Renée Pasquinelli at work. Mountain Beaver, Gorse, Coastal Trails and More… Managing Natural Areas in State Parks by Julia Larke I am proud to live in a society that practices enlightened self-interest with respect to the management of common lands. The remarkable biological diversity of California is well known: the California Floristic Province is rated as one the world‟s top 25 biological hotspots. Guardianship of public lands is entrusted to many fine national, state, and local organizations and in our coastal Mendocino County region one of the best custodians of our natural heritage is the California Department of Parks and Recreation DPR (aka State Parks). Managing Natural Areas in State Parks was the subject of a recent talk by Renée Pasquinelli, Senior Environmental Scientist with State Parks in the Mendocino District. Her presentation was hosted by the Dorothy King Young Chapter at the Coast Community Library in Point Arena on April 13 and again at Russian Gulch Recreation Hall on April 14. Renée, who has worked as an Ecologist with State Parks for over 20 years, addressed various aspects of State Parks‟ mission to “acquire, protect, restore, maintain and sustain outstanding and representative examples of California‟s natural and scenic values for the benefit of present and future generations.” Renée and only five other less-than-fulltime environmental staff members (2009/2010), including Bill Maslach, Angela Liebenberg, Robert Gaines, Louie Reynolds, and Seth Tsujimura, have their hands full managing natural resources in the Mendocino District. Projects range from inventory and monitoring (rare species as well as invasive species), planning and environmental compliance (a full-time job in itself), habitat restoration, and hazardous tree control. The Mendocino District consists of 17 units totaling 25,707 acres, including Glass Beach State Park, Jug Handle State Reserve, Mackerricher State Park, Mailliard Redwoods State Reserve, Manchester State Park, Mendocino Headlands/Big River Beach State Park, Montgomery Woods State Reserve, Navarro River Redwoods State Park, Russian Gulch State Park, and Van Damme State Park. Renée showed slides in her PowerPoint talk of inventory work with rare animal and plant species including the federally listed Point Arena Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra) and Behren‟s Silverspot Butterfly (Speyeria zerene behrensii) whose larvae‟s sole food plant is early blue violet (Viola adunca). When asked by an audience member how DKY chapter members might help State Parks, Renée said that one way would be to help survey for occurrences of Viola adunca. She also spoke of research work with the Western Snowy Plover and Ten Mile Dunes and Inglenook Fen species. She showed images of plant regeneration after the 2008 fire at Montgomery Woods State Reserve. Teresa Sholars, Biology Professor at College of the Redwoods, noted from the audience that in a recent class field trip to Montgomery Woods they had seen thousands and thousands of redwood seedlings…it is a bumper crop this year because of the fire. NEWSLETTER OF THE DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY P.O. Box 577, Gualala, CA 95445 $5.00 per year, non-members Volume 2010 –May—June ‘10 Printed on recycled paper CALYPSO The Point Arena Mountain Beaver is federally listed as endangered and found only in a 24 square mile area in western Mendocino County. Photo by Angela Liebenberg
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Mountain Beaver, Gorse, Coastal Trails and More… Managing Natural Areas in State Parks by Julia Larke
I am proud to live in a society that practices enlightened self-interest with respect to the management of common lands. The remarkable biological diversity of California is well known: the California Floristic Province is rated as one the world‟s top 25 biological hotspots. Guardianship of public lands is entrusted to many fine national, state, and local organizations and in our coastal Mendocino County region one of the best custodians of our natural heritage is the California Department of Parks and Recreation DPR (aka State Parks).
Managing Natural Areas in State Parks was the subject of a recent talk by Renée Pasquinelli, Senior Environmental Scientist with State Parks in the Mendocino District. Her presentation was hosted by the Dorothy King Young Chapter at the Coast Community Library in Point Arena on April 13 and again at Russian Gulch Recreation Hall on April 14. Renée, who has worked as an Ecologist with State Parks for over 20 years, addressed various aspects of State Parks‟ mission to “acquire, protect, restore, maintain and sustain outstanding and representative examples of California‟s natural and scenic values for the benefit of present and future generations.”
