Darlingtonia Newsletter, Fall 2005 ~ North Coast Chapter, California Native Plant Society

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DarlingtoniaFALL-05

Newsletter of the North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society

Dedicated to the Preservation of California Native Flora

Among the several dozen coni-

fer species found in California

and in the Pacific Northwest aremany which have a distinctly

low profile in the eyes of natural-

ists, botanists, and even forest-ers. They have been the subject

of no great hue and cry raised in

their defense; no glossy coffee-

table books offer praise in por-traiture. Unlike the giant sequoia

and the coast redwood, the trees

Im thinking of have no dedi-cated parks and they appear on

few regional postcards. Early in

my lifetime of forest rambles, Icame to perceive western white

pine (Pinus monticola) as one of

these conifer species.

Western white pine occupies a

large range, living from southern

British Columbia and northernMontana southwestward through

the mountains of Washington,Oregon, and California. Yet it

commonly escapes the notice ofmany and it continues to do so.

There are several reasons for

this. The tree occurs chiefly atmiddle and higher elevations and

persists in greatest splendor only

within those forestlands whichhave been spared the saw; today,

most of these places lie dozens

of miles from major humanpopulation centers. With some

local exceptions, it seldom domi-

nates timber stands in which it is

found, instead occurring as widely

scattered single trees. Also, the tree

itself has an appearance that, at firstglance, is unremarkable. It usually

shows none of the wildly waving

attitude of mature sugar pines northe brute mass of older Douglas-firs,

both species with which it com-

monly lives. Finally, many fine old

specimens have succumbed to orhave been physically diminished by

white pine blister rust (Cronartium

rubicola), an introduced secondaryhost fungus which appeared in the

early part of the twentieth century in

the Lake States and ultimately sweptwestward to include the range of this

pine.

I became acquaintedwith western white pine

in 1978. As an apprentice

timber cruiser, I was in-troduced to this tree my

first day out on the Wind

River Ranger District ofthe Gifford Pinchot Na-

tional Forest. The cruiser

who trained me, DukeChambers, spared no part

of his huge knowledge of

trees, and we paused for a

long time at the firstwhite pine we encoun-

tered on a cruise plot. The

tree was about 36 inchesdbh and about 140 feet

tall: middling-large for

that country. I was struck

by its deep neutral-gray bark, bro-ken into tightly defined polygonal

scales divided by swollen ridges.

Free of limbs for the first fifty orsixty feet, the column of the trunk

described a distinctive dinosaur-

or elephant-leg look. Althoughthe tree was certainly big and tall,

it nevertheless seemed to occupy

comparatively little canopy space,its thin, short limbs extending pale

green tufts of needles in well-

spaced whorls only to a distance of

ten or twenty feet from the trunk.As if to finally distance itself from

this conservatism of gesture, the

top fifteen or twenty feet of thepine was an unkempt, writhing

brush of longer limbs, reaching

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Reflections on Western White Pine


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MONTHLY

MEETINGS &

PRESENTATIONS

The North Coast Chapter ofCNPS holds free Public Programs onthe second Wednesday of each month(September through May) at the Ar-cata Masonic Lodge, 351 Bayside Rd.,Arcata. Refreshments at 7:45 and pro-gram at 8:00 p.m. You dont have tobe a CNPS member to attend!

Wednesday October 12 2005

Join Pete Haggard for his talk entitled"Using Native Plants in the Garden toAttract Insects and Other Wildlife."This talk will inspire you to incorpo-rate a suite of natives into their fallplantings.

Wednesday, November 8th, 2005

Speaker: Jenny Moore

"Closer to the Sun ~ A Humboldtbotanist ventures to Ecuador" Joinlocal botanist and explorer JennyMoore as she presents photos andobservations on the extraordinaryflora of Ecuador.

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Chapter Field Trips

October 22, Saturday. HEART OF THE HEADWATERSDAYHIKE. Join BLM ecologist Greg Jennings for a 3-4 mile

hike through part of this famous forest to see ongoing restoration

work: a road decommissioning project, a stand of second growth

that's been thinned for more rapid succession, and, of course,some genuine old growth redwood. The trail is steep and rugged

in some places. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at Pacific Union School (3001

Janes Rd., Arcata) or 9:00 a.m. at the MacDonald's end of theBayshore Mall parking lot. Bring water and lunch and dress for

the weather. We'll return late afternoon. Call Carol Ralph 822-

2015 or Greg Jennings 668-1775.

