Blog Archive
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Chapter Report
Tonto Basin Field on December 6
Tonto Basin Chapter Field Trip
January Chapter Meeting
February Chapter Meeting
Flagstaff Chapter Meetings you can view
Tucson Chapter Holiday Meeting December 12, 2024
November 2024 Chapter Meeting
An Introduction to the History, Geology, Flora, and Fauna of theDragoon Mountains, Cochise County:
October Chapter Meeting
November Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, October 15, 7:00 PM: National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring
New Date For Grass Identification Class
Yuma Chapter News April 2024
Cochise Chapter Update
Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting
6 AGAVES DOMESTICATED BY SOUTHWESTERN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
Browse the Index of “Plant Press Arizona”
Bisbee Earns National Wildlife Federation Recognition
Fall 2023 Chapter Meetings
Tonto Basin Events: September-December 2023
This amazing book is free to download as a PDF
Late SummerField Trips, Workshops and Mixers
Late Summer in the Chiricahua Mountains, September 16, 17, and 18, 2023
Flagstaff Chapter Meeting, August 11, 2023
Mark Your Calendar for the Monsoon Mixer
July Flagstaff Chapter AZNPS meeting July 18th, 7 PM, Nora Ventrella – Rare and Restoration Plants of The Navajo Nation
FILM RELEASE – Native Seeds: Supplying Restoration
Upcoming AZNPS Volunteer opportunities June-July-August
Native Plant Art Show at UA through August 3
Wild Ride on a Roller Coaster, Spring 2023, Part 3
Tucson saguaros in a “super bloom” thanks to winter rain
High Altitude Native Plant Landscape Resource
Yuma Meeting News
Ironwood Forest National Monument, March and April
Upcoming Activities
Upcoming Flagstaff Chapter Events
Chiricahua Weekend Workshop 2023
Grass Identification Class
Wild Ride on a Roller Coaster, Spring 2023
Award Recognition given to Tom Orum and Nancy Ferguson
Mystery plant – is it a weed?
Native Chile?
The Beautiful Procession of Palo Verde Flowers
Central Arizona’s Desert Defenders
Yuma Chapter AZNPS Field Trip March 22, 2023
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Invasive Species Alert – Stinknet!
Please Join Us for These Events
Plant Press Arizona – Winter 2022/2023
American Penstemon Society Grant Opportunity
Chapter Meetings This Spring
Chapter Meeting: March 21, 2023
Join Us for Monthly Meetings at EAC Campus
Remembering Ellen Dorn (1950 – 2023)
Mark Your Calendar for Chapter Events
New Peach Springs Chapter!
Creosote: That unforgettable desert aroma, and so much more!
Upcoming Activities
Videos from 2022 AZNPS Annual Botany Meeting
Maricopa Pollinator Pathway: Garden Certification Program for AZ
Native Plants for Desert Tortoises: 2022 Update
Remembering Pam McMillie
Tucson Chapter Monthly Meeting
A presentation by Smith to the Flagstaff Chapter, August 12, 2022
A presentation by Kara Barron to the Flagstaff Chapter, June 2022
A presentation by Colleen Cooley to the Flagstaff Chapter on August 17, 2022
A presentation by Garry Neil to the Flagstaff Chapter, May 2022
A presentation by Rachel Burke to the Flagstaff Chapter on July 22, 2021
A presentation by Dr. Judith Bronstein to the Flagstaff Chapter from June 2021
Happenings – Spring 2023 Newsletter
Dear Plant Nerd,
Wear gloves when you tackle those weeds.
Join us for these upcoming events
DEAR PLANT GEEK, Tell me about a really cool plant for the Sonoran Desert.
Trailing Grama Grass (Bouteloua diversispicula) in Arizona: Recent Learnings
Monsoon Plant Sale in Tucson
Plant Press Arizona – Summer 2022
Dear Plant Nerd – Is there a native plant like Giant Bamboo for my Sonoran Desert yard?
Calling All Artists and Photographers
Summer 2022 Book Discussion
Perfil de la Planta: Maderista
Plant Profile: Flattop Buckwheat
Why do you love Native Plants?
Happenings – Summer 2022 newsletter
Arizona’s Desert Tortoise Adoption Program
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New Directions in Native Landscape, Summer Education Series
Native Orchid Photo Contest
A Tucson area HOA president sent photos of ailing prickly pears in the development:
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is seeking motivated, creative, and passionate Horticulturists to join their talented team in the Botany Department!
White Mtn Chapter hosts Native Plant Identification Walk
Native Plants for Backyard Birds
Estelle Stern-Eilers is a Ben’s Bells Bellee
April 2022 was National Native Plant Month
Spring Wildflowers in Kings Canyon near Tucson
Our “Happenings” newsletter for March-May is available now.
Celebrate Earth Day With Wildflowers
Happenings – Spring newsletter
New on our Website: “Sue Rutman Plant Identification Guides”
Welcome, White Mountain Chapter!
Stinknet is Now Emerging in Phoenix and Tucson
SPOTLIGHT ON A NATIVE PLANT, Lemon Lily by David Stith
Plant Press Arizona – Winter edition
Plant Press Arizona, Winter 2021, is now published and is available to all online.
Book Review: Plants of Arizona, 3rd Edition
Be on the lookout for Stinknet!
Happenings – Winter newsletter
Videos from 2021 AZNPS Annual Botany Meeting
EcoQuest: Gander at Grasses
Poster Session: Annual Meeting Posters
October field trip at the Amerind Foundation in Texas Canyon
Sara Plummer Lemmon – for whom Mount Lemmon is named – is finally getting her due!
DEAR CARIANNE – What are some native alternatives to oleander?
Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society to contribute rescued saguaros to the Waterman Restoration Site
The Fall Plant Sale at Tohono Chul in Tucson is finally here! Member Preview Wednesday, October 27.