Renée and only five other less-than-fulltime environmental staff members (2009/2010), including Bill Maslach, Angela Liebenberg, Robert Gaines, Louie Reynolds, and Seth Tsujimura, have their hands full managing natural resources in the Mendocino District. Projects range from inventory and monitoring (rare species as well as invasive species), planning and environmental compliance (a full-time job in itself), habitat restoration, and hazardous tree control. The Mendocino District consists of 17 units totaling 25,707 acres, including Glass Beach State Park, Jug Handle State Reserve, Mackerricher State Park, Mailliard Redwoods State Reserve, Manchester State Park, Mendocino Headlands/Big River Beach State Park, Montgomery Woods State Reserve, Navarro River Redwoods State Park, Russian Gulch State Park, and Van Damme State Park.
Renée showed slides in her PowerPoint talk of inventory work with rare animal and plant species including the federally listed Point Arena Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra) and Behren‟s Silverspot Butterfly (Speyeria zerene behrensii) whose larvae‟s sole food plant is early blue violet (Viola adunca). When asked by an audience member how DKY chapter members might help State Parks, Renée said that one way would be to help survey for occurrences of Viola adunca.
She also spoke of research work with the Western Snowy Plover and Ten Mile Dunes and Inglenook Fen species. She showed images of plant regeneration after the 2008 fire at Montgomery Woods State Reserve. Teresa Sholars, Biology Professor at College of the Redwoods, noted from the audience that in a recent class field trip to Montgomery Woods they had seen thousands and thousands of redwood seedlings…it is a bumper crop this year because of the fire.
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Point Arena Mountain Beaver is federally listed as endangered and found only in a 24 square mile area in western Mendocino County. Photo by Angela Liebenberg
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Trail planning is another aspect of natural areas management. An ongoing project for Renée and her co-workers is Glass Beach State Park and the challenges of establishing a Coastal Trail through a relatively small area of species rich headland and perched dune habitat that harbors nearly a dozen rare plant species, including Blennosperma nanum var. robustum, Chorizanthe howellii, Agrostis blasdalei, and Campanula californica.
Mackerricher State Park has its own set of management issues including revamping of park water supplies. The park‟s Lake Cleone is slowly becoming an estuary again as ocean waves relentlessly erode the man-made berm that maintains the lake.
Weed management is an ongoing aspect of natural area protection. State Parks and partners such as the Mendocino Coast Cooperative Weed Management Area and the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council work together to eradicate invasive species such as gorse (especially dangerous as a fire hazard), ice plant, European beach grass and blue gum eucalyptus (also a fire hazard). English ivy removal in the Navarro Riparian Area by high school students in the Student Conservation Association is a project that Renée is proud to coordinate.
Natural Areas management also includes fish habitat restoration and State Parks works with partners such as Trout Unlimited, Department of Fish and Game, California Geological Society, NOAA Fisheries Restoration, State of California Department of Conservation, and Ross Taylor and Associated Fisheries Consultants. A current project is the Glenbrook Gulch Anadromous Fish Habitat Restoration.
The last item Renée spoke about was the recent discovery of an infestation of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) on tanoak trees at Mackerricher State Park. If you visited the camping area this past winter and saw red and white syringes festooning tree trunks, these were the trees undergoing treatment. What a job Renée and her coworkers have…interesting and problematic issues is the name of the game in Natural Areas management. Thank you, Renée, for a great presentation.
State budget deficits currently threaten State Parks funding, particularly those programs like Natural Areas management that are not considered high requirements for public health and safety. Without the support of outside sources our State Park system would be even more seriously jeopardized. Federal grants, including the NOAA Open Rivers Initiative Project, Coastal Impact Assistance Program, Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and US Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Agreements provide much needed monies for managing Park Natural Areas. The State Fisheries Restoration Grant Program and Caltrans Off-Site Mitigation also contribute funds as do direct donations from the public.
