildflowers in the spring at Mt. Pisgah range from diaphragmatic hernias to Arboretum with Lynette Herlan as monkey flowers, insect anatomy to oak May 5, Saturday, 9am-3pm your guide. Meet at the Arboretum vis- galls, this series takes a penetrating look Native Plant Gardening Workshop. itor center. Suggested donation $3 at the earth’s biological wonders. Learn the hows and whys of gardening (MPA members free) All events at UO Museum of Nat- with native plants. Visit plant commu- ural History unless otherwise noted. May 12, Saturday, 1pm-3pm nities and sketch a site plan of your 1680 E. 15th Avenue, Eugene, OR For own garden under the instruction of Reptile & Amphibian Walk with Tom more information call 541-346-3024 Evelyn Hess. Fee: $35 ($30 MPA Titus. Meet at the Arboretum visitor or check out the Museum’s web site at members) Pre-registration required. center. Suggested donation $3. http://natural-history.uoregon.edu. Call 541-747-1504. May 20, Sunday, 10am-4pm Annual Wildflower Festival & Plant Sale. See below.

Mount Pisgah Arboretum Wildflower Festival May 20, Sunday, 10 am–4 pm at Mt Pisgah Arboretum, Eugene

ver 350 Plants! This annual mycotrophic plant in the Ericaceae, the Ospring festival is centered on a Heath or Rhododendron family will be grand array of wild plants collected featured on the poster this year because throughout Lane County. All plants are it depends on not one, but two other labeled and experts are on hand to field partners! questions about the identity of un- New this year, accompany a known plants. The display tables have knowledgeable botanist around the dis- included over 300 species of live plants play as they regale you with plant sto- and photographs of rare plants. ries. Popular continuing attractions in- Plant Relationships: Carnivory clude plant sale, medicinal and & Parasitism! Highlighting this year’s poisonous plant exhibit, interpretive festival will be a display showing rela- nature walks, information and food tionships among plants and between booths, children’s activities and music. plants and other organisms. Carnivo- Directions to Mt. Pisgah can be rous and parasitic plants are of special found on their web site at www.efn.org/~mtpisgah. Admission to

ILLUSTRATION BY TANYA HARVEY TANYA BY ILLUSTRATION interest but the display will not be re- stricted to those relationships. the Wildflower Festival will be $3 for It Takes Three. Allotropa virgata a an individual and $6 for a family. Candy Stick, Allotropa virgata

