Bulletin of the Native Society of Dedicated to the enjoyment, conservation and study of Oregon’s native and habitats Volume 44, No. 6 July 2011 leachiana: Survival in a land of extremes Michael Kauffmann This article was originally posted on the author’s blog (July 2010). For more on travels in conifer country, visit his website at www. conifercountry.com. All photographs for this article have been provided by the author. on her knees and exclaimed “I have never seen anything like it before! Isn’t it beautiful? I believe it is new.” Her first impressions of the plant led her to conclude it might be a new form of pale laurel ( polifolia). The col- lection was first sent to LF Henderson, who worked on it for some time and tried to put in the . However, the plant was also sent to Al- fred Rehder of the Arnold Arboretum who placed it in a new genus Kalmiop- sis due to its resemblance of members in the genus Kalmia—the greek root “-opsis” meaning “seeing, like, sight, appearance”. The specific epithet lea- chiana was aptly named after Lilla and John Leach. The two spent the fol- In a land of rain, porous soils and summer heat make fire a common occurrence. Kalmiop- lowing years searching for other loca- sis leachiana flourishes eight years after the Biscuit Fire of 2002. tions throughout the rugged Siskiyou ith the end of my middle school family and get to know where they Mountains where the plant might be. Wteaching responsibilities in grew and what they knew or could Ultimately, a total of 20 individual lo- site, my calcifuge tendencies had me share. Though I have been planning cals have been identified—all of which running to the hills. Ever since our to visit the Kalmiopsis for many years, continued on page 5 winter trip to Hawaii in 2009 I have I had failed to yet make the trek into been pondering the fam- this remote country. With snow linger- ily, gaining a new found love for this ing this spring, keeping me from my diverse group of plants. I also knew typical high Siskiyou destinations, the In This Issue that they, like me, had a propensity time was right for Oregon’s second to ‘flee from chalk’ so to speak. Eri- largest wilderness. The lower elevation Conifer Country: A natural caceous plants generally prefer, if not wilderness is so named after a rel- history and hiking guide..... 2 acidic soil, a harsh medium on which ict plant Lilla and John Leach discov- to grow. Could this familial disposi- ered here in 1930. NPSO Calendar...... 3 tion—to thrive in the presence of harsh Eighty years ago to the month NPSO Contacts...... 9 soil—be due to the extant members these Oregon botanists were walking of this tribe having evolved from a in the mountains west of Cave Junc- Friends of OFP...... 10 common ancestor? I thought I must tion when Lilla hesitated while gazing visit one of the oldest members of the at a red patch of , she got down

