SEPTEMBER 2014 o WUM WE HAVE A TWO-PART PROGRAM AS WE BEGIN OUR NEW PROGRAM SEASON Newsletter of the Mount Lassen Chapter CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY General Meeting SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 Wednesday 7:30 pm Butte County Library CNPS Baja California Chapter Hosts Chapter Council Presented by CAT IE & JIM BISHOP Chapter Council Delegate 1 he June 2014 meeting of the state CNPS Chapter Council highlighted the new Baja California Chapter. We are now an international organization! The Baja folks organized a well- attended field trip to a wonderful canyon in Baja California, which was both geologically and botanically diverse and spec- tacular, with amazing succulents clinging to the rocks. The rest of the meeting featured several excellent presentations on their flora and its conservations challenges. The Baja Chapter is do- ing very good work in conserving some unique and interesting plants. We’ll share photos and experiences from our ventures there and you’ll be introduced to some very cool plants. AND YOUR Member Photos A very important part of this program will be your photos - whatever groovy plant-related images you’d like to share (they need not be “California natives”, but at least be about native plants and their habitats - maybe not ‘selfies’ from your visit to New York City). Please select about 12 photos (5 - 8 min) and email Jim Bishop (cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net) to let him know that you have some slides to show - ahead of the meeting - and whether they are conventional slides or digital images. If they are digital images, please note what kind of files you have (Power- Point, JPG, etc.) so that we can make sure the computer will actually show your pictures. You might have a few extra images in reserve in case we don’t get many contributors, and please be ready to trim down if we get a lot - this rather spontaneous program requires a little flexibility on the part of the presenters. JOIN US, for our season-opening program, one that is bound to be worth seeing. ..and better yet, bring part of the show. This is a chance to both show and enjoy some great photos and stories from our members. Spectacular succulents in El Salto Canyon, Baja California by Catie Bishop HAT LAKE TO PARADISE MEADOW LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK September 7 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwys 32/99) in time to leave at 8:30 am. Wear sturdy shoes. Bring lunch, water, sun/insect protection, and money for ride shar- ing. Take your park pass if you have one. Call leader for alternate meeting places and time. We will drive Hwys 32 and 89 a distance of 86 miles to the trailhead in Las- sen Park. For wildflowers, Paradise Meadows is one of the best areas in the park. This is one of botanist Vern Oswald’s favorite places for flowers in the park. The meadow, at 7200 ft ele has a glaciated headwall for a scenic backdrop. From the trailhead at Hat Lake the trail climbs 700 ft over a distance of 1 .4 miles to Para- dise Meadow. Leaders: Gerry Ingco 530 893-5123, Wes Dempsey 530 342-2293 NATIVE PLANT GARDENS CHICO September 13 Saturday Meet at 9 am at the Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 East 8th St, Chico in Lower Bidwell Park for a half day- plus auto tour to several local native plant gardens. We will see and hear of the success and failures of their gardeners who have installed native plants to conserve water and create a natural aesthetic. Leader: Woody El- liott, 530-588-2555 or woodyelliott@gmail.com. Wes Dempsey and Gerry Ingco Co-chairs COLD BOILING AND CRUMBAUGH LAKES LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK September 21 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwys 32/99) in time to leave at 8:30 am. Bring light jacket, lunch, water, in- sect/sun protection, money for ride sharing, and your Park Pass. For an alternate meeting place, call a leader. We will drive approximately 81 miles from Chico to the trailhead in Lassen Park at 7380 ft ele. The hike is an easy three mile round trip in a little traveled area, ex- cellent for birds, wildflowers and deer. On the way we pass Cold Boiling Lake where gas bubbles rise to the water’s surface. At Crumbaugh Lake, 7200 ft ele, see lava cliffs that ring the lake’s basin, and vistas of sur- rounding