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Authors Nita Winter and Roger Badger

November 2, 2020 General Meeting

The authors of Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change, Nita Winter and Roger Badger will discuss their book.

Rob and Nita have lugged their gear — all 85 pounds of their portable photo studio — through rattle-snake-infested deserts, high mountain passes, and post-wildfire territory to share these photos with you.

As the essays in the book attest, the climate is changing. Habitat disappears in the face of development. The changes to the landscape play out before our eyes. And what we protect becomes a testament to what we value.

Beauty and the Beast is Rob and Nita’s hopeful, passionate response that the transformational power of beauty can be an inspirational call to action.

We will meet by Zoom at 7:30.  Look to your email for further instruction.

An interesting side note is that they recommend Ergodyne knee pads for photography / gardening: “like firm jello”.

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Video walk at White Point Nature Preserve

Monday July 6, 2020
7:30pm(zoom opens at 7:15pm)
Your living room over Zoom

Every July we have been hosting a pizza party and an evening native plant stroll through Madrona Marsh.  This year don’t have that luxury.  So we will be holding a zoom style walk at the White Point Nature Preserve, pre-recorded with various experts, plus short presentations by our White Point Garden Apprentices sponsored by our chapter.

We invite everyone to stay in the spirit of our usual July celebration and enjoy some pizza and share it with us over zoom.  Most unique pizza toppings and style may get a special prize.

  • Filmed in early June, 2020 Intro to White Point – Allan Francis PVPLC
  • PVPLC Apprentice Dee 5:15
  • PVPLC Apprentice Michael 7:49
  • Tony Baker Rosa Californica 8:50
  • Snails 10:19
  • Squirrels 10:39
  • Torrey Pine Native to San Diego and Santa Rosa Island 11:24
  • Buckwheats 12:02
  • PV Blue butterfly 16:45
  • Dudleya virens insularis – Island Green Dudleya; Channel islands and PV Bluffs endemic 18:06
  • Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) 20:11
  • Verbena lilacina (Lilac Verbena) 24:46
  • Verbena mentifolia(?) (PV native) 24:46
  • Aster 25:46
  • Euphorbia – Spurge (native and non-natives) 26:19
  • sunflowers 28:31
  • Giant ryegrass (Eleymus or Leymus condensatus) 30:54
  • Melic grass (Melica imperfecta)31:40
  • Felt Leaf Everlasting 32:34
  • Pseudognaphalium sp(?)
  • Monkeyflower (diplicus mimulus) PV native is not the straight species 34:38
  • Cottony summerweed (Epilobium brachycarpum) 35:53
  • needle grass (37:00)
  • sedge, juncus, sycamore, 39:17
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Cynthia Powell of Calflora -May 4, 2020

Home learning tools are more important than ever before. Using Calflora, you can appreciate California flora by learning local species, submitting checklists, using the Planting Guide describing which California native plants will likely grow well at a particular location, and viewing Great Places.

What grows here?: https://www.calflora.org/entry/wgh.html
Planting guide: https://www.calflora.org/entry/palette.html
Great places: https://www.calflora.org/entry/gphome.html

Plants needing photos: https://www.calflora.org/entry/wgh.html#srch=t&photo=0&fmt=photo&inbp=t&bgid=psc44&y=33.9546&x=-118.2337&z=9&lpom=c

As a digital library, Calflora provides information about California plant distribution and biodiversity for use in education, research, and conservation. Through Calflora, scientists, citizens, and policymakers have quick and easy access to data they need for analyzing species distributions, modeling spread of invasive species, or identifying consequences of habitat loss. Furthermore, Calflora provides a mechanism for citizens to participate directly in building the information resources they need by supplying wild plant data, and gives all users an opportunity to learn about the beauty and diversity of California plant life.