Milo Baker Chapter March 2009

California Native Plant Society

Calendar
Spring Series: Pepperwood Preserve
March 17th, 7:30 p.m.
03/10 Board Meeting Please join us for an evening talk and slideshow with Greg Damron
about his time living on Pepperwood Preserve.
Pepperwood Preserve (est. 1979) is a nature preserve located at the
03/14 Field Trip:
southern end of California’s North Coast Ranges. Across from Mt. St.
Baylands
Helena, near the divide of the watersheds of the Napa and Russian

03/15 Submissions deadline:

April Newsletter

03/17 General Meeting,

Luther Burbank Art &
Garden Center

03/21 Field Trip:

Nefertierra

04/05 Preserve/Stewardship
Cunningham Marsh

In This Issue rivers, Pepperwood Preserve protects a 3117-acre zone of stunning

landscape and rich biodiversity. Greg Damron, Outreach Director for
Calendar 1
Pepperwood, has been photographing the Preserve since the mid
President’s Corner 2 1980s. Greg will be showing a slide presentation of flora, fauna, and
Crossword Puzzle 2 landscapes he’s documented since he moved to the property in 2005.
Plant ID Hour 3 Please view the preserve website www.pepperwoodpreserve.org for
Invasives Corner 3 more information. Plant I.D. Hour begins at 6:45
Preserve Stewardship 4
Article 4 Join us for Dinner before the Meeting:
Field Trips 5
We'll gather for dinner at 6PM at Kirin Restaurant, 2700 Yulupa Ave. We hope our
Items of Interest 6
speaker will join us, but we always have an enjoyable group of fellow members and
Puzzle Answers 7
a delicious Northern Chinese meal in any case. Please contact, Liz Parsons, 833-2063,
Board Contacts 8
lizpar8993@aol.com by January 20th if you plan to attend.

General Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa.
Milo Baker Chapter Board meetings start at 7:00pm, 2nd Tuesday nine months of the year, Environmental Center, 55 Ridgeway Avenue,
Suite A, Santa Rosa. The next Board meeting is March 10th. Anyone interested in the work of the chapter is welcome to attend!
 continuing work as SCCC representative. I

P resident's Report

The February rain has brought much needed

would like to also thank Dea Fried for her work
on the board, and will present her award when
possible. Special thanks also go to Wendy and
Steve Smit for hosting all 12 of us at their place in
water to our vernal pools and other plant
Healdsburg. We enjoyed a hike up the hill in
communities, recharging groundwater supplies
light rain after our meal, and saw some scarlet
and allowing the vegetation to grow as expected.
larkspur, hound’s tongue, and milk maids
It is amazing how our native plants adapt to
blooming. Spring is just beginning!
drought conditions, but two dry Januarys in a
º Lynn Houser
row is a lot to ask of them! I hope that the La
Nina weather pattern will provide the water we
need without too much runoff, allowing the
Crossword Puzzle:
plants a longer season and chance to expand 9 California Woody Natives of the
their root systems. I normally notice that mid- Rose Family
February is sunny and mild, but not this year. I
think the winter rain will produce a good season 1
for wildflowers all around the county.
There are many opportunities to join us in the 2 3 4
field as we document rare plants and unique
vegetation types, make plant lists and see pretty
blooms. The Milo Baker Board and other
volunteers are active in many outreach events, 5
outings, and conservation activities that will
continue throughout the year. In March, we vote
on the chapter budget before the busy spring 6 7
begins. We plan on sponsoring a booth at the
Wildflower Festival at Pepperwood Preserve on
April 11th and attending as many other outreach 8
events that we can. Please contact me or a board
member if you have any ideas or know of events 9
we should be aware of.
The Board Potluck 10

Fill in the Latin/Scientific Genus name for these

woody plants in the Rose Family:

Across: Down:
1. _______ douglasii or densiflora
2. Ninebark (common name same as genus)
5. Chamise 3. Toyon
6. Oso berry 4. Hawthorne
7. You consult these to see
At the Board Potluck we awarded four
8. Cherry where to go or where you are
volunteers with gifts of new CNPS Kleen
Kanteens (available at www.cnps.org): Betsy 9. Oregon crabapple
Livingstone was recognized for her work as
10. Rose
Program Chair, Beth Robinson for Field Trips,
Pat Sesser for her continuing work as Secretary,
and Wendy Krupnick, for her fantastic (Answers on Page 7)
hospitality and planning for the September
Chapter Council meeting last year as well as her
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Plant I.D. Hour
That
much-needed
February rain is
going to make
March look
good! Come see
what is blooming
in Sonoma
County. Arrive
up to an hour
before the March
17th General
Meeting, and
bring specimens
of plants you
want to identify.
At Plant I.D.
Hour you can
come see local
plants up close
and key them to species, while getting to know
fellow Milo Baker members. Plants that you key
out or learn with friends are easily remembered!
Bring in some mystery plants to challenge us.
I’ll bring in the dissecting microscope and
some flowering plants from the local area. With
several references, we can figure them out and label
them. You can bring your dinner if you want to, a
hand lens and a copy of Jepson or Sonoma Co.
Flora if you have them. One of each will be
available plus some other floras. Keying is
worthwhile and challenging for all of us, but it’s
fun to work through them together, and good to
keep refreshing those names each spring!
º Lynn Houser
I nvasives Corner
Eating Crow, Target, and Poisonous
Baby’s Breath
An e-mail arrived last month from Phil Van Soelen
of California Flora Nursery and an ex-president of
our chapter and the FCC. He asked if perhaps the
source I used last month when asserting that
/Lupinus arboreus/, yellow bush lupine, was native
to China, France and Canada, may have mistakenly
written native instead of naturalized. Well duh!
What was I thinking - or not, most likely. Where
did I get that idea, and why didn't I question it,
since none of my other sources mentioned it?
Milo Baker Chapter Newsletter – March 2009
I spent a couple of hours looking for the source on
line, and came up with nothing. I picture some
strange little person with a demonic grin muttering,
"Damned plant nerds! I'll fix them and write
something incorrect and see how many of them fall
for it. Then I will remove it from the site so no one
can trace me. Heh heh." But the fact is, I was
careless, and I apologize for being so. However, it
was a nice surprise to know Phil had read my
article!
At the February meeting of the Sonoma Marin
Weed Management Area, we had a visitor from the
state agriculture department whose specialty is
weeds. She mentioned that there was a strong
possibility that Target would be selling "sweet
broom" which is a hybrid of bad brooms (are there
any good ones?) supposedly sterile. We know that
over time, plants purported to be sterile tend to
eventually regain fertility, so we don't buy that
argument. She said that a local complaint might not
get a response, since the individual managers sell
so much of the pretty shrubs, but that
communicating with the top of the chain could
bring good results. The theory is that they worry
more about PR at that level. So if you see this plant
at Target, or elsewhere, please let me know. We
can send a fancy letter with letterhead to the
appropriate parties.
MI.The other topic that the agriculture
representative brought up is the rapid and recent
spread of baby's breath in our state. Baby's breath, a
member of the /Caryophyllaceae,/ has opposite
lanceolate leaves and its white to pink flowers
show up in early June. Extensive acreage is densely
covered by it in several states. It out-competes
native and non-native grasses, so you can imagine
what ranchers think of it. It has a long taproot, and
each plant produces over 13,000 seeds. It is not well
established in California yet, and is most
threatening right now in rural vicinities like Plumas
and Siskiyou counties. It likes it dry, so California's
water trajectory offers good prospects for its
success as an invasive. It often starts along
roadways and ditches. Oh yeah, it's on a list of
poisonous plants, but only as a minor skin irritant,
or as an asthma inducer after several exposures to
the dried plant. Of course, nurseries are not going
down without a fight on this one. Such a harmless
and poetic name! Such a time-honored little citizen
of our grandmothers' flower gardens and bouquets
proclaiming love for our mothers, sweethearts, and
ailing friends! So this is another one to watch out
for.
ºmlml@sonic.net
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 Yunnan.