peaks. Leaders: Gerry Ingco 530 893-5123, Wes Dempsey 530 342-2293. MOUNT HARKNESS SUMMIT LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK October 5 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwys 32/99) in time to leave at 8 am. Bring light jacket, lunch, water, insect/ sun protection, money for ride sharing, and your Park Pass. For an alternate meeting place, call a leader. We will drive Hwys 32 to 36 for 65 miles to Chester, CA for a rest stop. From Chester we drive 12 more miles to the trailhead. The last .5 mi of the road to the trailhead is moderately steep and has a washboard surface. The hike to Mt. Harkness at 8,046 feet elevation is shorter in distance than to other major peaks in Lassen Park. See great panoramic vistas from the peak’s lookout tower. The gain in elevation hiked is 1 ,246 feet over a 1 .9 mile trail. Hikers should be in good health since the 8.3% trail incline is moderately steep. Leaders: Gerry Ingco 530 893-5123, Wes Dempsey 530 342-2293. 2 . The Pipevine September 2014 ' — 1 fc Executive Board Meeting September 17 - 7 pm - TBA • *- President’s Message by Catie Bishop, President ] t’s hard to believe, but summer is draw- J ing to a close, and it is time to turn my attention to our Chapter’s business. Not that I haven’t been thinking about native plants all summer, as we volunteer for the GLORIA project, and this year was a busy 10-year resurvey season. The GLORIA project is an international effort to study the effects of climate change on populations of plant species that live above treeline in extreme- ly harsh conditions. Alpine plants are adapted to living on the edge. As conditions change, they may be faced with increasing competition by species moving up slope. This project, started in Austria, is a good example of citizen science as we, along with others, volunteer our time for the cause. Talking about GLORIA is a good segue into talking about an- other citizen science project that you can help with, the Rare Plant Treasure Hunt (RPTH). It has been a boon to the conser- vation of rare plants in California. Several years ago it was rec- ognized that there weren’t enough professional botanists, with enough time, to revisit and verify populations of rare plants that had not been seen in many years. CNPS initiated a program to get plant enthusiasts (you) to go to various locations where rare plants once grew to see if they were indeed gone. The State of- fice provides maps and forms, and Chapters provide leg work. The information is invaluable in making decisions about how to classify a species it terms of its rarity, or to locate popula- tions that need protection. Now, more than ever, with funding low and needs increasing, the conservation community must rely on helpful, caring citizens. You can contribute directly to the preservation of our native flora. Legislative Notes by David Anderson SO FAR SO GOOD 1 n its April 24, 2014 Legislative Report CNPS announced sup- J port for 6 bills (i.e., AB 203, AB 976, AB 2104, AB 2193. AB 2402 and SB 1270) and opposition to 4 bills (i.e., AB 1849, AB 2353, AB 2417 and SB 834). The 6 bills CNPS supports are still alive, having passed out of their house of origin by the calendar deadline of May 30, 2014. The 4 bills opposed by CNPS all failed to pass out of their house of origin by May 30. Under its 2014 calendar the California Legislature now has until August 31 to act on all bills that survived thus far. Those that pass will be sent to the Governor, who will have until September 30 to sign or veto or allow them to become law without his approval. As usual, the Legislature will have to deal with a huge number of pending bills in the closing days of its session. Hopefully, it will be able to act favorably on the bills supported by CNPS. Your June 2014 Pipe- vine, Legislative Notes, included a brief description of the bills CNPS supports. If any of them pass, a more complete analysis will follow in the next Pipevine. Ron Coley, who has been coordinating the RPTH for several years is stepping down, and we need someone to step up. You don’t need to be a botanist, only a person who cares about plant con- servation enough to organize a few fieldtrips a year to local areas where rare plants might still be living. There is plenty of help from the State and Ron is willing to talk to anyone interested about what the role is like. THANK