. . dedicated to the appreciation and conservation of the Goiorado native flora” Volume 23 Number 5 Workshop Edition September-~October 1999 1999 - 2000 Colorado Native Plant Society Workshop Program CoNPS Workshop Committee, Bill Jennings Chair The Colorado Native Plant Society is proud to present the work- shop schedule for our 16th season providing members with win- tertime educational activities. Workshops bring native plant lovers together with a well-informed instructor, who may have herbarium specimens, live plants, photographs, taxonomic keys, and other materials available for hands-on study. The opportunity to receive one-on-one instruction and informative lectures has made the vorkshop series one of the most popular Native Plant Society pro- ^^^grams. Attendees need no special skills or background; a love of plants and a desire to learn are the only prerequisites. There are no exams, grades, or homework; and working together is encouraged. The goal is to demystify plant identification and to enhance in all of us our enjoyment and understanding of Colorado's native flora. To register for workshops, please call (303) 665-6903 and leave a message on the answering machine. You may also register by writ- ing Bill Jennings, P.O. Box 952, Louisville, CO 80027. However you register, be sure to provide your name, address, telephone number (including area code!), and which workshops you wish to attend. If multiple sessions are scheduled, be sure to indicate pref- erence. Receipt of your registration request will be acknowledged within a few days. About ten days prior to the workshop, registrants will receive notice by mail regarding location, time, lunch, references, and sup- plies, with a list of other registrants to encourage carpooling. The fee for each workshop is $12 for CoNPS mernbers and $24 for non-members ($12 for the workshop, plus $12 to join CoNPS). Members of native plant societies from neighboring states are con- sidered members of CoNPS for the purpose of workshop registra- tion. Payment is made on the day of the workshop. Workshops have been very popular in the past, with multiple ses- sions frequently scheduled to meet demand, or with long waiting lists for the seats available. However, no-shows have been a prob- There are only so many seats available in the classrooms and labs in which these workshops are held, and we are holding a seat for you. If you find that you CANNOT attend a workshop for which you have registered, please call and cancel your registration as soon as possible! Long-time members of CoNPS may recall that Bill did much of the work organizing workshops, taking registrations, sending notices, taking payments, and providing refreshments, as well as teaching occasional workshops. We encourage CoNPS members to join the Workshop Committee and help ensure the continuation of the pro- gram, Any and all help is always appreciated. Volunteers are needed to lead workshops, particularly for plant families with few representatives in Colorado. If you have a favorite plant family or genus, or there is a family or genus about which you wish to know more, then consider leading a workshop on the topic. Refer to the books of Dr. William A. Weber {Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope', Colorado Flora: Western Slope', or Rocky Mountain Flora) to determine the number of species in a given family of genus. Full-day workshops dedicated to a single family or genus usually cover 15 to 30 species; a half-day workshop is practical for seven to 15 species. Call Bill Jennings and he will tell you what is involved in preparing a workshop. If you volunteer NOW, you will have all winter to work in the herbarium, next sum- mer to look at plants in the field, and fall of 2000 to organize your program before presentation in the winter of 2000-2001. Remember, on the day of the workshop no one will know more about the topic than you! It takes considerable time and effort for instructors to plan and develop workshops or field trips. Please let us kno,w how you like “Workshops'" Continues on page 2 Contents About the Society 7 Announcements . . . . . . .3, 4 Articles . . . .1-2, 3, 4 Calendar . . 8 Chapter News . . . . 