P reserve Stewardship There are two subspecies of the Indian Warrior: P.d.
densiflora and P.d. aurantiaca. The former taxon
manifests short calyces with fully exserted floral
CUNNINGHAM MARSH tubes, enlarged lower labia, and smaller galea
If you would like to see this 19 acre private openings; however, the latter exhibits (Monfils)
easement, we will be having 2 workdays this year: large calyces with floral tubes included at anthesis,
April 5th and May 17th, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Please come reduced lower labia, and enlarged galea
with water and appropriate clothing to weed or to openings.In fact Monfils suggests that P.d.
possibly plant. Bring your favorite weeding tool. aurantiaca should be elevated to a separate species,
People with careful weeding skills are needed to P. aurantiaca, due to the significant established
weed within the endangered Pitkin Lily exclosures. morphological differences.
Parking limited. Carpooling from Safeway, 406 No.
Main St., Sebastopol is appreciated. MORPHOLOGY
For more details, please contact Marcia Johnson,
owlsnest@hughes.net. Indian Warrior is quite variable in height, ranging from
six to 55 cm. (Jepson) The greater stature is typically
achieved when a host root is obtained for parasitic
INDIAN WARRIOR activity. The plant is finely pubescent, save for the stem
Pedicularis densiflora and influorescence, which are coarsely hairy. (Abrams).
This attractive perennial herb has bright red to This dicot exhibits stout green or occasionally magenta
pink-red flowers that attract hummingbirds. Indian stems along with fern-like leaves, and lengthy spikes of
Warrior is a hemiparasite that attaches to roots of deep red flowers having toothed petals
certain oaks, manzanita or chamise species as hosts.
It typically occurs on well drained slopes at The oblong-lanceolate leaves are basal, and extend five
to 28 cm; segments number 13 to 41, and are linear to
elevations below 2100 meters. Historically the
ovate, doubly toothed to lobed. The showy inflorescence
plants are said to flower from February to July, but measures four to12 cm. Calyx is typically hairy and
climate change appears to be moving this window meaures eight to15 mm, with lobes more or less equal.
forward, such that I observed a number in full The deep red to purple (sometimes yellow) corolla
flower in January, 2009. Extracts of this species are measures between 2.3 and 3.6 cm; it is straight, club-like,
known to induce strong pyschoactive drug minutely hairy, with hooded upper lip eight 17 mm. The
responses in humans. lower lip measures two to four mm, with equal lobes,
and anthers two to three mm with acute bases . The
DISTRIBUTION slightly decurved capsules have characteristic size seven
to 13 mm, and are dehiscent to the base. The netted seeds
(one or two
per cell) are
P. densiflora 2.5 to 4.5 mm
ranges from long.
southwestern
Oregon to Baja ECOLOGY
California
including P. densiflora
occurrence in occurs in
the California chaparral,
foothill
Coast Ranges,
woodland and
Cascade Range, yellow pine
Sierra Nevada forest,
foothills and typically on
Tehachapi sandy or
Indian Warrior plants on
Mountains. The gravelly soil,
serpentine soils, The Cedars, genus which are Leaf of Indian Warrior, The Cedars,
Sonoma County, California experienced its often Sonoma County, California
chief diversity serpentine in
evolution as late as the Pleistocene, with a center of nature. Hummingbirds such as Anna's Hummingbird are
diversity in the East Himalaya Mountains of frequent pollinators of P. densiflora, even though species
of Bombus genus are known to be chief pollinators of the
Milo Baker Chapter Newsletter – March 2009 Page 4
primordial Pedicularis genus taxa. Perhaps the most
specialized plant association in which Indian Warrior is
found is the serpentine cypress chaparral, such as the
McLaughlin Reserve in Napa County or The Cedars in
Sonoma County. The McLaughlin association includes
such understory plants as Cordylanthus tenius, Galium
andrewsii and Hesperolinon disjunctum; The Cedars
includes associates such as Parnassia californica,
Streptanthus morrisonii, Garrya elliptica, Eriophorum
criniger, Epipactus gigantea, Carex mendocinensis and
Aspidotis densa. Both of these serpentine cypress areas
contain Polygala californica.
The Del Puerto Canyon and some other populations
(Andrewartha) of the Checkerspot butterfly, Euhydras
editha, utilize P. densiflora as a host plant,
but other populations of this butterfly, such
as the Jasper Ridge occurrence, eschew P.
densiflora in favor of Plantago erecta and
Orthocarpus densiflora.
Parasitic activity is facultative and are most
often associated with taxa of the heath
family, particularly Arctostaphylos. The
Indian Warrior extracts nutrients and water
from the host's roots, but is capable of
independent survival if no host is readily
available.