62 NPSO Bulletin Oregon’s Bay Area Leach Botanical Garden Events Wildflower Festival 6704 SE 122nd Ave., Portland May 10-13 The Diversity of Oregon Native Walk in the Woods – Mosses, Liver- Plants worts and Hornworts ‘ elebrating Natures Gardens’ is the April 28, Saturday, 9– 10:30am May 19, Saturday, 9am–Noon Ctheme for the Wildflower Festival that will be held in Coos Bay/North Learn about the different habitats of Explore the myriad of habitats occu- Bend on May 10-13. Oregon and the diverse groups of na- pied by the bryophytes. Dress for the Among the many events will be tive plants they support. Includes an weather as we walk through the garden presentations on Native Wildflowers, update on the Oregon Flora Project. looking for examples. Instructor: Judy Real and Imposters; Using Natives in Instructor: Henrietta Chambers, co-au- Harpel, PhD bryologist. Fee: the Garden; Native Plant Folklore; thor of Wildflowers of the West Cascades $18M/$20NM Class Limit: 15 Flowers of Siskiyous; and Incorporat- and volunteer on the Oregon Flora Project. Fee: $13.50M/$15NM All About Penstemons ing Wildflowers in the Garden. June 2, Saturday, 9– 11am There will also be a workshop on Form and Function of Wetlands An introduction to this popular and Plant Identification, a chance to visit May 5, Saturday, 9– 11am the new demonstration Wildflower fascinating group of plants plus a walk Garden developed at the Shore Acres Introduction to the functions, values through the Garden’s penstemon col- Gardens by George Guthrie and a and characteristic plants of wetland lection. A variety of hard-to-find pen- Mothers Day walk at the Shore Acres areas. Instructor: Brent Davis, Clark stemons will be for sale. Instructor: Gardens. County Wetland Biologist. Fee: Ginny Maffit, penstemon enthusiast Several field trips are scheduled for $13.50M/$15NM and grower. Fee: $13.50M/$15M Saturday. These include trips to Salt Class Limit: 20 Marsh Walk at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Golden and Silver Falls and a Dunes trip con- nected to the Plant Identification Berry Botanic Garden Events Workshop. Portland’s Berry Botanic Garden has a number of native plant oriented events. To regis- The festival is free. Brochures will ter or to get more information on these and other events at the garden call 503-636- be available at the public libraries and 4112 or check out their website at http://www.berrybot.org. more information is available by writ- ing to CCIL, PO Box 814, Coos Bay May 3, Thursday, 10am-Noon May 12, Saturday, 10am-Noon OR 97420 or by calling Jan Newlander Bees, Beetles, Butterflies and Birds Your Portland Area Butterfly Garden at 541-759-3636. Pollination Biology Join Eric Wold, President of the North Close observations of flowers and the American Butterfly Association’s Eu- animals that visit them will be made. gene-Springfield Chapter to learn Insructor: Carolyn Devine. $8 ($5 about butterfly gardening, from which Members). species you are most likely to attract to your Portland-area home, to the key Siskiyou Field May 3, Thursday, 1pm components of butterfly habitat. Find Institute Geology and Botany of Camassia out how butterflies are not too differ- Hike with Carolyn Devine and geolo- ent from people! Dress for the out- on’t forget! June 15-22 and July gist Dick Thoms to learn about geolo- doors, we plan on going outside to ex- D 20-22 the Siskiyou Field Institute gy and unique flora of Camassia Na- plore The Berry Garden’s own butterfly (SFI) will offer numerous field courses ture area. $8 ($5 Members). Limit 10. garden. Eric Wold/Bruce Newhouse. and workshops, which focus on the $15 ($10 Members) Limit: 25. botanical wonders of the Klamath- May 10, Thursday, 10am-Noon Siskiyou Region (see March Bulletin for The Dance of the Genes May 31, Thursday more details). To receive information You don’t need to be a scientist to ap- Saddle Mountain Hike on course descriptions and other events preciate the amazing orchestration of Fairly strenuous 6-mile round trip hike contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at flower development. Insructor: Car- with Carolyn Devine and Kris Freitag PO Box 220, Cave Junction, OR olyn Devine. $8 ($5 Members). to see this botanically rich area with 97523; 541-592-4459; email: insti- great views of the Coast Range and the [email protected]; or check out their ocean at the mouth of the Columbia website at www.siskiyou.org. River. $8 ($5 Members). Limit 15.

