CNPS-SLO

Ice Plant

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:52:13 +0000

Carprobrotus spp. “Ice plants” Bonnie’s drawing is a generalized drawing representing two species commonly called ice plants. They both are fairly common along the coast and within freeway and railroad right-of-ways. The two species are Carpobrotus chilensis and C. edulis. They should be easy to distinguish. According to the new Jepson Manual, C. chilensis has [...]

Learning Among the Oaks

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:39:48 +0000

Saturday, May 5, 9:00-11:00 am Local CNPS members are invited to join members of The Land Conservancy and the Ag and Natural Resources Committee of San Luis Obispo County for a special hiking tour of the Learning Among the Oaks Trail at Santa Margarita Ranch The hike will be guided by Santa Margarita School Student [...]

Book Talk

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:31:14 +0000

The next couple of months will have many of our members going east to camp and explore our California deserts. Here are some books we carry on our book table that you can use on your explorations. And, they are great reading even if you aren’t venturing over to the deserts! The best desert [...]

Native Plant Week

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:15:31 +0000

Celebrate California Natives! This year we are offering a special mid-week field trip each day of Native Plant Week, each led by our chapter President, David Chipping. Please join us on one or all for an up close look at our native landscapes. CNPS-SLO Mid-week Field Trips Mon 4/15: Dairy Creek – Oaks and Sycamores Tue [...]

Salt Marsh and Coastal Dunes

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:04:59 +0000

Friday, April 20 – 9am SALT MARSH AND COASTAL DUNES AT SHARK INLET, MONTANA DE ORO Meet: The west end of Butte Drive, Los Osos (at the bay side of the golf course). Trip: We will walk the edge of bay shore to Shark Inlet, and then cut into the older coastal dunes to look [...]

Rattlesnake Trail, Montana de Oro

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:03:17 +0000

Thursday, April 19 – 9am RATTLESNAKE TRAIL-COON CREEK TRAIL LOOP, MONTANA DE ORO STATE PARK Meet: Coon Creek parking lot at the extreme southern end of the park road. Trip: We will climb several hundred feet in coastal scrub and chaparral, and then drop into the Coon Creek Riparian corridor. There are usually a wide variety of [...]

Estero Bluffs Grasslands

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:01:14 +0000

Wednesday, April 18 - 9:00 am Examine the coastal prairie plants on the coastal terrace, and the geology of the Franciscan Formation and fossils on an ancient seashore Meet: Parking area at the “windmill” just before the first bend after Highway 1 goes to 2 lanes just north of Cayucos. Details: This is an easy flat [...]

Froom Creek Serpentine Ridge

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:58:01 +0000

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 – 9:00 am Hike on the serpentine ridge on the new Froom Creek Trail. Meet: Trailhead at the southern end of Madonna Road, City of SLO Trip: Trails are well maintained. Expect to see Chorro Creek Bog Thistle and other serpentine endemic plants. We will search for Bird’s Beak, unusual dudleyas [...]

Dairy Creek – Oaks and Sycamores

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:55:32 +0000

Monday, April 16, 2012 – 9am An oak woodland and grassland field trip to Dairy Creek Meet: We will meet at the end of the Rancho el Chorro Regional Park just beyond the dog park at 9:00 a.m. Trip: We will walk up to the EagleRock looking at grassland species, and then through dense coast [...]

We Planted Good!

cnps2011 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:26:50 +0000

CNPS planted native plants around the ranch house of Chimineas Ecological Reserve on February 18. Thirteen of us had a beautiful weather day to garden. Thanks again to all who helped: Linda and Dave Chipping, John Doyle, Melinda and Bruce Elster, Craig Fiehler, Ken Hickman, Mardi Niles, Marti Rutherford, Nancy and Bill Shearer, Dirk Walters, [...]

