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<DIV>From:Lawrence R. Stritch, Ph.D.<BR>National Botanist<BR>USDA Forest Service
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<DIV><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Just FYI</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Julie Kierstead Nelson<BR>Forest Botanist, Shasta-Trinity
National Forest<BR>3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding CA 96002<BR>530 226 2426
direct<BR>530-226-2485 fax<BR>jknelson@fs.fed.us<BR><BR>Age does not always
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<BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Georgia color=#006000 size=4><B>CNPS eNewsletter, Volume 1, Number 8: September 2009</B></FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><I>“The mission of the California Native Plant Society is to increase
understanding and appreciation of California 's native plants and to conserve
them and their natural habitats through education, science, advocacy,
horticulture and land stewardship.”</I></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><I> </I></FONT> <BR><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA2.1254853704@aol.com" DATASIZE="26902" XWIDTH="538" XHEIGHT="382" ID="MA2.1254853704" ></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><I>"Delicious autumn! My
very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns."</I> ~George Eliot</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3>In this issue:
</FONT><FONT face=Georgia color=#006000 size=3><B>Horticulture
Focus!</B></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#006000 size=3><B> </B></FONT></DIV>
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Growing Native: Be a Pollinator Promoter</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Pruning Tips for California Native Plants
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Gardening for Birds</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Conservation Plant Science Action Items</FONT>
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Desert Solar Update</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Bond-Funded Projects/ReSeed
California</FONT></LI></UL>
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Fall Plant Sales -- </FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#c20000 size=2><B>THIS WEEKEND</B></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>
and thru 11/14/09</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Other Chapter Events</FONT>
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Thursday 10/24 in Saratoga and this weekend
in Sacramento</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Save the Date! Celebration for Vernal
Pools, Friday, November 6, 2009, Splash Center, Mather, CA</FONT></LI></UL>
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Education Program: Vegetation Mapping
Workshop</FONT>
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>2010 Program Calendar Coming Soon!</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Still Time to Register: Vegetation
Mapping 10/13-15</FONT></LI></UL>
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Links to: Manage Your Subscription;
Forward this Newsletter; Donate Now, Join CNPS and CNPS' Facebook
Group</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Photo Credits</FONT>
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=1> </FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>bumble bee on Eriogonum latifolium (Coast Buckwheat).
Photo used with permission of </FONT><A title=http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8416767&msgid=151350&act=9JUR&c=441809&admin=0&destination=http://www.laspilitas.com/ href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8416767&msgid=151350&act=9JUR&c=441809&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laspilitas.com%2F"><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><U>www.laspilitas.com</U></FONT></A>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Finch on Elderberry Photo: Steve
Rosenthal</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>CNPS Plant Sale Photo: Arvind
Kumar</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>CNPS Education Program Photo: Josie
Crawford</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2><I>Acorns and Gardening Tools:
</I></FONT><A title=http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8416767&msgid=151350&act=9JUR&c=441809&admin=0&destination=http://free-website-pictures.com/ href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8416767&msgid=151350&act=9JUR&c=441809&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Ffree-website-pictures.com%2F"><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><I><U>Free-Website-Pictures.com</U></I></FONT></A></LI></UL><FONT face=Georgia color=#006000 size=5><B>Growing Native: Be a
Pollinator Promoter</B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B>Ellen
Zagory, The UC Davis Arboretum</B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Gardening with
California native plants requires an appreciation of California ’s
Mediterranean climate. Long, cloudless summer days can seem
relentless, especially in hot, interior regions. Hills and plains
turn golden with dried grasses and wildfires become a concern. The
outdoor-minded learn to appreciate the long dry season, the ease and
opportunity for irrigated gardening, and easy access to hiking and
enjoying the astonishing diversity of California ’s terrain and flora.