YOU RON! One last thing to remind our members about is our HORTICUL- TURE SYMPOSIUM (page 6.) coming up September 14 at the Chico Women’s Club. It will be a great day with talks about all as- pects of native plant gardening. Look on our website for details, or look for sign-up brochures at local nurseries. The cost is $30 for members, and $35 for non-members. Lunch and many handouts are included in the cost, there will be a raffle with some great stuff, and there will also be a plant sale. SEE YOU THERE! July 20, 2014 Wilson Lake by Woody Elliott The Pipevine September 2014 3. PENNY PINES HONOREE OUR OWN GERRY INGCO by Woody Elliott O n May 25, 2014 prior to our field trip along Caribou Rd at junction of Hwy 70, Emilie White on behalf of the Chico Horticultural Society honored Gerry Ingco with a stand of conifer trees to be planted in his name by the Penny Pines Program of the US Forest Service. The stand’s location is in the nearby drainage burned during the 2012 Chips Fire. The Penny Pines Program has been ongoing for decades as a means to support reforestation projects (from school kids to garden clubs). He recieved a certificate and letter from the Superintendent Earl Ford of Plumas National Forest. L-R Wes Dempsey, Robert Souders, Emilie White, Ken White, Gerry Ingco, Robert Fischer, Annelise Feenstra foil planted trees 1 . ‘four contribution to Tcnny Tines will help reforest an area for Beauty, watershed protection and turner production , tfie ZLS'Dft forest Service and the (Plumas national forest commend Chico Horticultural Society for your 39* demotion in Honor Of gerry Ingco to the. future of Rational forests in California £§ — fmr»* StfiTvim HOSPITALITY HELP NEEDED by KarroLynn Yells, Hospitality Chair FALL GENERAL MEETINGS BAKERS are needed to bring cookies to the General Meetings from Oct - Dec 2014. HORTICULTURE SYMPOSIUM (see page 6) STRONG HELPERS are needed for set-up, take-down, and clean-up Sept 14, 2014. To date this is the list of people who are willing to help before, during & after the Symposium. Thank You Syb Blythe, Susie Cunningham, Anne Ferry, Nancy Groshong, Sue Mason, Marjorie McNairn, Carla Moreno BAKERS are needed to bake four dozen cookies. This is the list of people who have agreed to bring 4 dozen cookies. Thank You Arletha Albright, Arlene & Bob Coley, Kathy & Ron Coley, Dorothy Glass, Suellen Rowlison, June Watts Any questions please contact KarroLynn Yells at 530 534-3551 or karrolynnY@att.net THANK YOU! ALSO . . . PLANT SALE at the HORTICULTURE SYMPOSIUM To help contact Paula Shapiro 530 343-7440 or paulashapiro49@gmail.com by John Meehan, Sales Co-chair BOTANICAL BOOKS ... Are you running out of space for your old books? ... Are you no longer using that field guide to trees? ... Have you moved on to mushrooms and now have too many fern books? D onate your books for the Chapter’s USED BOOK SALE to be held at The WILDFLOWER SHOW in APRIL 2015. All books on plants, gardening, natural history and field guides will be welcome. Books donated to the chapter will be reasonably priced and the proceeds will benefit the Chapter. Bring your books to the General Meetings from September to April or call John Meehan at 530 894-5339. 4. The Pipevine September 2014 Dear Friends of Mount Lassen Chapter California Native Plant Society, Y our membership in CNPS supports vital conservation and education efforts throughout California, and is essential, but our local chapter must support itself. We do that in part by hosting events such as the Wildflower Show and plant sales. But a very important part comes from the donations that you make directly to the chapter via the Annie B’s Community Drive. The Annie B’s donations have significantly increased our chapter funds, and are a major part of our budget. That has allowed us to do good works not before possible, and to look toward expanding even further to serve and influence our local four-county area. We have again sponsored two students to the Northern Cali- fornia Botanist’s Symposium - a good investment in future interest and work on behalf of California’s native plants, and the education of the public. We hope to expand our support of deserving students and relevant research. Our chapter website and email capacities have been further improved. We have done important “citizen science” via the Rare Plant Treasure Hunt. And we are working