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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 collection 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. naded by a steady rain, leaning towards complex woody species in California! The Hastings Reserve is another a lightly pelting sleet before dawn. Some identifying characters were still of the unique treasures managed by the The kitchen crew prepared another difficult to discern, but my confidence University of California, dedicated to stellar meal to prepare us for heading was growing as I thought about the understanding our natural environment. into the lab on Saturday morning to “Arctostaphylos gestalt.” The other Approached from the east, the Reserve face 50+ samples of manzanitas. We members of the workshop were very was easily reached over a beautiful heard the story of the Ericaceae family skilled, and more than willing to share twisty road through the Sierra de Sa- and closely related genera within it. It their knowledge and taxonomic under- linas. Strands of lichens in the oaks was almost all too easy – I understood standing. Best of all, Mike and Tom gave testimony to the good air quality, nearly everything! It got even better were always nearby, ready to help – or and gathering clouds presaged the onset – the leaders began to describe the even impishly mis-direct if you seemed that night of much-needed rain. The derivation of the genus in spatial terms too smug! Reserve buildings ranged from histor- and identify the number of species as a A cold and graying afternoon ically funky to a modern teaching lab distribution from a central coast locus. sky shrouded us as we drove south that could be honestly described as “a They knew geography and they were past Fremont Peak. We crossed a pri- clean, well-lighted place.” talking my language! vate ranch to a granite outcrop with a At the Reserve, a friendly and One of our tasks during the stand of endemic manzanitas, recently efficient check-in and a brief welcome lab was to flight-test an ingenious new identified by our able leaders as a new led to a wonderfully hearty dinner. The classification key – one that could be species. We were among the first Jepson crew surprised me with excellent used at almost any time of the year, several dozens of people to know the cheese and crackers appetizers, a bril- rather than just when the plants were Arctostaphylos “gabilanensis” first- liant homemade soup, and one delicious in flower. Grad students, lawyers, hand! It was a tall, handsome shrub, choice after another. The participants and nursery owners are a wily and resplendent in full flower. And there, were even more interesting than the opinionated mix, and we seemed to while scrabbling over the decomposed dinner, ranging from graduate students find deep satisfaction in questioning as granite from plant to plant, as the fog to nursery owners, lawyers, curious am- much of the key as we could. The key building to the west was split by the ateur botanizers, and even entomologist was a good prototype, but the relent- luminous setting sun, I experienced the Don Miller, a specialist on gall-forming less assault of the workshop members feeling that author Diane Smith has her aphids that had an affinity for manza- punched a few holes in it – to every- character, A.E. Bartram, express: “It is nitas, a man I knew by reputation from one’s mutual satisfaction – and sent the that moment in a naturalist’s life, and the literature he’d published – it was leaders off to ponder the development we are all naturalists if we open our pleasing to meet him first-hand! What of an even more comprehensive ap- eyes, when the curtain lifts around us, we had was a gathering of like minds proach. Science is always more excit- and it is good, so good, to be alive.” from vastly different backgrounds – a ing when it is still being defined, and Larry is Associate Vice Provost table surrounded by what my wife this workshop was full of adrenaline. and Director for Instructional Development would call “serious FOMs” (friends of Some able souls continued keying until at UCLA. His research interests include the manzanitas.) one or two in the morning, but I had to geography of natural hazards, especially Our workshop leaders, Mike rest my eyes – blurry after a full day of wildfire. Vasey and Tom Parker, seemed to be checking leaf surfaces for stomata, and of that indeterminate age somewhere sizing up the lengths of flower pedicels. between youthful enthusiasm and Sunday morning was bright and clear and we drove to one great 3 Profile of Layne Huiet molecular biology, genetic engineering, One word describes Layne and other kinds of research involving Huiet’s feeling for ferns: passionate. DNA-sequencing and biotechnology. She has always had an attraction to Occasionally, she ventures to meetings plants. Her grandparents had