October 29, Saturday. SOUTH FORK TRAIL. Join a hike or-ganized by the California Wilderness Coalition along the South

Fork Trinity River (west of Willow Creek) to familiarize us with

the Underwood Proposed Wilderness. The spring flowers thatusually bring us to this great trail won't be there, but the trees and

shrubs will be, and who knows what else. The trail is well

graded, 4 miles each way if you go to the river, but you don'thave to go all the way. Bring lunch and water; dress for the

weather. Meet at 8:00 a.m.at the Northcoast Environmental Cen-ter (575 H St., Arcata) We'll return before dinner. Please phoneLinda 445-8290 to say you are coming.

November 20, Sunday. MAD RIVER BUTTES. Another hike

with the California Wilderness Coalition, this one to the MadRiver Buttes Proposed Wilderness, on the Bug Creek Trail.

Bring lunch and water; dress for the weather. Meet at 7:30 a.m.

at the Northcoast Environmental Center (575 H St., Arcata).

Phone Eric 677-9524 for details.

PS. Watch the calendar on the chapter web site

(www.northcoastcnps.org) for possible other outings. We hope

to see you in the great outdoors!


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OOOTHERTHERTHER EEEVENTSVENTSVENTS

Field Programs from the Siskiyou

Field Institute

The Siskiyou Field Institute offers fun andengaging field programs for people aged 6-

80, and our 2005 programs are well under-

way! Join SFI's cadre of dedicated natural-ists in exploring the natural features of the

Klamath-Siskiyou region.

Some of the exciting classes the Siskiyou

Field Institute is offering through the fall

and winter include:

Wild Salmon Weekend: a great combina-tion of fine lodging at the Oregon

Caves Chateau and active exploring withthe region's experts October 22-24

with Rich Nawa and Tony Kerwin

Fall Fruiters: Learn about the diverse spe-

cies of Siskiyou fungi, November

11-14 with Ron Hamill and Eric McEwen

Winter Ecology: a snowshoeing foray on

Mount Ashland, February 17-18, 2006with Kristi Mergenthaler

For details contact Amy Schell at (541)

592-3777

2006 IS AROUND THE CORNER

The Spring Wildflower Show will be

May 5-7 at the Manila Community Center. If

you are not already on our lists to help collect,

identify, set up, lead classes, clean up, etc., con-tact us, so you can be part of this fun event.

The CNPS-Redwood Audubon Society

Wildlife and Native Plant

is on track for 2006, with Jennifer Tompkins and

Frances Madrone at the helm. The date for the

tour is yet to be decided; it will probably be in

July. If you would like to nominate a garden,

want to help, or have questions, call Jennifer

(443-6959).


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MOUNTAIN MEADOW ARTby Carol Ralph

Serving the need to sit, study, admire, and

record with pencil or paint strokes some of the bo-

tanical jewels we otherwise might simply check on

our lists, this trip divided the day into a sedentarymorning of shared coaching, drawing, and quiet

concentration followed by an afternoon of further

exploration. Led by local artist Rick Tolle, theamateurs among the group agreed the art exercise

was valuable and enjoyable, and the experienced

artists found delightful subjects.As spring had been early and confused on

the coast, we really were unsure how it would be

on June 4, 2005, up at about 4,900 ft elevation atBuck Flat along Forest Service Rte 1 south of

Horse Mountain. We found it was early spring

and delightful. The snow had obviously just

melted off some parts of this dry meadow. In theshade of modest white firs and incense cedar yel-

low glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum), with

their unmottled leaves, were blooming, and stemsof fritillaries (Fritillaria) were lengthening. The

sunny, upper part of the meadow was carpeted

with short, green herbage, none of it grass, all of itflowers in action or waiting for their entrance later.