3 For Your Library . . .5-6 Aquilegia Page 2 i “Workshops” continued from paged the activities we offei*. We need your suggestions for future work- shops and field trips. We also appreciate feedback on whether you find them informative and exciting, or dull and uninteresting. KEYING IN THE ASTERACEAE Leader: Dr. David Buckner Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder First session: Saturday, November 6, 1999 Second session: Sunday, November 7, 1999 The Aster or Composite family is so large, that when confronted with a new or unusual species, most persons recoil in horror at the thought of plowing through the efidless pages of the key to the Asteraceae. However, the family is organized into tribes, with fewer than a dozen represented in Colorado. The largest tribes are further divided into subtribeSi Recognition of the tribes/subtribes and the organization of the family aids greatly in reducing the time required to key specimens. Dr. Buckner will demonstrate the rela- tionships within the daisy family, by providing keys and specimens for study. THE BOTANICAL DETECTIVE AND COLORADO GOOSEBERRIES Leader: Bill Jennings Location; Foothills Nature Center, Boulder First session: Saturday, December ! 1, 1999 Second session: Sunday, December 12, 1999 Bill Jennings will discuss the methods he uses when preparing a family for a workshop: what he looks for in the herbarium, how he determines peak blooming date and average elevation, and how he develops maps of the species range. One feature of this workshop will be a presentation of the rnajor references he uses: botanical, geological, topographical, and historical. Many older herbarium labels specify collection locations that are not on modern maps. Road locations change. Towns adopt new names. Learn how to determine where these specimens were collected. A list of obscure locations in Colorado will be provided, most of which were speci- fied as collection sites on one or more herbarium specimens. At the workshop or in your spare time, see if you can determine where these localities are, or were. The currant family (Grossulariaceae) will be emphasized, with ten representatives, and several more taxa reported or to be expected. Bill will prbvide a key to this family in Colorado and the usual handouts. Information on other families and genera studied during the past summer may be included, if time permits. Learn the answer to that much-asked question: How does he DO all this and find time to earn a living, too? Ribes sp. Vol. 23 No. 5 HYDROPHYLLACEAE: THE WATERLEAF FAMILY Leader: Dr. N. Duane Atwood Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder First session; Saturday, January 15, 2000 Second session: Sunday, January 16, 2000 The Colorado Native Plant Society's first out-of-state workshop leader is Dr. N. Duane Atwood, curator of the herbarium at Brigham Young University. Dr. Atwood has worked and published on the Hydrophyllaceae for over 25 years and has written the treat- ment of genus Phacelia for Flora North America. He is co-author of A Utah Flora, and is recognized as an expert on the flora of Utah and the Great Basin. His expertise is acknowledged in the dedica- tion of Volume 4 of Intermountain Flora. Phacelia will be the pri- mary focus for this workshop. There are a large number of repre- sentatives of this genus in Colorado, some of which are rare or endangered. Other genera include Ellisia, Hesperochiron, Hydrophyllum, Nama, and Nemophila. This is an important family in the Colorado flora. Phacelia sp. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GENUS CAREX Leader: Dr. Leo P. Bruederle Location; Foothills Nature Center, Boulder First Session: Saturday, February 5, 2000 Second Session; Sunday, February 6, 2000 Dr. Bruederle is Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Colorado at Denver and, more importantly, editor of Aquilegia. Dr. Bruederle was first introduced to this genus in 1976 in a course entitled "Taxonomy and Ecology of the Cyperaceae" taught by noted Wisconsin caricologist Dr. Jim Zimmerman. Since then. Dr. Bruederle has published extensively on the genus and is cor author- ing a treatment for Flora North America. This workshop will pro- vide an introduction to the genus Carex, an extremely large, com- plex, and enigmatic genus. Dr. Bruederle will discuss the taxo- nomic position of Carex within the Cyperaceae, as well as those morphological attributes that distinguish Carex from other cypera- ceous plants. Participants will be introduced to those species best illustrating the diversity of this genus in Colorado. This is a much- requested topic. Don't miss it! Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 5 Page 3 CHAPTER NEWS Yellow Starthistle Located in Superior CO small population of yellow starthistle {Centaurea solstitialis , Asteraceae) was found blooming in late July near the Rock Creek Subdivision in Superior Colorado, southeast of Boulder. Yellow starthistle is an extremely invasive cousin of knapweed that has been taking over tens of thousands of acres of rangeland in California and the Pacific Northwest, Land managers through- out the west have been on the lookout for the potential spread of yellow starthistle to proactively minimize control efforts and costs. Yellow starthistle was identified near Rock Creek several years ago, but it is not known whether the current infestation is a remnant of that one. Eric Lane, State Weed Coordinator, reports that this population is the tenth known yellow starthistle infesta- tion in Colorado, with the majority Of them occurring on the western slope. Kathy Damas, a resident of Rock Creek, found the plants along a dirt path not far from her home. Another larger population was identified north of the Horizon Apartment complex on property that ;;s^elongs to Superior and is managed by the Superior Metropolitan District #2 as open space. The larger infestation covers approx- imately 1.5-2 acres with most of the yel- low starthistle occurring in patches around the edges of this disturbed area, with the rest widely scattered throughout. Thanks 'to quick approval by the Metro District and assistance from colleagues at City of Boulder Open Space, Kathy was able to map the infestations using G.RS. equipment and pull the majority of the plants. She will continue to ^ork closely with the District to monitor the potential spread of yellow starthistle and to offer assistance with future reclamation of the disturbed areas of Open Space. For more information, call Kathy at (303) 543-1492. Boulder Chapter Monthly meetings are held October through May on the second Thprsday of each month. For Chapter news and activities, please contact Chapter President Caryl Shields at (303) 665-6312. Fort Collins Chapter Indoor monthly meetings are held October through May. For Chapter news and activ- ities, please contact Chapter President Don HaHett at (970) 834-1493. Metro-Den ver Chapter Indoor monthly meetings are held October through April in the Morrison Center at the Denver Botanic Garden. For more infor- mation, please contact Chapter President Denise Larson at (303) 733-4338. September 28, 7:30 pm What I Did Last Summer! All members are invited to bring slides, pictures, notes, and herbarium samples from projects and field trips conducted this summer. October 26, 7:30 pm The Cranberry: IPs Not Just Juice Anymore Leo P. Bruederle (University of Colorado at Denver) will discuss the taxonomy and evolution of the North America cranberries. December 7, 7:30 PM Ute Ladies Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes diluvialis) Jan McKee (US Fish and Wildlife Service) will present current information regarding this threatened orchid, including recently found locations and research. , Plateau Chapter For additional information, please contact Co-Presidents Lori Brummer at (970) 641- 3561 or Evelyn Horn at (970) 835-8391. September 27, 1:00 pm to September 28, 12:00 PM Short Course: Genetic Issues in Using Native Plants for Revegetation The purpose of this course is to present the genetic considerations for using native plants for revegetation in a comprehendible way for the resource professional, researcher, student, or anyone interested in native plants. Speakers will include Dr. Yan Linhart, Geneticist at CU; Dn Mary Mahalovich, Forest Service Regional Selective Breeding Specialist; Dr. Steve Monsen, Botanist at the Forest Service Shrub Science Lab in Utah; Andy Kratz, Forest Service Regional Botanist; Dr. Valerie Hipkins, 74ational Forest Genetics Lab Director; and Dr. Susan Meyer, Ecologist, Forest Service Shrub Science Lab in Utah. There is a $20 fee for this course to be held at the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Regional Office in Lakewood. For information, contact Gay Austin at 970-64 L0471 (w), 970-641-6264 (h), or gaustin/r2_gmug@fs.fed.us November 6 Fall Planning Meeting Join us for our fall potluck and field trip planning meeting. We will meet at the Forest Service building in Delta. Bring ideas for field trips, workshops, and activ- ities for the coming year, plus lunch dishes to share. If you have any questions, or have field trip ideas but can't attend the meeting, contact Lori Brummer at 970-641-3561 or atlbrummer@gunnison.com. Spiranthes diluvialis Artist; Carolyn Crawford Southwest Chapter For Chapter news and activities, please contact Chapter President Sandy Friedley at (970) 884-9245. Yamparika Chapter For Chapter news and activities, please contact Chapter President Reed Kelley at (970) 878-4666. Page 4 Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 5 PURPUS AMONG THE PEAKS Richard Beidleman and Barbara Ertter, University of California and Jepson Herbarium The specimens are venerable, more than one hundred years old. The large labels are printed, with species information written in fading brownish ink. What begins to catch the eye are some of the words used to describe the collecting