May 2001 63 The Return of a Wet Prairie was serving on the park board at that the native plant community in both continued form page 53 time—to invite John Christy, wetlands the wet prairie, and the upland or dry ecologist for The Nature Conservancy prairie. The park board endorsed the natural successional processes began (TNC), to visit the site. In December proposal, as did the Yamhill County that soon changed the appearance of 1992, after observing this wetland Board of Commissioners. the entire landscape. What had been community, Christy declared the site to The park board then held a plan- vast prairies and savannas, quickly be one of the largest areas of wet prairie ning meeting in April 1998 to gather began to grow up into shrubs and then in the northern Willamette Valley. information about restoration of wet- into forests. Once the park board recognized the lands, prescription burns, and response These changes and impacts taken value of this unique wetland, it was to fire of native plant species. Repre- together—the cessation of the prairie clear that the site was not suitable for a sentatives were invited from Linfield burns, the alteration of hydrological camping facility, and they began to in- College, TNC, U.S. Fish and Wildlife processes, and the logging of riparian quire how best to conserve it. Service, Bureau of Land Management forests—have resulted in the near elim- Recognizing the educational value (BLM), the NRCS, the Yamhill Basin ination of many native plant commu- of the wet prairie, Dr. Sturgeon began Council, OSU Extension Service and nities of the pre-settlement valley. using the park as an outdoor research others. A plan was then developed to The Deer Creek wet prairie was laboratory for her students. In the conduct a prescribed burn in the wet used as pasture for livestock and for spring of 1993, Dr. Sturgeon’s system- prairie in September or early October hay production. To make it produce atic botany class began a study of the of 1998. The primary objectives of the annual crops such as barley, ditches flora of Deer Creek Park and discov- burn plan were to enhance and invigor- were constructed along the edges of the ered a small colony of a rare, dry- ate the native species, and to suppress parcel, and it was plowed into a series prairie species Lupinus sulphureus kin- both the native woody vegetation and of raised berms and drainage channels. caidii (Kincaid’s lupine) located in the the exotic species (primarily teasel) that Still, the persistent wet soil conditions upland portion of the prairie. were invading the wet prairie. continued to make the site difficult to This lupine is a relict species from Andy Robinson, U.S. Fish & farm, and was last farmed in the 1950s. the ice age endemic to the Willamette Wildlife Service, told the park board In March 1962, the six-acre parcel Valley and is the host plant for the that fall burning of Kincaid’s lupine has along the creek that would become Fender’s blue butterfly, Icaricia icari- been shown to result in increased Deer Creek County Park, was acquired oides fenderi. The butterfly lay its eggs flower production the following spring, by Yamhill County from Cecil and De- under the leaves in the spring. These increasing the available habitat for lores Gross. The county purchased the hatch into caterpillars who feed solely Fender’s blue butterflies. Here in the adjacent 23-acre parcel in July 1978. on the flowers of this lupine. The but- Willamette Valley, prescribed burns are Over the following years it was used for terfly and the lupine have been listed as increasingly being utilized for the resto- a variety of recreational activities while federal endangered and threatened ration of many prairie and wetland sites the Yamhill County Park and Recre- species, respectively. on public lands. Research being con- ation Board considered various options After leaving the park board, Dr. ducted throughout the United States is for development of the new parcel. Sturgeon has continued her involve- indicating that fire is an essential com- At the request of the park board, a ment with Deer Creek Park through ponent for maintaining the life histories site assessment was conducted by Rob the on-going research of her students of many plant and animal species. Tracey and Allen Makinson of the Nat- and her role in developing restoration In July 1998, Warren Villa, a fire ural Resources Conservation Service plans for the park. management specialist with BLM, re- (NRCS). Their identification of an ex- sponded to the park board’s request for tensive stand of tufted hairgrass, De- A Prescribed Burn assistance and visited the site to make schampsia cespitosa, led Kareen Stur- In January 1998, a proposal was an assessment prior to developing a geon— a professor in the Biology brought before the park board to con- continued on page 65 Department at Linfield College who duct a prescribed burn to help restore

