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Home/Stories/Plant Science
  • Flora Magazine

    A New Phacelia Hidden in Plain Sight

    January 29, 2020January 29, 2020
    A U.S. Forest Service Botanist wraps up her career with a new discovery while looking for rare plants after the 2018 Carr-Delta wildfires.
  • Conservation

    California’s New Budget Takes Aim at Extinction to Protect California Biodiversity

    July 8, 2019
    With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, the 2019-20 state budget allocates more than $18 million to advance biodiversity-focused projects.
  • Conservation

    Support Native Plant Seed-Banking This Week

    June 3, 2019June 4, 2019
    Are you represented by one of these five legislators? Take action this week to support California native plant seed-banking.
  • Conservation

    Living with Fire Part 3: Legislative Solutions on the Horizon

    June 3, 2019
    CNPS is tracking at least 14 wildfire, fire-safety, and forest fuels-related bills focused on four very important areas.
  • Conservation

    The California Biodiversity Initiative

    May 30, 2019June 3, 2019
    Today we are entering another moment of cultural awakening, similar to that of 50 years ago, in which new scientific information informs new personal understanding.
  • Vernal Pool Botanizing - Carol Witham
    Conservation

    California Native Plant Society Announces Two New Internships

    March 28, 2019April 11, 2019
    The entire CNPS community is inspired by the pioneering, mold-breaking women after whom these internships are named.
  • Photo: Jennifer Jewell
    Conservation

    Living with Fire Part 1: A Personal Perspective

    January 28, 2019January 31, 2019
    The first in our series on the impact, causes, and solutions surrounding California wildfire and the "new normal."
  • Books

    Catching Up with Dr. Matt Ritter

    October 12, 2018December 12, 2019
    A conversation about the inspiration for Matt's latest book, botany's emerging hipster status, and the one thing he most wants to instill in his students.
  • Tejon Ranch, one of California's last and most significant native grasslands. Photo: Nancy Buck
    Conservation

    The Governor’s Biodiversity Initiative | Top Three Take-Aways

    September 28, 2018September 28, 2018
    The Governor's new Biodiversity Initiative is a victory for native plants and a important validation of CNPS work.
  • Plant Science

    2018 Cal-IPC Symposium in Monterey

    September 4, 2018September 5, 2018
    Learn and celebrate the latest in invasive plant biology and management. This year's theme confronts that along with biological diversity, cultural and intellectual diversity are necessary.
  • Education

    Search for the Rare Ben Lomond Buckwheat

    July 24, 2018August 27, 2018
    Come behind the scenes on our RPTH at Mount Hermon in the Santa Cruz Sandhills to find and map occurrences of the rare Ben Lomond buckwheat.
  • Plant Science

    Field Update: Santa Susana Mountains

    May 24, 2018August 27, 2018
    CNPS sampled 30+ plant alliances in the Santa Susana Mountains, progress on classifying vegetation with the first fine-scale map of local plant communities.
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