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2 NPSO Bulletin NPSO Calendar hike from the camp ground through Party. We will be weeding and mulch- Blue Mountain the Noble Fir along meadow edge trail ing at the Native Plant Avery House For information on Blue ­Mountain and up to the rock garden. Meet at the Garden so bring gloves, a trowel and Chapter call Jerry Baker,541-566-2244. OSU parking lot SW of the Beanery water. Information: Esther McEvoy at At the moment, Blue Mountain chapter coffee shop, on 26th and Monroe, for 541-754-0893. is still dormant, but we hope to start car pooling. We will return mid to late chapter activities in the Fall. For addi- afternoon. Bring a lunch, water, good tional information, contact Jerry Baker walking shoes and raingear (maybe Emerald at 541-566-2244. not in July?). Information: Esther at Visit the Emerald Chapter Web site at 541-754-0893. http://emerald.npsoregon.org to learn more about the latest chapter events, plant Cheahmill August 14 and September 11, Sun- lists and botanical information about For more information, visit the chapter day, 1-3 pm Lane County plants and the people who Web site, www.oregon-nativeplants.com. Work Event: Avery House Work love them. To be added to the e-mail list for upcom- ing programs and events, please contact July 23, Saturday, 8 am-4 pm [email protected]. IMPORTANT NOTE TO Field Trip: Upper Elk Meadows. FIELD TRIP Alan B. Curtis leads a tour to upper PARTICIPANTS Elk Meadows southeast of Cottage Corvallis Field trips take place rain or Grove. The site is 30 miles from Cot- For questions, information on upcoming shine, so proper dress and tage Grove on paved roads. Elevation events, or to be on the Corvallis chap- footwear are ­essential. BRING of the meadow is 4,000 feet. Over 200 ter e-mail list, contact Esther McEvoy WATER AND LUNCH. Trips may species of vascular plants have been at [email protected] or be strenuous and/or hazardous. identified here. Of special interest is 541-754-0893. Participation is at your own risk. Frasera umpquaensis at its most north- erly known location. Surrounding the July 9, Saturday, 8 am Be prepared to sign a release form indicating this. For a sample meadow is an old-growth forest of Abies Hike: Iron Mountain. Spectacular copy check out the NPSO website. amabilis, Abies grandis, and Pseudotsuga wildflowers with over 200 species of Please contact the trip leader or menziesii. We will walk about 1.5 miles vascular plants recorded along this bo- chapter representative about dif- through moist meadow. There is no tanically rich trail west of Santiam Pass. ficulty, distance, and terrain to trail. Wear boots and bring lunch and The all-day hike will be approximately be expected on field trips. Dogs water. Location: Meet at South Eugene 5 miles through moderately difficult are not allowed. All NPSO field High School at 8 am. Information: terrain with plenty of stops to identify trips are open to the public at no Alan at 541-345-2571. plants. Bring good boots, lunch, and charge (other than contribution July 31, Sunday, 8 am water. Meet at the OSU parking lot SW to carpool driver) and newcomers of The Beanery coffee shop, 26th and and visitors are always welcome. Field Trip: Balm Mountain. Come Monroe, Corvallis. Information: Dan National Forests require a North- explore this rarely visited high point of Luoma at 541-752-8860. west Forest Pass for some field the Calapooya Mountains. There are trip locations. Permits can be ac- terrific plants, great views, and amazing July 16, Saturday, 9 am quired at forest headquarters and rock formations along a mostly open Field Trip: Coast hike to search for ranger districts. ridge. For the adventurous only: be pre- Sidalcea hendersonii and Sidalcea pared for some bushwhacking as there hirtipes. Join Melanie Gisler on a NOTICE TO FIELD TRIP is only a faint remnant of a trail. About full day of adventures at the coast. CHAIRS AND LEADERS 4 miles round trip. For photos and Meet at the OSU parking lot SW of The Forest Service and other more info about the area, go to http:// the Beanery coffee shop, on 26th and agencies have set policies limit- westerncascades.com/sites/douglas- Monroe. Bring a lunch, rain gear and ing group size in many wilderness county/balm-mountain. Meet at South walking shoes. Information: Esther at areas to 12. The reason is to limit Eugene High School at 8am or at the 541-754-0893. human impacts on these fragile Lowell Covered Bridge at 8:30 am. Registration required: contact Tanya July 23, Saturday, 9 am areas. Groups using wilderness areas should be no larger than 12. Harvey at 541-937-1401 or tanya@ Field Trip: Marys Peak with Phil westerncascades.com. Hays and Esther McEvoy. We will

