The Flagstaff Chapter will offer in-person meetings this year with the option to watch from home via Zoom. The meetings will still take place on the third Tuesday of the month, March through October, at 7:00 PM. We have a new location for 2025! The meetings are now being held at the Northern Arizona University Biology Sciences Building, Room 328. Street parking is available nearby. The doors will be locked in the evening, so please meet at the southern
door (the end with the NAU herbarium) to be let in.
The meetings will be held at 7 PM on the third floor of the NAU Biology Building on North Campus. Come to the door nearest the bus stop on 617 S. South Beaver Street at the corner of Beaver and Franklin. For a map of campus, access below:
Some of the meetings have been recorded and can be viewed the Flagstaff Chapter’s Facebook or at The Arizona Native Plant Society. For details about
upcoming meetings, please see our email distribution list (naris123@cs.com), Facebook page, or AZNPS.com.
Use the link Zoom sends or the passcode 242464 to join the meeting.
Field Trips
Field trips generally leave from south end of the Walmart parking lot on Woodlands Boulevard on Saturday following the talk, April-October. Carpooling is usually available. Please watch for specific details.
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Usually the most up-do-date information about upcoming chapter events can be found on our Facebook page.
* Photos above by Sue Carnahan.
Chapter Leadership
Name
Role
Contact
Kirstin Phillips
President
flagstaffAZNPS@gmail.com
Melissa Amberson
Chapter Contact
azmelissa@yahoo.com
Sue Holiday
Email Distribution
naris123@cs.com
Barbara Phillips
Hike Information
bagphillips@yahoo.com
Volunteering Opportunities
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Chapter News
April Chapter Meeting
Posted on Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 7:00 PM: Amelia Blake. Propagating Native Plants
Growing uncultivated plant varieties can be challenging. They often have seed dormancy, unique soil needs, and don’t grow well in containers. Because of this, many native plants are not available in the nursery trade and native plant enthusiasts are left to cultivate their own. Amelia will discuss strategies for successful native-plant propagation.
Amelia is co-owner of Lily of the Filed Nursery, which focuses on growing native and heirloom plants that are especially well-adapted to the Flagstaff area. Amelia spent her childhood working with plants at the NAU Research Greenhouse during her father’s tenure as greenhouse manager. She received her B.S. in Plant Sciences from the University of Arizona. She then worked at Native Plant and Seed for three years before opening Lily of the Field Nursery in 2020 with her husband. She sells at most local markets, runs the Gardeners’ Market in east Flagstaff each spring, and sells by appointment from her home in the Upper Greenlaw neighborhood. Hybrid meeting: in-person and via Zoom.
Chapter Meeting May 20, 2025
Posted on Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday, May 20, 7:00 PM: Dr. James Smith.
Recent Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses of Alpine Spring Parsley, Pseudocymopterus montanus Alpine spring parsley (Pseudocymopterus montanus) is known to be highly variable morphologically and in its phenology. Dr. James Smith will present preliminary results that separate what we commonly call Pseudocymopterus montanus into several separate well-supported clades.
Dr. Smith is the Director of the Snake River Plains Herbarium at Boise State University. His research interests include the phylogenetics of western North American Apiaceae and using Sanger sequencing techniques to discover cryptic or near cryptic species within many widespread species. This will be a virtual event with Dr. Smith presenting from Idaho. The presentation will not be recorded.
Flagstaff Chapter Meetings you can view
Posted on Dec 05, 2024
Recordings of Past Meetings The following presentations were recorded in 2024 and can be viewed the Flagstaff Chapter’s Facebook page or at The Arizona Native Plant Society website. Megan Swan, Hannah Andrascik, Christopher Calvo, NPS Southern Colorado Plateau Network:Taking the Pulse of Vegetation Communities in National Parks on the Colorado Plateau Mariola Barrera:Plant Demography and Fecundity Traits for Mutton Bluegrass (Poa fendleriana) Zane Robertson:The Genetic Identity and Range of Rumex orthoneurus (Polygonaceae) Jesse Duff-Woodruff: A Day in the Life of an Agency Botanist Wendy McBride:Conserving Rare Plants and Their Pollinators Janice Busco: The Life and Seasons of the Living Roof Catherine Young: The Efficacy of Using Terminal and Axillary Bud Cuttings as a Means of Propagation for the Endemic Alpine Species San Francisco Peaks Ragwort (Packera franciscana