On slender, erect stalks, delicate yet dramatic,

pink, flowers of shooting stars (Dodecatheon

hendersonii) hovered above mounds of roundleaves. Clusters of pale pink milk maids

(Cardamine californica) topped thicker stalks with

cauline leaves and several, variable basal leaves.Low, tight, dark yellow heads of tuberous sanicle

(Sanicula tuberosa) mixed with its dark green,

deeply lobed, parsley-cilantro-scented leaves.

Green buttercups (Ranunculus) held up their shiny,yellow cups. A forest of 2-inch tall, dark green,

slender spears foretold an abundance of brodiaea

bloom.Though diminuitive, the violets were excit-

ing and varied. Deep yellow Shelton's violet

(Viola sheltonii), white-and-purple Hall's violet (V.hallii), and a yellow Viola puzzle were in the dry

meadow. Yellow stream violet (V. glabella) was

by the stream, and another white-and-purple vio-

let, maybe wedge-leaved (V. cuneata) was alongthe road at lower elevation. Equally diverse,

with 5 species, was the genusRibes, all bloom-

ing and inviting a proper study. We identifiedgummy gooseberry (R. lobbii) and red-flowering

currant (R. sanguineum).

A rocky knoll by the meadow featured a

few shorthorn steershead (Dicentra pauciflora),a relative of bleeding heart and a new treat for

some of us. A few pussy ears (Calochortus tol-

miei) had opened in the meadow, and a first tril-lium (Trillium ovatum) was open on the shady

slope above the creek at the south end of the

meadow. That is also where the rosettes ofmonument plant (Swertia radiata, formerly Fra-sera speciosa) invited me back to see their tall

flower spikes later in the season. I hope to takethem up on it. Maybe I'll even draw them!


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KANGAROO LAKE--NO 'ROOS,

BUT PLENTY OF FLORA!

by Jennie Hanson and Carol Ralph

On a hot but lovely Saturday, July 30,2005, ten North Coast Chapter members joined

twelve Shasta Chapter members for a days

botanizing at Kangaroo Lake, led by MarlaKnight, botanist with Klamath National Forest.

Located about two hours north of Weaverville,

off the Gazelle-Callahan Rd., Kangaroo Lake is a

recreation area with a handicapped-accessiblecampground at about 4000 feet elevation .

We spent the day exploring the Fen Trail,

along which Marla is marking points of interestfor an interpretive trail. She enlisted our botani-

cal power to help add to her plant list. The trail

climbs about 600 feet from the lake throughopen, dry, white fir and Jeffrey pine forest to a

ridge with a panoramic view of mountain peaks

with Kangaroo Lake far below. Our large groupwas strung out along the open, winding, gravelly

trail, with some people determined to get to the

summit for lunch, while others succumbed to the

need to consult Jepson.There were many botanical delights along

the way. In the first swath of green, sedgy,

grassy meadow along a small watercourse wepromptly stopped to admire the blue and blue-

violet of Scotch bluebells (Campanula rotundifo-

lia) and naked cats ear (Calochortus nudus) andthe glowing orange of leopard lily (Lilium par-dalinum) in full bloom. Though not as showy as

the rich colors of other families, the white-

flowered umbels of Gray's lovage (Ligusticum

grayii) contributed much to the festive air. Forsome of us a "botanical moment" was getting a

name for one of the spindly, small-flowered an-nuals of these mountains: Kelloggia galioides,

with opposite leaves and a tiny pink flower sit-

ting atop an inferior ovary that looks like a small,fuzzy bead. Some of us ignored the strong sun

on a rocky outcrop to puzzle out a small, dry-

ing fern which proved to be American parsley

fern (Cryptogramma arctostichoides) growing

in company with lace fern (Cheilanthes gracil-lima). Other mountain treats for us lowlanders

included patches of blue-pink owls clover

(Orthocarpus copelandii?), bright splashes ofmagenta mountain heather (Phyllodoce empet-

riformis), the charming, diminutive leaves of

mountain maple (Acer glabrum), and the twin,bright red berries of purple-flowered honey-

suckle (Lonicera conjugialis). At the end of

the botanizing day, we cooled our feet (andsome people, their bodies) in the clear water of

Kangaroo Lake before driving back to camp atScott Mt. It was a satisfying day--botanically

rich, scenic, summery, in good company in ourspecial Klamath Mountains.

