imulu Society KERN CHAPTER MARCH 2016 CONTENTS M. A. Henry, Desert Advocate - 1 President's Message - 3 Gardening with Natives - 5 Accolades - 6 2016 Field Trips -7 Meeting Topics -9 EVENTS MARCH 12 - Phytophthora Workshop, Long Beach 12 - Field Trip: Lower Tejon Ranch 17 - Chapter Meeting, 6 pm Program, 7 pm APRIL 16 - Field Trip: Carrizo Plain 21 - Chapter Meeting, 6 pm Program, 7 pm 23 — Field Trip: Bitter Creek NWR MAY 1 - Field Trip: Nature Conservancy 19 - Chapter Meeting, 6 pm Program, 7 pm 21 - Field Trip: Upper Tejon Ranch JUNE 16 - Chapter Meeting, 6 pm Program, 7 pm Mary Ann Hasemeier Henry (1918-2006) Friend of the Desert, Fellow of CNPS by Nancy Nies I F YOU GO TO SHORT CANYON, YOU'LL SEE A BRONZE PLAQUE and a colorful kiosk, both honoring an exceptional woman — Mary Ann Henry — whose botanical work resulted in the protection of this and other areas of high biodiversity. It was on my first visit to Short Can- yon, with a Kern CNPS field trip group on 24 March 2015, that I saw the plaque and kiosk — not to mention a spectacular display of spring wildflowers — and was prompted to learn more about the woman so devoted to the area that she spent a decade cataloguing its native plants, was responsible for its being designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), and acted as its docent, giv- ing tours to many groups over many years. Born in Seattle in 1918, Mary Ann Hasemeier attained the highest rank in Girl Scouting, that of Golden Eaglet, in 1936. Six years later she graduated Short Canyon trail with a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Washington and married Ronald Henry. The couple spent five years living in Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving to the China Lake-Ridgecrest community, where Ron would work as a research chemist and where they would spend the rest of their lives. It was there that Mary Ann was to become a friend of the desert and accomplish much on its behalf. While Mary Ann and her husband were raising three children in the 1950s, she served as president of the local Girl Scout Council as well as Cub Scout den mother, and helped build two Scout camps. The Henry family The California Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of California native plants and their natural habitats , and to increasing the understanding, appreciation , and horticultural use of native plants. Photo: Dinah Campbell 2 Mimulus Memo — March 2016 spent most weekends camping. It was then that Mary Ann began to teach herself botany with Edmund Jaeger's Desert Wildflowers. filling in the book's drawings with colored pencils each time she found a specimen. She also did coursework in botany, and became a respected field botanist. Never working professionally as a nurse, Mary Ann did do volunteer work in the medical field, helping with area well-baby clinics, polio immunizations, and testing for tuberculosis and valley fever. She also volunteered her time to work with the Sierra Club , Maturango Museum, Audubon Kern River Preserve, Des- ert Tortoise Preserve, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nature Conservancy, Mono Lake Committee, Yosemite Park Association, and California Native Plant Society. For years she was the conservation representative for the CNPS Bristlecone Chapter. Mary Ann's survey of the flora of Short Canyon pro- vided the basis for its being named an ACEC by the BLM in 1988, and her work with the plants of Sand Canyon was, similarly, influential in its achieving ACEC status. Also, her five-year monitoring of a rare grass ( Swallenia alexandrae) found at Eureka Dunes "has been incredibly important for evaluating population trends in dune grass, and has been relied upon in reviews of the dune grass listing as endangered," according to Short Canyon botanist Michele Slaton, of the CNPS Bristlecone Chapter. Mary Ann outlined her dune grass study and its conclusive results in her article, “A Rare Grass on the Eureka Dunes " ( Fremontia 7 (2) 3-6, July 1979). She and her husband Ron were instrumental in the expansion of Death Valley National Park to include Saline and Eureka Valleys, and in establishing the boundaries for six wilderness areas created by the Desert Protection Act. The Sierra Club's Kern-Kaweah Chapter gave Mary Ann Henry its Sierra Club Cup Award — the chapter's highest honor — in 1982 and its Long Trail Award in 1990. CNPS made her a Fellow in 1996. In 2002, the local chapters of CNPS, the Audubon Society, and the Sierra Club joined with the BLM's Ridgecrest Field Office in recognizing Mary Ann's years of dedication to Short Canyon by placing the bronze plaque there in her honor. It reads: "In recognition of her pioneering efforts to conduct the first systematic inventory of Short Canyon flora; her decades of service to environmental education; and her years of commitment to sustaining the desert's beauty and biodiversity." When Mary Ann was named a CNPS Fellow, Ann and Vincent Yoder of the Bristlecone Chapter wrote (. Fremontia 24 (3) 31-32, July 1996) that she "took time to develop an understanding of the ecology