White Pine Chapter - Idaho Native Plant Society

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2012 Events

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Thursday, January 12, 2012. Time 7:00 p.m.

Palouse Prairie Foundation; INPS White Pine chapter co-sponsor
Speaker: Karen Ward
Topic: Invasive Species
Location: Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA. Please enter through the door near the parking lot

Karen is a Plant Pathologist working as plant pest diagnostician at WSU in Pullman. As part of her job she offers training sessions, called First Detector training, teaching people about the First Detector program, and how to recognize invasive species, be they insects, weeds, plant pathogens, mollusks, etc.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012. Time 7:00 p.m., White Pine chapter monthly meeting
Title: Asclepias family - the Milkweeds of Idaho and beyond!
Speaker: James Riser
Location: 1912 Center, Fiske Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)
Come learn about Idaho’s milkweed species and the important role they play for pollinators. We will examine the complicated milkweed flower and find out why it is often referred to as the orchid of the dicot plants! Additionally, we will look at the diversity of this native plant genus throughout its range in the western United States.

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Saturday, March 3, 2012. Time 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Workshop
Title: Edible and Poisonous Plants of Idaho
Speaker: Brian Elliott
Location: UI College of Natural Resources Building (CNR), Room 10

Information about Brian and his recent publication can be found at EEC Publications.

Brian will also be giving a guest lecture in the UI Ethnobotany course on Thursday from 11-12:15 in the same room (CNR 010) - the room is big enough and others are welcome to come to this as well.

Brian's visit is sponsored by the Friends of the Stillinger Herbarium and The University of Idaho Rangeland Center.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012, 7 p.m. White Pine chapter monthly meeting
Title: Untangling the web: Understanding patterns of diversification in the genus Mertensia (bluebells)
Speaker: Mare Nazaire, Ph.D. student in Botany, and Assistant Curator, Ownbey Herbarium, Washington State University
Location: 1912 Center, Fiske Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)

Mertensia (bluebells) is a genus in the Boraginaceae of approximately 45 species distributed in both Asia and North America. Species diversity is greater in North America than Asia, with a geographic center of diversity in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. She will talk about some of the approaches being used to better understand the relationships within the genus and patterns of diversification in the American West. She will also highlight the species diversity of Mertensia that is found in Idaho.

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Thursday, March 29, 2012. Time 6:30-8:30.

UI Stillinger Herbarium Keying Work Party: INPS Co-sponsor

Last summer the Stillinger Herbarium hosted the 4th annual Idaho Botanical Foray where we led a group of about 40 volunteers from Idaho and Washington on a 5-day camping and collecting trip to the foothills of the Seven Devils and Cuddy Mountains in East Central Idaho. The trip was a huge success, which means we have a large number of specimens to identify (ca. 650) and we need your help!

What: Foray Work Parties! At these work parties, participants will have the opportunity to work closely with experts at plant identification and build the skill set necessary to effectively use dichotomous keys and the herbarium collection to identify the collections made on the foray.

Where: Stillinger Herbarium, CNR room 22. We will have scopes set up and extra copies of Hitchcock and Cronquist - if you have your own H&C, bring it along.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 6:30-9 p.m. Pollinators on the Palouse Workshop
Attracting Pollinators to Water Saving Gardens
Hosted by the Latah County Library District and the Friends of the Moscow Library
Speakers: Tim Hatten, Pamela Pavek, Pat Mason, Jen Elliott
Location: 1912 Center, Great Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012. 7:30 p.m. White Pine chapter monthly meeting in conjunction with Palouse Audubon Society
Topic: Landscaping with Native Plants with Wildlife in mind
Speakers: Several members of each organization will present the program
Location: 1912 Center, Great Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)

This is a joint meeting of Palouse Audubon and INPS White Pine Chapter. Garden-worthy native plants that provide food, shelter, protection, and nesting habitat will be discussed.

