Castilleja : the newsletter of the Wyoming Native Plant Society

Castilleja

Publication of the Wyoming Native Plant Society

Dec 2015, Volume 34(4]

Posted at www.wynps.org

Botanical Adventures in Yellowstone

Bv Hollis Marriott

On June 13, 1899, the Union Pacific Railroad
delivered two botany students and a load of
freight to Monida, Montana, the western gateway
to Yellowstone National Park. Leslie Goodding
and Elias Nelson climbed down from a boxcar,
and unloaded a wagon, three horses, camping
gear, provisions for six for three months, and six
plant presses with thousands of “driers and
white sheets." Professor Aven Nelson of the
University of Wyoming arrived by passenger
train two days later, with his wife and young
daughters, ages 8 and 13. They would spend 14
weeks in Yellowstone, ostensibly to document
the flora of the Park. But the project's impact
would be much greater.

The previous winter. Nelson wrote to the Park
Superintendent requesting permission to collect
plants “to represent the vegetation of the Park in
full ... dried specimens of the smaller plants and
such twigs of the larger as may conveniently be
preserved on the usual herbarium sheets, 12 x
16 inches." An affirmative reply arrived just a
few weeks later. He also contacted P.A. Rydberg,
who was preparing a Catalogue of the Flora of
Montana and the Yellowstone National Park. In
his reply, Rydberg explained what Nelson most
likely already knew:

“The flora of the park is, however well worked
up as several collectors have been in there, viz.,
the Hayden Survey, C.C. Parry, Letteman,
Burglehous, &c. The one that has done the
most, however, is Frank Tweedy of US
Geological Survey. He spent two whole
summers in the park. ... I would advise you to

select the mountains east and south east of
Yellowstone Lake. None of the collectors that I
know of has collected in that region.”

But Nelson had other plans. (cont. p. 7)

Above: Leslie Goodding sits between stacks of blotters,
checking specimens. This photo was taken near the end of the
Yellowstone expedition, by which time he had worn the soles
off his boots.

In this Issue

Botanical Adventures in Yellowstone . . .1,7,8

2015 Annual Meeting Highlights 3

Botanist’s Bookshelf: PONDEROSA 4

Growing Native Plants: Meadow Gardens . . 5
Announeing Friends of the Herbarium 6

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WYNPS News

Time to Renew : Please renew your WYNPS
membership for 2016, and vote for 2016 Board
candidates. You can do this by mail or else on-line
using PayPal and the WYNPS email address. -Thanks!
[The membership year is the calendar year. The
mailing label on the printed newsletter indicates the
year through which you are renewed.)

2016 Annual Meeting : Mark June 17-20 on your
calendar! If you'd like to get a jump on lodging, you
can reserve cabins or camping at the Dubois KOA
where Wyoming Native Plant Society attendees have a
group discount. It is located 1 block from town [from Hwy
26/287, turn at the Conoco Station onto Riverton St. and go
south 1 block). You can register by mail [225 Welty St,
Dubois, WY 82513), by phone [1-800-562-0806), or on-line
r www.koa.com/campgrounds/dubois just say that you
are with Wyoming Native Plant Society and they will give a
20% discount off the full prices for cabins, tent camping or
RV [below). Amenities include laundry, fishing, heated
pool. Other local options include public campgrounds and
local motels r http://www.duboiswvomingchamber.org/ T

Tent Camping: $30.00
Cabins [no linens):

2 person cabins: $60.00

4 person cabins: $70.00

5 person cabins: $145.00 [Full bathrooms, kitchenettes)
RV Camping [go on-line for full options):

Water/electric: $45.00
Full hook up: $50.00
River front: $53.00

Call for Scholarship and Grant applications : Student
study and small grant applications are being accepted
now through 15 February, by mail or the WYNPS
email address. Please feel free to post or distribute
the 2016 announcement!

Treasurer's Report : Balance as of 21 Sept 2015:
Scholarship = $1,940; General = $6,314; Total =
$8,254.

Contributors to this Issue : Ann Boelter, Karen Clause,
Frances Clark, Robert Dorn, Bonnie Heidel, Hollis
Marriott, Nancy Miller, Amy Taylor, Dan Tinker.

Deadline for next Issue : Announcements and articles
are welcome at any time. The next deadline is 15 Feb.

Wyoming Native Plant Society
P.O. Box 2449
Laramie, WY 82073

New Members : Please welcome the following new
members to WYNPS: Lorie Cahn, Jackson; Trissta
Lyman, Jackson; Michael Mancuso, Boise, ID; Jennifer
Thompson, Laramie.