July 2011 3 August 5, Friday, 8:30 am-4 pm reminders and last-minute information to produce a unique environment for Field Trip: Blair Lake. This easy such as field trip cancellations. To be plants. Easy-to-moderate 2 mi round hike is co-hosted by the Middle Fork added to the list, please send your e-mail trip hike, with 600-ft elevation gain. Ranger District (MFRD) of the Wil- address to Kristi Mergenthaler at coproli- Meet behind the Oil Stop on Ashland lamette National Forest. We’ll explore [email protected]. St., just west of the BiMart/Shop ‘n Kart parking lot in Ashland, about 1/4 this beautiful lake and wet meadow to July 4, Monday, 10 am-4 pm look for flowers and butterflies. Meet mi west of I-5, exit 14. Information: at MFRD in Westfir at 9 am or Lowell July 4th Wildflower Show! Siskiyou Kristi Mergenthaler at coprolitemer- Covered Bridge at 8:30 am. Registra- Chapter’s annual wildflower show will [email protected]. tion required: call MFRD front desk at occur as usual on the Fourth of July, 541-782-2283 or e-mail leader Molly as our contribution to the holiday cel- Juillerat at [email protected]. ebration in Ashland. Come and see the Umpqua Valley amazing variety of native flowers that Visit www.umpquavalley.npsoregon.org can be found in bloom near Ashland in for more information on chapter High Desert early July. Location: Community Cen- activities. ter at 59 Winburn Way in Lithia Park The High Desert chapter is inactive at July 10, Saturday, 7 am this time. If you are interested in par- adjacent to downtown Ashland. Field Trip: Iron Mountain. Enjoy one ticipating in organizing chapter events, July 16, Saturday, 9 am please contact [email protected]. of the best summer wildflower hikes in Field Trip: Midsummer on Grizzly Oregon. Iron Mountain has over 300 Peak. Walk between walls of Tower different species of flowers amid stands Klamath Basin Larkspur and Monkshood to the top of of trees and meadows. John Savage will Grizzly Peak, and then check out the For information on the Klamath Basin lead the all-day hike over a seven-mile summer bloom along the loop trail. loop with elevation gain. Bring food Chapter, contact Sarah Malaby at 541- Distance: 5 mi; elevation gain: 1,350 ft. 884-5703 or [email protected]. and water. Free and open to the public. Meet behind the Oil Stop on Ashland For information and to register call St, just west of the BiMart/ Shop ‘n 503-399-8615 after 7 pm. Kart parking lot in Ashland, about 1/4 Mid-Columbia mi west of I-5, exit 14. Information: For information on the Mid-Columbia Alex Maksymowicz at 541-482-1964. Willamette Valley Chapter, contact Sara Wu at wusara96@ For program information, contact John yahoo.com. July 23, Saturday, 4 pm Savage at 503-399-8615 or Alexandra The Mid-Columbia Chapter will not Field Trip: Lee Webb’s Traditional Ninneman at 503-391-4145. have formal meetings in July and Au- Evening Mt Elijah and Bigelow Lakes gust. Watch your e-mail for announce- Hike! Lee will show us ideal places for July 10, Saturday, 7 am ments of field trips. If you would like botanizing and long-eared owl and bat Field Trip: Iron Mountain. Enjoy one to lead a trip, please contact Sara Wu, watching. Bring dinner, warm clothes, of the best summer wildflower hikes in [email protected] or Dell Rhodes, flashlight and sturdy hiking boots. A Oregon. Iron Mountain has over 300 [email protected]. good way to escape the valley heat- even different species of flowers amid stands if it is 105° in the valley, it will be nice of trees and meadows. John Savage will on the mountain. Meet at 4 pm at the lead the all-day hike over a seven-mile North Coast Illinois Valley Visitor Center, Cave loop with elevation gain. Bring food For information on the North Junction (1/2 block from HWY 199 on and water. Free and open to the public. Coast Chapter call Janet Stahl at HWY 46); return by midnight. Infor- For information and to register call 503-842-8708. mation: Lee, 541-479-6859. 503-399-8615 after 7 pm. July 30, Saturday, 8 am Portland Field Trip: Kangaroo Lake Botanical William Cusick Area (Siskiyou Co., California) with If you would like to receive the chapter’s Visit our Web site at http://williamcusick. semi-official e-mail newsletter,The Calo- Alex Maksymowicz. Located in the Eddy Mountains west of Mt. Shasta, npsoregon.org or contact Laurie Allen at chortus, e-mail Don Jacobson at donj- 541-805-0499 for updates and general [email protected]. the Kangaroo Lake area contains a diverse and interesting flora in a small information. area with unique dry and wet habitats, o Siskiyou including a Darlingtonia fen. Glacia- The Siskiyou chapter e-mails meeting tion, rock and soil types, high elevation (6500 ft), and water have combined