Visiting California native landscapes provides inspiration for
native plant gardening. Growing native plants lets us bring a
little of the wild home.</FONT> <BR><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA4.1254853704@aol.com" DATASIZE="32497" XWIDTH="323" XHEIGHT="446" ID="MA4.1254853704" > <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>When we incorporate
native plants in our landscapes we create gardens that are more than
just objects of beauty—they become expressions of our environmental
values;<I> </I>respect for the need for plant conservation, water
conservation and habitat restoration. Many natives are useful in
water-conserving gardens because they are naturally drought-tolerant,
but they do more, they enhance local biological diversity and support
native pollinating insects.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>European honeybee
colonies are disappearing, and their decreasing numbers have farmers and
scientists concerned. European honeybees are important
pollinators—insects that transfer pollen, the package of male DNA, to
female parts of flowers, resulting in seeds and fruits, which then end
up on our dinner table. Pollinators are critical for many
agricultural crops like squash, watermelon, almonds, apples, onions,
broccoli, carrots, sunflower, cantaloupe and honeydews, and others too
numerous to mention. Insect pollinators are like truckers on an
invisible web of highways between flowery restaurants. The
beautiful petals and markings of flowers advertise that they hold food,
in the form of nectar and pollen, which provide proteins and sugars that
insects need to survive. In the midst of dining, insects
accidentally transfer pollen between plants and initiate
fertilization—creating seeds for the next generation of plants. If
there are not enough pollinators, fruit and vegetable crops will be
reduced but what of our native landscapes?</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Native plants have
evolved with native pollinators. In addition to crops, many native
plants in our gardens, parks, forests and grasslands depend upon native
insects to reproduce. California ’s natural beauty would not
survive without native pollinators. Construction of homes,
shopping centers, roads and industry has brought our gardens to the
environmental edge where urban meets wild. New developments may
have an oak forest in the backyard or a wildflower preserve as a
neighbor. Gardens need to do more than just provide pleasure.
We need to fill them with plants that provide year-round food and
habitat for native pollinators, especially California native
plants.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Native pollinators need us, but we need them just as
much. They are an important part of the food chain that supports
birds, amphibians and mammals, preserving the natural diversity around
us. The role that insects play in our food production system
brings this environmental issue home, right to our dinner tables.
Our gardens, especially our California native plants, can provide
food and habitat for a variety of wild creatures, including pollinating
insects.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Georgia color=#006000 size=5><B>Pruning Tips for California Native
Plants</B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B>Ted Kipping,
Certified Arborist</B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Georgia color=#006000 size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>So, it’s been 5-10
years since you filled up your garden space with a buying spree at your
local Native Plant Society Sale. Somehow all those little gallon-sized
plants looked rather lonely when you first set them out. Now they have
all grown bigger than you could have imagined. It’s time either to
remove some (perish the thought!), or to play referee with the pruning
tools. What you need are good muscles, sharp clean tools and most
importantly, a clear idea of what you want to achieve to attain a
vegetative truce in the garden for a year or two.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Georgia color=#006000 size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Click </FONT><A title=http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8416767&msgid=151350&act=9JUR&c=441809&admin=0&destination=http://www.cnps.org/cnps/grownative/pruning-kipping.php href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8416767&msgid=151350&act=9JUR&c=441809&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnps.org%2Fcnps%2Fgrownative%2Fpruning-kipping.php"><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><U>HERE</U></FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=2> to continue reading this article with information
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>YOUR GARDEN VISION WITH PROPER TIMING
AND TECHNIQUES</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>SPECIES-SPECIFIC HINTS</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>MORE TECHNIQUES</FONT></LI></UL><FONT face=Georgia color=#006000 size=5><B>Gardening for Birds -- If you plant
it, they will come</B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B>Arvind
Kumar, CNPS Board Member</B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B> </B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Birds make a
garden come alive. They are a source of endless entertainment, dashing,
fluttering, feeding, jumping, scratching, drinking, bathing, and
eventually flying off. These foraging creatures are independent spirits,