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Saturday, April 28, 2012, 8:00 a.m., White Pine Chapter Field Trip
Grande Ronde River, Troy and Flora Oregon (full day trip)
Leader: Pam Brunsfeld, UI Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator

Come view the spring wildflowers along the Grande Ronde River and help INPS celebrate Native Plant Appreciation Week. Pam Brunsfeld will lead the trip that will take us along the Grande Ronde River canyon, also travelling through Troy and Flora, Oregon. We will have several stops along the way, including one at Field Springs State Park, to view the diversity of flora along an elevation gradient. A species list has been compiled for this trip over the years and it consists of several hundred species so come prepared for a beautiful day in the canyon! On this trip we often have great views of wildlife as well.

Meet at Eastside Marketplace in Moscow (south end of the parking lot) at 8:00 a.m. to arrange for carpooling. This will be a full day field trip. Bring water, lunch and sunscreen. Also bring your flora or field guide, camera and/or binoculars if you are interested. Any hiking will be short and on fairly level ground.

To print and post a poster publicizing this event please click on Grande Ronde poster (1-page color 726KB 8.5x11" PDF)

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Saturday, May 19, 2012, 8:30 a.m., White Pine Chapter Field Trip
Parker Butte Forest and Prairie Remnant (half day trip)
Leader: Emily Poor

Come join Emily Poor and her husband Walt Lundsford, our leaders on a Palouse Prairie peregrination on a piece of private property on Parker Butte east of Palouse Washington! There are plenty of trails over 100 acres of mixed ponderosa pine forest and prairie remnants. The prairie is home to some rare species such as Palouse milkvetch, Palouse thistle, and mountain lady slippers. Numerous plants are sure to be in bloom. As it gets closer to the time of the field trip we will update this announcement listing some plants we might expect to see.

Trails will likely be over uneven ground.

To print and post a poster publicizing this event please click on Parker Butte poster (1-page color 297KB 8.5x11" PDF)

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Saturday, May 26, 2012, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., White Pine Chapter Plant Sale
Setup: Friday, May 25, 2012. Details will be sent in email to members and contacts
Location: 1912 Center, Arts Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)

To print and post a poster publicizing this event please click on Plant Sale poster (1-page color 626KB 8.5x11" PDF)

To view or print the current plant list please click on 2012 Plant Sale list (2-page Excel 8.5x11" PDF).

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Thursday, June 7, 2012, 6:00 p.m. White Pine Chapter Arboretum visit and picnic
UI Arboretum
Leader: Paul Warnick

Meet at the barn, south end of the UI Arboretum, at 6:00 p.m.
Bring your lawn chair or blanket, drinks and picnic fare to share with others.
We'll tour the native and xeric sections to see what is blooming. Hopefully we will be treated to MacFarlane's Mirabilis in bloom.

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Weekend, June 22-24, 2012, INPS 2012 Annual Meeting near Clark Fork Idaho
Read about it in February Sage Notes or on website www.idahonativeplants.org
2012 Annual Meeting Announcement
2012 Registration Form

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THE WHITE PINE CHAPTER PRESENTS "THE YEAR OF THE PENSTEMON".

The Penstemons (or beardtongues) are among the most beautiful of western wildflowers. View photos of some of Idaho's penstemons at Idaho Mountain Wildflowers. Penstemons do very well in the local garden as they are somewhat drought tolerant.

There are over 50 species listed in the Flora of the Pacific Northwest, many of which occur in Idaho. The Penstemon genus is considered by many to be a taxonomically difficult group, but Pam Brunsfeld, University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator, who considers Penstemon her favorite genus, will conduct a workshop to assist us in learning to identify diagnostic features of the genus. She will lead two follow-up field trips to view numerous species in the field. Please feel free to attend one, two, or all of the events. While the workshop would best prepare us for field identification, just viewing beautiful members of the genus is a reward in itself! Please see events on June 28, June 30 and August 4.