Tucson Chapter Video: Reviving the Santa Cruz with Dr. Michael Bogan
Tucson Chapter Video: Paul Minnis: A starving man does not sniff his food
Tucson Chapter Video: Floral Treasures of the Atascosa Highlands
Tucson Chapter Video: Jillian Cowles: The Fungi and Slime Molds of Southern Arizona
Get Involved with AZNPS Chapters Around Arizona
Restoration Partnership in Ironwood Forest National Monument
September Meeting: Presentation Video
Little Free “Seed” Library
ASK CARIANNE – Is there a “best time” to plant natives?
Danielle Carlock presents Maricopa Native Seed Library: Inspiring and Equipping Community Habitat
Perfil de la Planta: Baiburín
Plant Profile: Arizona Poppy
Remembering Nancy “Z” Zierenberg
Cochise Chapter Update Fall 2021
Yuma Chapter Update Fall 2021
Tucson Chapter PICNIC and PLANT RAMBLE! Saturday, September 11 at 11:00 am
Announcing Plant Press Arizona!
ASK CARIANNE – Can I plant Hibiscus flowers in my desert garden?
The Bufflegrass Battle is front page news, July 18, 2020
Rachel Burke presents: “Mapping nectarivorous bat habitat from the nectary up”
Dr. Michael Crimmins discussing drought and climate change in Arizona
Cochise Chapter: Kartchner Caverns
ASK CARIANNE – Mistletoe management in desert trees is controversial for homeowners.
ASK CARIANNE -Native penstemons re-seed themselves in landscapes, can I control where they grow?
Summer Happenings
Perfil de la Planta: Palo Fierro
Plant Profile: Desert Ironwood
Summer Happenings Newsletter is now Online
Perfil de la Planta: Belladonna
Plant Profile: Sacred Datura
ASK CARIANNE – New to Southern Arizona. Need gardening primer
ASK CARIANNE – New to Southern Arizona. Need gardening primer, dont use
Cochise Chapter Video: Mike Foster Presents Videos of Native Plants
Test Post
Cochise Chapter Video: Bob Parks Presents an Introduction to Hymenoptera: Ants, Wasps, and Bees
Flagstaff Chapter Video: “Yellow Bluestem: An Encroaching Invasive Grass” April 20, 2021 online webinar.
Why Native Plants are Better for Humans and Wildlife: More native plants mean more
Book Review: Attracting Native Pollinators
Upcoming opportunities relevant to native plants.
ASK CARIANNE – How to make the most on a tight budget
Invasive Species Alert: Fountain Grass
Mark your calendar: Our meeting schedule is set for the season.
ASK CARIANNE – Is there a native vine for the chain link fencing of our dog run?
Perfil de la Planta: Pitahayita
Plant Profile: Engelmann’s Hedgehog Cactus
Reading the Rings: How did an unexpectedly, unemployed astronomer’s interest in ponderosa pines in Flagstaff unfold into a new area of science that continues to inform history?
AZNPS Flagstaff: Kirstin Phillips – Buried Treasure in the Herbarium, March 2021 online meeting
“Bringing Back Mother Nature from Fountaingrass Strangulation and the Bighorn Fire in Alamo and Cargodera Canyons.”
ASK CARIANNE – Are there native plants that do well in hanging baskets or pots?
Bee Aware! Natives are worth far more than their weight in honey to our native plants.
Spring Meetings with the Cochise Chapter
Perfil de la Planta: El Cardo Santo
Plant Profile: New Mexico Thistle
Web Site Enhancements
Invasive & Toxic Plants
Cochise Chapter: Sue Carnahan Presents “Diversity in a Grassland: Flora of the Salero Ranch” (YouTube)
Perfil de la Planta: Mal de Ojo
Plant Profile: Desert Globemallow
Join us for these upcoming meetings via Zoom!
Cochise Chapter: Linda Kennedy Presents “A Ranch without Cows” – Now On YouTube
Richard Stephen Felger (1934-2020)
Using Native Succession Plants for Restoration Projects
Grow Native – From Plant Press Summer 2018
Native Desserts and Libations
Frank S. Rose (1927 -2020)
Top 20 Native Landscaping Plants for Phoenix
2020 Botany Symposium Presentations on YouTube
Fall for Wildflower Seeds!
Grow Native!
Seed Ball Project – Fall Update
Floristic survey of Rio Vista Natural Resource Park in Tucson
You can be a “neighborhood naturalist”
Flagstaff Meeting: Lois Neff and Nemacladus Aug. 18, 7 p.m.
Seed ball pilot project
Native Plants for Gardens
June Plant of the Month
Be an EcoFlora citizen scientist!
Field Notes from the Yuma Chapter 2019-2020 Season Arizona Native Plant Society “Plant Families from Asteraceae to Zygophyllaceae”
Tuesday, May 19: Sheila Murray and Kirstin Phillips. Citizen Science Rare Plant Monitoring Program
Tuesday, April 21: Ellie Becklund
CANCELLED due to COVID-19 Concerns: (Tuesday, March 24: Nicholas Wilhelmi. Common Pathogens of Arizona’s Forests)
Help us control the spread of Stinknet!
Tuesday, October 15: Tina Ayers. Namibia and Namaqualand
Frank Rose “Retires”
Tuesday, September 17, Charlie DeMarco:The Natural History of Galls
Sabino Springs Homeowners Association: Walking the Walk on Invasive Grasses
Tuesday, August 20: Ahsa Jensen, Grand Canyon’s Federally-Listed Endangered Plant, Sentry Milk- Vetch
A Little Plant/Pollinator Interaction
June Meeting
Agave chrysantha field trip, July 6
Flagstaff Outing!