Scott Mountain Campground was still

lovely this year, despite new campground signsand improved access. In the late afternoon

and early next morning we answered the call of

its prime feature, the wet,Darlingtoniameadow. We added lady's tresses (Spiranthessp.), just opening its first flowers, to the im-

pressive list of plants wed seen at the begin-ning of July last year. Also enjoying the Sun-

day morning sun was a huge rattlesnake bask-

ing on the green sward at the base of a lodge-

pole pine. Some of us had time for an explora-tory meander across the road and up the Pacific

Crest Trail into the botanical area. On a rocky

jumble decorated with clumps of bright yellowbuckwheat heads; clinging, pink-gray mats of

sedum rosettes; pink, upright brushes of sedum

stalks; gray tufts of rabbitbrush; and bonzai'ed

Jeffrey pine we found still blooming both ayellow paintbrush and large clumps of pink

and white owl's clover. Abundant, dry wisps

on gravelly slopes and sturdier dry stems withseed pods in a damp area were evidence of ex-

citing blooms earlier in the season. We defi-

nitely need another, earlier visit!


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upward and out as if to proclaim, This is it, I

have grown to my limit; witness my stoutheart.

Duke pointed out how the grading of whitepine differed in novel ways from that of the

routine Douglas-firs and western hemlocks

we had worked with. I tentatively scoped out

the product volume, noting a half-log ofpeeler grade and two grades of saw timber. I

thought I had done well. But as I handed him

my field card to look over, he smiled wanlyand pointed to a discolored flag of dessicated

twigs well up in the trees crown. Blister

rust. Watch for the orange flags. And see thatsap patch that looks like a cigarette burn?

Another sign. Nasty stuff. Youll see it a lot.

Since that time I have noticed indications ofblister rust in many forests in California and

the Northwest, and I can relate that many

great old western white pines I came to know

ultimately got the disease and died. The larg-est tree I know of presently stands along the

Clearwater Trail near Toketee Ranger Stationin Douglas County, Oregon. Using a diame-ter tape, slope correction table and Relaskop,

I measured it at 52 inches dbh and 214 feet

tall in 1985. I visited it in 2001 and was

greatly cheered to find it still alive. As if tomock this tree, an old-time photograph in

Forest Trees of the Pacific Coast(1938) by

Willard Ayres Elliotauthor of the wonder-ful bird guide of the same era illustrated by

R. Bruce Horsfallshows an extraordinary

titan of a white pine, seven or eight feet

through the butt and perhaps 90 feet to thelowest limb, two ant-like humans scarcely to

be noticed at its base.

In northwestern California, western white

pine is an uncommon tree nearly everywhere

(Blue Ridge to Bayou Continued from page 1)

(Continued on page 7)

Highlights of Conservation Achievements

for the NORTH COAST CHAPTER

Our Chapter was formed in the year 1970.

1965-1975:

1. Stopping the proposed Cal-Nickel mining at Gasquet

Mountain, leading to the establishment of Smith River Na-tional Recreation Area.

2. Creation of Research Natural Areas and Botanical Areasin Six Rivers and Klamath National Forests, and additions

to Trinity Alps and Siskiyou Wilderness Areas.

1976-19851. Creation of the Russian Wilderness Area which includesthe Miracle Mile, home to 17 species of conifers (1984).

2. Preservation and expansion of the Lanphere Dunes,

which was eventually added to the Humboldt Bay National

Wildlife Refuge.

1986-1995

1. Stopping the G-O Road, which would have fragmentedwildlands in the Klamath Mountains between the remote

towns of Gasquet and Orleans for the purpose of logging

ancient forests on public lands (1988).

2. Protection of two California populations of the endan-

gered westernlily, Lilium occidentale, through establishment of Dept. of

Fish & Game Ecological Reserves near Humboldt Bay and

Crescent City.

1996-20051. Organized a symposium on the Ecology and Manage-

ment of Rare Plants of Northwestern California to furtherknowledge of the conservation of rare plants (2002).

