No. 76 March 2015

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Alberta species list is longer now In This Issue Dorothy Fabijan, Assistant Curator, Herbarium, U. of Alberta

List of New Vascular I have compiled a list of that In 2006, I accompanied Joyce Gould Species in Alberta ...... 2 are new to Alberta and not in the Flora on an Alberta Parks survey of the Review of Species in ACIMS of Alberta (Packer, 1983). These names Kakwa Wildland Park. I helped Joyce Slated for 2015 ...... 5 have been added over the years, from explore as many alpine localities as we various sources: specimens found in the could get to, looking for rare alpine Elections for 2015 AGM ...... 6 University of Alberta Vascular Plant plants. We kept coming across a very Council Business & Kudos ...... 7 Herbarium (ALTA) and the University distinctive Castilleja—short, very long of Calgary Herbarium (UAC), Alberta hairy with deep fuschia-coloured Rationale for an E-fora Conservation Information Management fowers. Joyce suggested that this was of Alberta ...... 8 System (ACIMS) reports, specimens Castilleja parvifora, which occurs in BC. Book Review: Coulee Plants submitted by collectors (primarily Again, when the ALTA herbarium was of Southern Alberta ...... 10 consultants) and voucher specimens checked, there were already several from taxonomic research. Also, several specimens, but they had all been mis- Puzzling Pairs: of the taxa on the list are new arrivals to identifed as C. miniata. fnitima & P. pensylvanica ...... 11 Alberta (weeds). U of Lethbridge Herbarium...... 12 More recently, Dr. J. B. Phipps of I started keeping a list of taxa not in the the University of Western Ontario Powderface Willow ...... 12 1983 Flora of Alberta when I discovered borrowed ALTA specimens of Tongue-tied in Latin: F-L ...... 13 Wolffa had been collected in Alberta in for some revisionary work, which 1984. Before I knew it, the list was long also included extensive collecting in News and Events ...... 14 enough to be signifcant. southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Workshop Registration: When returning the loan, he was kind World of Non-vascular Plants ....15 During a Carex workshop with Dr. enough to send us a gift of vouchers Bruce Ford some years ago, on our of the several new taxa that were Look for more information trip to Wilcox Pass, we observed a described as a result. on the ANPC’s website. new species to Alberta (which Bruce www.anpc.ab.ca and Joyce Gould had discovered In all cases, the collections of a on the reconnaissance trip prior to herbarium were invaluable in the workshop). Dr. Ford recognized distinguishing taxa new to science Carex bicolor as distinct from C. aurea or species new to a region. These and suspected it could occur in specimens are curated with care and Alberta. After the workshop, when available for future reference in the the herbarium’s C. aurea collection See Species List Longer, page 5 was examined, there were already specimens of both C. bicolor and C. Cover photo: Marsha Hayward; Snakeskin liverwort (Conocephalum conicum). garberi collected but not distinguished List of New Vascular Species in from the much more common C. aurea. Alberta begins on page 2. Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015

New Vascular Species in the Province of Alberta (last updated January 2015)

The following taxa have been found in Alberta since the publication of Flora of Alberta, by E. H. Moss, second edition edited by J. G. Packer, 1983. ALTA invites your input. Please include supporting documentation, a voucher specimen or the location of the voucher specimen. Send submissions, corrections, and comments to [email protected].

ABMI Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute LEA University of Lethbridge Herbarium ACIMS Alberta Conservation Information Management System MICH University of Michigan Herbarium (formerly ANHIC, Alberta Natural History Information Centre) PMAE Royal Alberta Museum Herbarium ALTA University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium Rare Vasc AB Kershaw et al. 2001. Rare Vascular Plants of CAFB Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton Alberta DAO Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Herbarium UAC University of Calgary Herbarium Griffths Graham Griffths, pers. comm. UWO University of Western Ontario Herbarium

Voucher Family Species Specimens Amaranthaceae Salsola collina Pall. ALTA Amaranthaceae Salsola tragus L. ALTA Aristolochiaceae Asarum canadense L. ALTA Agoseris lackschewitzii DM Hend. & RK Moseley ALTA, UAC Asteraceae Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook. ALTA Asteraceae aromatica Evert ALTA Asteraceae Bidens vulgata Greene ALTA, UAC Asteraceae Dyssodia papposa (Vent.) Hitchc. ALTA Asteraceae lackschewitzii GL Nesom & WA Weber ALTA Asteraceae Eupatorium purpureum L. ALTA Asteraceae Hieracium piloselloides Vill. ALTA Asteraceae Psilocarphus brevissimus Nutt. var. brevissimus ALTA Balsaminaceae Impatiens glandulifera Royle ALTA Cryptantha kelseyana Greene UAC Brassicaceae Camelina alyssum (Mill.) Thell. ALTA Brassicaceae Cardamine dentata JA Schultes Griffths Brassicaceae Descurainia sophioides (Fisch. ex Hook.) OE Schulz ALTA Brassicaceae Draba fadnizensis Wulfen ALTA Brassicaceae Draba juvenilis Komarov ACIMS Brassicaceae Rorippa truncate (Jeps.) Stuckey ALTA Cabombaceae Brasenia schreberi JF Gmel ACIMS Campanulaceae Campanula aparinoides Pursh ALTA Campanulaceae Campanula glomerata L. ALTA Caryophyllaceae Agrostemma githago L. ALTA Caryophyllaceae Cerastium brachypodum (Engelm. ex A Gray) BL Rob. ALTA Caryophyllaceae Silene armeria L. UAC Caryophyllaceae Silene chalcedonica (L.) EHL Krause ALTA Caryophyllaceae Silene hitchguirei Bocquet ALTA Caryophyllaceae Spergularia salina J Presl & C Presl UAC ABMI specimen Cistaceae Lechea intermedia Legg. ex Britton var. depauperata Hodgdon (PMAE) Cornaceae Cornus unalaschkensis Ledeb. ALTA Commelinaceae Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth PMAE, UAC Cyperaceae Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Schrad. ALTA Cyperaceae Carex bicolor All. ALTA Marsha Hayward 2 www.anpc.ab.ca Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015

