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CNPS Grassland Initiative Update
The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is actively working to categorize, map, and conserve California’s grassland vegetation. -
Botanizing the Point Arena-Stornetta Unit of California Coastal National Monument
CNPS staff and volunteers sampled coastal vegetation at the California Coastal National Monument. -
Out on the Range
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. -
California’s Rarest Conifer?
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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Collaborative BioBlitz in the Milpitas Special Interest Area
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. -
Rare Plant Treasure Hunt Update: the CNPS De-Extinction Project
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. -
CNPS De-Extinction Project
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. -
A New Endangered Species Candidate: Coast Yellow Leptosiphon
Coast yellow leptosiphon (Leptosiphon croceus) is an endangered species limited to less than 500 plants clinging to a cliff edge in San Mateo County. -
Revisiting a Rare Plant Population Just in Time
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. -
Exploration of Fens in Carpenter Valley
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. -
Saving the Lassics Lupine
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. -
Carnivorous plants in Meadows and Fens
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).