The nectar of P densiflora is used as a food
source by certain bird species (Moerman) as
well as prehistoric peoples of the Pomo and
Wailaki tribes. Prehistorically and in current
times the buds of P. densiflora were used as
a tobacco to produce strong psychotropic
responses, including muscle relaxant, tranquilizer
sedation agent and mood transformance. This author
does not recommend experimentation with P.densiflora
as a pharmaceutical substance.
REFERENCES
* Anna K. Monfils and L. Alan Prather. 2007.
Pedicularis aurantiaca and Pedicularis densiflora
(Orobanchaceae): Taxonomy, Phenology and Floral
Morphological Variation, Madroño 54(4):306-321.
* Jepson Manual. 1993. University of California Press,
Berkeley, California
* Le Roy Abrams and Roxana Stinchfield Ferris. 1923.
An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: Washington,
Oregon, and California, Stanford University Press, 866
pages ISBN 0804700052
* H. G. Andrewartha and L. C. Birch. 1986. The
Ecological Web: More on the Distribution and
Abundance of Animals, University of Chicago Press, 520
pages ISBN 0226020347
* Daniel E. Moerman. 1998. Native American
Ethnobotany, Timber Press, 927 pages ISBN
0881924539 º C. Michael Hogan PhD
Milo Baker Chapter Newsletter – March 2009
F ield Trips
Baylands: Sonoma Land Trust
March 14th, 10-2pm
Joint hike with Sonoma Land Trust at their
Baylands, Sears Point property. Located at the edge
of San Pablo Bay between the mouth of the
Petaluma River and Tolay Creek, this should offer
prime wildflower viewing. Tidal, seasonal and
riparian wetlands support a wide range of native
plants and animals. RSVP Natasha Granoff,
njgranoff@comcast.net Directions with RSVP.
Nefertierra
March 21, 10-2pm
Nefertierra (beautiful land) is
private property with a
conservation easement off St.
Helena Rd. Rugged hike on
narrow trails, recommend hats,
long sleeves and pants, boots.
Bring lunch. Meet in the Safeway
parking at Calistoga Rd. and
Highway 12, on the Calistoga Rd.
side, for carpool to the property. A
Sonoma volcanics area, elevations
between 1200-1600’. Explore oak
woodlands, grassland openings,
lava outcrops. Sonoma creeping
sage is abundant. In bloom in
March, should be shooting star, trillium, fritillary,
Sanicula lacinata, S. tuberose among blooming
shrubs and some surprises! Limited attendance,
RSVP Natasha Granoff, njgranoff@comcast.net
M arin Field Trips
CNPS Marin Field Trips
Rock Spring Calypso Orchid Hunt
Sunday, March 8, 9:30 a.m.
In addition to searching through the forest looking
for the orchids, there is a large area of serpentinite
soil near Rock Spring with early flowers, such as an
unusual large-flowered (sic) Athysanus pusillus and
the rosulate form of Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua.
We’ll meet at the Rock Spring parking lot on Mt.
Tamalpais, located at the intersection of Ridgecrest
and Pantoll Roads. This is approximately one mile
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uphill from the state park ranger station at Pantoll;
turn uphill across the road from the ranger station.
For those unfamiliar with the area, the ranger
station is located on Panoramic Hwy. on the way
from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach. There is no
charge to park at the Rock Spring paved lot. Please
note that as we go to press, the road from Fairfax to
Bolinas is closed, so you’ll have to go up the
mountain from Mill Valley or Stinson Beach.
Kirby Cove Orchid Hunt
Sunday, March 22, 9:30 a.m.
Sound the horns! Unleash the plant-hounds! It’s
time to hunt for a possible new orchid species in
Marin. Suspicions arose of its existence about 15
years ago after someone searched through
anomalous Piperia herbarium specimens. Now the
time has finally arrived to investigate further. Learn
a bit about orchid species in Marin from our
resident orchidophile, Brad Kelley, and see many
other wildflowers en route. Kirby Cove has fine
shoreline views of the Golden Gate and the City.
To get there from U.S. 101 southbound: get off 101
at the southern-most Sausalito exit. Turn left at the
stop sign. Go 100-200 feet and turn right to go
uphill (rather than go onto the Golden Gate Bridge)
and start heading uphill onto Conzelman Rd. Make
a left turn almost immediately, and go downhill
into the large parking lot. There is sometimes
parking available at the rest rooms for the bridge
overlook and at the beginning of the Kirby Cove
fire road, but tourists usually have got there first. If
you happen to wait there, the rest of the group will
join you by 10 a.m.
Terra Linda-Las Gallinas Valley Divide
Sunday, March 29th, 9:30 a.m.
We’ll visit the serpentinite flora and check on the
status of the goat-grass control project on the Terra
Linda side of the ridge. The fire-road trail winds
creekside along Old Lucas Valley Road in the Las
Gallinas Valley then up onto the ridge. Usually