Besides those partners already mentioned, State Parks also has collaborative partnerships with the California Native Plant Society, Audubon Society, Save the Redwoods League, Cal Fire, Mendocino Land Trust, Jug Handle Creek Farms, and Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
The California State Parks Foundation and partners, in an effort to establish long-term, sustainable funding mechanisms for State Parks, has proposed a statewide ballot measure for November 2010: California State Parks and Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2010. It calls on Californians to support their state park system and wildlife conservation areas by paying $18 annually for a State Park Access Pass surcharge on vehicle license fees. Support for the State Parks Access Pass is a simple but effective way citizens can assist the highly beneficial work of State Parks staff in concert with other agencies and partners to protect, restore, and maintain our natural heritage. When we protect the commons we protect ourselves and future generations. (cont‟d. p. 6)
Ocean erosion of the berm at Mackerricher State Park. Photo by Renée Pasquinelli
Bluff erosion at Glass Beach State Park is one of the reasons the Coastal Trail will be located away from the bluff edge. Photo origin not known.
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DKY May Field Trip
May 15th, Sat. 10:00 AM - Salt Point bluffs.
Jon Thompson will lead this walk, where we will see many wildflowers and incredible rock formations. Meet at the Stump Beach parking lot, on the west side of Hwy. 1, south of Stewart’s Point. We’ll walk south to Gerstle Cove, then walk back by a different route. We will try to have a vehicle to take any one-way walkers back to the starting point. Bring lunch and dress in layers. If you have any questions call Jon at 884-4847 or email at [email protected]
Join Neighbor Chapters to explore our Home Territory
May 28-31, Friday-Monday, all or part: With Wilma Follette as your leader, explore many of Mendocino's favorite botanical sites, including the Pygmy Forest and the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. This field trip is a joint Marin--North Coast Chapter event but members from Dorothy King Young, Sanhedrin, and Milo Baker chapters are enthusiastically invited. Out-of towners will overnight in campgrounds or motels; the group will make short day hikes in the Fort Bragg--Mendocino area. Tell Carol Ralph if you are interested: 707/822-2015.
DKY June Field Trip
June 19th, Sat. 10:00 AM – Van Damme State Park.
Lori Hubbart will lead this walk through Fern Canyon in Van Damme State Park. Meet in the parking lot west of Highway 1. Participants will shuttle to the top of the trail and walk down about 5 miles. Dress in layers, bring water and lunch. If you have any questions call Lori at 882-1655 or email [email protected]. We have no programs organized yet for May or June.
CNPS Plant Science Workshops These workshops take you to floristically fascinating
places with amazing botanical specialists. For more information contact Josie Crawford at (916) 447-2677 or email: [email protected]
May 4-6. Measuring & Monitoring Plant Populations, Los Angeles Nat’l Forest. J. Willoughby.
May 18-20. Riparian Ecology and Restoration, Davis and various field sites. Bruce Orr, Amy Merrill.
June 1-3. Wetlands Plants and Ecosystems, Hopland Field Station, Hopland. Kerry Heise, Gerri Hulse-Stephens, Joel Butterworth.
June 15-17. Treasures in an Ancient Landscape: Rare Plants of the Eastern Klamath Ranges, Shasta. Jim and Julie Nelson.
September 28-30. Legends of the Fall: exploring the clandestine flora of early fall in the eastern Mojave Desert, UC Granite Mountains Desert Research Center. Jim Andre and Tasha LaDoux.
AUDUBON WALKS May 8, Field Trip: Navarro River and Beach. Meet at 8:00 am, south end of Navarro River bridge.
May 19, Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
May 23, Field Trip: Hendy Woods. Carpool from Harvest Market (Fort Bragg) parking lot at 7:30 am. or meet at Hendy Woods entrance at 8:30 am.
July 3, Bird Walk: 9:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
July 10, Field Trip: Lake Cleone and Laguna Point, MacKerricher State Park. Meet at 8:00 am, Lake Cleone parking lot.
July 21, Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
Master Gardener Workshops at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Workshops are in the MCBG meeting room. Cost is $5.00 for Garden Members, $10 for non-members. Contact Kristina Van Wert at 707/964-4352 ext. 13 for questions or ext. 16 to reserve your space. For more information see the website www.gardenbythesea.org.
May 15, Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon. Seaside Gardening, led by Lily Ricardi, MCBG horticulturist.
June 5, Saturday, 10 a;m. to noon. Greywater Systems for the Home Garden, led by Bruce Broderick of local green business „Being Water‟.
June 12, Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon. Water Wise Gardening. Led by Master Gardener Louisa Aronow.
The stinging nettle is a plant that has been highly regarded by some and much maligned by others. In the U.S. it is considered a weed by farmers and home gardeners alike. But for thousands of years it has been
known to be a virtual treasure trove of medicinal, nutritional, and textile value.
This California native plant is also native to much of Europe, where it has a long history of use as an herbal remedy, a nutritious addition to the diet, and a fiber plant for making paper and cloth. Medicine
According to James P. Duke, Ph.D, author of the Green Pharmacy
Herbal Handbook, stinging nettle contains natural anti-inflammatory and antihistamine agents that open up constricted bronchial and nasal passages. It therefore has the capacity to provide natural relief for allergies like hay fever without harmful side effects often associated with pharmaceutical antihistamines.
The pain of rheumatoid and osteoarthritis can be eased by the anti-inflammatory properties mixing with the rich concentrations of the minerals boron and silicon. Boron helps our bones retain calcium and nettle has also shown some benefit against osteoporosis due to the high amount of this element in stinging nettle.
The stinging nettle has recently been found to be effective in the treatment of prostate enlargement, also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Although it has not been as well studied as saw palmetto or pygeum, the root is a popular European treatment for BPH. In a double-blind placebo-controlled study performed in Iran, 558 people were given either placebo or nettle root for 6 months.
The results
indicated that nettle root is significantly more effective than placebo on all major measures of BPH severity. Benefits were seen in three other double-blind studies as well, enrolling a total of more than 150 men.
galacturonic acid, vitamin C, A, and D, histamine, 5-
hydroxytryptamine, choline, and acetylcholine. They also have iron, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, boron, silica, and albuminoids.
It has also been reported that regular ingestion of nettles can help grow thicker hair, clearer skin, and stronger nails. Indeed, a quick search on the Internet yielded many products with nettle for nails, hair, and skin.
Nettles can be used in any recipe to replace spinach and are delicious when steamed or boiled and served with butter, salt, and pepper. Fiber and Dye
Nettle stems contain a bast fiber that has been traditionally used for the same purposes as linen and is produced by a similar retting process. In recent years a German company has started to produce commercial nettle textiles. A yellow dye is produced from the roots, and a yellowish green die from the leaves. In the Garden/Wildlife
This is not a plant that you would want by a walkway or any other place someone might accidentally get “stung”, but if you have a moist to wet, out of the way place for a plant that will keep giving for years to come, give this plant a try. The best way to keep the nettle patch under control in the garden is to plant it in a submerged tub so that the roots can't spread. I have it in a naturally moist area on the perimeter of our backyard and it is doing quite nicely. It has been growing there without a container for about 4 years and is not quickly spreading.
Growing a patch of stinging nettles in the garden, especially in a warm, sunny spot, is a sure-fire way to attract ladybugs, shieldbugs, and butterflies. Butterflies lay their eggs on nettles and the resulting caterpillars eat the leaves. The nettles may provide a deterrent against predators. This plant also produces a large amount of seeds in late summer that are a great food source for seed eating birds.