of the desert and to become its vigorous defender." They called her "one of those rare individuals who [took] her role as citizen seriously," and "an outspoken advocate of habitat preser- vation." They wrote that she was an authority on the distribution and status of threatened desert plants and helped develop policies to protect them. The Yoders wrote that another of Mary Ann's major contributions was in educating the public. For many years she led weekly, booked-to-capacity spring wild- flower walks, which the Ann and Vince Yoder called "an essential part of the Maturango Museum education program ." She also played a major role in the mu- seum's annual desert wildflower show, acting as its "lead botanist and guiding spirit ," said Charlotte Good- son, of the Bristlecone Chapter. In addition, Mary Ann led numerous Sierra Club outings, as well as botanical activities for hundreds of local sixth-graders in the Sand Canyon Environmental Education Program. Continued on page 6 Photo courtesy of Henry family Mimulus Memo — March 2016 3 President's Message Baja California Field Trip Report by Richard Spjut I CONDUCTED FIELD WORK IN BAJA CALIF- ornia from late January to early February on a proj- ect entitled Evolutionary History of Coastal Lichen Species in the Genera Niebla. Ramalina and Vermi- lacinia (Ramalinaceae) on which I am co-investigator with Professor Emmanuel Serusiaux who — at the University of Liege in Belgium — has been elucidat- ing the phylogeny of the Ramalinaceae. described the genus Vermilacinia as new the previous year in Flechten Follmann (Koeltz Scientific Books) . Many are known only from examples in Baja Califor- nia, while others are found from California to south- eastern Alaska. One species, V. zebrina Spjut, is found in the fog desert of Namibia and also in the Pacific Coast of North America.* Several other North Ameri- can species, V. leopardina Spjut and V. tigrina Spjut & Hale, also occur in the fog desert of Chile. The epithets for these species were selected for their distinctive black bands or spots on their "plant bod- ies". Besides the tiger, leopard, and zebra vermilaci- nias, there is a lion vermilacinia, V. leonis Spjut, which Fig. 1 . Pebble (left) and boulder (right) communities of Niebla species along the Pacific coast of Baja California. The green stuff on rocks are species of Niebla. Note the absence of Niebla on ground and pebble-size rocks in the boulder community. Both communities include many species of Niebla. The genus name, Niebla, means "fog" in Spanish. After meeting in San Diego, we proceeded to collect Ramalinaceae specimens as far south as Vizcaino Pen- insula, and as far west as Punta Eugenia. We received assistance from Dr. Jose Delgadillo Rodriguez from the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, who is also curator of their herbarium (El Herbario BCMEX). He provided us with maps and field guides on vascu- lar plants of Baja, but was unable to join our expedi- tion as originally planned. A lichen is a composite life form consisting of a fun- gus and an alga in a symbiotic relationship — the en- tire "plant body" (thallus) bearing no resemblance to either of its partners. There are perhaps 18,000 lichen species. Those of Niebla and Vermilacinia depend on fog for their moisture requirements; most of them oc- cur along the Pacific coast of North America. They can be found growing abundantly on branches of shrubs and on rocks (Fig. 1); indeed, they can contribute up to 75% of the landscape vegetation (Rundel et al.. The Bryologist 75:501-508. 1972). In 1996, 1 had named and described 53 of these lichens as new (Sida Botanical Miscellany 14) . I had also differs, as one might suspect, by the absence of black bands; it occurs in southern Baja California and in South America (Fig. 2, 3). During our expedition about 500 lichen specimens were collected. Evening hours were devoted to reviewing field identifications, entering collection data into a spreadsheet, preparing DNA samples and duplicate specimens for deposit at BCMEX before returning to San Diego. Occurrences of Niebla seem less frequent than what I recalled seeing between 1985 and 1996. At least eight localities where I had collected nieblas, cited in my 1996 book on Niebla and Vermilacinia, had none. We also specifically searched for Niebla usneoides Spjut at four sites; nieblas were found at two of these sites, but not N. usneoides. This species was common on the Vizcaino Peninsula north of Bahia Asuncion. Niebla usneoides is distinctive for reproducing asexu- ally by tiny pustular projections (isidia) that develop abundantly over the entire thallus, a characteristic feature easily recognized in the field. The disappear- All photos courtesy Richard Spjut 4 Mimulus Memo — March 2016 Fig. 2. Comparison of the leopard and zebra V. leopardina (left) and 1/ zebrina (right). K zebrina differs in reproducing by development of soredia, white powdery masses of fungal and algal cells that erupt through the cortex and disperse; an individual soredium can reproduce a new thallus. Soredia within a well-defined