Voucher Family Species Specimens Cyperaceae Carex cordillerana Saarela & BA Ford ALTA Cyperaceae Carex echinata Murr. ssp. echinata ALTA Cyperaceae Carex garberi Fern. ALTA Cyperaceae Carex infrminervia Naczi ALTA Cyperaceae Carex lapponica O. Lang ? Cyperaceae Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd. ALTA, CAFB Cyperaceae Carex saximontana Mack. ALTA Cyperaceae Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb. ALTA Cyperaceae Eleocharis mamillata (Lindl. f.) Lindl. f. ALTA Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Sojak ACIMS Dryopteridaceae Gymnocarpium disjunctum (Rupr.) Ching ALTA Fabaceae Anthyllis vulneraria L. ALTA Fabaceae Lathyrus palustris L. ALTA, UAC Fabaceae Lens culinaris Medik. ALTA Fabaceae Trifolium dubium Sibth. (ID questionable) UAC Fagaceae Quercus macrocarpa Michx. ACIMS Hydrocharitaceae Elodea bifoliata H. St. John ALTA, UAC Hydrocharitaceae Elodea canadensis Michx. ALTA Hydrophyllaceae campanularia Gray ALTA Isoetaceae Isoetes maritima Underwood ANHIC Isoetaceae Isoetes occidentalis Henderson ALTA Isoetaceae Isoetes × truncata (AA Eat.) Clute (pro sp.) ACIMS regelii Buchenau ALTA Juncaceae Luzula groenlandica Bocher ALTA Juncaceae Luzula rufescens Fisch & Mey. ACIMS Lamiaceae Physosegia ledinghamii (Boivin) Cantino ALTA Lemnaceae Lemna turionifera Landolt ALTA Lemnaceae Wolffa borealis (Engelm.) Landolt ACIMS Lemnaceae Wolffa columbiana H. Karst. ALTA Lentibulariaceae Utricularia stygia Thor ALTA pending Triantha occidentalis (S. Wats.) RR Gates ssp. brevistyla Liliaceae ALTA (CL Hitchc.) Packer Triantha occidentalis (S. Wats.) RR Gates ssp. montana Liliaceae ALTA (CL Hitchc.) Packer Malvaceae Hibiscus sp. ALTA Molluginaceae Mollugo verticillata L. UAC Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea leibergii Morong ALTA Oleaceae Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall ACIMS Ophioglossaceae Botrychium ‘michiganense’ WH Wagner ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium ascendens WH Wagner ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium boreale J. Milde ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium campestris WH Wagner & Farrar ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium crenulatum WH Wagner ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium hesperium (Maxon & Clausen) WH Wagner & Lellinger ALTA, UAC Ophioglossaceae Botrychium lineare WH Wagner ALTA (photo) Ophioglossaceae Botrychium matricariifolium (A. Braun ex Dowell) A. Braun ex Koch ACIMS Ophioglossaceae Botrychium minganense Vict. ALTA Marsha Hayward www.anpc.ab.ca 3 Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015

Voucher Family Species Specimens Ophioglossaceae Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) House ACIMS Ophioglossaceae Botrychium pallidum WH Wagner ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium paradoxum WH Wagner ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium pedunculosum WH Wagner ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium pinnatum St. John ALTA, UAC Ophioglossaceae Botrychium spathulatum WH Wagner ALTA Ophioglossaceae Botrychium × watertonense WH Wagner MICH Orchidaceae Liparis loeselii (L.) LC Rich. UAC Orchidaceae Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.) Lindl. ALTA Orchidaceae Platanthera stricta Lindl. ACIMS Orchidaceae Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. ALTA, UAC Orobanchaceae Castilleja parvifora Bong. ALTA Orobanchaceae Pedicularis oederi Vahl ex Hornem. ALTA Oxalidaceae Oxalis stricta L. ALTA Papaveraceae Papaver rhoeus L. ALTA Phrymaceae Mimulus brewerii (Greene) Coville ACIMS Phrymaceae Mimulus glabratus Kunth ACIMS Phrymaceae Mimulus ringens L. ALTA Phrymaceae Mimulus tilingii Regel ALTA Plantaginaceae Bacopa rotundifolia (Michx.) Wettst ? Plantaginaceae Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) DA Sutton ACIMS Poaceae Anthoxanthum monticola (Big.) Veldk. ALTA Poaceae Aristida purpurea Nutt. UAC Poaceae Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. ALTA, UAC Poaceae Festuca multifora Walter ACIMS Poaceae Festuca viviparoidea Krajina ex Pavlick ssp. krajinae Pavlick ACIMS Poaceae Poa abbreviata R. Br. ALTA Poaceae Poa bulbosa L. ssp. vivipara (Koel.) Arcang. ALTA Poaceae Poa laxa Haenke ssp. baffniana Soreng ACIMS Polygonum polygaloides Meisn. ssp. confertiforum (Nutt. ex Piper) Polygonaceae ALTA Hickman Polypodiaceae Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell ALTA Polypodiaceae Polypodium sibiricum Sipl. ALTA Portulaceae Lewisia rediviva Pursh LEA, ALTA Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton nodosus Poir DAO Pteridaceae Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) Paris ACIMS Pteridaceae Pallaea gastonyi Windham ALTA Ranunculaceae Anemone narcissifora L. ALTA Ranunculaceae Ceratocephala testiculata (Crantz) Roth ALTA Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. var. pumila (T. & G.) A. Nels. ALTA Rosaceae Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) Fern. Rare Vasc AB Rosaceae Aruncus sylvester Kost. ALTA Rosaceae Crataegus aquacervensis J. B. Phipps & O’Kennon ALTA, UWO Rosaceae Crataegus castlegarensis J. B. Phipps & O’Kennon ALTA, UWO Rosaceae Crataegus cupressocollina J. B. Phipps & O’Kennon ALTA, UWO Rosaceae Crataegus macracantha Lodd. ex Loudon ALTA Marsha Hayward