Nettle leaves are also a great addition to the compost pile. They are rich in nitrogen, which is required by the bacteria that break down the more woody material in the pile. The Sting
The tip of the stinging hair breaks off upon slight contact, leaving a sharp point that readily pierces skin and allows fluid contents of the hair to enter flesh through the body of the hair, which acts as a miniature hypodermic needle. It used to be thought that the main constituent of the sting was formic acid, which is the same chemical produced by ants. Although formic acid is present in the sting, research has shown that the main chemicals include histamine, acetylcholine, and
Urtica dioica, photo by Gerald and Buff Corsi, California Academy of Sciences
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Chorizanthe howellii, Howell‟s spine-flower. Photo by Vern Smith.
serotonin. The leaves of the dock (Rumex species) contain chemicals that neutralize the sting and also cool the skin when stung; it is often found growing in the same habitat as nettle. The plant loses its sting when steamed, boiled or dried.
Collecting
Be sure to wear gloves when collecting stinging nettle. Thick dishwashing gloves work great.
Propagation
The best way to propagate this plant is by seed. You can find nettle seeds at Johnnyseeds.com. You can buy dried nettle leaves from mountainroseherbs.com
Now, when you see this plant you will at once be reminded that it is one of the most undervalued of economic plants and that the usefulness of this plant much outweighs its inconveniences. The stinging nettle has a wide range of uses, for food, medicines, and fibers as well as being a very important plant for wildlife.
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President’s Message
by Nancy Morin The big news for the DKY Chapter is
that we will host the September 10—12, 2010, Chapter Council Meeting, which will
focus on conservation. It has been about 15 years since DKY has hosted a meeting. The Chapter Council is composed of one delegate from each chapter (usually the president) and the Chapter Council officers.
The Chapter Council has responsibility for basic governance of CNPS, including electing the Board of Directors and reviewing its work; establishing the strategic direction for the Society, establishing native plant policies and resolutions, and maintaining strong relationships throughout the organization and especially with the chapters. Council meetings typically have 50—60 people attending, and local members are welcome.
We are working to find a suitable meeting space in Fort Bragg. Attendees will camp, stay with local CNPS members, or stay in local motels. We will be responsible for organizing meals, snacks, and field trips. We need volunteers to help with organizing (1) accommodations, (2) food, (3) field trips, (4) miscellaneous logistics. If you would be willing to help, please contact me, [email protected], 882-2528.
The March Chapter Council meeting at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden was the first I had attended, and it really brought home what a great organization CNPS is. It has an incredibly talented, dedicated, hard-working staff and Board, but its great strength is in its membership. Like most membership organizations, CNPS has been seeing a steady attrition of members and currently has about 9,400, but it provides more to members than ever before.
Currently CNPS is developing a horticultural database that will allow you to enter information specific to your site and get recommendations for plants to use; through a consortium of botanically related organizations it is developing a certification program for botanists; it will soon unveil a curriculum package for classroom use for younger students; it is extending its mapping and assessment to include locally rare plants; and it is protecting our natural heritage through advocacy and education, just to mention a few CNPS activities.
If you are reading this and aren‟t a CNPS member, please consider joining. If you are a member, please take a look at the membership directory included in the last Calypso—are there people you know who share your interests but are not members? Please consider giving them a gift membership, or bring them to a program or field trip.
I am very glad to say that Julia Larke, longtime editor of the Calypso (and who still helps with it), has agreed to serve as Publicity Chair for our chapter. Helene Chalfin, long-time director of education at Jughandle Farm, has agreed to be our Education Chair. We still need a hospitality host for the Fort Bragg area—especially now that we are trying to have programs in both north and south coast venues. Let me know if you would be willing to organize refreshments for programs in Fort Bragg.
Detail of Urtica dioica from Volume 3, Flora of North America.
Campanula californica, swamp harebell. Photo by Doreen Smith
Jenner Headlands Field Trips Partipants in the field trips April 17 and 29 to the
Jenner Headlands, recently acquired for preservation by the Sonoma Land Trust, reported that they had a wonderful time, seeing great views and interesting plants. Our thanks to Brook Edwards and Kristin Martinez and their colleagues for making this field trip possible.