opening on the thalus cortex is referred to as soralia. K zebrna has soralia that can be seen above by the by black rings around white puffs on the lower branches. The genus name, Vermilacinia, is in regard to the thallus divided into worm-like branches. Ruler shown is in millimeter increments ". ance of nieblas appears related to climate change. For example, if temperature rises, fog may precipitate at higher elevations, or not at all. At other locations, particularly along the immediate coast, human distur- bance is clearly evident by growth of local residential communities further into the undisturbed desert. Sim- ilar disturbances had already occurred in California; for example, Albert Herre complained in 1936 about " Our Vanishing Lichen Flora" having been "devastated" by the "real estaters " . Returning to Bakersfield, I needed to photograph specimens and prepare duplicates and labels for their deposit at the U.S. National Herbarium, Smith- sonian Institution, then send the remaining original material to Pro- fessor Serusiaux. There is an ur- gency for this due to degradation of the DNA that will occur in time, espe- cially Vermilacinia species that will develop a moldy appearance within months after col- lection. How can a mold become moldy if it was already a mold to start with? Most species of Vermilacinia contain a diterpenoid compound, [-]-16 a-hydroxykaurane, which is rare in lichens, and which reportedly causes efflorescence, defined as: "the changing of certain crystalline compounds to a whitish powder or powdery crust through loss of their water of crystallization After Vermilacinia specimens are collected, the cortex breaks down leading the inner white filamentous cells (medullary hyphae) to ooze out, from which crystalline deposits appear (Fig. 3). Not only is there a loss of DNA, but the whole thallus becomes a white mass, making it difficult to identify the morphological characteristics, which in this case is the presence of soredia, a powderpuff-like mass of fungal and algal tissue that disperses and reproduces the species. £r * V. Wirth in Lichens of the Namib Desert (Hess, Gottingen. 2010) presents a color image of Niebla cepha- lota. This corresponds to the image of the holotype of V. zebrina presented by Spjut in Niebla and Vermi- lacinia (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California of a specimen collected by Mason E. Hale, Jr. in July 1980 on branches of shore pine at Lamphere-Christen- son Dunes Preserve near Areata, California. Images shown in Fig.2 above were taken in Baja California, January 2016. Fig. 3. Photos of specimens of Vermilacinia leonis. Left: Image of a specimen in the World Botanical Associates herbarium, collected by Richard Spjut in Baja California Sur, 15 March 1 993, scanned April 2003. Right: Image of specimen in the Farlow Herbarium (FH) within the Harvard University Herbaria collected by Gualterio Looser, probably in 1928, photographed by Richard Spjut in 1990. The estimated age difference in specimens is approximately 60 years during which time efflorescence has led to a much greater development of a whitish bloom in the Harvard specimen. Mimulus Memo — March 2016 5 Blue Witch (Solanum umbelliferum) internet seems to indicate the seeds need to be placed in a moist, cold location for 30 days before planting. So we'll see if they will come up or not. The rabbit- bush came up in the pots and have been planted out already. I've also got some California fuchsia grow- ing. Last fall, after they had bloomed. I'd grab a pinch of the fluffy seeds from my various fuchsias and put them in a flowerpot. They started to sprout and have been re-potted to thin them out. But now I don't remember which variety they are. Oh, well. We'll see when they bloom. The cuttings of coyote mint are very tiny and hopefully they will start growing more when it warms up. The buckwheat never developed roots, so they got tossed. The Arroyo lupine in the pots sprouted within two weeks. I've planted ^ them out as well, but o H noticed the plants are § susceptible to snails. I J use Cory's to deal with J snails. O 2 jS' What else is growing? ^ Some of the milkweeds Western redbud (Cercis occidentalis) are coming back, even one that I had trans- planted. The desert mallows stayed evergreen and are beginning to bloom again. I had cut back the Califor- nia fuchsias to about 8 inches tall and they are grow- ing new leaves for the season. Desert marigolds also did well all winter. The plants that had gotten more water froze and turned nasty, I just trimmed that off and they will often regrow. The desert marigolds that did not get much supplemental water look much bet- ter all year round. The Ceanothus and Salvia flowers are starting to bud. Well, I need to go out now and see if anything has changed since this morning! Gardening with Natives Anticipation by Monica Tudor A NTICIPATION! THIS GARDEN SEASON IS exciting! Plants are putting out new leaves and buds, seeds are sprouting, and my daily walks through the garden reveal a constantly changing scene. If you come to visit, you'll see