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Voucher Family Species Specimens Rosaceae Crataegus rivuloadamensis J. B. Phipps & O’Kennon ALTA, UWO Rosaceae Crataegus rivulopugnensis J. B. Phipps & O’Kennon ALTA, UWO Rosaceae Crataegus rubribracteolata J. B. Phipps & O’Kennon ALTA, UWO Rosaceae Crataegus ursopedensis J. B. Phipps & O’Kennon ALTA, UWO Rosaceae Potentilla subjuga Rydb. ACIMS Rosaceae Potentilla villosula Jurtzev ALTA Rosaceae splendens Baumann ex K Koch ACIMS Rosaceae Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A. Braun ALTA Rubiaceae Galium bifolium S. Wats. ALTA, LEA Salicaceae Salix famelica (C. R. Bell) Argus – ID uncertain ALTA Salicaceae Salix pentandra L. ? Salicaceae Salix raupii Argus UAC Salicaceae Salix tyrrellii (Raup) Argus ACIMS Salicaceae Salix × fragilis L. ALTA Saxifragaceae Tellima grandifora (Pursh) Dougl. ex Lindl. ACIMS Santalaceae Thesium arvense Horv. ALTA Solanaceae Solanum dulcamara L. ALTA, UAC Sparganiaceae Sparganium americanum Nutt. UAC Utricaceae Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. UAC Marsha Hayward

Coming in 2015: Complete review of species elements and ranks in ACIMS Lorna Allen, ACIMS Coordinator

The National General Status project so many records, and short timelines, as each review is completed. I fully has contracted specialists across the our approach for the General Status expect that there will be some ranks disciplines to develop or update project needs to be different. ACIMS that will need further adjustment, and element lists for each province and will review and, after any questions are hope that you will feel free to send territory, then to propose ranks using resolved, accept the recommendations in your comments as you see things NatureServe ranking methodology. from the specialist. that need additional work. This is a This is an ambitious project. It includes huge opportunity to have a complete all species groups in ACIMS (with the What does this mean for ACIMS? review—which we can then tweak as exception of ecological communities) needed. ♦ plus some new groups, such as • New element groups added grasshoppers. Some groups, such as • Updated for all species bryophytes, have not had a group-wide element groups, that will be Species List Longer, from page 1 review since the 1990s. No group in consistent across Canada and the ACIMS has been systematically ranked NatureServe Network herbarium or at the University of using the NatureServe Rank Calculator • Updated ranks using the rank Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium’s (http://www.natureserve.org/conservation calculator methodology searchable database at: -tools/conservation-rank-calculator). • Revamped element tracking lists for http://www.biology.museums.ualberta species .ca/VascularPlantHerbarium.aspx There are over 10,000 species element • Note: Ecological community records that are being reviewed and elements are not included in this or through the University of Alberta added to (or updated in) ACIMS. review. Natural Sciences portal: In the past, ACIMS has used ad hoc http://naturalscienceportal.museums committees to discuss the ranks and We will post a fully updated element .ualberta.ca/ ♦ tracking lists, group by group. With list and tracking list, group by group, www.anpc.ab.ca 5 Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015 ANPC Board Positions Up for Election in 2015

These board positions are up for election in 2015: • President Interview with Laurie Hamilton, • Secretary • Southern Director our outgoing president We are now accepting nominations. Why did you join the board of the What do you think you If you are interested in joining the Alberta Native Plant Council? accomplished during your two-year ANPC board, please send an email to term? Sandy McAndrews, ANPC Secretary, The ANPC is a strong organization at [email protected] or phone her at with a vibrant community of We decentralized our meetings by 403-874-3171. Include the position that active volunteers. The mandates using conference calls, so we no you are interested in and your contact of the ANPC are aligned with my longer have to drive to Red Deer, information. personal beliefs—my desire for the and we recently re-organized our conservation of biodiversity and meetings so that they are shorter This is the current slate of nominees native plants in Alberta. The ANPC (3 hours) and more often (once a for the board positions that are up for is involved in a wide range of month). We are implementing a election: projects that I wanted to be involved more formal structure, with a pre- • President – vacant with. I’ve never been bored approved budget and up-dated • Secretary – Sandy McAndrews volunteering with the ANPC. bylaws. The info emails give more (incumbent) direct communication between the • Southern Director – Christina What did you like best about the board and our members, and Project Metke (incumbent) job? Outreach developed new displays and handouts to promote the Voting will take place at the annual The camaraderie—sharing my ANPC. All positions on the board general meeting on Saturday, April 11, passion with other like-minded are flled and administration of 2015, in Sundre, Alberta, at the Sundre people. I felt like we were making a ANPC has been maintained, which Community Centre (96 - 2 Avenue difference. indicates an organization with NW). continued momentum. What was the hardest thing about The AGM is held in conjunction with the job? Or liked least? How would you describe the role the ANPC’s annual workshop. of the president? Working with people who do not Workshop and AGM 2015 attend regularly, but who expect Primarily, I worked to balance the that their opinions should hold exciting new initiatives people Exploring the World of sway even after the board has made proposed with the ongoing projects Non-vascular Plants a decision. to which we were committed. April 11, 2015 I tried to balance the passions Sundre Community Centre How much time do you invest in of individuals with the ANPC 96 - 2 Avenue NW this role? mandates and the support of the Sundre, AB volunteers. I enjoy running a I work about 10 hours per month focused and time-sensitive meeting. Early bird rates until March 27, 2015. to prepare for meetings, answer I feel strongly that the president’s For more information, check ANPC’s phone calls, respond to emails, and role is not to run with their own website. Program, accommodation, and generally coordinate people. During vision, but to listen to the board registration details will be posted as my term as president, there were members, to summarize their ideas they are fnalized. (www.anpc.ab.ca) ♦ three board meetings per year, plus and concerns, and to identify action the AGM and workshop; however, items. ♦ the board has recently decided to change the timing of the meetings, so that they are more dispersed throughout the year and are shorter in duration.