a 200 to talk about a particular product. For acre farm, and she recalls fondly the the last three years, in her “spare time,” family garden, pulling weeds, and she has volunteered one afternoon a harvesting vegetables in North Car- week working in the University Her- olina. Her mother, a botany major barium at UC Berkeley. Most of this at Duke University, taught her the volunteerism occurs in the fern herbar- names of local trees, which later led ium, under the curatorship of Dr. Alan to a leaf collection. In high school, Smith, pteridologist in the herbarium Layne’s chemistry teacher fostered since 1969. Alan is effusive in his praise her interest in science by encouraging of Layne, “she is the best volunteer her to do an independent study project anyone could hope for — responsible, her senior year. After taking her first knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and inde- undergraduate course in taxonomy at pendent, but unafraid to ask questions Duke, Layne became a botany major when she is unsure what should be done with tentative plans to focus on sys- or when she has a burning question.” Layne takes a closer look during a field trip. tematics. In 1975, at the suggestion After a year or more doing what plications of these findings are sure to be of Dr. Bob Wilbur, Layne undertook some (but not Layne) might regard as illuminating . The boundaries of some a literature-based senior project to mundane filing, loan-pulling, and other of the maidenhair subgroups transcend curate the neotropical fern collection curatorial tasks, Alan suggested that limits previously predicted on the basis in the Duke herbarium. It was there, she undertake a research project that of traditional morphological characters, for the first time, she realized the would build on her biotechnological for example, blade dissection patterns diversity of tropical ferns, as she han- expertise and love of ferns. A decision are not necessarily a good indicator of dled and sorted specimens from Costa was made to pursue a phylogenetic relationships. The intimate relation- Rica, did filing, packaged loans, and analysis (a study of the genealogical ships between Californian Adiantum made preliminary identifications. She relationships) of the maidenhair fern aleuticum (five-finger fern) and A. obtained her BA in botany at Duke, in genus Adiantum, comprising about jordanii (California maiden-hair), the 1976, but by then her life had already 200 species worldwide. This choice former with pedate blades, the latter taken a slight turn. has proven to be a good one because of with pinnate blades, is a good example While still at Duke, and a the apparent monophyly (origin from a of very different-appearing species be- botany major, Layne took a genetics single common ancestor) of Adiantum, ing closely related. In this case, they are course and fell in love with molecular the complexity andneed for clarifica- apparently sister species (more closely biology, then in its infancy. This led tion of the genus, the availability of related to each other than to any other to a Ph.D. in genetics in 1983 at the material for DNA-sequencing (many species of Adiantum). The relationships University of Georgia, working on of the species are cultivated), and the of Adiantum to other fern genera is also an analysis of regulatory genes in the attractiveness of maidenhair ferns. proving to be fascinating and somewhat fungal genus Neurospora, a favorite As a result of this work, Layne has unexpected. “model organism” for geneticists. been able to resolve about nine mono- As an initial step toward mak- After that, Layne was awarded a phyletic subgroups within Adiantum, ing her results known to the scientific National Science Foundation Plant groups that will ultimately establish a community, Layne recently presented Biology Postdoctoral Fellowship and solid framework for further systematic preliminary results of her work at an was a Staff Research Associate at the studies. Layne has identified and been international fern conference in Ed- NSF Science and Technology Center able to redefine, for the first time, a inburgh, Scotland, and again at the at the University of California-Davis. large closely related group of species annual meeting of the Botanical Soci- Her day-job since 1993 has in neotropical lowlands. Likewise, ety of America and the American Fern been as a Group Leader at Bio-Rad other groups appear to have radiated Society, in Utah. She has applied for Laboratories, in Hercules. There, in specific regions of the world, for ex- and obtained a grant from the Heck- she participates in the development ample, at least two groups in Southeast ard Fund of the Jepson Herbarium of consumables and equipment for Asia and the Himalayan region. The to investigate populational variation companies and universities doing biogeographical and evolutionary im-

