Sego Lily November 2011 34 (6) November 2011 (volume 34 number 6) Marcus E. Jones (1852-1934) By William H. King Marcus (Mark) Jones was born in Jefferson, Ohio in 1852 but Above: “The entrance to Zion”. later moved with his parents to a farm in Iowa. He graduated from what is Marcus Jones's wagon at Spring- now called Grinnell College in Iowa in 1875 where he subsequently taught dale, probably May 14, 1894. Note: Latin and botany for four years and got his Masters degree. During the sum- all of the Jones photos in the elec- mers, he collected plant specimens from Iowa, Colorado, and in 1879, from tronic version of this issue can be Utah. He sent many of these specimens to Asa Gray at Harvard or George magnified up to four times using Engelmann in Missouri for determination. Duplicate sets were sold around the typical pdf viewers. world. On February 18, 1880, he married Anna [continued on page 4] Copyright 2011 Utah Native Plant Society. All Rights Reserved. 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Jones (1852-1934) . 1, 4 record for the viney and sticky Chapter News . 2 Spreading four –o’ clock (Mirabilis Bulletin Board . 3 oxybaphoides) in full flower. Two Through the Lens of Marcus Jones 5 records in one afternoon—not a bad Utah Plant Species Named by day’s fun. - W. Fertig Marcus E. Jones . 10 Jonesiana: Utah Species Named By and For Marcus E. Jones . 11 The Legacy of Kimball Harper . 14 A Tribute to Kimball Harper . 15 Chapter News Escalante: The chapter’s annual holi- aeology. Among the highlights of day party will be the second week of the trip was finding wild hops December at the Slot Canyons Inn. (Humulus lupulus var. neomexi- For more information, contact Robert canus) draping juniper and cotton- (826-4297). woods at the head of a small side canyon (photo at right). This is ap- Manzanita (Kane County): For our parently the first record of hops September outing, an intrepid band of growing wild in Kane County. After members hiked Kanab Creek Canyon thrashing through the brush (and at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary avoiding some poison ivy), we to explore fall wildflowers and arch- reached an alcove with rock art and 2 Sego Lily November 2011 34 (6) Bulletin Board UNPS Annual Meeting, 5 November 2011: The Salt Lake Chapter will be hosting the annual Utah Native Plant Society members meeting and potluck on Saturday, November 5 at Red Butte Garden from 1-5 PM. Past Society Presi- dent Bill Gray will address the group about his project to catalogue and relocate photo points in Utah and the southwest taken by pioneer botanist and noted curmudgeon Marcus E. Jones. Dr. Gray’s work has been funded, in part, through a small grant from UNPS. The meeting will also include the election of new society officers and board members and is an excellent opportunity to socialize with kindred native plant lovers. 2012 Rare plant meeting: Red Butte Garden and the Utah Native Plant Society will again be sponsoring the annual rare plant meeting, planned for March 6 at Red Butte Garden. Look for more information on submitting abstracts or en- rolling in the January Sego Lily. Revised Utah BLM Sensitive Plant List: In April, the BLM Utah State Office issued an updated Sensitive Plant Species List for Utah containing 109 species. This new list supersedes the previous state Sensitive list, issued in August 2002. The 2011 list contains 29 species that were not on the 2002 roster, including several that were formerly listed or candidates for listing under the US Endangered Species Act (such as Astragalus equisolensis, Erigeron maguirei, Penste- mon grahamii, and P. scariosus var. albifluvis) and others that are either new to science (Camissonia bolanderi and Frasera ackermaniae), or had been thought to be less threatened in the past. Another 19 species formerly listed as BLM Sensitive have been dropped from the 2011 list, including Aquilegia loriae, Astragalus uncialis, Iris pariensis, Lomatium graveolens var. clarkii, and Penstemon ammophilus. Species that are already listed as Threatened or Endangered under the US En- dangered Species Act are not included on the BLM Sensitive list. The 2011 and 2002 lists are both posted on the UNPS webpage (Rare Plants tab) for reference. To qualify for Sensitive status, a species must be native to the state, found on BLM-managed lands, is undergoing or predicted to undergo a significant decline placing it at risk of extirpation, or is de- pendent on specialized or unique habitats on BLM lands that are threatened with alteration. Salt Lake Chapter: Our September digitize a collection of his glass evening-primrose (Oenothera del- meeting was the annual ‘UFO night’, slides and negatives at Rancho toides) in late fruit (showing the “bird which was highly successful. Four- Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Cali- cage” of coiled fruiting capsules). teen members had submitted about fornia. At our November meeting, I Although photographed by Bill King 60 photos of Unknown Flowering will talk about this aspect of Jones’s in southern Nevada, this species is Objects from their travels around the work, and compare some of the old also found in the desert areas of SW state, and we had a great time figur- photos with contemporary shots of Utah and is one of the earlier flower- ing out what they were. As always, the same places. The meeting will ing species in the spring. This there were some wonderful pictures be held on Saturday, November 8th month’s UFO (below) is a 5 foot tall, of highly unusual, common but beau- at Red Butte Garden from 1-5 PM. fall-flowering herb from the Shivwits tiful, and downright puzzling plants. In December, our meeting will be Indian Reservation outside of St. In October, Bill King gave the first at the regular time and place: 7 PM, George. Any guesses? installment of a two part set on the Wednesday, December 7th at REI. great botanical explorer Marcus E. Richard Jonas has provided great Jones, who botanized Utah and other photos for our UFO night for many western states for over four decades years. On this occasion he has the from 1880. He amassed a huge num- floor to himself as he introduces us ber of specimens, naming hundreds to some of his favorite “Utah Wild- of new species and varieties. In addi- flower Hotspots” - places he visits tion to botany he was a geologist, regularly to track down their spe- mining engineer and general cial plants. He will also talk about ‘promoter’. Bill painted a picture of a how he gets such wonderful pic- very complex man who was dedi- tures using a relatively simple cam- cated to his goals, but opinionated era setup. - Bill Gray and difficult to get along with. Of course the same was true of a number Get Well Soon: Best wishes to of other scientist-explorers of the late UNPS stalwart and cactophile Dorde 19th Century as well. Woodruff, currently recuperating from a nasty spill. Jones photographed extensively on his travels, and left a large archive of Unidentified Flowering Object: old photos. I have been working to The September UFO was a bird cage 3 Utah Native Plant Society Marcus E.