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  • Plant Science

    Collaborative BioBlitz in the Milpitas Special Interest Area

    June 26, 2017April 30, 2018
    On April 15, 2017 the Ventana Wilderness Alliance partnered with CNPS Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz chapters for its first-ever BioBlitz in the Milpitas SIA.
  • Calochortus plumeria
    Plant Science

    Rare Plant Treasure Hunt Update: the CNPS De-Extinction Project

    May 31, 2017April 30, 2018
    In early May, a team from the Rare Plant Program went down into the urban wilds of the greater Los Angeles area in search of plants presumed to be extinct.
  • Calochortus plumeria
    Plant Science

    CNPS De-Extinction Project

    March 30, 2017March 28, 2018
    In early May, a team from the Rare Plant Program went down into the urban wilds of the greater Los Angeles area in search of plants presumed to be extinct.
  • Rare plant botanist and CNPS member Toni Corelli volunteered her time and expertise to petition on behalf of the endangered coast yellow leptosiphon.
    Conservation

    A New Endangered Species Candidate: Coast Yellow Leptosiphon

    January 27, 2017June 13, 2018
    Coast yellow leptosiphon (Leptosiphon croceus) is an endangered species limited to less than 500 plants clinging to a cliff edge in San Mateo County.
  • Arctostaphylos refugioenesis
    Plant Science

    Revisiting a Rare Plant Population Just in Time

    January 27, 2017March 26, 2018
    After conducting a rare plant survey near Santa Ynez in June of 2016, I took the opportunity to revisit several of the occurrences of Refugio Manzanita.
  • Carpenter Valley
    Plant Science

    Exploration of Fens in Carpenter Valley

    October 30, 2016March 29, 2018
    Soon, in Carpenter Valley, more than 1,000 acres of lush meadow and forest will be protected by the Truckee Donner Land Trust and an easement held by The Nature Conservancy.
  • Conservation

    Saving the Lassics Lupine

    September 30, 2016April 25, 2018
    Lassics lupine (Lupinus constancei) is a species endemic to just four acres in the the Lassics Mountains in eastern Humboldt County that is on the brink of extinction.
  • Citizen Science

    Carnivorous plants in Meadows and Fens

    June 1, 2016March 26, 2018
    The most striking and intriguing plants we found during our watershed assessment project in the Plumas National Forest were two carnivorous species: roundleaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and California pitcherplant (Darlingtonia californica).
  • Plant Science

    Vegetation Sampling & Mapping in Castle Mountains National Monument

    May 1, 2016March 27, 2018
    In the far northeast corner of the Mojave National Preserve, the Castle Mountains appear more modest than their neighbors. However...
  • Plant Science

    Cypress – A Rare Natural Community

    January 1, 2016March 29, 2018
    For the past year, the CNPS Vegetation Program has been working with volunteers to produce a fine-scale map of cypress stands throughout the state.
  • Plant Science

    Celebrating the Bigcone Douglas-fir of the San Gabriel Mountains

    January 1, 2016March 26, 2018
    Within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, vast wilderness areas like the Sheep Mountain Wilderness, the San Gabriel Wilderness, and Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness exist very close to the urban sprawl of Los Angeles.
  • Suisun Marsh Map
    Plant Science

    Suisun Marsh – Vegetation Mapping and Long-term Conservation and Management

    January 1, 2016March 26, 2018
    Suisun Marsh contains rich wildlife, endemic and unique species, and ongoing natural and human-caused changes occurring in the marsh. For all these reasons and more, Suisun Marsh is a very loved and distinctive place that many people and agencies are striving to protect.
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