Message from the President :

Season's Greetings!

It’s the holiday season, and 1 look
forward to time with family, skiing,
and cooking my favorite holiday
foods. 1 also start thinking about
my New Year's resolutions for the
coming year. For instance, in 2010
1 made a resolution to get back into
skate skiing after a 6-year hiatus to raise babies. 1 also
resolved to get more involved with The Wyoming Native
Plant Society. To make good on that resolution, 1 became a
lifetime member and ran for my first term on the Board of
Directors.

Six years later, here 1 find myself running for another
term as President. It feels good to serve, and 1 encourage
any of you who are thinking that you might be interested in
becoming more involved with the Society to do so. It’s
important to the success of the Society to represent its
members through a diversity of voices on its Board of
Directors. If not interested in an officer position, please
consider one of the at-large board member positions or
volunteering to sit on a special committee to organize
events.

With your help, we can make the Society the best that it
can be. Mmm... sounds like 1 have come up with this year’s
resolution! Happy holidays to you and yours,

~Karen Clause, President

WYNPS Board -201 5
President: Karen Clause, Pinedale
rkdclause@centurvtel.neD
Vice-President: Brian Sebade, Laramie
rbsebade@uwvo.edu ^

Sec.-Treasurer: Ann Boelter, Laramie r boelter@uwvo.edu1
Board-at-large:

Walt Fertig, Phoenix, AZ [’14-’15)

rwaltola64@gmail.com 1

Bob Giurgevich, Sheridan [’15-’16)

rbobgiurgevich@live.com1

Other contacts :

WYNPS homepage: www.wvnps.org: also on Facebook
Teton Plants - a Chapter of WYNPS: Amy Taylor, Treasurer
rtetonplants@gmail.com 1 and homepage
http : / / www.tetonplants.org/

Sublette Chapter of WYNPS: Julie Kraft, President

riewelvioe@hotmail.com1

Editor: Bonnie Heidel r bheidel@uwvo.edu1

Webmaster: Brenna Marsicek

rbrennamarsicek@gmail.com 1

Bighorn Native Plant Society: Jean Daly, Treasurer [P.O. Box
21, Big Horn, WY 82833

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We had a grand time at the
annual meeting in the
Tetons - a least 125 people
attended. THANKS to
everyone involved!!! Here
are glimpses. Go to
www.wvnps.org to see
these photographs in color!

1. Taylor Mountain by Amy Taylor

2. Teton Mountains by Nancy Miller

3. Klara Varga reveals the inner workings of a water lily at
Loon Lake by B. Heidel

4. Walter Fertig, Reid Miller, Ann & Dick Boelter at Darby
Canyon by Nancy Miller

5. Colorado columbine by Frances Clark

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Botanist's Bookshelf -
Fiedler, Carl E. and Stephen F. Arno. 2015.
PONDEROSA: People, Fire, and the West's
Most Iconic Tree. Mountain Press Pub. Co.,
Missoula, MT. 248 pp. (Paperback, 6" x 9 “).[1SBN:
978-087842-638-6] $20.00 + shipping.

Review by Daniel Tinker
Dept, of Botany, University of Wyoming

In their book, “Ponderosa: People, fire, and the
West's most iconic tree", Carl Fiedler and Stephen
Arno have given readers an informative and
entertaining collection of essays and photographs that
focus on Ponderosa pine [Pinus ponderosa), certainly a
favorite tree of residents and visitors alike. The book
is part ecological primer, part historical account, and
part tour guide, and excels in all three areas. It is
organized into two main sections: Part 1 contains the
majority of the life history and ecological chapters,
while Part 11 serves as a traveler's guide to unique and
beautiful Ponderosa pine locations throughout the 16
US states of its distribution, as well as British
Columbia, Canada. The book is loaded with sound
science throughout, but presented in a very readable
way for non-scientists. Plus, the excellent collection of
historic and current photos really makes this an
excellent read.

