MARIN CHAPTER
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

revised 21 July 2008; e-mail Marin CNPS Join the California Native Plant Society Marin CNPS Membership Meetings no meeting in August Saturday, September 13 2008 Members Potluck Dinner and Slide Show 6-9:30 p.m. Lucas Valley Community Center, 1201 Idylberry Rd., San Rafael Bring a dish to share and/or beverages; a $5 door donation will help us cover facility rental and expenses. We'll have the chapter's digital projector as well as the conventional one, so bring slides or laptops with digital images from your year-to-date outings (please limit to 15 images), photo albums, and anything else you would like to share (or have identified!) We will conduct a raffle of plant books, prints, and other appropriate items, so consider bringing something for that as well. You will in turn enjoy a delicious meal, great company, and beautiful pictures! Help will be needed for setup from 5:30 p.m. and for cleanup afterwards. Directions: Take Hwy. 101 to Lucas Valley Rd. exit, north of San Rafael; drive west on Lucas Valley Rd. about two miles and turn right onto Mt. Shasta Dr. Take the second left onto Idylberry, then immediately left into the Community Center parking lot. Questions? Contact Kristin Jakob at (415) 388-1844 Monday, October 13 Ralph and Lisa Shanks on "California Indian Basketry" Marin CNPS Field Trips and Hikes Sunday August 3 Tomales Bay State Park Jepson/Johnstone Loop Sunday August 17 Fairfax - Deer Park Marin CNPS Plant Lists includes newly updated list of rare, threatened, or endangered plants David Herlocker's MCOSD Summer Outings Marin Flowers of the month for July by Doreen Smith Pt. Reyes bird's-beak, Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. palustris click on images for larger view "Marin County is "gifted" with many populations of this rare plant of the salt-marshes. It grows at Richardson Bay in the area of the bridge, near Manzanita in Mill Valley and Strawberry; San Rafael at Buck's Landing north of China Camp State Park; Bolinas Lagoon near Kent Island; Tomales Bay near Inverness, White Gulch and Tom's Point; and Pt. Reyes National Seashore at Limantour Estero and Drakes Estero. "The most western Point Reyes plants are a little different in appearance from all the other populations having pale green leaves and small flowers compared to the more eastern populations that have purple foliage and larger flowers." For information and more photographs of California native plants, go to Calflora or CalPhotos. Report (email us) your Marin native plant sightings and photographs Volunteer Opportunities in Marin County Point Reyes National Seashore Habitat Restoration Program Workdays are normally held on the second and last Sundays of each month. Come out and join us for a day of work and friendship! Contact Ellen Hamingson at (415) 464-5196 or Ellen_Hamingson@nps.gov for more information. Native Plant Seed Collection Rare Plant Monitoring With the help of CNPS volunteers, Pt. Reyes National Seashore monitors rare plant populations in areas where management changes may occur. If you are interested in assisting us, please contact Ellen Hamingson at (415) 464-5196 or Ellen_Hamingson@nps.gov. We generally meet every other Friday at the Inverness General Store parking lot for a 9:30-2:30 workday. Please call to confirm. San Pablo National Wildlife Refuge Audubon California and the US Fish & Wildlife Service seek volunteers to assist with ecological restoration and monitoring at the Tubbs Island Enhancement Project in the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Volunteers will have opportunities to learn ecological monitoring and restoration techniques and species identification. Monitoring will occur on limited access parcels, presenting a great opportunity to experience the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. July 28-31 Vegetation Surveys Saturday October 18 Native Plant Revegetation more Volunteer Opportunities in Marin County Jepson Herbarium Workshops September 10 - 14 Climate Change in Yosemite: Patterns of Environmental Change October 18 Insect Diversity and Coevolution November 23 Lithocarpus densiflorus: An Environmental History of Tanoak New and Revised MARIN FLORA We are pleased to announce the arrival of the long- awaited, revised edition of John Thomas Howell's classic 1949 Marin Flora. The new edition is co-authored by Wilma Follette, Catherine Best and Frank Almeda, Senior Curator of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, and is a joint project of the Marin Chapter of the CNPS and the Academy of Sciences. This updated edition has added 416 line drawings to assist in keying species, new well-tested dichotomous keys, and color photos of plant communities in Marin. There are new maps along with satellite images of Marin County. As much as possible has been preserved of Howell's original plant descriptions that have long delighted botanists as well as his insights and poetic observations. Marin Chapter members have contributed many hours of volunteer labor and expertise; work was carried out at the Academy where plant specimens are retained. Publication was made possible by Tom Howell's generous remembrance of the chapter in his will when he died in 1994. Cover illustration: "Mt. Tamalpais from Corte Madera Creek" by Tom Killion © 2004 Hard and soft cover books will be available for purchase at chapter meetings or you can Order Marin Flora from the Marin Chapter CNPS Marin CNPS Photo Gallery Common Bay Area Spring Wildflowers Common Bay Area Shrubs Arctostaphylos species of Marin County Orobanche species of Marin County Some Native Orchids of Marin County Delphinium bakeri pictures and article Plant Communities of Marin County Gardening with Native Plants in the San Francisco Bay Area Native Plants that Attract Birds Order Plant Communities of Marin by David Shuford and Irene C. Timossi CNPS Posters The State CNPS is seeking a conservation advocate to lead the Conservation Program download job announcement Junior Botanists Program E-mail questions or comments to Marin CNPS

Our logo is the Tiburon Mariposa Lily (Calochortus tiburonensis). This extremely rare lily can be seen blooming from the end of May through mid-June among the serpentine rocks of Ring Mountain in Marin County, California. In fact, this is the only place in the world it has ever been found growing in the wild. It was first noticed by botanists in 1971 when the small patch of land on which it lives passed from private into public hands. The plant is now in cultivation and can be seen in botanic gardens. Try your hand at identifying the parts of this flower: or View more photographs of this lily in its native habitat or Visit the College of Marin's "To See A World Project" to learn more about Ring Mountain The California Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals united by an interest in the plants of California. Its principal aims are to preserve the native flora and to add to the knowledge of members and the public at large. It seeks to accomplish these goals in a number of ways, including: monitoring rare plants; acting to save endangered areas through publicity, and on occasion, legal action; setting policies and guidelines on conservation issues; providing expert testimony to government bodies; supporting financially and otherwise the establishment of native plant preserves. The work of the Society is carried out primarily by the volunteer efforts of the members of CNPS chapters throughout the state. Money at the State level is provided by the dues of members. Local chapters raise money through plant sales and poster and book sales. The California Native Plant Society has 9,000 members statewide. The Marin Chapter, which was founded in 1973, has approximately 500 members.

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