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64 NPSO Bulletin burn plan. BLM and Yamhill County graphical features that the vegetation reaction to seeing these deep ruts was then developed a cooperative agreement had obscured, which has led to a better that it was an unfortunate impact to whereby BLM would supply the fire understanding of the hydrological pat- the site; however upon closer examina- crew and engines, and conduct the terns of the site. tion, well-developed clumps of De- burn. In late August, following the rec- According to local residents, the schampsia appearing to be fifteen to ommendation from BLM, work-release farmers had consistently plowed the twenty years old were found growing in crews from the Yamhill County Cor- field into a series of raised berms, to the bottoms of these ruts. Shallow rections Department mowed the drier contend with the persistent wet condi- water collecting in these depressions portions of the planned burn area in tions of the site. These run parallel created micro-wetland habitats that fa- the wet prairie. Mowing the vegetation with the slope, and are about twenty to vored the establishment of tufted hair- rearranges the standing fuel, concen- fifty feet wide. This plowing created grass, while the area directly adjacent trating it closer to the ground where it channels between the berms facilitating remained dominated by introduced carries fire better, and also allowing the the drainage of water off the field. species of grasses. mowed vegetation to dry—all produc- These relict berms are quite visible in This is a dramatic example of the ing a hotter and more effective burn. the prairie and are generally dominated often unpredictable consequences of by the exotic species teasel (Dipsacus human actions; in this case accidental Fire returns to the prairie after 150 sylvestris) and velvet-grass (Holcus lana- but favorable, and resulting in a sub- years tus) while the wetter drainage channels stantial increase in the population of Burn day arrived on September 24, tend to be dominated by native species. tufted hairgrass throughout the prairie. a beautiful fall morning with clear blue This pattern of species associated with Since farming ceased in the 1950s, the skies overhead. BLM arrived at the site specific hydrological conditions, sug- cumulative effect of these small-scale with five engines and a crew of about gests that some modification of these events has to some degree re-estab- twelve. Warren Villa, the fire-boss for berms may enhance the recovery of the lished hydrological conditions more fa- the project, expected that the condi- wet prairie community. vorable to native species. The impor- tions might be right for ignition at For many years now, landowners tance of hydrology in ecosystems is about 11:00am. However, the morning have been systematically removing well demonstrated by the response of fog in Gopher Valley hung around beaver dams from Cronin Creek which species to the conditions within the longer than expected and the burn runs through the north part of the tractor ruts, the raised berms, and the didn’t get underway until 1:30pm. park. As it happened, in 1983 there year-round flow diverted by the beaver Most of the burn area was accessible to was a change of ownership of the adja- from Cronin Creek. the BLM’s small engines which made cent parcel to the north of the park. Deer Creek Park has a great educa- the burn very easy to control. One of The new landowner allowed the beaver tional potential, with opportunities for the engines drove out into the prairie dams to exist, even though they keep ecological research in passive and active to lay down a foam fire-break around the field wet and unsuitable for farm- restoration, prescribed burns, native the perimeter, while the other parked ing. For the last fifteen years, the plant and wildlife study. The Yamhill outside of the burn unit for contin- beaver dams in Cronin Creek have County Park and Recreation Board is gency. Then the six-man lighting crew been persistently backing up water be- applying for grants to fund future began igniting the fire-line using drip- hind the dam which then flows around restoration work in the wet prairie, the torches that dispensed a mixture of the dam and across the wet prairie. riparian area, and in the stream channel. diesel and gasoline. They ignited strips This year-round flow created and A kiosk to display information about while walking cross-wind, creating a maintained by beavers is the most sig- the park such as history of the site and backing fire that burns into the light nificant factor enhancing the return of the native ecosystems was constructed wind. As the fire began creeping across the native wetland species. One of the in 1999. The park board is developing the wet prairie, the flames seldom were finest examples of a the tufted hairgrass long-range plans that include the devel- more than two or three feet above the prairie in our region is thriving in this opment of an interpretive nature trail ground. In a few places where the fire shallow running water, with some of throughout the park and a large cov- got into heavier fuels, the crackling the flowering stems reaching to a ered structure for group activities. flames flared up, leaping to six feet or height of six feet. A story of geological, cultural, and more. The dense smoke rose vertically Another very interesting feature natural history is recorded in this wet and quickly dispersed high in the at- that became apparent after the vegeta- prairie in Gopher Valley, making Deer mosphere. Within an hour the fire had tion was burned away was a widespread Creek Park important to our region. It crossed the field and subsided into just pattern of parallel grooves throughout is a priceless natural heritage demon- a few lingering wisps of smoke. the prairie. The consistent pattern of strating the ecological functions of wet- the tracks suggested that they were old lands, floodplains, and watersheds, and Post-fire Reconnaissance ruts formed years ago by a tractor hopefully will lead to increased public The fire reduced the field to a mowing the field in the spring while awareness and appreciation of these blackened plain. It also revealed topo- the ground was still very wet. The first vital processes.