Fiedler and Arno's approach in Part 1 take the
reader through the century-long transformation from
historical Ponderosa forests of the 1800s to the
"modern" forests of today. They begin with an
enlightening treatment of the role of ponderosa pine
in US history, including the often intimate
relationships with Native American Indians, providing
evidence of their use of ponderosa as a building
material as early as AD 500. Many of the accounts are
anecdotal, but still paint a fascinating picture of the
many uses of the tree by the wide range of historical
inhabitants of the Western US, including the early
pioneers and the US military. The authors do a really
nice job with their descriptions of the life history
characteristics of Ponderosa, from its broad genetic
diversity and geographic distribution, to its
adaptations to drought and fire. And, speaking of fire,
Fiedler and Arno dedicate three chapters to
Ponderosa's "multifaceted relationship with and
dependency on fire", highlighting the evolution of
attitudes and management philosophies regarding fire
and its near-elimination from most Ponderosa forests
in the West. They also emphasize the importance of
Ponderosa in the forest products industry, tracing the
harvesting of old-growth forests via "clearfelling" and

"high grading" to the more familiar clearcuts of the
1960s and 1970s. They include a nice section that
highlights the emerging environmental legislation that
arose following the cessation of clearcutting in
Ponderosa pine forests and how, while well-
intentioned, these policies actually created provisions
for completely eliminating fire from these forests. As
the authors move us into the more recent "modern"
forests, they describe how humans are "loving our
forests to death", particularly with the increase in
housing development in the Wildland Urban Interface
(WUl), much of which occurs in and around
Ponderosa pine forests. They wrap up Part 1 of the
book with a brief, yet grim reminder of the recent
spate of "megafires" that have burned in Ponderosa
forests beginning in the 1980s, along with the
acceleration of other major disturbances such as bark
beetle epidemics. The final chapter focuses on what
we have learned through scientific research over the
past few decades, and describes the various
approaches and challenges to actively restoring
Ponderosa pine forests.

Part 11, as mentioned before, is a travelogue for
Ponderosa pine seekers around the Western US and
British Columbia. This section is yet another reason to
throw this book in your backpack while you're
traveling if you're a lover of Ponderosa. From Arizona
to North Dakota, they describe literally [cont. p. 5]

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Continued from p. 4

dozens of "special" sites across the region. Here in Wyoming, they highlight four such places: Blacks Fork River,
southwest of Mountain View; Vedauwoo recreation area in the Medicine Bow National Forest; Mallo Camp, in the
Black Hills; and the land around the Pine Bluffs Rest Area, east of Cheyenne. If you haven't seen these special
places, you should check them out as soon as you can. And, if you want to learn more about Ponderosa pine and
have a great read at the same time, I'd suggest a copy of this book for your collection!

Erigeron subtrinervis, San Juan County, Utah

Lupinus polyphyllus, Moffat County, Colorado

Helianthella quinquenervis, Fivevein
Littlesunflower, grows to 5 feet tall and 1 foot wide.
The leaves are to 10 inches long and 4 inches wide.
Flower heads are one to several at the stem tips and
nodding or horizontal with yellow ray and disk flowers.
They appear from June to August depending on
elevation. The plants occur naturally in moist to
slightly dry meadows or on slopes in the mountains.
They prefer full sun and moist but well drained soils.
They can be grown from seed which is commercially
available.

Erigeron subtrinervis, Threenerve Fleabane,
grows to 2.5 feet tall and 1 foot wide from rhizomes.
The leaves are somewhat narrow and to 4.5 inches
long. The ray flowers are mostly blue to purple or
lavender and the disk flowers are yellow. They appear
in July and August. The plants occur naturally in moist
meadows and open woods in the mountains. They
prefer full sun to partial shade and moist loamy soils.
They can be grown from seed that is surface sown for
light exposure or from division of clumps or from
rhizome cuttings. They transplant easily and seed has
been commercially available.

Helianthella quinquenervis, Grand County, Colorado

Growing Native Plants

Part 18. Meadow Gardens

By Robert Dorn

Meadow gardens require a consistently moist
site, wetter than a prairie but not as wet as a wetland
which supports sedges, rushes, and the like. Most of
these sites are found in mountain parks but there are
occasional subirrigated sites in the lowlands that
match this requirement. Meadows usually have some
grasses like Melica bulbosa, Oniongrass, or Phleum
alpinum, Mountain Timothy, but the most conspicuous
species are flowering forbs of which five examples
follow. Go to the Society website to see them in color.

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Lupinus polyphyllus, Meadow Lupine, grows to 4 feet
tall and wide. The leaves are palmately compound with
6 to 13 leaflets to 3 inches long. The flowers are to 0.5
inch long, blue or blue-purple with a large white spot
on the banner, with many borne along the upper 12
inches or so of the many stems which overtop the
leaves. They appear from May to August depending on
elevation. The plants occur naturally in open
meadows and on slopes in the plains, valleys, basins,
and mountains. They prefer full sun to light shade and
cool, moist to dry, well drained loamy soils. They can
be grown from seed that is first scarified and
planted .25 inch deep. Seed and several cultivars are
commercially available.