to establish a growing area for the plants that we offer for sale. MLC volunteers spent about 1000 hours removing invasive plants from Chico’s open spaces. Most of this work was done along Little Chico Creek, a waterway heavily impacted by urban development. Our Invasives Chair Susan Mason was honored with a grant award from Waste Management to assist in this good work. A new and important event this year is our Horticultural Symposium, to be held in September. It will be a very valuable offering that will give our members and the public guidance from noted experts on gardening with native plants - all to the benefit of water-conserving, habitat-creating local gardens. Please consider donating to our local efforts via the Annie B’s Community Drive. It is sponsored by the North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF), which augments the donations you make, thereby giving us more than 100% of what is pledged. NVCF is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization that builds financial resources to meet local community needs in Butte, Colusa, Glenn and Tehama counties. As an Annie B’s donor, you also join an important community-wide effort to support non-profit causes. Please make your donation between August 1st and September 30th Make checks to: Annie B’s / CNPS Mount Lassen Chapter Send your check to: North Valley Community Foundation 3120 Cohasset Road, Suite 8 Chico, CA 95973 You may also make your donation online the North Valley Community Foundation website: www.nvcf.org OR Mount Lassen Chapter website: mountlassen.cnps.org If you have any questions, contact Catie Bishop, MLC Board President at cjbishopl 991 @sbcglobal.net OR Alexa Valavanis, NVCF President & CEO, at 530 891-1150, ext.30. Sincerely, Catie Bishop, President Mount Lassen Chapter, California Native Plant Society The Pipevine September 2014 5. NATIVE PLANTS Come to our Horticulture/ Sympoitum/ and learn how to: . Design a pleasing landscape . Choose & maintain native plants . Create bird & pollinator habitat . Use less water & fertilizer . Q & A time with the experts Hosted by Mount Lassen Chapter ALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 8:30 am - 4 pm CHICO WOMEN’S CLUB 3rd St and Pine, Chico $35, $30 CNPS member includes lunch FIRST-CLASS PRESENTERS SUSAN KRZYWICKI State CNPS Horticulture Director BERNADETTE BALICS Native plant landscape designer GLENN KEATOR Noted author, botanist, and native plant ecologist mountlassen.cnps.org registration, details and updates space is limited deadline August 31, 2014 JOHN WHITTLESEY Pollinator habitat designer, photographer and author of The Plant Lover’s Guide to Salvias TO HELP CONTACT Catie Bishop cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net HOSPITALITY KarroLynn Yells 530 534-3551 or at karrolynny@att.net PLANT SALE Paula Shapiro 530 343-7440 or paulashapiro49@gmail.com 6 . The Pipevine September 2014 California Native Plant Society CNPS EDUCATIONAL GRANTS The California Native Plant Society EDUCATIONAL GRANT application period has opened. Proposals are due on September 30, 2014. Please see details on webpage: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/education/grants.php T he CNPS 2015 Conservation Conference is coming up January 13-17 in San Jose! Join over 1000 attendees in the heart of Silicon Valley for this historic event. The conference will begin with two days of skill-building workshops and field trips to area locations. The main conference starts on the 15th, with keynote speakers (including Michael Soule!) and over 300 presentations in 25 sessions by students, researchers, and CNPS chapters. The event will host fun social events, art, poetry, music, and pho- tography, too - not to mention your chance to explore the Bay Area and more from the ideal central location of San Jose. To get even more involved you can volunteer, and sponsor or exhibit to get special benefits and connect with the biggest gathering of conservationists and native plant enthusiasts in the State of California. Kicking off the 50th anniversary of CNPS, this conference will be larger and more exciting than ever before, so don’t miss out - be a part of the discussion about what the next 50 years will hold! Discounted early registration is open now through October 31 online. Visit cnps.org/2015 or e-mail breilly@cnps.org for more information. T he