Bulletin of the Native Society of Oregon Dedicated to the enjoyment, conservation and study of Oregon’s native and habitats

Volume 47, No. 1 FEBRuary 2014 NPSO Annual Meeting, Cannon Beach, June 6 - 8, 2014

n June 6 - 8, 2014, the NPSO making it the first American settlement obligation to stay at the resort. On the OAnnual Meeting will be held in in the Northwest. The cultural history meeting website (www.npsoregon.org/ Cannon Beach, located in Clatsop of the north coast is captured in the annualmeeting.html), you will find a County, approximately 80 miles west many historically significant sites, such link to nearby lodging, including three of Portland and 25 miles south of as Fort Stevens, Fort Clatsop and Cape campsites in Cannon Beach and others Astoria. Disappointment in Lewis & Clark Na- nearby. The first recorded Euroamerican tional Historical Park, and the beauti- Cannon Beach is known for its contact in what is now Cannon Beach ful Columbia River Maritime Museum beautiful beach, open to the public took place in the winter of 1805-06 in Astoria. along its entire four-mile length, and when members of Lewis and Clark’s The venue for the meeting is the for its proximity to 235’ tall Haystack Corps of Discovery traveled south from Surfsand Resort, 148 W Gower St., Rock, one of the largest sea stacks Fort Clatsop, their winter encamp- about 0.5 miles south of downtown. on the U.S. Pacific Coast. The rock ment near modern-day Astoria, and If you choose to stay at the Surfsand, and adjacent smaller sea stacks (“The bartered with Native Americans of please book your room by phone (800- Needles”) are surrounded by tidepools; the Tillamook tribe for whale blubber 547-6100) and mention that you are their rugged cliffs serve as nesting sites and oil. William Clark named Ecola affiliated with the Native Plant Society for many seabirds, including murres, Creek, which enters the Pacific at Can- of Oregon (NPSO). The resort has a cormorants and puffins, and are pro- non Beach, after the Chinook word heated swimming pool, fitness center tected as a marine sanctuary (part of ehkoli for “whale.” In 1811, Astoria, and sauna, and all Surfsand rooms continued on page 8 which is situated at the mouth of the come equipped with microwave ovens, Columbia River, was established as a coffee makers and small refrigerators. fur-trading post by John Jacob Astor However, participants are under no In This Issue Seeks Editor...... 2 Renewal Time...... 2 NPSO Seeks Candidates...... 2 NPAW...... 2 NPSO Calendar...... 3 Other Events...... 5 NPSO Annual Meeting Field Trips...... 6 Adopt-a-Rare-Taxon...... 8 NPSO Contacts...... 9 C rai g M ar kh am Friends of OFP...... 10 Haystack Rock will be part of the view for this year’s Annual Meeting at Cannon Beach.

February 2014 1 OCIE T S TY Kalmiopsis Seeking New Editor N O A F L P O f the experience of being the editor of a classy botany journal is on your bucket R E E V list, then you should jump at this chance. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the G I

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N Although the new editor will no doubt make a number of changes, he/she will find that all the infrastructure is in place for moving ahead seamlessly. There is an expe- rienced editorial board, a pagesetter who has done the layout since the first issue, Fo 1 unded 196 a printer who reliably gives an excellent product at a fair price, and a mail service that adds labels and deals with the bulk mail without a glitch. Information about Native Plant the editorial responsibilities is on page 7 of the NPSO Board Handbook (www. Society of Oregon npsoregon.org/documents/NPSOBoardHandbook.pdf). If you are interested and have some experience in botany and editing, contact Judi Sanders at president@ npsoregon.org. World Wide Web o http://www.NPSOregon.org E-mail Discussion List To join, send a message to It's Still Renewal Time [email protected], with the following in the body of the ­ The NPSO membership year is January to December. ­message: subscribe npso If you haven't already renewed for 2014, check your address label on this Bulletin. General Business Address If you see 2013 printed along the top of the label, you need to renew. Your mem- P.O. Box 902 bership will lapse if you do not send in your dues soon. Renew now to make sure Eugene, OR 97440 you don't miss receiving NPSO publications. or correspond directly with Officers and Committee Chairs listed on the NPSO brings you field trips, programs, classes, the Bulletin, and Kalmiopsis. inside of the back page. Membership Inquiries Only d Matt Morales P.O. Box 80714 Portland, OR 97280 NPSO Seeks Candidates Bulletin of the Native Please consider taking the opportunity to serve our Society by running for elec- Plant Society of Oregon tion to one of the state-wide officer or at-large board of director positions. Interest- Editor: Erika Wedenoja ed persons and people with ideas for potential candidates may contact Dan Luoma Layout Artist: Cat Mead by email ([email protected]) for more information. ISSN 0884-599. Published 10 times per year. Subscription price speci- o fied in Membership Form printed on inside back cover page of this issue. Date and issue number on page 1. Plan Now for Native Plant Appreciation The submission date is the 10th of each month for the following Week month’s issue except for the Aug/ hough the weather outside is frightful, the arrival of spring will be so delight- Sept issue which is July 24 and the ful. While dreaming of spring, it’s never too early to start planning for this Dec/Jan issue which is November T 24. Send submissions by e-mail to year’s Native Plant Appreciation Week, taking place April 27-May 3, 2014. [email protected]. This is the largest coordinated public outreach event for the Native Plant So- ciety of Oregon and an excellent opportunity for society chapters throughout the Opinions expressed in this publica- state to sponsor workshops, hikes, plant sales, etc. and help increase their chapter’s tion are those of the authors of the visibility and membership. articles. They do not represent the opinions of the Native Plant Society We all get much busier as the weather improves so now is the time to plan. Be of Oregon, unless so stated. sure to post your activities in the NPSO Bulletin and to let the NPAW Committee know about them as well. Email any information to Judi Sanders at judi.sanders@ gmail.com.