Monarda fistulosa, Horsemint, grows to 2 feet
tall from rhizomes. The leaves are to 3.5 inches long
and half as wide. The flowers are pink-purple to
lavender, to 1.5 inches long, borne in a tight head-like
cluster at the stem tips. They appear from June to
August. The plants occur naturally in moist to slightly
dry open areas of the plains, basins, and foothills. They
prefer full sun to light shade and moist to slightly dry,
sandy or loamy soils. They can be grown from fresh
seed barely covered with soil or from rhizome cuttings.
It is also in the nursery trade.

Sidalcea neomexicana, New Mexico
Checkermallow, grows to 2.5 feet tall and 1 foot wide.
The leaves are shallowly to deeply lobed and to 4
inches long and wide. The flowers are rose-pink fading
to blue-purple, to 1.5 inches across, and are closely
arranged along the upper stem. They appear in June
and July. The plants occur naturally in moist open
areas of the plains, basins, and mountains. They prefer
full sun and moist loamy or clayey soils. They can be
grown from seed or from rootstock divisions. Seed is
commercially available.

Monarda fistulosa, Pennington County, South Dakota

Sidalcea neomexicana, Carbon County
Go to www.wvnps.oro to see these photographs in color!

Announcing : Friends of the Roeky Mountain Herbarium

The Rocky Mountain Herbarium [RM; University of Wyoming) has a wide following among Botany
Department alumni, agency botanists across the Rocky Mountain states and collaborators on campus and
beyond. In an effort to formalize this following and promote it locally, there is now an organization: Friends of
the Rocky Mountain Herbarium! The “Friends" were launched following an RM open house on 1 October 2015.

Many members of Wyoming Native Plant Society [WYNPS] are in this same circle of affiliates and supporters,
and WYNPS is a proud promoter. It is an informal organization as a venue for fostering local volunteerism,
formalizing the region-wide interest and support, and communicating. You can still be a “charter member" if
you reply this year to Greg Brown r GKBrown(a)uwvo.edu^ expressing your interest. The Friends of the
Herbarium will host Herbarium Night events this winter, starting on Thursday, January 21. All local “Friends"
including many of us in WYNPS will receive further email information.

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Left to right: Daughters Helen and Neva Nelson, Leslie
Goodding, Mrs. Nelson and the field vehicle. They wear felt
campaign hats popular at that time [today's Mounty or
Smokey the Bear hats}.

Continued from p. 1

They left Monida on June 17 in their “about-the-
last-word" [modern] light lumber wagon, reaching the
Park six days later. After obtaining the necessary
collecting permit, they went to work. Most days they
broke camp early, and traveled Park roads stopping
periodically to collect. Then in late afternoon they
looked for a campsite. Nelson had purchased a 12 x 14
foot canvas tent for the project. "For twelve
consecutive weeks, no one slept under a roof other
than the tent, and the two boys usually under the
vaulted star-studded skies," he reminisced 37 years
later.

After camp was set up, they began pressing their
collections. Plants were arranged between sheets of
white paper, and added to a stack alternating with
heavy felt paper — "blotters." Stacks were tightly
bound between wooden covers. The next day the
plant presses were taken apart, damp blotters
replaced, and the presses reassembled. This continued
until the plants were dry.

Though Nelson brought several thousand reusable
blotters, maintaining an adequate supply of dry ones
was challenging. Ideally they were spread on the
ground to dry in the sun. But sometimes it rained for
days at a time. Then everyone gathered wood to keep
a fire going all day, with plant presses and blotters
carefully arranged around the stove inside the tent.

They mostly collected near roads, though
earlier botanists had done the same.
Occasionally two men made long excursions
on foot while the third stayed in camp with
Mrs. Nelson and the girls. Only in late July
did they finally approach "the mountains
east and south east of Yellowstone Lake"
where Rydberg had recommended they
spent most of their time. Yet they drove on
by. Lack of wagon roads probably was a
factor. And they had lost one man.

On July 26, Elias and Leslie were
collecting near the popular Artist Paint Pots.
Visitors were routinely warned to stay on
established paths, but Elias stepped off
[botanical fervor?} and one leg sank into hot
mud to the knee. He jumped to higher
ground and pulled off his shoe and sock — along with a
large patch of skin from his ankle. A huge blister ran
up his leg.