California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) publishes California’s longest-running, continuously published scientific journal devoted to the conservation and understanding of the flora and fauna of California. For the first time ever, California Fish and Game, as part of its 100th year of publication, has devoted a special issue focused entirely on na- tive California plants. This will be the first of four special issues that will focus on different areas of conservation by CDFW scientists and collaborators, including CNPS. CDFW Director Charlton Bonham and CNPS Executive Director Dan Gluesenkamp co-authored an introduction to the is- sue, which contains varied and highly pertinent topics of plant/habitat conservation today. Included in this edition are articles describing a newly discovered species of plant endemic to the San Bernardino mountains ( Silene krantzii), a status review of Bakersfield cactus, disturbance treatments to re-establish the rare herb ( Clarkia franciscana), the dramatic effects of sud- den oak death disease on tan-bark oak, and a focus on plant community level conservation such as the characterization of fen vegetation in the Tahoe region. This journal highlights current conservation tools such as the California Natural Diversity Database and reviews the 2009 CNPS publication A Manual of California Vegetation. Make sure to check out this special issue online at https://www.dfg.ca.gov/publications/journal/contents.html From CNPS e-newsletter for August: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/publications/news/201407.php CNPS 2015 CONSERVATION CONFERENCE January 15-17, 2015 San Jose, CA CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT of FISH and WILDLIFE Celebrates 100 Years with SPECIAL NATIVE PLANT ISSUE The Pipevine September 2014 7. NATIVE by John Whittlesey PLAN T g for the Garden Preparation for FALL PLANTING I n Northern California we are fortunate to have two long seasons for planting - spring and fall. If judged by nursery sales, most planting by homeowners is done in the spring. The warmer days of spring after a cold winter pull us outside - into the garden and onto hiking trails. Spring carries a sense of urgency - a quickness - a fast moving timeline marked by a continuous procession of blooming plants - one following the other. The mahonia’s golden yellow flowers open early in Febru- ary/March and not far behind are the Ribes and redbud. Before we know it spring has sprung and Table Mountain is awash in fields of lupine and poppies. There are places to go and wildflowers to be seen. Sometimes the gardening can be rushed and frenetic or just neglected. Fall, however is much quieter - the gradually cooler days bring a calm from the heat of summer. Our time spent in the garden can be more deliberate. I figure after the third week of September we can count on temperatures dropping frequently into the pleasant 80’s and then slowly but surely downward. We can usually rely on nearly two months of fine planting weather - hopefully inter- rupted by the occasional rains. Planting early in the fall, September-October, while soil tempera- tures are still warm encourages strong root growth. Once the soils become cold and damp young plants establish their root systems more slowly. While it is fine to plant in November and December (if the soil is not too wet) plants will take a little longer to become established. To make the most of the planting seasons, good planning and preparation makes our garden projects more doable. In my garden there are two fall projects that will be ready for planting when the weather cools. This spring I made some drastic changes in my front garden. A dense 40’ maple was taken down which significantly increased the sunlight. 