wild at heart, but if you provide what they need – food, water, shelter,
and nesting spaces – they will return to your urban garden again and
again.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Bird feeders provide instant gratification to bird
and human alike, but they require regular cleaning and refilling, not to
mention cleaning of the mess below. A complementary and sustainable
approach is to plant shrubs with berries that our feathered friends find
irresistible. Here is a short list of shrubs to increase the carrying
capacity of your garden naturally:</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B>Blue
Elderberry</B> (<I>Sambucus mexicana</I>). I call this plant an avian
cafeteria for the sheer variety and quantity of songbirds that visit it
in July-August to snack on the pale blue berries. (Yes, the berries are
edible by humans, too.) By nature a large shrub, this fast-growing
deciduous plant can be easily pruned and shaped as a multi-trunked tree
to 20’.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B>Toyon </B>(<I>Heteromeles arbutifolia</I>). An
evergreen shrub to 8’ that produces brilliant red berries in
November-December. Flocks of cedar waxwings and other birds gorge on the
berries until they disappear. Attractive in flower as well as fruit,
this native, non-invasive alternative to firethorn or cotoneaster is a
must for bird-friendly gardens.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B>Holly-leaved
Cherry</B> (<I>Prunus ilicifolia</I>). A lush green densely branched
versatile shrub that can be trained as a hedge or allowed to grow to a
20’ tree. Flowers attract insects (therefore birds) in spring; fruit
attracts birds in late summer/fall. Slow growing, drought
tolerant.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B>Coffeeberry</B> (<I>Rhamnus californica</I>). A
handsome shrub with dark green foliage and stems that mature from
mahogany to brown. Looks good year round. Tiny flowers attract
hummingbirds and native bees in spring. Berries go from green to red to
chocolate in fall, and are consumed eagerly by birds.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B>Oregon Grape</B> (<I>Berberis aquifolium</I>). The state shrub
of our neighboring state thrives in part shade. Shiny green leaves and
yellow flower clusters adorn it in spring. By fall, the flowers have
turned into purple berries that the birds love. Cold weather infuses red
color to leaves.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2> </FONT>
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birds need a steady source of water, especially during the dry, hot
summer months. Include a water feature in the garden: it may be a simple
fountain or a more elaborate stream or pond, or something as basic as a
bird bath that is cleaned and refilled, often several times a day in
very hot weather. If you provide it, they will find it.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Shelter
is a critical component of bird habitat. Densely branching shrubs thwart
larger predators and provide safe haven to small birds. Shrubs that
provide food as well as shelter do double duty, and are preferred
choices.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Each species has its own unique nesting
requirements, and it is best to include trees and shrubs of varying
sizes in the garden to provide a diversity of options for nesting
sites.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Interest in bird-friendly gardening is growing. For
some time now, the Santa Clara Valley chapters of the Audubon Society
and the California Native Plant Society have been presenting a joint
program at local libraries on the topic of “Attracting Birds to the
Garden”. Toby Goldberg of Audubon explains ecological concepts and the
bird species one can expect to see in the Bay Area; I talk about
specific easy-to-grow native plants that will attract birds to the
garden.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>The attendance is always good (30-60, sometimes
more), the audience attentive, and there is much Q&A afterwards.
Evidently, word travels on the library grapevine, and invitations to
speak have been coming in a steady stream this year. Toby and I are
delighted to speak to the Sierra Club on September 24, 2009 at the
Saratoga Library. Details in the Events Calendar.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><I>Arvind Kumar who serves on the Board of Directors of the
California Native Plant Society and is an active chapter leader, grows
native plants in his San Jose garden. He can be reached at </I></FONT><A title=mailto:chhaprahiya@yahoo.com. href="mailto:chhaprahiya@yahoo.com."><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><U>chhaprahiya@yahoo.com<I>. </U></I></FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=2><B> </B></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive
Director<BR><B>Pollinator Partnership </B><BR>423 Washington Street, 5th
floor<BR>San Francisco, CA
94111<BR>415-362-1137<BR>LDA@pollinator.org</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff size=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><B><A href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></B></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><A href="http://www.nappc.org/">www.nappc.org</A><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><B><I>National Pollinator Week is June 21-27, 2010. <BR>Beecome
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