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Alberta Native Plant Council Council Business & Kudos Garneau P.O. 52099 Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5 ANPC Board Meetings: Moving Thanks to . . . website: www.anpc.ab.ca to a monthly format email: [email protected] Kristyn Houseman The ANPC executive recently voted to Kristyn sat on the board as the President change the format of board meetings Laurie Hamilton Reclamation and Horticulture [email protected] planned between now and our AGM representative since 2012 and was in April. Meetings will now be held instrumental in updating ANPC’s Vice-President monthly, on the third Saturday of each Leslie Monteleone native seed source list, building on [email protected] month, starting at 9:30 a.m. for 2.5 to 3 the work of Chrissie Smith and June hours. Secretary Flanagan. Many thanks to Kristyn for Sandy McAndrews her input and participation at board [email protected] If you think you might be interested meetings and other projects. in becoming more involved in ANPC, Treasurer maybe as a committee volunteer or an Julie Figures Mark Mayner [email protected] elected board member, these meetings Mark has volunteered as ANPC’s are an excellent way to learn more Directors webmaster since 2012. He jumped about our organization and to meet Marsha Hayward (Northern) into the vacant webmaster position [email protected] some fellow botanists. Join us in person and took it on with what seemed like Tony Blake (Central) or by phone. Meetings are a way to no effort. Mark has been working [email protected] make friends with other plant folks, Christina Metke (Southern) with our new webmaster to ensure enjoy lunch, and do good things for the [email protected] a seamless transition, and for that Jennine Pedersen (Nature Alberta) environment. ANPC is grateful. Webmaster is an [email protected] essential job for the organization, and Please contact Sandy McAndrews at Membership Secretary Mark’s contributions were very much Kelly Ostermann [email protected] appreciated. [email protected] or Laurie Hamilton at [email protected] Conservation Action John Potter for more information. Committee Welcome to . . . [email protected] volunteers and board members must be members of ANPC. Education and Information Carole Dodd Kristen Andersen Carole has agreed to take over as the [email protected] The 2015 dates for board meetings are: ANPC webmaster, and she has already • February 21 Rare Plants familiarized herself with the website. Leslie Monteleone • March 21 Carole identifed a need to convert it to [email protected] using a new software to facilitate easier Reclamation and Horticulture ANPC Website Changes updates in future. Watch the website for Kristyn Housman additional webpages and a refreshed [email protected] Mark Mayner’s time as our webmaster look as the transition progresses. Volunteer Coordinator is coming to a close. Mark, to you, ANPC welcomes Carole as our new Vacant sincere thanks for all your help in webmaster. keeping our website running. Good Project Outreach Display Coordinator Jacqueline Redburn luck to you in whatever comes next! Kristen Andersen [email protected] Kristen has agreed to take on the As Carole Dodd takes over as Webmaster position of Education and Information Carole Dodd webmaster, you’ll see some changes to Committee lead. She has already been [email protected] the website over the next few months. very active in ANPC by taking on the One is an option for online payments. Newsletter Committee stewardship of Whitehorse Wildland Dana Bush Park in 2014 and participating in the [email protected] In early February, ANPC will Central Alberta Rare Plant Study Group Patricia McIsaac implement an online payment option, [email protected] (Edmonton). ANPC looks forward to Alfred Falk through PayPal. You’ll still be able to working with Kristen to develop this [email protected] use Canada Post to submit fees and committee, and we welcome her energy Kelly Ostermann register for workshops, but you’ll be [email protected] and passion for native plants. ♦ And many volunteer writers . . . able to pay for things online, as well. ♦ www.anpc.ab.ca 7 Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015 An eora or Alberta Isnt it tie ationale or an eora o Alberta Patsy Cotterill

Last winter I spent considerable a local sedge, I would frst open Flora of analysis, education, and time trolling the ‘net, looking at Alberta, before resorting to Flora of North appreciation of California plant life. nomenclatural databases and fora America. With a digital fora I could do 4. To coordinate and integrate websites. This was largely to identify the digital equivalent of both. efforts towards these objectives photos and specimens collected while undertaken by scientists, public travelling out of province the previous An element of pride is also involved: agencies, private organizations, and summer. a database of our own is our way of members of the public. showing off to the world our botanical In doing this, my envy of the resources diversity in Alberta, and that we are Calfora was conceived as a that several American states and proud and passionate about it. Our collaborative research project to collect regions and even other countries database could also include much more and re-distribute information about have developed grew, along with local knowledge than we would ever California’s wild plants, including the wish to emulate these online fnd in one covering a much larger habitat descriptions, photographs, foras, many with links to fascinating geographic area. Alberta’s current observations, nomenclature, and ancillary information. This desire was botanical presence online is woefully distribution maps. . . . Calfora serves heightened by the knowledge that we inadequate, scattered and user- a large and increasing number of still do not have a new edition of the unfriendly: for example, try Googling users, including researchers, scientists, Flora of Alberta, despite more than a “Alberta’s vegetation” and see what students, environmental consultants, decade of work. This fora, published you get. landscapers, and amateur enthusiasts.“ in 1959 by Dr. Ezra Moss and updated, with distribution maps, by Dr. John ision stateent or an eora Substitute “Alberta” for “California” Packer in 1983, provided Albertan and “Alfora” for “Calfora,” and we botanists with a tremendous advantage. The mission statement of the website have our rationale for developing an Over the years, however, as taxonomy Calfora, to my mind, covers all bases e-fora for Alberta. Let me stress the and nomenclature have changed, the of what an e-fora database should or importance of objectives 3 and 4. I Flora has become outdated and this would do: believe that a signifcant role of the advantage has gradually been lost. fora will be to reach out to and educate “The Calfora Database is a nonproft the general and student publics, as A print fora and an e-fora website organization dedicated to providing well as the practitioners of botany, fulfll different if somewhat information about California plant the consultants and land managers, overlapping mandates, and even with biodiversity for use in Education, teaching and providing them tools a modern print fora for the province, Research and Conservation. Calfora is for their work. Alberta’s population a website would be desirable. When I structured as a digital library to fulfll is expanding rapidly, and with it looked at e-fora BC online, conceived the following objectives: development and activity, providing and operated by Dr. Brian Klinkenberg an ever larger audience (market) for of UBC and his wife, Rose, my feeling 1. To serve as a repository for botanical information, and the need for was: Why can’t we have one, too? information on California wild an informed public who understands plants in electronic formats from and appreciates the value of our natural Some botanists have suggested that we diverse sources, including public ecosystems and biota, and who will don’t need an online fora of our own; agencies, academic institutions, advocate for their conservation. we can simply use the resources of private organizations, and other databases that cover our area. We individuals. Cataloguing and monitoring will be a have few if any endemics in Alberta, 2. To provide this information in huge component of botanical operations so most of our species are included in readily usable, electronic formats as the government moves forward with other foras. My rebuttal is that we need for scientifc, conservation, and regional plans for the province; indeed one for accessibility and convenience educational purposes. our botany database should be linked (all our information compiled in 3. To serve public information needs to a much larger biodiversity website. A one place). It is why I would use a related to scientifc study, land digital fora will also serve to train the regional fora rather than a national or management, environmental botanists we need for this work. international one, and why, to identify See E-fora Rationale, page 9