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Thursday, June 28, 2012, 7:00 p.m. White Pine Chapter Penstemon Workshop
Leader: Pam Brunsfeld, UI Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator
Location: Room 209, CNR Building, UI, Moscow Idaho

Please join us for this Penstemon workshop. Fresh flowers from the three major groups of Penstemon will be available for dissection with dissecting microscopes. Bring your copy of Hitchcock and Cronquist if you have one, but copies will be available for use.

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Saturday, June 30, 2012, 8:00 a.m. White Pine Chapter Penstemon Field Trip
Grangeville, White Bird area (full day trip)
Leader: Pam Brunsfeld, UI Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator

Our first field trip to view blooming penstemons will be to the Grangeville and White Bird area and will be led by Pam. This is a full day field trip as the Grangeville area is about a 2 1/2 hour drive from Moscow.

Hikes are not planned to be long but may be over uneven ground.

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Weekend, July 12-15, 2012, 5th Annual Idaho State Foray
For details and contact information see the February issue of Sage Notes

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THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED ! Another field trip will be scheduled later. An email will be sent to Whitepine chapter members.

Saturday, August 4, 2012, 8:00 a.m. White Pine Chapter Penstemon Field Trip
St Joe / St. Joe Baldy area (full day field trip)
Leader: Pam Brunsfeld, UI Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator

On this field trip to the St. Joe / St. Joe Baldy area we will view some of the later blooming and larger flowered group I penstemons that are well represented in this area. This is planned to be a full day trip.

Hikes will not be long but may be over uneven ground.

