1982 Utah Native Plant Society Annual Compliations

UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY T H E S E G O L I L Y

Newsletter of the Utah Native Plant Society January, 1982

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.................................................................... Please send a l l correspondence to: Editor, UNPS Newsletter

3043 Brighton Place S a l t Lake C i t y , Utah 84121

.................................................................... Pensremon "~ohensi~ As you can see from our "masthead" the Name the N e w s l e t t e r Contest has

produced a w i n n e r . Helen Shields, Salt Lake City, provided the winning name and her comments about her entry seemed most apt: "Mot only is the Sego L i l y one of the m o ~ t beautiful of flowers, but our state flower, and becoming a rare and endangered plant-particularly around Salt Lake C i t y . " We are now in the process of having a masthead designed and printed which w i l l feature an illustration of the Sego Lily by Kay@ Thorne, of the BYU Herbarium. Our thanks to all who entered the Name the Newsletter contest--Helen w i l l be receiving a 1982 Wild Country Flowers calendar and g i f t membership to t h e Society while a l l those who entered will receive a gift packet of Utah native plant seeds

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WHAT' S GOING OH?

Salt Lake Area Chapter Meetings are regularly scheduled for the fourth Thursday of #@ month, at 7:30 p a n in the C h e m i ~ t q Bldg., Wniv. of Utah- Non Members WELCOME1

February 25, 1982: Topic to be announced.

Another meeting of interest to native plant enthusiasts:

February 18, 1982 7 : 0 0 p . m . , Room 111, Milton Bennion Hall, Univ. of Utah:

The State Arboretum Guild of Utah Garden Lecture Series will be concerned with Plant Photography. Richard Young, member of the Photographic Society of America and staff member, Biology Dept., Univ. of Utah, w i l l be the speaker*

February 25-28, 1982: The Salt Lake Tribune Home and Garden Show, at the Salt Palace, Salt Lake C i t y . The Utah Native Plant Society wi l l again have a booth at this show-come by and see ill

. I s something "up" in your county directly or indirectly affecting native plants? If so, drop a postcard to Tony Prates, P.O. Box 6257, SLC, UT 84106. Let, us know 45 days in advance (if possible) of important upcoming dates. We need your input!

NATURAI~LY NATIVE - Creeping Oregon Grape Mahonia repens (Llndl. 1 G. Don

Versatility. This may be the best term to describe ' the landscape uses of the Creeping Oregon Grape. Over the wide range of its natural distribution from British Columbia* south to California and east to Colorado and New Mexico, indiv idual clumps or broad expanses of this rhizomatous suckering low shrub will be encount- e r e d from foothill areas to higher elevation exposed ridges. .

In Utah, Creeping Oregon Grape may often be seen growing beneath G a m b e l Oak @xercus qambelii) and Bigtooth Maple JAcer grandidentatum) along the Wasatch Front. Homes developed in this area may have natural stands of a l l three plants* unless they were bulldozed away in the construe- tion phase* Hikers become familiar w i t h Creeping Oregon Grape at the mountain tope w i t h Douglas Fir { Pseudotsuqa menziesii 1, White FLr Abies concolor), Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contort& v+ la t i fo l ia 1 , Engelman spruce (pice& m w * ~ 1

Creeping Oregon Grape is characterized by its dul l pinnately compound leaves, reminiscent of Holly. The leaves have 2-3 pairs of ovate leaflets which are typically rounded at the apex, wavy margined w i t h 5-9 spiny teeth. Some forms are not undulate and scarcely toothed. The underside of the leaf is a paler green and densely pappilose. Grape-like clusters of rounded black fruit (6-7-1 covered by a waxy blue bloom juicily ripen in mid to late summer. The fruit is edible out of hand, but rather tart. It makes a f ine je l ly or dries as raisins.

Desirable landscape features include its tolerance to dense shade, where it grows to three f e e t tall w i t h a loose, open habit.

It does equally well in full sun where its habit is more compact and dense. The handsome purplish-red fall color develops better in sunnier than shaded sites. Bright yellow upright clusters of many small flowers contrast nicely with the dark green foliage in spring. I have seen clumps of large yellow trumpet daffodils effectively interspersed in a ground covering bed of Creep- ing Oregon Grape.

Tolerant not only of sun or shade, Mahonia repens seeha to adapt to a variety of soil conditions, although good drainage may be most important. Plants are readily available from local nurseries in tubes or gallon sizes. Smaller plants tend to spend the first year producing a root system, followed by vigorous top growth in subsequent years* Planting at 18" on center w i l l ensure f i l l i n g in of the ground cover in three years. After establishment l i t t l e or no summer irrigation is required. Over-vigorous plants may have to be pinched back occasionally. All in a l l a tough, versatile, handsome plant deserving greater landscape use. Ideal as a groundcover in sun or shade, in large planter boxes, rock gardens, or on steep banks for erosion control*

NATURALLY NATIVE, continued

Sometimes Mahonia repens is confused with hlahonia aquifol iu, the two growing together along the Pacific Coast from British Columbia to California, and occasionally hybridizing naturally. The common Oregon Grape aquifolium) has 5-9 pairs of lustrous leaflets with 6-12 spiny teeth. Leaflets are green on both surfaces, without being papillose beneath.

Having looked in vain for large fruitful stands of Creeping Oregon Grape in California, imagine my surprise when Mike Alder showed me 10,000 plants at Native Plants, Inc., in Salt Lake City. They solved the problem of seed gemination by using cold moist stratification techniques. This was f ive years ago and since then Creeping Oregon Grape has been steadily available in the nursery trade. It has become a most useful landscape plant and deserved- ly so.

1 . Richard Hildreth,Chairman, Horticulture Committee

WILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY

CHAPTER FOUR-"Gett ing Started: The Mechanics Approach to Planning a Picture, Part I

Our photography is an art that cannot separate itself from other interests in our lives. Photography is the perfect supplement to our interest in w i l d f l o w - ers. To be a good w i l d f l o w e r photographer we try to capture and convey our personal fe'elings and intimate knowledge of our subject. We see the i n t e r e s t and beauty inherent in that wildflower and, consequently, these elements show up in our photograph^. As lovers and students of Nature, WE ARE THE BEST WILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHERS

Wildflower photography can be very exciting, especially if we just dive in and take pictures (forget any formal rules of composition and s t a r t making pictures). Dive in. Wander with camera i n t o the forest, desert or backyard. Watch through the viewfinder and let the wildflower images in the camera suggest picture possibilities* When you see something interesting, take a picture of it.

That seems like a fair s t a r t , but just WHAT IS A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH? AMY photograph that LIKE is a good photograph. Photography I s an art, and even in its most objective sense (for documentation only), it is a very subjective art. In looking at ours or others' photos, we have certainly created bounds on what we l i k e . If we are intent on having other people like our photos, we need t o look at what they like and why they like it. The ideas we glean from that w i l l plant the seed of.....

PHOTO PLANNING.

In making a photograph we are capturing a particular aspect of a plant and isolating it from its environment. When the photo is viewed in t o t a l l y diffferent surroundings, it must maintain its integrity and the photographer's in tent . The photo must be a self-contained whole, able to stand alone. How do we achieve this desired result? . . .continued

WILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY, continued

That's where photo planning comes in.

A photograph doesn't start with the camera~it ends there. Once we release the shutter, the picture is recorded on the f i l m (for better or worse). To help us get the picture we envision, we shoud begin to PLAN our photo by answering a few questions before w e let .the camera take over:

1 WHY AM I TAKING THIS PICTURE? : Our answer may be, "I'm going to hang it on the wall" or, "I'm trying to get a picture of flower parts" or, "It only blooms once every seven years 1 " or even just, "I LIKE IT1 " Our answer sets the stage for our general approach* We are starting a selection process, determining how important the picture is, how much time, energy and f i lm are we willing to expend, and what type of equipment is needed.

2. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT LIKE? Big? Tiny? In shadow? Hanging down? What features of t h e plant are particularly in teres t ing? . T h e answer to t h i s question narrows down our approach even more. The answer determines further what kind of equipment is needed and what camera angle we might use. It also begins to dictate what kind of composition would lend itself w e l l . (More about composition next time.)

3. IS THE CAMERA SEEING SOMETHING THAT I AM OVERLOOKING? There is a b ig difference between human vision and camera vision. That difference is this: THE HUMAN BRAIN. A camera merely records upon film anything and everything that is put before the lens. Human vision is selective because of our braids editing capacity. We only see what we're looking for. Fields of wildflowers appear mechanically to the eye as a mass of color, but our mighty brain may edit that s igh t down to a single flower. We must remember: the camera see EVERYTHING: the aphid-ridden stem, or the 7-Up can our mind edited out. Be sure to inspect for clutter and distractions.

Rather than planning a photo w i t h the naked eye alone, answer these planning questions w i t h the aid of the camera. It helps to look through the viewfinder as the "framem of reference for picture planning. Framing the picture in the viewfinder before it is taken is just as important as framing the finished print. And, for sharp, crisp enlargements and striking compositions, fill that frame! U s e every corner of the film (be sure to inspect those corners for unwanted clutter).

... Pam Poulson, Chairman, Photography Committee

Next time: "COMPOSITION: THE MECHANICS APPROACH TO PLASHING A PICTURE, PART 11.

REPORT ON UTAH RARE/THREATENED/ENDAHGERED PLANT CONFERENCE

A meeting, sponsored by t h e Utah Native Plant Society, was held December 4, 1981 at Brigham Young Unversity to conduct an annual re-evaluation of t h e status of Utah's rare plants. Re-evaluation on a regular basis is necessary because act iv i t i es such as mining, energy development, and change i n land ownership continuously alter location and degree of threat to habitat* Also, as new biological information is accumulated, interpretation of degree of endangerment changes. New populations may be discovered or distribution and/or extent of known populations may be demonstrated to be larger or smaller than first thought*

Larry England, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service0 Salt Lake C i t y , spoke about the Endangered Species Act being up for renewal in 1982. Two new priority systems are being considered. The first contains designation of endangerment by class. This taxonomic priority system would be as follows:

mallmal5 .me. Cl . ...... birds C2 fish ....... C3 reptiles.... C4

................. amphibians C5 plants (va~cular)..~~...~~.. C6 mollusks (invertebrates).... C7 plants (non-vascular)....... C8

The second priority system includes degree of threat as a consideration, i.e., high to low threat mammal0 high to low threat birds, etc.

The use of a Memorandum of Understanding was suggested. The MOU is an agreement between two federal government agencies for the protection of an organism. It is intended to function as an alternative to official listing.

It appears that even if the ESA is renewed it w i l l be harder to get plants onto the o f f i c i a l list for protection. Those plants which are teetering on the brink of oblivion and whose critical habitat is demonstrably threatened should be ascertained. The reasons for l i s t i n g should be clearly and concise- ly written into the status reports. In th i s way we may hope to preserve some of our rare plants as Utah gears up to help provide the energy for the next f e w generations of Americans.

Editor ' s Note :

On the following pages, we are publishing, in their entirety, the reconuoenda- t ions drawn up by the UNPS Rare & Endangered Plants Committee* The Utah Native PLant Society newsletter provides one of the f e w sources for this record. Additional copies of the Rare Plant Status Recommendations developed at the December 4 meeting can be obtained from the Editor, UHPS Newsletter, 3043 Brighton Place, Salt Lake City, UT 84121. Please enclose a stamped, self- addressed envelope.

Recommendations concerning Utah's rare plants were drawn up by UMPS committee following a review of information accumulated during the 1981 collecting season. These recommendations are listed below.

The highest priority is proposed f o r the following species. N o t only are they among the rarest of our species, but they are known t o be subject t o current threat or endangemcnt from various sources. Available funding in the endangered plant program should be directed toward achievement of earliest possible l i s t i n g .

Priority

High 1.

High 2 .

(a) sufficient data available for rule making:

Asclepias welshii Cryptantha barnebyi Cryptantha cmpacta Cryptantha ochroleuca Cycladenia humilis

var. jonesii Erigeron maguirei Eriogonum ammophilum Eriogonum soredium Glaucocarpon suffrutescens Lepidium barnebyanum Lepidium ostleri Lesquerella tumulosa Primula maguirei Townsendia aprica Trifolium andersonii

var; f r iscanurn

(b) prompt additional study required:

Astragalus cronquistii Astragalus harrisonii Cas t l l l e j a aquariens is Coryphantha Â¥[nissouriensi

var . marstonil Cyroopterus minimus Festuca dasyclada Gaillardia flava Gilia caespitosa Hymenoxys helenioides Lepidium montanum

var. neeseae Pediocactus despainii Pediocactus winkleri Penstemon bracteatus Penstemon wardii Sphaeromeria ruthiae

Of nearly equal urgency is protection for species on the following l ist . They are of generally similar rarity, but potential threats may be slightly less immediate.

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Astragalus equisolensis ~ a l & e p i L Astragalus hamiltonil Hedysarum occldentalis Astragalus I se ly i var. canonae Astragalus lentiginosus Heterotheca j onesii

var . ursinus Hymenoxys depressa As tr agalus lutosus Lepidium montanum Astragalus monumentalis var. stellae Astragalus sabulosus Lomatiurn latilobum Astragalus subcinereus Lygodesmia entrada

var. basalticus Na j as caespitosus Astragalus uncialis Penstemon grahamii C a s t ille j a revealii Penstemon leptanthus Erigeron lachinensis Phacelia indecora Erigeron proselyticus Psoralea e p i p s i l a Eriogonum corymbosum Psorothamnus polyadenius

var. matthewsiae var. jonesii Eriogonum humivagans Ranunculus acrifonnis Eriogonum lancifolium var. aestivalis Er iogomxn loganum Sphaeralcea psoraloides

Thelypodiopsis barnebyi Thelypodiopsis argillacea

Species on the following list are rare and at least potentially threatened. They should also be considered for listing. As work on the highest priority is accomplished, funding and effort should be directed t o these rare plants.

Priority

Medium. Cryptantha johnstonii Cymopterus higginsil Draba maguirei

var. burkei Epilobium nevadense Erigeron sionis Eriogonum aretioides Eriogonum clavellatum

Eriogonum cronquistii Eriogonum natum Eriogonum smithii Penstemon compactus Silene petersonii

var. minor Xanthocephalum sarothrae

var. pomarlense

The following list Includes species which are known t o be rare or of very narrow distribution and species for which additional information regarding rarity is+needed. They may become imminently endangered if substantial portions of their habitat are altered or If population size decreases. Monitoring of populations and retention of the species on lists for possible future listing Is recommended.

Low. Angelica wheeleri Astragalus ampullarius Astragalus bamebyi Astragalus chamaemeniscus Astragalus consobrinus Astragalus desereticus Astr agalus henrimontanensis Astragalus lentiginosus

var. pohl i i Astragalus striatiflorus Cryptantha d a t a Cryptantha j onesiana Cymopterus b e c k i i Erigeron cronquistii Erigeron mancus Eriogonum nanum

Er iogonum tumulosum Lomatim junceum Parrya rydbergii Penstemon atwoodii Pens t emon nanus Penstemon tidestromii Psoralea pariensis Sclerocactus pubispinus Senecio dlmorphophyllus

var . intermedius Silene petersonii

var . peter soni i Sphaeralcea caespitosa Sphaeralcea leptophylla

var . j aneae Sphaeromeria capitata Xylorhlza cronquistii Yucca toftiae

This list of plants is known as the "Watch L i s t " and contains plants which are rare in Utah, or rare throughout their range, or of unknown-abundance and distribution, or those for which threats cannot be immediately defined, or endemic.

Watch. Achyronychia cooper! Allium passeyi Andropogon glomeratus Aquilegia barnebyi Asclepias cutleri Asclepias ruthiae Astragalus bodini i As tragalus bryantii As tragalus calli thr ix Astragalus canadensis

var. canadensis

Astragalus chloodes Astragalus cottamii Astragalus desperatus Astragalus detritalis Astragalus diversifolius Astragalus emoryanus Astragalus eucosmus Astragalus gilviflorus Astragalus hallii

var . fallas Astragalus holmgreniorum

WATCH list continued :

Astragalus jejunus Astragalus limnocharis Astragalus malacoides Astragalus naturitensis Astragalus nidularius Astragalus pinonis Astragalus oophorus

Tar. lonchocalyx Astragalus rafaelensis Astragalus saurlnus Astragalus tephrodes Astragalus wetherillii Astragalus woodruffii Atriplex hymenolytra Atriplex welshil ~erberis f endler i Betula utahensis Botrychium boreale Botrychium lanceolatum Botrychium lunaria Botrychium simplex Buddlej a utahensls Camissonia megalantha Calypso bulbosa Carex curatorum Car ex l e p talea Carex microglochin Castilleja papu la Cirsium bamebyi Coryphantha vivipara

var. rosea Cryptantha grahamil Cryptantha longiflora Cuscuta wameri Cymopterus coulteri Cypripediunt calceolus

var . parvif lorum Cypripedium fasciculatum Dalea epica Draba asprella

var . z ionens is Draba maguirei

var. maguirei Draba sobolifera Eriogonum ephedroides Eriogonum eremlcum Eriogonum grayii Eriogonum j amesii

var . rupicola Eriogonum pangulcense

var. panguicense Ertogonum nummulare Eriogonum heermannii

Tar, subracemosum Eriogonum nanum Eriogonum ostlundii Euphorbia nephradenia

Ferocactus acanthoides var . lecontei

Gaultheria humifusa Gilla la t i fo l ia G i l i a tridactyla Hackelia ibapensis Hedysarum boreale

Tar. gremlale Heliomeris sol iceps Kobresla simpliciuscula Lepidium integrifolium Lepldospartum latisquainum Lesquerella garrettii Lesquerella rubicundula Leucocrlmnn montanum Listera borealis Lomatima minimum Lygdesmia entrada Machaeranthera king i i Machaeranthera kingii

var. barnebyana Mentzella arg i l losa Mimulus eastwoodiae Musineon lineare Nymphaea odorata Ostrya knowltonii Farrya rydbergli Penstemon acaulis Penstemon angustifollus

var. vernalensis Penstemon compactus Penstemon concimus Penstemon dolius

var. duchesnensis Penstemon goodrichli Penstemon humills

var. obtuslfolius Penstemon navaj oa Penstemon parvus Penstemon patricus Penstemon petiolatus Penstemon tidestromii Penstemon tusharensis Pewtamon uintahensis Phacelia anelsonii Phacelia cephalotes Phacelia howelliana Phacelia maimnllarlensis Phacelia utahensis Phlox c lu t eana Phlox glad if onna Portulaca mndula Psoralea juncea Psorothamnua thompsonae

var. whitingti Ptelea trif oliata

var. pallida

REPORT ON UTAH RARE PLANT CONFERENCE, continued

WATCH list continued;

Rubus neomexicanus Selaginella utahensis Spiranthes cernua T a l inum val idulum V i o l a purpurea

var. charlestonensis

Xanthocephalum petradoria Xylorhiza confer t i fol ia Yucca kanabensis .Yucca schidigera Zigadenus vaginatus

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Reauthorization of a strong and effective Endangered Species Act w i l l not be easy and w i l l require the efforts of a large number of individuals and organizations. If you are willing to help, please write:

Ken Berl in , Chairman Endangered Species A c t Reauthorization Coordinating Committee P . 0 . BOX 50771 Washington, D.C. 20004

We need your help to;

(1) Inform friends and associates about the importance of the reauthorization process for the Endangered Species A c t .

( 2 ) Write letters and make telephone cal ls to Administration off ic ia ls and members of Congress supporting the ESA's reauthorization.

WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN SAVE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND THE MANY ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAT DEPEND ON IT FOR THEIR CONTINUED SURVIVAL*

... Rare & Endangered Plant Committee, Utah Native P l a n t Society

WILDFLOWER WATCH

While there is not much blooming but snow crystals in the Utah valleys and mountains right now, t h e generous precipitation during the fall and winter has already created an unusually heavy cover of "green" underneath the snow, on t h e Salt Lake Valley foothi l l areas. This portends a luxuriant plant growth when the spring thaws arrive and hopefully, a colorful show of wildflowers. We will be keeping watch on the emergence of the wild flowers throughout Utah as spring progresses, and keep you posted.

In the months ahead, the Utah Native Plant Society will continue to provide i t s members w i t h a variety of ways in which to learn about, help preserve, and enjoy the native flora of our state. There w i l l be field trips~sorne for fun, some to provide assistance to the professional botanists in "inventoryingn the native plants of Utah, chapter meetings in the Salt Lake area, and the opportunity to work i n small groups (otherwise called "committeesn) i n those areas of particular interest to you. As indicated below, the Society is also continuing to provide books and othe'r materials relating to native plants at heavily discounted prices for members of the Society. Please respond when you receive your membership renewal n o t i c e ~ a n d why not, give the membership application in t h i s newsletter to a friend or acquaintance who would also enjoy being part of the Utah Native Plant Society.

All the items below are available for purchase at: S a l t Lake Chapter meetings; at the Utah State Arboretum, U of U campus; or can be ordered by mail through UHPS, 3043 Wight& Place, Salt Lake C i t y , UT 8412 1. If ordering by mail, please include postage as indicated.

Outstanding books dealing with various aspects of native plants, a t considerably reduced prices. {Please include $1 .SO postage per book for mail order.)

TITLE/AUTHOR Member Hen-Member List Price Flora of Alaska and Adjacent $ 5.00 $ 8.00 $ 29.95 Parts of Canada, by Stanley L. Welsh. 724 pp. Utah Plants, (Hardback) 4.00 6.00 12.95 by Stanley L. Welsh S Glen Moore. 474 pp. Utah Plants, (Paperback) 3 . 00 5.00 9.95 by Stanley L. Welsh &

Glen Moore. 474 pp. Mosses o f ~ t a h and the West, by Seville Flowers. - 567 pp. (beautifully illustrated)

A most attractive and informative coloring book, Utah's Colorful Natives, produced by the Utah Native Plant Society and available for $1.00 a t meetings or by mail $1.50, including postage.

A calendar for 1982-Wild Country Flowers, 1982, has 13 full-color, larger- than-life ( 1 1 " X 13") photos of Intermountain wild flowers and is among the handsomest calendars now on display at local bookstores. It is available to UNPS members a t $5.00. (Include $.75 additional for mail order).

Utah native plant seeds. The following are available at 50 cents per packet and each packet tells just where the seed was collected. (Please add $.50 to the total order i f m a i l order):

Abronia fraqrans (Fragrant Sand Verbena) Penstemon (purple color) Amelanchier utahensis (Utah Serviceberry) Penstemon eatonii irecr cracker) Astragalus asclepiadoides (Milkvetch) Phacelia argilaceae (rare plant, Dodecatheon pulchellum (Shooting Star) new population 1 Enceliopsis nudicaulis (Sunray) Ranunculus (yellow) 1 Eriqeron pumilus {Fleabane) Sphaeralcea parvifolia (Globe Mallow) Gaillardia

Utah Native Plant Society The Utah Native Plant Society is a recently formed organization of persons who share an interest in the native flora of our state. Chapters are being established in Salt Lake City, Logan and Provo with future chapters expected throughout the state. Membership includes a range of peoplefrom "just interested" through amateurs of varying backgrounds to top professionals in the fie1d.A monthly newsletter is published to bring notes of all activities and news of special interest to members.

Activities are varied, informal, numerous, enjoyable and include:

Field trips - local and extended, guided by knowledgeable members Chapter meetings - with programs on a wide variety of subjects: endangered plants, plant identification, landscaping with native plants, seed gathering, . . . . Photography - forming a library of slides and prints of Utah plants and flowers. Committees - covering Conservation, Horticulture, Plant Sales, and other areas of interest to the membership

The Utah Native Plant Society extends an invitation to you to join, to participate in our activities, to learn, and to &joy the beauty of our native plants (and the spectacular scenery where they are found). The Society's work is voluntary and completely supported by membership dues and gifts. ----------------------*----**--.-*---*-.----*---**-*--*-.---..*----.----------------------*---------------------------*-------

MEMBERSHIP IN THE UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

Individual Membership:

Name - .- Street City and Stare 7 i ~

Please send gift membership card TO:

Street City and State 7in

Annual Membership: Check Membership Cawory:

Individual S8.00U Student $4.000 Family 51 2.0iiE Supporting S25.00D Life S250.00G Senior Citizen M.OOZ

Please enclose check made payable to the Utah Native Plant Society and send to:

Glenn Hallidav, Treasurer, Utah Native Plant Society, 3043 Brighton Place. Salt Lake City, UT 8421

hariposa or Sego L i l y

--adapted from Utah's Colorful Natives, published by the Utah Native Plant Society; illus. by Kaye Thorne, BYu


Newsletter of the Utah Native Plant Society

................................................................................. Volume 5 ; Number 2 February, 1982 .................................................................................

# WHAT'S GOING OM?

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urohensis salt Lake Area Chapter Meetings are regularly scheduled for the fourth Thursday of t h e month, at 7:30 p a . Non-Members are always WELCOME1

February 25, 1982: instead of a formal meet ing , a l l members and those interested in the Native Plant Society are invited to come to the Home and Garden Show, Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, where t h e Society will be an exhibitor. If you can give an hour or two, C.W. Reese (277-0508) and Tony Frates (532-1922) are looking for volunteers to be at the Society's booth, to distribute some of our literature and answer questions about native plants in general and the Utah Native Plant Society in particular.

March 25 , 1982 7:30 p . m . , 2053 Pheasant Circle ( 5 6 0 0 Highland Drive) Salt Lake City: The President of the Salt Lake Chapter invites a l l area members and others interested in the Utah Native Plant Society to attend a get-acquainted, social meeting at his home. BSVP: C.W. Reese, 277-0508.

Other meetings of interest to native plant enthusiasts:

February 25-28, 1982; The salt Lake Tribune Home and Garden Show, at the Salt Palace, Salt Lake City. The Utah Native Plant Society will again have a booth at this show~cone by and see i l l

March 3 , 1982 7 : 3 0 p.m. Art & Architecture Auditorium, Univ. of Utah: The Wilderness Association and Intermountain Water Alliance are sponsoring a slide presentation and lecture on the Green and Colorado Rivers by P h i l Fradkin, author of River No More*

March 18, 1982 7 : 0 0 p . m . , Room 111 , Milton Bennion Hall, Univ. of Utah: The State Arboretum Guild of Utah Garden Lecture Series topic will be "Junipers: Varieties, Culture and U s e , " presented by Jim Conner, San Jacinto, California*

. . I s something "up" in your county directly or indirectly affecting native plants? If so, drop a postcard to Tony Frates, P.O. Box 6257, SLC, UT 84106. L e t us know 45 days in advance (if possible) of important upcoming dates. We need your input1

1982 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The 1982 Board of Directors for the Utah Native Plant Society were ins ta l l ed at a dinner meeting in Salt Lake C i t y , January 28, 1982. The new Chairman of the Board, Dr. Stanley Welsh, appointed an Executive Committee consisting of: President, President-Elect, Vice Presidentl Treasurer, and Secretary. This group, together with the President of the Salt Lake Chapter, will be- respons- ible for the day-to-day management of the Society* s affairs. Dr. Welsh also appointed chairpersons for the current standing committees of the Society. Annual reprts fran each mecutive Committee mmber and standing committee chairperson for 1981 were presented to the Board and are reprinted here for the information of the general membership* Since it has become apparent that the By-Laws of the Society need'to be reexamined and perhaps modified t o meet current needs, Dr. Welsh appointed Michael Alder as Chairman of a By-Laws Review Committee.

Board of Directors, 1982

Michael Alder Richard Hildreth David Anderson Art Hohgren ( honorary) Duane Atwood Elizabeth N e e s e Larry England Richard Page Anthony Prates Pamela Poulson Claire Gabriel COW* Reese Sherel Goodrich Lester Shields Barbara Halliday Robert Thompson Glenn Halliday Kaye Thorne Jennifer Harrington Stanley Welsh

Executive Committee

.................. Board Chairman Stanley. Welsh President ....................... Tony Prates ................. President-Elect Elizabeth Neese Vice President .........m.m.m.... David Anderson Treasurer . m l ~ n . l l . e o m m . . + . . o ~ ~ . G l e n n Halliday Secretary ....................... Jennifer Harrington Salt Lake Chapter President C.W. Reese

Board Standing Committeesl 1982 ...................... Conservation Larry England Field Trips ....................... ( t o be appointed) Horti~ulture/Gardening............~ Richard Hildreth ......... Liaison with Universities (to be appointed) Member~hip.....~... ..............~. Jennifer Harrington Newsletter ................me...... Barbara Halliday ........................ Nominating (to be appointed) Photography ....................... Pam Poulson ........................... Program (to be appointed) ...................... Publications (to be appointed) Publicity ...~..........4......m... ( t o be appointed) Rare 5 Endangered Plants .-. Duane Atwood . . Sherel Goodrich ............................. seeds Claire Gabriel

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Horticulture Committee ~ e ~ o r t for 1981

The policy and procedures for the Horticulture Committee were prepared by Claire Gabriel and Dick Hildreth, submitted to the Executive Committee for approval, and published in the UNPS newsletter.

The Horticulture Committee is subdivided into two subgroups:

1 . Horticultural education subcOBU01ttee 2. Plant and seed sale subcommittee

Activities of the Horticultural Education Subcommittee in 1981 included:

1 . Publication in the newsletter of four ongoing articles about the garden merits of specific plants: Mountain Lover (Pachistima myrainites), Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus ), Kinnikinnick (Arcto- staphylos uva-wsi), and Creeping Oregon Grape ( W o n i a repens) by D i c k Hildreth.

2. Conducted a workshop on nursery transplanting techniques.

3. Presented an illustrated lecture to the Salt Lake Chapter on 'Propaga- t ion and Garden Culture of Utah Native Plants.'

Act ivi t ies of the Plant and Seed Sale Subcommittee in 1981 included:

1 . Seed sales - Seeds collected by Duane Atwood and shekel Goodrich were cleaned, packaged and listed for sale i n the newsletter a t fifty cents per packet. Some seeds were also sold at a UNPS plant sale and Chapter meetings . 2. Plant Sale - Held on a rainy, cold Saturday, October 10, 1981, at Sunset Nursery. Plants were donated from various local nurseries and some members. Proceeds of approximately $350. were deposited to the Salt Lake Chapter treasury Wildflower calendars and native plant books were also sold*

Recommendations for 1982:

1 , Plan activities well in advance.

2. Involve more of the general UNPS members in specific areas of the Horticultural Committee as detailed i n the po l i cy statement for the Committee*

3. Appoint Horticulture Education and Plant and Seed Sale Subcommittee Chairpersons to help coordinate activities*

4. Wasatch Shadows Nursery in Sandy (Dave Johnson, owner) , has volun- teered space for the 1982 UNPS P l a n t Sale.

. . . . . . . . .W. Richard Hildreth, Chairman Horticulture Committee

Rare & Endangered Plants Committee Report for 1981

The annual meeting t o re-evaluate the status of Utah's rare plants was sponsored by this committee in December, 1981 and the lists drawn up at this meeting were published i n the January, 1982 issue of t h e Newsletter. Copies of this list can be obtained from the Editor, UNPS Newsletter. Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request.

. . Stanley Welsh, Chairman Rare & Endangered Plants Committee

Photography Committee Report for 1981

The main direction of t h e Photography Committee t h i s year has been organiza- t ional. The Board of Directors outlined t h e purposes of the Committee and nominated Pam Poulson as Committee Chairman in January, 1981.

The Committee's first obligation was to collect and present a slide selection of colorful flowering natives at the Salt Lake Tribune Garden Show, he ld at the Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, in March, 1981. These slides were donated by various members of the Society and became the first s l i d e s i n the Society's Photo File of Utah native plant s* Dr. Everett Cooley, Mariott Library Special Collections (University of Utah), offered the Society storage facili- ties and consultation on the care and feeding of an archival-quality photo file* The file has been slowly growing with slide donations from around the state.

One of our summer field trips was sponsored by the Photography Committee. About thirty Photo-Folks escaped a sweltering July in the valley by going to t h e cool, be-flowered Albion Basin in Little Cottonwood Canyon, for an informal discus.sion on wildflower photography. Many ideas were exchanged*

The November 10th Salt Lake Chapter meeting at the University of Utah was an evening of slide sharing and camera equipment demonstration. Many of our top taxonomists were on hand to help us with our u.F.0.'~ (Unidentified Flowering Objects). More slides w e r e donated to the Society's file collection that night.

Throughout the year, Pam Poulson has presented tips on wildflower photography i n a monthly newsletter column.

This coming year, the Photography Committee plans to so l ic i t more s l ide donations and excite interest in the Native Plant Photo File. Seminars, F i e ld Trips and UtFo0. nights are in the works and the newsletter column will continue to try to answer those stumping questions! . . . . .Pamela Poulson, Chairman

Photography Committee

Publicity Committee Report for 1981

The Publicity Committee accomplished the following during 1981: prepared a draft outline listing the purpose, organization and objectives of this committee; compiled a preliminary list of important publicity contacts; prepared promotional material for the annual plant/seed sale and assisted in publicizing the Salt Lake Chapter meetings. The committee interfaced with some other groups whose objectives overlap those of UKPS, including: the Salt Lake Chapter of t h e Sierra Club, Utah Wilderness Association, Utah Environ- ment Center; Intermountain Water Alliance and the local group of landscape architects. We also instituted a membership exchange program with several of these groups. We assisted in promoting sales and distribution of the coloring book produced by the Society. We attempted to init iate contact with other committees and encouraged UNPS members to participate e i t h e r i n committees or by contributing articles for the newsletter* We have also started a project t o publicize certain native plants for landscaping and work will continue on this in 1982.

..*.Anthony Prates, Chairman Publicity Committee

DISCOVERING THE UTAH NATIVES

(Editor's Note) This is the first i n what we hope will become a regular column in the newsletter* Everyone probably has h i s favorite spot somewhere in Utah, where you found one special native plant, or just an especially happy combination of scenery, wildflowers and history. Would you l i k e to share t h i s experience with others who &o are seeking just such places? If so, please send us a note or brief description of the area, plus clear directions and/or a map on how t o find it.

Make This Your Next Trip~Ephraim Canyon --by Lester Shields

Whether you are an amateur or a dedicated outdoorsman, now is the time to begin planning and thinking about places to go and things to see in Utah this coming spring and early summer. Perhaps now would be a good t h e to consider making a trip up Ephraim Canyon-and th i s is a must on anyone's l ist who has not been there--or for the person who enjoys nature and a l i t t l e of the unusual

Ephraim, established i n 1853, i s the home of Snow College and the Central Utah Museum. It is about 100 miles south of Salt Lake City on U.S. Highway 89. Ephraim Canyon is due east of the city and the area experienced repeated f looding frcm the high mountains at the head of the canyon during the last part of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. The floods that occurred during this period were even more devastating to the towns of Manti and Mfc. Pleasant which were on the same watershed.

