Here is our tour guide and the garden's Natural Areas coordinator, Mario, telling us a little more about the area and what they did. Good conservation work, Mario! 
Monday, September 27, 2010
Rare Beauty
A couple of weeks ago I returned from a CNPS meeting held on the Northern California coast in Fort Bragg. While there we received a tour of the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, http://www.gardenbythesea.org/. This garden occupies woods and coastline in Fort Bragg and is such a beautiful place. Near the coastline they recently cleared an area of invasive non-natives (mostly Ice plant) and let native plants repopulate the area. One of these plants to recolonize was the beautiful and rare Castilleja mendocinensis, Mendocino Coast Indian Paintbrush (list 1B.2).Here is our tour guide and the garden's Natural Areas coordinator, Mario, telling us a little more about the area and what they did. Good conservation work, Mario!
Here is our tour guide and the garden's Natural Areas coordinator, Mario, telling us a little more about the area and what they did. Good conservation work, Mario!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Viola!
A group of intrepid treasure hunters went out this month to the El Dorado National Forest and sent back pictures of their rare find. This is Viola tomentosa, the Woolly violet. Good job and thanks for sharing!
Photos by LS Couper - DVMTuesday, September 14, 2010
Call for Photos
Eriogonum lobbii, Lobb's buckwheatHello Treasure Hunters- We want your photos!
If you've been on a Treasure Hunt and want to share your photos with us you could win a prize. We are offering a prize to the best photo from a Treasure Hunt. Photos will be featured on this blog and on our CNPS website to get people excited about the project.
Please email them to Amber at treasurehunt@cnps.org.
Thank you and good luck!
If you've been on a Treasure Hunt and want to share your photos with us you could win a prize. We are offering a prize to the best photo from a Treasure Hunt. Photos will be featured on this blog and on our CNPS website to get people excited about the project.
Please email them to Amber at treasurehunt@cnps.org.
Thank you and good luck!
Friday, August 27, 2010
It's On
The fall Treasure Hunt location is now confirmed!
We will be going to Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday, October 9th, 2010 from 9:30 am – 5 pm. Meet at the Oasis Visitor’s Center Parking Lot, 74485 National Park Drive Twentynine Palms, CA. Please RSVP to treasurehunt@cnps.org.
It should be a great trip and free camping may also be available in the park for interested volunteers! Please join us.
We will be going to Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday, October 9th, 2010 from 9:30 am – 5 pm. Meet at the Oasis Visitor’s Center Parking Lot, 74485 National Park Drive Twentynine Palms, CA. Please RSVP to treasurehunt@cnps.org.
It should be a great trip and free camping may also be available in the park for interested volunteers! Please join us.
Make it Fun!
Not only is a Rare Plant Treasure Hunt a great way do some good, it's also fun! You can make any hike a treasure hunt and keep you're eyes out for rare plants. Just tell us where you'll be and we can get you set up to find them. One treasure hunter brought along her gnome to document his trip to see rare plants.
Traveling Gnome with Starved Daisy
Monday, August 23, 2010
Deadline!
In an effort to get all our data together in a timely manner we are putting a deadline on turning in survey forms. Please get all your forms into treasurehunt@cnps.org or cnddb@dfg.ca.gov by November 1st. Please email treasurehunt@cnps.org if you have any questions. Thanks!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Save the Date
Rare Plant Treasure Hunt and Training
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
10 am – 5 pm in the Mojave, location to be disclosed
Come experience the desert in fall and
Learn how to do a Treasure Hunt!
For more information write treasurehunt@cnps.org
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