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Fremontia Journal of the California Native Plant Society $5.00 (Free to Members) VOL. 36, NO. 4 • FALL 2008 FREMONTIA JOURNAL OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY VOLUME 36:4, FALL 2008 FREMONTIA CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY FREMONTIA CNPS, 2707 K Street, Suite 1; Sacramento, CA 95816-5113 Phone: (916) 447-CNPS (2677) Fax: (916) 447-2727 VOL. 36, NO. 4, FALL 2008 Web site: www.cnps.org Email: [email protected] Copyright © 2009 MEMBERSHIP California Native Plant Society Membership form located on inside back cover; dues include subscriptions to Fremontia and the Bulletin Bart O’Brien, Editor Bob Hass, Copy Editor Mariposa Lily . $1,500 Family or Group . $75 Benefactor . $600 International or Library . $75 Beth Hansen-Winter, Designer Patron . $300 Individual . $45 Kathryn Blassey, Editorial Assistant Plant Lover . $100 Student/Retired/Limited Income . $25 Brad Jenkins and Jake Sigg, Proofreaders STAFF (SACRAMENTO) CHAPTER COUNCIL Executive Director . Tara Hansen Kevin Bryant (Chair); Larry Levine CALIFORNIA NATIVE Finance & Administration Manager . (Vice Chair); Laura Camp (Secretary); PLANT SOCIETY Cari Porter Board of Directors Representatives: Development Director . Jack Tracey Lauren Brown, Brian LeNeve Dedicated to the Preservation of Membership & Sales Coordinator . Alta Peak (Tulare) . Joan Stewart the California Native Flora Stacey Flowerdew Bristlecone (Inyo-Mono) . Conservation Program Director . Steve McLaughlin The California Native Plant Society Greg Suba Channel Islands . David Magney (CNPS) is a statewide nonprofit organi- Rare Plant Botanist . Nick Jensen Dorothy King Young (Mendocino/ zation dedicated to increasing the un- Vegetation Program Director . Julie Sonoma Coast) . Lori Hubbart derstanding and appreciation of Califor- Evens East Bay . Delia Taylor nia’s native plants, and to preserving Vegetation Ecologists . Jennifer Buck, El Dorado . Cindy Podsiadlo them and their natural habitats for fu- Kendra Sikes Kern County . Laura Stockton ture generations. Education Program Director . Josie Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mtns . CNPS carries out its mission through Crawford Betsey Landis science, conservation advocacy, educa- Administrative Assistant . Anna Marin County . Carolyn Longstreth tion, and horticulture at the local, state, Ostrowercha and federal levels. It monitors rare and Milo Baker (Sonoma County) . Liz Parsons endangered plants and habitats; acts to STAFF (AT LARGE) save endangered areas through public- Fremontia Editor . Bart O’Brien Mojave Desert . Tim Thomas ity, persuasion, and on occasion, legal CNPS Bulletin Editor . Bob Hass Monterey Bay . Rosemary Foster action; provides expert testimony to Legislative Consultant .Vern Goehring Mount Lassen . Catie Bishop government bodies; supports the estab- East Bay Conservation Analyst . Napa Valley . John Pitt lishment of native plant preserves; spon- Lech Naumovich North Coast . Larry Levine sors workdays to remove invasive plants; Website Coordinator . Mark Naftzger North San Joaquin . Alan Miller Orange County . Nancy Heuler and offers a range of educational activi- PROGRAM ADVISORS ties including speaker programs, field Redbud (Grass Valley /Auburn) . trips, native plant sales, horticultural Rare Plant Program Senior Advisor . Brad Carter Jim Andre workshops, and demonstration gardens. Riverside/San Bernardino counties . Since its founding in 1965, the tradi- Vegetation Program Senior Advisor . Katie Barrows tional strength of CNPS has been its Todd Keeler-Wolf Sacramento Valley . Hazel Gordon, Horticulture Committee Chair . dedicated volunteers. CNPS activities Kristie Haydu are organized at the local chapter level Christina Lewis San Diego . Marty Foltyn where members’ varied interests influ- CNPS Press Co-Directors . Holly San Gabriel Mtns . Gabi McLean ence what is done. Volunteers from the Forbes, Dore Brown San Luis Obispo . Lauren Brown Poster Program . Bertha McKinley, 33 CNPS chapters annually contribute Sanhedrin (Ukiah) . Geri in excess of 97,000 hours (equivalent Wilma Follette Hulse-Stephens to 46.5 full-time employees). BOARD OF DIRECTORS Santa Clara Valley . Kevin Bryant CNPS membership is open to all. Brett Hall (President); Carol Witham Santa Cruz County . Brett Hall Members receive the quarterly journal, (Vice President); Brad Jenkins (Trea- Sequoia (Fresno) . Paul Mitchell Fremontia, the quarterly statewide Bul- surer); Lynn Houser (Secretary); At Shasta . Susan Libonati-Barnes letin, and newsletters from their local Large: Lauren Brown, Ellen Dean, Jane Sierra Foothills (Tuolumne, Cala- CNPS chapter. Hicks, Arvind Kumar, Brian LeNeve, veras, Mariposa) . Robert W. Brown Vince Scheidt, Alison Shilling South Coast (Palos Verdes) . Barbara Sattler, David Sundstrom Disclaimer: MATERIALS FOR PUBLICATION Tahoe . Michael Hogan The views expressed by authors published in this journal do not necessarily reflect CNPS members and others are wel- Willis L. Jepson (Solano) . established policy or procedure of CNPS, come to contribute materials for publi- Mary Frances Kelly Poh and their publication in this journal should cation in Fremontia. See the inside back Yerba Buena (San Francisco) . not be interpreted as an organizational cover for submission instructions. Linda J. Shaffer endorsement—in part or in whole—of their ideas, statements, or opinions. Printed by Premier Graphics: www.premiergraphics.biz FREMONTIA VOLUME 36:4, FALL 2008 CONTENTS THE THREATENED BIOLOGICAL RICHES OF BAJA CALIFORNIA’S COLONET MESA by Kevin B. Clark, Mark Dodero, Andreas Chavez, and Jonathan Snapp-Cook . 