. . dedicated to the appreciation and conservation of the Colorado native flora” Volume 29 Number 4 WORKSHOP EDITION September - October 2005 2005-2006 COLORADO NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY WORKSHOP PROGRAM Mignon Macias, Workshop Committee Chair Another Colorado Native Plant Society workshop season is upon us. This year, as always, there are many people to thank for shar- ing interesting topics. There are six workshops scheduled for this season, beginning in November and running through May. They will take place in Boulder, Denver and Fort Collins. Upcoming workshops will address the following topics: Onagraceae - Oenothera, Calylophus, and Camissonia Front Range Vegetation Zones and Rare Plants Beginning Plant ID Registration Information Workshops will be announced throughout the winter season in newsletters and emails. Registration is mail-in only and requires payment at the time of registration. The fee for mem- bers attending a workshop is $12 per session. Non-members pay a one-time fee of $27 for a workshop session plus annual CONPS membership. The registration fee is non-fundable. To register, please include workshop title, your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number and address label. For those of you who have credit for the cancelled workshop last season, please send in your registration requests, note your cred- it, and reference the cancelled workshop title. Payment Make your check PAYABLE TO CONPS and mail to Mignon Macias, Workshop Coordinator CONPS 5447 Blackhawk Rd. Boulder, CO 80303 Please DO NOT write the check to Mignon Macias. For those of you who must cancel at the last minute, we appreciate your con- tribution to CONPS and ask that you email or call Mignon Macias at mignonmacias@mindspring.com or 303.249.2977, so she has an opportunity to fill your spot. Workshops CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR MICROSCOPE Leader: Richard Kline Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder November 1 2, 2005 Time: 9 am - 3 pm Bring your microscope and have it tuned up. You will learn about function, adjustments and how to maintain your microscope for optimal performance. Richard will also discuss accessories for microscopes and have some available. COLORADO MOSSES Leaders: Ron Wittman and Paula Lehr Location: Univ. of Colorado - Boulder, Ramaley Building First Session: December 3, 2005 Second Session: December 4, 2005 Time: 9 am - 3 pm Back by popular demand! Join Ron Wittmann and Paula Lehr as you explore mosses. Learn how to shift gears from the more familiar methods of looking at flowering plants to those used for mosses. Several references will be available including a manu- script, Moss Primer, that tells how to recognize the easy mosses, and how to collect and preserve them. There will also be an opportunity to look at some amazing moss specimens. “Workshops” continues on page 2 Contents About the Society 7 Workshop Schedule 1-2 Botanical Article 5 Calendar 8 Chapter News 6 Membership in the Society 7 Announcements 2,5 Vol. 29 No. 4 Page 2 Aquilegia “Workshops” conimued from page 1 BASIC GRASS STRUCTURE Leader: Dr. David L. Buckner Location: Foothiiis Nature Center, Bouider First Session: January 14, 2006 Second Session: January 15, 2006 Time: 9 am - 3 pm Basic grass structures and their unique terminology will be de- mystified. Based on a few simple rules of floral organization, the major groups of grasses (tribes) will be explored and examples discussed and illustrated. And, of course, grass and grassland ecology will be discussed. Presidents, if desired. Please contact Doris Drisgill (719-578- 1091, Ddrisgill(a)cs.com) or Liz Klein (eklein(a)kiowaengineer- ingcs.com, 719-633-5927) if you are interested. The Denver Chapter is currently recruiting for the next two-year term (September 2006 - September 2008) as Metro-Denver Chapter President. Please contact current president, Naomi Nigro, for more details, 303-366-6033. Book Reviews Wild at Heart: Snowmass Village, A Natural History Guide Janis L. Huggins More workshops in upcoming newsletters. Society Announcements Board of Directors At the Annual Meeting, members elected five new board mem- bers, as well as the Society Officers. A summary of the Annual Meeting and information on Society Award recipients will be in an upcoming issue. New members of the Board of Directors are Boyce Drummond, Fort Collins Dick Fisher, Steamboat Springs John Proctor, Walden Denise Wilson, Golden Steve Yarbrough, Wheatridge Officers elected for 2005-2006 are Leo Bruederle, President Dave Anderson, Vice-President Kim Regier, Secretary Naomi Nigro, Treasurer Committee Chair Recruitment Ivo Lindauer is stepping down as Chair of the Field Trip Committee. The duties include setting up the Field Trip sched- ule for the upcoming season. The Chair does not have to lead field trips unless he or she desires. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Ivo Lindauer, 970-285-1112, or Leo Bruederle, 303-556-3419 or Leo.Bruederle(3)cudenver.edu. The Board is also recruiting for Chair of the Sales Committee. April Wasson will be moving out of state, but has agreed to continue until a replacement is identified. Please contact April for details on the duties, 303-763-7679 or apriladw (2) earthlink.net. The Board expresses deep gratitude to both Ivo and April for their work on these committees, both of which are extremely important services of CONPS. We wish April well on her new venture, and hope to see Ivo at Society activities in the coming years. Chapter News The Fort Collins Chapter has a new president. Denise Culver takes over from Annette Miller, who has served so well for a num- ber of years. The Board thanks Annette and welcomes Denise. The Southeast Chapter is recruiting for Chapter President. The position duties could be shared between two members as Co- Wild at Heart includes history, trails, color photographs, geology, plants, birds and mammals. It has a grand layout, with interesting and unusual kinds of information, including the most extraordi- nary photographs of birds you have ever seen! A book to take with you when you go to the music festivals in Aspen. Janis has had a love affair with Snowmass for many years. A sumptuous book for such a small area, but useful far beyond the village. The wealthy folks of Aspen must be thanked for their support of at least 23 such books covering one of the jewels of Colorado's natural areas. Book Review by Bill Weber Xeriscape Colorado: The Complete Guide Connie Lockhart Ellefson and David Winger There is a great deal of practical information in this book, the result of much "hands on" experience by the authors, Connie Lockhart Ellefson, a civil engineer, and David Winger, a special- ist with the Denver Water Department. Both have authored pre- vious books on xeriscape gardening. In addition being a good "how to" book with chapters on planning and design, soil analysis and improvement, irrigation, mulching, maintenance, and practical turf areas, this book is filled with color illustrations of landscapes that have successfully incorporated drought tolerant plants and xeriscape techniques. Native plants are discussed as a natural part of the xeriscape gar- den. Sections on appropriate plant choices include lists of orna- mental grasses, ground covers, flowers, shrubs, trees, and vines. Xeriscape Colorado contains a wealth of ideas, expressed both in words and photos. The landscapes shown (with before and after photos) are sure to inspire the reader to try out new plants and landscape plans in their yard, reducing water use and increasing the color and beauty. Book Review by Jan Loechell “Announcements” continues on page 5 Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torn var. curtipendula USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 1: 228. Vol. 29 No. 4 Aquilegia Page 3 COLORADO NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY DISCOUNTED PUBLICATIONS October 1, 2005 New Books 2005 in Bold Type Author Cost Ship Alpine Flower Finder Wingate & Yeatts $6.00 $2.00 American Cockerell, The Weber, W.A. $25.00 $2.75 Atlas of the Grasses of Colorado Rubright, L. $16.00 $2.00 Botanical Latin (soft cover) Steam, W.T. $27.00 $2.75 Butterfly Gardening: A Guide for Colorado Gardeners Sarada Krishnan $7.50 $2.00 Catalog of the Colorado Flora: A Biodiversity Baseline Weber, W. et al. $40.00 $3.25 Colorado Flora: East Slope, 2001 Edition Weber & Wittmann $22.00 $2.50 Colorado Flora: West Slope, 2001 Edition Weber & Wittmann $22.00 $2.50 Columbines: Aquilegia, Paraquilegia, and Semiaquilegia Nold, R. $22.00 $2.50 Common Rocky Mountain Lichens, A Color Guidebook to St. Clair, L. $17.50 $2.75 Common Southwestern Native Plants: An Identification Guide Carter, Carter, and Stevens $16.00 $2.75 Dictionary of Word Roots Borror, D.J. $10.50 $2.00 Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie Kindscher, K. $12.00 $2.00 Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains Harrington, H.D. $15.00 $2.75 Field Guide to the North American Prairie (Peterson) Jones & Cushman $17.50 $2.50 Field Guide to the Wetland and Riparian Plant Associations of Colorado Carsey, Kittel, Decker,et al $30.00 $2.75 Flames in our Forests Arno&Allison-Bunnell $16.50 $2.50 Flora of the Gunnison Basin Barrel!, J. $15.00 $2.75 Flora of North America Vol. 02 FLNA ed. $109.00 $4.00 Flora of North America Vol. 03 FLNA ed. $109.00 $4.00 Flora of North America Vol. 04 FLNA ed. $109.00 $4.00 Flora of North America Vol 05 Caryophyllidae, Pt. 2 FLNA ed. $109.00 $4.00 Flora of North America Vol. 22 FLNA ed. $109.00 $4.00 Flora of North America Vol. 23 FLNA ed. $109.00 $4.00 Flora of North America Vol. 25 FLNA ed. $109.00 $4.00 Flora of North America Vol. 26 FLNA ed. $109.00 $4.00 Flora of the San Juans Komarek, S. $15.00 $2.00 Floristic Survey of Eagles Nest Wilderness Area Hogan, T. $4.00 $2.00 Grass Varieties in the United States US DA $69.00 $2.75 Grassland to Glacier, From Mutel & Emerick $10.50 $2.50 Grow Native: Landscaping with Native and Apt Plants of the RM Huddleston & Hussey $13.50 $2.00 Flistorical Ecology Handbook Egan & Howell $28.00 $2.75 How to ID Grasses & Grasslike Plants Harrington, H.D. $10.00 $2.00 How to Identify Plants Harrington et al. $10.00 $2.00 How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts Conard & Redfearn $41.00 $2.75 lllustr. 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Vol. 29 No. 4 Aquilegia Page 5 Botanical Article DENVER NATURAL AREAS PROGRAM ■ A SENSE OF PLACE Denver Chapter Talk, February 22, 2005 Gayle Weinstein Summary by Debra Barringer Did you know you don't have to leave Denver to find excellent examples of native grasses, flowers, shrubs and trees? I thought this talk by Gayle Weinstein, City Naturalist, was important to review for the membership because so few people are aware of the great natural resources that are available right within the City of Denver. The Denver Natural Areas Program (DNAP) is in its sixth year and is important because people associate city open areas with groomed parks, soccer fields, and ball diamonds. Residents, especially new arrivals living in this semi-arid area, need to realize what was here before western expansion and what beauty the natural plants can provide. Gayle described this as a "sense of place". Also these natural areas are home to many birds and other wildlife species and help purify runoff water from all manner of industrial sources. Gayle's talk began with a brief history of the changing role of parks. Since the 1800s, sustainable (natural) areas were replaced with landscaped and planted areas people were more familiar with coming from Europe and the eastern U.S. Things began to turn around in the '60s and '70s, but truly natural areas are rela- tively new in the city system. Finally, the concept of "xeriscape" was born in the 1980s and education on native, easy to grow veg- etation, in concert with water conservation, was introduced. Since the '90s, there has been high interest in butterfly gardens, wildflowers, prairie grasses, and weed awareness that carries from private gardens to the city parks system. Materials to create these types of plantings are much more available now commer- cially and for retail. This awareness was just in time to meet accelerating growth, loss of open space, and water use in the metro area. The DNAP provides a "sense of place" in pockets throughout Denver (see www.denvergov.org/natural_areas for map of sites and other information). These contain remnants of the shortgrass prairie and foothills shrublands habitats that were here before European-American settlement. The DNAP staff and volunteers have worked hard to restore native plants to parcels that con- tained weed invasions and other introduced species. DNAP areas are primarily in four stages of impacts from those supporting good native species stands, to impacted areas under active restoration, to areas identified as potential natural areas and need- ing protection. Some of their methods include using selective mowing, heated water to control weeds, and goats as weed-eaters on parcels. They are planting shrubs to discourage prairie dogs from going onto private land. Gayle described these as "win- win" situations where no harsh chemicals or land disturbance are necessary to achieve results that satisfy the public and wildlife. A recent Nature Conservancy magazine article mentioned a book on that topic entitled Win-Win Ecology: How the Earth’s Species Can Survive in the Midst of Human Enterprise by Michael Rosenzweig, 2003 (Nature Conservancy . Spring 2005, Vol. 55, No. 1, "The City Wild"). DNAP goals include educating the public to appreciate these hid- den gems of nature within the city, and to promote land steward- ship by changing the mindset of open land as storage dumps or groomed lawns. Future goals include working with Urban Drainage to naturalize channelization of creeks and restore stream banks. They could use your help as a volunteer or to call or write a letter of support for their efforts to your City Council members and the mayor. Get out and enjoy your sense of place in Denver! Society Announcements - continued Society Research Grants Awarded The CONPS Research Grants Committee is pleased to announce the grant recipients of the 2005 Steinkamp and Marr Funds. Lynn Moore has received grants from the Steinkamp Fund for her surveys, "Demographic monitoring of Astragalus deterior. Cliff Palace Milkvetch, Mesa Verde National Park, Southwestern Colorado" and "Mapping and Census Survey of Townsendia glabella A. Gray, Mesa Verde National Park, Southwestern Colorado." Michelle DePrenger-Levin received a grant from the Marr Fund for research on "Phytogeny Reconstruction of Carex Section Scirpinae." Christina Alba also received a grant from the Marr Fund for her study, "Prairie dogs and harvester ants as disturbance agents on the shortgrass steppe: implications for habitat heterogeneity." The