Idaho  Native  Plant  Society

P.O. Box 9451 Boise, ID 83707

Pahove Chapter January Meeting

MK Nature Center 600 Walnut Avenue (behind IDFG headquarters)

Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.

(Board meeting @ 5:30 p.m.-Open to all members)

Landscaping with Native Plants: Part I Shrubs and Trees

If you are wondering what native plants are adapted to the Treasure Valley, what the benefits of planting native plants are, and what locations are ideal for native plants; then attend this presentation by Ann Debolt, Natural Communities Specialist for the Idaho Botanical Garden. She will answer these questions and more - just in time for spring.

On the horizon:

• February 18th Landscaping with Native Plants: Part II Forbs and Grasses
• March 18th Open Forum Discussion-topics and speakers to be announced
• April 15th Ethnobotany with special guest speaker, Cyndi Coulter
• April 23rd -NEW-INPS members' only sale premier, MKNC, 3 p.m.-7 p.m.
• April 24th Pahove Chapter Annual Native Plant Sale, MKNC, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Announcing the 2010 Idaho Native Plant Society Calendar

The INPS 2010 Calendar will be available for sale beginning in early October. Twenty-four INPS members and family members around the state contributed photographs to a photo contest in July. From these photographs, a panel of judges and committee members selected photographs to be included in the calendar. In addition to the 13 excellent photos selected for the month pages, there are smaller inset pictures included on most calendar pages so many of the photographers have their work represented.

Photo of high country beargrass by Marilyn George of Sandpoint Idaho

The sale of these calendars will help support INPS education and conservation efforts. These calendars will not only be great additions to your home or office wall space, they will also make excellent gifts for the holidays for family and friends.

Calendars are available from your local chapter president for $10 each.

You can also order using PayPal:
Calendar order via PayPal

If you don't want to use PayPal you can order by check via snail mail. A mail in form is provided here.

Native Flora Workshop March 23-24, 2010

Idaho State University, Wood River Room, Pocatello, Idaho

The Sah-Wah-Be Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society is pleased to sponsor the 1st Idaho Native Flora Workshop. Co-hosts include: The Idaho Museum of Natural History, Ray J. Davis Herbarium, and the Idaho State University Department of Biological Sciences.

Theme: Back to Basics in Field Identification

Held in alternate years between Idaho Rare Plant Conferences, this workshop provides opportunities to learn more about our native flora and to network with fellow native pant enthusiasts and professionals. All plant aficionados who want to learn more about native plants in Southeast Idaho and improve their field identification skills are encouraged to attend. Professional botanists from Southeast Idaho and surrounding states will speak on topics of local interest and lead the workshops.

Tentative Conference Schedule:

There will be a no host social on Monday evening, March 22 from 6:30-8:30 pm for anyone coming in early at, Portneuf Valley Brewing, 615 S. 1st Ave.

The conference will start Tuesday, March 23, with registration and poster submissions starting at 8:30am. Presentations by professional botanists on different aspects of native flora common to Southeast Idaho and surrounding states promise to be educational and interesting.

On the evening of the 23rd we will hold our dinner banquet. This is a great opportunity to socialize with botany friends of old, as well as make new acquaintances. Our scheduled speaker is H. Wayne Phillips who will present Wild Orchids of Montana and Idaho. The banquet will be just down the hall from the conference at the Pond Student Union Ballroom. The banquet is open to all conference attendees, INPS members and their guests.

Included in the Wednesday morning session will be a presentation by NatureServ on how they rank plant species followed by a panel discussion on the same topic from professional ranking botanists from Idaho and surrounding states

Wednesday afternoon there will be keying workshops on the Tribes of Asteraceae and the Tribes of Poaceae. Each session will last 2 hours from 1:00-3:00pm and from 3:00-5:00pm. Sessions will run concurrently.

