7 p.m. February 23, 2006 — Planning Meeting at 5:30 THE IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN COTTAGE 2355 E. Old Penitentiary Road (off Warm Springs Avenue) “Towards an Owyhee Flora” by Don Mansfield Professor of Biology, Albertson College & Curator, Harold M. Tucker Herbarium Ever wonder how a flora is developed? Meet us at the cottage as […]
Loasa Chapter Newsletter — March 2006
The Loasa Chapter has sent us a newsletter for March 2006.
January Pahove Meeting
Where: MK Nature Center Auditorium, Idaho Fish and Game, 600 South Walnut Avenue (Behind Fish and Game Headquarters) When: 7 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2006 Pahove board meeting at 5:30 everyone welcome! Native Seeds Collection Project On the Boise National Forest Idaho Conservation Data Center Research Ecologist JENNIFER MILLER will describe this project that began […]
Slickspot Peppergrass
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Relocating Aase’s Onion
Saturday, Sept. 24, 8:45 a.m Ridley’s Market, Boise, Idaho [Rescheduled from June 18.] A new phase of the Hidden Hollow Landfill will displace several populations of Aase’s onion, and Rod Burke has offered a new home for them at the IBG. Join fellow rare plant enthusiasts for 4-5 hours of roping the wily wild onion […]
A Slice of Lewis & Clark
Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005, 7 p.m. Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise, Idaho Join us for free pizza and pops as we say goodbye to a scorcher of a summer and hello to Idaho Botanical Garden’s Lewis & Clark Native Plant Garden [2355 E. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise]. In the IBG’s oh-so-comfortable evening shade, we’ll hear Rod […]
2005 Idaho Rare Plant Conference Notes
Conservation Working Group Agendas and Notes for the 2005 Idaho Rare Plant Conference are available here. Plants covered: Slickspot Peppergrass (Lepidium papilliferum) Spalding’s Catchfly (Silene spaldingii) Ute ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis) Goose Creek milkvetch (Astragalus anserinus) Mulford’s milkvetch (Astragalus mulfordiae) Macfarlane’s four-o’clock (Mirabilis macfarlanei)
Forest Management and Lichens
Come meet the mysterious world of forest lichens! Tree-growing lichens are in many ways the first indicators of environmental change in forests: they decline or disappear with air pollution, their species change with increased ventilation or desiccation, and many are intimately linked with the presence of dead wood, a commodity that is at a fraction […]
INPS Annual Meeting in Challis, Idaho
Friday through Sunday, July 8-10, 2005 Challis is located in the Lehmi Valley where the Lewis & Clark party first entered present-day Idaho after crossing the Continental Divide. Challis is one of the most arid places in Idaho and has an active geologic history. These factors may contribute to the numerous endemic plant species in […]
Pahove Chapter Field Trips for May and June 2005
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 […]