"With the help of several nearby tourists, I
sprinkled the wound with soda, bandaged it, and
covered the bandage with flour," wrote Mrs. Nelson in
her diary. A few days later, a physician examined the
burn and pronounced it serious. So Elias was driven to
Madison and put on the stage to Monida, greatly
disappointed that his adventure was cut short.

There was another reason to stick to roads. Though
we have no written record, it seems Nelson wanted to
collect as many specimens as possible; documenting
the Park flora was secondary. He returned home with
30,000 specimens representing about 500 different
species. In other words, most were duplicates —
multiple collections of a given species from a given
location, often 20 or 30!

Nelson very much wanted to expand the small
herbarium at the University of Wyoming, and through
the Yellowstone project he did — 1400 specimens
were added directly, and thousands more through
exchange. He knew herbaria worldwide would want
specimens from Yellowstone, the famous natural
wonderland. A full set of duplicates went to the
Smithsonian. Others were sent to institutions and
private collectors across the US, in Europe, and as far
away as India, in exchange for specimens for the UW
herbarium. Sets were sold as well, to raise money for
field and herbarium work [the University provided no
funds} . [cont. last page}

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Wyoming Native Plant Society - Renewal and Ballot

Return to: Wyoming Native Plant Society - P.O. Box 2449 - Laramie, WY 82073

2016 WYNPS RENEWAL

Name: _
Address:

Email :

Check one: [ ] New member [ ] Renewing member
[ ] Check here if this is an address change.

[ ] Check here if you prefer to receive the newsletter
electronically.

Payment:

[ ] WYNPS annual membership: $10; or
[ ] WYNPS annual membership with scholarship support: $20
[$10 for membership and $10 for Scholarship fund]

[ ] WYNPS Lifetime membership: $300 [$150 for membership

and $150 for Scholarship fund]

In addition to the statewide organization, we have two
chapters. Membership in chapters is optional; chapter members
must also be members of the statewide organization.

[ ] Sublette Chapter annual membership: $5.00
[ ] Teton Plants Chapter annual membership: $5.00

Total enclosed: THANKYOU!

2016 WYNPS BALLOT - Please mail for receipt by January 31 or email wvnps@wvnps.org

Please vote for one person for each Officer position, and ONE OF TWO candidates for the At-Large position:

President Karen Clause [Pinedale] Secretary/Treasurer Jeanette Flaig [Laramie]

Vice President Brian Sebade [Laramie] At-Large [2 -year term] Walter Fertig [Phoenix, AZ]

Write-in candidate and office:

[The second At-Large position is held by Bob Giurgevich [Sheridan], who will start his second year of a two-year term.]

Candidate Biographies

Karen Clause is current President and also served a term on the Board from 2011-2012. Karen is an outdoor and
native plant enthusiast who enjoys serving the Society and its members. She lives in Pinedale with husband and
daughters. She works for the Natural Resources Conservation Service [NRCS] as a Rangeland Management
Specialist.

Jeanette Flaig is a botanist working for Western EcoSystems Technology seasonally. Jeanette earned her
Bachelor degree in Biology from the University of Colorado and a Masters in Plant Systematics from the University
of Wyoming when she joined Wyoming Native Plant Society. She is active in wetland delineations and functional
assessment.

Brian Sebade is a U-WY Extension educator in southeast Wyoming, focusing on agriculture and horticulture, plus
4-H and youth development. He addresses native plant identification and awareness, range monitoring, poisonous
plants, edible plants, weed management and identification, and pesticide certification. He joined WYNPS during
graduate studies, first served on the Board in 2015, and enjoys hunting, fishing, Nordic skiing, or anything else that
gets him outside.

Walter Fertig is Assistant curator at Arizona State University herbarium, former heritage program botanist in
Wyoming, and longtime Secretary-Treasurer and newsletter editor of the Wyoming Native Plant Society [ca. 1992-
2001). Walter currently lives in Phoenix, AZ with his wife Laura and a bevy of cats and dogs.

Wyoming Native Plant Society

2016 MARKOW SCHOLARSHIP/SMALL GRANT

Applications are due February 15, 2016. Awards will be made in April, 2016.