localities — “Berge,” “fel- sige,” “Abhange,” “Felsen,” “Wiesen,” “Hugel”.... And then there are the elevations: 7400', 8700' 9300', 11,500', 13,000'. Obviously some German botanist had been collecting in the Alps. But where in the Alps are “Black Canon bei Sapinero” and “Mesa Grande,” not to mention “Engineer P.” and “Uncompahgre Mt.?” In truth, these specimens were actually collected in western Colorado, less than 20 years after statehood, by Carl Albert Purpus. Although a native of Bavaria, Purpus would indefatiga- bly botanize across the United States, Canada, and Mexico from 1887 until his death on January 17, 1941 at 90 years of age in El Mirador, Mexico. Today, in a white metal cabinet at the University of California's Jepson Herbarium, on dozens of herbarium sheets on loan from Chicago's Field Museum, are plants that Purpus collected in 1892 and 1 893 on Colorado's Western Slope. These represent part of an ongoing project focusing on Purpus's contributions to North American botany. Between April and August, 1 892, Purpus conducted field work on the south side of Grand Mesa, in the vicinity of present-day Cedaredge, from 6000 ft. elevation along Surface' Creek to the rimrock at 10,000 ft. This is petran brushland (including Amelanchier, Purpus No. 586) and scattered piny on-juniper woodland, then ponderosa pine (No. 420) and Douglas-fir up to boreal conifers (Subalpine Fir, No. 281) and moist glades, with riparian vegetation dense along the many creeklets (Adobe, Dry, Milk, Kiser, Surface, Tongue). His collections included Monarda fistulosa. (No. 354) on the lower reaches of Surface Creek up to Primula parryi {No. 233) in a wet meadow atop Grand Mesa, with each label inscribed with the Germanic habitat description, elevation, collector, and date. The next year proved more exciting from the perspective of locale, since most of August and September speaking of the Alps — was spent in the “Alps of America,” the San Juan^^ Mountains of southwestern Colorado, incidentally Alice Eastwood's favorite haunt. Here was the great mining country surrounding Ouray. And Purpus covered this wild mountainous terrain on trails and mining roads, some of which can still be found and traveled along. He collected. Parry's clover {Trifolium parryi. No. 678) at 12,000 ft. near the summit of Engineer Mountain, Arctic Gentian {Gentianodes algida. No. 633) on Uncompahgre Peak, and Rocky Mountain Juniper (No. 670) near Ouray. On ahd off he lived “in luxury” at Rose's Cabin, a stage stop northeast of Engineer Mountain that not Only included a hostelry, but a restaurant, grocery store, and — most importantly for mountain men — liquors and cigars. The remains of Rose's Cabin settlement still exist; and flowers which Purpus collected there so many years ago, such as Lupinus argenteus (No. 610), still blossom thereabouts during the Colorado summer. The account of “Purpus Among The Peaks” stiU has a long way to go, until all of Purpus's Colorado plants and peregjrinations can be fitted together. And then there is the sparring between John M. Coulter and Katharine Brandegee Over identification of the Purpus specimens, not to mention Purpus shipping Colorado plants (including cacti) for European consumption. Watch the lit- erature and the future Purpus website for further details! Gentianodes algida Artist: Nicola Ripley Request for Volunteer Stewards Colorado Natural Areas Program Ron West, Volunteer Coordinator The Colorado Natural Areas Program is looking for "volunteer stewards" for a number of natural areas. Stewards work as our eyes-in-the-field for specific, state-designated natural areas. The minimum requested is a single visit per year, with a report back to us on your observations. If you want to be further involved — such as rare plant monitoring —- we're open to that as well. Choose from among 32 sites, in all jiarts of the state — from the remote Escalante Canyon near Grand Junctioii, to Mt. Goliath, just off the Mt. Evans highway. Most of Colorado's natural areas are protected primarily for imperiled plant species, and include 60 Heritage- ranked (SI to S3) species. So please give us a call! Contact Ron West, volunteer coordinator, at (303) 866-3203 X326. AQUILEGIA Deadline Approaches Please submit contributions for Vol. 23 No. 6 of Aquilegia on or before November 1, 1999 for a November 15, 1999 mailing. Include author's name and address. Previously published articles submitted for reprinting require permission from the editor of orig- inal publication. Articles submitted via e-mail or on disks — MAC preferably, or IBM — are much appreciated. Please indicate word Aquilegia Artist: Janet Wingate Voi. 23 No. 5 Aquilegia Page 5 YOUR LIBRARY CoNPS is pleased