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Volume 18 Number 2, March 2010 March 2010 Volume 18 Number 2 California Native Plant Society Marin Chapter Newsletter Tiburon Mariposa Lily (Calochortus tiburonensis) Marin Chapter established 1973 Monday, March 8, Marin Chapter Meeting Gordon Frankie is Professor of Insect Biology in the (Rescheduled from October, 2009) College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in entomology from UC Berkeley in “Native Bees are a Rich Natural Resource in 1968. His research interests are in plant reproductive Urban California Gardens” by guest speaker biology, pollination ecology, and solitary-bee ecology. His field research time is split between California and Gordon Frankie the seasonally dry tropical forests of Costa Rica. He Evidence is mounting that pollinators of crop and teaches several lecture and field courses in applied wildland plants are declining worldwide. A research conservation biology and environmental problem group at UC Berkeley and UC Davis led by Dr. solving at UC Berkeley. Gordon Frankie conducted a three-year survey of bee pollinators in seven cities from Northern California to Southern California. Results indicate that many types of urban residential gardens provide floral and nesting resources for the reproduction and survival of bees, especially a diversity of native bees. Habitat gardening for bees, using targeted ornamental plants, can predictably increase bee diversity and abundance, and provide clear pollination benefits. Above: Eucera lunata by Rollin Coville Dr. Frankie is currently working on a new book on urban bees and their host flowers in California with three other colleagues. The book will be published by UC Press in the Natural History Field Guide Series, with a hopeful publication date of early 2011. March meeting: 5:45 p.m. Join friends and meet our speaker for a no-host dinner at Gira Polli of Mill Valley, 590 East Blithedale Ave. at Camino Alto. Please be prompt to be assured of a seat with our group. 7:30 p.m. Meet at the Redwoods retirement home, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. Books, posters, cards, and native plants will be for sale before as well as after the meeting. Lecture starts at 8 p.m. Above: Dr. Gordon Frankie by Stephen Spiker CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thursday, April 8, 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Stinson Beach area (Stebbinoseris decipiens, local rari- ` Monday 3/1, 7:30 p.m. ties). Meet at the Stinson Beach parking lot. Marin Chapter Board Meeting at Marin Recycling Thursday, April 15, 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. ` Sunday 3/7, 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. MCOSD Field Trip: Tiburon Peninsula Wildflower Hike Nicasio Ridge (Castilleja affinis ssp. neglecta, Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. pulchellus, Fritillaria ` Monday 3/8, 7:30–9:30 p.m. liliacea). Meet at the beginning of Laurel Canyon Rd. Marin Chapter Meeting: Gordon Frankie on “Native off Point Reyes-Petaluma Rd. Bees are a Rich Natural Resource in Urban California Gardens” Thursday, April 29, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m. ` Sunday 3/14, 10 a.m. Four Corners (Calochortus umbellatus, local rarities). Chapter Field Trip: Lower Steep Ravine and Rocky Pt. Meet at the “Four Corners” intersection of Panoramic Hwy. and the road down to Muir Woods. ` Wednesday 3/17, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Thursday, May 6, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m. MCOSD Field Trip: Baltimore Canyon Open Space Tennessee Valley (Cirsium andrewsii, local rarities). ` Wednesday 3/24, 10 a.m. Meet at the Tennessee Valley parking lot. Chapter Field Trip: Rock Spring Orchid Hunt, and More ` Thursday 3/25, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. OTHER PLANT MONITORING MCOSD Field Trip: Coast Trail to Rodeo Lagoon Thursday, March 11 ` Wednesday 3/31, 9:30 a.m. Doreen Smith is taking a group from Toronto out to see Chapter Field Trip: Cascade Canyon to the “Well” Crataegus suksdorfii in Tomales as a “locally rare plant monitoring” trip. Up to three people can join; contact ` Monday 4/5, 7:30 p.m. Doreen in advance at (415) 479 7888 or [email protected]. Marin Chapter Board Meeting at Marin Recycling ` ` ` ` Saturday 4/10, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Marin Chapter Plant Sale FOURTH ANNUAL MARIN ECO- ` Monday 4/12, 7:30–9:30 p.m. FRIENDLY GARDEN TOUR— Marin Chapter Meeting: Aaron Schusteff on “A GARDENS WANTED! Sampling of the High Country Flora of the Sequoia/ Kings Canyon Area” Saturday, May 15, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. ` ` ` Gardens wanted with one or more of the following features: GGNRA RARE PLANT MONITORING • Native, drought-tolerant, fire-resistant or Rare plant monitoring volunteer programs in the deer-resistant plants Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Help • Creek running through the property gather crucial data on rare plant populations in the • Rainwater catchment system GGNRA while enjoying