2. Purchase of property that is home to half of the knownindividuals of the two-flowered pea, Lathyrus biflorus

(2004).


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CCCONSERVATIONONSERVATIONONSERVATION NNNOTESOTESOTES

New DFG Guidelines for Conservation of Sensitive Plants in

Timber Harvest PlansAfter more than five years of Timber Harvest Plan review by CNPS volunteers in the North Coast and Si-

erra regions, the Dept of Fish & Game has approved new Guidelines for the Conservation of SensitiveNative Plant Resources within the Timber Harvest Plan Process. The Guidelines were signed by the Sec-

retary of Resources in July, and will reduce timber-related impacts to sensitive plants, including non-listedspecies as defined by 14 Cal. Code Regs. 15380 (d). The Guidelines address standards for botanical

scoping, ownership-wide conservation and management, surveys, mitigation, and monitoring. These guide-lines address major concerns that have been raised by the CNPS Forestry Program, including assessment of

forestry herbicide impacts, standards for botanical scoping, and monitoring to ensure compliance during

project implementation. Also included are recommendations for identification of vegetation types withinthe project area and an expiration date for plant surveys (typically five years). These guidelines will im-

prove protections for sensitive plants on private timberlands throughout California. To obtain a copy of theGuidelines, or to get involved in conservation advocacy on behalf of CNPS, email Jennifer Kalt at

[email protected].

it is found. However, in the section of its range

most closely approaching the Pacific, in Del NorteCounty, it is abundant on serpentine or otherwise

thin soils at elevations of 2000-5000 feet. In such

places it engages in a struggle for sunlight with

sugar and Jeffrey pines, Douglas-fir, incense-cedarand, locally, Brewer spruce, never reaching great

size and often nearly lost to ones attention evenwhere it is numerous. Watch for its banana-shaped

cones on mountain roadsides. While the paired

cones are often borne at the tips of upper boughs,as is the case with sugar pine, they also are borne

well in from the branch-tips, unlike that species.

As noted above, the dinosaur-leg bark, constricted

crown column, and the trees habit of throwing upa congested cluster of longer limbs in the upper-

most portion of its canopy are often distinctive,allowing easy identification from the highway ortrail.

Participants on the multi-chapter CNPS over-night trip to Scott Mountain campground and

nearby Kangaroo Lake this past July 29-31 en-

joyed repeated opportunities to make acquaintance

of large old western white pines. Standing here

(Continued from page 6) and there amid forests supporting a half-dozen

other conifer species, they lent to the general scene

a feeling of grace, age, and resilience. Its my hopethat those for whom this pine remains unknown or

little-recognized can come to appreciate its envi-

ronmental niche and its understated beauty.


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THANK YOU to these people

for helping create and tend

our gardens on Arcata Plaza!

Sydney Carothers

Kathy Dilley

Carol RalphGwynneth Carothers

Annie DeJohn

Jim Waters

Virginia Waters

Jennifer Tompkins

Lauren Tompkins

Eric Tompkins

David Tompkins

C.J. RalphMelissa Brooks

David Loya

Sandra Waters

Rob Katz


I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE ... PLAZAby Carol Ralph

Watching and guiding a garden's development is always in-teresting. When the garden is on Aracata Plaza, it is especially in-

teresting. For three years now a number of us have been planting,

weeding, cleaning, and pruning the northwest bed of the Plaza, at

9th and H Streets. We started with the boxwood hedge, the unify-ing feature of all the Plaza beds, and some plants remaining after a

plant sale. We have tried about 30 species in this bed, so what you

see now is the result of some selection, by us, the snails, the soiland water conditions, and the numerous people who hang out on

that corner. We have discovered that large-leaved Avens (Geum

macrophyllum) is a good space-filler, perhaps too good. We hopesomeday to thank a native plant elf who secretly added three um-

bellifers (a species of lomatium?) to our garden.

