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May 2018
Botanical Portraits
Deborah Shaw will be having a one person exhibition at Chez Shaw Gallery (no relation) entitled “Botanical Portraits,” May 12 - July 31, 2018. Deborah’s watercolors and graphite drawings feature California native plants as will as other fascinating specimens in the plant kingdom. The opening is May 12, 2018 from 6 - 9 pm. Visiting the Gallery on other days is by appointment only, 562-708-3803. Artwork: Opuntia spp., Fruit, Prickly Pear “Tunas,” Watercolor on calfskin vellum, © 2016, Deborah Shaw, dbshawstudios.com Digital image protected by Digimarc.
Find out more »July 2018
Rare Plant Treasure Hunt – Del Norte County
Leaders: Alison Colwell & Amy Patten We are looking for volunteers to assist with surveys for Lomatium martindalei, Carex leptalea, & Carex viridula in Del Norte County. We’ll visit locations known from historical records of these target species in the Six Rivers National Forest (including a Darlingtonia bog or two) and look for new occurrences of these species. We’ll also document other special-status plant species that we encounter. Please note that these will be exploratory surveys rather than guided hikes.…
Find out more »Take a Hike! Lyons Creek Trail, El Dorado Nat’l Forest
Meet Rich Wade at 8:00 AM at the Pollock Pines Safeway parking lot, at the northeast corner. We will then travel on Highway 50 to Wright’s Lake Road, which will take us to the trailhead of Lyons Creek Trail. A knapsack with your lunch or snack, water bottle; wear suitable hiking boots or shoes. You may want to have a hand lens, binoculars, field guides, insect repellant and sunscreen. Open granite, mountain meadows, and fir-lodgepole conifer forest, all under the…
Find out more »Rare Plant Treasure Hunt: Wyman Canyon
Join the Bristle Cone chapter and field trip leaders Courtney Collins & Michèle Slaton for a rare plant treasure hunt! We will explore the areas in bloom from the bristlecone pine forest down into pinyon-juniper woodlands and riparian areas. We can expect to see several showy wildflowers, and also rare plants, including Dedecker’s clover (Trifolium kingii ssp. I), small-flowered rice grass (Stipa divaricata), and Nevada ninebark (Physocarpos alternans). We’ll spend time searching for the limestone daisy (Erigeron uncialis) – a…
Find out more »Chapter Meeting
Carpenter Valley -- Northern California's Secret Garden. Presenter: Edward Smith, Forest Ecologist, California Nature Conservancy
Find out more »Yerba Buena Work Party
Volunteer activities include weeding, planting, and general maintenance. Please wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. To RSVP, email recparkvolunteer@sfgov.org or call 415-831-6333. Every Wednesday, 12-3 p.m., Glen Canyon Park Learn more: glenparkassocation.org
Find out more »August 2018
Yerba Buena Work Party
Volunteer activities include weeding, planting, and general maintenance. Please wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. To RSVP, email recparkvolunteer@sfgov.org or call 415-831-6333. Every Wednesday, 12-3 p.m., Glen Canyon Park Learn more: glenparkassocation.org
Find out more »Urban Tree Ecology & The Rhizosphere – Tree Anatomy Below Ground
Speaker: Ted Kipping Trees co-evolved with a rich ecological support system over many eons. As people have migrated into our increasingly densely populated and denatured cities, we have attempted to bring some of the trees with us - not always successfully. With a tad more insight and understanding, we can do a lot better. Come see for yourselves. The Rhizosphere - Tree Anatomy Below Ground shares the amazing insights and lab work of the late Dr Alex Shigo, a giant…
Find out more »Rare Plant Treasure Hunt: Mount Eddy/Russian Wilderness #2
Join leaders Ken Himes and Joe Cernac backpacking 3 miles into Dead Fall Lake to set up camp. Over the next few days we’ll explore and botanize meadows and the summit of Mt. Eddy (9,026 ft.) with various elevation changes. These trips are for CNPS members only, limited to 15 people each. Please note the elevation on both trips are well above 8,000 feet. These backpack trips are not suitable for anyone with any health and/or altitude issues. To reserve…
Find out more »Mount Eddy/Russian Wilderness Rare Plant Treasure Hunts
Join leaders Ken Himes and Joe Cernac backpacking 3 miles into Dead Fall Lake to set up camp. Over the next few days we’ll explore and botanize meadows and the summit of Mt. Eddy (9,026 ft.) with various elevation changes. Designed for a limit of 15 CNPS members. Please note the elevation on both trips are well above 8,000 feet. These backpack trips are not suitable for anyone with any health and/or altitude issues. Trip #1 July 1-8 Trip #2 August…
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