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THE JEPSON GLOBE a Newsletter from the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium THE JEPSON GLOBE A Newsletter from the Friends of The Jepson Herbarium VOLUME 15 NUMBER 3 DECEMBER 2004 A Quantum Leap in Cryptogams! The herbarium of the Natural pre-historic and historic past, I was History Museum of Los Angeles not up to the task of identifying all the County moves to UC Berkeley plants at which I was looking. Worse, by Brent Mishler as a former wildland firefighter, I was During recent restructuring at biased in placing plants into two basic the Natural History Museum of Los categories: important woody plants with Angeles County (LAM), the botanical unique fuel characteristics, and herba- program was proposed for disestablish- ceous LTGTs (Little Tiny Green Things) ment and its collection of cryptogamic that could be safely called “fine fuels” plants (some 215,000 specimens) was and thereafter ignored. Even so, I was threatened to be orphaned. I strongly having trouble using the existing key to encouraged the LAM administration manzanitas – which on some substrates, to reconsider their decision, since their constitute over 70 percent of the canopy cryptogams (a polyphyletic but useful Participant’s Perspective: of Santa Cruz Island chaparral. For ex- designation for spore bearing plants Adventures with Arctostaphylos ample, the presence of a burl is a critical identification factor, but some young encompassing algae, bryophytes, and by Larry Loeher plants didn’t appear to have time to de- fungi including lichens), themselves I’m a geographer by training a consolidation from several southern velop burls, and some older plants had and inclination, not a botanist. Not even root platforms so huge that it was hard California institutions, are highly sig- a full-time geographer, my daytime nificant and must remain accessible to determine if it was a burl or not. In existence is as an administrator. So I other cases, an ancient Arctostaphylos for study. Many of my own collections, was intimidated by leaving my familiar made as a masters student at Cal Poly tomentosa – easily identified by its large office desk top and signing up for a Jep- burl – lacked some of the other charac- Pomona, were consolidated into this son workshop deeply embedded in the collection years ago; other institutional teristics it was supposed to have – most specialized world of biology – where obviously being not tomentose! Or A. collections that had been assimilated I would have to know the meaning of into LAM include UCLA, Rancho Santa insularis seemed to be growing happily obscure words such as “cladistics” and on the wrong substrate! I needed a more Ana Botanic Garden, Pomona College, “polyploidy”, or what the taxonomist’s and Cal State Fullerton. When it was botanical understanding of the genus, interpretation of “habit” was. I didn’t so I turned to the Jepson workshops clear that their decision was final, the feel up to the task, but thought I would collection’s building was slated for for salvation; I was an ideal candidate venture out anyway, and risk suffering for the Arctostaphylos weekend at the seismic demolition and renovation, the indignity of ignorance. and thus the LAM collections indeed University of California’s Hastings Behind this was a particular Reserve in upper Carmel Valley. needed a new home, I worked with the need. As a result of happy circumstance, LAM Curator, Don Reynolds, to make When I called to enroll, I was I am deeply interested in the California stunned to find that the class was full the case that the University Herbarium Islands – especially the land use history at UC Berkeley should be the new home and had a waiting list of more than and the rehabilitated prognosis for Santa ten people. Could it possibly be true for this scientifically important collec- Cruz Island. I’d come to realize that tion. that there were more than twenty Arc- while the chaparral community was a to-philes in the whole state? Evidently Comparisons have shown that key element for interpreting the island’s Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 Director’s Column: LAM Move, continued from page 1. there is almost no overlap between Pictured below: Richard Moe, Dan Norris, biogeography is necessary. Protecting LAM and UC in historical material and, and Paul Silva stand with the new acquisition. the LAM collections and making them once we acquire additional compactor Card-catalogue style files are in the foreground easily accessible will enhance our and wooden box drawers filled with Bryophyte cabinets, there is adequate space in our packets are to Richard’s right. ability to understand the taxa and their herbarium to integrate all collections distributions, thus making this informa- from LAM. Many of the LAM collec- tion available to academic ecologists, tions have a California and West Coast land managers, agency biologists, emphasis, and all are from the Pacific environmental