A $35 registration fee ($15 for students) is due by February 28th. Registration submitted on March st or later will be $45 ($25 for students). Cost of the banquet will be $21.00 per person.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns, and thank you for your interest. Janet Bala, Organizing Committee (208) 282-2815 (work) (208) 317-3824 (cell)

balajane at isu dot edu

Winter 2009 Sage Notes available

In this Issue

Hottest Native Plants Calendar Sale
Letter from the President
Insect Flower Visitors
Carex Workshop Redux
Saw-Wah-Be trip report
Book Review
INPS News
Chapter News

Sage Notes Winter 2009

The Fall Florilegium: A Gathering of Asters

We are looking to start a new INPS Chapter in the Idaho Falls area. Please join us for a short informational meeting and then a presentation about the Asters (Daisies) by Dr. Gary Baird of BYU-Idaho.

When: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7-9 PM

Where: Idaho Falls Fish & Game Office
4279 Commerce Circle, Idaho Falls, ID

The Fall Florilegium: A Gathering of Asters.

Autumn wildflowers are often overshadowed by the spectacular change in color of the surrounding forests. The majority of these wildflowers belong to the Aster or Sunflower family, which is well represented in Eastern Idaho. Members of this plant family can be found blooming from early spring to late fall, although most bloom late and thus form the largest part of our autumnal flora. In particular, the asters are a diverse and varied part of our flora that can sometimes be difficult to sort. In this brief look at our fall wildflowers, we will consider the beauty and variety of asters found in Eastern Idaho.

Pahove Chapter November Meeting

Please join us on Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 p.m. for our monthly presentation held at the MK Nature Center, 600 S. Walnut, Boise. (NOTE: one time only schedule change for Nov.)

This month's topic will be highlighting 2 restoration projects that are ongoing in our community following a short film clip. More details about the meeting topics will be posted the first week of November.

The 2010 Idaho Native Plant Calendars will be available at the meeting for $10.00 each.

Join us on the 17th for the usual informative presentation, camaraderie, and as always, snacks and beverages will be served!

Pahove chapter movie night

Join us Wednesday, October 14th at 6:30 p.m. for "Movie Night" at the MK Nature Center, 600 S. Walnut.

Following a brief business meeting, we will be showing the spectacular Nova Presentation of:

First Flower: Nova "First Flower"

Nova explores the evolution of blooming plants in this program that tags along with botanists on a hunt for the world's first flower. Scientists follow clues from a floral fossil to China's Hengduan Mountains, a gold mine of plant biodiversity. While experts make new discoveries in China, researchers at Britain's Kew Gardens attempt to unravel the secrets of plant genetics to gain a more complete picture of the evolution of flowers.

(Bob Moseley gave a talk on the botany of the Yunnan region at the 2006 Idaho Rare Plant Conference.
Slides on the area from Bob Moseley of the Nature Conservancy)

As always, there will be snacks and beverages. See you there!

On the horizon -

* November 17th Plant restoration projects in our community
* December 17th Annual Holiday Party (food, fun, and gift exchange)
* Dr. Jim Smith of BSU is hosting monthly, evening plant identification workshops from October through March. For more information please visit http://www.boisestate.edu/biology/idahobotforaypost.shtml

Fall 2009 Sage Notes Available

In this Issue

Island Park State Annual Meeting Recap
Letter from the President
Mesa Falls Field Trip
Idaho Botanical Foray 2009
INPS NEWS
CHAPTER NEWS
INPS Photo Contest
Chapter News

Link

INPS State Meeting 2009

When: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 26, 27, and 28, 2009
Where: Buffalo Campground, Group Loop E, Island Park, Idaho.
Island Park is approximately 80 miles northeast of Idaho Falls on Hwy. 20.

Complete information:

INPS Meeting 2009

Pahove Chapter Carex Workshop 2009

Register now for the 2009 INPS Pahove Chapter Carex Workshop!