When we work on the Plaza, we have entertainment besidesthe plants. Passersby often thank us for our hard work. Friends

stop to talk as they walk by. Other friends honk as they drive by.People ask us what we're doing, so we get to talk about CNPS.Some people ask how they can help. We hear snippets of the Pla-

zoids' conversations. We find treasurescoins, silverware, peach

pits, beer bottles, and broken, blown glass pipes. We feel very

much in the center of Arcata.This summer we adopted the H St. bed in the southwest cor-

ner also. Abandoned by Moonrise Herbs, some huge rosemary,

sage, and other aromatic plants were holding their own under aspreading net of a morning glory with large, white flowers and

heart-shaped leaves, for which I still have no name. We opted to

remove everything right at the start, rather than phase in the natives,in the interests of digging out the vine and its underground parts.

We have installed a large rock, which the city paid for and placed

for us, and we will soon plant our centerpiece, a flannelbush

(Fremontodendron hybrid). We plan to keep this bed simple, aswe have a continuing need for vine removal.

Anyone who works in this southwest bed needs to be pre-

pared to answer the question, "What is that big plant?" In the com-panion bed is a huge, prehistoric-looking, eye-catching plant. It is

Gunnera tinctoria, a native of Chile. Every time I've worked in our

bed there several people have asked me what that plant is, and once,

in a single hour, six people asked. It is an interesting sociologicalobservation that the culture at the southwest corner of the Plaza is

very different from that in the northwest corner, only 50 yards

away.If you would like to join us in this effort to create and main-

tain displays of native California plants on Arcata Plaza, call Carol

Ralph (822-2015). We currently meet sporadically, but we wish tobe more regular.


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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!

Enrich your life by taking on a responsibility with our chapter. We guarantee you will meet newpeople and learn new a lot. Contact the president +/or the appropriate person on the contact list (see the

back page).

Here are three rewarding positions needing people:

Legislation Watch Dog. Learn the nitty gritty of the legislative process with CNPS Legislative Con-

sultant Vern Goehring. Super important for advancing CNPS's conservation goals. Work with Vern

and others to analyze bills, decide on which to focus, develop CNPS's position on them, keep thechapter informed, be eyes and ears in our community for our local legislators' activities, identify issues

CNPS may want to sponsor, etc. Vern says even a little of your time would be valuable.

Conservation issue specialist. Track some local conservation issue or agency (e.g. the California

Coastal Commission) and keep us informed. Content Editor for this newsletter. Work with a Layout Editor. Here is a position of power!

Here are some useful things you can do on a smaller scale: Help tend our Arcata Plaza gardens, an hour now and then

Grow plants for our plant sales

Suggest a speaker for our evening program (yourself included!)

Suggest a field trip

Lead a plant walk

Staff our information booth for an hour at an occasional event

Suggest a workshop

Nominate a native plant garden for our garden tour

Post a few flyers about our events

Collect flowers for our spring wildflower show

VVVOLUNTEEROLUNTEEROLUNTEER OOOPPORTUNITIESPPORTUNITIESPPORTUNITIES


Contributing photographers and authors still needed for Redwood

Field Guide project

We are currently acquiring photo submissions for the field guide project, which we hope to have scannedby November 2005. If we need help narrowing down multiple submissions for the same species, we'll also

have a photo review party for all to attend (check the chapter website for details in case a meeting is

planned, or request to be added to a notification list). And, those who can are writing rough drafts of de-scriptions on herbaceous species using a basic template provided by the primary authors. You, too, couldbe a contributing photographer or author or assist with selecting photos. What a rare gem of an opportu-

nity! Have your name immortalized in print! For more details, please contact Kim Hayler at 707-269-

1384 or [email protected].


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JOIN CNPS NOW!North Coast Chapter

Membership in the California Native Plant Society,a statewide nonprofit organization, is open to all.The task and mission of CNPS is to increase aware-

ness, understanding, and appreciation of Californianative plants. The challenge is to preserve theirnatural habitat through scientific, educational, andconservation activities. Membership includes sub-scriptions to the informative quarterly journal Fre-montia, the statewide newsletter Bulletin, and ourlocal chapter newsletter Darlingtonia.

Name________________________________________

Address______________________________________

City________________________ Zip______________

Phone________________________________________

I wish to affiliate with the North Coast Chapter____

Or, (other chapter_____________________________

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY

Student/Retired/Limited Income... $20

Individual or Library. $35Family or Group.... $45

Supporting... $75

Plant Lover...... $10

Patron $250

Benefactor.... $500

Dues to CNPS are tax deductible.