creekside box elder, maple, and various oak
woodland flowers are visible at this time of year,
including a fine population of blue Delphinium
patens. This is a round-trip walk, returning via the
Mt. Muir fire road.
Exit Highway 101 at the Lucas Valley Rd. exit,
north of San Rafael, and go west approximately 1
mile. Park at the trailhead opposite the Mt. Lassen
Drive mini-mart on the south side of Lucas Valley
Rd.
Milo Baker Chapter Newsletter – March 2009
Did You Know?
Taxol, which is used to treat ovarian
cancer, was discovered in the bark of the
Pacific yew tree.
E
vents and Items of Interest
Pepperwood Activities
of Interest to CNPS
Rare Plant Inventory and Monitoring
Saturday, March 7, 2009 (Free)
This workshop will focus on methods for
monitoring rare plants. Peter Warner, adaptive
management consultant to Pepperwood, will
instruct participants in preparatory data
compilation, techniques for plant identification,
assembling necessary materials, choices of field
methods and reporting responsibilities for the
inventory and censusing of single species plant
populations. A field exercise will be employed to
provide practical inventory and monitoring
experience. Bring a lunch and water. Meet at
Bechtel House. 9am-4pm
Edible and Medicinal Plants of
Pepperwood (Free)
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Autumn Summers, teacher and Program
Coordinator for the California School of Herbal
Studies, will lead us in the discovery of many
native and naturalized plants at Pepperwood that
have been used as food and medicine for hundreds
of years. Autumn will also share some folklore and
material cultural uses to help us develop a deeper
appreciation for our green neighbors. The class will
involve both lecture and hiking.
Bring lunch, water, field guides. Meet at Bechtel
House. 9am-4pm.
Community Education Classes for CNPS
Introduction to Ferns
at the Pepperwood Preserve
Ferns are second in species diversity to flowering
plants, live in a variety of habitats and have a
unique life history. Pepperwood Preserve is home
to 21 species of ferns that thrive in redwood forests,
rocky outcrops, oak woodlands, grasslands, vernal
pools, and near springs and streams. Participants
will be introduced to the life cycle of ferns and the
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key characteristics that differentiate ferns. We will Riverkeeper Stewardship Park
hike to many areas at Pepperwood where the ferns Volunteer Days
live, and discuss the environmental conditions to What: Enjoy time on the Russian River working
which they have adapted. Class meets at the with other volunteers to restore healthy riverbank
Bechtel House. habitat. No experience necessary
Presenter Ruth Kirkpatrick: Ruth has taught biology When: Every Wednesday. Event cancelled when
and botany lecture, lab, and field classes at UC Berkeley, there is enough rain to need a raincoat.
SRJC and Mendocino College. Her research focuses on
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am, please join us for all or part
the evolutionary history of ferns.
of the time.
9075 1 Sat., Mar. 21, 9am-3pm Bring: water and gloves - wear sturdy shoes.
Pepperwood Preserve Where: 16153 Main St., Guerneville, located on the
3450 Franz Valley Road, Santa Rosa north bank of the Russian River directly upstream
FEE: $45 (includes $1 of materials) of the pedestrian bridge.
For more information, contact Victoria Wikle at 865-
Sudden Oak Death Workshop 2474 or VictoriaWikle@usa.net. See the website at
Saturday, April 4, 2009 http://www.russianriverkeeper.org or call Don
Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is of great concern to McEnhill at 217-4762, or e-mail him at
property owners and others having jurisdiction rrkeeper@sonic.net.
over our exurban and wild land resources. This
workshop, sponsored jointly by the Pepperwood Answer Key for 9 CA woody plants in the
Foundation and University of California Rose Family
Cooperative Extension will explore the nature of
the SOD pathogen, the ecological impacts to our
local forests and the current research on possible S
mitigation. Both lecture and field demonstrations
P H Y S O C A R P U S
will be provided. Bring lunch, water and
appropriate apparel for outdoor activity. Meet at E R I
the Bechtel House. 9am – 3pm
T A R
ANDERSON VALLEY A D E N O S T O M A
WILDFLOWER SHOW R A E
Saturday and Sunday, April 25th and 26th, 2009
O E M L E R I A
The Anderson Valley Unity Club is sponsoring this
at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in M A G
Boonville. Many wildflowers are collected and
E P R U N U S
identified. There are plants and books for sale, a
tearoom offering good food, and a raffle which M A L U S S
funds scholarships for high school students for
E
college or camp. Admission is free. The show is
open from 9am to 4pm right on highway 128 in the R O S A
middle of town.