seedlings and a lot of dirt. I see the potential; my mind's eye sees the plants as they will be this summer: the whole thing more full, more colors, an oasis for the birds and crit- ters. This past three-day week- end, Presidents' Day, I was in the garden most of the daylight hours. I'd head out just to take a look, then wind up crouching over a seedling or plant to observe it in more detail. While close to the ground. I'd pick out weeds — mostly mustard — and grass. You know how that goes, pretty soon I'm on my hands and knees, weeding more and more. I'm pretty convinced that every wayward blade and weed were picked out that weekend. Nevertheless, by this Well, 1 need to go out now and see if anything has changed since this morning! dospectablis, and rubber rabbitbush ( Ericameria nauseo- sa ) in pots and in the ground. I had made cuttings of coyote mint and buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum. I also sprinkled leftovers of last year's poppy seeds and a wildflower mix from Theodore Payne that included bladderpod, owl's clover, elegant clarkia, monkey- flower, chia and black sage. The results are mixed. Theodore Payne's wildflower mix is doing well. I don't see any monkey flower or owl's clover, but the elegant clarkia is doing very well and the bladderpod, chia and black sage are growing here and there. I am not seeing any Penstemon pseudospectablis, either in the pots or in the ground. Checking around on the weekend a new crop of weeds — now it's a lot of feverfew — and grass have popped up. Good thing I don't mind weeding. Earlier in December, I had planted arroyo lupine, Penstemon pseu- 6 Mimulus Memo — March 2016 Mary Ann Henry (Continued from page 2) When Mary Ann died in 2006, what did people who knew her remember about her? For longtime friend Pat Moore, it was that "she was very important to our community. . . [and] kept us straight environmentally." For Elizabeth Watson, who went along on her wildflower walks, it was that "she loved to get children involved with learning about the environment." For Ron Schiller, who served with her on the BLM Steering Committee, it was that "she was constantly sending letters to the editor and to the BLM." For high-school student Kate Good- son, it was "the way she could dissect a flower with a diaper pin." For Don Joe McKernan of the BLM Steering Committee, it was that on the subject of desert plants "she was the most knowledgeable person I've ever met." Fel- low CNPS member Charlotte Goodson remembered that Mary Ann "was interested in everything ," and had collections of scat, lichens, and woody cross-sections of desert plants. Hector Villalobos, of the BLM's Ridgecrest office, described her as "tireless" in survey- ing the plants of Short Canyon and getting it named an ACEC, and commented that "she did it almost single-handedly." Judy Breitenstein, who helped with the Maturango Mu- seum wildflower show, credited Mary Ann with adding "a lot of joy to my life, getting me involved with wildflowers." And wildlife biologist Kristin Berry of the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee wrote that "she expressed her love and concern for wildflowers, tortoises, and the Mojave Desert." Mary Ann Henry, appropriately honored with the plaque and kiosk at the mouth of Short Canyon, left a living, lasting legacy. It includes a comprehensive plant list for Short Canyon, representing 57 families, 181 genera, and 314 species, subspecies and varieties (see http:/ loccnps.org/PlantLists/short canyon.html) . It includes protected status for environmentally sensi- tive areas — notably Short Canyon, Sand Canyon, and Eureka Dunes. And it includes, as Ann and Vince Yoder put it so well, "thousands of Kern County residents and visitors [who] have gained an appreciation of our unique botanical diversity through her work, and even greater numbers [who] will benefit from her efforts to preserve our natural heritage in the future." Q Author's note: Many thanks to Kristin Berry, Robert Henry, Katie Quinlan, and Michele Slaton for their help. I am also grateful to the Ridgecrest Daily Indepen- dent for its front-page obituary published 27 August 2006, and to all those quoted there and elsewhere whose words found their way into this article. "[she was] one of those rare individuals who [took] her role as citizen seriously/' l£yOil presentation at our tarn ^^H’rovoking SSnat ”“«» 8 lrr dn ” r "“ fa «* «1 the ninml I, \ r ^neauie. tribute! to^debd Wh ° ¥ n ~ January meeting. ° US P otJuc k at the oTr Teltifgs T° Vlde ^ Wmts California Native Plant Society CNPS is the leader for providing reliable information on California native plants and plant conservation. Comprehensive infor- mation about Californiass flora and vege- tation communities is available throughtout the state for conservation and educational purposes. CNPS's leaderships influences personal ethics and actions, as well as pub- lic policy for native plant protection. Mimulus Memo — March 2016 7 FIELD TRIPS by Clyde Golden and Patty Gradek ERN CNPS FIELD TRIPS ARE OPEN TO ALL. Occasionally, numbers will be