8 . The Pipevine September 2014 through the SeCtSOHS The tree removal was followed by a water leak that required some deep and lengthy trenching with shovel and backhoe leaving a bare landscape where there once was garden. Though I fully intended to replant in April, the rush of spring work caught up with me leaving little time or energy to work in my own garden. My second fall project is more intentional - the transformation of what used to be a vegetable garden space into what I’m calling a meadow-to-be. This neglected, weedy area was enclosed by an unattractive deer fence which made for a less than desirable view from the bedrooms. Over time my vision became one of grasses and wildflowers - a quasi meadow. So I decided to plant in the fall, plugs of different native grasses and scatter some wildflower seed. To plant an area with small plugs and seeds, the soil should be relatively weed free otherwise the young plants will be overgrown by the vigorous non-native grasses that germinate with the fall rains. Solarization was the method I opted to try to rid the soil of weed seeds. Over a few weekends in early June I took down the fence, removed the few woody shrubs and graded the soil. Before laying down the clear plastic, the area was well watered. It is the moisture in the soil that helps to steam and sterilize the top few inches of soil. When I’m ready I will remove the plastic, disturb the soil as little as possible (this would bring up more deeply buried weed seeds) and plant, keeping in mind young plants and seedlings will need to be consistently watered until the rains come. I’ve talked with a number of people in Chico who have been thinking ahead by turning off the waterto their lawns this summer - with the intent to plant drought tolerant plants in the fall. This has saved them from having to spray herbicides or use the labor intensive method of sheet mulching to kill the lawn. By thinking ahead they will have a clean canvas from which to create a new and more climate appropriate landscape. The Pipevine September 2014 9. A TIME OF I - ! ear my home in Oroville, there is a vacant lot that I see on my J \J morning walks. The natural growth pattern had advanced from winter green to tall summer blond stems of wild oats, but at one end of the field, a dozen chicory ( Cichorium intybus) plants had risen, opening sky-blue blossoms to the blue sky! Chicory bloom is a most delightful color for the drab days of sum- mer, erupting with a pale ultramarine blue that stands out vividly in the sun-bleached grasses or grows hardily along roadways. It seems happy to be growing in adverse arenas, where most plants have finished their blooming business with only empty husks and dry roots remaining. The chicory roots go deeper for water. by Rex Burress Fruit-bearing plants, like apples and berries, ripen to attract animals so that the seeds can be carried in the digestive system to new territory. It’s ironic that the seed of some ed- ible plants can be poisonous, like native red baneberry (Actaea rubra). The goal of most plants is to send their species farther afield as if to dominate the earth! Contradictory are the thorns of roses and blackberries, arranged as if to repel invaders, yet the flowers attract with their beauty and scent. Most plants send their ambassadors forth via seeds that stick, spin, or drift like parachutes, carrying invaders abroad like on a war mission. The foliage of chicory is a desirable forage food for livestock, and its medicinal value is in eliminating intestinal worms. Then one morning I stopped at my “pause place” to greet the chicory field, but it had been mowed, and the leveled grasses lay flat on the soil. The mowing blade had left a few of the chicory standing, perhaps intentionally, like the morning mower in Robert Frost’s poem, “A Tuft of Flowers:” “...The mower in the morning dew had loved them thus, leaving them to flourish, not for us, nor yet to draw one thought of ours to him, but from sheer morning gladness at the brim...” The outspread rays of chicory, typical of flowers in the sunflower Asteraceae Family, stands out in a group where yellow domi- nates, although down by the riverside, the California aster ( Aster chilensis) blooms blue right into autumn. The aster is a native, while chicory has its origin in Europe but is now spread all over the world, becoming naturalized in North America and Australia to take its place as a wild plant. The plants of earth help to sustain mankind. If not for grassy seeds of wheat, rice, and oats, famine would depopulate the world. Although the color of blossoms is a bonus for flower watch- ers, even as it is a guide for pollinating insects, and the aromatic aroma is a joy for most organisms, unlike even the chicory, the grain/grass crops do not have showy blossoms. As John Ingalls said of grass, “They bear no blazonry of bloom to charm the senses with fragrance or splendor, but their homely hue is more enchanting that the lily or the