Environmental Awards Dinner 2009 and

SCCC’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Sonoma County Conservation Council and The
Sierra Club Sonoma Group present:
Looking Back/Looking Forward; A Dialog with
Rue Furch and David Glass:
The Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for
Sonoma County's Environmental Groups
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Sebastopol Veterans’ Auditorium, 5:30 - 9:00 pm
282 South High Street, Sebastopol
Photography by Curtis Clark (Rose)
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 We invite you to join CNPS
Milo Baker Chapter Officers & Board of Directors 2009-10

President, Lynn Houser, 568-3230, housers@sonic.net Name________________________________

Vice President, Liz Parsons, 833-2063, LizPar8993@aol.com
Secretary, Patricia Sesser, 528-9197, ptrisha@sbcglobal.net Address______________________________
Treasurer, Jim Piercy, 539-3441, terrapenecarolinamajor@yahoo.com
Book Sales, Wendy Smit, 431.7913, wendysmit@hughes.net City/Zip______________________________
Conservation Chair, Michael Hogan, milobakerflora@gmail.com
Cunningham Marsh, Marcia Johnson, 829-3808, owlsnest@hughes.net Phone________________________________
Director at Large, Lea Davis, 538-1499
Director at Large, Beth Robinson, 490-4951, bethysmail@gmail.com Email________________________________
Director at Large, Joan Schwan, 823-0446, jschwan@sonic.net Chapter affiliation:
Director at Large, Cindy Tancreto, 528-9225, cindytancreto@pacbell.net † Milo Baker (Sonoma County)
Field Trips, Natasha Granoff, 542-9670, ngranoff@sonomawineco.com † Other county ______________________
Hospitality, Becky Montgomery, 573-0103, montyb@sonic.net Membership category:
Hospitality, Liz Parsons, 833-2063, lizpar8993@aol.com † Student or Limited Income…….… $25
Invasive Plant Chair, ML Carle, 792-1823, mlml@sonic.net † Individual………………………….$45
Legislative Chair, Katy Redmon, 762-3961, trypledee@comcast.net † Family, Group or Library………….$75
Membership/WebAdmin., Gary Hundt, 542-4972, ghundt@gmail.com † Plant Lover………………….……$100
Newsletter Editor, Katy Redmon, 762-3961, cnpsmbnewsletter@yahoo.com † Patron…………………………….$300
Plant Sale, Liz Parsons, 833-2063, lizpar8993@aol.com † Benefactor………………………..$600
Poster & T-Shirt Sales, Wendy Smit, 431.7913, wendysmit@hughes.net † Mariposa Lily………………… ..$1500
Programs/Lectures, April Owens, 528-3387,Aprilleeowens@yahoo.com
Publicity, Leia Giambastiani, 322-6722, leiagia@gmail.com † New Member † Renewal
Rincon Ridge Park, Lynn Houser, 568-3230, housers@sonic.net
SCCC Rep., Wendy Krupnick, 544-4582, wendyk@pon.net Make check payable to CNPS and mail to:
Southridge Preserve, Jeffery Barrett, barrett8@sonic.net CNPS, 2707 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95816
SRJC Representative: OPEN
SSU Representative, Frederique Lavoipierre, 829-0751, lavoipie@sonoma.edu To pay by credit card or for more info call
Vine Hill Preserve, Sarah Gordon, 833-1243, Sarahpgordon@gmail.com 916.447.2677 or visit www.cnps.org

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Lilium pardalinum ssp. pitkinense

Pitkin lily

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