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  • 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.
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    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.
  • Rare plant botanist and CNPS member Toni Corelli volunteered her time and expertise to petition on behalf of the endangered coast yellow leptosiphon.
    Conservation

    California Protects New Endangered Species Thanks to Volunteer Botany Heroes

    April 25, 2018June 13, 2018
    The coast yellow leptosiphon and the Lassics lupine now have state endangered species protection, thanks in large part to two CNPS members.
  • Bigcone Douglas-fir
    Plant Science

    Bigcone Douglas-Fir

    March 26, 2018August 27, 2018
    CNPS worked with USFS to complete field studies to assess the extent & status of the California endemic bigcone Douglas-fir in the Angeles National Forest.
  • Plant Science

    Rare Plants Identified for 2018 Seed Collection Efforts

    January 15, 2018September 28, 2018
    CNPS works in the California Plant Rescue project, a statewide coalition of nonprofit botanic organizations. They collect California’s rare and threatened species.
  • Collected Acorns
    Conservation

    #ReOak Wine Country Update

    December 22, 2017June 13, 2018
    In October, at least 31,000 acres of Oak forest and woodlands burned. Thousands of Californians have signed up to help reintroduce Oak trees.
  • Conservation

    Northern California Botanist Certification Exam

    October 1, 2017April 4, 2018
    The first-ever Botanist Certification Exam at a Northern California venue is scheduled for October 30th, 2017.
  • Plant Science

    CNPS Grassland Initiative Update

    August 24, 2017March 30, 2018
    The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is actively working to categorize, map, and conserve California’s grassland vegetation.
  • Point Arena. Photo by Jennifer Buck-Diaz.
    Plant Science

    Botanizing the Point Arena-Stornetta Unit of California Coastal National Monument

    August 16, 2017April 6, 2018
    CNPS staff and volunteers sampled coastal vegetation at the California Coastal National Monument.
  • Plant Science

    Out on the Range

    July 31, 2017April 4, 2018
    In the northeastern corner of California between Mt. Shasta in the west and the Warner Mountains in the east, lies a massive volcanic plain known as the Modoc Plateau.
  • Elk Hole from the southern ridgeline. Credit Michael Kauffmann.
    Plant Science

    California’s Rarest Conifer?

    July 20, 2017March 21, 2018

    CNPS teams with the Klamath National Forest to map yellow-cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis) in California

    CNPS has begun a collaborative mapping …

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