Electronic copies of this application are also posted on the WYNPS homepage at:
www.wynps.org

The Wyoming Native Piant Society promotes appreciation, understanding and conservation of
native plants and plant communities through Its annual scholarship/small grants program. For
scholarships, thesis research may address any aspect of botany including floristics, taxonomy,
ecology, genetics, plant geography, range science, paleontology, pollination biology, physiology,
and mycology. For small grants, projects such as botany curriculum development, public native
plant gardens, and other forms of outreach will be considered. This competition is open to all
students who conduct research in Wyoming, residents of Wyoming or members of
WYNPS. Priority will be given to projects conducted at least in part in Wyoming.

Proposals must pertain to native plants of Wyoming. Preference will be given to proposals
expected to generate research data or promote public understanding. Up to $1,000 may be
covered for a scholarship proposal, and up to $500 for a small grant proposal. Awards defray
direct project costs, excluding labor or conferences. Eligible expenses Include:

1. Direct costs of travel, meals, and lodging for research or education projects.

2. Supply and service expenses used for the sole purpose of the project (e.g., consumable
supplies such as laboratory chemicals, soil and nursery stock, and services such as phone
and computer time).

The deadline for proposals is February 15. Awards will be announced in April. The

proposal should be no longer than three pages and include the following:

• Name, mailing address, telephone number (land &/or cell as appropriate) and email
address of the applicant.

• Name, mailing address, contact person's name & phone number for any organization that
will be directly involved with the applicant when executing the proposal.

• Short abstract of the study or project (2-5 sentences).

• Description of the study or project: objectives, methods, description of final product, and
short description of past similar work (if applicable). Garden proposals should include
plant lists, an educational component, and explicitly address long-term maintenance
plans.

• Description of how the study or project will benefit native plant conservation in Wyoming.

• Overall budget showing amount requested from WYNPS ($1,000 or less), the intended
purpose of the funding, and other funding sources.

• Timeline for completion of the major components of the study or project.

• Brief statement of applicant's qualifications or biography.

• Name, address, email address or phone number of two people as references.

Successful scholarship or grant recipients will be required to submit a final report (due no later than September
20, 2017) documenting the study or project accomplishments to WYNPS, written for a broad audience and
suitable for publication in our Castilleja newsletter, along with an accounting of how the funds were used. Please
send completed applications to: Wyoming Native Plant Society, P.O. Box 2449, Laramie, WY 82073; or
wynps@wynps.org .

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Continued from p. 7

Shortly after returning from Yellowstone,
Nelson met with the University Board of
Trustees and convincingly argued that the
herbarium would soon warrant recognition as
a separate institution. The Trustees promptly
established the Rocky Mountain Herbarium —

“an accessible and serviceable collection" of
the region's plants. In the 116 years since, it
has become much more — the tenth largest
herbarium in the US and a world-class
institution, built on a foundation of
Yellowstone plants.

References

Aven Nelson Papers. Collection 400013. American
Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Goodding, LN. 1944. The 1899 botanical

expedition into Yellowstone Park. University of
Wyoming Publication 11:9-12.

Williams, RL. 1984. Aven Nelson of Wyoming.

Colorado Associated University Press.

Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone
National Park Army Era records. 1898-1899.

Corr esponde n ce with Aye n N els pn.

“Our Herbarium is now in a fireproof building and doubtless
some day will have a building all its own. That is, it will be a
collection properly housed and surrounded by a beautiful
botanical garden. Such is my dream, and dreams sometimes
come true." Aven Nelson, 1936

Wyoming Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization established
in 1981 to encourage the appreciation and conservation of the native
plants and plant communities of Wyoming. The Society promotes
education and research through its newsletter, field trips, annual
student scholarships and small grants awards. Membership is open to
individuals, families, or organizations. To join or renew, you can do it on-
line ( WWW. wynps.org ) or return this form to:

Wyoming Native Plant Society
P.O. Box 2449
Laramie, WY 82073

Name:

Address:

Email :

Check one: [ ] New member [ ] Renewing member

[ ] Check here if this is an address change.

[ ] Check here if you prefer to receive the newsletter electronically.
Payment:

[ ] WYNPS annual membership: $10; or
[ ] WYNPS annual membership with scholarship support: $20
[$10 for membership and $10 for Scholarship fund)

[ ] WYNPS Lifetime membership: $300 ($150 for membership

and $150 for Scholarship fund)

In addition to the statewide organization, we have two chapters.
Membership in chapters is optional; chapter members must also be
members of the statewide organization.

[ ] Sublette Chapter annual membership: $5.00
[ ] Teton Plants Chapter annual membership: $5.00
Total enclosed: THANKYOU!

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