Because of the seriousness of these floods, in 1912 President Theodore Rooseveltl with the approval of Congress, s a i d they would establish an experimental station i n the West to t r y to discover the source and the cause of these summer floods. After some research, it was decided that Ephraim Canyon would make a good place for such a, station--this became known as the Great Basin Experiment Station. A t this time there was a reasonably good road that went from the lower elevations to the highest-bisecting five life zones within a distance of approximately t e n miles*

The lower elevation, ranging from 5,000 to 7,000 feet, is primarily domina- ted by sagebrush and juniper and has a semi-arid climate. Above this is found scrub oak and ponderosa pine with precipitation varying between 12-1 7 inches a year* Above this zone is the Canadian zone which supports primarily aspen and conifers. In the next zone we find sub-alpine meadows where there are very few trees and th i s is primarily open meadows and grazing land. Above the 10,000-foot level is the Alpine w n e which supports low, scrawny 'elfin" timber--called Krummholz, and meadows* It was in these high areas, the sub-alpine and alpine zones and to some extent the coniferous zone, that most of the floods had their origin. Past investigation made it evident that somehow these floods were associated w i t h the depletion of cover, forage and timber. A f i e l d laboratory was built at the head of the canyon and t h i s became the Great Basin Experiment Station. Incidentallyl the U.S. Forest Sewlce had only been in existence for about six years at this time.

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DISCOVERING THE UTAH NATIVES, cont hued

Two watershed areas were established in this head area, (each about ten acres, one with good cover and one w i t h poor cover). Both of these areas were similar and essentially the same in a l l respects except for the ground cover. Meter-square quadrants were established, and through the years some of these were on heavily grazed areas and others in good areas, with some i n between. The object was t o see what the changes i n cover would be with the various types of grazing being done, and to observe the effect this grazing had on the vegetation. Many men are responsible for the research that was done and the changes that have taken place in this area. Dr. A.W. Sampson became t h e head researcher a t the Station in 1912 and w a s instrumental in supervising the building of the station. Fran his study and the subsequent development of the two experimental watersheds, it was determined that the cause of the flooding was due to the denudation of ground cover.

Another study was undertaken~th is was a program to convert brushland to pondersosa pine. Frederick Baker was in charge of this project and made an intensive study between 1914 and 1922 in order to establish yellow pine in the brushlands. Unfortunately, it became apparent that the area was not w e l l suited to this type of growth or for commercial development. The vegetative cover i n these areas has gradually improved and there has been no more severe flooding. Work has also been done in this area by the U.S. Forest Service and other conservation agencies trying to improve the cover by terracing and seeding. Some of these terraces can still be seen at the head of Pleasant Creek and Ephraim Canyon. Much of this work was done by the CCC (C iv i l i an Conservation Corps) and one of the first CCC camps in the United States was established here and is stil l in use. Much of the work i n the area since 1938 has been conducted by A. Perry Plumitter.

An ongoing study in t h i s area has been the development and improvement of the winter game ranges, with the cooperation of the Utah Wildlife Resources agency. Much of the lowland area where game wintered had been depleted-the deer and e l k were unable t o sustain themselves on this land and as a result the game became a nuisance to fanners and ranchers. B y chaining and aerial seeding, these areas have been greatly improved for forage.

This entire area from the mouth of the canyon to the high alpine plateaus is fascinating, not only because of the early history of this region, but also because of the continuous work that has been done here. One area, called Major's Flat, at about 7,100 feet, was the site of intensive work because of its early history of livestock grazing. A Major Anderson had h i s headquar- ters camp here and brought sheep into this area at night to bed down. In addition to his own herds, he took sheep belonging to other people and grazed then for a fee during the summer. Some have cal led Ephraim Canyon a "botanist's nightmare" because there are so many species of plants--native and otherwise. People still come to examine these watersheds and j u s t to look in amazement. Fossils may also be found on the sides of the r o a d i n the Alpine zone areas. A t r ip to th is area i s a must, whether you come to study or j u s t to marvel at the beauty of the wildflowers.

[See map, next page for detailed instructions on how to find this fascinating part of Utah]

Editor's note": some material in this article was excerpted from an interview with A. Perry Plummer, by Burke Plumnier and Ruth Maynes.

[ HOW TO G E T TO E P H R A I M C A N Y O N ]

ENDANGERED PLANTS

1982-A GOOD YEAR FOR ENDANGERED PLANTS? --Tony Frates

In last month's newsletter, the 1982 UNPS list of approximately one hundred plant species recommended for federal l i s t i n g review was published. That list of course did not contain the eight Utah species that are already on the federal list. In the January, 1980 UMPS newsletter, these eight species were outlined; but in the t w o years since then, no new Utah plants have been added to the federal list. The eight are:

Arctomecon humilis Astragalus perianus Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. inermls Echinocereus engelmannii var. purpureus Pediocactus sileri Phacelia arqillacea Sclerocactus glaucus sclerocactus wrightiae

[ A few copies of the January, 1980 newsletter are available, which contains line drawings of each of these plants along with a brief paragraph concerning location of the plant, etc. If you do not have a copy of this newsletter and would like to receive it, please send a stamped, business size return envelope to: Tony Frates, P.O. Box 6257, SLC, UT 84106.

Where these species occur on federal lands, they are protected, for instance, from strip mining activities. That is, their presence cause federal lands otherwise suitable and strippable for coal mining to be declared unsuitable for coal mining (assuming they are ident i f ied prior to bulldozer time). Any other species, however, which may be equally -threatened or endangered do. not hold up the "developers." In view of the number of piants on our review list, a total number of eight seems pathetically f e w , especially in view of the restricted areas where many of these plants are found.

During 1982, the U.S. F ish & W i l d l i f e Service will be working on recovery plans for six of the eight l i s t e d species (those with asterisks above). List ing packages for Cryptantha ochroleuca and Erigeron maguirei are already i n the Washington office. The state of Utah does not support the actual listing of s. ochroleuca (see October, 1981 newsletter). No plants were listed last year and it is uncertain when these t w o plants will be l i s t e d in the Federal Register. With the re-authorizatgion of the Endangered Species Act coming up in October of t h i s year, uncertainty appears to be t h e key word for a l l of these plants.

As far as other plants are concerned, l i s t i n g packages for four Utah plants will be prepared for submission to the Washington office (by the Denver district office) in 1982, according to the Endangered Species botanist in Denver. These plants are: Asclepias welshii, Glaucocarpum suffrutescens, Lepidium barnebyanum and Penstemon sp. nw. (White River). Of the 15 plants listed in last month's newsletter under "Priority High 1 (a) ," two of these are in the Washington office and l i s t i n g packages w i l l be prepared for three others t h i s year, as outlined above*

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ENDANGERED PLANTS, continued

There are ways to protect our rare and endangered plants other than by federal laws. With a state law, plants could be protected on federal lands as well as on state lands. A broader state l a w paralleling t h e National Environmental Policy A c t might better afford protection to a l l of the plants on our l ist rather than specific l i s t ing . Finally, policies used by government agencies can be used as effectively as laws, even though they do not have legal status*

In the next t w o months, the Utah Native Plant Society intends to explore the various alternatives for best protecting and preserving Utah's native plants and especially t h e rare and endangered ones* Proposed l eg i s la t ion and general publicity of our list will be major 1982 goals. The help of other concerned groups will be critical to achieving these goals; we can ' t do it alone* The time to act is nowÃ‘nex year may be too late .

BOOKS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS --A review by Sherel Goodrich and Elizabeth Neese

FLORA OF THE CENTRAL WASATCH FRONT, UTAH, 2nd Edition, revised. By LO Axnow, Research Assistant Professor, and Curator, Garrett Herbarium, Univ. of Utah, B. Albee, Assistant Curator, Garrett Herbarium, and A. Wyckoff, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of U t a h * Published by the University of Utah Printing Service, Salt Lake C i t y , Utah, March, 1980. 663 pages. $14.95.

The authors designed this manual of che flora of the central Wasatch Front for students and keen amateur botanists as w e l l as for those who need to know the names of plants for professional purposes. We believe they achieved their design and more. The i l lustrated glossary is most helpful and well done, and it serves w e l l in achieving the design of the work. A reduction i n technical teems has also helped somewhat to achieve t h i s design, and this seems to have been done without much loss of brevity or accuracy. The alphabetical arrangement of the flora w i t h family names at the top of each page provides a most speedy and pleasant means to locate any taxonomic u n i t in the work.

The contents in the leads of the k e y s are w e l l constructed and they are effective in separating the taxa. Some may prefer keys w i t h indented leads over those w i t h a jus t i f i ed left margin as found i n the flora, but indented keys are less compact spatially and increase publication costs, which are often already nearly prohibitive* With a little practice, one can grow accustomed to the format of the keys. The descriptions and habitat data given for the taxa are thorough and helpful.

It is evident that the material presented is based on extensive research, and the well-documented discussions of problem areas i n taxonomy and nomenclature f i l l a much-needed aspect a l l too often left void in floral manuals. To a work w e l l done, t h i s aspect adds the touch of excellence* The area covered by the manual (Salt Lake and Davis Counties1 is l i m i t e d . T h i s is not unfortunate. The misfortune is the lack of similar local flora for many other parts of the state.

WHAT'S BEEN GOING OH?

A t the January meeting of the Salt Lake Chapter of UMPS, Richard Hildreth, Director of the Utah State Arboretum, spoke on the propagation and garden culture of native plants. Dick provided vivid i l lustrat ion of his points through slides and live plant material . Many who attended the meeting took advantage of the opportunity t o buy packets of the native plant seeds collected and prepared earlier by members of the Horticulture Committee (see list below of what is currently available)

A Friends of the Newsletter m e e t i n g was held Feb. 11 at. the new offices of the Utah State Arboretum on t h e Univ* of Utah campus. T h i s %rainstomingM session produced lots of good ideas, and developed some overall policies for the newsletter. Effective March 1, the newsletter w i l l be published nine tbes a y e a r w i t h no issue appearing in: July, December and February* The deadline for submission of material for the newsletter will be the 15th day of the month. In future issues, you should be seeing several new columns: accounts of the early and/or prominent Utah botanists, cooking w i t h native plants, an illustrated glossary of native plants, reviews of both books and magazine articles of interest to our membership, sources for native plants- and that's j u s t from one meeting1 If you would like to share your knowledge of any of these topics w i t h others, please send along your suggestions and article drafts to the Editor. This is an instrument for sharing our interest in and knowledge of native plants w i t h others of l i k e mind and we welcome a l l contributions1

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FOR SALE! FOR SALE1

All the items below are available for purchase at: Salt Lake Chapter m e e t - ings; at the Utah State Arboretum, U of U campus; or can be ordered by mail through- UHPS , 3043 righto on 'Place, Salt Lake City, UT 8412 1. If ordering by m a i l , please include postage as indicated..

- Outstanding books dealing w i t h various aspects of native plants, at considerably reduced prices* (Please include $1.50 postage per book for mail order.) -

In the Provo area, books can be obtained from Duane Atwood (801)377-5780.

TITLE/AUTHOR Member Mon-Member L i s t Price Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada $ 5.00 $ 8 . 0 0 $ 29.95 by Stanley L. Welsh. 724 pp* U t a h Plants, (Hardback) 4 . 0 0 6 .00 12.95 by Stanley L. Welsh & Glen Moore* 474 pp. Utah Plants, (Paperback) 3 . 00 S 4 0 0 9 . 95 by Stanley L. Welsh & Glen Moore. 474 pp. Mosses of Utah and the West 5.00 8.00 19.95 by Sevi l l e Flowers . 567 pp. A most a'ttractive and informative coloring book, Utah's Colorful Natives, by the Utah Native Plant Society; available for $1.00 plus .SO postage. A calendar for 1982-Wild Country Flowers, 1982, has 13 full-color, large- than-life (11" X 13") photos o f Intermountain wild flowers. Available to UNPS members at $5.00. (Include $.75 additional for mail order). Utah native plant seeds. 50 cents per packet plus $.SO postage for total order*

Abronia fragrans (Fragrant Sand Verbena) Penstemon (purple color) Amelanchier utahensis (Utah Serviceberry) Penstemon eatonii (Firecracker) Astxaqalus asclepiadoides {Milkvetch) Phacelia argilaceae (rare plant, Dodecatheon pulchellum (Shooting Star) new populat ion 1 Enceliopsis riudicaulis (Sunray) Ranunculus (yellow)) Eriqeron pumilus (Fleabane) Sphaeralcea parvifolia (Globe Hallow) Gaillardia

UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY The Sego Lily newsletter is published 9 tines per year by the Utah Native Plant Society, incorporated under the l a w s of the State of Utah. Contribu- tions toThe Seqo Lily are welcomed and should be sent to the editor. Please s t a t e if articles have been published elsewhere and require publisher's permission. The editor reserves the right to edit as needed and to select suitable articles for publication. Copy deadline is the 15th of each month.

Membership in the Utah Native Plant Society includes The Sego L i l y newsletter subscription. Please use the foxm provided in the newsletter for membership

# applications or change of address.

pensremon ................................................................................... urohensis DIRECTORY, UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

BoardChairman: StanleyWelsh, Bm. 375MLBM, BrighamYoung Univ*, Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-2289 (office)

President : Anthony Frates, P.0. Box 6257, Salt Lake C i t y , UT 84106 (801)532-1922 (office)

President-Elect : Elizabeth Neese, Herbarium, MLBM, Brigham Young Univ. Prwo,UT 84602 (801)378-4955 (office)

Vice President : David Anderson, Salt Lake City, UT (801)582-0144 (office) Secretary a Jennifer Harrington, Salt Lake City, UT (801)649-6714 (office) Treasurer: Glenn k l l i d a y , 3043 Brighton Place; Salt Lake City, UT 84121

(801)943-4286 (home) Pres.,SLC Chapter: C.W. Reese, 2053 Pheasant C i r c l e , Salt Lake C i t y , UT 84117

(8011328-8936 (office) ~ewsletter Editor: Barbara Halliday, 3043 Brighton Place, Salt Lake C i t y , UT 84 12 1

(801 j584-1208 (office)

Correspondence can be sent directly to the officers l i s t e d above or to: Utah Native Plant Society, 3043 Brighton Place, Salt Lake City, OT 8412 1 ...................................................................................

MEMBERSHIP IN THE UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY Individual Membership:

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Individual 58.000 Student S4.000 Family S12.00Q Supporting $25.000 Life S2JO.OOO Senior Citizen 54.000

Plea* enclose check made payable to the Utah Native Plant Sotftty and send to: Glenn Halliday, Treasurer, Utah Native Plant Society. 3043 Brighton Place, Salt Lake Ciry, UT 84121

UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

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T H E S E G O L I L Y

Newsletter of the Utah Native Plant Society

Volume 5; Number 3 March, 1982 .................................................................................

WHAT'S GOING OK?

Salt Lake Area Chapter Meetings are regularly scheduled for the fourth Thursday of the month, at 7t30 p.m. Non-Members are always WELCOME1 Starting in A p r i l , the chapter meetings will be held at the new offices of t h e Utah State Arboretum--Bldg. 436 on the upper campus of the University of Utah. Ample parking will be available adjacent to t h i s building. A map w i l l be included in the April issue of the newsletter to help you find your way the first time1

March 25, 1982 7:30 p . m . , 2053 Pheasant C i r c l e ( 5 6 0 0 Highland Drive) S a l t Lake C i t y : The President of the Salt Lake Chapter invites a i l area members and others interested in the Utah Native Plant Society to attend a get-acquainted, social meeting at his home. RSVP: C.W. ReeSe, 277-0508.

Other meetings of interest to native plant enthusiasts:

March 18 - 7 : 0 0 p . m . , Rooin 111, Milton Bennion H a l l , Univ. of Utah: The State Arboretum Guild of Utah Garden Lecture Series topic w i l l be "Junipers: Varieties, Culture and Use," presented by J i m Comer, San Jacinto, California . March 23 - Open House on wilderness study process for wilderness study areas within the Cedar C i t y District. W i l l be held in Escalante Area Office, 12:00 - 6 : 0 0 p.m. Contact Cedar City District Office, Cedar City, Utah (801)586-2401 for more details.

March 27 - Utah Wilderness Association's 2nd Annual Conference, Salt Palace, S a l t Lake C i t y . 8:00 - 5 : 0 0 p.m. Keynote speaker to be Governor Scott Matheson* For details phone: (801)359-1337)*

m l I s something "up" in your county directly or indirect ly affect ing native plants? If so, drop a postcard to Tony Prates, P.O. Box 6257, SLC, UT 84106. Let us know 45 days in advance ( i f poss ible) of important upcoming dates. W e need your input!

UUPS AT THE HOME & GARDEN SHOW

Once again, the Utah Native Plant Society participated in the Salt Lake Tribune Home and Garden Show,. Feb. 25-28, at the Salt Palace, Salt Lake City. Thanks to the joint efforts of the Society's Executive Committee and the Salt Lake Chapter our exhibit garnered a blue ribbon and dispensed information on Utah's native plants to a steady procession of interested Show visitors.

Over forty people signed rosters at the exhibit, indicating their interest In working on certain UNPS committees, or requesting additional information about the Society. Show visitors also took advantage of the opportunity to purchase native plant seeds, wildflower calendars and books at our exhibit.

The display of native plants provided by Native Plants, Inc. was an espec- i a l l y vivid demonstration for Show visitors of the beauty and usefulness of native plants in the home landscape*

A special thanks to those who gave of their time and talent to create the exhibit and/or be on hand at the Show to answer visitor's questions: Michael Alder, David Anderson, Lowell Boberg, Tony Prates, Glenn and Barbara Halliday, Jennifer Harrington, Richard Hildreth, Dick Page, Para and Marvin Poulson, C.W. Reese, and Les Shields.

MAWRALLY NATIVE - Sulphur Flower Eriogonum umbellatun Torre Don

The Wild Buckwheats (Eriogonum spp.) include diverse plant forms from diminutive annual species to robust perennial woody shrubs. Over 150 species abound in Western North American environmental niches from roadside wastes to exposed alpine ridges and desert regions. Because many Wild Buckwheats are such narrow endemic plants, the species and its habitat are often vulnerable* The proposed threatened and endangered plants of Utah lists several Eriogona species.

As ornamental landscape and garden plants t h e Wild Buckwheats have considerable potential , but they have mostly been overlooked. Several species are commercially avai lable and widely used in Cal i forn ia ( E . crocatum, g. arborescens, E. giganteurn, E. rubescens, E. fasciculatum, and

Plants of Sulphur Flower may be the only species obtainable in Utah nurseries.


If a commercial source cannot be found the interested gardener may resort to propagation from wild plants by seed or cuttings. S t e m cuttings taken during the active growing season, treated with a rooting hormone, and stuck in a moist well-drained medium will root in 3-6 weeks. Seed collected in the autumn can simply be broadcast in outdoor beds to overcome a natural dormancy factor inhibiting germination. Young seedlings should be transplanted in the spring. Plants i n the wild, and older garden specimens are d i f f i c u l t to transplant. Alternatively the gardener can ensure germination by subjecting the seed to a period (30-90 days) of cold moist stratifica- t i o n . This procedure can be accomplished by placing seed in a moist medium ( sand, vermiculite, perlite, peat or various combinations ) contained in a jar or plast ic bag, the whole stored in the vegetable drawer of the refri- gerator (32Â°-400F) Germinat ion percentages may be low and the young seedlings are very susceptible to overwatering and damping-off organisms.

Sulphur Buckwheat i s a semi-woody subshrub to 18" although in difficult habitats it may be a dense mat. The leaves f o r m a s i l v e r y to grey-green carpet as the plant covers the ground. Individual leaves are petioled and the blade is oval to broadly e l l i p t i c a l i n outl ine from 1-4cm. long. The undersides of the leaf are of ten densely matted w i t h w o o l - l i k e hairs. Autumn color is a reddish brown. The flowers are small (2.5-1Omm.I but crowded into showy clusters which may be bright yellow, cream, or reddish- orange depending on the population. The flower scape may be 0.5-3 dm. tall extending beyond the foliage. The flowers and f ru i t mature to a r ich russet color and dry w e l l , making them useful for dried f loral arrangements. Erioqonum uiobellatuci is widespread from B r i t i s h Columbia to California and east to New Mexico and Montanam

Extremely heat and drought t o l e r an t in f u l l sun, it makes a showy rock garden or w a l l specimen; planted at 18-24" on center it w i l l f i l l i n to make a ground cover. Cut back t h e spent fruit/seed heads. Some self-sowing may occur in the garden. If the plants are given too much tender loving care they will tend t o have a shorter life span and they w i l l not be as dense and compact as seen in the wild. L e t us know of your successes ( fa i lures , too! w i t h this interesting group of plants.

... W. Richard Hildreth,Chairman, Horticulture Committee

WILDFLOWER WATCH

With March, the long-awaited blooming season f o r our wildflowers begins and it i s appropriate to repeat some of Elizabeth Neese's comments on the early- blooming plants of Utah:

Do you head f o r the h i l l s at the first warm day looking f o r some green sprig to a t t e s t that spring is really on its way? I invariably do; the e a r l i e s t bloomers I've found c o n s i s t e n t l y over the years on the foothills around Provo and Salt Lake City are now eagerly-greeted old f r i e n d s . . . .continued

WILDFLOWER WATCH, continued

The mustards, especially introduced annuals, seem especially early bloomers. Ones I've found in March, often in f u l l fruik by mid-April, are Draba cuneifolia, go nmorosa# g. reptans, and the introduced g. verna. Arabidop sis thaliana and several alyssums, including A. alyssoides, A. desertom, - A. minus, and A. szowitsianum are other Eurasian species which have recently - - become established in disturbed places i n the f o o t h i l l s . The bur buttercup, Ranunculus testiculatus, is perhaps the earliest and commonest of these t i n y weedy plants. They have earned the name "bel ly plantsn because they are apt to be overlooked unless one lies flat to look for them.

The early blooming perennials are mostly native . Cymopterus longipes, Oroqenia utahensis can usually be found blooming by the last of March or sometimes much earlier. In protected spots near buildings, in gardens, or along sidewalks Senecio vulgaris, Poa annua* Malva neqlecta, and Stellaria media bloom sporadically all winter.

Many of our trees, including aspen, maple, box elder, and Mountain Lover (Pachistima myrsinites), are early bloomers; because the ir flowers are inconspicuous they are sometimes discounted as spring flowers Try cutting branches of these in January to force in to bloom for midwinter arrangements. Mountain Lover, with its glossy evergreen l e a v e s and delicate wine-red flowers, is e s p e c i a l l y lovely.

Many of the spring flowers in the southern part of the state will be flowering during March. Cymopterus, Phacelia, Cryptantha, Physaria, Castilleja, Camissonia, Echinocereus are some of the earlycommon or showy things. Astragalus, the locoweeds and milkvetches, is one of the most notable and ubiquitous of the early spring genera* With over 100 species occurring in the state# there is almost no area but what has a series of characteristic species. For the most part, in any one area the species are easily distin- guished from each other by characteristics of pod shape, flower size and color, leaf shape, and plant habitat. Peak flowering times vary within the state according to the elevation and climate.

To be able to observe the greatest number of flowers, a general tine sched- u le follows : Peak flowering times in Washington County-mid-April to f irst of May. Foothills and local valleys--May to June. Mid-elevation plateaus and canyons--June to July. High Uintas-late July through August.

. . from articles by Elizabeth Neese, BYU, originally published in the March and April/May, 1981 issues of the UNPS newsletter.

(Editor' s Note--We are currently setting up a network of "area contributors* from around the state and we hope they will be able to alert us to particular wildflower displays as the season advances*

WILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY

CHAPTER FIVE-"Human Vision Versus Camera Vision"

In response to the last column concerning what and how the camera sees, a few additional comments were received. We w i l l diverge then, to discuss these comments. We'll continue next time with those "formal" r u l e s of composition.

The way a camera sees and the way we see are obvimsly vezy similar:

The Human Eye us

eyelids cornea or lens iris rods and cones brain

The Camera Lena IT

shutter lens iris or aperture f ilx (mirrors )

We open the shutter (eye l ids ) and l ight reflecting off the subject enters the camera ( eye) through the lens. The Lens (cornea) by the physics of optics, inverts the image-turns it upside down* The image is then exposed to the f i l m (rods and cones) and recorded in that inverted state. All the while, the aperture ( ir is) is di la t ing or constricting to accommodate l o w or high l i g h t levels.

A t this point is where the human eye has a helpmeet that the camera does not. Our eye is assisted by our remarkable brain which inverts the image again so we perceive that image in a right side up position. Host 35mm cameras are equipped with mirrors to right the image in the viewfinder, but the image is recorded on the film in an upside down position.

Except for the brain's righting function, operating mechanics of the two seeing instruments are basically the same. However, there are two big differences between human vision and camera vis ion. The first is a mechanical, physical difference; the second is a difference caused by our own human-ness. This is d e f i n i t e l y a case of man versus machine.

. . . continued


One Eye vs. Two Eyes

The first d i f f e r e n c e between us is our number of eyes. Because we have two eyes that see from differ- ent angles, w e s e e in "stereo." We perceive three dimensions (height, breadth and depth). A camera, with its one eye, sees objects from only s t r a i g h t on, and records them onto a flat p i e c e of film. Because of $his flatness, a photograph l i t e r a l l y has only t w o dimensions (height and breadth). A photograph shows depth only by p e r s p e c t i v e .

T h i s sometimes causes problems for the wildflower photographer. To translate three dimensions into t w o dimensions with pleasing perspective, a photographer must learn to see like a camera. Since a camera has only one eye, we should study our wildflower w i t h one eye closed. U s e our fingers to form a rectangular "framew and

view our chosen shot as if it were one of those f la t photographs. Is it what w e want? If not, try moving around the flower viewing it two-dimensionally from a l l angles. . . (continued


The Brain as Editor

The other difference between our vision and our camera's is very human. We don't see everything in the picture, but a CAMERA SEES EVERYTHING. A camera merely sees and records on the film everything that is put before the lens. Human vision is selective because of our brain's editing capacity.

We only see what we're looking for. F i e l d s of wildflowers appear to our rods and cones as a mass of color, but our mighty brain may edit that sight down to a single flower We must remember : the camera sees everything--the apid-ridden stem or the telephone pole our mind edited out. -See l i k e a camera--see EVERY- THING 1

Human vision can never be matched by camera vision, so as Wildflower Photogra- phers trying to capture what we see, we'll just have to be patient w i t h that mindless cyclops and compensate for its bad vision by meeting it halfway. We'll close one eye occasionally, but we'll keep both eyes wide open 99% of the time 1

Next Time:."More Ways to Compensate for the Mindless Cyclops"

... Pam Poulson, Chairman Photography Committee

THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

Who are you? Where do you live?

It. seems worthwhile, once a year, to take note of our growing membership and to l ist the memberst names and place of residence. Perhaps you will discover that you have acquaintances w i t h the same interest in native plants who are UNPS members. Or, if you find names missing front t h i s roster and you feel these are people who would enjoy being a member of this Society, perhaps you can encourage then to join. A membership blank i s included on t h e back page of this newsletter --pass it along to a friend1

We have grouped members by their place of residence and this may indicate to you that there are enough members in your area to consider forming a local chapter. T h i s is not at all difficult to d o ~ t h e first step would be to contact the UMPS President, Tony Prates, P.O. Box 6257, Salt Lake C i t y , UT 84106. Tony can give you an outline of the requirements for organizing a new chapter.

The membership roster that follows is indeed impressive, for it represents more than a f i f t y per cent gain in members in the past year. There is every reason to believe that our membership w i l l continue to growfor there is certainly an increasing interest in the native plants of this s t a t e and membership i n the Utah Native P l a n t Society offers an excellent opportunity for one to enhance and expand his or her interest in the flora of Utah.

We hope you w i l l continue to find your membership in this Society valuable, informative and enjoyable!

. . . continued

UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP, BY NAME AND CITY

Sherel Goodrich American Fork, UT

Tim Messick Arcata, CA

Larry Ea Morse Arlington, VA

James G. Coyner Bountiful, UT

Noel & Patricia Bronx, NY

Mrs. John J. P i n z l Carson City, NV

Julie M. Challis Cedar City, UT

Elizabeth J. Gibson Cedar C i t y , UT

Tanya Reck Cedar C i t y , UT

Greg Woodall Cedar City, UT

Steve E. Yates Cedar City, UT

Rex V. Huffaker Centerville, UT

L o w e l l J. Boberg Draper, UT

wdd V. Hardy East Ely, MV

Joe Vinson El Paso, TX

David Bramlet Irvine, CA

Gibbs M. Smith Kaysville, UT

Leslie D. White La Puente, CA

Alyce Hreha, Layton, UT

Kathryn M. Mutz Layton, UT

Mary Barkworth Logan, UT

Oliver & Karen Grab Logan, UT Carole Loveland Logan, UT

Betsy Neely Logan, W

Karl & Noma Parker Logan, UT

Tonia Torrence Logan, UT

H e l l E. West Logan, UT

John K. Wood Logan, UT

Richard Dm Porter Mapleton, UT

Laura Houck Moab, UT

Walter 5 Delora Loops Moab, UT

R. Mitchell Beauchamp National C i t y , CA

Alan C. Taye North Salt Lake, UT

Mark McDonough Norwood, MA

K e i t h Evans Ogden, UT

Mont E. Lewis Ogden, UT

Ea Durant McArthur Orem, UT

Stanley L. Welsh O r e m , UT

Robert Ma Thompson Price, UT

Duane Atwood Prwo, UT

Bert & Sylvia Cundick Provo, UT

Camille !?ullnmr Provo, UT

Ron Kass Provo, UT

Kaye H. Thome Provo, UT

Melissa J. money Reno, KV

Larry S Melinda Greenwood Richfield, UT

Linda Limbach Rifle, CO

Mary Sue Fisher Roosevelt, UT

Brad Van Wagenen Salina, UT

Howard & Beverly Albee Salt Lake C i t y , UT

G. Michael Alder Salt Lake City, UT

Theodore & Lois Arnow Salt Lake C i t y , UT

Adolph H. Case Salt Lake City, UT

Helen S. Chindgren Salt Lake C i t y , UT

Carleton &Tar, Salt Lake C i t y , UT

James Ehleringer Salt Lake C i t y , U T

Larry England Salt Lake City0 UT

Anthony J. Prates Salt Lake City, UT

Claire Gabriel Salt Lake City, UT

Jennifer Gorsk i Salt Lake City, UT

Pamela Grubaugh Salt Lake C i t y , UT

G l e n n & Barbara Halliday Salt Lake City, UT

UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP, continued

Jennifer Harrington S a l t Lake City, UT

Ruth C. Henson Salt Lake City, UT

Walter J. Horton S a l t Lake City, UT

Russell T. Jacobsen Salt Lake City, UT

John & Helen Jarman Salt Lake C i t y , UT

E d n a M. Lahey S a l t Lake City, UT

Jana McKinny Salt Lake C i t y , UT

Janet W. Mitchell Salt Lake City, UT

Elizabeth Meese Salt Lake City, UT

Marian P. Nelson Salt Lake City, UT

Kezia Nielsen-Snyder Salt Lake C i t y , UT

Marvin & Pamela Poulson Salt Lake C i t y , WT

Clarence W.' Reese Salt Lake City,

Ann Reichman Salt Lake City,

Dixie E Rose Salt Lake City,

Lent Jean Shaw Salt Lake C i t y ,

Lester D. Shields Salt Lake City, UT

Marilyn Smith Salt Lake City, UT

David s Betsy Spoerke Salt Lake City, UT

Richard A. Van Wagenen S a l t Lake City, UT

Keith & Kathleen Wallentine Salt Lake City, UT

wry Ann Wright Salt Lake City, UT

Susan M. Carter San Dimas, CA

David C. Anderson Sandy, UT

W. Richard Hildreth Sandy, UT

Richard J. Page Sandy, W

Gertrude Platner Sandy, UT

Edna R. Shelley Sandy, UT

Library, HDR Sciences Santa Barbara, CA

BSrett Hall Santa Cruz, CA

Margaret Malm Santa Monica, CA

Kimball T. Harper Spanish Fork, UT

von Isaman Spanish Fork, UT

Lori Pratt Springfield, OR

Edward Schla'tterer Springfield, VA

Toaunas Alleman Spr ingvil le , UT Nicholas S. Van Pelt Tucson, A3

Candace Vanderlip /Michael B u l l Salt Lake C i t y , UT

FIELD TRIPSÃ‘COMIN SOON I

A F i e l d Trip Conanittee is coming to life--just as the season for enjoying the wildflower display begins.

Mary Ann Wright has offered to coordinate field tr ips for the Society and would like to hear from you with suggestions for f i e l d trip sites and particular activit ies you'd like to see included (photography, endangered species, reclaaa-

. tion w i t h native plants, etc.).

She can be reached by phone at: evenings: (801)322-3300, daytime: (801)533-5771. By m a i l : 1018 E. 600 S., Salt Lake C i t y , UT 84102.

The April newsletter should have information on the first field trip of the year~watch for it and plan to come along1

All the items below are available for purchase at: Salt Lake Chapter m e e t - ings or by m a i l through the State Arboretum of Utah, Bldg. 436, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. For mail orders, please include postage as indicated. Outstanding books dealing with various aspects of native plants, at considerably reduced prices. (Please include $1.50 postage per book for mail order.)

TITLE/AUTHOR Member Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada $ 5.00 by Stanley L- Welsh. 724 pp. Utah Plants , (Hardback) 4.00 by Stanley L. Welsh & Glen Moore. 474 pp. ~ t a h plants, (Paperback 1 by Stanley L. Welsh & Glen Moore. 474 pp. Mosses of Utah and the West by Seville Flowers . 567 pp.

Kon-Member List Price $ 8.00 $ 29.95

A most attractive and informative coloring book, Utah's Colorful Natives, by the Utah Native Plant Society; available for $1.00 plus .50 postage.

A calendar f o r 1982-Wild Country Flowers, 1982, has 13 full-color, larger- than-life (11" X 13") photos of Intermountain w i l d flowers. Available to UtiPS m e m b e r s at $5 .00 . (Include $.75 additional for mail order).

Utah native plant seeds. 50 cents per packet plus $.SO postage f o r total order.

Seed packet sales at the Home and Garden Show have temporarily depleted our stock of most native plant seed. Those still available are: Araelanchier utahensis (Utah Serviceberry) Sphaeralcea parvifolia (Globe Mallow)

--more seeds w i l l be available-watch for them in the newsletter.

Pensremon urohensis

UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY The Sego Lily newsletter is published 9 times per year by the Utah Native Plant Society, incorporated under the laws of the S t a t e of Utah. Contribu- tions to The Seqo L i l y are welcomed and should be sent to the editor. Please state if articles have been published elsewhere and require publisher's permission. The editor reserves the right to edit as needed and to select suitable articles for publication. Copy deadline is the 15th of each month.

Membership in the Utah Native Plant Society includes The Sego Lily newsletter subscription. Please use the form provided in the newsletter for membership applications or change of address.