8 www.anpc.ab.ca Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015 E-fora Rationale, from page 8 ○ Species to pay for professional advice from ○ Common name database managers, programmers and We need citizen scientists and more • Species descriptions (species pages, IT personnel. An e-fora—like a print dedicated “parataxonomists” collecting taxon reports) fora—will be a multi-year initiative, and identifying plants under the ○ Text akin to building a large house, guidance of professionals. Most people ○ Distribution maps which will then require continuous rely on popular plant guides for ○ Photos maintenance. To make progress we will identifcation and information rather ○ Links to other databases and have to work on several projects at the than the Flora of Alberta. An e-fora print foras same time, ensuring that they dovetail would combine the functions of both. ○ Identifcation such as simple and are consistent with each other. illustrations, keys or concordance An e-fora for Alberta is admittedly a The ANPC’s role in producing and tables daunting enterprise, but I perceive a maintaining such a database, if any, • Checklists huge need that we must respond to. has yet to be defned. However, in • Glossary The sooner we start, the better! my opinion it should be a signifcant • References one, as a database fulflls the ANPC’s • How to contribute **I want to gratefully acknowledge the objectives of education, appreciation ○ Photos time Rose Klinkenberg of e-fora BC and conservation of Alberta’s fora. ○ Donations spent with me this spring, explaining ○ Locations via email how their excellent e-fora Databases and their components • Website developer and host was set up and operates.

The various databases I checked exhibit All databases cover vascular plants but oras lant atlases an considerable variety in the way they some also provide access to bryophyte e-herbaria present information, and some variety and lichen databases, and no doubt all in the types of information they include, websites aspire to include everything Want some winter feld trips? Here are such that one gets the urge to “mix and that is popularly considered to be a some websites to have fun wandering match,” picking the best features from plant. We have bryophyte and lichen through on dark winter nights. Let me each of them. I prefer to have much of experts in Alberta and should defnitely know of any features you particularly my species description on a single page, include them. like and of any other websites you for example, rather than having to click endorse. on sub-pages to assemble it all, and Listed below are some of the websites I I’m a big fan of ecological information. have looked at to date. No doubt there Alabama Plant Atlas (Check out “About I loved the way that Calfora has are many more, and I look forward to the Atlas”) checklists for numerous publicly another winter of digital surfng. http://www.foraofalabama.org/ accessible locations, which of course Calfora link to their species pages. I spent some What has the ANPC done so http://www.Calfora.org time playing with both the pictorial and far? Canadensys-Vascan dichotomous keys of GoBotany, which http://data.canadensys.net/vascan covers the New England states and puts In response to a call for volunteers /search emphasis on being popularly accessible. following AGM 2014 in Drumheller e-Flora BC: Electronic atlas of the fora I liked the comparison charts for species in April a number of people came of BC in multi-specifc genera included along forward to form an ad hoc committee. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity with dichotomous keys in NOPD, an The ANPC board requested that /efora/ e-fora of northern Ontario in the early the committee develop a proposal Flora Ontario Integrated Botanical stages of development, and I like the for ratifcation. (We are still open to Information System (FOIBIS) way the e-fora BC encourages readers more volunteers, so contact me at http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis/ to learn plant families and to contribute [email protected] if you wish GoBotany locations and photographs to their to be involved or to share ideas and https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/ database. information.) Since most volunteers Michigan Flora Online are in Calgary and Edmonton, we will http://michiganfora.net Example of a database host locations there and connect via Northern Ontario Plant Database conference calls. (NOPD) • Home page http://www.northernontariofora.ca/ ○ Contents The frst step may be to choose a University of Alberta Vascular Plant ○ About us database—and fll it. Although our Herbarium • Search botanists may be willing to volunteer http://vascularplant.museums.ualberta ○ Family their time and expertise to provide .ca ○ Genus content, we will need to obtain grants See E-fora Rationale, page 14 www.anpc.ab.ca 9 Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015 Common Coulee Plants of Southern Alberta

Review by Christina Metke Updated nomenclature and colour photographs supplement the original text and line drawings. The book thus retains its original intent, ease of use and often charmingly old-fashioned plant descriptions (Cryptantha celosioides, for instance, is described as “a strikingly handsome plant” with a “very sweet perfume”), yet improves upon its functionality and content. Bain and Flanagan indicate that their photographs were intentionally composed to complement Kuijt’s line drawings; this thoughtful approach has resulted in a mix of benefts and possible drawbacks. On one hand, the appearance, growth form and scale of smaller plants in particular are beautifully captured. Unfortunately, the overall shape and habit of larger plants (trees, shrubs and even some herbs) are not well illustrated. Many species in the book could have benefted from the inclusion of an additional photograph or two that better demonstrate what the species looks like as a whole.

The authors included both the species nomenclature presented in the original John Bain, June Flanagan and Job Kuijt. work and current nomenclature, as well as some interim species names; this is 2014. Common Coulee Plants of Southern both interesting and handy, as it allows one the ability to date oneself by way Alberta, Second Edition (2014). University of of one’s preferred terminology. (For example, I am not quite of the Ceratoides Lethbridge Herbarium. 154pp. lanata era—I learned Eurotia lanata—yet I still instinctively chafe at the unwieldy Krascheninnikovia lanata. Take from that revelation what you will.) As a rare plant enthusiast, I would have also appreciated the inclusion of some notes on plant Coulees and plants, together? That rarity, where applicable, in the revised edition. sounds like just my kind of book. I jumped at the opportunity to review it As is the case with most “picture books” on plants, Common Coulee Plants of for Iris as soon as I heard the title. Southern Alberta is not intended as an exhaustive botanical key or fora. Therefore, while it doesn’t include what more advanced users might consider to be key The frst edition of Common Coulee identifying features or useful botanical information, the intent of the book—to Plants of Southern Alberta was published provide a simple, useful tool for assisting naturalists in identifying local plants—is by Job Kuijt in 1972. The book was still achieved. recently updated and revised by John Bain and June Flanagan, and the second Overall, the second edition of Common Coulee Plants of Southern Alberta is a lovely edition was released in digital form by little publication, full of interesting information on coulee habitats and plants, clear the University of Lethbridge in 2014. illustrations, and approachable and engaging plant descriptions. I have already The book is available electronically recommended the book to others (from folks who have expressed a nascent (PDF or EPUB) at no charge at: https:// interest in plants that I am enthusiastically attempting to cultivate, to professional www.uleth.ca/dspace/handle/10133/3376. biologists), and I don’t hesitate to recommend it to any Iris readers who enjoy an EPUB format usage notes are included informed stroll in southern Alberta’s beautiful coulee habitats, as well. in the authors’ Preface to the Second Edition. Christina Metke is a biologist, mom and blogger. She likes plants, long walks on the prairie and products with high SPF. ♦