4 and a unique insertion/deletion in the chloroplast rps4-trnL spacer region New Book on Ferns Available: (more rapidly evolving than some other regions) in the subcosmopolitan The Pteridophytes of Mexico species, Adiantum capillus-veneris, by John T. Mickel and Alan R. Smith also a California native. Ultimately, her studies are expected to yield significant The scientific name, its author, and ground-breaking papers in botanical and literature citation are provided for journals. each species and information about the Layne’s hobbies are gardening, nomenclatural type and pertinent syn- travel, following the local sporting onymy is also included. Each account teams, and now doing cutting-edge includes a geographical distribution and phylogenetic work on ferns. She has listing of at least one specimen exam- participated in many Jepson Herbari- ined for each state where the taxon has um workshops, including Compositae been collected. The occurrence of each (sunflower family), alpine flora, Siski- species in each state is depicted on maps you mountain flora, and, of course, all and additional pertinent information is of the workshops dealing with ferns. included in a paragraph about the spe- Two of the more memorable ones were cies. A “Literature” section is included 10-day trips to Costa Rica and later to citing bibliographic references to prin- Ecuador, where she gained knowledge cipal works and the last part of the book of tropical fern genera. She lives in is an index to the scientific names. All- Davis with her pet rabbit, tends her Comprehensive Fern Flora of in-all, a very nice and complete work. garden (supplying friends with delicious Mexico The user should have a basic knowledge tomatoes, peppers, and peaches), and 1055 pp., 328 plates, 1,004 maps, $125 of fern structure as a glossary is not spends an inordinate amount of time The New York Botanical Gar- provided. With the volume measuring thinking about ferns. Other projects den Press has recently released this 11.75 by 8.25 inches, 2.75 inches thick and services to the botanical commu- new Memoir. Now, the fern flora for and weighing in at 6 pounds, it’s easy to nity include reorganization of the fern the entire continent of North America, see why they skipped the glossary and herbarium at Davis (assisting Dr. Ellen including Central America, is covered included such fine keys, descriptions, Dean, the curator), helping Dr. Grady with this new flora, together with the and illustrations. Webster with problems associated with Flora of North America North of Mex- Alan R. Smith, co-author and the ferns of Maquipucuna, Ecuador, and ico, Vol. 2, (Oxford Univ. Press, 1993) Research Botanist in the University serving as Secretary of the Board for the and the Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 1, Herbarium, has been working on this Davis Botanical Society. (Universidad National Autonoma de project for ten years. His first collect- Layne has traveled widely, to Mexico, 1995). Why should California ing trip in Mexico was in 1969 when Costa Rica, Ecuador, New Zealand, botanical enthusiasts take notice? 52 of he accompanied his co-author, John T. Japan (she used to read a little Japa- the 104 fern species found in California Mickel. Mickel has studied Mexican nese, she says), Europe, and Fiji, and also occur in Mexico. pteridophytes since the 1950’s, becom- she lived in Australia for 4 years. She This monumental work treats ing interested in the region as a graduate has a recurring dream of traveling to 1024 taxa of pteridophytes (1008 spe- student at the University of Michigan. Papua New Guinea and Mt. Kinabalu, cies and 16 varieties and subspecies) The two have been back numerous Malaysia... to collect ferns, what else? in 124 genera, and provides a guide times to collect, research, and study to identification. The emphasis of the ferns in the field and in herbaria within book is placed on identification and not the United States and Mexico. the complexities of family relations. The book can be purchased The key to the genera is based on ma- from The New York Botanical Garden ture specimens and is slightly over 10 Press, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Bou- pages long. The key is well prepared levard, Bronx, New York 10458-5126 and fairly easy to use, as are the species or http://www.nybg.org. It is $125, keys included in the generic treatments. Hardbound, ISBN 0-89327-458-5.