May 2001 65 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS NPSO Items 1/8/2001 to 4/10/2001 for Sale Cheahmill Portland The “Atlas of Oregon Carex” was William H. Beckett Jesse Abrams NPSO’s first Occasional Paper. The Lynn Crowell James Allison Atlas has 128 location maps, one for Shirley Fisher-Milbradt Lori Baumgartner each Carex taxon in the state of Ore- David Graham Betsy Stout Becker gon. Also included are a synonymy, Inara Beitlers fun facts about sedges, a history of Heather Brunelle the project, and Oregon geography Corvallis maps. Price: $5. Kim Bredensteiner Claudia Coke Dan Bregar Sara Hill “Louis F. Henderson (1853-1942): James V. Conklin Christine M. Jagielski The Grand Old Man of Northwest Denise Diermeier Kathryn Jernstedt Botany” is NPSO’s second and most Jim & Karan Fairchild Ken & Gail Kailing recent Occasional Paper, published Jennifer Goodridge Diana Karabut in 2001. This fascinating, peer-re- Genny Lynch Peggy Kindred viewed, 64-page biography includes Joyce H. Sanders Burton Lazar 56 historic and modern images. It is Curt & Jana Slane Seeliger Billie & Sam Leggett carefully and exhaustively researched Eliza Lindsay with 133 notes plus chronology, lists Emerald Nancy Lytle of publications and plants named for Fern McArthur Henderson. Price: $10. Lorna Baldwin Barbara McLean Alexandra A. Forrester Michelle Michaud To order either or both Occasional Pat Kerrigan Karen Morey Papers, send check for the appropri- David J. Richey J. Read ate amount (made payable to NPSO) Steve Ziemak Angela Robinson to: Occasional Papers, Native Plant Ian Sinks Society of Oregon, PO Box 902, High Desert Marilyn Stinnett Eugene, OR 97440-0902. Kathleen Gault Jean Thompson Ingrid Hoban Jack Wiles Oregon’s Rare Wildflower Poster Hanne Madsen Carolyn Williams depicts Punchbowl Falls and three of Gene McMullen the Columbia River Gorge’s endemic Beverly J. Meyer wildflowers. Text on the back de- Siskiyou scribes the natural history of the Ted & Carol Schoenborn Gary E. Gnauck Heather Whittle Gorge and the mission of the NPSO. Duwayne L. Goodwin Available from Stu Garrett, 21663 Carylyn Later Paloma Drive, Bend, OR 97701, 541- Klamath Basin Karin Leson 389-6981. Individuals may order Steve Harvey John & Helen Ost posters at $12 each, plus $3 per Ron Mastrogiuseppe Tom Phillips order for shipping. Posters are Jim Thompson Craig Six mailed in tubes. Chapter treasurers Lori Valentine may contact Stu for wholesale prices Mid-Columbia to chapters. Lyle Ferch Willamette Valley Jane Gibson Jeanne Fromm NPSO’s Original Wildflower Poster Sara Wu Julie LeDoux depicts 13 Oregon wildflowers in a Lori & William Ritter striking artist’s rendition. Soon to Tanya A. Rivers be a collector’s item. Available from North Coast Stephanie Schulz, 84603 Bristow Betty Gordon Rd., Pleasant Hill, OR 97455, $5 Vivian Matlack At-Large each, plus $3 per order for shipping. Bill Miles Wayland L. Ezell Posters are mailed in tubes. Maxine McDonald Ryland R Sherman Lehman Yvonne Weber Linda Storm Nan Story

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Address ______CONTRIBUTIONS to NPSO are tax deductible. Jean Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund $ ______City ————————————— State ——— Zip+4 —————— Leighton Ho Memorial Field Botany Award Fund $ ______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: Jan Dobak, NPSO Membership Chair Membership in the Native Plant Society of Oregon is open to all. 2584 NW Savier St. Membership applications, renewals and change of address (include old Portland, OR 97210-2412 address) should be sent to the Membership Chair.