consultants, educators, Rim region, thus it would be best to students, and the general public through have them remain physically located in hard-copy publications and the web. the West. For all these reasons, a criti- With the UC Herbarium as cal and immediate need was presented the sole remaining major institution to move the LAM cryptogams to UC in western North America with strong Berkeley, give them proper housing, research and training programs in cryp- preserve them from harm, and make togamic botany, and already possessing them available for enhanced research a large collection of cryptogams (some and teaching programs. The good news 430,000 specimens), the LAM collec- is that all the many necessary approv- tions will not only be safe, they will be als were obtained, and the majority of put to good use. It is clear that the al- the LAM collection has arrived at UC ready strong programs at UC, bolstered Berkeley! At present, we have moved by the important additional collections the algae, lichens, and bryophytes; the from LAM, will make it one of the fungi will be sent in stages following major centers of cryptogamic study some necessary curation that will take in the world, training new generations poorly packaged, or inadequately doc- place in Los Angeles. of students that can help to redress the umented specimens, and integrate the True for many good ideas, the current research imbalance between collections. hard work really begins after the con- cryptogams and seed plants. In par- Cryptogams, because of their vincing is done. Moving the collection ticular, the increased accessibility and small size and lack of roots (thus taking presented a huge, costly endeavor. The visibility of additional material from water in directly over the cell surface), LAM staff were willing to help us to California and the Pacific region will are superb ecological indicators. They prepare the collection for shipping benefit current studies of biodiversity are also important components of the on their end. The generous financial and biogeography of bryophytes, fungi, ecosystem, forming soil crusts that re- support of Dr. Paul Silva and Dr. Dan and seaweeds. tard erosion and serve as seed beds, ep- Norris and oversight of the move made Read more about the move in iphytic communities that trap and store by Dr. Richard Moe made this move a Richard Moe’s personal account found nutrients and are an important part of reality (read more about the move in on page 6 in this issue of the Globe. nutrient cycles, and soil communities of Richard Moe’s personal account found decomposers, pathogens, and symbionts on page 6 in this issue of the Globe). (including the critically important my- All present and future researchers and corrhizal associations with seed plants). appreciators of cryptogams owe a debt Their distribution is tightly associated of gratitude to these individuals. with substrate chemistry, other plants The collection is now scat- and animals (e.g., the recent federal at- tered about the University and Jepson tention paid to bryophyte distribution as Herbaria; the specimens wait in tem- an indicator of spotted owl habitat), and porary cabinets for a more permanent, pollution, thus the cryptogam flora of an and easy-to-use configuration. The area is an important indicator of habi- acquisition is complete but much work tat quality and can be quite predictive is left to be done. We have submitted about the level of particular pollutants. a proposal requesting NSF funds for For using cryptogams in this predictive compactor carriages and cases, as well manner in practical applications, a good as temporary help to curate damaged, understanding of their systematics and 2 Participant’s Perspective, continued from page 1. so! field-hardened experience. They loved site after another, dived deep into the A year rolled past, and I had their topic, yet transcended it in their undergrowth to test for burls, and made only modest progress in my tax- academic and scientific interests – there peered intently at the flower stalks, onomic endeavors. Fortunately, another is nothing better than perspective with the shreddy reddish bark, and the few Arctostaphylos workshop was planned deep insight! We had introductory lingering fruits. From Monterey to Ft. for the 2004 workshop season and, this lectures late into the evening – enough Ord’s backcountry (where they mean it time, I enrolled early. As the weekend to whet our appetites for the next day’s when the signs say, “don’t step off the approached, I prayed for good weather, lab exercises, yet accessible enough road”), up to Castroville, and then high copied as many descriptive guides to to allay any concerns (namely mine) into the Gabilan Range. It was great! I botanical terms as I could, packed my about nomenclature. started to feel competent about knowing rain gear, and drove north through the We slept well that night, sere- the differences among some of the most Salinas Valley.
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