Malcolm McLeod Scholarship Fund

cnps2011 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:51:05 +0000

About Malcolm McLeod Dr. Malcolm McLeod was a professor of botany in the Biology Department at Cal Poly from 1979 until his full retirement in 1993 and an active member of the San Luis Obispo Chapter of the California Native Plant Society (SLOCNPS) from 1973 until he died in 2006. Dr. McLeod was a charismatic and [...]

Conservation April 2012

cnps2011 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:47:23 +0000

The City of Grover Beach is moving ahead with a portion of the West Grand Avenue Master Plan with approval of a hotel-resort complex west of Highway 1 and north of Grand Avenue. This is an area currently used for parking and for equestrian staging for those using both the beach and the dunes seaward [...]

President’s Message April 2012

cnps2011 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:45:33 +0000

Our annual North County meeting at the Atascadero AARP building was a success as Ryan O’Dell showed us serpentine-loving plants from all over California, and reinforced the unique nature of this difficult habitat. I expect we will have quite a few trips that will look at serpentine, especially in places like Reservoir Canyon. We also [...]

Chapter Meeting 5/3/2012

cnps2011 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:41:43 +0000

In lieu of a program, we will hold our first ever Plant ID Workshop at 6pm, followed by CNPS chapter business meeting at 7pm. Kristie Haydu will be speaking about her work mapping rare plants in SLO County. She is a graduate student in the Biology department at Cal Poly, chapter secretary, and recipient of the McLeod Scholarship. [...]

President’s Trip to Sierra Madre Range

cnps2011 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:18:13 +0000

June 16 and 17, Saturday and Sunday Overnight – “President’s Field Trip” to Sierra Madre Range, Cerro Noroeste, & Mt Pinos. Sierra Madre Mountains in Santa Barbara County and the Mt Abel-Pinos Area in Ventura-Kern Counties. Meet Saturday at 9 am just off Hwy 101 near the beginning of Hwy 166 East north of the [...]

Reservoir Canyon and Bowden Ranch

cnps2011 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:08:23 +0000

Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 8:30 am Title: Reservoir Canyon and Bowden Ranch CANCELLED DUE TO CONFLICT WITH SLO MARATHON Location: Lompoc Methodist Church Description: Join us for a moderate hike through wooded Reservoir Canyon located directly behind San Luis Obispo and then over the backbone ridge (Bowden Ranch), ending at San Luis Obispo High School. Despite the lack [...]

Cambria Wildflower Show

cnps2011 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:33:54 +0000

Cambria Wildflower Show Sat 4/28 12-5 & Sun 4/29 10-4 at the Cambria Veterans Bldg, Main Street and Cambria Drive Imagine the visual feast of more than 500 bouquets of wildflowers and all under one roof! The purpose of this show is to enhance the enjoyment of the area’s native plants. CNPS will be there [...]

Mini Plant ID Workshop Series – Manzanita

cnps2011 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:05:02 +0000

Announcing a new offering from SLO-CNPS by Dr. Matt Ritter and Kristie Haydu Recently several members of SLO-CNPS were sharing ideas about how to incorporate more plant taxonomy, field botany, and actual plants into our monthly chapter meetings. We had the idea of having free mini plant ID workshops before the chapter meeting actually starts [...]

Book Talk

cnps2011 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:27:38 +0000

“Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses, Gardening With California Monocots” has been around for a few years. If you haven’t picked it up at the book table, I recommend you take a minute to look it over. This is a book that offers so much information in a very readable format. Almost every page has excellent pictures [...]

Chapter Meeting March 1, 2012

cnps2011 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:15:34 +0000

Thursday, 7:00 p.m., March 1, 2012, AARP Center, adjacent to the Atascadero Lake Pavilion, Atascadero To reach the venue, take Highway 41-West to Charles Paddock Zoo, turn SE (left) onto Santa Rosa and then left on Avenal. AARP is a long single story building close to the Avenal/Pismo Avenue intersection. The speaker is Ryan O’Dell, a [...]