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Event: In Person Chapter Meeting and Presentation: “Plant Identification Part Two: Major Groups and Plant Families of the South Coast”

Saturday, February 10, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Presenter: Olivia Dethlefsen Location: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2000 Jackson Street, Port Orford, OR Olivia Dethlefsen will be presenting part two of her plant identification class. This presentation will begin with the broad outlines of plant evolution, before focusing on some important plant families...

Program: Wildflowers of Iron Mountain and Cone Peak

Monday, February 12, 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm Presenter: Dan Luoma Location: Room 2602, Cordley Hall, Oregon State University Campus, 2701 SW Campus Way or via Zoom The presentation will preview highlights of the spectacular Iron Mountain-Cone Peak looptrail. Over 200 species of vascular plants have been recorded along this botanically richtrail west of Santiam...

Program: Wildflowers of the Siskiyou Mountains

Thursday, February 15, 7pm Speaker: Matt Dybala Location: Southern Oregon University, Ashland In anticipation of the upcoming spring-summer bloom, Matt will review morphological characters and the taxonomy of our native flowers. Southern Oregon University, Science Building, Room 161. This program will also be provided as a zoom for folks who cannot attend in person. To...

Presentation: Updates on holoparasitic Orobanchaceae in Oregon

Monday, February 19, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Speakers: Dr. Alison Colwell, Curator, Center for Plant Diversity, University of California, Davis and Dr. Adam Schneider, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse Location: via Zoom: Click here to enter Alison Colwell and Adam Schneider have been studying the non-photosynthetic members of the parasitic plant family Orobanchaceae (primarily Aphyllon,...

Work Party: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library

Saturday, February 24, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Location: McMinnville Public Library Winter chores include making design decisions as well as pruning, cleaning up, and weeding. Sometimes we have new species to plant! The garden includes nine ecologicalareas with sun and shade. Dress for the weather. Bring gloves, bucket, and gardening tools if you have...

Field Trip: Bush Park Lichen Walk

Saturday, February 24, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Trip Leader: Sunia Yang The Pacific Northwest is one of the lichen hotspots of the world – more than ten percent of the world’s described lichen taxa can be found in our region. Join Sunia Yang to view and identify the lichens in Salem’s Bush Park. Dress...

Event: Work Party at the Avery Native Plant Garden

Saturday, February 24, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Come prepared to do winter cleanup in the gardens. Dress for winter weather and bring gloves, shovel, and clippers. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.

Zoom Program: When is an Endangered Species Really Recovered? Four Stories of Hope and Uncertainty from the Willamette Valley.

Monday, February 26, 6:30 to 7:30 pm Dr. Tom Kaye, Executive Director of the Institute for Applied Ecology, will discuss the remarkable recovery of four endangered species and the perils they still face. His nonprofit organization has worked to restore populations of Bradshaw’s lomatium, Fender’s blue butterfly, golden paintbrush, and Nelson’s checkermallow in partnership with...

Event: Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District 2024 Native Plant Sale

Friday, March 1, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday March 2: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Location: Yamhill Valley Heritage Center, McMinnville Online orders can be placed for the native plant sale from the Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District at https://yamhillswcd.org/nps/. You can also sign up for volunteering for the event with this...

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