4 NPSO Bulletin , continued from page 1 of eastern China, and the Klamath Johnson Butte trail, the Mountains. Today, the Klamath Moun- is cut from serpentine origins and spills are protected within the Kalmiopsis tains still hold relicts from that time in toward the ocean, thousands of feet Wilderness. the form of Brewer spruce, California below. Where I stand is the chosen out- I chose a different corner of the , redwood, and one of the post—over millions of years—for one wilderness to explore for my first most restricted and rare plants in the of the oldest (if not the oldest) mem- trip than did Lilla and John. At the world—Kalmiopsis leachiana. The spe- bers of the Ericaceae family. end of a long and winding drive cies that were able to find these refugia This landscape is not only sculpted from Brookings, Oregon the Vulcan and discover success over millennia of by precipitation and geological char- Lake trailhead materialized in the climatic changes, have an ancient stock acter but by fire as well. The greatest mist. Through light rain and heavy fog of genetic codes—a library with a re- fire in Oregon’s modern history swept my dog Skylar and I departed into the fined message. through the southwest corner of the unknown, following the Johnson Butte The Kalmiopsis Wilderness is a state in 2002. Named the Biscuit Fire, trail to Dry Butte and Salamander crossroads. Rainy season storms can it burned nearly 500,000 acres across Lake. This trail is along a rocky spine nourish the land with nearly 250cm a landscape that receives significant that is circumvented by the serpent- of precipitation each year but this rain rainfall but one which is also exposed like Chetco River—whose headwaters appears to have fallen in a virtual des- to extreme summer heat. The porous are filtered by the refined relict I was ert if one visits the in summer. Why is nature of the soil compounds the dry- searching for. The trail ultimately leads this? Because of the harsh soil derived ing and in the summer of 2002, after a hiker to the most extensive habitat from ancient ultramafic rocks—high a dry winter, the forest was ripe for this rare species has secured—once in iron and magnesium. These ophio- burn. The small amount of intact for- on the ridge near Dry Butte Kalmiop- lites are known locally as serpentine est which survived the burn—whether sis leachiana occurs over several square outcrops and the heavy metals they it was luck or slope or a combina- miles. contain are restrictive to plant growth. tion—is not composed of large and/ Upon entering this realm, it The rich soils of the coast foster the or old tree specimens. This evidence seemed I had traveled back in time. tallest trees in the world with 250cm suggests to me that frequent fire is a When the Tertiary forests dominated of rain but the harsh soils of the Klam- common and complex component the northern landmasses of Earth—be- ath Mountains foster diminutive spe- of this ecosystem—and has been ginning around 60 million years ago— cies with almost the same annual rain- for several thousand years. This di- gymnosperms were in decline and fall just inland and upslope. Serpentine versity is compounded by these harsh angiosperms were evolving rapidly. Vast is not only restrictive to plant growth it extremes—wet and dry, cold and hot, forests of magnolia, beech, chestnut, is also porous—so plants must be adept serpentines, fire or not. All of these elm, alder, birch, aspen, sequoia, and at water storage or retention to survive conditions create a proliferation of ginkgo shared a common canopy. As here. With heavy rain comes erosion microsites for deep time evolution—a the climate cooled these forests became and the Kalmiopsis Wilderness typifies refined and diverse genetic code is writ- restricted to regions where temperate the big shouldered canyons common ten here. conditions remained—places like the throughout the Klamath Mountains, Conifer saplings are flourishing, southern Appalachians, the mountains sculpted by downpours. Here, along are returning, and Kalmiopsis

The orographic effect defined—mountains in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness trap dense coastal air masses where west side meets east side.

July 2011 5 The striking cinnamon smelling Kalmiopsis leachiana . leachiana—which many feared may madrone (Arbutus menziesii) and salal primordial genetic code. My wife disappear due to the fire—may be (Gaultheria shallon)—where coastal taught me that Kalmiopsis leachiana ex- expanding its range. At a minimum meets mountains. The most confound- hibits numerous characteristics that it is burgeoning where fire occurred. ing message sent by this diversity is generalize the Ericaceae family. For Diverse plant growth is re-establishing that it exists because of, rather than in example, the are fused, it has a complex vegetation types that, to my spite of, the harsh conditions fostered woody stem, are leathery, simple, amateur botanist eyes, were often here—intuitively it would seem that and oval with entire margins, and they so complex as to be confusing. In and the extremes would inhibit diversity. thrive on harsh soils. Kalmiopsis has around the Salamander Lake/Dry Butte However, this is an ancient meeting surely shared these characteristics area I saw associations I had never seen ground. with other Ericaceous plants over before. For instance, Brewer spruce As the fog rolled in, I spent my time. We find many uses for it prog- (Picea breweriana) growing near Pacific last few moments in the wilderness eny, a heritage which includes food with my new favorite relict—enough sources (think blueberry pie!) and de- time for it to share itself and its land- lightful landscaping companions (think scape one last time before my return. ). Clearly, we are all I realized Kalmiopsis leachiana is a quite familiar with this family. In that keystone member of this dynamically way Kalmiopsis leachiana—a purveyor primal landscape and clearly of ancient and steward—is a part of us all. stock. It has shared—over millions of years of deep time evolution—its

After a fire, survival is achieved by only the Surviving on a lonely, rocky ridgeline high above the Chetco River is just fine with the an- hardiest conifers and angiosperms in the cient Kalmiopsis. Notice the pattern of burn across the landscape—caused by the Biscuit Fire in Kalmiopsis—a land of extremes. 2002. Fire has been a common occurrence here for thousands of years.

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