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STATE OFFICERS DIRECTORS (to 6/2001) ...... Dave Dobak, Esther McEvoy, Veva Stansell (to 6/2002) ...... Karl Anderson, Dan Luoma, Danna Lytjen PRESIDENT ...... Bruce Newhouse...... 2525 Potter., Eugene, OR 97405; 541-343-2364 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT ...... Michael Igo...... PO Box 603 Mosier, OR 97040 VICE PRESIDENT ...... Michael McKeag ...... 7461 SW 184th Pl., Aloha, OR 97007-5740; 503-642-3965 SECRETARY ...... Rhoda Love ...... 393 Fulvue Drive, Eugene, OR 97405; 541-345-6241 TREASURER ...... Eric Wold ...... 2055 Shiloh Street Eugene, OR 97401-7237; 541-431-7388 CHAPTER PRESIDENTS BLUE MOUNTAIN (Pendleton) ...... Jerry Baker...... 58840 Bar M Lane, Adams, OR 97810-3003; 541-566-3381 CHEAHMILL ...... Dave Hanson...... 9400 Rock Creek Rd., Sheridan OR 97378; 503-843-4338 CORVALLIS ...... Esther McEvoy ...... 3290 SW Willamette Ave., Corvallis, Oregon 97333; 541-754-0893 EMERALD (Eugene) ...... Nick Otting ...... 2590 Onyx, Eugene, OR 97403; 541-334-4499 HIGH DESERT (Bend) ...... Stu Garrett...... 1501 NE Medical Center Dr., Bend, OR 97701; 541-389-6981 KLAMATH BASIN...... David Lebo...... 560 Flowers Lane, Klamath Falls, OR 97601; 541-883-8393 MID-COLUMBIA ...... Jerry Igo ...... P.O. Box 603, Mosier, OR 97040 NORTH COAST...... Vivian Starbuck...... 78655 17th St., Bay City, OR 97107-9611; 503-377-4141 PORTLAND ...... Dee White...... 3836 SE 49th Ave., Portland, OR 97206-3016; 503-775-2909 SISKIYOU ...... Jim Duncan and Elaine Plaisance ...... 692 B St., Ashland, OR 97520-2026; 541-482-7629 UMPQUA VALLEY (Roseburg)...... Richard Sommer ...... 240 Vineyard Lane, Roseburg, OR 97470; 541-673-3709 WILLAMETTE VALLEY (Salem) ...... Karl Anderson ...... 6652 Trillium Lane SE, Salem OR 97306; 503-315-7329 WM CUSICK (La Grande) ...... Frazier Nichol...... c/o Dick Kenton, 1805 U Ave., La Grande, OR 97850; 541-963-7870 STATE COMMITTEE CHAIRS EDUCATION ...... Jerry Igo ...... P.O. Box 603, Mosier, OR 97040 CONSERVATION, EAST SIDE ...... Susan Geer...... [email protected] CONSERVATION, WEST SIDE ...... Steven L. Jessup...... 208 Harrison St., Ashland, OR 97520-2920; 541-552-6804 LEGISLATIVE ...... Position vacant MEMBERSHIP...... Jan Dobak...... 2584 NW Savier St., Portland, OR 97210-2412; 503-248-9242 BUDGETS AND GRANTS ...... Dan Luoma ...... 3740 NW Harrison, Corvallis, OR 97330; 541-752-8860 PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN EDITOR ...... Tanya Harvey...... [email protected]; 541-937-1401 40237 Reuben Leigh Rd., Lowell, OR 97452-9712 KALMIOPSIS EDITOR...... Linda Ann Vorobik...... RR 1 Box 1964, Lopez Island, WA 98261-9528; 360-468-3188 WEBMASTER...... Michael Hartman...... [email protected]

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NPSO 2001 Annual Meeting Schedule, June 8, 9,and 10, Corvallis Reminder: The Cost for registration doubles after May 9th! Please send in your registration form today. A map will appear in the next Bulletin and will be available on the NPSO Website. Friday June 8 Saturday June 9 classical music and displays fol- Afternoon Activities: Field Trips lowed by the banquet with speaker 1. Field trip possible if interest shown Place: Meet at the parking lot behind Dr. Boone Kaufmann, “Ecological on the registration form. the Courtyard Inn, 2435 NW approaches to restoration of native 2. Afternoon Tea with Linda Harrison Blvd., Corvallis ecosystems (Oregon).” Hardison: An Open House at the Time: 8:30am for field trips, departure Sunday June 10 OSU Herbarium to learn more around 9:00am. NPSO State Board Meeting about the Oregon Flora Project Details: Registration packets available from 3pm to 5pm, come to for those who did not pick them Place: East Conference Room of Mar- Cordley Hall Room 1040. up on Friday night. Pick up sack ketplace West (aka West Dining Evening Social lunches for those who registered Hall),Oregon State University. Place: Autzen House (Center for for them. Carpool from the park- Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm Humanities), 811 SW Jefferson ing lot. Other Activities: Tour of the Avery Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm Evening Banquet House Native Plant Garden with Events: Registration packets available, Place: Courtyard Inn, 2435 NW Carolyn Ver Linden. Slide show by Loren Russell Harrison Blvd., Corvallis Place: Avery House, Avery Park. Also “Alpines of Oregon” and more. Time: 5:30pm to 10:00pm field trip possible if interest shown on the registration form. Refreshments available. Details: Social time with no host bar,

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