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Friday, October 26, 2012, 5:30 p.m. White Pine Chapter Meeting
Pizza Party and Planning Meeting
Location: 1912 Center, Great Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)
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Idaho Native Plant Society, White Pine Chapter With members on the Palouse, and in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and Central Idaho
Archived Event Calendar 2012 The following is a list of events sponsored by White Pine Chapter or in collaboration with other organizations. For a printable short agenda for 2012 click here. PDF format documents listed below require Acrobat Reader ************************************************************************************ 2012 Events ********************************************************************************** Thursday, January 12, 2012. Time 7:00 p.m. Palouse Prairie Foundation; INPS White Pine chapter co-sponsor Speaker: Karen Ward Topic: Invasive Species Location: Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA. Please enter through the door near the parking lot Karen is a Plant Pathologist working as plant pest diagnostician at WSU in Pullman. As part of her job she offers training sessions, called First Detector training, teaching people about the First Detector program, and how to recognize invasive species, be they insects, weeds, plant pathogens, mollusks, etc. ********************************************************************************** Thursday, February 23, 2012. Time 7:00 p.m., White Pine chapter monthly meeting Title: Asclepias family - the Milkweeds of Idaho and beyond! Speaker: James Riser Location: 1912 Center, Fiske Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren) Come learn about Idaho’s milkweed species and the important role they play for pollinators. We will examine the complicated milkweed flower and find out why it is often referred to as the orchid of the dicot plants! Additionally, we will look at the diversity of this native plant genus throughout its range in the western United States. ********************************************************************************** Saturday, March 3, 2012. Time 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Workshop Title: Edible and Poisonous Plants of Idaho Speaker: Brian Elliott Location: UI College of Natural Resources Building (CNR), Room 10 Information about Brian and his recent publication can be found at EEC Publications. Brian will also be giving a guest lecture in the UI Ethnobotany course on Thursday from 11-12:15 in the same room (CNR 010) - the room is big enough and others are welcome to come to this as well. Brian's visit is sponsored by the Friends of the Stillinger Herbarium and The University of Idaho Rangeland Center. ********************************************************************************** Thursday, March 22, 2012, 7 p.m. White Pine chapter monthly meeting Title: Untangling the web: Understanding patterns of diversification in the genus Mertensia (bluebells) Speaker: Mare Nazaire, Ph.D. student in Botany, and Assistant Curator, Ownbey Herbarium, Washington State University Location: 1912 Center, Fiske Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren) Mertensia (bluebells) is a genus in the Boraginaceae of approximately 45 species distributed in both Asia and North America. Species diversity is greater in North America than Asia, with a geographic center of diversity in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. She will talk about some of the approaches being used to better understand the relationships within the genus and patterns of diversification in the American West. She will also highlight the species diversity of Mertensia that is found in Idaho. ********************************************************************************** Thursday, March 29, 2012. Time 6:30-8:30. UI Stillinger Herbarium Keying Work Party: INPS Co-sponsor Last summer the Stillinger Herbarium hosted the 4th annual Idaho Botanical Foray where we led a group of about 40 volunteers from Idaho and Washington on a 5-day camping and collecting trip to the foothills of the Seven Devils and Cuddy Mountains in East Central Idaho. The trip was a huge success, which means we have a large number of specimens to identify (ca. 650) and we need your help! What: Foray Work Parties! At these work parties, participants will have the opportunity to work closely with experts at plant identification and build the skill set necessary to effectively use dichotomous keys and the herbarium collection to identify the collections made on the foray. Where: Stillinger Herbarium, CNR room 22. We will have scopes set up and extra copies of Hitchcock and Cronquist - if you have your own H&C, bring it along. ********************************************************************************** Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 6:30-9 p.m. Pollinators on the Palouse Workshop Attracting Pollinators to Water Saving Gardens Hosted by the Latah County Library District and the Friends of the Moscow Library Speakers: Tim Hatten, Pamela Pavek, Pat Mason, Jen Elliott Location: 1912 Center, Great Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren) ********************************************************************************** Wednesday, April 18, 2012. 7:30 p.m. White Pine chapter monthly meeting in conjunction with Palouse Audubon Society Topic: Landscaping with Native Plants with Wildlife in mind Speakers: Several members of each organization will present the program Location: 1912 Center, Great Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren) This is a joint meeting of Palouse Audubon and INPS White Pine Chapter. Garden-worthy native plants that provide food, shelter, protection, and nesting habitat will be discussed. ********************************************************************************** Saturday, April 28, 2012, 8:00 a.m., White Pine Chapter Field Trip Grande Ronde River, Troy and Flora Oregon (full day trip) Leader: Pam Brunsfeld, UI Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator Come view the spring wildflowers along the Grande Ronde River and help INPS celebrate Native Plant Appreciation Week. Pam Brunsfeld will lead the trip that will take us along the Grande Ronde River canyon, also travelling through Troy and Flora, Oregon. We will have several stops along the way, including one at Field Springs State Park, to view the diversity of flora along an elevation gradient. A species list has been compiled for this trip over the years and it consists of several hundred species so come prepared for a beautiful day in the canyon! On this trip we often have great views of wildlife as well. Meet at Eastside Marketplace in Moscow (south end of the parking lot) at 8:00 a.m.