DIRECTORY, UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

Board Chairman:

President :

President-Elect :

Stanley Welsh, Rm. 375 MLBM, Brigham Young Univ., Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-2289 (office)

Anthony Prates, P.O. Box 6257, Salt Lake C i t y , UT 84106 (801)532-1922 (office)

Elizabeth Neese, Herbarium, MLBM, Brigham Young Univ. Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-4955 (office)

Vice President: David Anderson, Salt Lake City , UT (801)582-0144 (office) Secretary : Jennifer Harrinqton, Salt Lake C i t y , UT (801)649-6714 (office) Treasurer : Glenn Halliday, 3043 Brighton Place, Salt Lake C i t y , UT 84121

( 80 1 1943-4286 (home) Pres.,SLC Chapter: C.W. Reese, 2053 Pheasant Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84117

(801)328-8936 (office) Newsletter Editor: Barbara Halliday, 3043 Brighton Place, Salt Lake City, UT 84121

(801)584-1208 (office)

Correspondence can be sent directly to the officers l i s t e d above or to: Utah Native Plant Society, 3043 Brighton Place, Salt Lake C i t y , UT 84121 ...................................................................................

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Please enclose check made payable to the Utah Native Plant Society and send to: Glenn Halliday, Treasurer. Utah Native Plant Society, 3043 Brighton Place. Salt Lake City, UT 84121

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UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY S E G O L I L Y

Newsletter of the Utah Nat ive Plant Society

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Volume 5; Number 4 Apr i l , 1982 *********************************************************************************

WHAT'S GOING ON? uro hensis

S a l t Lake Area Chapter Meetings are regul a r l y scheduled f o r the fourth Thursday o f the month, a t /:30 p.m. Non-Members are always WELCOME!

S ta r t ing i n Apr i l , the chapter meetings w i l l be held at the new o f f i ces o f the Utah Sta te Arboretum~Bldg. 436 on the upper campus o f the Univers i ty o f Utah. Ample parking w i l l be avai lable adjacent t o t h i s bui ld ing. See map on pg. f o r he lp fu l h i n t s on how t o f i n d it!

Apri 1 21 - Seed, Cleaning Workshop, Native P l ants Inc. Greenhouses, 7:00 p.m. See pg. 5

April 27 - 5:30 p.m.

A p r i l 22 - "Apr i l Showers Bring May WildflowersM--a sl idefest o f the 7:30 p.m. nat ive plants bloom4ng tfiFoSghout Utah i n Apr i l and May. Come

fo r i nsp i ra t i on and fnformation t o help you plan your next walk among the wildflowers.

SLC Chapter F ie ld T r i p ~ E a r l y Sprinq Flora ("belly plantsM), l ed by Lol s Arnow and Beverly A t bee, Garret t Herbarium. Meet at S t ate Arboretum o f f ice. Any quest ions-cal 1 : Mary Ann Wright, days: 533-5771, evenings: 322-3300. see pg-

May 27 - 7:30 p.m.

To be announced.

Other meetings o f in terest :

Apr i l 3 - Wilderness Workshop/Sl ide Show, SUSC Old Admin. Bldg., 7:OO p.m. Cedar City. April 3 - 7:00 p.m.

Apr i l 10 - Audubon Soc. Chap. Meeting, Cedar City, Tagegrouse Strutting." Contact: Steve Hedges, P.O. Bx 1422, Cedar City, phone: 586-3420. UNPS P lan t Salvage F i e l d Trip t o R e d F lee t Dam Area, Vernal (See det a i 1 s on pg .2)

Apri l 15 - State Arboretum Gui l d Garden Lecture Series: "Hybr id izat ion 7:00 p.m. f o r Hobby Gardeners," Mi l ton Bennion Hal I , Rm. I l l , U.- of U.

Apri l 20- UtahAudubonSoc. General Meeting, ' T h e E a r t h a t thecenter," 8:00 p.m. by F l o Krol 1 . Sugarhouse Garden Center, Salt Lake City. A p r i l 30 - Audubon Soc. F i e l d Trip, "Beaver Dam Wash Birding,"

(S t . George area). contact: Steve Hedges, (see A p r i l 3 meeting)

May 22 - 3rd Annual S ta te Arboretum P l ant Sale & Green Spree, on the 9:00 a.m. lawns o f the Univers i ty F i r s t Stake, (adjacent t o the Arboretum)

FROM THE MULCH P ILE

With one-fourth o f the year already behind us, UNPS forges on with new o f f i c e r s supported by a well-balanced, concerned, and dedicated board o f directors. I t seems t o take three months j u s t t o effect the annual changeover and begin t o make- plans for the coming year, however with the continued support o f our directors and new and o ld members a1 ike, 1982 cannot help but be a successful year.

A l l o f our committees need volunteers t o occasional ly ass i s t on various pro- jec ts . The Pub1 i c i ty, Hort icul ture, Photography, and Rare & Endangerd P I ants committees a l l need your support, which might invo lve o n l y a half-hour of your t ime each month. P u b l i c i t y i s extremely important, touching on a l l aspects of UNPS. I f you'd l i k e t o help w l t h o f our ac t i v i t i es , please speak up!

Enjoy the coming warm weather and the many wonders o f Utah-you' 11 f ind t h i s issue of the Newsletter i s f u l l o f ideas t o help you do j us t that. But-- please leave the land the way you f i n d it. Before digging up that nice-looking na t i ve p lan t you think would look great i n the backyard o r on the kitchen windowsii I , remember that there are very few val i d reasons t o d ig up o r d i sturb nat ive vegetation. The removal o f j u s t one mature p l ant can grea t ly reduce the potent ia l number o f f u tu re o f fspr ing i n addi t ion t o generally degrading the environment through s o i l erosion, d is rupt ion o f wildlife habitat, etc. Your dug-up p lant would probably not survive, much less t h r i v e i n i t s transplanted environment, so why not leave it alone? I f you see someone digging up na t ive plants, ask them if they have a permit t o do so. Take down 1 icense numbers and report suspicious Incidents t o the BLM i f the a c t i v i t y i s occurring on federal land (and l e t us know regardless o f where It I s occurring). I f you not ice someone wi th a bunch o f t i n cans containing obviously dug-up plants, ask I f they rea l i ze what they are doing t o the environment. Beware o f p l ants tha t may have been col lected i n the w i l d (especia l ly c a c t i ) and report dealers who are not set 1 ing cu l t i va ted plant s . Many plants are being removed t h a t are federally l i s ted , yet the person who removes the p lan t doesn't realize th is . Unless you are a botanist removing a p lan t fo r study (without endangering the p lant popul a- t i on ) or are saving a p l ant that would otherwise be bul ldozed, ground up, or drowned, the best thing you can do I s nothing, . . Tony Frates, President, UNPS

(Ed i to r ' s Note: f o r one v a l i d reason fo r nat ive p lan t removal, see the next a r t i c l e )

FIELD TRIP - VERNAL, UTAH

On Saturday, A r i 1 10 the Utah Native Plant Society w i 11 j o i n w i t h the Wasatch Cactus & Succu +7f ent oc ie ty i n a nat ive p lan t salvage and rescue operation near Vernal, Utah. The water i s r a p i d l y r i s i n g behind the Red Flee t Dam, north o f Vernal , and w i 11 soon f 1 ood an area t h a t i s present ly home t o many valuable Utah nat ive p l ants. . , . . ( c o n t i n u e d )

FIELD TRIP - VERNAL, UTAH, continued

Dick Hi ldreth, Di rector o f the Utah State Arboretum, w i l l lead the UNPS e f f o r t s t o remove these doomed plants so they can be offered t o the pub l ic a t the May Arboretum p lan t sale and the f a l l Sa l t Lake City Chapter p lan t sale. A l i m i t e d number o f these "refugeeu plants w i l l a lso be avai lab le t o those tak ing part I n t h i s salvage operation.

Please l e t Mary Ann Wright, F i e l d T r i p Coordinator, know i f you plan t o go on t h i s t r i p . She' l l have departure time, a species l i s t f o r t h i s area, and deta i led d i rec t ions f o r you. (See back page f o r Mary Ann's phone number). Car pools from the State Arboretum o f f i ce , U o f U campus, w i l l be arranged. Those coming from other pa r t s o f the s ta te can plan t o meet a t Red Fleet Dam Overlook parking l o t between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m. on A p r i l 10.

I f possible, br ing with you: shovels, trowels, heavy gloves, newspapers and tongs-good f o r handling cacti! , p l a s t i c bags, rubber bands and ...y our LUNCH!

For a further look a t t h i s region, read on . m . m .

EARLY SPRING FLOWERS OF THE UINTA BASIN

Any of us who have observed or photographed the plants i n several d i f f e r e n t parts o f the country recognize tha t there i s a re lat ionship between vegeta- t i v e type and the geography-we t a l k about "prairie pl ants," or "desert w i l d flowers," o r "woodl and vegetation," and so on. Botanists use the term "phytogeographic provincen t o designate an area whose vegetation shares and reflects a c m o n geography, climate, s o i l regime, geologic and evolut ionary history, and migrat 1 on pathways. For exampl e, some o f the major phytogeographic provinces tha t occur i n Utah are designated as "Colorado Plateaus," "Great Basin," and "Moj avean . " The "Uinta Basin" i s another o f the phytogeographic provinces or subprovlnces recognized i n Utah. This 1 arge, somewhat bowl-shaped depression o f eastern Utah 1 s roughly bounded by the Wasatch Mountains on the west, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado on the east, the Uinta Mountains on the north, and the Tavaputs Plateaus on the south. Its geology and s o i l s are re1 a t i v e l y uncompl icated, but d i s t i nc t i ve , being products o f the erosion o f the high lands which r i n g it; exposed geologic s t r a t a consi s t p r i nc ipa l l y o f the Ouchesne River, U i nta, and Green R i v e r Shale format f ons p l us recent a1 1 uvi a1 sand and gravels.

The Uinta Basin flora i s characterized by a series o f d is t inc t i ve species, many o f which do. not occur elsewhere. Many attractive and showy kinds bloom ear ly i n the year, and i n favo-rable years may d isp lay the i r co lo r "en masse." A weekend t r i p t o search out some o f t h e B a s i n ' s unique species can be a rewarding experience for w i Id flower detectives or photographic 'nuts .'I

Fo l l ow ing 1 s a l i s t i n g o f t he U i n t a Bas in e n d e m i c s ~ t h e y cannot be found elsewhere. A more complete species 1 i s t i n g w i l l be ava i lab le f o r the Vernal f i e l d t r i p part ic ipants , or can be obtained from the Newsletter Editor--send a stamped , sel f - addressed envel ope w i t h your request. .... E l i z a b e t h Neese

Herbarium, Brigham Young U n i v e r s i t y

EARLY SPRING FLOWERS --ENDEMIC TO THE UINTA BASIN (Species L i s t froin Elizabeth Neese, Herbarium, Brigham Young University)

Name - *Cryptantha brev i f lora (Catseye). .. *Cryptantha barnebyl ....a.a........ *Cr thantha qrahamiim...~~~e.g~g.. + * enstemon mucronatus [Beardtonaue)

- -. - - -. - ---- - - *Penstemon dol ius. var. duchesnensi *Penstanon rahamil...4.e.*.....mm. + *Penstanon acau s...,............. - *Astraaal us saun nus (Mi 1 kvetch 1. .. . . . M .. - . - - - , - - - ... ...... *Astra alus detri tal ' is . . *Astra -k a us chlo~des.........~.~~..

Where Found - , I n cl ays, near Starvat ion Reservoir sandy soil, v i c i n i t y o f Red Fleet Res. Green River Shal e Format i on White shale outcrops, Willow Creek area

I n v i c i n i t y o f Steinaker Reservoir

roadsides near Duchesne rare, t a l u s slopes o f Green River Shale rare, Manila and Flaming Gorge area i n clays, Dinosaur National Monument Starvation Res., roadsides e. of Duchesne s o f t sandstone outcrops, Dinosaur Mon.

and Red Fleet Dam Res. .............. *Astra alus duchesnensis.. sandy areas, v i c i n i t y o f Vernal & southward + ...*....m4.*.....*.* ownsen l a mensana. uncommon, Starvat ion Reservoir area * S c l e r o c a c t u ~ u s . . ................. rare, threatened; terrace gravel s

along the Green River *Glaucocarpum suffrutescens 1 . mostly on shale barrens, very rare *Thelypodiopsis ar illacea * B e s c h e s -5- s.. .............. 1 reddish c1 ay slopes, west o f Vernal

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FIELD TRIP-SALT LAKE CITY AREA

Lois Arnow and Beverlv A1 bee of the University o f Utah Herbarium and authors of F l o r a o f the wasatch Front, w i l l lead a "sunsetw f i e l d trip on April 27 t o seek out the early spring f l o r a i n the f o o t h i l l s near Salt Lake City. Many o f these f i r s t heralds of spring will be of the " b e l l y plant" type--so be prepared t o get close t o Mother Earth! Anyone wishing t o come along on t h e t r i p should meet at the Utah State Arboretum (see map, back page) at 5:30 p.m. If you have any questions, contact our F i e l d T r i p Coordinator, Mary Ann Wright.

Beverly Albee has suggested t h a t we might hope t o see some o f the fol lowing p lants i n bloom: Utah Milkvetch (Astragalus utahensis) I s one of Utah 's most beaut i fu l w i l d f lowers, with i t s la rge rose-purple blossoms, and can be found i n the valleys and foothills along the Uasatch Front . I t is a prostrate plant with gray foliage, because of the long hairs. The leaves are pinnately compound ( w i t h many l e a f l e t s ) with the rose-purple f lowers showing among the leaves. Another "legumeM i n the f o o t h i l l s I s Northern Sweetvetch (Hed sarum Ã‘Ã‘th boreale). Thi s p l ant I s upright with green pinnate , leaves and f 1 owers are several i n a showy raceme. A1 so i n the f o o t h i l Is i s a l arge shrub known as either Skunkbush or Lemonade Sumac (Rhus t r i l o b a t a ) which should be - ~ u t t i n a forth i t s t i n y yellow flowers i n clusters before any o f the leaves - - - appear. Then there are the Dog-Tooth Violets (Er thronium randiflorum) and + kples. which are foun un e r t e oa s an

br ight red Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja

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SEED CLEANING WORKSHOP

On Wednesday, April 21, come celebrate John Mutr's birthday a t a seed cleaning workshop, sponsored by the Seed C o d t tee of UNPS. S t a n Akagj, seed gemhator, wil I help v o l u n t e e r s . clean t h e seed collected by a UNPS fa l l fle1.d t t l p . Sfnce the seed offered for sale by M P S I s almost gone, t h i s effort will replenish the stock The meeting wfll be held fran 7 to 9 p.m. at N a t t v e P l a n t s , h e . a t the mouth o f L f t t l e Cottonwood Canyon, 9180 Wasatch B l v d . , i n sandy. Descrlpttons and geminat ion information will be compiled for each seed specfes from t h e N a t f v e Plants, Inc. library fo r p r i n t i n g on the seed packets. Typ is t , researchers and wrjters needed! Phone Stan Akagl a t 943-3288 for det a4 1 s . Anyone fnterested i n working on the Seed Comm4ttee, b u t who cannot a t tend the workshop, p l e a s e phone Claire Gabriel, Chairman,. at the same number.

NATIVES I N THE NEWS'

(90th South Ex3 t) 8

The February. 8 t h d f t i o n o f the S a l t Lake Tribune profiled the e f f o r t s of N a t i v e Plants, Inc, t o propagate pediocacti through cell t issue cultures, This may be the f i r s t t ime an endangered p lan t species has been c m m e r c ~ a l l y grown from a s ing le c e l l . This project , done under cont ract frm t h e BLM, involved f i v e UtaWArizona specles o f p e d i ~ ~ a ~ t i . While the re i s some debate regard! ng the s u i t a b i l j t y of in t roduc ing such p lants i n t o the wild, due t o t h e t r l a c k o f genet4 c v a r j ab i 1 i ty, at the very 1 east these p1 ants coul d be made avai 1 abl e t o the p u b l i c a t reasonable prices, thus reducing the p t e n t i a l fjeld collectton o f such rare species.

The March 11th e d i t t o n of the Sal t Lake Trfbune featured an intervfew with Larry England, UNPS Board m&ber and bo tan is t wtth t he Fish and Wildlife Service. In this a r t i c l e , Lar ry expressed h i s concern f o r the survival o f the White River Penstemon ( penstemon a1 ba- f l u v i 5 ) , which he f i r s t encountered i n 1977 and p o s i t i v e l y i d e n t i f i e d F a new species i n 1980. Of a known population of 300 plants, some 270 l i v e i n an area which would be inundated by the proposed White River dm. The a r t i c l e discusses the current e f f o r t s t o establ ish a self-repro- ducina populat ion o f t h i s p l an t elsewhere, and t o include t t on the o f f i c i a l l i s t o f threatened and endangered species.

WILDFLOWER WATCH

(Edi tor 's Note: We have had a heartening response t o the request f o r infoma- t ion from 'area coordinatorsn on wi ldf lower displays and areas o f botanical fnterest throughout the state. The materi a1 i n t h i s issue has been providd by: Walter Loope, Moab; Daryll Trot ter , Moab; and Greg Woodall, Cedar Cjty. 1 In Southeastern Utah dur ing mid t o late Apr i l , the following wiIdflowers/natfve plants should be a t the peak of t h e i r blooming period. The starred species are particularly nice:

Amsoni a eastwoodi ana (Dogb *Arabis pulchra, n r e n n a n s (Rockcress) ~ T t r a a a + us des~eratus.

an@ fami ly)

A t r i l e x cuneata, * ! m a ( St11 tbush]

*~&tilIe.ia chromosa (ea r l y ~ a i n t b r u s h ) cbrydalfs)

(O l ive family)

Fraxinus anomla (Single Leaf Ash) - m o d Gai 1 1 ard i a p i n n a t j f Ida ( B l anketflower) Glosso @talon meionandra (Tonguef 1 ower ) h vsari a new e r r y i (Twinpod) - --,

*F%iiJTspecui C O ~ a ( ~ r imrose) R ~ U S tri lobata (Sumac) 3ZTTx-i 1 1 ow) -3- w r a s enophylla [Pea family) Stre t an the l l a Ion l r o s t r i s *t*

The best places t o see these d lsp l ays would be: Arches National Park, Kane Creek Canyon, P r i t c h e t t Canyon, the Needles D i s t r f c t o f Canymlands National Park* the v i c i n i t y o f Clsco and Thompson, and i n the Moab area-Potash Mine Road, Sand F l a t s Road and the Behi nd-The-Rocks area. A p a r t i c u l arl y i nte res t i ng l o c a l i t y for na t i ve p lan t b u f f s t o explore would be: Utah S t a t e Route 128 east o f Mo& which fol lows the Colorado River. I n t h i s rjparian zone there are seeps i n the canyon wal ls bordering the highyay and a lso i n Negro B i l l Canyon, which i s 3 miles east of the Colorado River Rridge north o f Mab. This canyon i s wi th in easy walking dtstance o f the highway and there i s a good parking area nearby* There are numerous hanging gardens i n the canyon whjch provide a home t o Primul a specuicol a * a hangtng garden species endemic t o the area. T h i s p lan t u s u ~ o m s i n early April . In general, the best time t o v i s i t these areas would be frm mid-April to the end o f May*

M I LDFLOHER WATCH, cont i nued

I n Southwestern Utah during A rll, the fo l lowfng should be a t the peak o f their blooming period: Eiaile a & Marigold), Purshia (Bitterbrush), Comandra (Bastard Toadf 1 a x ] d ea (Spectacle P o d ) m d r a (Momon Tea) ,- Trees, Primrose, Rum&~, So hora (Legume F m 5- ~ - - t r e k ) , Thamnosma (shrub of the Rue ~ a m i l r v e r b e n a , d & I l u m (Mooly Daisy), and several o f the Yuccas.

I n Southwestern Utah during A rll, the fo l lowfng should be a t the peak o f their blooming period: & Marigold), Purshia (Bitterbrush), Comandra

(Spectacle P o d ) m d r a (Momon Tea) ,- . So~hora (Lequme F m 5- .~- - t rek) , Thamnosma (shrub

Sane o f the best places t o f ind these f lowers on d jsp lay w i l l be i n Mashfngton County i n the sandy areas and along I n te r s ta te 15. Areas o f par t icu? ar botanical i n t e res t are: the Coral Plnk Sand Dunes State Park near Kanab which i s home t o many l n te res t l ng p1 ants t h a t grow on o r adjacent t o the beautiful dunes; the Red C l j f f s BLM Recreation Area. a strean and red sandstone can-yon area near Leeds on I-15--the Western ~ e d b i d {Cerci s occidental i s ) should be-bl o m i ng here and i n other s jm i l a r canyons and d r m e s ; and of course, Z4on Natjonal Park which 1s f m u s f o r i ts-canyon hanging gardens, r i p a r i a n vegetation and wealth o f wf ldf lowersm

The f o l lowlng a r t i c l e expands f u r t h e r on Southwestern Utah* . . .


Sunny Skles, Mam Heather and Showy Flouers--by Beverly Albee and Duane Atwood

You can enjoy the welcome sprtng de1 lghts by traveling to Utah's D i x i e Land' t n Ap r i l . I t is a 300-mile (5.5 hour) drive from S a l t Lake City t o the S t . George area v i a I n te r s ta te 15* Enroute. between Cedar City and St . George along 1-15, the Desert Ceanothus Desert Almond (Prunus seen i n bloom. r a r e a s o f special MI Is on 1-15 south of St. ~eorge and 2) Beaver Dam Wash located west o f the c i t y on the o l d highway which goes through the town o f Santa Cl ara. Follow tMs road t o Castle C t l f f where you t u r n west on a d i r t road for approxtmately 8 dl es. I n t h t s area, on the west slope o f the Beaver Dm Mountains the Joshua trees (Yucca - b r e v i f o l i a ) should be i n bloom with t h e i r stalks of A i t e f lower$m

The S t . ~ e w g e area i s i n t he lower Sonoran zone and many o f the vegetation types and p lants encountered here occur nowhere e lse in Utah, e.g*, the Joshua Tree, Bar re l Cactus, and D w a r f Bear-Poppy among many others* I n addition, a1 1 the small desert annuals are burs t jng f o r t h i n A p r i l i n Dixie-pepperweeds

If Southern Utah can ' t be i n your A p r i l t r ave l plans, maybe youtll want t o consider.. . .

SPRING IN THE GREAT BASIN, by Kaye Thorne

In t h e v a l l e y s and f o o t h i l l s o f the Great Basin you are I ikely t o be rewarded i n a search f o r early spr ing f lowers w i t h a glimpse uYthe pale lavender or h i t e f 1 owers o f Hood1 5 phlox (Phlox hoodii) as e a r l y as March* Thfs d+ l ~ u ~ t always r m i n d s one o f a shag carpet sprfnkled wi th a smal l f lower design. I t grows among sagebrush as we1 1 as open hillsides. Cer ta in ly you w i l l see the hemis- pher ical pu f f - ba l l f lower c l us te r o f the purp le spr ing parsley (C o terus purpurascens) on f o o t h ~ l l s and val *. ey A superb subject f o r f lower photographers I s the l o v e l y reddish o r reddish-tinged peta ls o f the juniper bu t te r - cup (Ranunculus growing among boulders on snow so recent- l y was.

The yel low c l i f f r o s e (Cowania mexicana) shows f t s t rue co lo rs j n @ a r m 1 alonq wi th i t s cousin, b i t t e r b r u s h (purshi a t r r d e n t a t a ) , Together they make the m e s br ight wi'th g l i t t e r y yellow and because they are i n the Rose fami ly they smell q u i t e marvelous. The evening primrose (Oenothera caes j t o s a appears along many o f the roadsides -%- and t e b ig pale f l o w e r s seem a lmos t lumjnescent a t dusk.

On the rocky h i l l s i d e s the hot pink-purple f lowers and s i lver -gray leaves o f the llt ah m i 1 kvetch (Astragal us u t ahens4 s) w i l I catch your eye. Sometimes t h i s low-growing p lan t is ca l l ed the "lady's slipper1' because o f the fuzzy house- slipper-like pods i t makes, Wild onions ( A l i u m specfes) bloom profusely i n c e r t a l n spots but you w i l l likely smell themme you see t h e i r t i ny white o r s o f t pink f lower m b e l l s * Growing here, too, i s the s t a t e l y cream-colored s ta l k o f the death cmas ( Z i adenus paniculatus).. The pioneers were carefu l t o learn t he d i f fe rence between =-IT umbe s and panicles!

NATURALLY H A T I E -- Frinaed Saae

An enjoyable chal lenge t o many gardeners i s t o work w i th monochromatic colors. Silver and grey oardens are fun t o c rea te and a d e l i g h t f u l t r e a t t o the eye. Many plants , i nc lud ing numerous Utah natives, have leaves whkh are na tu ra l l y a s i l v e r or grey hue or are covered by dense ha i r s or a q1 aucous blom which produces the sme effect.

NATURALLY NATIVE- continued

A f a v o r d group o f aromatfc plants, many with s i l v e r y fo l lage, f s the genus Ar temis ia . Familiar nmes l i k e Biu Saae [A. tridentatal from the Western U+S., &rmGod 'm. absiithiunj from E u ~ o D ~ . and Tarraaon (A. d r ~ c u n c u l u s ~ are found i n t h i s group, he szge used i h cooking ( S a l v i a o f f l c l n a l i s ) i s i n the mint f a m i l y ( m e a e ) and shou?d not be confused wjth Artemtsia I n the sunflower famfly (Asteraceae).

There are some 200 species o f Artmi sf a world- wfde, occurrtng frm South Africa t o Hestern South hnerlca, but the bulk of than are frun the drjer areas o f the Northern timisphere, Twenty species grow i n Utah o f which f i v e occur i n the Central Wasatch Front (A. arbuscula. A.

F r i n g d Sage (A. f r iq ida ) i s found on d r y rocky h i l l s i d e s and-me- subalpine regions I n western Texas, New Mexico, Arfxona, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho, and Utah. Its range includes Canada, Alaska, and northeast Asta.

Fringed Sage begf ns the season jn the garden as a twiggy mat, wody at the base, with dense grey-green fo l i age. The I eaves are a1 ternate, wi th v e r y I f t t l e p e t i o l e , and the blade i s dlvided i n t o 3-5 l f n e a r segments, up t o 3/8 inch longm A stipular appendage I s attached a t the base o f the p e t i o l e . I n j t i a l growth produces a s o f t s i l ve ry cushton. As a mass p lan t ing the e f f e c t 1s o f an undula- t i n 9 carpet. However, i n order t o malntain t h i s growth fom It i s necessary t o e i t he r prevent f lower ing and f r u i t i n g or t o pinch, c l i p o r mow the flowerfng shoots o f f before they become mature. Nylon s t r i n g weedeaters work we11 as does a rotary mowerm If the flowers mature the plants tend t o becme lax and open and rather unsight ly.

The f lowers are jn nodding heads on branched inf lorescences t o a foo t or more t a l l . The e f fec t i s o f a sof t billowy herbage blowing l i k e f i e l d s of gra in. The d isk flowers ( the inner c i r c l e s o f the head) have frfnqed s t y l e branches. Both ray and disk flowers are exceedingly smal l w f t h l i t t l e 0wmnerIta1 v a h . The pollen may cause hay fever i n some people,

Frjnqed Sage may be propagat4 by seed, fn f a c t seedlings are popping up a l l over my yard; by cut t ings or by div is ions+ As the clump spreads, vigorous branches r o o t naturally along the stem. The pt ant can be eas i l y divfded a t these points. . .continued

NATURALLY NATIVE, cont i nued

i s devoted t o plants i n s i l v e r and form o f the Russian O l i v e ( E l aea nus w i t h russet f r u i t . Lower Ã‘Ti r s r u s

A small ter raced corner o f m y own garden grey. The la rges t i s a tree, the Or ienta l an u s t i f o l i a var. o r i e n t a l i s "King Redb)

h t b u s h [ A t r i lex con fe r t i f o l f a ) , Sunrose (H~lianthemum numu la r ia ) with pink, white,* and orange flowers; Creeping hr santhmum p t a m i c i f o l ~ m ~ a groundcover w i t h silvery f e r n - l i k e leaves "Sulphur Flower ( E r i o onum umbellaturn) reported i n the March 1982 Se o L i 1 ; Creeping Artemisia +- rterm s i a caucasica) a 2-inch hiuh groundcover with v ve vety soft leaves from the Caucasus Mountains; Or ien ta l Poppy (Pa aver o r i e n t a l i s ) , Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea and A. a1 ina ) ; Stonecrop (Se urn s urium); Wooly -^T- + Thyme (Th us ser 11ui);bbbweb House ee (Se ervivun arachnoideum);Di anthus W n k P& *s (Stachys lanata] a n i a q e [ A r t e i n ~ s ~ a f m

I f i n d t h i s t o be a very pleaslna, ornamental and ever-changing p a r t o f my landscape. Have you t r i e d s l m i 1 ar combinations I n your garden? Let us know, we would l i k e to inc lude your experiences I n future Issues o f the Seqo L i l y .

. . .W. Richard Hildreth,Chairman, Hor t i cu l tu re Committee

All the i tems below are ava i l ab le f o r purchase at: S a l t Lake Chapter meetings or by mai 1 through the State! Arboretum o f Utah, Bldg. 436, University o f Utah, Sal t Lake City, UT 84112. For mail orders, please Include postage as Indicated. For a l imi ted time on1 y UNPS members can purchase the F l o r a o f the Central basatch Front, Utah, 2nd Ed i t ion , revised, by Lols Arnow, Beverly Albee and Ann Myckoff f o r a special p r i c e o f $12.00 p lus S1.50 postage (reqular pr ice-- $14.95). T h i s book was reviewed i n the February, 1982 Sego L i l y and i s an invaluable aide t o those in te res ted i n the f l o r a of t h i s area. Other outstanding books deal ing w i t h var ious aspects o f nat ive plants, are avai 1 able a t considerably reduced pr ices. ( P I ease include $1.50 postage per book f o r mail order.)

TITLE/AUTHOR Member Non-Member L i s t Price Flora o f Alaska and Adjacent Parts o f Canada S5.00 S 8.00 5 29.95 'by Stanley L. Welsh. 724 pp. Utah P l ants, (Hardback) 4.00 by Stanley L . Welsh & Glen Moore. 474 pp. Utah Plants, (Paperback) 3.00 by Stanley 1. Welsh & Glen Moore. 474 pp. Mosses o f Utah and the West 5.00

l i e Howers. 5b/ pp.

A most a t t r a c t i v e and I n f o r m a t i v e col o r i n a book, U t a h ' s Co lor fu l Natives, by the Utah Na t i ve Plant Society; a v a i l a b l e f o r SI .OO p lus ,bU postaqe.

--more seeds w i l l be a v a i l a b l e ~ w a t c h f o r them i n the newsletter.

D l RECTORY, UTAH NATI VE PLANT SOCIETY

Board Chairman:

President:

President-Elect:

Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer :

F i e l d Trip Coord:

Pres. ,$LC Chapter:

Newsletter Editor:

Stanley Welsh, Rm. 375 MLBM, Briqhan Young Univ., Provo,UT 84602 (801 )378-2289 ( o f f i ce )

Anthony Frates, P .O. Box 6257, S a l t Lake City, UT 84106 (801 )532-1922 ( o f f i ce )

Elizabeth Neese, Herbarium, MLBM, Brigham Young Univ. Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-4955 (of f ice)

David Anderson, S a l t Lake City, UT (801)582-0144 ( o f f i c e ) Jennifer Harrington, Sa l t Lake City, UT (801)649-6714 (office) Glenn Hal 1 iday, 3043 Brighton P I ace, Sal t Lake City, UT 84121

(801)943-4286 (home) Mary Ann Wright , 1018 E. ' 600 S. , Sal t Lake City, UT 84102

(801 1533-5771 ( o f f i ce ) , 322-3300 (home) C.W. Reese, 2053 Pheasant Circle, S a l t Lake City, UT 84117

(801)328-8936 ( o f f i c e ) Barbara Hal 1 iday, 3043 Brighton Pl ace, Salt Lake City, UT- 84121

(801 ) 584-1208 ( o f f i c e ) Correspondence can be sent directly t o the officers listed above or to: Utah Native Plant Society, 3043 Brighton Place, S a l t Lake City, UT 84121

Chapter meetings are usual l y held I n the Conference Room a t the State Arboretum Center, Sldg . 436, upper sector o f the Univ. o f Utah campus. You can enter from South Campus Drive or Wasatch Drive.

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Volume 5; Nmber 5 May, 1982 *********w*******M************************************w*****************

H A T ' S GOING ON?

Salt Lake Area Chapter Meetings are regul arly scheduled for the fourth Thursday w m b e r s are a1 ways WELCOME!

Starti ng 1 n Aprt 1. the chapter m e t i ngs will be he1 d a t the new o f f ices o f the Utah State Arboretum-Bl dg. 436 on the upper campus o f the Unfversity o f Utahm Ample parktng will be available adjacent t o this building. See map on pg- 11 for helpful hints on how to f lnd jt!

May 27 - Chapter Meetlng--a portion o f the meeting w i 1 1 be devoted to the 7:30 p.mm current threats that endanger many o f Utah's nat ive plants.

- A t Arboretum Conference Roam, second floor

Other metlngs o f interest:

May- 5 - A Seed Packagfng Workshop a t Native P l a n t Inc. Nursery, 7-9 p.m. 180 Sm Hasatch Blvd. , Sandy - - j u s t past La Caille restaurant

(see map i n April Sego Lily)

May 22

May 22 - 9:W a.m. June 9 -

7-9 p.m.

June 10 12-1 p.m.

Free H o m & Garden Festival, Union Station, 25th S t . & Mall Ave., Ogden. The UNPS will have an exhibit-look for i t ! Field trip up Logan Canyon t o look f o r Primula ma uiret 1.0, Williams [endemic to Logan canyon)-er -7 spec es Contact: Mary Ann Wright 533-5771 (days), 322-3300 (evenings)

3rd Annual State Arboretum Plant Sale d Green Spree, on the e h e Arboretum) Utah State Arboretum 'Walks and Talks with the DirectorH --a tree tour featurinq Oaks and Beech- Meet t n front o f the . . . . - . -

Museum of Natural ~ i s t & y , Univ. o f Utah campus. A mini-version o f the above tree tour--=& at Sam place.

Caning up: f ield trips to Antelope Island and Oquirrbs. See June Sego 11 ly

FROM THE MULCH PILE

During the past few mnths, UNPS has voiced concern over the tmpacts o f various proposed projects i n addtt ion t o requesting a posl t lon statement on the Endang- ered Species Act from Governor Mathesonm Here's a quick s m r y o f our recent

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT - I n a letter dated Rarch 31, 198Z, w asked Gov. Matheson what the s ta te ' s present pos i t jon i s concerning the ESA and whether o r not he believed the Act had been administered properly. It was stressed tha t no p r o j e c t s have ever been h a l t e d i n Utah dye t o the presence o f rare and endangered plant species. The I etter was "endorsedn by the Utah Wilderness Association, the Utah Chapter o f the Sierra Club and the Utah Audubon Society. The governor rep1 fed i n a letter dated Apr i l 6, 1982 indicating tha t h i s s t a f f and the Depart- mnt o f Natural Resources & Energy a re revfew- i n g t h e i r experience with the Act and and w i 11 be providing an analysis t o him i n the spring. Me will be following up on th is cruc ia l issue a t tha t time.

Sclerocactus glaucus

Uinta Basin boleless cactus is known from hchesne and Uintah cos. L i s t e d tn the Federal Register 1979) as endangered. Taxonomy is complex and poorly understood on this species.

+illus/Kaye Thorne

GIBSON DOME/SAN JUAN COUNTY - Cmmnts on the impacts o f proposed exploratory a c t i v i t i e s by the Department o f Emrw ( i n connection wi th the nattonal nuclear waste storage program) were forward&-to- the BLM' s Moab Dt s t r t c t Of f ice on Apri 1 5 , 1982. Since the previous plant survey was conducted i n th f a l l of last year, it was requested tha t any act jv t ty be delayed u n t i l the planned spring survey by D r m Welsh has been cunpleted. Astra alus monumentalis occurs i n the v ic in i t y o f one o f the proposed boreholes. 7d- t er c m n t s were offered regard- in9 mi t iga t ion measures, impact o f electromagnetic surveys which was not dfs- closed, set smic ref1 ect ion surveys inside Canyon1 ands Mat ional Park, cum1 ative impacts and alternative sites. M I T E RIVER DAM PERMIT - In a l e t t e r t o the U.S. Amy Corps o f Engineers i n 3 a c r m n t 0 , i t was requested that no p e m f t be issued t o the Utah Divisfon o f Water Resources u n t i l an E I S i s pub1 i shed, other al ternattves a re fu1 ly explor- ed, and the need coupled w i th cumercial i n te res t i s thoroughly demonstrated.

HENRY MOUNTAIN COAL S T ~ Y - Supplemental c o m n t s were submitted t o the Rtch- h e l d BLM D i s t r l c t Of f i ce voictng concern over a "P r jo r i t y High l ( b ) * ' specjes, Pedtocactus winkleri which occurs i n the area (ue previously c m n t e c l on the ocumnted occurrence o f Sclerocactus wri htiae, a federal ly- l isted species

$ich grows i n assoctation wi th Em wink16- HUMATE HItMG/GRMD COUNTY - Concern was expressed over the presence o f two plants occurring near the proposed surface minjng area. The 0lM agreed t o check out the two species and admitted that the person-wferenced as having done f i e l d work i n the area (Lois Arnow) had never been contacted by the preparer o f the â‚¬ However, a few days later the decision was made t o proceed wi th the sale of the h m t e material (near Mestwater). WMle t h i s f s not a %ajorl' project, the whole way i n which the EA was handled i s under f i r e and many questions mnain unansweredm More about t h i s i n a fu ture newsletter.

-Tony Frates , President Utah Mattve Plant Society

W 1 LDFLOWER WATCH

Spring advances and our ''scouts" around the s ta te are continuing apace. Thanks t o Beverly Albee, Robert Combs f o r their area reports t h i s month!

report the w i 1 d f l ower cfispl ays Frank Smith , Walter Loope and

In Southern Utah, a1 I the areas c i ted i n the A p r i l Sego L i l y w i 1 I continue t o provtde a c o l o r h l display. In the Snow Canyon area near S t . George, Salvia carnosa (Desert Sage), E r lo h 1 1 urn wal I acei (Wooly Daisy), Psorot hami nus fre- monti i , and flit rea W ~ S + ~ ~ O ~ ] should be at the peak of tm

Throua +- out t h i s Hohave extension i n Utah's "Dixle" YOU can see the . .

shrub, Uhi t e furrobush ~ymenoc l ea sal s a l a), Desert ~ a r i ~ o l d (6ai 1 eya mu1 ti rad- i ata) and Narrow Leaf Go denweed ( ~ a w p u s 1 i neari f o t i us). -

-""--"- I n the southeastern deserts the show goes on w i t h these plants a t t h e i r best: Yucca harrimaniae-, Cr tantha f l ava (Catseye), S baeral cea arvifol i a (Desert =allow], Ab Verbena), Ma on, a remont

rOnla + +-T- -0nt Bar- berry), ~irabi-ul t~ f ora (Four O'CI ock) ,-era caespi tosa (Evening Primrose), Penstemon eatoni l (Eat on' s ~ e n s t m n ~ m o n utahensis (Utah ~ i r e c r a c k e r ~ ~ w a n ~ c a n a (Cl i f f rose) .

You can see these wildflower displays i n Kane Creek Canyon, Pr i t che t t Canyon and Behind-the-Rocks near Hoab; also i n the Is land- in- thesky and Needles d i s t r i c t s w i th in Canyonlands National Park* Walter Loope suggests that you explore the Mancos shale desert which i s i n the v i c i n i t y o f Cisco, U.tah near the Colorado state ltne. This area usually has an impresssjve flower display i n M a y and includes a less spectacular f lowering by an in terest ing var tety o f Atriplex (Saltbush). To reach t h i s area, e x i t from I n te rs ta te 70 a t the Cisco e x i t * which i s 15 miles west o f the Colorado s ta te lfne.

Erythronium qrandiflorum

I n t h e nor thern p a r t s of the s t a t e t h e f o o t h i l l s are turn ing green d t h cheat grass ( B m s tectorum) and the natives are burst- i n g f o r t m o o m a I n the Cache V a l l e y area, severa l canyons are of p a r t i c u t ar botanical Interest: Smi t h f t e l d Canyon, e a s t o f t h e c i t y o f S m l t h f l e l d i s an excellent area i n whiih t o see Er throntum randif lorum (Dogtooth Violet); approxmate -5-T y our r n ~ es f rom t h e mouth o f Logan Canyon two t r a i l s s t a r t a t Spring Ho11 ow--the C l a r e May and Crimson Trails-both are good choices f o r see the early spring f lower displays. I n Logan Canyon from mdct t o 1 ate May you can expect t o f i n d one o f the most b e a u t i f u l f lowers o f Nort hem Utah--Prim1 a ma u i r e i L .Om M i 11 iams , which i s k n w n m r o m -+- ogan Canyon. (See the calendar, pg. 1 f o r a May f f e l d trip t o t h i s area).

DISCOVERING THE UTAH NATIVES - a t r i p t o Green Canyon, Cache Va l ley

The northern section o f the Wasatch Range which borders Cache Val ley on the east i s a botanica l ly r ich region. From t h e valley f l o o r t o the mountain peaks, there t s an elevat ion range from 5,000 t o 10,000 feet which provides f o r a fascinating variety o f vegetation. Frank Smlth, who i s an Ama Contrfbutor t o The Sego Lily has suggest4 t h a t Green Canyon, east o f the c i t y of North Logan, would be an ideal May chofce fo r discovering Utah 's native plants. He and Richard Shaw have compiled an impressive l i s t o f spring-bloming plants t o be found i n the area near the mouth o f Green Cawon. Tw useful c m ~ a n i o n s on any outing t o the Cache Val 1 ey area would be: t h 6 Manual of the vascuj a r Plants o f Cache and Rich'Counties, Utah, by Richard J. Shaw, Mary Em Barkworth and George N. Briggs which was published i n 1981; t h i s is available a t the Utah State University bookstore f o r $19mOO and i s a1 so avail abt e a t the USU Biology Depart- mnt i n an unbound version f o r $14.00, and Mountain P l a n t s o f Northeastern Utah, a pub1 i cat i on of Utah State Uni versj ty Extension Servi ces-a good "beginners" book fo r the amateur botanist . Thls can be obtained a t the B u l l e t i n Roan, Utah S ta te Univ. i n Logan, or a t the USU Extension Services o f f ice , 444 Som 3rd West, Sa l t Lake City-pri ce: $2 .W.

To reach the mouth o f Green Canyon, fol lw U.Sm Hfghway 91 north through Logan. Just south o f North Logan, dr ive east on 19th North, past the Green Canyon Nursery. As the road enters the canyon, there i s a transformer bui ld ing on the right. Explore the area south o f t h i s buflding for the sprfng-blomfng natfves.

DISCOVERING THE UTAH NATIVES - t r i p t o Kalparowits Plateau - Smokey Mountain

May i s a wonderful month f o r exp lo r i ng U t a h 's canyon1 ands and t h e e x p l o r e r shou ld be rewarded w i t h rnagn i f f cen t scenery and matching wl1 d f l owers. I f you a re i n t e r e s t e d i n seek ing o u t a l ess we1 1-known area, Kent Ost le r and Dave Anderson suggest t h a t you consider a t r i p from Glen Canyon City (10 mi les west o f Page, Arizona) to Escalante, Utah. Thls route i s approximately 75 m i I es long and w i 1 I t a k e you by Smokey Mounta in and along the K a i p a r o w i t s P la teau . The road is recornended f o r t ruck t r ave l , however a 4-wheel d r i v e v e h i c l e i s n o t r e q u i r e d . The Sego L i l i e s w i l l be most spectacu lar dur ing May and i n t h i s area you shou ld be a b l e t o f i n d t h r e e species, each a d j f f e r e n t c o l o r . The U t a h S t a t e f l o w e r , C a l o c h o r t u s n u t t a l l j , i s whi te - f lowered , w h i l e Lm aureus 1 s yellow and - C. f l exuosus has a p a l e b l u e flower.

Penstemons t o watch f o r are : P. atwoodii , P. thompsoniae (lavender f l o w e r ) and ?. utahensis (carmjne f l o w e r - I a n i u b r e c t of t he UNPS logo) . One o f the - phacelias t o be found i n the area i s on the UNPS "Watch1' l i s t o f r a r e and endangered species--Phacelia rnamalariensis, two other showy phacelias you should f i n d are - P. demi ssa and E. p l c h e ? la .

C mo te rus h i i n s i i i s another p l an t on the UNPS "Watch" 1 i s t (Medi urn P r i o r i t y ) *n&s well as i t s r e l a t i v e - L . mul t inervatus, (Corkwing Spring P a r ~ I e y ) ~ Other "natives1' t o watch f o r are Cryptantha c o n f e r t i f l o r a , and several Astragalus species:

A. ampb i oxys (Crescent M i 1 kvetch) - A newberr i (Newbemy M i 1 kvetch) x: mi+ - A. G i des ( K a i parowi t s M i 1 kvetch) -

--This i s on the UNPS "Watch" Ifst A. sesqui f lo rus (Sandstone Mi lkvetch) - A o musj niens j s (Musi neau M i 1 kvetch) -

Astragalus perlanus

Rydberg m i l h e t c b 5s from t w o disjm

populations in Piute =nd Garfield cos. L i s t e d i n the Federal Register (1978) as threatened.

i 1 I us/Kaye Thorne

HI LDFLOMER PHOTOGRAPHY

CHAPTER SIX--"Canpensat 1 ng for the M i nd1 ess Cycl ops {Canwri na mono-1 ensi s) , P a r t 11"

We have discovered how much b e t t e r we can see than our camera sees. (We have also discovered that once i n a while our camera sees b e t t e r than we want i t to! ) Fortunately, a photo doesn't s ta r t wi th the camera-it ends there-so we can assist our camera i n capturing what it i s that we see (or think we see).

Because we see three-dimensionally and our camera sees two-dimensionally, there are 2 - D character is t ics tha t are very d i f f i c u l t t o depict i n a f l a t 2-D photograph: DEPTH (perspective), and SCALE (relative size).

DEPTH-We can enhance the i l l u s i o n o f depth i n a two-dimensional photo by ' layer ing" objects i n the composition. This I s usual ly accomplished w i t h j u s t two layers: BACKGROUND and FOREGROUND. The s t a r subject can be i n the background with an In te res t ing foreground such as an overhanging tree branch t h a t "frames" the star. Or, as I s most common 1n wildf lower photography, the s t a r subject is i n the foreground with a very unobtrusive or out-of-focus background. Out-of-focus backgrounds offer many possibi l i t ies . The most useful o f these i s tha t an out-of-focus background makes the s t a r subject stand out clearly.

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&\ . F L O W E R , I N PLOWED IN ~~c.~cfcouftb ~o~ffiftour<fc

Whichever type o f " l e e r i n g u you use, the effect o f depth and consequently, the effect o f the photo as a whole i s g r e a t l y enhanced.

SCALE-Anot her problem the two-eyed wild- f l o w e r photographer encounters i n two dimensions I s size relationship or scale. 'That 's a beautiful flow& photo! How b i g i s the blossom?" To solve t h i s problem add an object of known s i z e t o the composition. Though some wildflower photographers use a ruler t o serve t h i s purose, many use a 1 ess obtrusive object such as a coin or even a person. You can use n a t u r e I t s e l f t o . %/M-â

i n d i c a t e scale. I n c l u d e other p l a n t s i n the composition or wait for an insect t o approach. What we want t o illustrate i s re lat ive size of the flower. Answer the question "size relat ive t o what?" and you'll know what kind o f object you need i n the composition.

. . . , . Pam Poul son, Chai man Photography Committee

BOOKS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS

--A review by '4Anonymous"

The Audubon Society Field Guide t o North Ameri can W i l d F l owers. Western Region, by Richard Spel lenberg , Professor of Biology, New Mexico S ta te Univers i ty . Visual Key by Susan Fayfield and Carol Nehring o f Chant ic leer Press. Published by A l f r e d A. Knopf, New York, 1979. $12.50.

The Audubon F i e l d Guide i s an excel l en t bas ic book f o r anyone who loves t o look a t wi ldf lowers. I t i s easy f o r the novice t o use and also o f f e r s more techn ica l and de ta i l ed in format ion f o r the more advanced enthusiast.

For t h e novice who l i k e s t o ident i fy f lowers by color, t h e Audubon book i s very easy t o use. Flowers are grouped by co lor and i t i s a simple matter t o thumb through the sections l ook ing f o r an unknown flower. A good many o f Utah's more conmon wi ld f lowers are t o be found there as we l l as some o f our more exo t i c natives. Even i f you c a n ' t f i n d your f lower, t h e journey through the p ic tu res w i l l be a very pleasant one.

The book is b i l l e d as a f i r s t a11 photographic f i e l d guide. 725 f u l l c o l o r photographs are t h e most important p a r t o f the guide. I t covers f lower ing vines, shrubs and t rees as well as flowers. The c o l o r r e n d i t i o n i s true t o the natura l flower colors. The photos are about 3 1/4 inches and there are generally two t o a p a g e o f t he 4" x 7 " guide. Close-ups o f the f lowers a re in te r - spersed w i th hab i ta t shots and pictures o f the f u l l p lant .

The f i r s t fifteen pages are a s i m p l i f i e d course i n botany. The l i n e drawings are white on a grey background which does not make them as formidable as the regul a r botani cal books.

A thumb tab shows t he c o l o r and shape o f the f lower. This i s a r e a l plus. s ince anyone who hunts for f lowers knows that f lowers and t h e i r p a r t s are not simple t o d i f f e r e n t i a t e .

The capt ions under each photo g i ve the common name o f t he f lower and height data and other dimensions. The page number o f the f u l l e r species desc r ip t i on follows.

The index i s more readable than most wi th l i n e s d i v i d i n g the species. The reader i s d i rec ted t o ' t h e colored p i c t u r e as we l l as the desc r ip t i ve piece on each species . The cheerful , ye1 1 ow-bound book has 862 pages i n c l uding the i ndex and i s about an inch th ick . I t i s a 1 i t t l e heavy t o c a r r y backpacking, but i t i s f i n e f o r shor te r t r i p s . The western region includes Utah and her neighboring s ta tes as well as Ca l i f o rn ia , t h e Northwest and Alaska.

I f you have not seen t h i s guide, i t would be w e l l t o look a t it before purchas- ing a general guide. It is a joy t o peruse w i l d f l ower books, whether they be technica l and s t r i c t l y botanical descr ip t ions or colored p ic tu re versions. The Audubon Guide w i l l he lp you f i nd a good many o f your unidentif ied f lowers.

SALT LAKE CHAPTER NEWS

The March Chapter meeting was held a t Pres. C.W. Reese's home where everyone enjoyed the gracious hospital i t y o f Inga and C.W. Reese, and had an opportuni ty t o get acquainted with other members and those in te res ted i n the Chapter. Pam Poulson treated the group t o a tour o f Utah nat ive p lan ts v i a t he 35m. co lo r sl ide and a1 1 agreed spr ing couldn ' t come a moment too soon, so everyone could be out enjoying the natives!

Regret fu l ly , C.W. Reese has now found i t necessary t o res ign f rom the Chapter Presidency and the Executive Committee o f the S t a t e Board o f Di rectors i s presently s o l i c i t i n g nominations f o r a new Chapter P r e s i d e n t ~ p l e a s e send your nominations to: Tony Prates, Board President. The A p r i l 22 Chapter Meeting was indeed a f e s t i v a l o f the May wildf lowers t h a t our A p r i l showers (and snokhowers!) w i l l bring. Glenn ~ a l l i d a y , El izabeth Neese and Pam Poulson each chose a spec i f i c area o f Utah and through t h e i r color s l i d e s they introduced the audience t o the beaut i fu l and in teres t ing nat ives t o - be found i n : eastern Utah from Pr ice t o Arches and Canyonlands; ,the western Utah desert (the "gray" land according t o Pam), and the U i n t a Basin, a land of the endemic and often r a r e na t i ve plants.

COMMITTEE NEWS

The H o r t i c u l t u r a l Committee, i n the person o f Dick Hildreth, took part i n the p lan t salvage operation a t Red F lee t Dam, near Vernal, Utah on A p r i l 10. The area o f the sal vage operat ion i s i n the sage/pinyon/juniper belt . Plant mater- fa1 was co l lec ted a t two s i tes : on a rocky face near the ' dam overlook 0 untia -t- and Echinocereus were rescued; a t the upper end o f t he reservo i r Dick sa vage Calochortus, Onion, Lomatium, White Phlox, Ast ra alus, and cu t t i ngs from several shrubs. D u a n e ~ t w o o d i z a b e t h Neese w i +- assist i n i d e n t i f y i n g the plants and Dick hopes t o establ ish them i n the State Arboretum greenhouses.

The Seed Committee has a new chairman-Dick Page w i l l take up t h e baton f r o m Cla i re Gabriel , who w i 11 remai n with the Committee as an advi sor. Dick woul d be del ighted t o have your he1 p on h i s c o m i t t e e and he can be reached a t : 440 E. 8180 South, Sandy. UT 84070. Phone: 255-7769 (home), o r 524-4033 (work). The Committee held a successful, fun, educational and dusty seed cleaning workshop on John Muir's birthday, A p r i l 21. Nat ive Plants, Inc. s t a f f members, Stan Akaqi , Seed Technician and C l a i re Gabriel , Manager, Seed Division, provided sieves, screens, a food blenderf!) and patient, technical know-how f o r the UNPS volunteers who cleaned UD seeds collected bv other UNPS volunteers a t e a r l ier

The Seed Committee w i l l have another workshop on May 5 , 7 - 9 p.m. at the Native Pl ants I nc. nursery-t h i s t ime, t o research descr i ptions o f each species and germination directions which will be attached t o each seed packet. The Committee needs a "few good volunteers-if you have a couple hours on this Wednesdw night, please corn! The seed w i l l be f o r sale a t a l l UNPS functions and through l i s t i n g s should be i n the June issue-and we have lots o f

PHOTOGRAPHY COMMITTEE

Spring i s creepf ng northward. Blooming began i n ear ly February a t Jubi lee Pass i n Death Val 1 ey National Monument ; Sand Buttercups (Ranuncul us 'uni erensi s ) and

March. + Cottonwoods (Populus f r m o n t i i ) were blooming i n Zion Nationa Park i n ear ly

Watch the edges of snow-melt and the wanner areas of Utah, grab your cameras and track those bloomers down! Try new th ings w i t h your photograhy and share them with UNPS. More U.F.O. i d e n t i f i c a t i o n nights are planned and we will also graciously accept donations t o the UNPS Flower Foto F i l em You send your photo t o us and ( i f accepted) we'll dupl icate i t and re turn your o r ig ina l t o you along wi th a c e r t i f i c a t e o f donation.

Please send photos (NO UFOm$!) to: UNPS Flower Foto File, c/o Pam Poulson, P.O. Box 2275, S a l t Lake City, UT 84110.

We are i n great need o f these species:

Sand Buttercup - Ranunculus Common Sunflower - He1 ianthus annuus Paintbrush (Desert) - Castil Wasatch Penstemon - P. c a n a n t h u s

Spring Beauty - Cl aytoni * a anceol a ta +7-7 Bat 1 head Buckwheat - E r i o onm oval I f o l i urn White River ~ e n s t m ~ ; - - a a- 1 uvi s

FOR SALE1 FOR SALE!

A l l the items below a re avai lable f o r purchase at : Salt Lake Chapter m e t - ings or by mail through the S ta te Arboretum o f Utah, Bldg. 436, Univers i ty o f Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. For mail orders, please include postage as Indicated. PLEASE NOTE: Me must request that a l l orders be accompanied by check o r money order-we do not have the capabi 1 i t y f o r b i 11 i ng purchases f o r later payment.

1982 i s not ye t h a l f over, but we have a super ha l f -p r i ce item-the beaut i fu l Wildflower Calendar produced by Pam and Marvin Poulson, wi th larger-than-l-ife, co lor photographs o f our "natives" i s now available f o r only $2.00 (plus -75 for mailinal. - - --", -

For a limited t ime only UNPS members can purchase the F lora o f the Central -nd Edit jon, revised, by Lots Arnow, beverly Atbee and Ann Wyckoff f o r a special price o f $12.00 plus $1 S O postage (regular p r i c e $14.95). This book was reviewed i n the February, 1982 SegoL i l y and i s an invaluable aide t o those interested i n the f l o r a o f th is area. Other outstanding books-' dealing with various aspects o f na t i ve plants, a re avai l able a t considerably reduced pr ices* ( P I ease i ncl ude $1 .SO postage per book f o r mail order.)

Member Non-Member L i s t P r i ce Flora o f A M j a c e n t as a an Parts o f Canada $- I 8.m $ 29-95 5 . rn

~ t a h plants, (Hardback) by. Melsh S Glen Moore. 474 pp. . . Utah P l ants, (Paperback) "b Stanley L. Welsh & Glen Moore. 474 DD. . . ~osses o f Utah and the West by Seville Flowers. 567 pp.

A most attract i ve and informative col o r i ng book, Utah ' s Col o r f ul Natives . by the Utah Native Plant Society; avai lable f o r $1.00 plus S O postage.


NATIVES IN THE NEWS

The Ogden Standard-Exami ner devoted the first page o f the i r Friday, Apr i l 9, 'WEEKtND" section t o the wildf lowers o f the Wasatch and the a c t i v i t i e s of the Utah Native Plant Society. The page was graced w i t h a color photograph of P o l m n l u m by Don Rosebrock, WEEKEND Editor, and Kaye Thornems drawing o f Fringed S A r t m i s i a fri Ida) which appeared i n the A p r i l Sego Lily. Dr.

age Sr - ' r Stephen Clark, ssoc a te ro essor o f Botany a t Weber State Co1 lege suggested many areas of the Wasatch Range tha t would reward the d r i v e r o r h i ke r with a view of some o f the more than 800 d i f fe rent species o f flowering plants i n t h i s area. Some "flowery" areas c i t e d by Dr. Cla rk are: North Ogden Canyon, Logan Canyon, Fannington Canyon and the roads t o Monte Cri sto, Snow Basin and Powder Mountain. Our thanks t o Steve Eaton and Don Rosebrock o f the Standard-Examiner for he1 p i ng t o spread the word about Utah' s nat ive p l ants !

REPRINTS FROM PAST ISSUES OF THE SEGO LILY NEWSLETTER

Whether you are a newcomer t o the Utah Nat ive Plant Society o r a charter member who has mislaid the e a r l i e r issues o f the newsletter, you might be interested i n knowing t h a t the fol lowing reprints o f a r t i c l e s from The Seqo L i l y newsletter are now avai lable a t the nominal cost o f f i f ty cents per r e p r i n t , o r three for $1.00, including postage:

Issue Date

Jan. 1980 "Utah Threatened & Endangered Plants," including e igh t on Fed'l. Register

Author

E. Neese (11 111s. by K. Thorne)

Mar. 1980 "Research Natural Area Program" Dm Atwood

May 1980 "Native Pharmacopoeia of the Eastern Great Basin" J m H. Smith

Oct . 1980 "Vegetation o f the Henry Mount a i ns" E. Neese Jan. 1981 "Utah Herbarf um Index" S. Welsh

Mar. 1981 "Mormon L i 1 ies ," excerpt f ran Stee Tra i 1 s , TÃ‘FT John Mu1 r (Mu1 r4 s wal k i ng tour o f the Oqu rr ountai ns i n 1877)

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Oct. 1981 Wildflower Photog., Chap.1, "Types o f Cameras'' P. Poulson "Mountain Lover. Pachistima myrsinites" R m Hi ldreth

Nov. 1981 "Utah Rare Plants" S. Welsh M i ldf lower Photog., Chap. I I , "Tripods & Photography" P. Poul son "Curlleaf Mountain Mahogaw, Cercocarpus ledifollus" R. Hildreth

Dec. 1981 "Noteworthy Utah Plant Col lect ions f o r 1981" E. Neese "Bear-berry/Ki nn'l k i nni k , Arctosta h 10s uva-ursi" - R m Hi ld re th WildflowerPhotog.,Chapter 111 e t t i n g t h e

Subject t o Cooperaten P. Poulson

Jan. 1982 "Creeping Oregon Grape, Mahonia re ens' T^- R. Hi ld re th Mildf lower Photog., chap. annt ng a Picture" P. Poul son "Rare P l ant Status Recommendations, 1982"

(the UNPS Rare and Endangered Plants Committee)

Board Chairman:

President :

President- E l ect :

Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer:

Field T r i p Coordinator :

Pres.,SLC Chapter:

News1 etter Editor:


Stanley Welsh, Rm. 375 MLBM, Brigham Young Univ., Provo ,UT 84602 (801 ) 378-2289 (office )

Anthony Prates, P .Om Box 6257. S a l t Lake City. UT 84106 (801 )532-1922 ( o f f ice)

E l izabeth Neese, Herbari urn, MLBM, Brigham Young Univ. Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-4955 ( o f f i c e )

David Anderson, Salt Lake City, UT (801)582-0144 (off i ce ) Jennifer H a r r i ngton, Sal t Lake City. UT (801)649-6714 ( o f f ice ) Glenn Hal 1 iday, 3043 Brighton Place, Sal t Lake City, UT 84121

(801)943-4286 (haw) Mary Ann Wright, 1018 E. 600 S.. Sal t Lake City, UT 84102

(801)5334771(office), 322-3300 (home) (Contact Jenni f e r Harri ngton fo r Chapter matters--see address

above. ) Barbara Hal 1 iday, 3043 Brighton P l ace, Sal t Lake City, UT 84121

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THE SEGO LILY NEWSLEKER OF 7 H E UTAH NATIVE P U N T SOCIETY

............................................................................ Volume 5; Number 6 June/ Jul y, 1982 ...........................................................................

HHATaS GOING ON?

Salt Lake Area Chapter Meetings are regu la r l y scheduled for t h e f ou r th 5 p . m . hon-Mmbers are always WELCOME!

The chapter meetings are usua l ly held i n the Conference Rom, second f loo r of the new o f f i c e s o f the Utah State Arboretum--Bldg. 436 on the upper campus of the University o f Utah. See map on pg. 15 f o r he lp fu l h i n t s on how t o f i n d i t !

June 24 - "Mative Plant Seeds--Mere t o CoIlect Thm, How To Cu l t i va te 7:30 p.m. Them." While learning a l l about the seeds o f na t i ve plants,

we w j l l help package and l abe l seeds f o r sale by the Society. - - A t Arboretum Conference Room, 2nd Floor, B l d q , 436

July 22 - &30 p.m.

"Mi?Icreek Canyon--Its Wildflowers"--a chapter meeting/ t w i l i g h t f i e l d t r i p . Meet a t the Arboretum o f f i c e - - w e ' l l dr jve t o the canyon.

Other meetings o f interest:

June 7 - Sa l t Lake Chapter F i e l d T r i p - City Creek Canyon. The 5:30 p.m. Eanyon i s closed t o autos on Monday nights, so we can enjoy

the f lowers without the gas fumes! Meet a t the locked gate a t the mouth of C i t y Creek Canyon. Leaders: Mary Ann Wright and Mary Boucek, Ecologists f o r the Utah S t a t e Department o f Natural Resources and Energy.

Utah Sta te Arboretum "Walks and Talks with the D+rector" --tree tours. Meet in:istory,

June 9 June 10

Ju l y 7 Ju l y 8

Caning up:

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Unh. o f Utah cmpus.:

"Oaks and Beech Trees f o r Utah." 7-9 p.m. A mini-version o f the above, 12 noon - 1 p.m.

"Maples and Birch for Utah" 7-9 p.m. A mini-version o f the above, 12 noon - 1 p.m.

Fie ld t r i p s : t o Albion Basin (August) Seed Collect4ng ( S a Annual N a t i v e Plant & Seed Sale (Sept. 18) Annual UMPS Meeting & Elect jons (October)

FROM THE EDITOR

We have a new look! Thanks t o Ka e Thorne who d i d the handsome Sega L i l y logo m d Pm Pou1s.m who provided t h e i a n d 1 ayout, the news1 e t t e r now has a masthead t o match i t s name. ------ The members o f the Utah Native P I ant Society should have many reasons t o f ee l good about t h e i r Society--we now have many ta lented people who are cont r ibu t ing t h e i r s k i l l s and t h e i r tire t o the Society 's obJectives--to appreciate our na t ive plants, t o add t o our knowledge o f then and t o pro tec t then for other generations.

Do you know o f others who might also enjoy being pa r t o f our growing Society? Mould you 1 i k e t o have them receive a complimentary copy.of the Se 0 L i l ? I f so, just f i l I out the appropriate por t ion of the membership appl l d k & r n on the back page o f t h i s newsletter and send it t o the address indicated; we w i l l be happy t o send them a copy.

There w i l l be no Se o L i l published i n Ju ly - - th is i s the month t h a t the ed i t o r and contr ibutors " M e off1'--so saw t h i s issue's caTendar t o r m i n d YOU o f Ju ly Society events, areas f o r w i l d f 1 ower

You ' l l also note t h a t our alDiscovery Tripsq1 suggesi good displays i n both June and July.

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FROM THE MULCH P I L E

The March 7 ed i t i on o f the Sa l t Lake Tribune car r ied a s tory about some laSpanish dagger" harvesters i n southern Ca l i fo rn ia . Apparently a f mi 1 y w i th the 1 ast name o f %I a i r have a passion f o r chain sawing yucca t rees ( the Joshua Wee, Yucca b rev i f o l i a ) . The huge B l a i r famj ly harvests 14 tons o f the t rees each - week according t o the a r t i c l e on land leased frm the Southern Pac i f i c Railroad i n the Mojave desert, Even though the cu t t i ng i s done on p r i va te land, government permits apparently s t i l l have t o be obtained.

Smehow the statement from a BLM botan is t contained i n the a r t j c l e i nd i ca t i ng t h a t the yucca i s a renewable resource d i d not cmnfort me a great deal. B r i s t l e - cone Pines and Saguaro Cacti are renewable resources too, but how long does t t take t o be renewed? Among the oldest 1 i v ing desert plants, some Joshua trees are thought to be over a thousand years old. Mhen does a Joshua t ree become mature? A f te r 100 years?

Whjle I don ' t be l ieve the Joshua t ree i s on anyone's ra re and endangered l i s t at present, t h i s harvesting has t o cause a huge reproductive loss. I n Utah these g ian t yuccas a re numerous i n the southwestern corner of the state, but general ly where they occur i n iso la ted stands, measures are taken t o avoid adverse impacts.

What are the harvested yuccas used for? Everything frm shmpoos, cosmetics, i n d u s t r i a l deodorants, as a f i r e retardant and t o use as an add i t i ve t o carbona- t ed beverages. Root beer f o m i s another use. The company tha t buys the yuccas i s R i t t e r In ternat iona l o f Los Angeles: maybe i t ' s t ime t o add root beer t o the enviromental s ts l 1 i s t o f boycotted products which includes Loors beer (due t o a connection w i th the infamous Jesse James Watt), ... continued

FROM THE MULCH PILE, continued

The f a c t t ha t the E l a i r s get stuck w i th innumerable daggers, spines, are b i t t e n by ants, k i l l coyotes and other c r i t t e r s , e tc . d id not impress me. The fa ther o f the bunch was apparently bl inded several years ago by a yucca "daqaer .I' Who was i t tha t said "an eye f o r an eye1'?

( A s to ry i n the February 6, 1982 ed i t i on of the Los AngeIes Times also proved tha t you r e a l l y shouldn't mess w i th Mother Nature: a 27-year o l d Phoenix man f i r e d a couple o f shotgun b las t s a t a g ian t Saguaro Cactus and a 23-foot sect ion o f the plant promptly f e l l , crushina hirr t o death. wh i le destruct ion o f c a c t i i s a misdemeanor under Arizona law, there are stronger penalt ies. Maybe there i s just ice.)

---Tony Frates, President U tah N a t i v e Plant Socjety

WILDFLOWER WATCH

June, and the wi ldf lowers are bus t in ' out a1 1 over ( t o steal frm Rodgers and Hammerstein). Our wildf lower watchers t h i s month are Beverly Albee and Greg Woodall, and here are t h e i r reports:

I n Southern Utah, the w i 1 d f l owers i n the desert areas w i 11 be f in ish ing t h e i r co lor fu l d isplays i n June. The G l obmal lows and composites are especi a1 1 y co lor fu? now. I n June and July, the nat ive p lan t blown d isp lay moves ' luphi?l ' l as the higher country begins t o blossom. Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon and the Kolob Canyons sect ion o f Zion National Park are good places t o v i s i t i n the sumer months . A real wi ldf lower and natural paradise awaits h ikers i n the Pjne Valley Moun- t a ins near S t . George. Numerous t r a i l s t raverse the range; creeks and meadows await your v i s i t . T r a j l information can be obtained a t the D ix ie National Forest off ices i n Cedar C i t y o r i n S t . George. Aspens, Columbines and even a Giant Sequoia can be seen. I n the town o f Pine Val ley the h i s t o r j c church b u i l t by a shipwright i s an i n te res t i ng stop and the steakhouse i s supposed t o serve de l ic ious steaks f o r those so inc l ined,

I n t h e Wasatch M o u n t a i n s w a t c h f o r : Co lumbines ( A q u i l e a i a ) , Penstemons, T h i s t l e s ( ~ i r m p i n e s [Lup inus) , Sweetvetch -rum), R e d - O s i e m o d (Cornus) along -k-t e s ream banks, But ter- c ~ ( R a n u n c u 1 us), I n d i a n Pa in tbrush (Cas t i l l e -a ) , Mules-ears ( W e t h i a ) , w i l d o d f l j u m s ) and the Even~ng % rimrose ( O e n o t h e ~ t - t a m e but a few. Ju l y i s the perfect time t o v i s i t Albion Basin a t the top of L i t t l e Cottonwood Canyon--one o f the outstanding w41dflower areas o f the W a t c h Range.

D W O V E R I N G THE UTAH NATIVES - a t r i p t o the Deep Creek Mountains

... by Kaye Thorne

The Deep Creek Mountains are a p a r t o f a l a r g e r g e o g r a p h i c a r e a known a s B a s i n and Range o r the Great Basin. The mountains he re a r e a l l s i t u a t e d no r th -sou th , l i k e "ca terp i 11 ars on t h e i r way t o Mexico," each w i t h a b l o c k - f a u l t e d v a l l e y s e p a r a t i n g j t f rom i t s ne ighbor . The Deep Creeks s i t as t r i de the boundary o f Utah and Nevada $n the northern p a r t o f the Great Basin. They possess a unique f l o r a w i th representat ives of the southern deser t as we l l as the northern boreal forest .

The f o o t slopes have a f l o r a much l i k e others i n the region: s a l t desert shrubs inc lud i rw shadscale - [ A t r i plex canescens) , co ld deser i shrubs w i t h sagebrush (Artemi s i a t r i d e n t ata) and rabbitbvush {Chr sothamnus nauseosus and an extensive - d i and jun ipe r (Juniperus osteosperma woo and cmmun i t y .

Along the ancient terraces o f Lake Bonnevil l e seep springs boast o f p lan ts a t t h e i r most northern extension; b u f f a loberry (Shepherdi a ar entea), manzanita (Arctostaphylos patu l a) and cent aury (Centaurium namophi 1 urn?

An maz ing ye1 low-whi t e -p i nk bluebonnet (Lupinus arbustus var. calcaratus) can be seen i n the canyons but has never b e e m e d < n any .other p a r t of Utah. Columbine ( A u i l e i a formosa), beardtongue (Penstemon ach h l l u s ) and the 1 a q e del p h ~ l p ~ o c c i d m t a l e ) make the upslopes a ower photogra- phe r ' s studio.

+ The t a l l e s t peak i n the Deep Creek Range i s Haystack Peak, 12,101 feet; but even before you reach the summit i t i s t o be noted t h a t the spruce (Picea en elmannii) and f ir (Abies l as iocwpa) are a t the eastern edge o f t h e i r m i m o h longer grow together i n other Utah mountains. Perhaps a brave and hardy soul w i l l see the b r i s t l e cone pjne (Pinus longaeva) a t i t s northernmost outpost.

In the a lp ine tundra o f these mountains the pipsissewa o r p r i nce ' s p i n e (Chima- p h i l a umbel Iata) grows. This p lan t i s r e a l l y more a t home i n Alaska than here - I n a desert mountain range!

Coming back down, look f o r t h e Great Basin fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus pubispinus] on t h e rocky g r a v e l l y slopes and the small ba r re l cactus (Pediocactus simpsonii) which i s known from a s i m i l a r hab i ta t . They w j l l be f lower ing i n May.


- Some Notes on the South Slope o f the Uinta Mountains,,,by Sherel Goodrich

A ra ther t yp i ca l sequence o f major p lan t types o f the south slope o f the Uinta Mountains o f t en s t a r t s w i th an extensive jun iper zone along the toe slope. This o f ten extends from 6,000 t o t h e 7,000 - 7,500 foo t e levat ion w i th pinyon being ra re or absent from much o f the area and occasional a t the upper edge o f the zone.

Above the juniper zone on f l a t s and mountain sides, Vasey Sagebrush covers v a s t acreage. Gamble Oak and usua l ly Curl l e a f Mountain Mahogany are lacking frm the south slope except toward the west near the town o f Tabiona, and mountain brush cormnunit i e s when encountered are usual 1 y composed o f t rue Mountain Maho- gany (Cercocarpus montanus). l n the absence of a mountain brush zone, the Vasey Sagebrush zone i s continuous up t o and intergrades i n t o the aspen zone a t about 8,400-9,000 feet , and i n places extends up t o near ly 10,000 fee t , Doug1 as F i r i s confined t o limestone and other basic substrates, and i t i s not commonly seen, but Ponderosa Pine i s common i n places and i t i s usua l ly found a t t ha t e levat ion where Vasey Sagebrush and aspen come together. A t i t s upper edge [about 9,000-9,500 fee t ) , the aspen zone grades i n t o an extensive zone of lodgepole Pine, and a t about 10,000 feet Engelmann Spruce mixes w i th the Lodge- pole Pine. Subalpine F i r i s sometimes associated wi th these trees, but dominant stands o f t h i s fir are found on ly on 1 imestone and other bas ic substrates and not on the ubiqui tous qua r t z i t e o f the Uinta Mountains. Above 10,500 f e e t Lodgepole Pine wanes and the spruce i s c l e a r l y the d d n a n t . A t about 11,000 feet , t rees give way t o the vast a lp ine area o f the Uintas which commnly extends up t o 12,000 f e e t and as high as 13,528 feet at Kings Peak--the highest point i n Utah.

The above sequence o f p lan t types can be seen from several routes up the south slope including: Utah Highway 44 from Vernal, Taylor Mountafn, Mosby Mountain, Farm Creek Mountain, and others, Highway 44 i s the on l y paved route, but i t does not go high enough t o reach the alp ine o r upper pine-spruce zone.

Plants t o watch f o r i n the un i f lo rus , H, armerioides), G i l l a aggregata, a milkweed (Asclepia and the coiiion Incti an Pai ~ t b r u s h (Cast i 1 l e j a chromosa) . A catseye, [Cr ptarttha b r w i f l o r a ] i s a IJinta Basin endemic tha t grows here. Hooker ~alsainr- smorrhlza hookeri) , and Arrow-leaf Bal samroot (!. sagi t t a t a ] , Pensternon sub- her, the 8luebel l (Mertensia oblon i f o l i a ) , Hairy Leather Flower (Clematis + lii%utjss ima) and the spicy f lowers o i terbrush can be found i n the Vasey

agebrush zone. Ranunculus labberrimus i s also common here, but i t might be ;ast f lower ing by June. H o w h i s year's co ld s p r i g doesntt warm up soon, t h i s buttercup w i l l be f lower ing there a t the edge o f mel t ing snow. I n the aspen zone, the Columbine (Aqui legia caerulea) o f t en s tea ls the show, but Geranium r ichardsoni i , Lovage (LI ustlcum p o r t e r i i ) and many other f lowers can + w d . The dense subalpine ores ts of lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce o f ten have but a scanty understory o f f lower ing plants. Blueberries (Vaccjnium scoparium and other Vaccinium spp. as well as Arnica c o r d i f o l i a are sometimes comon, and the ra re Clustered Lady's Sl jpper ( C y m d i u r n fasciculatum bas been co l lec ted here, . , ,Continued

SOME NOTES ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS, continued

Within the fo res t zone, i t i s the park- l i ke meadows and streamside areas t h a t d i sp lay a great v a r i e t y of f lowering plants. I n h i s unpublished master's thesis, Burt Pendleton has recen t l y found about 130 f lower ing p lan ts i n a ra ther sma l l meadow area i n the western pa r t o f the (Jintas, Many o f these p l ants are common i n meadows across these mountai ns. Among the more showy flowers o f these meadows are: Elephant Head (Ped icu lar is roenlandica), Marsh Marigold (Caltha Ie t o w aid), Globeflower (Trol l i u s lax us)^. , Aster spp., Erigeron --SL^^SÃ spp., o e n t i l l a spp. and Ladies' TressesSpi rar i thes r o m a n i iana). Some, such as the Gentian (Gentiana ca l cosa), do not flower u n t i l

or August. Flowers o f the a lp ine zone ma I++ e a e t t e r showing i n Ju l y and

serot ina), Penstemon

Mountains.

I n h i s Alpine Rangelands o f the Uinta Mountains, Mont E. Lewis has l i s t e d over 300 s p e o elevat ions o f these mountains. This i s not a very l a rge number f o r such a la rge area. The Uin ta Mountains are probably not as f l o r i s t i c a l l y r i c h as one might expect, but a remarkable aspect of the f l o r a i s the g rea t number o f p lan ts t ha t can be found i n ra the r small areas .

NATURALLY MAT I VE - Rose Pussytoes Antennar i a r o s e a Greene.

I n the a p o r t predoir

1 as t issue of Se o L i 1 (Vol . i o n of a g a r d e n t o p ~ i n a t e l y qrey o r s l i v e r f o

5, No. 4 ) l a n t s w i th 1 i age was

d e s c r i b e d and t h e F r i n g e d Sage ( A r t e m i s i d f r i g i d a ) was featured.

A much lower -growing groundcover i n t h i s miniscape are the several species of Pussytoes (Antennaria). Two o f them were brought t o my garden as r o o t e d stems c a r e f u l l y dug ( w i t h pe rm iss ion ) from t h e beds i n t h e d i s p l a y gardens a t t h e H o r t i c u l t u r a l S t a t i o n , Utah S t a t e Un ivers i t y , Farmington, Others have simi 1 a r l y been co l l ec ted on occasional t r i p s around Utah. Often an unsuccessful f i sh ing exped i t ion has been rewarding nonetheless f o r the choice p lan ts which were brought back as seed, cu t t ings , o r small d iv is ions . Fishing c ree ls are more 1 i ke ly t o be bul q i nq w i t h small p l a s t i c bags contain ing p lan t t reasures of the t r i p .

As a group t h e An tenna r ids are d i o e c i o u s members o f the Sunflower f am i l y (Asteracea) wi th male and female f l o w e r s on sepa ra te plants.

Antennaria rosea - ill us. by Kaye Thorne

The f l ower ing scapes are genera l ly shor t (0.5--4dm), wi th t h e heads borne sfngly o r more genera l ly i n c lus ters . Flowers i n the heads are a l l o f the d i sco id type, wi th no r a y f lowers. The leaves are arranged densely along the creeping, of ten rhizomatous stems and whi te wooly ha i r s cover both leaves and stems.

In the garden a checkerboard e f f e c t i s created because o f the d i f f e r e n t shades of s i l v e r and grey-green between species and even w i t h i n a seedling populat ion of one species. Fol lowing a r a i n or i r r i g a t i o n the wet leaves are a predominant green co lor .

Somewhat slow t o es tab l ish , young p lan ts soon begin t o grow more vigorously, clambering over rocks, r a i l r o a d t i es , and stepping stones. It w i l l t o l e r a t e occasional f o o t t r a f f i c . Roots form along t h e stems as they grow.

The f r u i t i s a small achene topped by a dense r i n g o f sof t , h a i r - l i k e b r i s t l e s called t h e pappus. When dry and f u l l y mature the b r i s t l e s i n t h e heads resemble a s o f t k i t t e n ' s toes-thus t h e common name, Pussytoes.

... continued


At leas t a dozen species occur n a t u r a l l y i n Utah w i th f i v e o f them growing i n the mountains o f t h e Central Wasatch Front (Antennaria f lp ina, 4- ;orynbos;, A . dimorpha, A. rosea, A, umbrinel l a) from the f o o t h i l l s t o the igher a p iye regions. They are o f t en found i n d r y or open meadows, f requent ly on rocky slopes and ridges. I n the garden they t o l e r a t e f u l l sun i n a well-drained s o i l w i t h occasional i r r i g a t i o n .

Male-flowered p lan ts tend t o be infrequent and the seeds o f female p lan ts may r e s u l t from par-thenocarpic production o f f r u i t without p d l l i n a t i o n and f e r t i l i z a - t ion occurr i na . My f a v o r i t e o f our na t ive species i s Rose Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea), which i s valued f o r i t s p i nk-colored bracts o f the invo lucre subtendi n g t h e f l owers and f r u i t . A f te r the f iowers and f r u i t are no longer showy i n the garden they should be c l ipped o f f t o reveal the d i s t i n c t i v e mat o f lush s i l v e r y evergreen f 01 i age.

I would consider t h i s t o be an easy p lan t f o r the beginning nat ive p lan t garden- e r t o t r y . I t can be grown as a s ing le smal l patch o r as an extensive groundcover i f planted on 24-inch centers. Try Pussytoes instead of lawngrass (e.g. Kentucky Bluegrass) or the more cornnun and f requent ly over-used qroundcovers e .g . Ajuga, Ivy, Vinca).

, . .W . Richard Hi ldreth, Chairman, Hor t icu l tu re Committee

NATIVES ID THE NEWS

The Mar r i o t t L ibrary, Un ivers i ty o f Utah, recen t l y acquired i t s two m i l l i o n t h volume, a fundamental botanical work, Denistor ia S t i r ium, by Leonhart Fuchs, published i n Basel, Switzerland i n 1542. This -!- s i x eenth century herbal i s famous fo r t h e s i ze and beauty o f i t s woodcuts. Richard Hi ldreth, Utah State Arboretum Di rec tor and Board Member, UNPS, was i n s t r u m e n t a l i n t a i n i n g t h i s r a r e book t o mark t h i s milestone. At the presentation ceremony, Or . Robert Ornduff, Director- o f the Un ivers i ty o f Cal i f o r n i a Botanical Garden and Herbar- - lum, Berkeley, Ca l i f o rn ia discussed the v i t a l r o l e both nat ive and cu l t i va ted plants have played i n provid ing man w i th food, f i b e r and medicines. The H a r r i o t t L ib rary i s understandably proud o f i t s herbal mater ia ls co l l ec t i on and has prepared an herb bib l iography which you can obtain a t the L ib rary . The two m i l l i o n t h volume i s cu r ren t l y on d isp lay i n the atr ium o f the Mar r i o t t L ibrary- appropr iate ly se t o f f by fuchsias --the l ove l y f lower named i n honor o f Leonhart Fuchs.

HI LDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY

CHAPTER SEVEN--"Get Ready, Get Set .... GO!"

Over the winter months, we have discussed various cha rac te r i s t i cs o f great photos and how t o make them. ( A s

. c rea t i ve photographers we do not take ohotos- we make them. As lovers and . - - - . students o f nature, WE ARE THE BEST WILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHERS. We have some "basic ideas o f what we l i k e and how t o capture it on f i l m . SPRING i s defin- i t e l y he re and summer w i l l f o l l o w soon. Bloomings have been going on i n Southern Utah (and obscu re l y i n t h e northern va l leys and canyons) f o r over two months. A l l t h i s wet weather i s going t o cause an explosion o f co lo r among the f lowers such tha t we w i l l be hard-pressed t o capture it a1 1 on f i lm. He must be ready!

CHECK YOUR CAMERA

I f you haven't had your camera out since l a s t blooming season, look i t over before you take i t out i n t h e f i e l d . I N S I D E AND OUT. The outside i s easy, but the ins ide poses problems. Open t h e back and take o f f the lens. DON'T TOUCH! ! Look for damage and dust. For damage, take i t t o a repairman. If you are not i n t h e hab i t o f loading f i l m i n windstorms, there shouldn't be any dust inside. I f there i s , buy yourse l f a can o f Dust-Off (canned a i r ava i lab le a t any photo store) and BLOW the dus t out. Try not t o touch the d e l i c a t e innards o f your camera and avoid blowing the dust out w i th your breath alone. Close up your camera and put the lens back on as qu i ck l y as possible. Never leave your open camera 1 ayi ng around.

CLEAN YOUR LENSES

Clean your lenses ( f r o n t and back) with lens cleaning f l u i d and lens cleaning paper. Never use c l o t h or f a c i a l t issue. The minute abrasion o f these mater- i a l s can cause accumulative scratching t o those expensive glass opt ics. The minimal cost o f " o f f i c i a l " lens cleaning suppl ies i s worth it.

CHECK YOUR LIGHT METER AND BATTERY

Shoot a r o l l o f f i l m . It's much be t te r t o f i n d tha t your l i g h t meter doesn't work now than t o discover i t when a11 o f those under/overexposed photos o f hard-to-f ind/shoot blossoms come back from the l ab nex t month. Also check your bat tery. A dead battery could be the on l y th ing wrong w i th your l i g h t meter. Some photographers replace the b a t t e r y on a regular basis ra the r than wai t f o r i t t o go dead.

WILDFLOHER PHOTOGRAPHY, continued

CHECK ALL OF YOUR OTHER EQUIPMENT

Clean your close-up lenses. Check your cable release f o r k inks t h a t can cause i t t o jam. Check the a g i l i t y o f your t r ipod. Check the exp i ra t i on dates on your f i l m . The date marked on the box gives you a couple o f month's leeway. (HINT: Keeping your f i l m i n the r e f r i g e r a t o r extends i t s 1 i f e fo r a year o r more. Be sure t o warm the f i l m t o ambient temperature before using.)

Now we're ready t o go! Grab your f l o w e r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n manual and go a f ter those bloomers! Make people wonder what you ' re looking for, walking w i th your head down o r crawlfng around i n f i e l d and fores t ! Shoot u n t i l your index f inger b l i s t e r s and your knees callous!

Then.. . . .SEND YOUR MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOTS ( IDENTIFIED FLOWERS ONLY) TO THE UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY FOTO FILE! We w i l l dup l ica te your beauties and re tu rn the o r i g i n a l s t o you along w i t h a handsome c e r t i f i c a t e o f donation.

We would l i k e t o thank Glenn H a l l i d a f o r h i s donation t o the UNPS Foto F i l e . dÃ‘Ã‘TÃ We graciously accept an cons1 er a f i n e fo tos ! To help f i l l out our f i l e , here are twenty-five bloomers cu r ren t l y on v iew around the state-we need them i n our l i b ra ry ; can you "capture" them f o r us?

(NO UFO'S) - Buttercups (NO UFO's) - Locoweeds (NO UFO'S) - Stickseeds - Western Wallf lower

Ibes aureum - Golden Currant B a l smrrhiza sagi t a t t a - Arrowleaf Balsamroot Cornus s t o l o n i f e r a - Western Flowering Dogwood Cast i 1 leja chromosa - Ear ly Desert Paintbrush Zyqadenus panicul atus - F o o t h i l l Death Cmas Linum erenne -Blue F l a x i s - White Canadian V io le t "Rr tens i a ob lona i fo l i a - Bluebel ls - - Pr ince 's Plume

i t o s a -White Tufted Evening Oenothera lavandul aefol i a - Ye1 low Thfted E Penstemon eatonii - Eaton's Red Pensternon Penstemon cyananthus - Wasatch Penstemon G i l i a aqgregata - Skyrocket G i l i a Symphoricarpos oreophilus - Snowberry "Punuus v i rg l r t iana - Chokecherry Asclepi as speciosa - Common Showy Milkweed Opuntia erinacea - P r i c k l y Pear Cactus

I r i s missounensis - Missouri I r i s (b lue)

Primrose v e n i n g Pr

GO AFTER THEM AND SEND YOUR BEST EFFORTS TO: UNPS FOTO FILE, P.O. Box 2275, Sa l t Lake Clty, Utah 84110.

c/o pan Poulson,

. . . . Pan Poulson, Chairman Photography Committee


--A review by "Anonymous"

Mountain Plants o f Northeastern Utah by Berniece A. Andersen and Arthur Holmgren. C i rcu lar 319. Utah State Un ive rs i t y Extension Service. Logan, Utah. 52.00. Mountain Plants was mentioned i n the May Se o L i l a r t i c l e on w i l d f lower ing i n + Cache Valley. I t was described as a "use u companion," and it i s .

The two authors are we1 1 known i n w i ld f lower c i r c l es . Berniece Andersen Weber now resides i n Canada where she f i n d s the pink Ladysl ipper Orchid a m i l e from her home. A r t Holmgren needs no in t roduct ion t o Utahns.

The 140-page paper booklet o f f e r s a representat ive se lec t ion o f more common and conspicuous species--and many o f these are our most beaut i fu l and showy flowers --the ones we r e a l l y want t o know. Weeds and grasses are omitted,

Three hundred and f i f t y - o n e black and whi te drawings grace the book and are acocmpanied by a b r i e f descr ipt ion, a paragraph i n length. The f lowers are arranged by family. The more common f l o w e r name i s w r i t t e n i n cap i t a l l e t t e r s , fol lowed by the L a t i n name i n i t a l i c s .

The t e x t and drawings a re w e l l spaced and readable. I t does no t read l i k e a technical manual. S ize and co lo r are noted as we l l as t h e l o c a l e . The p l a n t s desc r i bed w i l l be found i n the Wasatch, Bear River and Uintah Mountains.

One l o v e l y l i t t l e plant, the Beckwith Vio let , i s described. This purp le and white b i c a l o r has now become e x t i n c t i n ou r area, bu t i t was profuse when the pioneers came t o Utah.

I n many o f the f lower drawings there are also small drawings o f the f r u i t , seed, f lower o r leaf shape t h a t might d i s t i ngu i sh the species from another. This i s qu i t e a valuable feature. B i t s o f h i s t o r y and f lower l o r e are included. V io la beckwi th i i I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o n o t e t h a t many of our f lower names memorial i ze such p l a n t explorers as Lewis, dark , Garnbel, Nuta l l , Pursh and Kel l ogg . Several pages i n the f ron t o f the book introduce the reader t o p lan t character- i s t i c s , such as f lowers and inf lorescences, l e a f shapes and f r u i t . The drawings are c lea r and the information adequate f o r the amateur botanist .

A companion volume, A Beginner's Guide t o Mountain Flowers, by the same authors i s ava i lab le for $1.110. Paragraphs are shorter and there are several drawings t o the page. I t i s qu i te s impl i f ied . There are sect ions e n t i t l e d "Plants That Grow On .... Foo th i l l s , Valleys, i n Canyons, i n Mountain Wooded Areas, and i n Mountains~Open Areas." These are then broken down by color . Both books have indexes . These helpfu l guides are ava i lab le from the Utah State Extension S e r v i c e ~ B u l l e - t i n Room, UMC SOB, Room 108, Utah Sta te Univers i ty , Logan, UT 84322 o r a t the USU Extension Services o f f i ce , 444 So. 3rd West, Sa l t Lake City.


The UNPS Executive Committee i s pleased t o announce t h a t Pamela Poulson has agreed t o serve as President o f the Sa l t Lake Chapter f o r the remainder o f the cur rent term. ---- DON'T FORGET--The main f i n a n c i a l support o f the Sa l t Lake Chapter comes from t h e i r annual Nat ive P lant and Seed Sale. This w i l l be held on September 18, a t Wasatch Shadows Nursery, I f you are current1 y propagating nat ive plants, and would l i k e t o donate some o f your "extras" t o the p lan t sale, please l e t Pam Poulson o r Jenni fer Harr ington know. (Phone numbers are on the D i rec tory paq= the Newsletter).

COMMITTEE NEWS

The Seed Cormnittee w i l l be on hand a t the June Sa l t Lake Chapter meeting t o discuss na t i ve p lan t seeds and help the r e s t o f us labe l the seeds cleaned a t an e a r l i e r workshop. They w i l l also be leading a f i e l d t r i p on Sept. 11 t o c o l l e c t seeds f o r the next p lan t i ng season. I f you want t o t ry seed c o l l e c t i n g on a solo basis, a general r u l e o f thumb f o r seed ma tu r i t y i s : mountain p lan t seed general ly matures 6 weeks a f t e r bloom, wh i le desert p lan ts and annuals mature a b i t quicker.

C l a i r e Gabriel o f the Seed Committee suggests the fo l l ow ing book f o r those in teres ted i n c u l t i v a t i n g na t i ve p lan t seeds:

Perennials f o r Western Gardens by Margaret K. Coates. Pub1 ished by P r u i t t Publ ishing. Hardback ed i t i on : $13.00, Avai lable through loca l bookstores,

This book t a l k s about perennials t h a t do we1 1 i n western qardens. Most o f the perenni a1 s discussed are w i 1 df lowers. There are very he lp fu l d i rec t i ons on how t o germinate and c u l t i v a t e nat ive p lan t seeds f o r the serious w i ld f lower gardener. The book contains exce l len t black and whi te drawings and t r e a t s some 300 d i f f e ren t species o f perennials.

The F i e l d T r i p Committee I n ttie person o f M a r Ann Wri ht i s p rov id ing great oppor tun i t ies t o view the blooming p lan ts up + c ose an i n person. A group o f about 20 people ( i nc lud ing one babe i n arms) met on a balmy A p r i l evening { A p r i l 27) f o r a walk i n the f o o t h i l l s above Research Park, Sa l t Lake Ci ty. Lo is Arnow and Beverly Albee o f the Garret t Herbarium, Un ive rs i t y o f Utah provided on-the-spot expert ise i n i d e n t i f y i n g and help inq us learn more about the ea r l y bloomers. A surpr is ing number o f nat ives were already i n bloom i n s p i t e o f the cold, 1 ate spr ing. Lo is and Beverly saved the best for the 1 ast-on the rocky slopes o f a narrow canyon the group came upon the l o v e l y Bluebell , Mertensia

which, u n l i k e i t s h igher-elevat ion re la t i ves , does no t requ i re damp e happy. The b r i g h t b lue blossoms were a f i n e harbinger o f spr ing!

If you have any questions o r suggestions for loca les and/or ob jec t ives o f fu ture f i e l d t r i ps , please contact Mary Ann Wright (see D i rec tory f o r her phone numbers).

FOR SALE! FOR SALE!

A l l the items below are ava i lab le f o r purchase at : Sa l t Lake Chapter meetings o r by mai l through the Sta te Arboretum o f Utah, Bldg. 436, Un i ve rs i t y of Utah, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84112. For mai l orders, please include postage as indicated. PLEASE NOTE: We must request t h a t a l l orders be accompanied by check o r money order--we do not have the c a p a b i l i t y f o r b i l l i n g purchases f o r later payment

1982 i s on l y h a l f over, and i t ' s not too l a t e t o grace a wa l l o f your home w i th the beau t i f u l w i ld f lower photos found i n the Wildflower Calendar produced by Pan and Marvin Poulson. Now ava i lab le f o r only 52.00 p lus .75 f o r mai l ing . For a l i m i t e d t ime o n l y UNPS members can purchase the F lora o f the Central Wasatch Front, Utah, 2nd Edi t ion, rev ised, by Lois Arnow, Beverly Albee and Ann Wyckoff for a specia l p r i c e of $12.00 p lus $1.50 postage ( regu lar price-$14.95). This book was reviewed i n t h e February, 1982 Sego L i l y and i s an Invaluable aide t o those in teres ted i n the f l o r a o f t h i s area. Other outstanding books deal ing w i t h var ious aspects o f n a t i v e plants, are ava i lab le a t considerably reduced prices. (Please include 51.50 postage p e r book f o r mai l order.)

TITLE/AUTHOR Member Non-Member L i s t Pr ice Utah Plants, [Hardback) 4.00 6.00 12.95 by. Melsh & Glen Moore. 474 pp. Utah Plants, (Paperback) 3.00 5.00 9.95 bv Stanlev L. Welsh & Glen Moore. 474 DO. . . ~ o s s e s o f ~ t a h and the West 5.00 8.00 19.95 by S e v i l l e Flowers. 567 pp. A most a t t r a c t i v e and informat ive co lo r i ng book, Utah's Co lor fu l Natives, by the Utah Nat ive Plant Society; ava i lab le f o r $1.00 p lus -50 postage.


REPRINTS FROM PAST ISSUES OF THE $EGO LILY NEWSLETTER

Whether you are a newcomer t o the Utah Nat ive Plant Society o r a charter member who has m is la id the e a r l i e r issues o f the newsletter, you might be in teres ted i n knowing t h a t the fo l l ow ing r e p r i n t s o f a r t i c l e s from The Sego L i l y newsletter are now ava i lab le a t the nominal cost o f f i f t y cents per rep r i n t , o r three for $1.00, inc lud ing postage:

Issue Date T i t l e >an. 1980 "Utah T h r e a t e n e d n d a n q e r e d P l ants,"

Mar. 1980 May 1980 Oct. 1980 Jan. 1981 Mar. 1981

O c t . 1981

Nov. 1981

Dec. 1981

Jan. 1982

Author E. Neese

inc lud ing e igh t on Fedl l . ~ e g i s t e r ( i l l u s . by K . Thorne) "Research Natural Area Program" D , Atwood ''Native Pharmacopoeia o f the Eastern Great Basin" J. H. Smith 'Vegetat ion o f the Henry Mountains" E. Neese ''Utah Herbarium Index" S. Welsh 'Mormon L i l i e s , " excerpt from Steep T ra i l s , John Muir (Mui r ' s walking tou r of the Oquirrh Mountains i n 1877) Wildf lower Photog., Chap.1, "Types o f Cameras" P. Poulson "Mountain Lover, Pachistima rnyrsinites" R. Hi ld re th 'Utah Rare Plants" S. Welsh Wildflower Photog., Chap. 11, "Tripods & Photography" P. Poulson "Cur l leaf Mountain Mahogany, Cercocarpus l e d i f o l i u s " R , Hi ld re th 'Noteworthy Utah P lant Col lect ions f o r 1 9 7 E. Neese ear-berrY/~innikinnik, Arctostaph 10s uva-ursi" R. H i l d re th M i l d f l ower Photog., ~hapt-ng t h e

Subject tocoopera te" P. Poul son "Creeping Oregon Grape, Mahonia repens" R. H i l d re th Wildf lower Photog., Chap. I V , "Planning a P ic ture" P. Poulson "Rare P l ant Status Recommendat ions, 1982"

( t he UNPS Rare and Endangered Plants Committee)

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CONSERVE RARE PLANTS

Numerous species o f p lan ts have become e x t i n c t s ince the o r i g i n o f the Earth over 3 b i l l ion years ago. These ex t i nc t i ons occurred gradually, as a r e s u l t of na tura l processses. Now, however, the r a t e o f loss has increased alarmingly due t o the impacts of human a c t i v i t i e s . The major cause i s loss o f habi tat , which occurs i f a r i v e r v a l l e y i s drowned by a dam, a swamp i s drained, a f o res t i s cleared, meadows o r desert va l leys are converted t o croplands o r housing develop- ments. Other hab i ta t losses occur as a r e s u l t o f po l lu t ion , suppression o f na tura l f i r e s o r disturbance o f the s o i l by of f - road vehicles or h ikers . Plants t h a t are confined t o a few small l oca t ions are h igh l y vulnerable. Overcollect- ing also threatens some p lants . Cacti , Venus f l y t raps , p i t che r plants, woodland orchids and a lp ine p l ants are very popul ar . Co l lec t i n$ pressure when combined w i th hab i ta t loss may decimate e n t i r e species. Nearly one-quarter o f our na t i ve c a c t i are so jeopardized. Pl ants on i s1 ands are p a r t i c u l a r l y vulnerable because they have evolved i n i s o l a t i o n from these stresses. Over 40% o f the nat ive f l o r a of Hawaii i s already e x t i n c t o r endangered.

The Endangered Species Act i s widely considered the most important w i l d l i f e conservation law i n the world. I t establ ishes a comprehensive program t o conserve any species o f p lan t o r animal determined t o be "endangered" ( i n danger o f ex t i nc t i on i n a l l or most of i t s range) o r "threatened" ( l i k e l y t o become endangered i n the foreseeable f u tu re ) . The current Endangered Species Act expires on October 1, 1982; Congress must pass a new l a w i f the program i s t o continue. The House and Senate are cu r ren t l y d r a f t i n g l e g i s l a t i o n t o amend the Act as needed. Crucia l amendrnents/issues are:

1. one- vs. m u l t i - y e a r reauthor iza t ion . 2. Weakening o f the CITES Treat (cont ro ls in ternat iona l t rade o f endangered spec 3. Protect ion dropped f o r l a n t s and/(or?) other lower l i f e forms 4. KO matching federal fun 's-r- s o r s ta te endangered species programs f o r FY 1983

I f you want t o in f luence your government concerning t h i s ACT, DO IT NOW. The f i n a l l e g i s l a t i o n should be signed by September 30, 1982. The Senate tnv l ron- ment and Pub l ic Works Committee w i l l be vot ing on the b i l l t o pass it t o the Senate. Wri te t o the key members o f t h i s committee a t U.S. Senate, Washington D.C., 20510. Key committee members are:

Senators Howard Baker Pete Oomenici Lloyd Bentson A1 an Simpson Jenni ngs Randal 1 Gary Hart

Max Baucus

ETC. ETC.

The Sprinq/Sumer 1982 catalog o f Recreational Equipment, Inc., a Seat t l e-based outdoor equipment cooperative f i r m features the beau t i f u l w i ld f lowers o f the Northwest ( and many a1 so are nat ives of Utah) throughout t h e i r ca t a1 oq. ----

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LOST: Some UNPS Members! Newsletters addressed t o : Jenni fer Gorski, Tonia E e n c e and Mar DiMuzio keep being returned by the U.3. Postal S e r v i c e 3 you have a c u b s f o r anany o f these people, please send i t t o the Sego L i l y Edi tor .


Board Chairman: Stanley Welsh, Rm. 375 MLBM, Brigham Young U n i v . , Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-2289 ( o f f i ce )

President: Anthony Prates, P.O. Box 6257, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84106 (801)532-1922 ( o f f i ce )

President-Elect: El izabeth Meese, Herbarium, MLBM, Brighan Young Univ. Provo,UT 84602 (801 ) 378-4955 ( o f f i c e )

Vice President: David Anderson, S a l t Lake City, UT (801)582-0144 ( o f f ice) Secretary: Jenni fer Harrington, Sa l t Lake City, UT {801)649-6714 ( o f f i ce) T,reasurer : Glenn Hal l iday, 3043 Br ighton Place, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84121

(801 1943-4286 (home) F i e l d Tr ip Mary Ann Wright, 1018 E. 600 S . , S a l t Lake City, UT 84102

Coordinator: (801 1533-5771 ( o f f ice), 322-3300 (home) Pres+,SLC Chapter: (Pamela Poulson, P.O. Box 2275, S a l t Lake City. UT 84110

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THE SEGO LILY NEWSLETTER OF THE UTAH N A m PLANT SOCIETY

........................................................................ Vol me 5; Number 7 August, 1982 ........................................................................

WHAT'S GOING ON?

Sa l t Lake Area Chapter Meetings are regu la r l y scheduled f o r the f o u r t h Thursday o f the month, a t /:30 p.m. Non-Members are always KELCOME!

The chapter meetings are usua l ly held i n t h e Conference Room, second f l o o r o f the new o f f ices o f the Utah State Arboretum--Bldg. 436- on the upper campus o f the Un ive rs i t y o f Utah. See map on pg. 11 f o r he lp fu l h i n t s on how t o f i n d it!

Aug. 26 - The Chapter Meeting w i l l be both a f i e l d t r i p t o a nearby 6:30p.m. a r e a f o r n a t i v e p l a n t s e e d g a t h e r i n g , a n d a s e e d p a c k a g i n g

session--do one o r both! We'll meet a t t h e Arboretum Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Bidg. 436.

Sept. 23- 'The B r i sttecone Pine"--Harvi n Poul son, who has studied 7:30p.m. t h i s i n c r e d i b l y l o n g - 1 i v e d t r e e o f t h e G r e a t B a s i n w i l l

present a s l i d e t a l k on i t s past and uncertain future.

Other meetings o f in terest :

Aug. 7 - S a l t Lake Chapter F i e l d T r i p - Albion Basin, L i t t l e Cotton- 10:30 a.m., an on. Dr. Stanley Welsh, D i rector o f the 8YU Herbarium

an noted Utah botan is t and author w i l l lead a f i e l d t r i p i n YF- A1 bion Basin. Dr. Welsh wi 11 provide h i s t o r i c a l background on t h e early col lect ing and naming o f p lants by pioneer botan is t Marcus Jones i n t h i s area. Meet a t the mouth o f L i t t l e Cottonwood Canyon a t 10:OO a.m. o r a t the Albion Basin Campground a t 10:30 a.m. Bring a lunch!

Aug. 14-15 Audubon Society Basin and Range Seminar, Stansbury Htns. (See page 10 f o r d e t a i l s )

Aug. 12 Utah Sta te Arboretum "Walks and Talks w i t h the D i rec to r " 12 - 1 p.m. - - t ree tours. Meet i n f r o n t o f the Museum o f Natural

History, Univ. of Utah campus.: "New Trees f o r Landscaping i n Utah.''

Sept. 18 Annual UNPS Plant and Seed Sale, Uasatch Shadows Nursery, 9 :00 -3 :00 Sandy. Greatbuys! T e l l y o u r f r i e n d s ! Harkyourca lendar !

Caning up: Annual UNPS Meeting & Elect ions (October 9). See page 10 f o r further deta i ls .

FROM THE MULCH PILE

Leafing through the p i le , t h i s I s what turned up:

Good News: Endangered Species Act Passed By voice counts on June 8 and 9, the h a whenatech a f t e r k i n g reconciled i n t o one b i l l w i l l then again be passed and f i n a l l y signed by the President. Both M i l s provide f o r h igh l e v e l s o f funding including funds f o r s ta te cooperative agree- ments. O f specla1 in te res t i s the prohibt t jon o f takfng l i s t e d p lan ts for the purposes of possession.

Astra alus Mont i i The Ray, 1982 issue o f the Endangered Species Technical &mentioned t h a t a management agreement has been reached between the U.S. F i s h w i l d l i f e Service and the U.S. Forest Service concerning the Heliotrope Mflkvetch. This rare p lant I s known t o occur only on the Uasatch Plateau I n Sanpete County, Utah and i s one o f the e ight current ly proposed plant species f o r l i s t i n g (proposed Jan. 13, 1981 as endangered).

Cac t i Collectors Beware The D i x i e Resource Area o f f i c e o f the BLH advises tha t t h e i r f i e l d personnel are on the lookout f o r those of you t rave l ing t i l th shovels. Only common cac t i are co l l ec t i b l e (and then only w i t h the proper permit). No permits are issued f o r threatened o r endangered species as published i n the Federal Register. Col 1 e c t i on o f sensi t ive species such as Coryphantha vfvipara and Ferocactus acant hodes are co l 1 ectabl e on1 y wi th res t r i c ted permits. BLM special agents monitor areas by a i r and on ground when large-scale i l l e g a l co l l e c t i ng I s suspected,

Support the n a t i v e cact i by l e t t i n g them perpetuate i n t he wilds. Be l le the statement that I f the hikers, ORV's, highway builders, miners, dams o r cows don't get 'em, the co l lec tors w i l l ! CITES Transfer O f the 119 species on the o r ig ina l Fish S Wi ld l i f e Service proposal t o t ransfer North American c a c t i from Appendix I 1 t o Appendix I, nine occur i n Utah, -including a l l f i v e l i s t e d species. A l e t t e r from the Society supported the proposal Federal Re i s t e r not ice o f Apr f l 2, 1982). The proposal + i s a par t o f the 10-year rev ew o t e appendices under CITES, the Convention on Internat ional Trade o f Wild Fauna and Flora. Appendix I includes plants threatened w i th ext inct ion t h a t are or may be affected by trade. Appendix I1 plants are not necessarily threatened w i th ex t inc t ion but may become so without trade restraints.

Concern was also expressed over t w o species on our watch l i s t , Coryphantha v i v i ara var. rosea and Ferocactus acanthodes var. lecontei. A letter dated mk 1982 f r o m e Of f ice o f Sc i en t i f i c Author i ty indicated tha t substantial - - changes have already been made i n the proposal and tha t a number o f species appear t o be more widely d is t r ibu ted and abundant than formerly thought. While the Cor hantha and Ferocactus species on our watch l i s t are rare i n Utah, they are --I- apparent y r e l a t i ve l y common i n nearby states. Also, the Denver Regional O f f ice o f the F i s h and W i l d l i f e Service has recommended that Sclerocactus pubispinus (UNPS category "Pr io r i ty-l ow") not be transferred t o Appendix I "owing t o the lack o f any co l lec t ing pressures on i t" and because they "do not be1 ieve i t t o be especial ly rare." ... continued


Anyone with information suportlng (or not supporting) the t ransfer o f any o f these species should contact us. The f i n a l decision on the proposed species w i l l be made t h i s f a i l .

Capitol Reef Graz-fnq Extension A b i 11 sponsored by Sen. Jake Garn, R-Utah, has been passed by the Senate which would al low grazing permits i n Capitol Reef National Park t o be renewed f o r 25 years from the park's establishment (1971)

the l i f e t i m e o f the rancher and h i s he i rs or successors. Rep. James Hansen, R-Utah, has Introduced a s im i la r b i l l i n the House. Original ly, phaseout o f grazlng penults was t o occur between 1982 and 1992. Presently there i s no grazing I n three allotments which t i e t o t a l l y w i th in the park. F i f teen other allotments l i e both Inside and outside park boundaries.

The 1916 Act con t ro l l i ng grazing I n nat ional parks states that grazing can be allowed 1f "such use i s not detrnrlmental t o the primary purpose of the park." National Park Service experts believe tha t the vegetative condit ion o f the park I s substant ia l ly Impaired w i th 611-961 of the range i n f a i r t o poor condition, a sad s ta te f o r a national park. Grazing also endangers several threatened p lan t species I n the area.

O f even greater concern i s the statement by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation t ha t stresses ge t t ing a l l grazing penults i n Utah's parks extended which have a statutory phaseout. Let's pass the word t o Washington t ha t we don't want our nat ional parks milked! The phaseouts on the books are more than generous. I f a nat ional park i s n ' t o f f l im i t s , what 1s? ... Tony Frates, President

Utah Nat ive Plant Society

WILDFLOWER WATCH

I t ' s August and 1 f you want t o f i n d the wildflowers i n Utah, be prepared t o go t o the high country! That i s where I t ' s a t according t o Beverl Albee Walter Loo e, Robert Thompson and Gre Moodall who sent i n r e p o r b t h i s & also reported tha t he *transferred from Moab to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on the south shore o f Lake Superior I n Michigan. We w i l l miss h i s help i n keeping us I n touch w i t h the Moab area--but maybe he w i l l be able t o send us some reports on botanizing i n the Great Lakes area!

I n Southern Utah the pinyon-juniper be1 t i s f in i sh ing i t s wi ldf lower display w i th only Shooting Stars and G i l i a remaining. The Henry Mountains, however, are cool and beaut i fu l i n August and provide b e a u t i f u l views o f Capitol Reef, as well as an abundance o f wildflowers. I n addi t ion t o flowers, you can see a free-roaming bu f fa lo herd i n the Henrys, camp a t MacMillan Springs campground and get great Mexican food i n Cainev i l le which i s nearby. To get i n t o the Henry Mountains take gravel and d i r t roads from Hanksvil le o r Notom ( inqui re l o ca l l y as t o conditions). The Henry Mountains are being considered f o r coal s t r i p mining , so see them whi 1 e you can 1

MILOFLOWER HATCH, continued

I n Southeastern Utah the wi ldf lowers are now approaching t h e i r peak blooming a t 10,000 ft. e levat ion i n the La Sal and Blue Mountains. You should f i n d a lp ine wi ldf lowers such as: Geum r o s s i i (Avens), T r i f o l im nanum (Clover) , Sibbaldia

rocumbens , Si 1 ene a c m s (Ca tch f 1 y ) , Saxi f r a a rhanboi dea (saxi f rage),- r i w o n r n a n c ~ e ~ e n d e m i c t o t h e d t v e h igh peaks o m

M t . Peale, H t . Hel lenthin, Mt. Maas, MLTukuhnikivatz and Mann's Peak.

The Wasatch Plateau i n Central Utah has near ly one- th i rd o f a l l the species o f p lants i n the s ta te o f Utah on it and it w i l l be a t o r near the peak blooming per iod dur ing August. This i s the per fec t t ime f o r a t r i p on the Skyl ine Dr i ve which runs down the enti r e length o f the Plateau. A word'of caution: roads on t h e Plateau are rough and the Sky1 ine Dr ive may s t i l l have d r i f t s on t h e road i n some places. However, shor t t r i p s up t h e Fai rvlew-Huntl ngton highway , Ephraim Canyon and 12-Mi 1 e Canyon would be very rewarding f o r photographers, co l 1 ectors and a l l w i ld f lower fans.

The plateau has beaut i fu l stands of Quaking Aspens and on t h e north- facing s l o ~ e s there w i l l be s ~ r u c e - f i r forests. whi le t h e r idaes have Limber Pine. some o f t h e forbs t o be seen are: columbine A u i l e 1; coerulea), Fireweed

Bl ue Flax Llnuin erennb- F y u m ;l;gi;), Parry Ã s ampanu a (Campanula p a r r y an ea w

I n the Masatch Mountains the beaut i fu l bu t ma1 odorous P a r r y ' s Pr imrose (P r imu la p a r r y l ) can be found fn high rocky- areas, such a s the rocks above A l b i o n B a s i n i n L i t t l e Co t tonwood Canyon. Another h i gh-country p l a n t I s t h e hi t e

utahensis) which I s endemic Wasatch Mountains. Aster

k i n 1 i (on t h e endangered species 1 i s m s on open rocky slopes a t h igh elevations. Other p lan ts t o look f o r are: Alpine-bog

Swert i a erenne Green Gent fan C a m p i o n {SI le ie t i Â¥ff-"

acaul i s), Drumond Campion (Si lene rumondl t e var ious small taba as, Mountain Death Camas ( Z y g a d e n u m a n s ) and the Harsh Marlgolds (cal t h a m - sepal a).

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NATIVES I N THE NEWS

The Ju ly 18 issue o f the S a l t Lake Tribune featured the newly-opened nature t r a i l developed by Robert Redford a t h i s Sundance Resort. We hope many o f you w i l l have t h e opportuni ty t o v i s i t t h i s beau t i f u l area. The botanical in foma- t i o n signs along the t r a i l were i l l u s t r a t e d and described by Kaye Thorne, UNPS Board member whose i l l u s t r a t i o n s o f ten grace t h i s newsletter.

DISCOVERING THE UTAH NATIVES-a t r i p t o the North Slope o f the Uinta Mountains

... by Davl d Anderson and Kent Os t l e r

A one or preferably two-day t r i p along Highway 150 from Kamas, Utah t o Evanston, Wyoming w i l l take you through some of the most d e l i g h t f u l h igh country i n a l l o f Utah and by leaving the paved highway j u s t no r th o f the Bear River Guard Sta t ion you can extend your t r i p t o a lesser- t raveled but equal ly beau t i f u l area o f the North Slope o f the Uinta Mountains. The Ulntas are t h e highest mountain range i n Utah and unique i n t h a t they t rend east-west rather than north-south as i s the r u l e f o r the r e s t o f the Rocky Mountain ranges. Because o f the high eleva- t lon, the North Slope wl ldf lowers w i l l be a t the peak o f t he i r blooming display dur ing August. There 1s an abundance of camping areas along t h i s route and the loop t r i p would take you from Highway 150 through Robertson, Mountain View, For t Bridget and Evanston Wyoming w i t h a re tu rn t o Salt.Lake City v i a In te rs ta te 80. Near t h e Beaver Creek National Arboretum a few miles east o f Kamas, you wi 11 be i n a Ponderosa Pine area. While it may be a l i t t l e l a t e I n the year f o r bloom- Ing wlldf lowers a t th is lower elevation, a few o f the fo l lowing should s t i l l be i n flower:

E r i o onum umbel laturn (Sulfur Erlogonum ) Potent i 11 a r a c i I i s (Northwest Ci nquefoi 1 ) l u t e u s (Yellow Owlclover) Aster chi l ? ~ ( ~ a c i f i c Aster)

con turn co umblanum (Columbia Monkshood) m e - ora (Showy Goldeneye) m r e g a t a (Scar1 e t G i 1 f a )

I n the area near Bald Mountain Pass, the high mountain meadows should be e x c i t - I n g and co lor fu l w i th blooming flowers. Some of the more prominent species t o look f o r here are:

Pedf cul a r i s roenl andi ca . T i m m - c L

(Elephanthead Lousewort) (Desert Indian Paintbrush) (Parry Clover) (Yarrow) (Shrub C i nquef o i 1 ) (One-f 1 ower F l eabane ) (American B l s t o r t ) (Dwarf El ueberry)

Going nor th from Bald Mountain Pass, past M i r ro r Lake, and Hayden Peak you w i l l be fo l l ow ing the Hayden Fork of the Bear River and the road should be bordered by wildflowers--sane o f the more showy w i l l be:

E l lob ium an us t t f o l i um (Fireweed) E. a1 1num (Alpine Willowherb) b s - g o n Fleabane) -5- E. eaton 1 (Eaton Fleabane) Genti ana h ( R a i ner Pleated Gentian) k l i n o s i i Orange Sneezeweed) m & f i e w f ~ M n k e y F l ~ r ) ~ & ~ P h a c e I i a ) (lookfor about 8 miles south m m m a t u s (Lobeleaf

o f the Bear River Guard Stat ion) GroundseT)

A f t e r t u rn ing onto the graded d i r t road j u s t nor th o f the Bear River Guard Sta t ion y o u ' l l be t r a v e l i n g through Lodgepole Pine forests. The forest may look rather barren, but on c loser examination it supports some n ice f lowers including:

Antenar f a x. (Pussy toes) Arnica c o r d i f o l i a (Heartleaf Arnica) Erigeron urs inus (Bear River Fleabane)=io t r i a n g u l a r i s ( A r r m l e a f Groundsel )

... continued

DISCOVERING THE UTAH NATIVES.....continued

Af ter turning onto the graded d i r t road just north o f the Bear River Guard Stat ion you ' l l be t rave l ing through Lodgepole Pine forests. The forest nay look rather barren, but on closer examination It suppdrts some nice flowers including:

Antennaria s ( P u s s y t c e s ) Arnqca c o r d ? - o fa (Heartleaf Arnica) E r i won urslnus (Bear River Fleabane &rollsecunda(~idtbells Pyrola) ih i i s -nec m p 1

Goinu farther east and then north.

Senecl o tri an u1 ar1 s (Arrow1 eaf Groundsel ) m : * i r d S hor car os spp. (Snowberry) I+-- ace nium caespltosum (Dwarf 31 ueberry)

I n the v i c l n i t v o f the Old Blacks Fork ~ o m n ~ s s a r ~ (and throughout the ~ o r t h Slope) streams are* abundant. The moist habitat provides f o r such species as:

Antennaria rosea (Rose Pussytoes) TTu1cher*(Showy Pussytoes 1

. rotundi fo l ia

r o l a secunda (Sidebells Pyrola) & n l u m ~ e n t a l e (Western Po kosa woodsi i (Woods Rose) --

lemon1 urn)

A good f i n i s h t o t h i s t r i p would be a stop a t F o r t Bridger His tor ica l Monument where you w i l l have a chance t o appreciate the h i s t o r i c s lgnl f icance o f the North Slope area-the f lower display w t l l already have given you many masons t o appreciate the botanical wealth o f the Uinta Mountains!

U I LDFLOMER PHOTOGRAPHY

CHAPTER E IGHT-"Getti ng

'How can I capture the or off-color."

the Blues (and Whites,, Reds, Yellows, Pinks and Purples)

v iv id, actual co lor o f the blossoms? My photos look pale

-The most common problem i s OVEREXPOSURE. Most f lowers are l i gh t and bright. An average meter reading taken through the lens indicates most scenes w i th l i g h t re f lec t ion much lower than tha t o f ind iv idual blossoms. We normally expose the scene, but overexpose the flower (plenty o f de ta i l s i n the shadows and leaves, but burned out de ta i l s on the blossom). A good example o f t h i s i s the pale blue f l a x tha t was so blue a t the site. Stop the lens down t o cmpen- sate f o r the ' fa lse" meter reading. ^Â¥f *% On the other hand, when f i l l - i n the frame w i th a l i g h t and b r 7 - r - ght f ower s u c h a s Pr i ck ly Poppy o r White Evening Primrose, you encounter the opposite: UNDEREXPOSURE-the flower turns out too dark. Because the wh i t e f l owe r I s r e f l e c t i n g so l i g h t , the meter Pr ick ly reads t h a t there I s more l i g h t than there actua l ly is. The se t t ing Ind'tca- POPPY

fed w i l l underexpose the f i l m . Open t he lens up t o compensate f o r t h i s "fa1 sew meter reading.

Some photographs o f BLUE FLOWERS are disappointing. Human v is ion versus the f i l m ' s sens i t i v i t y Is t o blame. A human's co lor v i s ion Is s t r i c t l y defined: Red/orange/yellow/green/blue/vlolet. Color sens i t i v i t y o f f i l m i s not s t r i c t l y defined. F i lm can "see" a b i t o f INFRA-RED and a b i t o f ULTRA-VIOLET. This causes some strange color s h i f t s t o happen. 0 The color s h i f t most of ten encountered i s the s h i f t from BLUE TO VIOLET caused by additions o f red where none i s seen i n t he flower. This I s caused by the f i lm ' s sens i t i v i t y t o In f ra- red ( I R ) re f lec ted by the flower. I R i s d i f f i - c u l t t o separate from v i s i b l e red i n f i l m and so renders as thou9^ it j . v i s i b l e red. Beware of : blue I r i ses , Larkspur., Spl derwort (Tradescant i a spp.), etc.

Larkspur

To compensate f o r t h i s , s l i p on a haze or UV f i l t e r . These w i l l cut out most o f the IR . Special IR f i l t e r s are available, but are expensive and require longer exposures. Another simple way t o compensate i s t o shoot i n the shade or under an overcast sky, Cast your own shadow! Note: One advantage o f IR rendi t ion i s t h a t it can cause red flowers t o appear a r i cher and more v i v i d red.

On the other end of the spectrum l i e u l t r a - v i o l e t rays (UV). Fi lm i s also sensi t ive t o UV and makes a color s h i f t from VIOLET TO BLUE. This i s because the f i l m renders re f lec ted UV as blue. Watch out f o r b r i l l i a n t v i o l e t flowers such as larkspur. Also beware a t high a l t i t udes where ambient UV abounds* The best a id t o t h i s problem i s a UV f i l t e r or Skyl ight f i l t e r . . . .continued

MILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY, continued

Reflections, shadows and unseen i n f ra-red and u l t ra -v t o l e t rays can t r i c k both our eyes and our f i l m . To keep from being conned, keep a UV f i l t e r handy and bracket f o r over and under exposure. . ..Pam Poul son, Chai rman

Photography Committee

The Photography Committee would l i k e t o thank Adolf Case f o r h i s donation o f s l i d e f i l m fo r use i n enlarging our photo f i l e . Where are those great photos we've heard so much about? Send them t o be Immortalized i n the Utah Native Plant Society Flower Foto F i l e : c/o Pam Poulson, P.O. Box 2275, Sa l t Lake U t y , UT 84110.


DON'T FORGET-The main f inanc ia l support o f the S a l t Lake Chapter comes from t h e i r annual Native Plant and Seed Sale. This w- f l l be he ld from 9:00 a.m. t o 3:00 p.m. on September 18, a t Wasatch Shadows Nursery, I n Sandy. I f you are cu r ren t l y propagating na t i ve plants, and would l i k e t o donate sow of your "extras" t o the p l a n t sale, please l e t Pam Poulson or Jenni fer Harrlngton know. (Phone numbers are on the Di rec tory page o f t h e Newsletter}.

COMMITTEE NEWS

The S e e d C o d t t e e , i n t h e person o f An Shaw, o f Native Plants, Inc. led a -+- most informat ive Ju ly chapter meeting on nat ve p lants f o r your gardens. Our newly-cleaned nat ive p lant seed proved t o be a "hot" I tem and many packets went home with chapter members f o r planting. Let us know how the seeds do i n your gardens!

The Seed C d t t e e w i l l a lso hot t the August Chapter meeting when C la i re Gabriel o f Native Plants, Inc. w i l l lead a seed gathering e x p e d i t m -' supervise packaging o f more seed which w i l l be ava i lab le a t the September Plant Sale, a t Chapter meetings, and later through mai l order purchase.

Remember: I f you want t o t r y seed c o l l e c t i n g on a so lo basis, a general r u l e o f thumb f o r seed matur i ty I s : mountain plant seed generally matures 6 weeks a f t e r bloom, whi le desert p lants and annuals mature a b i t quicker.

An ad hoc (does that mean "out o f desperation1'?) Book Mai l ing Committee has been providing badly-needed help t o mail out the unexpectedly la rge book orders which we have received l a t e l y . Helen Chindgren and Ruth Henson have devoted many hours t o packing up and preparing books Tor mail ing. Thanks t o them and the supportive members who have been order ing books-our inventory i s g rea t l y reduced, and our co f fers a b i t f u l l e r !

... cont inued

COMMITTEE NEWS, continued

The F i e l d T r i p Committee continues t o provide great oppor tun i t ies t o v iew the blooming p lants up c lose and i n person. The Committee Chai man, Mary Ann Wright and Mary Morton Boucek, who a re both Ecologists w i t h the Utah State Department o f Natural Resources and Energy, conducted an informal f i e l d t r i p on June 7 t h i n lower C i t y Creek Canyon. A v a r i e t y o f f lowers, p lants and grasses were i d e n t i - f i e d dur ing the outing. A number o f introduced species were a l so noted.

The high1 i g h t o f t h e t r i p was, undoubtedly, f i n d i n g two specimens o f our State Flower, the Sego L i l y (Calochortus n u t t a l l i i ) ! ( E d i t o r ' s Note: a p l a n t l i s t was developed from t h e f i e l d t r i p , i f you wish a copy, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope w i t h your request t o the Sego L i ly . )

The F i e l d T r i p Committee has now developed guidel ines w i l l be d i s t r i b u t e d a t the beginning o f each f i e l d t r here f o r your informat ion:

F I E L D TRIP GUIDELINES

f o r a l l f i e l d t r i o s which i p and are a lso published

1. A l l f i e l d t r i p pa r t i c i pan ts are reminded o f the Utah Native Plant Society 's basic purpose o f preservat ion o f our na t i ve f l o r a i n i t s habi tat .

2. The disturbance o f nat ive p lan t 1 i f e i s discouraged, wh i le other methods o f learning, e.g., photography, drawings, and descr ip t ive notat ions are encouraged.

3. Know t h e regu la t ions f o r the park lands, watersheds and roadways you are using, e.g. c o l l e c t i n g p lants w i thout a s p e c i f i c permit i s p roh ib i t ed i n nation- a l parks, nat iona l f o res ts and pub l i c domain.

4. The t r i p leaders should have r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e fak ing o f any specimens o r designate one person t o do so. Co l lec t ing should be considered only when i d e n t i f i c a t i o n cannot be made i n t h e f i e l d . P a r t i c u l a r care should be taken i n removi ng f 1 owers and/or seeds o f annual s t o i nsure cont inuat ion o f the colony . Only reasonably abundant p lan ts should be considered f o r study specimens. Only t h e minimal p o r t i o n necessary f o r c lose i d e n t i f i c a t i o n should be severed. Group i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f one specimen i s encouraged.

5. Do not c o l l e c t underground s t ruc tures such as bulbs, corns, tubers and rhizomes f o r eat ing o r casual examination.

6. In t h e f i e l d , a l e r t members t o the dele ter ious e f fec ts o f the tramp1 i n g of many feet. F rag i l e environments should be v i s i t e d w i t h caution. I n f r a g i l e areas one person should advance i n t o the area t o i d e n t i f y a plant rather than the who1 e group.

If you have questions o r suggestions f o r loca les and/or ob jec t ives o f f u tu re f i e l d t r i p s , please contact Mary Ann'Wright. (See Di rec tory f o r her phone numbers).

UTAH AUDUBON BASIN AND RANGE SEMINAR

The f i r s t annual Utah Audubon Society Basin and Range Seminar w i l l take. p lace on August 14-15. The seminar w i l l provide l oca l residents w i t h an opportuni ty t o understand and appreciate t h e unique basin and - range ecology which comprl ses much o f western Utah, Pa r t i c i pan ts w i l l d i v i d e i n t o small groups and accompany ins t ruc to rs f o r 3-hour sessions i n t h e morning and afternoon o f August 14th. Classes w i l l be he ld I n close proximity t o South Wil low Campground i n the Stansbury Mountains.

Classes o f fe red are: Mammal Ecology o f the Great Basin (Bob Hasenyager), Ice Age Lakes and Glaciers I n Utah (Don Currey). Plants and Ecology o f the Great Basin (L. Wull s te in) , Basin and Range B i rds (Josh Burns), Nature Photogrpahy (Bi 11 R a t c l i f f e ) and Communicating about Nature (Jim Ure), The r e g i s t r a t i o n fee o f $10. i s due before Au u s t 7 t h ince c lass s i ze I s l im i ted, r e g i s t e r as soon as possible. For more +-s n onnaffon and a brochure, contact: Shir ley Hager (534-1 I%), Vaughn Lovejoy (466-4197) o r Rick Van Wagenen (467-5758) o f the Utah Audubon Society, P.O. Box 9419, SLC, UT 84109.

TUFTED HAIRGRASS STUDY

The Society has been asked t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n a study o f t h e Utah populations of Tuf ted H a i r g r a s s (Deschampsia caes i t o s a ) . Popu la t i ons o f t h i s grass are being studied throughout North + Amer ca n an e f f o r t t o select super ior i nd i v idua ls f o r use i n high e levat ion revegation o f mined and disturbed lands. Seed and whole1 i v e plants are collected from each population together w i t h a s o i l sample and other s i t e In format ion t o a i d i n the research e f f o r t . Stands of t h i s species are normally found i n wet t o mesic habi ta ts throughout t h e western U.S. I f you f e e l you could help i n t h i s study, please contact: Dr. Ray Brown, Intennountai n Forest and Range Experiment Station, 860 N. 1200 East, Logan, Utah 84321. Phone: 801-752-1311.

UNPS ANNUAL MEETING - October 9, 1982

The most important event o f t h e Society 's year w i l l be our annual meeting. This year i t w i l l be he ld on October 9 , a t t h e Garden Center, Sugarhouse Park, S a l t Lake City. We urge your attendance since t h i s w i l l be your opportuni ty t o vote f o r our 1983 Board o f Directors, and approve t h e By-Laws o f the Society. These may not seem 1 i k e "box-of f ice" a t t r a c t i o n s t o l u r e you t o the annual meeting, but the elect ion o f our D i rec tors and approval o f per t inent By-Laws are o f v i t a l importance t o our continued ex1 stence. However, there are o ther good reasons why you won't want t o miss the Annual Meeting-it w i l l be a ^Â¥Tnne meeting and the h i g h l i g h t o f the evening w i l l be a presentat ion by Vern Fr-tdle , Environmen- 4 t a l Education O f f i c e r f o r the U.S. Forest Service, on 'Ht. S t . He ens Revisited." This program graphical l y demonstrates both the dest ruc t ive and the const ruc t ive forces o f nature as they have been operating a t M t . S t . Helens i n the past two years. More i n f o m a t i o n and a r e g i s t r a t i o n form w i l l be i n the September Sego &. but mark your calendars now!

DIRECTORY, UTAH .NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

Board Chairman: Stanley Uelsh, Rm. 375 MUM, Brigham Young Univ., Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-2289 (o f f i ce )

President : Anthony Prates, P.O. Box 6257, Sal t Lake City, UT 84106 (801)532-1922 (o f f i ce )

President-Elect: ElizabethNeese, Herbarium, MLBM, BrighamYoung Univ. Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-4955 (o f f i ce )

Vice President: Davi d Anderson, S a l t Lake Cfty, UT (801)582-0144 (o f f i ce ) Secretary : Jennifer Harrington, Sal t Lake City, UT (801)649-6714 (o f f i ce ) Treasurer: Glenn Hall-iday. 3043 B r i hton Place, Salt Lake Ci ty , UT 84121

(801)943-4286 (hone! F ie ld T r ip Mary Ann Mright, 1018 E. 600 S., Sa l t Lake City, UT 84102 Coordinator : (801)533-5771(off ice). 322-3300 (home)

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Volume 5; Number 8 September, 1982 ............................................................................

WHAT'S GOING ON?

Sept. 15 T r e e s f o r Autumn Color InUtah" 7:00 - 9:00 PM Sept. 16 A mint-version o f the above, 12 - 1:00 PM

Utah State Arboretum, Walks and Talks wi th the Director, --tree tours. Meet i n f r o n t o f the Museum o f Natural his tor^. - - Unlv. of Utah cwpus.

Sept. 18 ANNUAL UHPS PLANT AND SEED SALE~Hasatch Shadows Nursery, 9:OO - 3:OO Sandy. (Near 90th South E x i t , I n te rs ta te 15)

Sept. 19 P o l i t i c a l Education Workshop, Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge, 12 - 5:00 PM brlghton, Blg Cottonwood Canyon

Sept. 20- Native Plant D i splay-Downtown Salt Lake City Pub1 i c Library Sept. 30

Sept. 23 S a l t Lake Area Chapter Meetin. "The Br ist lecone Pineu-- 7:30p.m. MarvinPoulson,whohasstudiedthls Incredib ly long- l ived

tree o f the Great Basin w i l t present a s l i d e t a l k on I t s past and uncertain future. 2nd f l o o r conference room a t the Utah S t a t e Arboretum o f f i ces , 81dg. 436 on the upper campus o f the University o f Utah. Non-nembers are always WELCOME!

Coming Up: Annual UHPS Meeting & Board Elect ions (6:OO PM, October 9, Garden Center, Sugarhouse Park, Sa l t Lake Ci ty )

October F ie ld Trfp--Paleobotany I n the Utah Lake Area

FROM THE EDITOR

Have you read any o ld books l a t e l y ? You might enjoy Autumn Across America w r i t t e n by t h e n a t u r m s t , Edwin Way Teale, i n 1950. I t i s s t i l l a f i ne way t o adjust t o the new season. And the September, 1982 issue of Sunset magazine features Po u lus tremuloides i n an a r t i c l e en t i t l ed , "The ~lory=on i n the West's Aspen -+ ountry." Utah's la rge displays o f the golden aspen a re featured along w i th suggested routes throughout the s t a t e f o r aspen-gazing i n Autumn.

You can spread the word about the Utah Native Plant Society almost e f f o r t l e s s l y --by asking us t o send a compl4mentary copy o f the Sego Li ly t o sinneone you th ink would be Interested. Just f i l l out the appropriate por t ion o f the mernber- ship app l ica t ion form on the back page of t h i s newslet ter and send it t o the address indicated.

FROM THE MULCH PILE

The Utah Native Plant Society, along w i t h t h i r t e e n other Utah groups, w i l l co-sponsor a p o l i t i c a l education workshop t o be held on September 19 from 12 noon t o 5 P.M. a t the Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge i n Brighton, up Big Cottonwood Canyon, (near Sa l t Lake Ci ty ) . Americans f o r the Environment, a nonprof i t and tax-exempt organizat ion based i n Washington, D.C., i s f inancing the workshop.

Based on representations tha t the workshop w i l l s t r i c t l y consist o f non-partisan voter education information, sponsorship was agreed t o by a ma jo r i t y o f t h e UNPS d i rec to rs who could be contacted. Other groups sponsoring the workshop range from the League o f Women Voters t o Utahns Against the Dump. For the most par t , the co-sponsors f a1 1 i n the "conservation " category.

It must be emphasized t h a t w i th t h i s sponsorship UNPS i s not attemptjng t o inf luence l e g i s l a t i o n nor endorsing any p o l i t i c a l candidates. This i s important f o r severa l reasons, foremost o f which i s conpllance w i t h A r t i c l e 111 o f the Society 's a r t i c l e s o f incorporation. A r t i c l e I 11, which out1 ines the purposes o f the Society, rec i t es almost verbatim the I R S code sect ion 501(c)(3) which i s the prov is ion of law grant ing exemption from federal income taxes f o r organizations operated exclusively f o r char i table, educational , s c i e n t i f i c and other purposes. Included there fore are the necessary statements t h a t t h e corporat ion w i l l no t (1) attempt t o in f luence l e g i s l a t i o n as a substant ia l p a r t o f i t s a c t i v i t i e s nor (2) pa r t i c i pa te o r intervene i n any p o l i t i c a l campaign on behalf o f any candidate f o r pub l i c o f f i c e .

The main s ign i f i cance o f t h i s i s t h a t while cont r ibu t ions t o 501(c)(3) organiza- t i ons are usual ly t a x deductible t o the donor, cont r ibu t ions t o most other 50l(c) organizations are not. Also, a loss o f exemption under 501(c)(3) does not necessar i ly lead t o re -c lass i f i ca t i on under another subsection,

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Inf luencing l e g i s l a t i o n under the code includes attempting t o sway pub l ic opinion (grass roots a c t i v i t i e s ) and contacting members o f l e g i s l a t i v e bodies d i r e c t l y ( lobbying) on given issues. But what const i tu tes a substant ia l p a r t o f an organization's a c t i v i t i e s causing loss o f exemption? To avoid t h i s question, an e lec t ion can be nade by most pub l ic cha r i t i es which bases the determination on the amount o f expenditures nade f o r in f luenc ing l e g i s l a t i o n as a percent o f exempt purpose expenditures. This a1 1 ows considerable f l e x i b i 1 i t y and f a i r l y "substant ia l " lobbying and grass roots expenditures without loss o f exemption as long as expenditures are kept w i t h in the s ta tu tory l im i ta t ions .

But l i t t l e f l e x i b i l i t y i s allowed when i t comes t o supporting (or opposing) candidates f o r pub l ic o f f i ce . The Sierra Club has apparently l o s t U s exemption under 501(c)(3) for t h i s reason. Voter education a c t i v i t i e s must be ca re fu l l y scrut tn ized t o ensure they a ren ' t p roh ib i ted a c t i v i t i e s . Tax regulat ion 1 . 5 0 1 ( ~ ) ( 3 ) - l ( 3 ) ( i i ) adds that an organization i s not organized so le l y f o r exempt purposes i f i t s a r t i c l e s expressly empower i t " d i r e c t l y or Â¥ ind i rec t ly t o pa r t i c i pa te ( inc luding the publ ishing or d i s t r i b u t i n g o f statements) i n p o l i t i - cal campat gns.