2 NPSO Bulletin NPSO Calendar (corner of Hwy 99W and SW 2nd St.) Weitemier at co_president@NPSOregon. State Notes Parking lot entrances on Adams and org or 208-921-0827. NPSO Board Meeting 2nd Streets. For more information con- February 8, Saturday, 8 am - 3:30 February 1, Saturday, 10 am - 2 pm tact: Luke Westphal, 971-388-9200 or pm [email protected]. The next State board meeting will be NPSO Table: Insights into Garden- in Salem at the Straub Environmental ing. Corvallis NPSO will be staffing Learning Center, 1320 A Street NE, Corvallis a table at Insights into Gardening, a Salem, OR 97301. For questions, information on upcoming day-long seminar offering practical, NPSO Annual Meeting 2014 events, or to be on the Corvallis chapter e- hands-on learning for home garden- mail list, contact Alexis Brickner or Kevin ers and gardeners-to-be. You will find June 6 - 8, Friday - Sunday plenty of ideas to make your gardening The 2014 Annual Meeting will be spon- easier, more enjoyable, and more suc- sored by the Cheahmill Chapter. Join IMPORTANT NOTE TO cessful. Raffles, exhibits, and books for us for a coastal weekend in and around FIELD TRIP PARTICIPANTS sale by Grass Roots will be available. Cannon Beach. Meeting headquarters Field trips take place rain or Pre-registration is $30, $35 at the door. will be at Surfsand Resort. The Saturday shine, so proper dress and Information: www.extension.oregon- banquet will include a keynote address footwear are ­essential. BRING state.edu/benton/insights. WATER AND LUNCH. Trips may by ecologist Kathleen Sayce. Registra- February 10, Monday, 7:30 pm tion and field trip information is in this be strenuous and/or hazard- ous. Participation is at your Bulletin and online at www.npsoregon. Talk: Plant Communities of Florida. own risk. Be prepared to sign NPSO member Carolyn Kindell will org/annualmeeting.html. For informa- a release form indicating this. tion on student scholarships, contact take us on a tour of Florida’s major ter- A sample waiver form is avail- restrial plant communities, rare plants, Lisa Blackburn at npsoannmtg2014@ able at http://npsoregon.org/ gmail.com. documents/NPSO_waiver.pdf. and a history of land conservation and Please contact the trip leader management in the state. She will dis- or chapter representative about cuss and have on hand a copy of the Blue Mountain difficulty, distance, and terrain of Florida Biodiversity, published For information on Blue ­Mountain to be expected on field trips. by the Florida Natural Areas Inven- Chapter call Jerry Baker,541-566-2244. Dogs are not allowed. All NPSO tory in 2011. Location: Avery House field trips are open to the pub- in Avery Park. Information: Kevin, lic at no charge (other than 208-921-0827. Cheahmill contribution to carpool driver) For more information, visit the chapter and newcomers and visitors are Web site, www.oregon-nativeplants.com. always welcome. You must pre- Emerald To be added to the e-mail list for upcom- register for all events. National Visit the Emerald Chapter Web site at ing programs and events, please contact Forests require a Northwest http://emerald.npsoregon.org to learn more [email protected]. Forest Pass for some field trip about the latest chapter events, plant lists locations. Permits can be ac- February 27, Thursday, 7 pm & botanical information about Lane quired at forest headquarters County plants & the people who love them. Talk: Protecting Fender’s Blue But- and ranger districts. terfly along Yamhill County Roads. Meeting location: Conference Room Learn how public roads and endan- NOTICE TO FIELD TRIP at Lane County Mental Health, 2411 gered butterflies can coexist. Yamhill CHAIRS AND LEADERS Martin Luther King Blvd. Turn off County Public Works Director, John The Forest Service and other MLK Blvd. onto Scout Access Rd. Phelan, and Melissa Klungle, envi- agencies have set policies limit- across from Autzen and take the first ronmental consultant from Cardno ing group size in many wilder- left into the parking lot. The meeting ENTRIX, will guide us through the ness areas to 12. The reason room is on the right side as you face the is to limit human impacts on building. development of Yamhill County's these fragile areas. Groups Habitat Conservation Plan to protect using wilderness areas should February 20, Thursday, 7:30 pm the endangered Fender's blue butterfly. be no larger than 12. A trip Meeting/Talk: The Sex Life of the Doors open at 6:45 pm for socializing, leader checklist and sample Bigleaf Maple and Other Plant meeting/program starts at 7 pm. Loca- waiver form are available at: Breeding Systems. David Wagner tion: Carnegie Room, McMinnville http://npsoregon.org/calendar. talks about how Bigleaf Maple seems Public Library, 225 NW Adams St. html to have perfected the ideal breeding

