Publications
The Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon is a timely collection of news, announcements, short research reports, and other items of interest to members. It is emailed to NPSO members and subscribers. Issues since 1979 are available here in PDF or web page format.
The Bulletin is currently published ten times a year. The submission date is the 10th of each month.
Send submissions by e-mail only to the bulletin editor.
All of the recent NPSO Bulletins and most of the older ones dating from September 1979 onward can be viewed online.
Almost all of the Bulletins are in PDF format, with the exception of those between the years of 1999 and 1996, which are html files. PDF files require Adobe Reader, or a substitute, in order to be viewed. When you choose one of those issues, it will open in a new window, using your PDF reader. Just close the window when you are done.
Kalmiopsis
Kalmiopsis, the journal of NPSO, is published once a year. It features in-depth articles about Oregon’s native vegetation and flora, botanical history, book reviews, presentations of NPSO Fellows, and more. It is emailed to members and subscribers. All issues can be accessed here in PDF format. A cumulative index is also available
Occasional Papers
Call Me Allium: A Guide to Oregon’s Native Onions
NPSO Occasional Paper 4
by Cindy Roché, Frank Callahan, Kareen Sturgeon, and Nathan LeClear (2023)
Available for download here.
This Occasional Paper is a photo tour of Oregon’s 44 native Allium species describing their characteristics, nomenclatural history, rarity, habitat, and distribution. The reader is introduced to important contributors to the identification and taxonomy of Allium in Oregon and to morphological traits important for species identification..
Urbanizing Flora of Portland, Oregon, 1806-2008
NPSO Occasional Paper 3
by John A. Christy, Angela Kimpo, Vernon Marttala, Philip K. Gaddis, and Nancy L. Christy (2009), 319 pages, spiral bound
Available for download here
Out of Print
This compilation of the vascular plants of the Portland-Vancouver area analyzes changes in the region’s vegetation that have occurred since 1806. A total of 1,556 taxa in 125 families are represented in a catalog that compares historical conditions with those of today. Based on herbarium specimens, publications, and unpublished manuscripts, it tracks the changing fortunes of native and exotic species shaped by an expanding urban environment. It includes a history of botany in Portland, a gazetteer of historical and modern place names, botanical miscellanea from 19th and early 20th century Portland, and lists of rare species for use by local planners and land managers.
Louis F. Henderson (1853-1942) The Grand Old Man of Northwest Botany
NPSO Occasional Paper 2
by Rhoda M. Love, PhD (2002)
List Price: $10.00
Out of Print
Botanist Louis Henderson was a larger-than-life figure in the mold of John Muir. Possessed of great physical strength and stamina, he energetically explored the mountains, deserts, forests, and seacoasts of the Northwest for 65 years, adding greatly to our knowledge of the flora. He was also a writer, raconteur, and mountain-climber, as well as a conscientious family man. This unique biography, meticulously documented and lavishly illustrated, includes 56 images, chronology, publication list, and list of taxa named for Henderson.
Atlas of Oregon Carex
NPSO Occasional Paper 1
by Barbara L. Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Manuela Huso, Keli Kuykendall, Danna Lytjen, Bruce Newhouse, Nick Otting, Scott Sundberg, & Peter Zika (1999)
List Price: $10.00
Out of Print
Rich with information, a distillation of many decades of herbarium records and sightings by Oregon botanists. Contains 128 location maps, one for each Carex taxon in Oregon. Also includes a synonymy, fun facts about sedges, a history of the project, and Oregon geography maps. 29 pages.