rose...” I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself. - Photographer Edward Steichen Chicory is widely considered a coffee substitute. The pulverized roots are sometimes used as an additive to coffee, adding a cer- tain unique slightly bitter flavor. The entire plant is edible, although the leaves are tart unless boiled, such as is curly dock, and even dandelion greens. Nearly every plant has some type of defense method, often just a bitter quality as if trying to discourage brows- ers, but sometimes accelerated into a full-fledged poison. In all places then and in all seasons Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings, Teaching us by most persuasive reasons, How akin they are to human things.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 10 . The Pipevine September 2014 FALL WORKSHOPS Sept 6, 2014 INTRO TO SUMMER GRASSES (POACEAE) Identify grasses using summer flowering perennial species with JOHN DITTES at jcdittes@sbcglobal.net Oct 11, 2014 CALFLORA’S OBSEVER PRO: EMERGING BOTANICAL FIELD METHODS Learn to use Calflora’s Observer Pro Android application with CYNTHIA POWEL at cpowell@calflora.org 4TH ANNUAL FALL PHOTO CONTEST CELEBRATE CALIFORNIA’S FLORA! PRIZES and SHOW Detailed workshop and photo contest descriptions available at Chico State Herbarium www.csuchio.edu/biol/Herb/events.html MEMBERSHIP If you have changed your . . . address, phone number or e-mail please notify Mount Lassen Chapter CNPS Membership Chair, KarroLynn Yells at 530 534-3551 or karrolynny@att.net This will help eliminate returned Pipevines from the Post Office. Thank You, KarroLynn Keep up with MLC Activities on our website and Facebook California Native Plant Society, Mount Lassen Chapter and LIKE US facebook. mountlassen.cnps.org r ^ ELECTED OFFICERS ( 530 > President CAT IE BISHOP cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net Past President SUELLEN ROWLISON 897-0226 suellen@garlic.com Vice-President JANNALATHROP 228 0010 jlathrop4mlc@comcast.net Secretary ANN ELLIOTT 521-4402 secretary@mountlassen.cnps.org Treasurer JOHN MEEHAN 894-5339 johnmeehan64@gmail.com Members-at-Large HESH KAPLAN 961-9407 heshelak@gmail.com PAUL MOORE 343-4287 pmoore@csuchico.edu KARROLYNN YELLS 534-3551 KarroLynnY@att.net RON COLEY 533-1238 rcoley64@comcast.net CHAIRS Conservation WOODY ELLIOTT 588-2555 woodyelliott@gmail.com Education OPEN Invasive Plants SUSAN MASON 892-1666 smason908@gmail.com Field Trips WES DEMPSEY 342-2293 Co-chairs wdempsey@csuchico.edu GERRY INGCO 893-5123 genaroingco@aol.com Membership / Hospitality KARROLYNN YELLS 534-3551 karrolynny@att.net Horticulture PAULA SHAPIRO 343-7440 paulashapiro49@gmail.com Newsletter Editor DENISE DEVINE 345-8444 dsrdevine@hotmail.com Mailing MARJORIE MCNAIRN 342-7493 mlmcnairn@aol.com Programs JIM BISHOP Co-chairs cjbishopl 991 @sbcglobal.net WOODY ELLIOTT 588-2555 woodyelliott@gmail.com Rare Plants OPEN Publicity CINDY WEINER 342-7645 wildflowermaven@comcast.net Sales JOHN MEEHAN 894-5339 Co-chairs johnmeehan64@gmail.com ELLEN COPELAND copelande12@yahoo.com Vol. Recognition / Chapter Council Delegate CAT IE BISHOP cjbishopl 991 @sbcg lobal.net Events JANNALATHROP 228 0010 jlathrop4mlc@comcast.net Yahi Trail STEPHEN OVERLOCK 892-0635 stephenoverlock@sbcglobal.net CCNC Gardens CLAIRE MEEHAN meehanclairel @g mail, com L A The Pipevine September 2014 11 . MOUNT LASSEN CHAPTER CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY P O. BOX 3212 CHICO, CA 95927-3212 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Chico, CA Permit No. 553 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Time Value SEPTEMBER 2014 issue SEPT 4 Phyllis would say Join Today ! MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY I wish to affiliate with the Mount Lassen Chapter renew Name Address City State Zip Phone Email Send Membership Application to: CNPS 2707 K STREET, SUITE 1 | SACRAMENTO, CA 95816-5113 mountlassen.cnps.org Student / Limited Income $25 Individual $45 Family / Library $75 Plant Lover $100 Patron $300 Benefactor $600 Calendar August 24 - Willow Lake 31 - Deadfall Lakes on Mt Eddy September 3 - General Meeting 7 - Hat Lake Lassen VNP 13 - Chico Native Plant Gardens 14 - HORTICULTURE SYMPOSIUM 21 - Cold Boiling Lake Lassen VNP 30 - Annie B Community Drive Ends October 1 - General Meeting 5 - Mt Harkness Lassen VNP 15 - Executive Board Meeting