some of the most spectacular • Habitat for wildlife areas of the park. Monitoring sessions are limited to • Erosion control measures 20 participants, so please RSVP at least two days in advance by calling (415) 561-2857 or sending an email • Hillside terracing to [email protected]. • Permeable surfaces Wednesday, March 3, 1–4 p.m. • Other interesting features—for example, bee hives, ponds, living roofs Marin Headlands/Slacker Ridge (Arabis blepharophylla, Erysimum franciscanum, local rarities). Meet at the Help others see what Bay-friendly features look like Marin Headlands Visitor Center. by putting your garden on tour! Gardens of all sizes needed. Only requirement: You or your landscape pro- Friday, March 12, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. fessional be available to talk with people as they tour Marin Headlands/Gerbode Valley (same species as your garden! March 3). Meet at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center. For more Information: Wednesday, March 17, 1–4 p.m. • Novato gardens—contact Gina at (415) 499-3202 or [email protected]. Marin Headlands (species and survey location TBA). Meet at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center. • Southern & Central Marin gardens—contact Elena at (415) 945-1164 or [email protected]. 2 CNPS Ma r i N Ch a P t e r Ne w S l e t t e r • Vo l . 18 No. 2 • Ma r C h 2010 2010 SAN FRANCISCO FLOWER & PLANT OF THE MONTH GARDEN SHOW Text and photo by Doreen Smith CNPS will again have a booth at the annual San The Zigadenes of this area begin to flower this Francisco Flower & Garden Show, which is now held month. The earliest species are of the Zigadenus at the San Mateo Event Center. This has been the Bay fremontii group, now likely to be put in a new family, Area’s premier garden event for 25 years. There are Melanthiaceae, and called Toxicoscordion fremontii! The garden displays, seminars, children’s activities, and following forms are all lumped into the same species. of course, many educational and sales booths. It is a On the south-facing slopes of Mt. Burdell, there is a fine prime opportunity to tell the gardening public about population of large-flowered plants with yellow anthers. CNPS—highlighting our activities and our vision. This same form is present in the Marin Headlands Our beautiful booth last year was a great success! along the Bobcat trail and on Ring Mountain. Over the five-day event, volunteers from five Bay Area Chapters (Yerba Buena–SF, Marin, Willis Jepson– Solano, East Bay, and Santa Clara Valley) informed thousands of people about CNPS. Using the many plants in our display, we explained the benefits of planting local natives, signed up many new members, and had lots of fun! We plan to do it again! This year’s show will be held March 24–28 (Wednesday–Saturday: 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Sunday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.) The San Mateo Event Center is located at 2495 South Delaware St., San Mateo. There are several public transportation options. We will need people to help design, set up, and break down the booth, as well as volunteers to staff the booth in two-hour shifts. Working a shift includes access to the entire show for the whole day! Enthusiastic new members and Jepson-carrying veter- ans are equally encouraged to participate! For show info: http://www.gardenshow.com. To volun- teer, contact Ellen Edelson at [email protected] or (415) 531-2140. ` ` ` Above: Zigadene (Toxicoscordion fremontii) ANNUAL MARIN CHAPTER PLANT SALE On the immediate coast is a dwarf strain that can be seen on the headlands above Drakes Estero, east of the The Marin Chapter’s Annual Plant Sale will take place visitor center, near Marconi, and at Oceana Marin, near this year on Saturday, April 10 between 9 a.m. and Dillon Beach. This is the one pictured above. 1 p.m. at the Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd., Tiburon. If you have any special The most common form in Marin is a tall variety with plant requests, are growing plants that will be of sale- branching inflorescences and white anthers that’s most able size and quality by the sale date, or would be able usually seen in chaparral openings, especially after fires. to volunteer to help out on the sale day, please contact Also in serpentine chaparral, such as on the Carson Kristin Jakob at [email protected] or Renee Ridge, there is a small-flowered, unbranched form. Fittinghoff at [email protected]. Occasionally a form can be seen in the upper edge of the Pickleweed zone of salt marshes, for example, off ` ` ` the trail on the north side of Turtleback Hill in China CHAPTER NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE Camp State Park. Zigadenus micranthus var. fontanus (to be renamed ONLINE! Toxicoscordion fontanum), is much later to flower (May) You can find a color PDF edition of this newsletter on the and usually is associated with seasonally-wet serpentine Marin chapter website by visiting www.marin.edu/cnps/ habitats, for example the seeps below Old St.
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