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
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
Tuesday, October 15, 7:00 PM: National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring
Posted on Sep 03, 2024
Don’t miss our last meeting of 2024!
Megan Swan, Christopher Calvo, and Hannah Andrascik will be presenting “Taking the Pulse of Vegetation Communities in National Parks on the Colorado Plateau ” . The Southern Colorado Plateau Network is one of 32 Inventory and Monitoring Networks across the U.S. The National Park Service established these networks to inventory natural resources in parks and track their condition. This information helps park managers to make decisions about the natural resources in their parks. One of the important things we monitor are plant communities, where we have over 17 years worth of data. Come learn about our group, our techniques, and our science, as we explore long-term vegetation trends within our regional habitats. Megan Swan is a Plant Ecologist who has worked monitoring upland ecosystems for the National Park Service for over 15 years. Hannah Andrascik is the Upland Vegetation Field Crew Lead and has been with the National Park Service for over 11 years. Christopher Calvo is a Biologist and Science Communicator and has been doing science in the southwest US for 19 years.
The meetings are now being held at Highgate Senior Living Center at 1831 N Jasper Dr. on McMillan Mesa. Park anywhere in the parking lot or on the street. Buzz to be let in if the door is locked and come upstairs to the second floor. The meeting is the 3rd Tuesday, October 15 at 7 PM.If attending virtually, register in advance for this meeting at: https://bit.ly/FlagAZNPS
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