LAB: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
FIELD: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
Hosted by Jim Smith, PhD, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho

Workshop details and registration form

The Carex Working Group consists of three Oregon botanists fascinated by sedges and other difficult-to-identify plant
groups. We came together in 1993 to map the distribution of Oregon's sedges and incorporated in 2002. After years of
gathering data in the field and herbarium, we published The Atlas of Oregon Carex in 1999. We conduct surveys and
assessments for land management agencies and private industry.
We apply our botanical skills by:

• Surveying for challenging plants such as sedges, willows, and rushes 


• Teaching plant identification workshops for professional botanists 


• Developing and applying methods to use vegetation to assess habitat (e.g., for sage grouse) 


• Evaluating weed impacts on rare plant species 


• Monitoring rare plant populations 


• Developing ecosystem management plans 


• Preparing plant lists for the Oregon Flora Project 


• Monitoring invasive weeds 


• Assessing riparian conditions

For more information, visit our website: http://carexworkinggroup.com/index.html

SPACE IS LIMITED
The 2009 Workshop is limited to the first 24 Paid Registrants!
REGISTRATION IS OPEN THROUGH July 31, 2009 or until filled.
SPONSORED BY BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY and IDAHO NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, PAHOVE CHAPTER
For more information, contact Jim Smith at (208) 426-3551 or email jfsmith at boisestate dot edu

2009 Native Plant Week

It's official.

INPS Photo Contest Announcement

The INPS calendar committee is planning to produce a calendar for 2010. To obtain the best photographs of Idaho wildflowers, habitats, and scenery there will be a photo contest. Please see the rules for the photo contest (rules link) and the entry form to accompany the submitted photos (pdf link). If you have trouble with the pdf form of the entry form, please click here for a web version (html link). An entry form must accompany each entry. The deadline for the photo submittal will be July 31, 2009 in order to give the committee time to judge the photos and produce the calendar. We hope you will have many photo opportunities to take the perfect photo as well as checking your existing files for special photos. For this first year we will require photos submitted to be in high-resolution digital format so if you have slides or printed photos you wish to enter please have them digitized before entry.

The calendar will use 12 photos, one per month, and possibly some additional smaller photos. All photographers will be acknowledged. The calendar design is still in progress, but our plan is to use one photo approximately 6" in height x 9" in width (landscape mode) or approximately 7.5" in height x 5" in width (portrait) for each month.

Thanks in advance for your photo contributions. Questions concerning the rules or entry form can be sent to inps-photo at idahonativeplants dot org.

INPS Photo Contest Entry Form

INPS Photo Contest Instructions

SAH-WAH-BE 2009 Schedule

Field Trips and Events thru September

May 18 - Monday 6:30pm- University Pond; I-15 exit 47
Carpool 5:45pm from Bison on ISU campus or meet at 6:30pm in large lot north of Flying J.
See early blooming native &water plants on ISU research property.

May 30 - Saturday 10am - City of Rocks south of Burley
Carpool 8:30am from Bison on ISU campus or meet at visitors center in Almo.
I-86 West to exit 216 (Declo); S on ID 77 to Conner Creek, then SW on Elba-Almo Rd to the visitors center and the park entrance.

June 1 - Monday 6:30pm - Hurricane Hill, home of Linda &Wendell Johnson
Carpool 6:00pm from Bison on ISU campus or meet at 6:30pm 2955 So Marsh Creek Rd,
McCammon. See a variety of plants on a sagebrush steppe.

June 8 - Monday 6:30pm - Boundary Trail, near Pebble Creek Ski Area
Carpool 6:00pm from Bison on ISU campus or meet at 6:30pm ski area parking lot.
Drive through Inkom on Old Hwy 91, Left on N Inkom Rd, right on E Green Canyon Rd
We will see high elevation plants.

June 13 - Saturday 10am - Craters of the Moon, meet at Visitors Center
Carpool 8:30pm from Bison on ISU campus or meet at 10am at Visitors Center
SW of Arco from Pocatello, I-15 N to exit 83, 26/20 to Arco.
From Idaho Falls, I-15 S to Hwy 20 to Arco.
See plants survive and thrive in this challenging habitat.

June 15 - Monday 6:30pm Scout Mountain (Justice Park Campground)
Carpool 6:00pm from Bison on ISU campus or meet at 6:30pm Justice Park
Approx. 11 miles SW of Pocatello; Mink Creek Road, ~5 mi to Scout Mtn road
First of 2 trips this summer to check out seasonal flowers/ plants.