5 LAM Move: A First-hand Account Jepson Flora Project Update by Richard Moe The LAM cryptogam collec-

Changes in Araceae and Lemna- Araceae will be or may be (pending tion consists of specimens mounted in ceae additional research) included in TJM2 a variety of ways. Most of the algae by Thomas J. Rosatti, Scientific Editor for as naturalized aliens, including Arum were mounted on herbarium sheets, but TJM2 palaestinum, Dracunculus vulgaris, and some (mostly crustose algae that were Research that has been con- Pinellia ternata. On the other hand, growing on rocks) were stored in small ducted since publication of The Jepson since TJM, the naturalization in Cali- cardboard boxes. The mosses were Manual has lead to many changes – of fornia of other species, including Pelt- glued to folded cards and stored in over- several different kinds and in many dif- andra virginica and Pistia stratiotes, size file cabinets or stored in packets, ferent groups – that have made a second has been brought into question but as with the packets being consolidated in edition of The Jepson Manual (TJM2) yet remains unresolved. Finally, for no- wooden boxes that fit two-across on a necessary. The following is a summary menclatural reasons, Lemna minuscula case shelf. The lichens were in packets of such changes for the Araceae (Arum is now known as Lemna minuta. or small boxes stored in cardboard trays. Family) and Lemnaceae (Duckweed Other groups of California The algae specimens stored in alcohol Family). plants have undergone similar changes, were left for later. For TJM2, the Araceae has been to greater or lesser degrees. These will The specimens were housed re-defined to exclude Acorus (Sweet be discussed in future issues of The mostly in full-size standard herbarium Flag), which has been placed in its Jepson Globe. cases with three double cases – very own family, the Acoraceae. Converse- heavy and awkward. The cases them- ly, the Araceae has been expanded to This is the first installment of selves were stored at two locations in encompass the Lemnaceae, including our new column that shares progress Los Angeles: In the LAM first floor lab very reduced, floating aquatics in the and updates from the Jepson Flora of Don Reynolds and in the hallways genera Lemna, Spirodela, Wolffia, and Project. See the Curator’s Column in on the first and third floors, and on the Wolffiella. On a finer taxonomic scale, Volume 15, Number 2, September 2004 second floor of a warehouse a mile from Spirodela punctata has been segregated issue of The Jepson Globe for more in- the museum. The warehouse cases as the only member of its own genus, formation. We welcome your questions needed to be moved by forklift, and the Landoltia, and now is known as L. punc- to address in future columns. LAM staff did this the week leading up tata. Such changes have been based on to and the morning of the move. Chief evidence from morphology, chemistry, Registrar Vicki Gambill handled these and molecular biology (DNA). logistics. A floor dolly was used to In addition to these taxonomic move the cases, on their sides, out of the changes, a number of species in the museum and into the herbarium. Don Reynolds and Helena Bowman of the VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LAM Botany Department and I secured UNIVERSITY AND JEPSON HERBARIA the specimens tightly in their cases with cardboard and newspaper. The day before the move was Curatorial Volunteers Needed the first big rainstorm of the year and at the University and Jepson Herbaria! the morning outlook looked bad. Fortu- nately, the skies cleared long enough to Group Volunteer Saturday begins at 10 am and finishes up by 5 pm load the van for transport. The movers, (participants need not stay the full time). We also welcome individual vol- Nor-Cal Moving, were the same people unteers who can come in during our regular hours (M-F 8-5). We will try to who moved UC and Jepson Herbaria match your unique interests and abilities. from the old Life Sciences Building to the Marchant Building and back to the For more information, please call or write to Ana Penny (510) 642-2465, renovated Valley Life Sciences Build- [email protected]. ing. Their experience showed – the specimens arrived safely, the cabinets Upcoming Group Volunteer Saturdays were undamaged, and the walls and Dec. 18, Jan. 22, Feb. 5, Feb. 19, Mar. 5, Mar. 19, Apr. 2, Apr. 23, & May 7 objects in the Herbarium were left un- scathed. Good work!

6 The Jepson Herbarium Projects & Resources

The Jepson Flora Project Second Edition of The Jepson Manual Online Interchange for Advances in California Florisitcs Jepson Desert Manual Electronic Publication of Jepson’s On behalf of the Jepson Herbarium, Brent Mishler and Bruce Baldwin A Flora of California have signed a Memorandum of Agreement with UC Press regarding Publications & Research Projects production of the Second Edition of The Jepson Manual. Constancea: University of California electronic publications in Botany The agreement was signed after many months of negotiating and both Tarweeds & Silverswords: Evolution of the Herbarium and UC Press will benefit from the effort to produce an the Madiinae equitable agreement. DeCew’s Guide to the Seaweeds Flora of Mount Diablo Unravelling the dynamics of mating-system evolution in tribe Collinsieae Building the Tree of Life -- A National Resource for Phyloinformatics and Holiday Gift Ideas Computational Phylogenetics Deep Green Plant Phylogenetics: Novel Gift Certificates: Analytical Methods for Scaling Data from For Jepson Weekend Workshops $35 - $450 Genomics to Morphology Beyond “Deep Green”: Towards an Integra- Membership to Friends of the Jepson Herbarium, $35 or $50 tion of Plant Phylogenetics and Plant Mugs: Genomics Cobalt Blue with Gold Jepson Logo & Demography and Germination Ecology of “The Jepson Herbarium” on the back - $5 each the Endangered Santa Cruz tarplant Sierra Nevada Plants Project T-shirts: Navy Blue with Gold Jepson or University Herbaria logo on Educational Services & Resources the back and front lapel area, S/M/L/XL/XXL - $15 Botanical Workshops & Courses Plant Identification “Oatmeal” off-white with Blue Jepson or University Herbaria 1,920,000+ Worldwide Plant Specimens logo on the back and front lapel area, S/M/L/XL/XXL - $15 Photographic Slide Collection Books: Map Collection & Locality File Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson - $100 Botanical Library (non-circulating) A Flora of California (4 vols.) by Willis Linn Jepson - $50 Administration Trustees: Vice Chancellor Emeritus Rod- For more information or to order, please call us at (510)643-7008 eric Park, Chairman; Vice Chancellor Beth Burnside (on leave); UC Botanical Garden Director, Paul Licht; Professors John Taylor Save the Date and Brent Mishler (ex officio) In October 2005, the Herbarium will hold an open house, Director: Professor Brent Mishler Curator: Assoc. Professor Bruce Baldwin festive party, and auction to support the Jepson Flora Project and Database Admin. & Webmaster: Richard Moe the production of the Second Edition of The Jepson Manual. Scientific Editor: Tom Rosatti Managing Editor: Margriet Wetherwax Do you own a restaurant, grow exotic plants, paint wildflowers, Collection Research Sp.: Jeff Greenhouse or have season tickets to cultural or sporting events? We are seeking do- Research Associate: Bridget Wessa nations of goods and/or services to be offered during our silent and live Administrative Curator: Barbara Ertter auctions. Because our Friends are located all over California, we don’t Senior Museum Scientist: Fosiee Tahbaz have any geographic restrictions on where events take place. Senior Museum Preparator: Ana Penny Assistant Museum Scientist: Kim Kersh For more information or to donate an item for the Office Manager: Jessica Durand auction, contact Staci Markos Public Programs & Development: Staci Markos (510) 643-7008, [email protected]. Cynthia Perrine 7 Supporting the production of the Second Edition of The Jepson Manual by sponsoring a genus is a big commitment but it brings great rewards including acknowledgment (with approval) in the front pages of the Second Edition of The Jepson Manual. Here, donors share the reasons why they chose to sponsor a genus. We hope they will be an inspiration to others who are considering making a gift.

Jake Sigg Eriogonum I have matured from a fancier of plants to one who wants to devote my life to their preservation in their native habitats. For this we need, among other things, knowledge about what it is we are trying to save. The Jepson Herbarium is doing crucial work in laying this knowledge base and I want to help it.

Eriogonum, perhaps more than any other genus, provided the inspiration for me to dig deeper into my wallet than I might otherwise have done (Astragalus was my close second). As a gardener, and one who encourages people to garden with local native plants, I emphasize plants that are attractive to wildlife, are interesting and beautiful, are easy to grow, and are tough. Eriogonum! There are so many species growing in every part of the state and in most habitats, and they all fit this description. -Jake Sigg

Kate Mawdsley & Bill McCoy Parnassia Why Parnassia in memory of Patrick Elvander? It’s a tale with several twists, and a Jepson Herbarium tie-in. Lots of people have favorite families and genera; I’ve long been attracted to the delicate beauty of the saxifrages and the lovely habitats where so many of them are found. So it was a great pleasure to take the Jepson Herbarium class on Saxifragaceae, taught by Patrick Elvander, who had written the treatment for The Jepson Manual. And Patrick, who has since died much too young, was also the only Jepson instructor I knew in another context. We’d met several years before the class, at the reference desk at UCSC, where he taught and I was visiting. Both of us arrived there to talk with a mutual friend, and it turned out we all shared active participation in our respective campus chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, the national lib- eral arts and sciences honorary society. PBK’s motto is Ad astra per aspera, “to the stars by hard work,” more or less. The stars, the heights, Parnassus…Parnassia, that gloriously star-like member of the saxifrage family. (What a great story…let’s not be dissuaded by the fact that Parnassia has been removed from the family in the latest phylogenetic research!) - Kate Mawdsley

Samantha Hillaire & I studied the life history of the rare plant Cryptantha crinita for my Master’s de- Brian Elliott gree at CSU Chico. I was particularly attracted to this genus because few people Cryptantha knew much about it. If a genus NEEDED sponsoring, it has to be Cryptantha. Brian Elliott got involved with Cryptantha when he and I worked together in the Plumas National Forest. At that time, Brian was also surveying trails in the Ishi Wilderness for the Lassen National Forest. Looking through borage vouchers that he collected from the Ishi, I found a sheet of Cryptantha crinita — I was astonished because the elevation was “too high” and the habitat was “not right.” This led to a foray into the Ishi to verify the locality and search for additional occurrences. We’ve since decided to write a flora of the 41,000 acre Ishi Wilder- ness. The debate over who really discovered the Cryptantha crinita in the Ishi continues to this day — we’ve never come to a consensus. As a compromise, we decided to both lay claim to it by splitting the sponsorship in the Second Edition of The Jepson Manual. - Samantha Hillaire

8 Friends of the Jepson Herbarium Categories of Giving

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