Beaver Hills UNESCO Biosphere Nomination The Beaver Hills region, also known as the Cooking Lake Moraine, is a unique geographical area: an island of boreal forest and wetlands surrounded by aspen parkland. It is home to a huge diversity of animal and plant life as well as Elk Island National Park, Cooking Lake–Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area, Ministik Bird Sanctuary, Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, and a number of smaller provincial natural areas.

The Beaver Hills Initiative (BHI) is nominating the Beaver Hills region for a UNESCO Biosphere designation. The BHI is a group of more than 30 volunteer organizations who are working together to ensure we continue to maintain a balance between environmental sustainability and economic prosperity. To support the Biosphere nomination, go to www.beaverhills.ca and click on the link that says “Biosphere Nomination.” The deadline is March 2015. ♦ Marsha Hayward 10 www.anpc.ab.ca Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015 Puzzling Pairs: Potentilla fnitima & Potentilla pensylvanica C. Dana Bush

Ah, the joys and frustration of leaves—much different from P. pensylvanica. The bractlets were inconsistent within taxonomy. I found what I thought the fower heads, although all the P. lasiodonta (P. fnitima) had some bractlets that to be sandhills cinquefoil (Potentilla were distinctly longer than the sepals. fnitima Kohl & Packer), a globally rare species (S1 (G2G3Q)), in sandy soils Potentilla lasiodonta is often found on stabilized sand dunes or extremely dry sandy north of the Canadian Forces Base soils (as its common name suggests), but I have found P. pensylvanica in similar Suffeld. I have always struggled to sites. P. lasiodonta only occurs in southern parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, differentiate this from the very similar Alberta, North Dakota, and Minnesota. Both plants can be infected by a rust that prairie cinquefoil (Potentilla pensylvanica noticeably thickens the stems, although P. lasiodonta is almost always infected, L.), a common prairie species across while prairie cinquefoil is often free of it. the Canadian prairies (S5), or even P. bipinnatifda Dougl. ex Hook, so I Here is a key adapted from the Flora of the Great Plains and the Flora of Alberta that took this opportunity to parse out the refects what I see. If any of you botanists disagree, please write or call and perhaps taxonomy and identifcation. we can come up with something better.

It turns out that the taxonomy has Upper leafet surface conspicuously reticulate-veined; some bractlets of calyx much changed and is not yet frmly settled. longer than sepals; petals 3-5 mm long (2n = 14) The Flora of Alberta and the Alberta P. lasiodonta Rydberg Conservation Information Monitoring (synonym = P. fnitima Kohli & Parker) = sandhills cinquefoil System (ACIMS) use P. fnitima, and will continue to do so until the Flora of North Upper surface of leafets often obscurely veined; bractlets of calyx about as long as America publishes the Rosaceae volume sepals; petals 4-6 mm long (2n = 28) or it is dealt with in a new version of the P. pensylvanica L. = prairie cinquefoil Flora of Alberta (L. Allen, pers. comm.). Other sources list it as a synonym of P. bipinnatifda (NatureServe) (L. Allen, Prairie cinquefoil pers. comm.), P. lasiodonta Rybd. (ITIS, Potentilla pensylvanica L. BONAP, VASCAN), and P. lasiodonta included within P. pensylvanica (Scoggan). The Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) says that “Potentilla lasiodonta Rydberg is Sandhills cinquefoil an accepted species name sensu FNA Potentilla lasiodonta Rydberg. Illustration © C. Dana Bush Ed. Comm., in prep.” Jane Lancaster reports that Dr. Packer identifed her specimens as P. lasiodonta. The three Sources: species have distinct chromosome counts: P. lasiodonta (fnitima) 2n = 14, P. ACIMS: Alberta Conservation Information Management System. June 2013. List of Tracked and pensylvanica 2n = 28, and P. bipinnatifda Watched Elements. Available at: http://www.albertaparks.ca/albertaparksca/management-land 2n = 56 (Kohl and Packer, 1975). So the -use/alberta-conservation-information-management-system-%28acims%29.aspx. most current work indicates that it is a distinct species and the accepted name Allen, Lorna. November 2013 pers. comm. Alberta Conservation Information Management System, is Potentilla lasiodonta Rydberg. Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation, Edmonton, AB.

This doesn’t, however, help identify the BONAP’s Taxonomic Data Center (TDC): North American Vascular Flora. 2013. The Biota of North America Program. Available at: bonap.net/tdc. species. A trip to the U of C Herbarium revealed that Beryl Hallworth (a Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Canadensys.data.candensys.net/vascan/search. former assistant curator and collector) collected a number of specimens ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Available at: www.itis.gov. from the University prairie directly behind her house (now the site of the Kershaw, Linda J., Joyce Gould, Derek Johnson, and Jane Lancaster. 2001. Rare Vascular Plants of Children’s Hospital). Her specimens Alberta. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Press and The Alberta Native Plant Council. have distinctly reticulate veins in the See Puzzling Pairs, page 14 www.anpc.ab.ca 11 Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015 LEA – The University of Powderface Lethbridge Herbarium Willow

John Bain, Emeritus Professor of Botany and Director, U. of L. Herbarium Ken Wright