limited by the land owners or agencies. We welcome you to join us to see and learn about our native plants and their habitats, to learn to identify plants, or to photograph them. If you are skilled in plant identification, you can help us all learn. Please always dress in layers, wear boots or shoes you can hike in, and bring food and water. You may also want to bring a hat, sunscreen, binoculars, camera, plant lists and useful references such as Kern County Flora and the lepson Manual, or any book you like. We try to meet at a spot where we can park some cars and carpool to our location to save the air, the gas, the mon- ey and make sure that we will have adequate space to park. CNPS does not arrange car pools; each person does so at the meeting place. If you ride with another driver, please remember to offer to help pay for gas. All trips are by reservation only, so we know whom to expect, and how many will be attending each field trip. Each trip will have the contact person listed. Please email the contact person by four days before the field trip and indicate the names of those who will attend. Please also provide a cell phone number if we need to reach you that day and indicate whether you will be driving a four-wheel drive, AWD or high- clearance vehicle. We may need to limit participation for some trips if we don't have an adequate number of four-wheel drive, AWD or high-clearance vehicles for all the participants. IMPORTANT: If your plans or your party's plans change and you will not be attending, it is critical for safety, planning and courtesy reasons - that you call or email the contact person and let them know you will not be there. March 12, Saturday VALLEY FRINGE PORTION OF TEJON RANCH with Mike White Contact: Patty Gradek - patty gradek@gmail. com RSVP Deadline: 8 pm, Tuesday, March 8 Mike White, Tejon Conservancy's Conservation Sci- ence Director, will be leading us on an early spring field trip through some of the parts of the Ranch that border the Valley. The Tejon Ranch is a beautiful place in the spring and we're hoping for great displays in these lower elevations. Plan on this being a full-day trip. The meeting place and time will be determined later so we can see the best displays. Those who RSVP will be given the meeting place and directions and the time we will meet. Pets and smoking are not allowed on the Tejon Ranch. You may want to bring the Tejon Ranch Plant List available on our chapter web site: kern.cnps.org, as well as other references that are ap- propriate. If you have a four-wheel drive or an AWD, please drive it. Some areas require access by four- wheel drive. The Conservancy has informed us the field trip will be limited to 30 participants. April 16, Saturday CARRIZO PLAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT with Denis Kearns Contact: Patty Gradek - pattygradek@gmaU.com RSVP Deadline: 8 pm, Tuesday April 12 Denis Kearns, BLM Botanist, will lead us on a trip to this very magical and beautiful place. Denis may have us help evaluate past restoration efforts on the monument. The trip will be limited to 20 people, due to limits prescribed for such tours in the BLM Management Plan. Therefore, if you want to attend, we suggest you contact Patty Gradek at pattygradek@gmail. com early, because no more than 20 will be allowed to participate. Please meet at the parking lot of the BLM office at 3801 Pegasus Drive at 8:30 am for carpooling. If you have a four-wheel drive or AWD, please drive it so we can ac- cess some of the special areas. We will leave promptly at 8:45 am and this will be a full-day field trip. There are restrooms at the Visitor Center at Carrizo. April 23, Saturday BITTER CREEK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE with Pam DeVries Contact: Patty Gradek - patti/gradek@gmail. com RSVP Deadline: 8 pm, Tuesday, April 19 The Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge is a very special place and it's open to the public only by permit from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Pam DeVries, professional botanist, helped us to obtain California poppies at Carrizo Plain National Monument Photo: Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management Photo: U.S. FWS 8 Mimulus Memo — March 2016 the permit to enter the refuge for this field trip. The permit limits the trip to 20 people. Therefore, if you want to attend, we suggest you contact Patty Gradek at patty gradek@gmail. com early, because no more than 20 people will be allowed to participate. The Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge protects the habitat of a variety of animals and plants, includ- ing the California condor, golden eagle, prairie falcon and tSan Joaquin kit fox. The refuge also contains rare plant species such as Eremalche parryi subsp. kernensis. Our botanical walk of approximately one mile will take place in an area selected by Pam DeVries and ap- proved by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Meet at the "Park and Ride" at the corner of Real Road and Stockdale Highway at 7:30am to form car- pools. We will leave