3 Colonet Mesa is a little known peninsula halfway between Ensenada and San Quintin that supports some of the most robust populations of endangered species and habitats within the California Floristic Province. Over one hundred vernal pools are scattered within a matrix of Mártirian sage scrub, maritime chaparral, and coastal dune vegetation communities. While Colonet Mesa has long been a hidden gem for botanists, it is now threatened by a mega-port project that would transform the entire region. THE CORYPHANTHAS OF CALIFORNIA by Stephen Ingram .......................... 11 California’s three species of Coryphantha, the pincushion cacti, are beautiful but easy to overlook, and all are listed by CNPS. Based on three species profiles from the recent book, Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada, author-photographer Stephen Ingram shares some of the human and natural history associated with these small cacti. MEET HARWOOD’S WOOLLY-STAR (ERIASTRUM HARWOODII) by Sarah J. De Groot ................................................................................................ 15 How do new species get recognized? The author tells the story of one such plant that didn’t fit into the existing botanical hierarchy. Eriastrum harwoodii is currently recognized as a rare endemic species of California. PROPAGATION OF MATILIJA POPPY (ROMNEYA COULTERI) by Kathleen Navarez ................................................................................................ 18 It has long been part of horticultural dogma that our beautiful Matilija poppy cannot be propagated from vegetative stem cuttings. This resourceful author describes her new successful method to reliably propagate this plant from an unusual type of stem cutting known as a mallet cutting. Follow these step-by-step instructions and clonally grow more of your favorite selection. NEW CNPS FELLOW—KEN HIMES by the Santa Clara Valley Chapter Board of CNPS.......................................................................................................... 20 From his first participation at a “member’s night” slide show meeting in 1983, Ken Himes has been a most welcome fixture of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CNPS. Over the years he has shared his extensive knowledge and enthusiasm for California native plants far and wide. BOOK REVIEWS ........................................................................................................................23 UPDATE......................................................................................................................................25 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ...........................................................................................................26 THE COVER: A rosy day dawns over Punta Colonet in Baja California, Mexico. This view, taken from the south, is from what would be the center of the proposed new mega-port facility that would severely impact this unique coastal outpost of California flora. Photograph by Alan Harper. VOLUME 36:4, FALL 2008 FREMONTIA 1 2 FREMONTIA VOLUME 36:4, FALL 2008 Flowers at dawn, Punta Colonet. The abundant cream-colored flowers of tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa) carpet the land, with the sun still below the horizon behind the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir. Photograph by Alan Harper. THE THREATENED BIOLOGICAL RICHES OF BAJA CALIFORNIA’S COLONET MESA by Kevin B. Clark, Mark Dodero, Andreas Chavez, and Jonathan Snapp-Cook n the Pacific coast of Baja the small village of Colonet. While mesa harboring one of the most California, about 65 the town itself is nondescript, just biodiverse sites on the west coast of miles south of the port beyond it lies a point named Punta North America. For years, the unin- Ocity of Ensenada, lies Colonet that contains a little known habited Colonet mesa has been ex- VOLUME 36:4, FALL 2008 FREMONTIA 3 rival the ports at Los tion as all the remaining pools in Angeles and Long southern California combined, these Beach, would include a pools are truly a wonder to behold. breakwater, 10 to 20 The number of pools likely totals
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