Becky and Win Bowen reported that, in addition to the views and plants, they saw several Cliff Swallows, a Northern Harrier, hummingbirds, Western Bluebirds and the first Cedar Waxwings they have seen in several years.
Field Trips with Peter Warner
Peter Warner is planning the following field trips to fascinating places and invites you to join him.
If you are interested, contact him at 707/829-1183, [email protected]
May 15 and 16: Cache Creek and Walker Ridge: a two-day adventure into the recently
designated Cache Creek Wilderness. May 30: Salt Point State Park: Meet at the Woodside campground parking lot, east side of
Highway 1, at 9 a.m. Contact Peter first in case plans change. June 25—27 (date tentative): Plaskett Meadows, Black Butte, Anthony Peak. Call Peter for
more information.
Call for Photos of Coastal Plants
Point Cabrillo Light House volunteers refurbished the educational displays in the old smithy for their 100th
anniversary, celebrated last year. There are two rooms, one has a large marine aquarium and the other has space for exhibits. Photo topics so far have been marine mammals and coast birds. The Light House would like to have a show on coast wildflowers, possibly sometime in 2011, that could also be exhibited in the Fort Bragg library and College of the Redwoods, and presumably in south coast venues as well. The photos must be of very high quality and would be displayed as 5 x 7” or 8 x 10”. If you are interested in helping organize such an exhibit, please contact Nancy Morin, [email protected]; 882-2528.
(State Parks, continued from page 2)
Sources:
Renée Pasquinelli, Managing Natural Areas in State Parks - Presentation to the California Native Plant Society, April 2010. Protecting the Commons: A Framework for Resource Management in the Americas. Editors Joanna Burger, Elinor Ostrom, Richard Norgaard, David Policansky, and B. D. Goldstein, 2001 http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/Pages/default.aspx http://www.parks.ca.gov http://mendoparks.mcn.org/Index.htm http://www.mendoparks.org/ http://www.calparks.org/takeaction/#Advocacy_efforts http://yesforstateparks.com/get-the-facts/initiative-text
A peaceful moment on Jenner Headlands, photo by B. & W. Bowen
by Nancy R. Morin The stately trees that grace our roadsides and hills
are now bearing their creamy clusters of flowers. Handsome all through the year, with their elegant, smooth/shreddy, reddish-brown trunks and stems and their large, simple, glossy leaves, they seem to outdo themselves in flower. Our species of madrone, Arbutus menziesii, grows from San Diego County (where it is rare), north along the coast to British Columbia, and west of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades It grows with tanoak, douglas fir, and sometimes redwoods; it resprouts and is an early colonizer after logging or fires.
Madrone wood is hard-grained and heavy and is prized by wood-workers. Native Americans used an infusion of bark, roots, and leaves to treat colds and brewed a tea from the bark to relieve stomach-ache. A lotion made using leaves and bark helped sores heal faster. The berries were eaten fresh or cooked. Even the charcoal was used to make gunpowder (Ball, 1962).
Marjorie Schmidt (1980) gave instructions for propagation, cautioning that young plants are susceptible to fungal infection. She noted “In autumn the glowing berries enliven the forests and bring flocks of Robins, Cedar Waxwings, and Bandtailed Pigeons to dine. In former days some large old specimens were known as council tree, and were the meeting place of Indian tribes.”
Arbutus is one of the six genera that make up subfamily Arbutoideae in the heath family Ericaceae. Arctostaphylos is another genus in the subfamily, with its 66 species. The rest are, like Arbutus, graceful trees or tall shrubs. Comarostaphylis has one species in southern California (the other nine in Mexico and Central America, Diggs, 2009). Ornithostaphylos has only one species; only 103 individuals are known in the U.S., all in the Tijuana Hills in San Diego County (Diggs, 2009). Xylococcus, also just one species, grows on the coastal plain and Peninsular and Transverse ranges in Los Angeles to San Diego counties and on Santa Catalina Island (Dorr, 2009). Arctous, the last genus, is circumboreal and doesn‟t reach California. Of the 10–11 species of Arbutus , five are
neotropical, mostly growing in montane areas. Arbutus unedo, the strawberry tree, which is cultivated in California, and A. andrachne are from the eastern Mediterranean, and A. canariensis is endemic to the Canary Islands (Sorensen, 2009). The other two North American species of Arbutus are A. arizonica, found from 1500—2400 meters in Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, and A. xalapensis, from the Edwards Plateau in Texas and west into southwestern New Mexico.