When Job Kuijt began, in 1968, Victoria, where he would continue his Reprinted with permission from to assemble specimens and build research on them, and since then to the Calgary Gardening, the newsletter a herbarium at the University of herbarium at Berkeley. of the Calgary Horticultural Society Lethbridge, his frst action was to contact his botanical colleagues Since 1989, the herbarium has Powderface willow (Salix commutata across North America to establish continued in its role as a teaching and ‘Powderface’) is a problem solver exchange programs that would allow research tool for those interested in plant—one that can grow in very dry, the collection to include taxa from the plants of southern Alberta. Most full sun locations with ease. There are across the continent rather than just recently, in collaboration with the U. no sites too windy, too hot, and too dry southern Alberta species. The botanical of L. Library, we have digitized the for this alpine selection. Powderface community responded generously, and collection, making it freely available is truly low maintenance; the upright 1 soon the herbarium became established, online for anyone to use. The digitized habit gives the shrub an interesting, serving primarily as a teaching resource collection includes over 21,000 high well-kept appearance. for the feld botany class that Kuijt resolution photos of vascular plants, taught most summers. In turn, the complete with label data, and has been student collections generated in that included in larger aggregate collections

course provided ample exchange such as the Consortium of Pacifc Wright Ken material, and the herbarium continued Northwest Herbaria2, Canadensys3, and to grow. the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)4. Our long association By the late 1970s, Kuijt’s Flora of and collaboration with Waterton Lakes Waterton Lakes National Park project National Park has further resulted in was well underway, and the thousands the digitization and publication of their of voucher specimens collected in collection as well as collaborations with conjunction with that effort found their other Rocky Mountain national parks way into the herbarium, making the who have small herbaria that would collection an extraordinary resource beneft from this work. for anyone interested in the fora of southern Alberta. These projects have in turn inspired the digitization of other “classic” botanical Throughout this time Kuijt continued resources pertinent to southern Alberta. his world-renowned research on The recent publication of a second Powderface willow is 1 m high and mistletoes and amassed a collection of edition, digital version of Kuijt’s 0.5 m wide with long, narrow, willow- this group that refected their global Common Coulee Plants of Southern Alberta like silvery grey leaves. The surface of biodiversity. When he retired from the refects our continuing collaboration the leaf is very hairy, giving it a soft, U. of L. in 1989, the mistletoe collection with the University library, as the book fuzzy appearance. In winter, the stems was moved to the University of is a free download from their site5. In also have the soft matted hairs and future we hope to also release a digital, the same soft look and feel. This plant updated version of the Flora of Waterton was selected at Bow Point Nursery Lakes National Park. John Bain from seedlings grown from a mother plant up the Powderface Trail west of Visitors are always welcome at the U. of Calgary. Powderface’s mom is growing L. herbarium, either in person (C-470, in a wide, rocky, wind-swept valley by University Hall) or online (http://scholar upper Canyon Creek. The alpine eco- .ulethbridge.ca/bain/). region is a desert with short growing seasons, long cold winters and intense Endnotes sunshine in the summer. This gives the Websites for more information: plant the genetics to survive and thrive 1. http://digitallibrary.uleth.ca/cdm in the Calgary area. Collecting plants at Josephine County in /landingpage/collection/herbarium Oregon. See Herbarium, page 14 See Powderface Willow, page 13 12 www.anpc.ab.ca Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015

Powderface Willow, from page 12

The silver grey leaves give the plant Tongue-tied in Latin: F to L a place in the landscape as an accent C. Dana Bush plant, either as a single specimen plant interspersed through a landscape, or Here are the pronunciation guides for F to L. The surprises this time are the G’s, as a short hedge. When used as a short which are always hard (ge-ră-nee-um for geranium), and J, which is pronounced hedge, Powderface willow maintains with a y (yung-kus for Juncus). Coincidentally, Christina Metke’s book review an optimum height without pruning; its on page 10 mentions Krascheninnikovia lanata, which spurred me to parse out that consistent height and shape make for an pronunciation. The only tip I could fnd (Charters n.d.) was that the s and ch are ideal, unique, and showy hedge. both pronounced and ko is accented, hence Kras-chen-inn-i-ko-v-i-a.

Powderface willow does require a Vowels Consonants hot, dry, full sun location. It will not ă = cat e = let c = always hard as in cat perform well in wet areas, shade areas, a = apart, canal i = in g = always hard as in gate or beds with irrigation. If it does not o = hot ie = kite s = as in this, not as in those perform to expectations, please stop ō = note u = full watering. oi = usually as oy ū = tub in boy but classically The fall colour is hard to describe; as o-i sometimes it looks pink, sometimes J Juncus yung-kus (effuses = purple, and sometimes that strange F e-few-sus) colour that may be mauve. The leaves Festuca fes-too-ka Juniperus you-ni-pe-rus hang on to the shrub well into fall (alpine = ăl-peen-a) and early winter, sometimes changing Frageria fra-gah-ree-a K shades as the days shorten and the Fraxinus fraks-i-nus nights get cooler and longer. Kalmia kăl-mee-a Kohleria kō-le-ree-a G Krascheninnikovia Kras-chen-inn-i-ko- It works well for screening the electric Gaillardia gay-lard-ee-a v-i-a box in the front yard, accent for address Galium gă-lee-um stones, and that narrow mystery strip Gaultheria gawl-the-ree-a L between urban driveways. It can handle Gentiana gen-tee-ah-na Lactuca lăk-too-ka snow load and the salt associated with Geranium ge-ră-nee-um Lamium lă-mee-um city streets. Geum gay-um Larix lă-riks Glechoma glay-kō-ma Lathyrus lă-thi-rus It is a perfect substitute for silverberry Glyceria gli-se-ree-a Ledum lay-dum (wolf willow) where there is a desire for Goodyera gud-yer-ra Lewisia loo-is-ee-a (as in the silver leaves without the spreading, Grindelia grin-del-ee-a Linum lewisii) take-over attitude. This plant does not Gymnocarpium gim-nō-kar-pee-um Leymus ley-mus sucker and could be described as tidy. Gypsophila gip-sof-i-la Liatris lee-aht-ris It does seem resistant to willow borers Lilium lee-lee-um H Linanthus leen-ănth-us as long as it is grown in a full sun, dry Hedysarum hay-dis-a-rum site. Linaria leen-ah-ree-a Helenium he-le-nee-um Linum leen-um Helianthus hay-lee-ănth-us Lobelia lō-bel-ee-a Ken and Pamela Wright own Bow Point Helicotrichon he-lik-to-tri-kon Nursery, west of Calgary. They specialize Loiseleuria lwū-ze-lur-ree-a Helleborus he-le-bor-rus Lonicera lon-i-se-ra in growing native woody plants of Southern Heracleum hay-ra-klee-um Alberta. www.bowpointnursery.com ♦ Lupinus lu-peen-us Heuchera hoy-ka-ra Luzula luz-ew-la Hieracium hee-e-rah-kee-um Lysimachia li-si-măk-ee-a Hippuris hi-pewr-ris Lythrum lith-rum Tongue-tied, from page 13 (right) Holboellia hol-burl-ee-a (as in Arabis Charters, Michael L. N.D. California Plant Names: References: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations, holboellii) A Dictionary of Botanical and Biographical Hordeum hor-dee-um Coombes, Allen J. 1985. Dictionary of Plant Etymology. Webpage: Calfora. URL: http:// Names: Botanical Names and Their Common www.calfora.net/botanicalnames/ ♦ I Name Equivalents. Timber Press, Portland, Impatiens im-păt-ee-enz Oregon. Iris ee-ris See Tongue-tied, page 13 (left) www.anpc.ab.ca 13 Iris ♦ The Alberta Native Plant Council Newsletter ♦ No. 76 March 2015