to provide a selection of books to members at discbunt prices. If you are interested in any of the publications listed, contact: Velma Richards, 3125 Monmouth Ave., Englewood, CO, 80110 or (303) 794-5432. Make check payable to CoNPS. Postage costs are additional for books received by mail. If you want to save postage charges, you can pick up the books yourself from Velma Richards in Denver, Pat Murphy in Boulder, or Denise Culver in Fort Collins. ( Ot.OSADO KATFVF W.ANT SOORTy - Pltil ft’A'tlON.S. ORWR Title ■' Author Price per book Shipping per book No. Book cost total Shipping total Alpine Flower Finder Wingate and Yeats 4.50 2.00 Alpine Wildflowers of the Northern Rocky Mountains Strickler 7.50 2.00 Alpine Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains Duft and Moseley 11.00 2.00 - Best Tasting Wild Plants of Colorado Seebeck 13.50 2.00 Botany for Gardeners Capon 15.00 2.00 Canyon Country Wildflowers, Field Guide to Fagan 12.00 2.00 ' '\ Catalog of the Colorado Florar A Biodiversity Baseline Weber and Wittman 40.00 3.25 Changes in Vegetation and Land Use in Eastern Coloradc USDA 20.00 2.75 Colorado Birds, Guide to Gray 17.00 2.75 Colorado’s Best Wildflower Hikes IrWin 15.00 2.75 Colorado’s Canyon Country Pearson and Fielder 15.00 2.00 t)esert Wildflowers Taylor 18.50 2.75 Dictionary of Word Roots Borrer 9.00 2.00 Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West Tilford 16.50 2.75 Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie Kindscher 10.50 2.00 Familiar Cacti North America Heil 6.50 2.00 Field Guide to Colorado Wildflowers, Vol. 1 Plains Guennel 18.75 2.75 Field Guide to Colorado^ Wildflowers, Vol. 2 Mountains Guennel 18.75 2.75 1 Flora of the Great Plains Great Plains Flora Assoc. 44.00 3.75 Flora of the Pacific Northwest Hitchcock and Cronquist 46.00 3.75 Flora of the San Juans Komarek 15.50 2.00 ■; ' Floristic Survey; Black Forest Maley 3.00 2.00 Floristic Survey: Mesa de Maya Region Clark 4.00 2.00 Forest Wildflowers (Northern Rocky Mountains) Strickler 7.50 2.00 Gardener’s Guide to Plant Conservation, The Marshall 7.00 2.00 Grass Varieties in the USA Lewis and Sharp 43.00 3.75 Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants Nelson 16.00 2.75 How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants Harrington 11.20 2.00 illustrated Keys to the Grasses of Colorado Wingate 7.50 2.00 Intermountain Flora, Vol. 1 Cronquist, et al. 29.00 3.25 Intermountain Flora, Vol. 3 A Cronquist, et al. 66.00 3.75 Page 6 Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 5 OOJ.ORAtW> NAT IVh M ANT MKll' I'Y - - ntSflM JN f H))1J IfAt'KJN.S ( >Rr«.R l'< fKNf i J Title Author Price per book Shipping per book No. Book cost total Shipping total Intermountain Flora, Vol. 3B Barneby 53.00 3.25 Intermountain Flora, Vol. 4 Cronquist, et al. 66.00 3.75 Intermountain Flora, Vol. 5 or 6 (price quoted per vol.) Cronquist, et al. 66.00 4.00 Kine of Colorado Botany: C. C. Parry Weber 32.00 2.00 Lichen Primer, Rocky Mountain Corbridge and Weber 15.00 2.00 2.00Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie Kindscher 10.50 2.75 Meet the Natives (9th edition) Pesman 10.50 2.00 Mushrooms of Colorado Evenson 18.75 , 2.75 Plant Identification Terminology Harris and Harris 14.50 2.75 Plant Survival Capon 13.00 2.00 Plants of Arizona, Field Guide Epple 18.75 2.75 Plants of Florissant Fossil Beds Nat’l Mon. Edwards and Weber 2.50 2.00 Plants of the Rocky Mountains Kershaw, et al. 16.50 2.75 Prairie Garden, Creating a Shortgrass Prairie Garden Brune 3.25 1.25 Prairie Wildflowers of Northern Rocky Mountains Strickler 7.50 2.00 Rare Plants of Colorado II CoNPS 14.00 2.75 Retracing Maior Stephen H. Long’s 1820 Expedition Goodman and LawsOn 31.50 2.75 Rocky Mountain Berry Book Krum 9.00 2.00 Rocky Mountain Flora Weber 16.00 2.00 - Rocky Mountain Flower Finder Wingate 4.00 2.00 Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary Taylor 11.00 2.00 Scat and Tracks Halfpenny 7.50 2.00 Simplified Guide to Common Colorado Grasses, A Wingate 3.25 1.25 Tall grass Prairie Wildflowers Ladd 15.00 2.75 Utah Flora, A. (1993 edition) Welsh, et al. 68.00 3.75 Vascular Plants of Montana Dorn 10.50 2.00 Vascular Plants of Wyoming (1992 edition) Dorn 13.00 2.00 Vascular Plants, Boulder County Survey Weber 4.00 2.00 Weeds of the West (1996 ed.) Whitson 18.00 3.75 Western Trees, Field Guide to Stuckey and Palmer 8.50 2.00 Wild about Wildflowers Warren 16.00 2.00 Wildflowers of the Plateau and Canyon Country Ulrich 15.00 2.75 Xeriscape Flower Gardner Knopf 14.00 2.75 Shipping total: sum shipping costs. Please note that shipping applies only if books are mailed to purchaser. Shipping total Book total: sum book costs. Book total Sales tax: Colorado residents please add appropriate sales tax for above book total. (City of Boulder 7,46%; other Boulder County 4.20%; Denver 7.30%; Fort Collins 6.75%; Sales tax Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson Counties 3.80%; all other areas in Colorado 3.00%). Make Checks payable to CoNPS: Include NAME, ADDRESS, COUNTY, and DAYTIME PHONE. TOTAL Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 5 Page 7 Colorado Native Plant Society The Colorado Native Plant Society is a non- profit organization dedicated to the apprecia- tion and conservation of the Colorado native flora. Membership is open to all with ^ inter- est in our native plants, and is composed of plant enthusiasts both professional and non- professional. Please join us in helping to encourage interest ^ in enjoying and protecting Colorado's native plants. The Society sponsors field trips, work- shops, and other activities through local chap- ters and statewide. Contact the Society, a chap- ter representative, or committee chair for more information. Schedule of Membership Fees Life 1 ..... .$250 Supporting .$50 Organization .$30 "family or Dual . . . .$l5 '^^^^^idividual .$12 Student or Senior $8 Membership Renewal/Information Please direct all membership applications, renewals, and address changes to the Membership Chairperson, Colorado Native Plant Society, P.O. Box 200, Fort Collins, CO 80522. Please direct all other inquiries/regarding tlie Society to the Secretary at the same address. Aquilegia is published four to six times per year by the Colorado Native Plant Society. This newsletter is available to members of the Society and to others with an interest in native plants. Contact the Society for subscription information. Articles for Aquilegia may be used by other native plant societies or non- profit groups if fully cited to author and attrib- uted to Aquilegia. i Please direct all contributions to the newsletter to: Leo P. Bruederle Biology, Campus Box 171 University of Colorado at Denver P.O. Box 173364 Denver, CO 80217-3364 E-Mail : Ibrueder @ carbon.cudenver.edu Short items such as unusud information about a plant, a little known botanical term, etc., are especially welcome. Previously published arti- cles submitted for reprinting require permis- sion. Camera-ready line art or other illustra- tions are also solicited. Please include author's name and address, although anonymity may be requested; Articles submitted via e-mail or on disks (MAC prefer- ably, or IBM) are appreciated. Please indicate word processing software and version. < Officers President Jeff Dawson. . . , 303-722-6758 Vice-President . . . Jill Handwerk . . 970-221-3460 Secretary ....... Alice Guthrie. . . 303-651-3127 Treasurer Denise Culver . . 970-225-1930 Board of Directors Bill Jennings (99) . . . . Louisville . . 303-666-8348 Andy Kratz (99) .... . Lakewood. . 303-914-8291 Eric Lane (99) . 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Chris Leahy . . . 303-526-0323 Field Trips Rick Brune. . . . 303-238-5078 Field Studies Loraine Yeatts . 303-279-3427 Hort/Restoration . . Lisa Tasker. . . . 303-447-9431 Legislative Affairs ; VACANT Membership Myma Steinkamp N and .. Sue Martini. .. 970-226-3371 Publications Rick Brune. . . . 303-238-5078 and . . Velma Richards 303-794-5432 Publicity VACANT Rare Plant ..Eleanor Monograph . ... . . Von Bargen . . 303-756-1400 Workshops Bill Jertnings . . 303-666-8348 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM Name(s) Address (Address) City Phone Chapter: „ State Zip J_ )_ E-mail MEMBERSHIP CLASS (Select one) Individual, $12.()0 _Family/dual, $15.00 Senior/retired, $8 BO Student, $8.00 Corporate. $30.00 ^ Supporting, $50.00 Boulder Fort Collins Metro Denver Plateau Southwest . 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The Cranberry; It’s Not Just Juice Anymore Ute Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis) Plateau Chapter Sept 27-28 Short Course: Genetic Issues in Using Native Plants for Revegetation November 6 Fall Planning Meeting September 25-26 CoNPS Annual Meeting November 6, 7 Keying in the Asteraceae First session; Saturday Second session: Sunday December 11, 12 The Botanical Detective First session; Saturday Second session: Sunday January 15, 16 HydrophyUaceae First session; Saturday Second session: Sunday February 5, 6 An Introduction to the Genus Carex First session; Saturday Second session: Sunday NOTE: Mailed on or about 25 September 1999 Colorado Native Plant Society RO. Box 200 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~shill/conps.html Non-profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Permit #1475 Denver, Colorado TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL