Volume 21, Number 7 April 2016
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Phlox Phlyer
Columbia Basin Chapter, Washington Native Plant Society
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P.O. Box 221, Richland, WA 99352
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www.cbwnps.org
Native Plant Appreciation Week 2016 April 23 - May 1, 2016 Learn about Washington’s Native Flora – take a hike, take a picture, volunteer!
PHOTOGRAPHS NEEDED FOR NATIVE PLANT ID CARDS We need photographs to be used in plant ID cards that teachers can use to teach their classes about some of the native flora. Check out an example of what we doing at http://www.wnps.org/education/resources/documents/Plant_Cards/Aster_species.pdf We’re starting with 10 common species, and will need photos of specific characteristics for each species. We’ll put lists of the summer and fall characteristics in later newsletters; below is the list of species and SPRING characteristics to photograph. Fairly high resolution photos would be best if possible. golden currant Ribes aureum turpentine wavewing Cymopterus terebinthinus long-leaf phlox Phlox longifolia Carey’s balsamroot Balsamorhiza careyana Munro's globemallow Sphaeralcea munroana Indian ricegrass Achnatherum hymenoides snow buckwheat Eriogonum niveum bluebunch wheatgrass Pseudoroegneria spicata big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata grey rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa
Lobed leaves; early spring flowers; berries; entire plant; plant in riparian habitat; birds, animals or insects using plant in some way Close-up of shiny, parsley-like leaves; flowers; seeds with wavy margins;entire plant; plant in sandy habitat; birds or insects using plant in some way Close-up showing long leaves and flowers; seedhead; entire plant; plant in shrub-steppe habitat; birds or insects using plant in some way Close-up of leaf showing scarcity of hairs; seedhead; flower; entire plant; plant in shrubsteppe habitat; birds or insects using plant in some way Orange flowers; leaves lobed but not cleft; pie-shaped seedheads; entire plant; plant in shrubsteppe habitat; birds or insects using plant in some way Seedheads; entire plant; plant in sandy habitat; birds or insects using plant in some way Hairy leaves; entire plant; plant in sandy habitat; birds or insects using plant in some way Plant in bloom; seedhead; entire plant; plant in shrub-steppe habitat; birds, animals or insects using plant in some way 3-tipped leaves; entire plant; plant in shrub-steppe habitat; birds, animals or insects using plant in some way Needle-like leaves; entire plant; plant in shrub-steppe habitat,;birds or animals or insects using plant in some way 1