Please make check payable to CNPS and mail to:

2707 K Street, Suite 1Sacramento, CA 95816 5113

Or, join on-line at www.northcoastcnps.org

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View from the forest floor at Humboldt Redwoods State Park.


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Join us on our frequent, local plant walks. check the newspapers, visit the chapter web-

site at www.northcoastcnps.org, or join the e-mail notification list (contact [email protected]).

OCTOBER12thWednesday Monthly Program: Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Wildlife By Pete Hag-gard. (see pg 2 for details)

22nd Saturday Field Trip Heart of the Headwaters Dayhike. (see pg 2 for details)

29th Saturday Field Trip Soth Fork Trail Dayhike with the California Wilderness Coalition (see pg 2 for

details)

NOVEMBER

8th Wednesday - Monthly Program: Closer to the Sun: A Humboldt Botanist Ventures to Equadore ByJenny Moore (see pg 2 for more details)

20th Sunday Field Trip Mad River Buttes dayhike with the California Wilderness Coalition (see pg 2 fordetails)

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Please Submit(to this newsletter)

Darlingtonia is the quarterly newslet-ter of the North Coast Chapter ofCNPS. Items for submittal to Darling-t o n i a s h o u l d b e s e n t t [email protected] by each quar-terly deadline: December 1, March 1,

June 1, and September 1. Botanicalarticles, poetry, stories, photographs,illustrations, sightings, news items,action alerts, events, factoids, tidbits,etc. are welcome and appreciated!

NATIVE PLANT CONSULTATION

SERVICEAre you wondering which plants in your yard

are native? Are you unsure if that vine in the corner isan invasive exotic? Would you like to know some na-

tive species that would grow well in your yard? The

North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant So-ciety now offers the Nativ Plant Consultation Service to

answer these questions and to give advice on gardening

with natives. If you are a member of CNPS, this ser-vice is free, if not, you can join or make a donation to

our chapter.A phone call or e-mail to our coordinator,

Kathy Dilley (825-7665 or [email protected]), will put

you in touch with a team of volunteer consultants whowill arrange a visit to your property to look at what you

have and help choose suitable plants for your garden.


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NORTH COAST CHAPTER, 2005 STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS/CONTACTSWEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.NORTHCOASTCNPS.ORG

PRESIDENT CAROL RALPH 822-2015 [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT FELICITY WASSER 826-7712 [email protected]

SECRETARY SUZANNE ISAAKS 825-7469 [email protected]

TREASURER TAMARA CAMPER [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP PEGGY DUNAVAN 954-4059 [email protected]

INVASIVE EXOTICS KYLE WEAR 826-1398 [email protected]

NATIVE PLANT GARDENING PETE HAGGARD 839-0307 [email protected]

NATIVE PLANT CONSULTATION KATHY DILLEY 825-7665 [email protected]

PLANT SALES JENNIFER KALT 839-1980 [email protected]

SUNNY BENNETT 441-9545 [email protected]

EDUCATION KAREN MAYER 476-8149 [email protected]

LEGISLATION NEEDED!

CONSERVATION JENNIFER KALT 839-1980 [email protected]

PROGRAMS STEPHANIE MORRISETTE 826-0300 [email protected] GEDIK 677-9073 [email protected]

FIELD TRIPS CAROL RALPH 822-2015 [email protected]

RARE PLANTS KIM IMPER 444-2756 [email protected]

DAVID LOYA 834-5013 [email protected]

PLANT COMMUNITIES TONY LABANCA 826-7208 [email protected]

NEWSLETTER EDITOR GREG JENNINGS 668-1775 [email protected]

WEBPAGE & PUBLICITY LARRY LEVINE 822-7190 [email protected]

BOOK & POSTER SALES FELICITY WASSER 826-7712 [email protected]

HOSPITALITY DEBORAH PARSONS 443-0612 [email protected]

WORKSHOPS GORDON LEPPIG 839-0458 [email protected]

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Darlingtonia Newsletter, Fall 2005 ~ North Coast Chapter, California Native Plant Society

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