“Bringing Back Mother Nature from Fountaingrass Strangulation and the Bighorn Fire in Alamo and Cargodera Canyons.”
Posted on Mar 16, 2021
From the Tucson Chapter meeting on November 12, 2020. Our Speakers were John Scheuring and Patty Estes.
Tucson
Meetings of the Tucson Chapter
Location for Chapter Meetings
The Tucson chapter holds meetings between September and May each year, with a summer break. We meet on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. We hold “hybrid” meetings, where we meet both in person and also on Zoom. The live meetings will be in the ENR2 (Environment and Natural Resources 2) building at the University of Arizona, located on 6th street near Park. We meet in Room S215. Parking is available in the 6th St parking garage adjacent to ENR2. A credit card is required to pay for garage parking. If you are not on our mailing list and wish to attend one of our meetings on Zoom, email us at NativePlantsTucson@gmail.com to request the Zoom link. Videos of past meetings can be found on our YouTube channel.
January 9, 2025, at 7:00 pm. Wendy Hodgson from the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix will talk about “Yuccas and their Moths.”
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Usually, the most up-to-date information about upcoming chapter events can be found on our Facebook page.
Sonoran Desert Plants: Seasonal Flowering Schedules – Based on 20 years of data from 1966-1985 by William G. McGinnies
Chapter Leadership
| Name | Role | Contact |
| Jack Dash | President | nativeplantstucson@gmail.com |
| Vice President | nativeplantstucson@gmail.com | |
| Andrew Gourevitch | Treasurer | gourevitch@yahoo.com |
Volunteering Opportunities
Want to get involved? We've got just the thing!
Cholla flower with visiting Diadasia
Do you like native plants?
Caring for agave and baby cacti? Consider volunteer opportunities at the Pima County Native Plant Nursery! Located at 5845 N. Camino de la Tierra, the Pima County Native Plant Nursery grows native plants for public projects and is looking for volunteers to help with weeding, watering and propagation. The nursery is open Monday to Friday 7:00am to 3:30 pm. Email Amy for available times/days and details. Plant salvage at Cortaro Farms from Camino Del Oeste to Thornydate prior to road improvement project.
Chapter News
Native Desserts and Libations
Posted on Dec 16, 2020
From the Tucson Chapter Facebook page:
Floristic survey of Rio Vista Natural Resource Park in Tucson
Posted on Oct 04, 2020
John Scheuring and Gay Gilbert on a plant survey. Identifying plants without leaves, flowers or fruit is challenging!
In June 2020, the Tucson Chapter of AZNPS took on an important new project: to create a plant list for the Rio Vista Natural Resource Park in midtown Tucson. The Rio Vista Conservation Project, in collaboration with the City of Tucson Department of Parks and Recreation, approached the Tucson Chapter to ask for help. The Rio Vista Conservation Project attempts to identify and solve problems that might threaten the park’s integrity, and works to develop a long-term conservation plan that will guide the park in managing its resources effectively. They wanted an up-to-date survey of the vegetation and plant species diversity in the Park to inform their ongoing conservation goals.
Despite the challenges of working on this project during the pandemic while maintaining social distancing and protecting public health, Tucson chapter members Suzie Husband and Melanie Campbell-Carter took the lead in organizing the plant census project and maintaining the collective records of plant surveys. Eleven volunteers made 23 visits to the park in June and July, surveying and documenting the plants then present. Even in this drier-and-hotter-than-ever-before summer, 74 plant species were identified.
Because many plants in Arizona show strong seasonality, the group plans to continue the plant surveys throughout the seasons, with the next one scheduled for the end of September and into October, 2020. They also welcome more volunteers who might want to participate in this important project. This is a wonderful opportunity for interested citizens to increase their knowledge and to hobnob with other plant experts. If this piques your interest and you would like to volunteer or find out more, send an email to: plantsurvey2020@gmail.com. Melanie Campbell-Carter and Suzie Husband will be glad to respond to your questions.
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