Arbutus menziesii was discovered by Archibald
Menzies when he was the naturalist under Captain George Vancouver on the ship Discovery. It was named for him by Frederick Pursh, a botanist in Philadelphia, in 1813. References: Treatments in Flora of North America Volume 8, 2009,
edited by the Flora of North America Editorial Committee: Sorensen, Paul D., Arbutus, pp. 398–400; Diggs, George M., Jr., Comarostaphylis pp. 401–403, Ornithostaphylos, p. 403: Dorr, Laurence
J., Xylococcus, p. 404. Balls, Edward K., 1962. Early uses of California Plants,
University of California Press. Schmidt, Marjorie G. 1980. Growing California Native
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS CAMPING Diane Wickstrom 884-4556 CONSERVATION Lori Hubbart 882-1655 EDUCATION Helene Chalfin FIELD TRIPS Mario Abreu &
Nancy Morin(temp) HISTORIAN Ramona Crooks 884-3585 HOSPITALITY: North Coast - OPEN South Coast Roberta Rams 884-4847 INVASIVE PLANTS Julia Larke 964-2845
JUBATA ERADICATION OPEN MAILINGS Roberta Rams 884-4847 MEMBERSHIP Bob Rutemoeller 884-4426 NEWSLETTER Nancy Morin 882-2528 PLANT SALE Mario Abreu 937-3155 PLANT WATCH OPEN POSTERS Lynn Tuft 785-3392 PUBLICITY Julia Larke 964-2845 PROGRAMS Lori Hubbart (pro tem)
CHAPTER WEBPAGE: www.dkycnps.org. Send in photos and articles to Norm Jensen. NEXT BOARD MEETINGS: The next Board is meeting is Thursday, June 10, 2 p.m., Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens meeting room, Fort Bragg.
MEMBERSHIP: Renewal - your renewal date is listed on the address label of your CNPS Bulletin. Give a friend or neighbor a gift membership! If you have any question, please contact Bob Rutemoeller at 884-4426 or [email protected]. CALYPSO Items: Send newsletter items to Nancy Morin @ [email protected], 882-2528.
CNPS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER
Membership in the California Native Plant Society is open to all. The task and mission of the Society is to increase awareness, understanding, and appreciation of California native plants. The challenge is to preserve their natural habitat through scientific, educational, and conservation activities. Membership includes subscription to the quarterly Fremontia, as well as our local chapter newsletter, the Calypso.
Name_____________________________________ Address___________________________________ City _______________________ Zip ___________ Tel. ___________ E-mail_____________________
I wish to affiliate with the DKY Chapter___________ or, other chapter ____________________________ (Please check, or name a chapter; CNPS will make assignment if none is specified by applicant.)
Make check out to the California Native Plant Society; mail check and application to:
Bob Rutemoeller, Membership Committee DKY Chapter, CNPS PO Box 577 Gualala, CA 95445
Calypso notes Do you want to see the Calypso photos in color?
You can by viewing them at the www.dkycnps.org website. Or you can request an emailed copy as an attached pdf file. Just contact DKY membership: Bob Rutemoeller at 707/884-4426, or by email at: [email protected].
A few members are helping us save paper, trees, and postage by switching to the email copy of the Calypso. It will be sent to your email address when the regular issue is mailed. Contact Bob, above.
Non profit postage and annual permit fees have been steadily increasing. Your chapter has decided to switch over to mailing the Calypso as first class mail to give you better service and save a few dollars.