** to arrange for carpooling. This will be a full day field trip. Bring water, lunch and sunscreen. Also bring your flora or field guide, camera and/or binoculars if you are interested. Any hiking will be short and on fairly level ground. To print and post a poster publicizing this event please click on Grande Ronde poster (1-page color 726KB 8.5x11" PDF) ************************************************************************************** Saturday, May 19, 2012, 8:30 a.m., White Pine Chapter Field Trip Parker Butte Forest and Prairie Remnant (half day trip) Leader: Emily Poor Come join Emily Poor and her husband Walt Lundsford, our leaders on a Palouse Prairie peregrination on a piece of private property on Parker Butte east of Palouse Washington! There are plenty of trails over 100 acres of mixed ponderosa pine forest and prairie remnants. The prairie is home to some rare species such as Palouse milkvetch, Palouse thistle, and mountain lady slippers. Numerous plants are sure to be in bloom. As it gets closer to the time of the field trip we will update this announcement listing some plants we might expect to see. Trails will likely be over uneven ground. To print and post a poster publicizing this event please click on Parker Butte poster (1-page color 297KB 8.5x11" PDF) ************************************************************************************** Saturday, May 26, 2012, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., White Pine Chapter Plant Sale Setup: Friday, May 25, 2012. Details will be sent in email to members and contacts Location: 1912 Center, Arts Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren) To print and post a poster publicizing this event please click on Plant Sale poster (1-page color 626KB 8.5x11" PDF) To view or print the current plant list please click on 2012 Plant Sale list (2-page Excel 8.5x11" PDF). ************************************************************************************ Thursday, June 7, 2012, 6:00 p.m. White Pine Chapter Arboretum visit and picnic UI Arboretum Leader: Paul Warnick Meet at the barn, south end of the UI Arboretum, at 6:00 p.m. Bring your lawn chair or blanket, drinks and picnic fare to share with others. We'll tour the native and xeric sections to see what is blooming. Hopefully we will be treated to MacFarlane's Mirabilis in bloom. ********************************************************************************** Weekend, June 22-24, 2012, INPS 2012 Annual Meeting near Clark Fork Idaho Read about it in February Sage Notes or on website www.idahonativeplants.org 2012 Annual Meeting Announcement 2012 Registration Form ********************************************************************************** THE WHITE PINE CHAPTER PRESENTS "THE YEAR OF THE PENSTEMON".** The Penstemons (or beardtongues) are among the most beautiful of western wildflowers. View photos of some of Idaho's penstemons at Idaho Mountain Wildflowers. Penstemons do very well in the local garden as they are somewhat drought tolerant. There are over 50 species listed in the Flora of the Pacific Northwest, many of which occur in Idaho. The Penstemon genus is considered by many to be a taxonomically difficult group, but Pam Brunsfeld, University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator, who considers Penstemon her favorite genus, will conduct a workshop to assist us in learning to identify diagnostic features of the genus. She will lead two follow-up field trips to view numerous species in the field. Please feel free to attend one, two, or all of the events. While the workshop would best prepare us for field identification, just viewing beautiful members of the genus is a reward in itself! Please see events on June 28, June 30 and August 4. ************************************************************************************** Thursday, June 28, 2012, 7:00 p.m. White Pine Chapter Penstemon Workshop Leader: Pam Brunsfeld, UI Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator Location: Room 209, CNR Building, UI, Moscow Idaho Please join us for this Penstemon workshop. Fresh flowers from the three major groups of Penstemon will be available for dissection with dissecting microscopes. Bring your copy of Hitchcock and Cronquist if you have one, but copies will be available for use. ************************************************************************************** Saturday, June 30, 2012, 8:00 a.m. White Pine Chapter Penstemon Field Trip Grangeville, White Bird area (full day trip) Leader: Pam Brunsfeld, UI Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator Our first field trip to view blooming penstemons will be to the Grangeville and White Bird area and will be led by Pam. This is a full day field trip as the Grangeville area is about a 2 1/2 hour drive from Moscow. Hikes are not planned to be long but may be over uneven ground. ************************************************************************************** Weekend, July 12-15, 2012, 5th Annual Idaho State Foray For details and contact information see the February issue of Sage Notes ************************************************************************************ THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED ! Another field trip will be scheduled later. An email will be sent to Whitepine chapter members. Saturday, August 4, 2012, 8:00 a.m. White Pine Chapter Penstemon Field Trip St Joe / St. Joe Baldy area (full day field trip) Leader: Pam Brunsfeld, UI Stillinger Herbarium Manager and Curator On this field trip to the St. Joe / St. Joe Baldy area we will view some of the later blooming and larger flowered group I penstemons that are well represented in this area. This is planned to be a full day trip. Hikes will not be long but may be over uneven ground. ********************************************************************************** Friday, October 26, 2012, 5:30 p.m. White Pine Chapter Meeting Pizza Party and Planning Meeting Location: 1912 Center, Great Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren) ************************************************************************************ White Pine photo by Dr. Wm Hall
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