results of their research will be pub- lished in a future issue of Aquilegia. Jan Foechell, Chair, Research Grants Committee AQUILEGIA DEADLINE - NOV. 15 Submit contributions for Vol. 29, No. 5 by Nov 15, 2005. Articles less than 1000 words are especially welcome. Previously pub- lished articles submitted for reprinting require permission. Submit via e-mail or on disks as an MS Word or rtf document. See page 7 for additional information. Babi Yar Natural Area, Denver, Colorado Photo by Debra Barringer Page 6 Aquilegia Vol. 29 No. 4 CHAPTER NEWS Boulder Chapter Monthly meetings are the on the second Thursday of the month at 7 pm at the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks offices in the north building confer- ence room, 66 South Cherryvale Road. From South Boulder Road, go south on Cherryvale 1/10 mile and turn west onto a lane to the offices. Contact Tommi Wolfe, scanesclan@comcast.net or 303-682-1208. October 13 Renowned Botanist and Colorado Plant Legend. Dr Bill Weber will reflect on his life and the men- tors that made all the difference along the way. November 10 Forest Ecology and Fire. Merril Kaufmann, Forest Ecologist. December 8 Ponderosa Pine Odyssey. Join Dianne Andrews on a jour- ney that explores the biogeography and ecology of ponderosa pine and the forest communities where it grows. Along the way we will also consider our own odyssey in North America as it affects the fate of ponderosa pine ecosystems. January 12 The Subversive Life Form - Overview of the Ecological Role of Grasses in Steppe and Woodland Ecosystems (Tentative). David Buckner. Eebruary 9 Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Vegetative Mapping Project. Megan Bowes. March 10 Topic TBA. April 13 Topic TBA. May 11 Annual Picnic and Wildflower Hike to celebrate the spring! Fort Collins Chapter Month meetings are held Wednesday at 7 PM at the Gardens on Spring Creek, 2145 Centre Ave., Fort Collins. Dinner with the speaker will be at 5:15 pm at The Rainbow on Laurel St. Please contact Denise Culver the day before if you will join us for dinner, dculver@lamar.colostate.edu or 970-491- 2998. October 5 The Gardens at Shambhala Mountain Center. Jim Tolstrup. November 2 Plant Name Stories. Ron West. December 7 Carnivores and Carex in North Park Wetlands. Carex Queen, Denise Culver, and the Sultan of Sedge, Joe Rocchio. Metro-Denver Chapter Monthly meetings are held September through April at 7 pm in the Waring House Main Room (unless otherwise noted) at the Denver Botanic Garden (the mansion just south of the main entrance on York Street). To enter, head south on York past the Gardens main entrance. Make an immedi- ate right into parking lot that says "Staff Parking." Members are invited to join speakers at 5:30 pm for pizza at Angelo's, 620 East 6th Ave (between Pearl and Washington) in Denver. For more infor- mation, contact Chapter President Naomi Nigro, 303-366-6033, or email naomi4CoNPS @hotmail.com. October 25 Front Range Native American Ethnobotany. Meg Van Ness, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. December 6 Rare and Endemic Plant Species of the Southwestern United States. Juanita Ladyman, Ph.D. January 31 An Overview of Colorado's Wetlands. Dennis Buechler. February 28 Saving Table Mountain: Advocacy Success. Don Parker. March 28 Monitoring Sclerocactus mesae-verdae. Janet Coles. April 25 The Wonderful World of Common Names. Ron West, Resource Planner/Ecologist, Boulder County Parks and Open Space. Denver Botanic Gardens, Location TBA. Plateau Chapter Members will be meeting Saturday, November 12 to plan for the upcoming year. For more information, contact Chapter President Jeanne Wenger at 970- 256-9227, stweandjaw@acsol.net or Program Chair Lori Brummer at 970- 641- 3561, lbrummer@gunnison.com. Southeast Chapter Activities are scheduled throughout the year and often held at the Beidleman Environmental Center, on Caramillo St., just north of Uintah and off Chestnut in Colorado Springs. The chapter is recruit- ing for the office of President. Lor chapter information or to volunteer, contact Liz Klein, eklein@kiowaengineeringcs.com, 719-633-5927 or Elsie Pope, 719-596- 4901. November 16 Significant Trees. Andy DeNaray. Meet at 7 pm at the Beidleman Environmental Center for the talk, dessert potluck and a brief business meeting. Southwest Chapter Eor news and activities, contact Chapter President Sandy Eriedley at 970-884-9245 or by e-mail at friedley@mydurango.net. Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 1: 57. Aquilegia via Email Aquilegia is available via email as an Adobe document. Pile size is typically 2- 3 MB and fast internet connections are needed to download or view it. Send your email address to Eric Lane, eric.lane@ag.state.co.us, or Alice Guthrie, molly82@earthlink.net. Vol. 29 No. 4 Aquilegia 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 an 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. 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