February 2014 3 system for maximizing outcrossing (to base fizzled out. If anyone has ideas avoid inbreeding) while hedging bets for special programs, can volunteer to Portland for adequate seed production. Plants, “harvest” specimens (on June 19), help If you would like to receive the chapter’s being unable to more around, have a ID, or be on hand to answer questions semi-official e-mail newsletter,The Calo- variety of passive systems for enhanc- during the two-day show, please contact chortus, e-mail Don Jacobson at donj- ing outcrossing. Dr. Wagner earned chapter vice president Susan Berger at [email protected]. his Ph.D. in Botany from Washington [email protected]. Facebook: Take a look at our Face- State University. He cofounded the book page. Native Plant Society of Or- NPSO Emerald Chapter 35 years ago. Klamath Basin egon-Portland-Chapter. It will have the Location: Conference Room at Lane most up-to-date information on hike County Mental Health, see above for For information on the Klamath Basin Chapter, contact Sarah Malaby at 541- and other events as well as great plant directions. For more information, call pictures. 541-349-9999. 884-5703 or [email protected]. Meeting location: The Portland Chap- March 20, Thursday, 7:30 pm ter meets the second Thursday of most Meeting/Talk: The Delta Ponds Habi- Mid-Columbia For information on the Mid-Columbia months in the Metro Building at 600 tat Enhancement Project. Lauri Holts, NE Grand Ave., Portland. Enter from a natural resources coordinator with Chapter, contact Sara Wu at wusara96@ yahoo.com. NE Irving St. on the north side of the Eugene's Parks and Open Space Divi- building and walk across the upper sion, gives a presentation on this proj- February 20, Thursday, 7 pm plaza to the entrance (not the door on ect, completed in 2012 to provide criti- Program/Meeting: The Columbia 600 NE Grand Ave.). An attendant will cal rearing habitat for juvenile Chinook Land Trust. let you in and direct you to the meeting salmon. The presentation will include a Over the last 20 years, the Columbia Land Trust (CLT) has room upstairs. Meetings and programs brief overview of the historic and pre- begin at 7 pm. project conditions and will describe conserved over 14,000 acres along the the City's efforts to establish a diverse Columbia River and its tributaries, of February 13, Thursday, 7 pm native plant community and control which it is responsible for managing Program: Finding David Douglas, invasive species, including the most 12,000 acres. Lindsay Cornelius, stew- an Oregon Cultural Heritage Com- recent invader, the aquatic Uruguayan ardship lead for the CLT, will tell us mission Film. Meet Lois Leonard, primrose-willow (Ludwigia hexapetala). how the Trust makes management de- director and producer of this hour-long Location: Conference Room at Lane cisions in one of the most ecologically documentary about the 19th cen- County Mental Health, see above for diverse places in the world. She’ll pro- tury Scottish botanist, David Douglas directions. For more information, call vide a few interesting case studies and (1799-1834), for whom our Douglas 541-349-9999. suggest ways that we can contribute fir tree is named. Along with a view- to the stewardship of these incredible ing of this film, Lois will discuss how local resources. Location: Room 1.366, she researched and filmed this critically High Desert Columbia Gorge Community College, acclaimed project. She will also be sell- For information, visit the High Desert The Dalles. ing DVD copies of the film. Meeting Chapter website: www.highdesertnpsore- March 20, Thursday, 7 pm location: Metro Building, see above for gon.org and Facebook page: Native Plant details. Contact: Mary Smith at alphie- Society of Oregon: High Desert Chapter, Program/Meeting: The Oregon [email protected] or 503-288-4340. or email [email protected]. Biodiversity Information Center (ORBIC). For over 30 years, ORBIC March 13, Thursday, 7 pm March 11, Tuesday, 6:30 - 8 pm has been the steward of information Program: Conserving Oregon’s Envi- Program: Spring Meeting. Join us to regarding the locations and statuses of ronment: Breakthroughs That Made discuss 2014 field trips and other activi- rare species in Oregon. Lindsey Wise, History. Past Sierra Club Director ties. Light refreshments will be served. biodiversity data manager, will provide Michael McCloskey will discuss his Location: Brooks Room at the Bend an overview of the program and its new book, Conserving Oregon’s Environ- Downtown Library, 601 NW Wall St. value. She will show examples of re- ment, with a slide show. He will tell Volunteer Opportunity cords for rare plants found in the Gorge the story of some 80 accomplishments and discuss how NPSO members and to advance conservation in Oregon, The High Desert Chapter is work- others can help maintain and update including Oregon’s Endangered Species ing to bring back the Central Oregon this important resource. Location: Act, on which Oregon’s Native Plant Wildflower Show on June 20 - 21 at Room 1.366, Columbia Gorge Com- Society took the lead, and explains why the Sunriver Nature Center (www.sun- munity College, The Dalles. Oregon is seen as a national leader. rivernaturecenter.org). The show was He will be selling and signing copies last held a couple years ago and wasn’t of his book. Meeting location: Metro expected to return after its volunteer

4 NPSO Bulletin Building, see above for details. Contact: 171. Refreshments at 6:45 pm, meeting virtual romp exploring the area around Mary at [email protected] or and program at 7 pm. Contact: Kristi: Cannon Beach. This talk will also be 503-288-4340. 541-941-3744. a great introduction for folks attend- March 13, Thursday, 4:30 - 6:30 ing the NPSO Annual Meeting this pm year. Location: Southern Oregon Uni- Siskiyou versity, Science Building, Room 171. To join the Siskiyou Chapter email list: Workshop: Exploring Oregon’s Na- Refreshments at 6:45 pm, meeting Send an email, from the address at which tive Plants. Presented by Bear Creek and program at 7 pm. Contact: Kristi: you want to receive announcements, to Watershed Education Partners and the 541-941-3744. [email protected]. No Siskiyou Chapter of the Native Plant subject or message is required. You will get Society, this workshop is open to class- a confirmation email. If you would like to room teachers, informal educators, Umpqua Valley volunteer to lead a hike in 2014, make a and anyone interested in sharing native Visit www.umpquavalleynativeplants.com suggestion, or provide feedback regarding plants with students. Stacy Moore of for more information on chapter activities the field trip program please contact Sasha the Institute for Applied Ecology will or to be added to our e-mail list. Joachims at: [email protected]. present hands-on lessons to help your February 20, Thursday, 7 pm students explore native plants. She will Willamette Valley share activities from the curriculum, For program information, contact John Program: Grasses of Southern Or- From Salmonberry to Sagebrush: Explor- egon: the Good, the Bad, and the Savage at 503-399-8615 or Alexandra ing Oregon’s Native Plants. Location Gorgeous. Ninneman at 503-391-4145. Cindy Roché, one of the il- TBA, more details to follow. lustrators of the grass volumes for Flora of North America and team member March 20, Thursday, 7 pm William Cusick for writing the Field Guide to Grasses of Program: to ...a Geo- Visit our Web site at http://williamcusick. Oregon and Washington, will show how botanical Romp from Low Tide to npsoregon.org or contact Laurie Allen at to identify grasses and describe some of the Summit of Saddle Mountain. 541-805-0499 for updates and general the native and invasive grasses of our Local author, geologist, and natural- information. region. Location: Southern Oregon ist Don Begnoche will lead us on a University, Science Building, Room Other Events Hike: Sterling Mine Ditch Trail. Taught by Marcia Cutler of NPSO Ashland Parks & Enjoy a winter hike! This low-elevation Emerald Chapter. We will focus on Recreation trail follows the decommissioned Ster- plant ID and keying, spending all our ling Mine Ditch through a diverse time in the field, meeting at areas with- February 11, Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 array of ecosystems including pine oak in 20 miles of Eugene-Springfield. Sub- pm savannah, old growth forest, jects include plant families, botanical Talk: Science in the Cascade-Siskiyou white oak woodland, riparian forest terminology, keying to a specific plant National Monument. Join the Friends and chaparral. This is a moderately (using Gilkey and Dennis's Handbook of Cascade-Siskiyou to learn about strenuous 5 mile hike with sweeping of Northwestern Plants), habitat, ecol- some of the research and education views of the Little Applegate Valley ogy, etc. This is a community educa- occurring in this National Monu- and the Siskiyou Crest. Come prepared tion class: no tests, no term papers ment. It’s just a short drive from our with lunch, water, and layers for the (yea!) but no credit (boo). Any level of front doors! Kristi Reynolds, environ- weather. Location: Carpool meets at expertise is welcome, from beginners mental education and interpretation Evo's Coffee in Ashland at 9 am. To to more experienced folks who want to consultant, will facilitate the panel learn more and RVSP, call Morgan at practice keying, etc. Class #1 meets at discussion. Pre-register online at www. (541) 488-5789 or email morgan@ the LCC main campus, 4000 E 30th ashland.or.us/register or call the North kswild.org, or visit www.kswild.org. Ave. (building & room not set yet). Mountain Park Nature Center at 541- Classes #2 - 8 meet in various field 488-6606. Cost: $5. Location: North locations. For more information, see Mountain Park, 620 N Mountain Ave., Lane Community the LCC Spring 2014 Catalog, (www. Ashland. College, Eugene lanecc.edu) or contact Marci Cutler: 541-687-2559 or [email protected]. For April-May, Wednesdays, 4-7 pm KS Wild registration information, call the LCC Class: Wildflower ID Outdoors. downtown center 541-463-5252. February 8, Saturday, 9 am

February 2014 5 2014 NPSO Annual Meeting Field Trips Refer to the meeting website (www. rough roads, high clearance recom- npsoregon.org/annualmeeting.html) for mended. Alternate meeting site: OSU 5. Cape Falcon in Oswald West field trip descriptions, maps, and other Extension Service parking lot in Til- State Park (1/2 day AM). Leader: information. Refer to Kathleen Sayce’s lamook, 2204 4th St. (one block east Hope Stanton, ecologist. Easy (5 website “Columbia Coast Plants” of Hwy 101), 9 am. miles RT). Hike through dense, old (http://users.reachone.com/columbia- growth conifer forest, along creeks and coastplants/) for plants lists for many 2. Neahkahnie Mountain in meadows, to basalt and sandstone cliffs of the field trips and descriptions of Oswald West State Park. Leader: overlooking the ocean. Views overlook the physical environment and plant Celeste Lebo, ecologist. Moderately Short Sand Beach, Tillamook Head communities on the north coast. For strenuous (5 miles RT). The trail and Cape Lookout. Diverse wildflowers additional information, email npsoan- starts in old growth coniferous forest include Erythronium revolutum, Sat- [email protected]. (Pseudotsuga menziesii, Picea sitchensis, ureja douglasii, Kopsiopsis hookeri, Poa Tsuga heterophylla, and Thuja plicata) unilateralis (ESA threatened), Artemisia All field trips depart from the Surfsand up to a summit rock garden with views suksdorfii, Moneses uniflora, and Eriger- Resort parking lot. (Information on of Manzanita, Cape Lookout and the on . Elevation gain 200’ parking alternative meeting places for some ocean. Diverse wildflowers: Erythro- lot to headlands, 100’ along sea cliffs. field trips is available on the meeting nium revolutum, Sidalcea hirtipes, Kop- Drive: 20 miles RT. website). Carpooling is encouraged siopsis hookeri, Castilleja hispida (several and expenses should be divided among color forms), Synthyris reniformis, Silene 6. Ecola Creek Forest Reserve passengers. Since the weather along the douglasii, Viola adunca ssp. adunca. (1/2 day PM). Meet at 12:30 for 1 north coast may change from morning Elevation at trailhead 800’, summit at pm departure. Leader: To be deter- to afternoon and differ from low eleva- 1600’. Drive: 28 miles RT. mined. Easy (4 miles RT). Hike on tion to mountaintop, we recommend a closed road and side trail through a dressing in layers and carrying a rain 3. NeahkahnieSeacliffs, Oswald remnant temperate rainforest on the jacket. Average early June high tem- West State Park (1/2 day AM). Lead- south fork of Ecola Creek (healthy runs perature is 61°, and rain and fog are to er: Kathleen Sayce, ecologist. Easy(< of coho and steelhead). This 1,025 acre be expected. 2 mi RT, some uneven ground). Hike watershed includes 220 acres of never- along parts of the Oregon Coast Trail logged, old growth Picea sitchensis, to spectacular basalt cliffs overlooking Thuja plicata and Tsuga heterophylla. Friday Field Trip the ocean, meadows, seeps. Diverse Originally purchased by North Coast wildflowers: Castilleja affinis ssp. litora- Land Conservancy (NCLC) and do- Ecola Creek Forest Reserve, noon – 3 lis, Viola adunca ssp. adunca, Triteleia nated to the city of Cannon Beach, it pm. Leader: Barbara Linnett, Friends hyacinthina, Sidalcea hirtipes, Erigeron now serves as its protected water sup- of the Cannon Beach Trail. Meet at glaucus, Koeleria macrantha, Lomatium ply. Drive: 4 miles RT. 11:30 am. See description in #6 below. martindalei, Sisyrinchium idahoense var. idahoense. Elevation 450’ at parking 7. Angora Peak. Leader: Melissa area, dropping to 200’ on sea cliffs. Reich, NCLC ecologist. Moderate (5 Saturday Field Trips Drive: 23 miles RT. mi RT). Trail is an historic RR grade, passes through private timberland 1. High Peak/Moon Creek 4. Gearhart Fen Nature Conser- with active logging sites, and is nor- RNA. Leader: Dan Luoma, forest vancy Preserve (1/2 day PM). Meet mally inaccessible to the public. Rocky mycologist, Oregon State University at 12:30 for 1 pm departure. Leader: cliffs, meadows and scree slopes with (OSU). Strenuous (3 - 4 miles, steep Debbie Pickering, Nature Conser- undisturbed habitat for rare plants of slopes, off trail along ridgeline).A vancy ecologist. Strenuous (2 miles Coast Range balds, including Castilleja representative cross section of low- to RT, will get wet; rubber boots recom- chambersii, C. hispida (orange & yellow mid-elevation forest associations in mended). A highly developed fen be- forms), Cladothamnus pyroliflorus, Asa- the northern Oregon Coast Range hind the oldest dune ridge in Gearhart rum caudatum, Phlox diffusa and Pen- that, here, developed following late with floating mats, sphagnum and nu- stemon cardwellii (purple, light purple, 19th century wildfires: 500-year-old merous acid-tolerant wetland species, pink, & white forms). Views of Neah- Pseudotsuga menziesii with a Tsuga Menyanthes trifoliata, Rhododendron kahnie Mtn. and the ocean. Elevation heterophylla subcanopy; riparian areas columbianum, microphylla, 1200 - 2300’. Drive: 26 miles RT (10 with Alnus rubra, Acer macrophyllum; carnivorous Drosera rotundifolia, Co- RT on steep gravel road; 4W or AW Thuja plicata on mesic sites; Abies pro- marum palustre, stunted Pinus contorta drive required). cera on the 2980’ summit. Elevation var. contorta, and several orchid and gain 200’. Drive: 120 miles RT, some sedge species. Drive: 20 miles RT.

6 NPSO Bulletin 8. Lower Onion Peak. Leader: photo stops in several different plant 14. Lewis and Clark National Doug Ray, wetlands ecologist, communities, ranging through deep Historical Park: South Slough and NCLC. Easy (mix of driving and forest, basaltic seeps, meadows, exposed KwisKwis Trails. Leader: Carla Cole, short walks). Surrounded by private outcrops and balds. Assistance with National Park Service. Easy - moder- timberland, this site is normally inac- photographic techniques. Bring camera ate (2.5 miles RT, option for longer cessible to the public. The peak sup- with macro- and wide-angle capabili- hike). Ongoing restoration of 44 acres ports forested and riparian areas and ties. Tripod, remote shutter release and of estuarine wetland habitat for five seeps and is the only site to see Fili- rain protection recommended. Limit species of salmon through creation of pendula occidentalis, also Packera flettii, 15 participants. View photos by Craig one mile of new tidal channels. South Castilleja chambersii, Saxifraga rufidula at www.cpmarkham.zenfolio.com. Slough loop trail starts at Fort Clatsop, (synonym of Micranthes rufidula), travels through timber plantations Cascadia nuttallii. Elevation to 2000'. 12. NCLC Habitat Preserves: being actively restored to Picea sitch- Drive: 40 miles RT (14 on dirt roads); Circle Creek Swamp, Mill Pond, Nea- ensis rainforests (view effects of Great high clearance and fewest possible ve- coxie Creek, Silverspot Meadow, and Coastal Gale of 2007) and encircles a hicles required. Necanicum Estuary. Leader: Katie marsh restoration site now supporting Voelke, NCLC ecologist. Easy (short Sagittaria latifolia, Typha latifolia, Carex 9. Tillamook Head - Ecola walks; optional wading, rubber boots lyngbyei and other emergent marsh State Park. Leader: Amy Hutmacher, recommended). NCLC conserves con- species. Kwis Kwis trail (optional: ad- NCLC ecologist. Moderately strenu- nectivity of coastal ecosystems. This ditional 2.5 miles) winds through older ous (5 miles RT). Depart from Indian excursion explores the Necanicum Sitka spruce forest in the park. Drive: Beach and walk over headland that watershed, including restoration of a 48 miles RT. Lewis & Clark hiked, winter 1806. former dairy farm and naturalized Mill Coastal forest with old growth Picea Pond in the upland stream corridor, 15. Fort Columbia State Park sitchensis, Tsuga heterophylla, epiphytes, dune ecology of a remnant coastal (Washington): Scarborough Hill, shrubby and meadow headlands over prairie, and the confluence of estuarine Canyon Creek Loop and Station sea cliffs. Diverse ferns, sedges, rushes, marsh and forest. Plant communities Camp. Leaders: Jim Sayce, WA State wildflowers, including Castilleja af- and species include undisturbed spruce Historical Society, and Bill Garvin, finis ssp. litoralis, Synthyris reniformis, wetland forest alongside newly estab- landowner. Moderately strenuous Erythronium revolutum, Erigeron glau- lished forest with Picea sitchensis, Thuja (6 miles one-way; stage cars at both cus. Elevation from sea level at Indian plicata, Acer spp., Alnus rubra and ends). Trail starts at sea level, winds Beach to 1000’. Drive: 4 miles RT. such as Lonicera involucrata and through dense coastal forest to 767’; Ribes spp.; coastal prairie with Armeria basalt headlands, conifer forest, ripar- 10. Saddle Mountain State maritima, Tanacetum camphoratum, ian areas and seeps; Delphinium trolli- Natural Area. Leader: Laurie Choate, Symphyotrichum subspicatum, Triteleia ifolium, Hydrophyllum tenuipes, Tellima Clatsop Community College. Strenu- hyacinthina, Viola adunca ssp. adunca, grandiflora, and epiphytes. Follow hike ous (5 miles RT, trail steep, difficult Carex pansa, and Festuca rubra; and with short (5 mile) drive to private in spots). Tallest mountain in the Ore- estuarine marsh with Cuscuta pacifica, property on Baker’s Bay to see largest gon Coast Range, with diverse habitats: Carex lyngbyei, Deschampsia cespitosa. known population of Sidalcea henderso- coniferous forests with Abies amabilis, Drive 40 mi RT. nii (not in bloom). Drive: 60 miles RT. A. grandis, A. procera and Taxus brevi- Alternate meeting site: Holiday Inn folia, riparian zones, seeps, meadows, 13. Gnat Creek (1/2 day AM). Express parking lot in Astoria (Hwy talus slopes, summit rock garden. Leader: Tom Horning, geologist. 101 & Marine Dr. under the Colum- High species diversity, endemics (e.g., Easy (3 miles RT). Representative River bridge), 9 am. Micranthes hitchcockiana), species at lush Coast Range hardwood floodplain northern (e.g., Cardamine californica), forest with Alnus rubra, Acer macro- southern (e.g., Geum triflorum var. phyllum, A. circinatum, Salix spp., Sunday Field Trip ciliatum) and western (e.g., Anemone waterfalls, and a good diversity of ferns, multifida) range limits. Elevation 1600’ sedges, rushes, lilies (Prosartes smithii, Cape Falcon in Oswald West State gain to summit at 3288’. Drive: 40 P. hookeri, Maianthemum dilatatum), Park, 9 am - noon. Leader: to be de- miles RT. ericads (, Menziesia termined. See description in #5 above. ferruginea, Vaccinium spp.), saxifrages, Meet at 8:30 am. 11. Photographic exploration and roses. Trail passes a fish hatchery of Saddle Mountain State Natural with opportunities to feed the fish. El- Area. Leader: Craig Markham, pho- evation 150-200'. Drive: 88 miles RT. tographer, retired wetland ecologist. Alternate meeting site: Gnat Creek See field trip #10. Steep ascent with Trail parking lot, Hwy 30, 9 am. f