A r t i c l e V(B}( l ) o f our a r t i c l e s g i ves t h e corporation power t o "promote i n every possible way programs and systems which w i 11 ass is t i n the appreciation, preser- vation, and conservatin o f the nat ive plants and p lan t communities of the State o f Utah and the Intermountain area." I f a Utah l e g i s l a t i v e candidate favored measures t o conserve and preserve nat ive plants, wouldn't we be " i n d i r e c t l y " support ive even i f we i n no way par t ic ipa ted on the candidate's behalf? Even if there i s a c o n f l i c t between t h i s power and tax regulations (which are not l a w ) , the powers authorized under A r t i c l e V are l i m i t e d by A r t i c l e I I which contains the appropriate code language,

Despite the various legal and t a x considerations, i t i s bel ieved t h a t the Society's co-sponsorship o f the upcoming workshop w i 11 only increase pub1 i c awareness o f our existence and w i l l strengthen t i e s w i th other conservation groups without labe l ing us as p o l i t i c a l ac t i v i s t s . As a purely educational workshop, our pa r t i c i pa t i on should not jeopardize our 501 ( c ) (3) status (under which we should be exempt automatical ly even though we haven't received an o f f i c i a l ru l ing , since we meet the "gross receipts tes t " ) . Hopeful ly it w i l l be a benef ic ia l workshop f o r a l l involved.

. ..Tony Frates, President Utah Native Plant Society

[Ed i t o r ' s Note]: A "propagative e f f o r t " has been underway a t the Frates house- hold, resu l t i ng i n the a r r i v a l o f a baby g i r l , Angela Marie, born t o Susan and Tony F r a t e s on Ju ly 31 , 1982. Our congratulat ions!

WILDFLOWER WATCH

The wi ldf lower d isplay has been marching nor th and higher i n e levat ion a11 summer long, but as autumn approaches, the wi ldf lower seeker may want t o head f o r the warmer and lower Utah climes. The late-sumner thundershowers i n southern Utah set up the condit ions f o r a second blooming season i n September and ear ly October i n t h i s area o f t h e state. Two na tu ra l i s t s a t Zion National Park, Vie Jackson and Roy Given, sent along the fo l lowing on enjoying September i n Zion:

Cardinal Flower (Lobe1 i a cardinal $ 5 j rami nea) and the Si skiyou Aster (Aster hes e r i us ) can be found i n the m o i s t areas o f the park such as the ~ m x d *Ip on the high plateaus Rabbitbrush(Chrysotha?nus nauseosus) w i l l be provid ing golden fa1 1 color , while Snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae, the hi 11 - i a n t purple Tansy 1 i nearis, and M. tanacet i f io l l a ) , Broom Groundsel (Senecia s Goldenrods ( ~ o J ' i d a m e found along roads -+ and t r a i s throughout the park.

Guided walks on various aspects of the natural h i s to ry of t h i s area are held every day through September. I n add i t ion t o the daytime walks, on various evenings programs on t o p i c s such a s the uses o f n a t i v e p l a n t s ( " N a t u r e ' s Supermarket," o r threats t o the National Parks. ("Parks Are Not Islands"), w i l l be held a t the South Amphitheater, Watchman Amphitheater and a t the Zion Lodge auditorium.

Two l o c a l i t i e s w i th in the park t ha t would be o f special i n t e r e s t a t t h i s season a r e the Gateway t o t h e Narrows T r a i l and the Weeping Rock T r a i 1 - - i n bo th areas the spring and seepage l i n e s create an idea l hab i ta t f o r Shooting Star, C l i f f and Golden Columbine, Monkey Flower and the Cardinal Flower.

On September 9-11. 1982 the Southern Utah F o l k l i f e Fest ival w i l l be held a t the Zion Nature Center, Zion National Park. The ear ly pioneers carved an in tens t ing cu l tu re out of the a r i d land along the V i rg in River and t h i s cu l tu re w i l l be highl ighted during these three days o f demonstrations and workshops. This 1 s a remarkable opportunity t o see and learn about both the Southern Paiute cu l t u re and t r a d i t i o n a l pioneer f o l k a r t s . The Fest iva l w i l l be open from 10 AM t o 6 PM each day and i t i s FREE!

Zion National Park can be reached from In te rs ta te 15 or State Highway 89 v ia State Road 9. For add i t iona l information on what Is happening a t Zion, c a l l the natural i s t s a t (801)772-3256.

Aster Go 1 den rod

An excel lent companion f o r any v i s i t t o Zion National Park and southern Utah i s the book, Plants o f Zion National Park, Wildflowers, Trees, Shrubs and Ferns, by Ruth Ashton Nelson. This p lan t quide was oublished i n 1976 by the Zion Natural H is tory Association and i s avai i ab le i n local bookstores. he book includes t r a i l maps, a descr ip t ion o f the vegetational zones and hab i ta ts i n Zion, the blooming seasons, common roadside flowers by season and color , a glossary and 271 pages o f p lan t descript ions wi th both co lo r plates and black and white drawings of the p lan ts - -a l l you need t o go explor ing f o r the natives a t Zion!

NATURALLY NATIVE - Autumn i n Utah

The b r i l l i a n t f a l l colors along t h e Uasatch Moun- t a ins a r e a surpr ise t o newcomers and f i r s t - t i m e v i s i t o r s t o Utah. Most people a re f a m i l i a r w i th t h e g o l d and ye1 low hues o f t h e Quaking Aspen JPopulus t m u l o i d e s ) i n the higher elevations. However, great splashes o f reds, carmine, purple shades, orange and b u t t e r y e l l o w set the lower h i l l s i d e s aflame. Some compare the autumn show t o t h a t seen i n the eastern deciduous hardwood forests.

Which are t h e species prov id ing a l l t h i s co lor?

B i gtooth Maple

As the days become shorter, w i th b r i l l i a n t sunshine, and cooler nights, a subt le change conies t o the verdant green o f the var ied trees, shrubs, perennial and annual wi ldf lowers o f the Wasatch. Gradually the ch lorophy l l green i s l o s t t o be replaced by the yel low and red pigments of carotene, xanthophyll, and antho- cyanin. L igh t f r o s t s and adequate spring-summer moisture enhance the development o f color. Hard ea r l y f r o s t s may k i l l the fo l i age before any co lo r shows.

The most s t r i k 9-;

i n g co lor i s provided by the masses o f Mg too th Maple h r which occur throughout the Uasatch range and i n t o southern

has t h e i r f a v o r i t e canyon si te f o r viewing t h i s close r e l a t i v e o f the sugar maple. Two o f the favo r i t es are the Alpine Loop and Sardine Canyon. The colors are breathtaking a t t h e i r peak--reds, oranges, gold and a l l shades i n between. The show begins i n mid-September and lasts t o l a t e October.

The sequence o f p lants g i v ing co lo r I s telescoped and var ies s l i g h t l y from year t o year. Along the creeks and watercourses w i l l be found other species, each addlna t h e i r note t o the co lor swn~honv. Yellows. aold and oranae tones are added-by Box Elder ne undo); ~ a r r i w l e a f ~ o t t o h w i o d ~ P o p ~ ~ l u s an u s t i f o l i a ) as we1 I as other c o t t o n w o ~ . f r m o n t i i , P. x sawmi nata, !+ h'; various w f l l ows Sal i x sp,), Mountaln Alder minus fncana], and Mestern Mater M r c h (Betula occ k ental i s ).

Gambel Oak uercus ambelll) t y p i c a l l y t u rns a muddy ye l lowish color, but %%-I-- occasionally a c one w appear. w i th a unique red tone. Other species g iv ing

Saskatoon Serviceberry

All of these colors are h igh l igh ted by the l a s t shrub t o f lower I n the summer, w i th puf fs o f golden flowers over s i l v e r y f o l lage, t h e Rubber Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) .

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Smooth Sumac labra), the diminut ive shrub on d r y open h i l l s j des , I s the + last t o show autumn co or. Its pinnately compound leaves burst i n t o crimson f lame, j u s t before the snow f l i e s .

We can enjoy a l l these co lor changes i n t h e i r natural sett ing, but it i s poss- i b l e t o create s im i l a r visions i n our own landscapes. Careful selection, combination, and placement w i l l ensure the survival and performance o f these natives i n your yard.

Many o f the species described I n t h i s a r t i c l e w i l l be 'offered -in the Second Annual Plant Sale o f the Sa l t Lake Chapter, UNPS t o be he ld Saturday, September 18, 1982.

... W. Richard Hl ldreth, Chai man, Hor t icu l tu re Committee

SALT LAKE CHAPTER NtMS

The Second Annual Plant Sale, sponsored by the Sa l t Lake Chapter w i 11 be he ld on Saturday, September 18, a t Wasatch Shadows Nursery, 9295 South 225 West, i n Sandy, Utah (Just o f f the 90th South E x i t o f In ters ta te 15). The plants w i l l be on sale from 9 : 0 0 a.m. t o 3:00 p.m. but a word t o the wise-be ear ly! We have been assured o f the donation o f many in te res t i ng plants, inc lud ing some hard-to- f i n d natives and it should be your best opportunity t o add t h a t unusual o r 1 ong-wanted p lant t o your 1 andscape.

Pam Poul son and Dick Pa e could use some w i l l i n g volunteers t o donate a few -7-3 hours t h a t day-don t wa t t o be askedhglve them a c a l l now (261-1344) and offer your time! This i s the S a l t Lake Chapter's one fund-raising event dur ing the year and he1 p i s needed.

COMMITTEE HEWS

The F ie ld T r ip Committee arranged a " t w i l i g h t " f i e l d t r i p t o Mi l lcreek Canyon on July 22 which allowed f o r botanizing i n the area o f the Log Haven restaurant. The leader o f the t r i p had t o cancel a t the l a s t minute, but under Mary Ann H r i ght ' s capable guidance they tested each other 's know1 edge o f the loca l f 1 ora and learned we have a l o t o f expert p lant I d e n t i f i e r s , masquerading as "rank amateursm !

FIELD TRIP-ALBION BASIN WITH DR. WELSH

I f you were one of the for tunate persons t o be a t Albion Basin on August 7 wi th Dr. Stanley Welsh, then you know what a d e l i g h t f u l experience it was. Or. Welsh wove so many good t a les o f ea r l y botanists and other i n t r i g u i n g fac t s I n t o the f l o r a l i nden t i f i ca t i on , t h a t i t seemed t h a t each p lan t had a s tory behind it.

Par t ic ipants on the t r i p learned about the ea r l y p lan t c o l l e c t i n g o f Marcus E. Jones i n Alb ion Basin, about Alee Eastwood ford ing the Colorado River t o c o l l e c t desert p lan ts i n the ea r l y 1900'5, about Jane Carrington, f o r whom i t seems the Great S a l t Lake Is land was named, and about S i r Richards' unfortunate forays t o the Northwest.

Trip-goers a1 so learned and laughed a l o t as Dr. Welsh .humorously explained such th ings as why botanists use L a t i n as an i d e n t i f y i n g language, how t o t e l l gooseberry from currant (grab it-if 1 t hurts, i t ' s gooseberry! ), what h i s childhood name fo r Senecio was (wet-the-bed) and the two main categories of composites: d a m n - y e ~ p o S i t e s and damn-white composites.

Dr. Welsh ended the informat ive s t r o l l through f lower-studded A1 bion Basin by suggesting we look f o r h i s upcoming a r t i c l e i n the Great Basin Na tu ra l i s t en t i t l ed , "Col lectors o f Utah Plant Types1'--a sure way t o learn about Utah's ear ly botanists i f you missed t h e f i e l d t r i p .

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There w i l l be no September f i e l d t r i p s , but watch f o r a special October t r i p - t o the Utah Lake area t o observe some paleobotany.

[Ed i to r 's Note]: It seems an appropriate t ime t o express our apprec1atton t o Mary Ann Wright f o r b r ing ing the Field T r i p Committee t o l i f e t h i s year and provid ing so nany enjoyable and educational f i e l d t r i p s . A l l the t r i p s have been well attended and t h i s i t s e l f Indicates the great i n t e r e s t people have i n learn ing f i rs thand about the wealth o f our s t a t e ' s f lo ra , under the guidance o f knowledgeable botanists. Mary Ann would l i k e t o have your comments on t h i s year 's t r i p s and your suggestions f o r areas and subjects t h a t would provide equal ly rewarding t r i p s next year. Mary Ann's address and phone numbers are l i s t e d on page 11.

BOTANICALLY SPEAKING...

'Oak Hybr id iza t ion a t the Un ive rs i t y o f Utah," the f i r s t pub l ica t ion o f the Utah State Arboretum has been released f o r sale. The volume was authored by W.P. Cottam ( f i r s t honorary member o f UNPS), J.M. Tucker, and F.S. Santamour Jr. This volume i s a sumary o f data from an oak hybr id iza t ion pro jec t ca r r i ed out a t the Un ivers i ty o f Utah from 1961-1971. In what must be considered the most extensive and successful cont ro l l ed hybr id iza t ion pro jec t i n t h i s genus i n the United States, 43 d i f f e r e n t i n t e r s p e c i f i c hybr id combinations and 3 intersubgen- e r i c hybr ids were produced. This volume i s now ava i lab le i n hard and s o f t vdumes a t $15. and $10 respect ively from the State Arboretum o f Utah, Univ. o f Utah, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84112. A11 proceeds from the sale o f t h i s book are t a x deductible--ongoing research with oaks w i l l be funded by these monies. (A review o f t h i s volume w i l l be i n a l a t e r issue o f the Sego L i l y . )

BOTANICALLY SPEAKING...., continued

L o i s Arnow, Curator of t h e Garret t Herbarium, Universi ty o f Utah and UNPS member, has been a t work on the problem of establ ishing the correct name f o r a North American bluegrass,. The resu l t s o f her e f fo r t s have been published i n Systematic Botany, Vol. 6, No. 4, October-December, 1981, "Poa secunda Presl versus f. sandbergi i Vasey (Poaceae). As the abstract f o r t h i s -states : mPopulatons making up t h e & secunda complex of South America are morpholog4c- al ly wi th in the range of v a r i a t i o n d i s p l a y e d by the group of western North American poas having only s l i g h t l y compressed t o rounded lemmas, a l l o f the l a t t e r t rans i t i ona l t o and possibly conspecif ic w i th Poa sandber i 1 Vasey. Moreover, the South American populations occupy areas w i t h c l i m a t e s --T ana ogous t o those i n which the North American populations occur. Poa secunda Presl, there- fore, i s considered t o be the correct name f o r the North m a n species and Poa sandbergii Vasey i s reduced t o synonymy.' - Lois i s cu r ren t l y working on the grasses o f Utah and Beverl Albee, Assistant Curator a t the Garre t t Herbarium and UNPS member. 1s d e v e l o p i n g a l a s o f the Vascular Plants o f Utah-a pub1 i c a t i o n which w i l l depict the d i s t r i b u t i o n (on small maps o f Utah) o f each p lant species as reported i n the various herbaria I n the state.

A H i l d l and Shrub Symposi urn, "THE BIOLOGY OF ATRIPLEX AND RELATED CHENOPODS ," wi.11 be held May 4-6, 1983 a t the Brigham Young-ity Conference Center, a t Provo, Utah. An app l ica t ion and c a l l f o r papers form can be obtained from Cooperative Extension Services, c/o Dr. Kendall L. Johnson, Utah Sta te Uni ver- sity, UMC 49, Logan, UT 84322.

NATIVES Oh DrSPLAY

The Sa l t Lake C i t y L ibrary has Inv i t ed the UNPS t o provide an educational nat ive p lan t d isplay a t the downtown L ibrary dur ing the period Sept. 20-30, I f you would l i k e t o ass is t w i th the display o r i f you have mater ia ls r e l a t i n g t o Utah's endangered p lan ts o r I t s f l o r a I n general, please contact Tony Frates (532-1922) as soon as possible. He'd l i k e many members' input for t h i s d isplay!

UNPS ANNUAL MEETING - October 9, 1982

The most important event o f the Soc ie ty 's year w i l l be our annual meeting on Saturday, October 9, a t the Garden Center, Sugarhouse Park, Sa l t Lake City. A t t h i s meeting, you w i l l have the opportuni ty t o elect the 1983 Board of D i rec tors f o r the Society. However, before an e lec t i on can take place, nominees for the Board must be selected. Tony Frates, President o f IJNPS, i s present ly s o l i c i t i n g your suggestions f o r Board o f D i rec to r nominees. Please submit the names o f those people you feel would be e f f e c t i v e members o f our governing board t o Tony by September 10. (His address i s on page 11 o f th is newsletter.) The s l a t e o f nominees w i l l be drawn up by the Nominating Committee and published i n the October issue o f the Sego L i l y .

The Annual Meeting w i l l begin a t 6:00 p.m. w i t h a "get-acquainted" per iod dur ing which l i g h t refreshments w i l l be served. The h i g h l i g h t o f the evening w i l l be a presentation by Vern Fr id ley, Environmental Education O f f i ce r f o r the U.S. Forest Service, on "Ht. S t . Helens Revisited." This program graph ica l ly denon- s t ra tes both the dest ruc t ive and the const ruc t ive forces o f nature as they have been operat ing a t M t . St . Helens i n the past two years.

The annual meeting i s an exce l len t opportuni ty t o int roduce others t o the U t a h Native P lant Society--what i t i s , and what we do. Everyone i s welcome--we hope you w i l l be able t o come and b r i n g a fr iend.

FOR SALE! FOR SALE!

Outstanding books deal ing w i t h various aspects o f na t i ve plants, are ava i lab le a t considerably reduced pr ices. (Please include $1.50 postage per book f o r mai l order.)

Utah Plants, (Paperback) by Stanley L. Welsh & Glen Moore. 474 pp.

Member Non-Member L i s t Pr ice -

Flora o f t he Central Wasatch Front, Utah 12.00 not ava i lab le 14.95 2nd Ed i t i on by Lois Arnow, Beverly Albee

and Ann Wyckoff.

A most a t t r a c t i v e and in format ive co lo r i ng book, Utah 's Co lor fu l Na t i ves , by the Utah Nat ive Plant Society; ava i lab le f o r $1.00 plus .50 postage.

--more seeds w i l l be available--watch f o r them i n the newsletter.

A l l t h e items above a re ava i l ab le f o r purchase a t : S a l t Lake Chapter meetings o r by mail through the State Arboretum of U t a h , Bidg. 436, Un ivers i ty o f Utah, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84112. For mail orders, please include postage as indicated. PLEASE NOTE: We must request t h a t a l l orders be accompanied by check or money order--we do not have the c a p a b i l i t y f o r b i l l i n g purchases f o r l a t e r payment.

REPRINTS FROM PAST ISSUES OF THE SEGO LILY NEWSLETTER

Whether you are a newcomer t o the Utah Native Plant Society or a charter member who has mis la id the e a r l i e r issues o f the newsletter, you might be interested i n knowing t h a t the fo l lowing repr in ts o f a r t i c l e s from The Sego L i l y newsletter are now avai lable a t the nominal cost of f i f t y cents per repr in t , or three f o r $1.00, i nc lud ing postage:

Issue Date

November, 1978

September, 1979

January, 1980

March, 198U

May, 198U

October, 198U

January, 1981

February, 1981

March, 1981

November, 1981

December, 1981

January, 1982

February, 1982

October, 1981 - August, 1982

October, 1981 - July, 1982

T i t l e Author

"Endangered Plants wi th i l l u s t r a t i o n s " Kaye Thorne/ Astragalus -, Phacel i a argi 1 lacea Elizabeth Neese

"Sunf lowers--He1 janthus annud, 3. desert icola

"Utah Threatened & Endangered ~lant 's," Kaye Thorne/ inc luding e i g h t on Fed'l. Register El izabeth Neese

"Research Natural Area Program"

"Native Pharmacopoeia o f the Eastern Great Basin"

"Vegetation o f the Henry Mountains"

"Utah Herbarium Index"

"Recommendations f o r Rare Plant Designation"

"How t o S tar t a UNPS Chapter"

Duane Atwood

Janet H. Smith

El i zabeth Neese

Stanley Welsh

"Mormon L i l i es , " excerpt from John Mui r Stee ~ r a i l s , ~ h a p t e r ' I X . ( M u i r ' s walking k o f q i r r h Mountains i n 1877)

"Utah Rare Plants"

"Noteworthy Utah Plant Col lect ions f o r 1981"

Stanley Welsh

Elizabeth Neese

"Recorarendations of the Utah Rare and Duane Atwoodl Endangered Plants Comi t tee (Rare Plant El izabeth Neese/ s ta tus recommendations) Kaye Thorne

''Utah Endangered Plants"

Wildflower Photography Series ($1.00 f o r complete s e t )

El izabeth Neese

Pamela Poulson

Natural ly Native-Landscaping w i th Richard H i ld re th nat ive p lan ts ($1.00 per complete set)

Please send your requests f o r repr in ts t o : UNPS, c/o State Arboretum o f Utah, Bidg. 436, Univers i ty o f Utah, Sa l t Lake Ci ty, UT 84112.


Board Chai rman:

President:

President-Elect:

Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer:

Field T r i p Coordinator:

Stanley Welsh, Rm. 375 MBM, Brigham Young Univ,, Provo ,UT 84602 (801)378-2289 ( o f f i c e )

Anthony Frates, P.O. Box 6257, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84106 (801)532-1922 ( o f f i ce )

El izabeth Neese, Herbarium, MLBM, Brigham Young Univ. Provo,UT 84602 (801 1378-4955 ( o f f i ce)

David Anderson, S a l t Lake City, UT (801)582-0144 ( o f f i c e ) Jenni fer Harrington, S a l t Lake City, UT (801)649-6714 ( o f f i c e ) Glenn Halliday, 3043 Br ighton Place, S a l t Lake C i ty , UT 84121

(801 )943-4286 (home) Mary Ann Wright, 1018 E. 600 S., S a l t Lake City, UT 84102

(8011533-5771(offtce), 322-3300 (home) Pres.,SLC Chapter: pamela ~ou l son . P.O. ~ 0 x 2 2 7 5 , Sa l t Lake City, UT 84110

(801)261-1344 Newsletter Ed i to r : Barbara Hall iday. 3043 Brighton Place, S a l t Lake City, UT 84121

(801)584-1208 ( o f f i c e )

Correspondence can be sent d i r e c t l y t o the o f f i c e r s l i s t e d above or to: Utah Native Plant Society, 3043 Br ighton Place, S a l t Lake City, UT 84121

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THE SEGO LILY NEWSLETTER Of THE UTAH NATIVE PIANTSOCIETY

Volume 5; Number 9 October, 1982 ............................................................................

Oct. 1 7:3U p.m.

Oct. 9 6:00 p.m.

Oct. 16 9:W a.m.

Mid-October

Oct. 20

Coming Up:

WHAT'S GO1 NG ON?

Ed Abbey, noted author of Desert So l i ta i re , The Monkey Wrench and much more, wil I !x speakfng a t South High School

auditorium, 1575 South State St. , S a l t Lake City. This appearance i s sponsored by the Utah Wilderness Association.

****Annual UNPS Meeting 8 Board Elect i om**** Garden Center, Sugarhouse Park, Salt Lake City

Board Meeting after Annual Meeting

Mushroom Fie ld Trip. Logan Canyon. Meet a t Publ ic L ibrary , Logan. See pg. 3 fo r details.

Fossi l Plants F ie ld Tr ip Near Utah Lake, Utah County. See pg. 9 f o r deta i ls .

Utah Wilderness Areas Conference. Price, Utah Contact Utah Wilderness Associat ion fo r deta i ls .

Native P lants f o r Your Landscape, State Arboretum Garden Lecture Series. Speaker: Steve Pendleton, N a t i v e P lants . Inc. Room 323, 0 l p i n Student Union, Univ. of Utah, S a l t ~ a k e c i ty .

S a l t Lake Chapter Meeting, November 18. "What I Did On My Sumer Vacationm'--a slide-sharing evening. (See pg.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UTAH NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

The most important event o f the Society's year w i l l be our annual meeting on Saturday, October 9, a t the Garden Center, Sugarhouse Park, Salt Lake City. The N o m i n a t i n g Committee has prepared a slate of proposed nominees f o r the 1983 Board o f Directors and a b a l l o t I s being sent t o a l l current members wi th t h i s Issue of the newsletter. Ba l l o t s w i l l a lso be avai lable a t the meeting fo r members who may need them. I n addi t ion t o t h i s al l- important election, the agenda fo r the evening Includes:

A Happy Half-Hour w i th l i g h t refreshments

Elect ion o f the 1983 Board o f Directors Br ie f Reports from Committees, Of f icers

'Mt. St . Helens Revisited," a f i lm/ lecture by Vern Fr1dle , Envi romtental Education Of f icer , U .S. Forest #

Adjourn

After adjournment, the present Board of Directors w i l l meet b r i e f l y t o discuss: adoption of By-Laws f o r the Society, applying f o r tax-exempt status, honorary Board memberships, possible UNPS l eg i s la t i ve involvement and the agenda for t h e i r January meeting.

NOMINEES. 1983 UNPS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The fo l lowing names wi 11 be presented on the b a l l o t as nominees for the 1983 Board o f Directors f o r the Utah Native Plant Society:

David Anderson Duane Atwood Larry England Anthony Fra tes Sherel Goodrich GI enn Ha 1 11 day Jenni fer Harrington Richard H-tldreth A1 i ce Hreha

Kathy Mutz Elizabeth Neese Richard Page Pamel a Poul son Kaye Thorne Kathleen Ma1 len t ine Stanley We1 s h Mary Ann Ur lght

As outlned i n the UNPS By-Laws, the current President-Elect (Elizabeth Neese), w i l l be Board President and the current President (Anthony Prates), wf l l be Board Chairman for 1983. A l l other State o f f i ce rs w i l l be appointed by the new1 y-el ected Board.

WILDFLOWER WATCH

Those of us i n the northern pa r t o f Utah are now spending more t ime watching f o r the f i r s t snow clouds r a t h e r than w i Id- f lowers; however, i n some p a r t s o f the area the wildf lower watchers wi 11 s t i 1 l be rewarded. Gre U o o d a l l r e p o r t s t h a t f a l l 1s a great -r-- t me t o take a r i v e r t r i p through Desol ation/Gray Canyon, Cataract Canyon, the Grand Canyon, Westwater or on the threatened Yampa or White r ivers. The l i g h t i n g i s a t i t s best and the canyons' colors are beaut i fu l . I n the Grand Canyon l a t e - s e a s o n r a i n s b r i n g on a "second sp r ing " w i t h the o c o t i l l o s co1or ing the s l o p e s g reen and s c a r l e t . Greg a l s o reports tha t there are l o t s o f blooms I n t h e p inyon - jun ipe r b e l t a t 6,000--7,000 ft. e leva t i on , p a r t i c u l a r l y among the asters and buckwheats, while the roadsides i n southern Utah are aglow w i th the many y e l l o w - b l o o m i n g f l o w e r s - - s u n f l o w e r s , rabbi tbrush and sagebrush. Debbie Arms- t ron9 and Victor dackson, na tu ra l i s t s a t Z i o n ~ a t i o n a Park. report that the Cardinal Fl-r {Lobelia ca-rdinalfs ramlneaj i s i n f u l l bloom a t such places %r as t e Emerald Pools, Weeping Rock, t h e Gateway t o t h e Narrows and other seeps and springs i n the park. Stffimer's heat Is gone and the recent thunderstorms have provided ample water f o r the fa1 l bloomers: Wyoming Paintbrush Castil le'a l i na r i ae fo l l a ) , Waterwillow (Baccharis mr 1 , Goldenaster (Chr so s s v t osa) Snakeweed (Gutierrezia -P * S-, 6 aucous Aster Aste+klaucode~~"~ansy-aster Machaeranthera >- and the ubiquitous Eibj?-ryso;hamn;s nause A- o f a l l colors w i l l not a r r i ve i n Zion an sout era tab u n t i l l a t e October and early November. A t tha t t ime the Bigtooth Maples, Boxelders, Cottonwoods and Oaks w i l l add t h e i r b r i l l i a n t hues t o the co lo r fu l canyons and mesas o f the area. Don't forget t ha t guided w a l k s and t a l k s on various subjects perta in ing t o Zion National1 Park--history, botany, geology, etc.--wi l l be held through the end o f October. For fu r ther information c a l l the na tu ra l i s t s at : (801)772-3256.

I n search o f the wi ld mushroom. .... O r , Michael Alien, a mycologist a t Utah State Universi tv w i l l lead a mushroomi in^^ h ike i n the &ar River Ranoe on October 16 ( ~ a t u r d a ~ ) . This should be a fascinat ing f i e l d t r i p ! Plan t o Get the group a t the Logan pub1 i c l i b r a r y a t 9:00 a.m. before going up Logan Canyon f o r the hike. Be sure t o br ing along paper bags and waxed paper fo r co l l ec t i ng the mushrooms. The group p lans t o key out the mushrooms (and perhaps eat the delectable ones!) a t Dr. Al ien's home a f t e r the hike. To part ic ipate, please call Betsy Neeley, Logan (8U11753-3763 or Or . Al ien (801)753-0576.

WILDFLOWER PHOTOGKAPHY

CHAPTER NINE-"Your P h o t o s ~ P u t t i ng Them Away"

"The plant photography season I s coining t o a close. What do I do wi th the photos I 've produced?"

We want t o preserve our photography, so the best t h ing we can do I s IDENTIFY each photo and store it away I n a pro tec t ive manner.

I t ' s important t o label each photo as soon as possible. Write the i den t i f i ca - t i o n o f the p lan t on the photo: the name and locat ion a t least. A connon abbreviated i d e n t i f i c a t i o n system i s a code number: for Penstemon c ananthus wr i t e 1TECYO02.m The i n i t j a l s a r e the f i r s t two l e t t e r s o f each w o h ; number i s which s l i d e o f the many you nay have o f P. cyananthus.

There are a few storage systems avai lable and which you choose depends on how many photos you have and t h e i r format.

1. The simplest way t o store photos i s t o leave them i n the box/envel ope that was provided by the f t l m processor. Be sure t o label as t o contents. These can be stored almost anywhere, bu t keep them as order ly and organized as possible,

2. A 35m s l i de storage system w i th easy use access i s the s l i d e tray, Storing s l ides i n s l i d e t rays makes them convenient f o r viewing. Sl ide t rays can hold 80 t o 140 s l ides and can be label led r i g h t on the tray. To keep DUST o f f , store the t rays i n t h e i r o r i g i na l boxes. The drawback t o t h i s system i s bulk. Also, i t i s expensive because you need the pro jec tor t o go w i th i t !

3. Clear p l a s t i c sheets w i th photo pockets i n them f o r ind iv idua l photo holdings are another a l ternat ive. They a re avai lable f o r 35m sl ides, p r i n t s and negatives o f any s ize format you could come up with. The sheets are a standard s ize (9" x 12") and are punched f o r s tor ing i n 3-rjng binders. They can be I d e n t i f i e d on each pocket, are convenient for viewing, inexpensive and qu i te pro tec t ive against DUST. Binders f u l l o f photos can be kept on a bookshelf or. i f your Inventory becomes too large, p u l l the sheets frun the binders and store i n a regular o f f i ce- type f i l i n g cabinet.

4. I f you r e a l l y want t o get elaborate and expensive w i th 35mm s l ides you can buy a s l i d e cabinet. Slides are held along t racks i n large ve r t i ca l drawers which al low the s l ides t o be viewed i n place. The cabinet i s equipped w i t h a l i g h t table. Some cabinets can hold up t o 15,000 s l ides . If the cabinet i s closed up properly a f t e r use the DUST problem can be kept t o a minimum.

NOTE: To get DUST o f f p r i n t s , s l ides o r negatives, blow i t o f f w i t h canned a i r . Never blow it o f f w i t h your breath-very moist! and NEVER brush i t o f f w i t h a c l o th or t i s s u e ~ t h e dust acts l i k e SANDPAPER.

How do vou store your photos? Have you devised a bet te r system f o r re t r i ev ing s l i d e s ? T e l l us! Send a l l o f your photography t i p s t o t h e Photography C m m i t - tee i n care o f the Newsletter Edi tor .

. . .Pam Poulson, Chairman Photography Committee


--A review by Pam Poulson

The Cacti o f the United States and Canada, by Lyman Benson. Stanford Univers i ty Press, 1982. 1044 pages, $85.00.

Just released, t h i s beaut i fu l book i s the resu l t o f f i f t years o f study by the o l d foremost author i ty on CACTACEAE. The st&ineats eyery n a t j w o r introduced species, var ie ty and hybr id o f cactus known t o occur i n the Americas north o f Mexico. Since cac t i are concentrated i n our area, the work i s o f special In teres t t o us.

The book i s w r i t t en f o r the amateur and p r o f e s s i o n a l a1 i ke. I n c l u d e d are desc r i p t i ons , i d e n t i f y i n g keys and geographical re lat ionships f o r 18 genera and 152 species, 65 comparison tables o f var iet ies, 135 d i s t r i b u t i o n maps, 165 1 ine drawdngs, photographs (194 i n co lo r ) , a g lossary and b ib l i og raphy .

For each spec ies o r v a r i e t y the main t e x t p rov ides bo tan i ca l and common names, d e s c r i p t i o n , h a b i t a t , range, a s s o c i a t e d p l a n t s and economic o r ecological importance.

Introductory chapters t rea t the general character and s t ruc ture of cacti-repro- duction, physiology, evolution, d i s t r i - bution, c l ass i f i ca t i on , conservation and uses by man; a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h o the r p lan ts ; c l i m a t i c p a t t e r n s a f f e c t i n g d i s t r i bu t i on ; h is tory o f co l l ec t i on and study and research methods employed by the author.

For the amount of information contained and the sheer beauty o f the book, the e igh ty - f i ve do1 l a r p r i ce i s a bargain. I high ly recommend tha t anyone in teres t - ed i n plants (or book co l l ec t i ng ! ) save t h e i r pennies and t rea t themselves t o t h i s book f o r Christmas!

( i l l u s t r a t i o n from Cacti o f the U.S. and Canada)


--The fo l lowing i s both a book review and a t r i b u t e t o Its author, Dixie Rose, a grand lady o f Utah's wi ldf lower world, w r i t t en for us by Kathleen Uallentlne.

Utah's Intermountain Utldf lowers by D ix ie Rose. Published by Ed Rose and sponsored by the Utah Associated Garden Clubs. Publishers Press, Sal t Lake City, 1979. $5.95.

Utah's Intermountain M i ldf lowers i s intended f o r "people who want an uncmpl icated way t o i d e n t i f y the wi ld l ings they meet/'

The t e r r i t o r y covered Includes the f o o t h i l l s , canyons and mountains o f northern to central Utah, with par t i cu la r emphasis on the Uasatch and Uinta mountain ranges.