promptly at 7:40 and will arrive at the refuge by 9:00am. Refuge staff will meet us at the refuge headquarters and will give us a brief talk on the refuge and their current monitoring efforts prior to starting our walk. This will be a full-day field trip and there are restrooms at the refuge headquarters. May 1, Sunday NATURE CONSERVANCY PROPERTIES with Zach Principe Contact: Clyde Golden - cgold666@hotmail.com RSVP Deadline: 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 2016 A joint field trip with Kern Audubon Society and Sierra Club. Let's hope the birders don't frighten the flowers. A return to one of the Caliente ranches owned by the Nature Conservancy, the exact location will be determined closer to the date, depending on the state of the bloom and condition of the roads. High clearance vehicles recommended and carpool- ing will be essential. Restrooms are not available after leaving town. Exact meeting time to be determined for this all-day trip. Mike White, Tejon Conservancy's Conservation Sci- ence Director, will be leading us on a field trip to the higher elevations of Tejon Ranch. Plan on this being a full-day trip. The meeting place and time will be determined later. Those who RSVP will be given the meeting place and directions and time we will meet. Pets and smoking are not allowed on the Tejon Ranch. You may want to bring the Tejon Ranch plant list available on our chapter web site: kern.cnps.org. as well as any other references that are appropriate. If you have a four-wheel drive or AWD, please plan to drive it. We have to inform the Conservancy of the numbers that will be attending and they will limit the field trip to 30 participants. Special Note! Keep your eyes open for other field trips that may be planned on short notice. If additional trips are planned, they will be advertised in emails from Andy Honig. "Annual" >■ Summer Trip Horse Meadow Campground by Lucy Clark LAN ON ATTENDING OUR SUMMER TRIP TO Horse Meadow Campground in the Sequoia National Forest. We had a great time with our fellow members last year, and with the incredible flowers that appeared not only in the campground, but on Sherman Pass Road, in spite of the drought. A check of the area will be made to determine the best time, based on snow, rain, road quality; then Andy Honig will send a message to all members with an email address. Lucy will contact others with a call. We hope to give us all 2 weeks' notice. May 21, Saturday HIGHER ELEVATION PORTIONS OF TEJON RANCH with Mike White Contact: Patty Gradek - pattygradek@gmail.com RSVP Deadline: 8 pm, Tuesday, May 17 Be thinking about this trip, and the din- ners together, the star watching, the clean air. The more, the merrier! Photo: Clyde Golden Mimulus Memo — March 2016 9 Mimulus Memo: Searchable and online C HAPTER PRESIDENT RICH SPJUT RECENTLY signed an agreement with the program director of the Biodiversity Heritage Library to have past issues starting in 2005 as well as future issues of our newslet- ter, Mimulus Memo, included in their digital collection. "BHL is a consortium of major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy biodi- versity literature. Together, the consortium accounts for over two million volumes of biodiversity literature collected over 200 years. Open access to the resources in the Biodi- versity Heritage Library supports the work of scientists, researchers, and students in their home institutions and throughout the world." In the past Spjut mailed copies of the Mimulus to local libraries in Bakersfield and to selected CNPS chapters who expressed interest in receiving it. He reports, "This agreement with BHL makes our newsletter not only more available to the world but also its content more searchable." To explore the Biodiversity Heritage Library go to http://biodiversitylibrary.org Q \ Chapter Meetings upconiigTOPICS Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 7 pm: Denis Kearns, Botany in Ireland Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 7 pm: Richard Spjut, Botanical Wonder- land: Baja California, Mexico Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 7 pm: Maynard Moe, Flora of Kern County Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 7 pm: Nick Jenson, Flora ofTejon Ranch Conservancy Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 7 pm: Joy England, Plants of Rock Creek Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 7 pm: Orchid Black, Gardening with Natives WlLDFLOWER PORTRAIT GALLERY Common Name(s): Scientific Name: Family: Community: Eldorado larkspur Hansen's larkspur Delphinium hansenii Ranunculaceae Foothill Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest, Chaparral Toxicity: Major Subspecies & Varieties: Delphinium hansenii ssp. ewanianum Delphinium hansenii ssp. hansenii Delphinium hansenii ssp. kernense Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 7 pm: TBA All chapter meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month at the Hall Ambulance Community Room 1031 21st Street (21st & N St.), Bakersfield, CA. 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