June 20 - Saturday 10am Cress Creek Nature Trail, about 20 miles NE of Idaho Falls
From Idaho Falls, Hwy 26 NE to 160 East (about 3 miles past Ririe exits);
Immediately across the Snake River turn L, travel 1 ¼ miles.

June 26-28 - Fri-Sun Idaho Native Plant Society State Annual Meeting
Island Park area, Buffalo campground group area
Camp, or motel, learn from knowledgeable speakers, enjoy field trips to Harriman State Park, Sawtelle Peak, Henry’s Lake, Mesa Falls

July 11 - Saturday 10am - Maple Grove Hot Springs, Bear River, Oneida Narrows
Carpool 8:30am from Bison on ISU campus or meet before the Hot Springs.
I-15 South to exit 36, Hwy 91 to Preston. Hwy 34 N from Preston 4 mi, R on 36~13mi
L on Maple Grove Rd, 2mi to river, L at the Y to Oneida Narrows.
From Grace go South turn left before crossing the Bear River

July 20 - Monday 6:30pm - Inman Creek to the East of Inkom
Carpool 6:00pm from Bison on ISU campus or meet at 6:30pm Inman Creek
From Inkom, take N Rapid Creek Rd to E Inman Rd.
Walk up in the cool mountains above Inkom to see high mountain flora.

July 25 - Saturday 10am - Jill Smith’s property/Buckskin Rd. area
Carpool 9:30am from Bison on ISU campus.
See habitats from dry sage to riparian stream sides with a large variety of plants.

Aug 3 - Monday 6:30pm - Scout Mountain, Justice Park Campground
Carpool 6:00pm from Bison on ISU campus or meet at Justice Park parking
2nd trip this year to compare June to August flower/plant changes.

Aug 7-9 Fri-Sun - Steens Mountain ~ 70 miles south of Burns, Oregon
Dr. Karl Holte will again lead this trip.
Trips here in past years have been in early summer, the late summer plants have their own beauty and merit viewing.

Sep 12 - Saturday 10am - Goodenough Canyon Campground Fall colors
Carpool 9:00am from Bison on ISU campus or meet 10am at campground.
May be rescheduled due to fall color conditions.
End of the field trip season Celebration.
See Fall colors &plants, followed by a chili potluck picnic.

Sep 14 - Monday 6:30pm - Tour of Home Gardens in Pocatello Area
Carpool 6:15pm from Bison on ISU campus
First Monday night meeting for Sah-Wah-Be for the fall.
Visit gardens that have used native plants in their landscape.

Events may be cancelled due to inclement weather or other circumstances.
Call Linda Johnson 716-0218, Chris McCoy 234-8517, or Pauline Havens for questions.
The Bison metal sculpture is located on the ISU campus South 5th &Dillon.

2009 IDAHO NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY ANNUAL STATE MEETING

JUNE 26-28, BUFFALO CAMPGROUND, ISLAND PARK, IDAHO

You are invited to this summer's 2009 INPS Annual State Gathering / Meeting. This gathering will offer native plant field trips to famous and historic sites, the State Annual Meeting, a catered dinner, a speaker, and an opportunity to socialize with native plant enthusiasts from throughout the state. This event will be hosted by the Sah-Wah-Be chapter of SE Idaho. If you have questions, please phone 208-233-0714. (You may want to make this weekend part of a longer trip, as the campground is only 30 minutes from the West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, a world-famous geothermal area. Teton National Park and Jackson Hole are also nearby.)

When: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 26, 27, and 28, 2009.

Where: Buffalo Group Campground, Island Park, ID. Friday and Saturday campsite fees will be paid by INPS.

The campsite has also been reserved for Sunday night for those who wish to stay longer and share the nominal fee for that night's camping. For those who might prefer not to camp, there are motels and other accommodations available in Island Park. The Internet is an invaluable resource for finding motels in the area.

More information...

Summer 2009 Sage Notes Available

In this Issue
Bear River Seed Collection
Letter from the President
2009 INPS Annual Meeting Registration Form
INPS Photo Contest
Chapter News
Link