The glossy, 92-page book begins w i th the spring-blooming f lowers o f the foot- h i l l s . And as the author says, "No f lower i s ever as sweet as the f i r s t f i n d of the year." The contents are arranged by season o r blooming order, habitat, and then by color-yellow, white, p ink t o red and blue t o purples. Each o f the three sections begins w i t h a well-writ ten, concise overview of what I s seen i n the pictures on the fo l lowing pages.

Dix ie did roost o f the photography, Ed Rose added more and a few are contribu- t l ons o f friends. D ix ie i s personally f am i l i a r w i th every f lower f n her book and m n y others as e l l - - h e r regret i s tha t she could not include them fi* The b r i e f descript ions begin wi th the cap i ta l ized common names of f lowers on the l e f t side of the page, i n alphabetical order, fol lowed by the s c i e n t i f i c names. A ful l-page color photo o f a s ing le f lower graces some eleven pages and approxi - mately eighteen pages have smaller, 3" x 5" beau t i f u l l y c lear photographs of f lowers i n t h e i r habitat.

The volume i s dedicated t o Edward Rose, known t o many as an av id hiker, amateur botanist and fr iend. D ix ie says o f him, "he loved a l l f lowers b u t the w i l d ones better. " The shor t descr ipt ive paragraphs succinct ly g ive the botanical information, explain names and charmingly describe the flowers. D ix ie 's w r i t i n g i s clear, In teres t ing and Inv i t ing . The f lowers Included are both ones tha t are seen rather often-the Whi skbrom Parsley t o Parry's Primrose, which graces the c o v e r ~ a s wel l as others that are ra re l y seen.

Utah's Intermountain Wildflowers i s a r e s t f u l t r ea t t o the eyes, a book nature h v e r s can carry w i th than t o i den t i f y flowers and fee l qu i te f a m i l i a r w i th them instant ly. It i s not done i n s c i e n t i f i c jargon, nor i s i t a key. It i s usable and de l igh t fu l . There i s a glossary, bib1 iography and Index. D ix ie c ~ n n i n g l y states that the book most often used as a reference was the Boric o f Nature. Her descr ipt ion o f how the stamens c i r c l e the p i s t i l - as young men do a p re t t y g i r l a t a party, helps one remember the f lower parts,

D i x ie Rose's labor o f love w i l l be a t r e a t t o wi ldf lower enthusiasts o f our area.

DIXIE ROSE--A TRIBUTE

Publication o f Utah's Intermountain Wildflowers i n 1979 f u l f i l l e d a longtime dream f o r Dixie, a talented photographer as well as writer.

Born i n Oklahoma 86 years ago, some of D i x i e ' s ear ly memories are of a mother who took her on pasture walks and named f o r her the flowers along the way. Thus began a love of w i ld l ings that was nurtured as she attended schools i n Oklahoma and Texas, tak ing botany courses whenever she could. This love has been developed l i fe long, not only i n the Midwest but also i n the western mountains that D ix ie and Ed Rose v i s i t ed again and again f o r decades. The Roses l i ved i n several Cal i fornia c m n i t i e s , inc luding the Sierras and only decided t o move t o Sal t Lake Ci ty when r e t i r e m n t drew near. A major reason was t o take advantage o f the unusual number o f wildf lower communities that could be reached conveniently, ranging from Yel lowstone and Teton National Parks i n the north down through the Uintas range t o the desert species of southern Utah and Arizona.

Impressed by the number o f species, Dix ie vowed "I would get t o know every f lower here so t h a t I could c a l l i t by Â¥it name." Mot only has she f u l f i l l e d tha t vow, but she has generously shared her wealth o f information, so lov ing ly learned, wi th many many novices t o the wildf lower world. She and Ed of ten would take beginners out fo r wonderful excursions t o the Wasatch and Uintah mountains and share wi th them hard-earned secrets such as the home of the Hesperochi ron and the Fai r ys l ipper Orchid.

As t i m e went on and a r t h r i t i s l im i ted her ac t i v i t i es . Dix ie continued t o pore over books and t a l k w i th botanists and other f lower lovers t o increase her store o f f l o r a l knowledge. She shared her s l ide shows wi th local clubs as we1 l as f r iends and of ten was inv i ted t o speak before local groups. Her name became a welcome by l ine i n the Deseret News and the magazine section of the Sal t Lake Tribune as well as a number o f other publications. One of her most choice - pieces was an a r t i c l e on flowers and hummingbirds, i l l u s t r a t e d w i th close-up shots o f a busy hummer a t her feeder--taken through her window.

Gardening i s another facet of D ix ie 's f lower hobbies and her cozy t ie red garden annually holds love ly tri 11 iums, snowflakes, columbines and sometimes an orchid or two. Ed i n the meantime experimented wi th a co lor fu l penstemon garden u n t i l he passed away i n the f a l l o f 1981.

Ask D ix ie where her f avo r i t e f lower spot I s and she i s quick t o t e l l you i t i s the Albion Basin "at peak." Then she mentions the other beauty areas of the state, inc1uding:Red Canyon i n the spring and the Uintahs throughout the summer as the snows recede and the annual magic show starts wi th the Caltha and Fairy- s l ipper of spring, continuing through the meadows o f summer t o t h e r i m r o s e and f i n a l l y the Arc t ic Gentian tha t f o r e t e l l s the season's new snows, soon t o cme. For many years she had wanted t o t e l l the story i n color pictures and clear, c r isp narrat ive, and t h i s goal f i n a l l y saw f r u i t i o n w i th the publ icat ion o f her book which has sold well and i s s t i l l avai lable i n local bookstores.

Dix ie has won several well-deserved awards. The Rocky Mountain Region of t h e Neighborhood Garden Clubs presented her wi th an award f o r outstanding regional service i n w r i t i ng and the Utah Associated Garden Clubs gave her an award f o r meritorious achievement. The c i t a t i o n on that award probably sums up D ix ie best. I t reads: "For Sharing Her Wealth of Knowledge and Love of Wildflowers With A l l O f Us." ... Kathleen Wallent ine


The sun shone b r i gh t l y on the Second Annual Native Plant and Seed Sale, held a t Wasatch Shadows Nursery, Sept. 18 and many happy buyers took advantage of the opportunity t o purchase some unusual native plants and s e e d s ~ c o l umbines, w i l d zinnias, Mountain Mahogany, Red Osier Dogwood, three v a r i e t i e s o f sagebrush and many other plants were observed leaving the UNPS sales s i t e i n the arms of canny f o l k who are landscaping w i th natives. The proceeds from t h i s annual sale w i l l be used t o support the Sal t Lake Chapter a c t i v i t i e s and the Chapter grate- f u l l y acknowledges the help i t received from: Dave and Jack Johnson of Wasatch Shadows who generously supplied not only many plants but a s i t e f o r the sale; Mi l lcreek Gardens; David Okelberry and John Norberq who a l s o provided plant material; Richard Pa e, Lois Arnow and the UNPS Seed Cornittee who supplied packaged seed Ã‘Ã‘ and he p f u l i l l u s t r a t i o n s of* t-ziae f o r some great pub1 i c i t y ; and the super group o f vol unteers who provided ^TT he p u1 informa- t i on and assistance under the guidance of Dick Hi ldreth, Hor t icu l tu re Coinnittee Chairman--Deborah Call i s te r , Glenn Hal 1 lday, Janet Mi tche l l , Mr. and Mrs. David Okel berry, Pam Poulson (and Pam's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mi l l s ) .

You may want t o s t a r t looking through your sumner's accumulation o f wildf lower and nat ive plant color slides and p r i n t s because the November Chapter Meeting (Nov. 18) w i l l be "What I Did On My Summer Vacation." Th is w i l l be your chance t o share your ten b e s t or ten most un ident i f ied s l ides or photographs o f wildflowers wi th the rest o f us. We'l l have some expert plant i d e n t i f i e r s on hand to help wi th the "UFO's." This i s an evening t o informal ly share the pleasures of t h i s year 's wildf lower d isplay once again. Refreshments w i l l be served!

PHOTOGRAPHY COMMITTEE

DON'T FORGET! While you are f i l i n g your beaut i fu l wildf lower photographs, remember the UNPS Flower F i l e welcomes your photo contributions. Send us your photos, we ' l l duplicate them f o r our f i l e and re turn your o r i g ina l s t o you! Send donations to :

UMPS Flower F i l e P.O. Box 2275 Sal t Lake City, UT 84110

The Photography Comnittee provided co lor p r i n t s o f some o f Utah's threatened and endangered plants f o r two recent exhib i ts ; the State Garden Show held September 17-18 a t the Sugar House Garden Center, Sal t Lake Ci ty, and the Utah Native Plant Society Exh ib i t a t the Sal t Lake City Main Library, Sept. 20-30. The p r i n t s w i l l become part o f a " t rave l ing exh ib i t " f o r the Society. I f you have s l ides of any o f our rare, threatened or endangered plants, the Photography Committee i s pa r t i cu la r l y interested i n obtaining a complete f i l m 1 i brary of these plants and would appreciate the opportunity t o duplicate your photographs. Contact the Flower F i l e !

SEED COMMITTEE

The Seed Cornittee, as represented by C la i re Gabriel, Jenni fer Harrington, Janet Mi tche l l and Dick Pa e, were undaunted by the thunderstorm which ra ined out the -4 m e Chapter s p anned seed-gathering f i e l d t r i p on August 26. They spent the meeting cleaning and so r t i ng nat ive p l an t seed already on hand and were able t o provide ample packets t o be sold a t the Second Annual Native Plant and Seed Sale, Sept. 18. Another seed-gathering f i e l d t r i p was l ed by C la i re Gabriel on Sept. 25 t o Albion Basin, L i t t l e Cottonwood Canyon. The Seed Comnittee should be able t o provide us w i t h a f i n e var ie ty o f na t ive p lan t seeds f o r c u l t i v a t i o n next season!

FIELD TRIP COMMITTEE

October may seem t o be a b i t l a t e f o r a nat ive p lan t f i e l d t r i p i n the Wasatch Front region--but M a r Ann Wri h t , F i e l d T r i p Coordinator has the answer--a t r i p t o seek out foss i +-I--+ ized p ants Dr. Wi l l iam Tidwel I , a professor i n the Botany and Range Department, Brigham Young Univers i ty and the author o f a well-known work, "Fossi l Plants o f Western North America," has agreed t o lead a UNPS f i e l d t r i p t o f o s s i l p lant beds near Utah Lake. A d e f i n i t e date f o r the f i e l d t r i p had not been set a t press t ime, so contact Mary Ann (see Directory, pg. 11) f o r date, d e t a i l s and direct ions,

LAUD RECLAMATION SYMPOSIUM

Native Plants, Incorporated, a p r i va te f irm, w i l l sponsor i t s t h i r d annual Land Reclamation Symposium December 1st and Znd, a t the Tri-Arc Travelodge Conference Center, S a l t Lake City. The theme t h i s year i s "Re-establishing Wi ld l i f e Habitats.''

Some o f the key topics t o be discussed by noted au tho r i t i es i n the reclamation f i e l d include: "The r o l e o f p r i va te conservation groups i n hab i t a t rehab i l i ta - ti on ," "Plant select ion t o meet basic w i l d l i f e needs ," "Competition among plants dur ing establishment," "Plant establishment techniques," "Nut r i t iona l value o f w i l d l i f e hab i ta t shrubs ," " W i l d l i fe /p lan t re la t ionsh ips tha t enhance seed dispersal ," and "Restoration o f r i p a r i a n habitat."

As I n 1981, representatives o f comnercial companies w i l l be i n v i t e d t o present case studies o f successful reclamation projects. The best presentation w i l l be given a prize. A t the conclusion o f the seminar, tours and demonstrations a t the nursery and seed d i v i s i o n o f Native P lan ts , Inc. w i l l be conducted. The new t issue cu l t u re t r a n s i t i o n f a c i l i t y i s expected t o be one o f the h igh l igh ts of the nursery tour.

Further d e t a i l s on the symposium can be obtained by ca11b-q Dennis Hansen, Manager o f N P I ' s Reclamation D iv is ion a t 582-0144.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS

The Bureau o f Land Management Is cur rent ly asking f o r pub1 i c input on t h e i r r ecw~~enda t i ons regarding Wilderness Study Areas i n Utah. Contact your l oca l BLM o f f i c e and get Involved! Don't l e t some bureaucrat decide what w i l l be wilderness and what won't!

FOR SALE! FOR SALE!

A l l the Items below are avai lable f o r purchase a t : Sa l t Lake Chapter meetings o r by mail through the S t a t e Arboretum o f Utah, Bldg. 436, Univers i ty o f Utah, Sal t Lake City, UT 84112. For mai l orders, please include postage as indicated. PLEASE NOTE: Ue must request t h a t a l l orders be accompanied by check o r money order-we do not have the capab i l i t y f o r b i l l i n g purchases f o r l a t e r payment.

I f you would l i k e t o share the beauty o f Utah's wildf lowers w i th your f r iends, we have the idea l method! we now have ava i lab le Utah Native Wildflower Note- cards. Each card has a f u l l - c o l o r photograph o f such love ly Utah nat ives as: t h e ~ u n f 1 ower , Golden Currant, Claret Cup Cactus, Mountain Laurel and Sego L'f l y - -a l l areas o f our s t a t e are represented. There are four sets o f notecards --each set contains four d i f f e ren t wl l d f l owers and comes with matching envelopes. I n a l l , you can have 16 d i f f e r e n t Utah wtldflower p r i n t s . These would make handsome Christmas cards! Each set o f four notecards i s $2.00 p l u s 5.50 postage and a l l proceeds w i l l go t o support the Utah Native Plant Society.

Outstanding books deal i ng w i t h various aspects o f nat tve plants, are avai 1 able at considerably reduced prices. (Please include $1.50 postage per book fo r mail order. )

TITLE AUTHOR b t d ~ Plant*) by Stanley L. Welsh fi Glen Moore. 474 pp.

F l o ra o f the Central Wasatch Front, Utah, 2nd Ed i t ion by Lo is Arnw, Beverly Albee and Ann Wyckoff.

Member Kon-Member L i s t Pr ice 4.66 6.00 12.95

12.00 not avai lable 14.95

A most a t t rac t i ve and informative co lor ing book, Utah's Color fu l Natives, by the Utah Native Plant Soc iety ; ava i lab le f o r $1.00 plus .50 postage.

--more seeds w i l l be available-watct f o r them I n the newsletter.


Boardchairman: Stanley.Welsh,Rm.375MLBM,BrighamYoungUnlv. , Provo,UT 84602 (M)l)378-2289 (o f f i ce )

President: Anthony Frates, P A . Box 6257, S a l t Lake City, UT 84106 (NJLj$32-1922 ( o f f i ce)

President-Elect: Elizabeth Neese, Herbarium, MLBM, Brigham Young Univ. Vrovfl,UT 84602 (801)378-4955 (o f f i ce )

Vice President: David Anderson, Sal t Lake City, UT (8UI)WZ-0144 (o f f i ce) Secretary: Jennifer Harrington, Salt Lake City, UT (801)649-6714 (o f f i ce) Treasurer: Glenn Hall iday, 3043 Brighton Place, Sal t Lake City, UT 84121

(801 )943-4286 (home) F ie ld Tr ip Mary Ann Wright, 1018 E. 600 S., Sal t Lake City, UT 84102 Coordinator: (8Ul)533-577l(office), 322-3300 (home)

Pres.,SLC Chapter: Pamela Poulsoo, P.O. Box 2275, S a l t Lake City, U T 84110 (801)261-1344

Newsletter Editor: Barbara HalHday, 3043 Brighton Place, S a l t Lake City, UT 84121 IBU11584-1208 (office)

Correspondence can be sent d i r e c t l y t o the of f icers l i s t e d above o r to: Utah Native Plant Society, 3043 Brighton Place, Sal t Lake City, UT 84121

The UNPS Se o L i l newsletter i s published 9 times per year by the Utah Native P l a n t o r p o r a t e d as a non-profit organization under the l a w s o f the State of Utah. Contributions t o The Se o L i l are we1 corned and should be sent t o the editor. Please s t a t e i f d v e been published elsewhere and require publisher's permission. The ed i to r reserves the r i g h t t o ed i t as needed and t o select sui table a r t i c l e s f o r publication. Copy deadline i s the 15th o f each month.

Membership i n the Utah Native Plant Society includes The Se o Li t newsletter subscription. Please use the fo rmprov ided i n the news + etter f o r membership applications or'change o f address. 1982 Utah Native P l a n t Society, Incorporated

Salt Lake Chapter meetings are usually held i n the second f loor Conference Room a t the S t a t e Arboretum Center. Bldg. 436, upper sector o f the Univ. of Utah campus. You can enter from South Campus Drive o r Hasatch Drive.

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Volume 5; Number 10 November/December, 1982 ................................................................................

Nov. 18 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 1-2

Dec. 11 9 am -

12 noon

Jan. 14 - May 20

Coining Up:

WHAT'S GOING ON?

Designing w i th Native Plants, State Arboretum Garden Lecture Series. Speaker: 8-11 1 Wagner, Erickson Landscaping Inc. Room 323. 01pin Student Union, Univ. of Utah, Sa l t Lake City.

UNPS Sa l t Lake Chapter Meet ing~Conference Room, State Arboretum, Unf v . o f Utah. "What I Did on Hy Summer Vacationg'--a s l i d e sharing evening. Look through your summer's accumulation o f m i l d f lower and nat ive p lan t co lor s l i des and p r i n t s and b r ing them t o the meeting. We'll have some expert p lant I d e n t i f i e r s on hand t o help wi th the "UFO's." This i s an evening t o fn formal ly share the pleasures o f t h i s year's wi ldf lower d isp lay once again. Refreshments w i l l be served.

Land Reclamation Symposi urn, "Re-establ i sh i ng W i 1 d l i f e Habitats." Sponsored, Inc. a t the Tri-Arc Travelodge. Cal l : Dennis Hansen. 582-0144

S t a t e Arboretum Holiday Wreath Workshop, Registrat ion fee of $15.00 includes green or d r i ed materials. Last day t o reg is ter : Nov. 20. Ca l l : 581-5322.

Herb Growing Workshop--a It o f U Dept. o f Continuing Education course. Tips on how t o grow, preserve and use herbs. Fee $35. Call : 581-5322.

UNPS Sa l t Lake Chapter M e e t i n g ~ t o p i c t o be announced

UNPS Board o f Directors Organization Meeting. January, 1983 Board members w i l l be no t i f ed o f date.

It's t ime f o r the newslet ter e d i t o r and cont r ibu tors t o "take o f f " again. There w i 11 be no Sego L i l y pub1 ished i n December o r January, but as we busy ourselves w i th other matters, we wish a l l o f you the happiest o f ho l iday seasons-look f o r the February issue i n your mat l boxes!

FROM THE MULCH P ILE

Surfacing from a s l i g h t l y soggy p i l e were these t i d b i t s :

CLAY PHACELIA: On A p r i l 12 a recovery plan fo r the clay phacel l a (Phacel i d argll Iacea) was approved by the ~i shm~ildlife Service. UNPS D i rec tors Duane Atwood and Stan Welsh were members o f the commit tee t h a t prepared the plan and they were instrumental i n U s completion. The p l a n i s cu r ren t l y on the "funding needed" p i 1 e.

Phaceliaarglllacea This r a r e w i n t e r annual boasts a t o t a l population o f on ly NO-300 p lants i n Utah county. Atwood (who I s a lso the present chairperson o f our Rare and Endangered Plants Committee) rediscovered the species i n 1971 after almost 90 years since i t s f i r s t co l lec t ion , I n 1973, he described and named i t as a new species and it was subsequently l i s t e d i n 1978 under the Endangered Species Act o f 1973.

The recovery plan cal ls f o r es tab l ish ing a populat ion o f 2,000 - 3,000 p lan ts on 120 acres. The present populat ion e x i s t s on only about 7-8 acres o f land, almost a l l o f which i s p r i v a t e l y owned. The Nature Conservancy reports t ha t they are attempting t o persuade the two brothers who own the land t o donate It. I f acquired, the land would be fenced t o avoid t rampl ing by sheep and bipeds. UNPS has expressed i n t e r e s t i n ass i s t i ng the Nature Conservancy's e f f o r t s .

ERIGERON MAKUIREI: According t o the July, 1982 Endangered Species Technical Bulletin, the Maguire Fleabane Daisy i s the rares t p lan t known from current co l l ec t i ons i n our region. Only seven p lan ts were found by a F ish 8 W i l d l i f e Service botan is t t h i s spr ing i n i t s Emery County habitat. Grazing and O R V ' s are harbingers o f doom f o r t h i s species.

SIXTY-FIFTH PLANT LISTED: The diminut ive number o f f ede ra l l y - l i s ted species was wi th the add i t i on o f the McKi t t r fck Pennyroyal (Hedeoma

apiculaturn), a member o f the mint family. This perennial herb occurs i n Texas and New Kexico. U f the 65 p lant species now l i s t e d as endangered or threatened, bO occur i n the U.S. only; t w o of the remaining f i v e occur outside the U.S. and the other t h r e e a re found i n the U.S. and elsewhere.

. . , continued


OIL AND GAS PAINS: Southeastern Utah i s already knee-deep i n o i l and gas ac t i v - i t y . Now some deep wi 1 dcat exp lora t ion we1 Is have been proposed f o r the f 4 r s t t ime on the Forest Service s o i l o f the LaSa1 Mountains.

Exxon and Amoco have proposed we l l s i n the Gold Basin and Fisher Mesa areas wi th substant ia l road reconstruct ion. E A ' s w i l l have t o be prepared, bu t appl ica- t i o n s f o r d r i l l penni ts are already being processed.

Bob Thompson, a U.S. Forest Service employee headquarted i n Pr ice and a UNPS D i rec tor , r e p o r t s t h a t he has a l ready c l e a r e d t h e proposed act ions w i t h respect t o threatened and endangered p l a n t s . Two spec ies he s ~ e c i f i c a l l y reviewed the areas for were: ~ e n e c i o dioiorphophyl 1 us var. intermedia and Echinocereus tri loch id ia tus var, inerrnis ( a l i s t e d specig-

Despite the apparent sa fe ty o f threatened and endangered plants, the increased ac t i v - i t y i s d isturbing. Pass the pink t a b l e t s please.

---Tony Frates, President Utah Nat ive Plant Society

Echinocereus triglochidiatus var inemis

WILDFLOWER WATCH

Not too many wildf lowers t o watch i n these win t ry months; however, the t rees and shrubs o f southwestern Utah should be cont inuing t h e i r c o l o r f u l f a l l d isplay- and you can see them i n the St. George and Zion National Park areas.

Greg Woodall repor ts t h a t one o f the l a rges t known Rocky Mountain Junipers (Junjperus scopu1orun)is located i n Summit Canyon, e a s t o f Summit, Utah--a small community between Parowan and Cedar Ci ty. Also i n t h i s area a r e apparent p inon/br is t lecone pine hybrids. This bo tan i ca l l y i n t r i g u i n g area i s now i n the path o f the subdividers--Greg suggests t h a t you see it soon! Access i s from I n t e r s t a t e 1 5 on the o l d highway 91. From the middle o f town the road leads past the U r a f f i t Canyon subdiv is ion toward the mountains. The road i s steep i n some sect ions but passable i n passenger cars. For more information, contact Brent Palmer a t Southern Utah State College. He has indicated he would be happy t o lead a group out ing t o the area o r provide de ta i l ed d i rec t ions .

A BOOK YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS - - - A review by Kathleen Wal l e n t ine

Rocky Mountain Wildflowers. Wildf lowers 4, by Ronald J. Taylor w i t h photography by Bob and I r a Spring. Touchstone Press. Beaverton, Oregon. $7.95.

Wildf lowers 4 i s a f i e l d i d e n t i f i c a t i o n book present ing wi ldf lowers t h a t can be r e a d i l y located i n the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico t o the Canadian border. The var ious species were i d e n t i f i e d and photographed i n such areas as: the Gros Ventre Wilderness, Wyoming; Colorado National Monument, New Mexico; Yellowstone, G lac ier and Teton Nat ional Parks; and Utah's Uinta National Forest. This i s an excel l e n t book f o r t h e western w i ld f lower lover.

An i n t e r e s t i n g D i s t r i b u t i o n Map d iv ides the Rocky Mountains i n t o th ree subdiv is- ions--Northern, Southern and the Middle Rocky Mountains [ i nc lud ing our Uintas Mountains). Three succinct pages i d e n t i f y the various zones and give a thumb- nai 1 h i s to ry o f the Rocky Mountains.

The book i s i n v i t i n g reading, physical l y speaking, w i th very c lear, c lean type and darker headings fo r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n purposes. To f a c i l i t a t e f i e l d i d e n t i f i - cat ion, representat ive p lan ts have been arranged- f i r s t according t o co lor , secondly by f lower shape and t h i r d , a lphabet ical l y by common name.

Four pages i n the f r o n t o f the book i n i t i a t e the reader i n t o f l o r a l symbolism. The various f lower shapes are i d e n t i f i e d w i t h s i m p l i f i e d drawings. Each o f these appears on the top o f the page by the f lower i 1 l u s t r a t i o n . I n another smal I box n e x t t o the f 1 ora l symbol i s the co lo r o f the p lan t . Symbols stand for fused peta l f lowers, non-fused petals, bell-shaped, sunflower types, and others . The f lowers a re then arranged by common name, L a t i n species name and fami ly. The author says " there i s no s i n g l e ' r i g h t ' name f o r the p lan ts i n the book. The common names used a r e thought t o be these most widely accepted or, i n the biased opin ion o f the author, the most appropriate."

Each page c a r r i e s two flower photographs, genera l ly 1 1/2 x 3 inches o r 3 1/2 x 2 inches. The vary ing shapes on the pages lend i n te res t , as, o f course, does the co lo r photography. The photographs a re 1 arge enough t o a1 low i n t e r e s t i n g backgrounds t o be photographed as we1 1 as the flowers. Several a t t r a c t i v e black and whi te scenes a l so grace the book. I r a Spring, the photographer, w r i t es an i l l u m i n a t i n g page a t the c lose o f the book on cameras and f lower photography. He d i scusses lenses and f i lm and w r i t e s o f h i s rea l experiences t h a t w i 1 1 make the photographer/reader s m i 1 e i n assent.

Tay lo r ' s f lower se lec t i on shows common f lowers t h a t are sometimes overlooked and he t r e a t s them w i t h equal respect as the beauties and exot ics t h a t are included. He t r e a t s the Sandwort, the as ters and the da is ies we l l , along w i t h the pink and ye l low Monkeyflowers and the Yellow Lady Sl ipper, t o name j u s t a few. Many o f our f avo r i t es are l i s t e d here, and those t h a t are not local i n v i t e us t o t rave l t o see them.

... con t i nued

A BOOK YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS-continued

The one column half-page t e x t under each I l l u s t r a t i o n t e l l s the reader l i t t l e t i b i t s o f informat ion as we1 1 as the technical i t e m s o f note.

Reference mater ia ls inc lude an index t o common and L a t i n names, a glossary and i l l u s t r a t i o n s o f p lan t structures.

Rocky Mountain Wildflowers i s not too o f ten seen i n l oca l bookstores, but i t i s a f i e l d i d e n t i f i c a t i o n book that Is we1 1 worth the money, as i t gives hours of easy entertainment, i n o r out o f the f i e l d .

AFTER THE UNPS ANNUAL MEETING

The 1983 UNPS Board o f D i rec tors was fo rmal ly e lected a t the annual meeting and w i l l take o f f i ce on January 1, 1983. Board O f f i ce rs w i l l be appointed a t a January meeting. The present Board m e t immediately afterwards and approved t h e Society's By-Laws, wi th a few minor rev is ions t o the o r ig ina l draf t . While too lengthy t o reproduce here, a copy o f the approved By-Laws can be obtained from the Society President, Tony Frates, P.O. Box 6257, Sal t Lake City, Utah 84106.

The new Board o f D i rec tors are:

David Anderson Duane Atwood Larry England Anthony Frates Sherel Goodrich Glenn Hal l iday Jenni fer Harrington Richard Hi 1 dreth A l i c e Hreha

Kathy Mutz El izabeth Neese Richard Page Pamela Poulson Kaye Thorne Kathleen Ual len t ine Stan1 ey Wel s h Mary Ann Wright

SEED COMMITTEE

Thanks t o the hard work o f C l a i r e Gabriel , Terr Garrett, Jenn i fer Harrington, Janet M i t che l I , Mr. and Mrs. Dave Okel berry, D ickPage i tommi t tee Chai rman) , and

the Seed Committee now has packaged seed o f approximately 40 flower- and shrub plants. There have been numerous requests f o r seeds o f the

Sego L i l y , Indian Paintbrush and Columbine. Anyone who can provide the Commit- t e e wi th seeds o f these species would help f i l l a rea l vo id i n our a b i l i t y t o o f f e r seeds t o our membership and others interested i n c u l t i v a t i n g nat ive plants. To cont r ibu te seeds, please contact Dick Page, 440 E. 8180 South, Sandy, LIT 84070.

FOR SALE! FOR SALE!

A11 the items below are ava i l ab le f o r purchase a t : S a l t Lake Chapter meetings o r by mail through the S t a t e Arboretum o f Utah, Bldg. 436, Un ivers i ty o f Utah, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84112. For mail orders, please include postage as indicated. PLEASE KOTE: We must request t h a t a l l orders be accompanied by check o r money order--we do not have the c a p a b i l i t y t o b i l l purchases f o r l a t e r payment.

Notecards--If you would l i k e t o share the beauty o f Utah's w i ld f lowers wi th your f r iends, we have the idea l method! We now have ava i l ab le Utah Nat ive Wildf lower Notecards. Each card has a f u l I - co lo r photograph o f such l ove l y Utah nat ives as: the Sunflower, Golden Currant, C lare t Cup Cactus, Mountain Laurel and Sego L i l y - a l l areas o f our s ta te are represented. There are fou r se ts of notecards --each set contains four d i f f e r e n t w i ld f lowers and conies w i t h matching envelopes I n a l l , you can have 16 d i f f e ren t Utah wi ld f lower p r i n t s . These would make handsome Christmas cards! Each set o f f ou r notecards i s $2.00 p lus $30 postage and a l l proceeds w i l l go t o support the Utah N a t i v e P lant Society, For mail orders, please w r i t e : UNPS Photography Committee, P.O. Box 2275, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84110. -d - - - - - - - --------- ------------------ ---d-d*----d-"d-----"---------------*--*--

Outstanding books dea l ing wi th various aspects o f "na t ive plants, are a v a i l able a t considerably reduced pr ices. (Please include $1.50 postage per book f o r mail order.)

TITLE/AUTHOR

Utah Plants, (Paperback) by Stanley L. Welsh 8 Glen Moore. 4/4 pp.

Member

3.00

Mon-Member List Pr ice

5.00 9.95

A most a t t r a c t i v e and in format ive co lo r i ng book, Utah's Co lor fu l Natives, by the Utah Nat ive P lant Society; ava i l ab le f o r $1.00 p lus -50 postage.

Nat ive P lant Seeds--50 cents per packet, p lus 50 cents postage f o r t o t a l order.

Presently, we have seed o f approximately 40 species. Some o f the more popular species now ava i lab le include:

Blue F l a x {Linum l e w i s i i 1 . . - . - .

Barnebyms t a t s - ~ ~ e i a n t h a barnebyi 1 Daisy--Thelesperraa subnudurn Penstenon--Penstenon huni l4s

For the complete l i s t o f ava i l ab le seeds, o r t o cont r ibu te seeds t o our co l l ec - t i on , p lease contact Dick Page, 44U E . 8180 South, Sandy, UT SWU.


Board Chairman: Stanley Welsh, Rm. 375 MLBM, Brigham Young Univ., Provo,UT 84602 (801)378-2289 ( o f f i c e )

President: Anthony Frates, P.O. Box 6257, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84106 (801)532-1922 ( o f f i c e )

President-Elect: Elizabeth Neese, Herbarium, MLBM, Brigham Young Univ. Provo,UT 84602 (801 )378-4955 (o f f i ce)

Vice President: David Anderson, S a l t Lake City, UT (801)582-0144 ( o f f i c e ) Secretary : Jenni fer Harrlngton, S a l t Lake City, UT (801)649-6714 ( o f f i c e ) Treasurer: tilenit Hal l iday, 3043 Br ighton Place, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84121

(801)943-4286 (home) F i e l d T r i p Mary Ann Wright, 1018 E. 600 S., S a l t Lake C i t y , UT 84102 Coordinator: [801)533-5771(offIce), 322-3300 (home)

Pres.,SLC Chapter: Pamela Poulson, P.O. Box 2275, Sa lb Lake C i ty , UT 84110 (801)261-1344

Newsletter Edi tor : Barbara Hall iday, 3043 Brighton Place, S a l t Lake City, UT 84121 (801)584-1208 ( o f f i c e )

Correspondence can be sent d i r e c t l y t o the o f f i c e r s l i s t e d above o r t o : Utah N a t i v e Plant Society, 3043 Brighton Place, Sa l t Lake City, UT 84121

The UNPS Se o U1 newslet ter i s published 9 t ines per year by the Utah Native ~ l n ~ o r ~ o r a t e d as a non-prof i t organizat ion under the laws o f the State o f Utah. Contr ibut ions t o The Se o L l l are welcomed and should be sent t o the ed i t o r . Please s ta te i f -+? a r t i c es ave been published elsewhere and require pub l isher 's permission. The ed i t o r reserves the r i g h t t o e d i t as needed and t o se lec t su i t ab le a r t i c l e s f o r pub1 icat ion. Copy deadline i s the 15th of each month.

Membership i n the Utah Native Plant Society includes The Se o L i1 newslet ter subscript ion. Please use the fo rmdrov ided i n the news * etter o r membersh'ip app l ica t ions o r change o f address. 1982 Utah Native Plant Society, Incorporated

Sa l t Lake Chapter meetings are usua l ly held i n t h e second f l o o r Conference Room a t the State Arboretum Center, Bldg. 436, upper sector o f the Univ. o f Utah campus. You can enter from South Campus Dr ive or Wasatch Drive.

UNPS Se00 L i ly

3U43 Brighton Place Salt Lake Ci ty , UT 84121

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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION: (annual membership from date of receipt of fee)

[ 1 New Member [ 1 Renewal [ I G i f t

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[ 1 Please send a complimentary copy o f t h e Sego L i ly Newsletter t o the above

Check membership category desi red: [ 1 Individual .. $ 8.00 [ 1 student . . . . . . . $ 4 .OO [ Family ..... ..$ 12.00 i [ ]Senior Ci t izen. . } 4.00 [ Supporting.. $ 25.00 [ l L 1 f e ........ $250.00

Please enclose check made payable t o Utah Nat ive Plant Society and send t o : Glenn H a l l i d a y , Treasurer, 3043 Brighton Place, S a l t Lake C i t y , -21

Documents

1982 Utah Native Plant Society Annual Compliations