February 2014 7 Adopt-A-Rare-Taxon (or two, or three…)!!! In 2014, NPSO will petition the 2. Castilleja chambersii, Chamber's Please adopt rare and currently un- Oregon Department of Agriculture paintbrush protected taxa! to protect rare plant species that cur- 3. Dodecatheon austrofrigidum, frigid The more help we have the more rently are unprotected on state, city, shootingstar species we can petition to be listed as and county lands in Oregon. We will 4. Erigeron stanselliae, Stansell's daisy threatened or endangered! If you have petition to have these species listed as 5. Kalmiopsis fragrans, North information we need about these spe- threatened or endangered. The ODA Umpqua Kalmiopsis cies, let us know. We will send a tem- has not reviewed this list in too many 6. Lomatium bentonitum, bentonite plate about your chosen species to you years and as a result many species that biscuitroot with a how-to guide to ensure consis- should be protected are not. 7. Lomatium ochocense, Ochoco tency amongst us. Please help us! There are many lomatium To take part in this important plant taxa that need this status. The pe- 8. Lomatium tamanitchii, ribseed project, please contact the following tition process requires basic ecological lomatium Rare and Endangered Plant Commit- information about these species. Below 9. Navarretia willamettensis, Willa- tee Members: Cecile Shohet, cshohet@ is a list of new taxa to be petitioned – mette navarretia gmail.com and Olivia Duren, olivia- and only some of our target species: 10. Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. Jose- [email protected]. We will send you 1. Boechera horizontalis, Crater Lake phinensis, bristly jewelflower a full list of target species and you can rockcress 11. Lasthenia ornduffii, Large-flowered choose your adoptees. goldfields

NPSO Annual Meeting cont'd from page 1 48-49°. Dress accordingly! available, and dinner will be served at 6 Oregon Islands National Wildlife Ref- Friday registration opens at 2 pm pm. A short business meeting, includ- uge). Like Saddle Mountain, the sea in the Surfsand Haystack Garden. ing the Fellows’ Awards and installation stacks formed from lava flows originat- The garden is a perfect setting for so- of new officers, will be followed by ing in eastern Oregon 10 - 17 million cializing with friends. No-host bever- a brief presentation by Katie Voelke, years ago. ages will be available all afternoon, and Executive Director of the North Coast In early June, weather along the appetizers will be served from 4 - 6 pm. Land Conservancy and the keynote coast can be sunny and warm, cold and Dinner is on your own. A field trip address by ecologist Kathleen Sayce foggy, or windy and rainy. Average June to Ecola Creek Forest Reserve will be (“Botanizing on Saddle Mountain and precipitation is 3.1 inches. On our available to those interested in an after- the Oregon North Coast”). meeting dates (June 6 - 8), the average noon hike. The Sunday State Board meeting high temperature is 61° and the low is Saturday field trips are described will be held in the Surfsand Hay- in this issue of the Bulletin. Breakfast stack Garden from 8:30 am - noon. is on your own (please note that only A continental breakfast will be served a few restaurants in Cannon Beach to those attending the meeting. A field open as early as 7 am). Late registra- trip to Cape Falcon in Oswald West tion will be open from 7:30 - 8 am in State Park will be available to those in- the Surfsand Ballroom and box lunches terested in a morning hike. will be available for pick-up. Field trip The Annual Meeting is open only participants should gather at 8 am in to NPSO members. A membership the Surfsand parking lot (parking is form is available at the back of this also available in the public parking lot Bulletin. We strongly encourage early on the southeast corner of Hemlock registration; if you do not register by June and Gower Streets); trips will depart 1, you may not attend the banquet. Since at 8:30 am and return by 4 pm unless the northwest coast is an extremely otherwise indicated in the field trip popular vacation destination, we highly description. Information on alternate recommend that you book your lodg- meeting places for some field trips will ing as soon as possible. Students inter- be available on the meeting website. ested in a scholarship should contact The Saturday evening banquet Lisa Blackburn at npsoannmtg2014@ will be held in the Surfsand Ball- gmail.com. room. The ballroom will open at 4 pm The Cheahmill Chapter looks C rai g M ar kh am Geum triflorum is one of the remarkable for socializing and perusing vendor forward to seeing you all at the 2014 wildflowers found near the summit of Saddle displays. No-host beverages will be meeting on Oregon’s beautiful north Mountain. coast.

8 NPSO Bulletin Native Plant Society of Oregon Membership Form Name______DUES include monthly Bulletin and Kalmiopsis when published. Membership is for the calendar year. New memberships enrolled after Address______July 1 include the following year.