E-fora Rationale, from page 9 University of Athabasca Herbarium News and Events http://digiport.athabascau.ca/herbarium/ University of Lethbridge Herbarium Botany Alberta 2015 Rare Plant Study Groups http://digitallibrary.uleth.ca/cdm Last year’s attendees identifed the There are four rare plant ecology study /landingpage/collection/herbarium Porcupine Hills of SW Alberta as an ideal groups associated with ANPC. Three meet UWisconsin Robert W. Freckmann location for Botany AB 2015. Is this a throughout the year, indoors through the Herbarium region that you’d like to visit with other fall and winter and outdoors through the http://wisplants.uwsp.edu plant geeks? Or do you have a natural area spring and summer. Beginning in October to suggest for Botany AB’s 2015 weekend? or November and running through until Some public-friendly information on April, the following groups generally meet Alberta vegetation and species can be If you’d like to be involved in Botany AB monthly. Group participants nurture their obtained from: at Porcupine Hills or have another great interest in and expand their knowledge of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki suggestion, please email [email protected] Alberta’s native plants and communities /Category:Flora_of_Alberta with BOTANY AB in the subject line. and local ecology. Please contact but none of the references given for these Ideally, the area will have a group facilitators for details and to confrm “55 pages” of information are of Alberta campground and enough interesting attendance. literature. Can anyone enlighten me? vegetation to occupy two days of feld For the Alberta Conservation Information activities. Central Alberta Rare Plant Study Management Systems (ACIMS) list of Group (Edmonton) species, Google ACIMS Alberta, go to Project Outreach display booth Location: University of Alberta Herbarium, Tracking & Watch Lists, go to List of volunteers needed B-613 (botany wing), Biological Sciences All Elements and also List of Tracked If you like meeting people and talking Building (east end), Saskatchewan Drive, and Watched Elements, etc. Note that plant talk, you may be interested in Edmonton. Date: Last Wednesday of the this list follows NatureServe taxonomy attending events representing ANPC at month; October to April inclusive. Time: and nomenclature, not consistent with a booth display in your local area. We 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Facilitator: Varina Crisfeld Canadensys-Vascan. ♦ are developing a list of interested ANPC ([email protected]). members to call on as display booth Puzzling Pairs, from page 11 volunteers. For more information, please Southern Alberta Rare Plant Study contact Jacqueline at mjredburn@hotmail. Group (Calgary) Lancaster, Jane. November 2013 pers. comm. com. Location: University of Calgary Herbarium, Kestrel Research, Cochrane AB. Biological Sciences Basement. Date:

Moss. E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta, Second First Saturday of the month; October to Edition Revised by John G. Packer. University April inclusive. Time: noon to 4:00 p.m. of Toronto Press. Iris is published three times a year by ANPC. Facilitator: Heide Blakely (enzian44@shaw. The Council aims to increase knowledge ca). NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe Canada. of Alberta’s wild fora and to preserve this diverse resource for the enjoyment of Available at: www.natureserve-canada.ca. present and future generations. Medicine Hat Rare Plant Study Group Kohli, B. and John G. Packer. 1975. A If you have an announcement, article or Location: Medicine Hat College Herbarium Contribution to the Taxonomy of the other item, you are invited to submit it to Potentilla pensylvanica complex in North the editor for publication. Items concerning (L155). Date: Third Saturday of the month America. Can. J. Bot. 54: 706-719. native plants will be given highest priority. (except February) from noon to 3:00 p.m. Facilitator: Cathy Linowski (clinowski@ Scoggan, Homer J. 1978. The Flora of Canada: The editors reserve the right to edit memlane.com). submissions, but will review changes with Volumes 1-4. National Museums of Canada. the authors whenever possible. Disputes will be resolved in favour of the audience. Northern Plant and Ecology Study The Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Group (NPESG) Flora of the Great Plains. Edited by Ronald Copyright remains with the authors except L. McGregor and T. M. Barkley. 1st Edition. where noted. Permission to reprint is This is a feld-based study group, active University Press of Kansas. ♦ generally granted, but please contact the through the growing season and into early editors for details. autumn. Contact Marsha Hayward for more information ([email protected]). Herbarium, from page 12 Submission deadline for the next issue: October 1, 2015 2. http://www.pnwherbaria.org/ 3. http://data.canadensys.net/explorer/en A subscription to Iris is included with /search membership in the ANPC. To join, contact the secretary, or check our website, www. 4. http://www.gbif.org/ anpc.ab.ca. 5. https://www.uleth.ca/dspace/handle /10133/3376 ♦

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28th Workshop and Annual General Meeting Exploring the World of Non-vascular Plants

Saturday, April 11, 2015 Sundre Community Centre, Sundre, Alberta Please watch our ANPC website for the announcement of the speakers at this year’s workshop: www.anpc.ab.ca

PROGRAM TIMES: Check –in and Registraton: 8:00 am—8:30 am Everyone is invited to atend the AGM. Learn Workshop Presentatons: 8:30 am—4:15 pm about ANPC actvites. Consider a positon on the Annual General Meetng: 4:30 pm—6:00 pm Executve, or volunteer for commitee work. Banquet and Guest Speaker: 6:15 pm—9:15 pm

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