May 12 & 19, Boise foothills: Catch the season’s two remaining “Celebrate Wildflowers” walks at 6:30 p.m. Meet at the Foothills Learning Center, 0.3 miles past the end of the 8th Street pavement in Boise (turn right into the parking area). After 1.5 to 2 hours (on moderately steep, well-maintained trails), you’ll “walk away” more […]
Pictures from the Pahove Plant Sale
The Pahove Annual Earth Day Plant Sale was a total success. This 14 year old annual event provides most of the yearly funding for the local chapter. The sale, starting at 10 AM, was sold out by about 12 noon with only a few forbs left. Note: all plants offered for sale are from commercial […]
Pahove Chapter April Meeting
MK Nature Center Auditorium, Idaho Fish and Game 600 South Walnut Avenue (behind Fish and Game Headquarters) 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, 2005 Urban Landscape Restoration Using Native Plants Steve Paulsen, restoration ecologist and Loasa Chapter president, tells why “water conservation the native way” is the byword of Conservation Seeding & Restoration, Inc. The 3-year-old […]
INPS Annual Meeting
Challis Hot Springs — Challis, Idaho Friday-Sunday July 8-10, 2005 Mark your calendars for the INPS Annual Meeting! The INPS Annual Meeting will be based out of Challis Hot Springs Campground and B&B (~3 mi from Challis). Contact Beth Colket (bcolket at idfg dot idaho dot gov or 208-287-2799) if you would have any questions […]
Second Annual Conference of Northwest Herbaria
When: June 3-5 Where: Moscow, Idaho The Stillinger Herbarium at the University of Idaho is holding a herbarium conference including workshops, presentations, and a day-long field trip showcasing the coastal disjunct ecosystems of North Idaho. The schedule for the Conference of Northwest Herbaria includes some great topics and knowledgeable presenters, helping to make this a […]
Pahove Plant Sale List
APRIL 23: Annual Native Plant Sale, MK Nature Center, Idaho Fish and Game, 600 South Walnut, Boise Forbs Antennaria microphylla (Small-leaved pussy-toes) Balsamorhiza sagittata (Arrowleaf balsamroot) Camassia quamash (Blue camas) Eriogonum heracleoides (Wyeth buckwheat) Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulfur buckwheat) Geum triflorum (Prairie smoke) Lewisii rediviva (Bitterroot) Mimulus lewisii (Lewis’ monkeyflower) Penstemon cyanueus (Blue penstemon) Penstemon eatonii […]
UW Herbarium Photographic Images Online!
The University of Washington Herbarium (WTU) has recently developed a new web site containing photographs, distribution maps and descriptive information for Washington’s vascular plant flora. The website currently contains 5,713 photographs of 1,183 species, which can be accessed by browsing lists of names, or by a basic random-access identification key provided for those species. Visit […]
Big Sagebrush & Pizza
Idaho Native Plant Society, Pahove Chapter Smoky Mountain Pizza, 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (Social at 5:30 p.m., Dinner at 6:00 p.m.) “Countering Misinformation Concerning Big Sagebrush” PRE-REGISTRATION IS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY REQUIRED. Bruce Welch, a plant physiologist with the USDA Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station in Provo, Utah, […]
NATIVE FORBS AND GRASSES SEMINAR
The Ecology Of Native Forbs And Native Grasses In The Great Basin: Issues And Solutions Where: College Of Education, Auditorium, Idaho State University Pocatello When: Thursday, Jan 20, 2005, 6:30 PM. Speakers and topics: Dr. Fee Busby, Dean, Utah State, Dr. Durant Mcarthur, project leader of the Shrubland Biology and Restoration Project, Provo, UT., and […]
Pahove Chapter January Meeting
MK Nature Center Auditorium, Idaho Fish and Game 600 South Walnut Avenue (Behind Fish and Game Headquarters) Thursday January 20, 2005 — 7 p.m. The Black Pepper Family: Its Origins and Its Showy Ecological Associates Ah, the Mystery of it …Piperaceae, the black pepper family, is one of the world’s first lineages of flowering plants. […]