City______State______Zip+4______New Renewal Student – $12 Regular – $25 Family – $35 Phone ______E-Mail ______Sustaining – $60 Patron – $125 Life Membership – $500 Chapter (if known)______Subscription Only (Bulletin and Kalmiopsis) – $25 Only for those who wish to subscribe, but do not want to have full membership status. Is this a change of address? If so, please write your old address here: CONTRIBUTIONS to NPSO are tax deductible. Address______Jean Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund $ ______Leighton Ho Memorial Field Botany Fund $ ______City______State______Zip+4______Augusta Rockafellar Memorial Scholarship $ ______Please make checks for dues and contributions payable to: Rare and Endangered Plant Conservation Fund $ ______native plant society of oregon Friends of the Oregon Flora Project $ ______Send completed form and full remittance to: Membership in the Native Plant Society of Oregon is open to all. Native Plant Society of Oregon Membership applications, renewals and changes of address (include P.O. Box 80714 old address) should be sent to the Membership Chair. Changes of Portland, OR 97280 address may also be e-mailed to [email protected]. Officers & Committee Chairs State officers Directors...... Erin Gray, Betty Bahn, Cecile Shohet (to 6/2014); Michael Hartman, Dan Luoma, Kareen Sturgeon (to 6/2015) President...... Judi Sanders ...... [email protected] Immediate Past President...... David Lebo ...... [email protected]; 503-622-2008 Vice President...... Billy Don Robinson ...... [email protected]; 503-515-1708 Secretary...... Lisa Blackburn ...... [email protected]; 503-538-3976 Treasurer...... Cyndi Dion ...... 897 Hillview Dr., Ashland, OR 97520-3517; [email protected]; 541-482-8603 Chapter Presidents Cheahmill ...... Bonnie Laux ...... [email protected]; 503-925-4960 Corvallis...... Alexis Brickner & Kevin Weitemier ...... [email protected]; 208-921-0827 Emerald (Eugene)...... Mary Beth Averill...... [email protected] High Desert (Bend)...... Desiree Johnson...... [email protected] Mid-Columbia...... Sara Wu ...... 595 Hearthside Lane, Goldendale, WA 98620; [email protected]; 509 773 7127 Portland...... Nancy Chapman...... [email protected]; 503-234-0162 Siskiyou...... Marcia Wineteer ...... [email protected]; 541-535-3081 Umpqua Valley (Roseburg)...... Donna Rawson ...... 4134 Goodrich Hwy, Oakland, OR 97462-9636; [email protected]; 541-459-2821 Willamette Valley (Salem)...... John Savage ...... 1645 Church St SE, Salem, OR 97302-2908; [email protected]; 503-399-8615 Wm Cusick (La Grande)...... Susan Geer...... [email protected] Dick Austin...... [email protected] State Committee Chairs Budgets and Grants...... Dan Luoma...... 5 NW Edgewood Dr., Corvallis, OR 97330; 541-752-8860 Conservation, East Side...... Vacant...... Conservation, West Side...... David Lebo...... [email protected]; 503-622-3191 ext. 639 Friends of OR Flora Project. Linda Hardison...... 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902; [email protected]; 541-737-4338 Legislative...... Billy Don Robinson...... [email protected]; 503-515-1708 Membership...... Matt Morales...... P.O. Box 80714, Portland, OR 97280; [email protected] NPSO Fellows...... Jan and Dave Dobak...... [email protected]; 503-248-9242 Rare & Endangered Plants..... Erin Gray & Cecile Shohet...... [email protected], [email protected] Publications Bulletin Editor...... Erika Wedenoja...... [email protected] Bulletin Production...... Cat Mead...... [email protected] Kalmiopsis Editor...... vacant...... [email protected] Webmaster...... Sunia Yang...... [email protected]

February 2014 9 Send change of address notices and membership requests to: NonProfit ORG Native Plant Society of Oregon US Postage Matt Morales, Membership Chair Paid P.O. Box 80714 Eugene, OR Portland, OR 97280 Permit No. 204 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

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Friends of the Oregon Flora Project This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Oregon Flora Project. In February 1994, Scott Sundberg made public his intention to prepare a new flora for the state of Oregon. Quoting from the first issue of the Oregon Flora Newsletter, he writes: “The ultimate goal of the Oregon Flora Project is to produce an illustrated Flora of Oregon in text and electronic forms.” We have weathered many challenging days in two decades! However, with the dedicated support of many volunteers and financial donors, we are www.oregonflora.org meeting—even surpassing—our ultimate goal of creating a new flora. In addition to our work on the flora, the OFP has created and maintains a website with an Atlas, Checklist, and Photo Gallery; all have become critical botanical resources for our state. Many OFP users are surprised to learn that no university or state dollars are, or ever have been, allocated for salaries or the operating expenses of the Oregon Flora Project. This means that the OFP exists and provides its essential information through the generous support of you, the public. It is indeed YOUR flora project. The question is: What do you want your flora project to become? What information do you envision accessing through the OFP website? When do you want to see both completed volumes of the paper-bound Flora on your desk? Share your vision with the Oregon Flora Project staff, and together we will make it happen! In our twentieth year of the Oregon Flora Project, we will publish the first volume of the Flora of Oregon; we will release a wildflower identification app; we will expand our online Atlas and Photo Gallery. Invest yourself in our efforts and successes, and generously support the OFP to see your vision come to life. Checks can be made payable to Agricultural Research Foundation, with “OFP” on the memo line. Please note the new address: Agricultural Research Foundation, 1600 SW Western Blvd Ste. 320, Corvallis, OR 97333.

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