Tuesday, July 21, 7:00 PM. Ries Lindley: What is a Moss? A Short Story About a Walk in the Woods When we walk through the woods and get swept away by the beauty of what we see, we don’t always have time to stop and think about the various microcosms that make up the ecology […]
Collect native seeds while learning to identify native plants in their seed stage and how to harvest and clean native seeds sustainably. Collected seeds are for the Desert Defenders and will be used for restoration projects. Event hosted by the Maricopa County Parks and Recreation department and the Central Arizona Conservation Alliance. Please bring work […]
Join us in watching a prerecorded lecture on Arizona Grasses by Debbie DeWolf Allen that highlights the uniqueness of Arizona grasses and explains why they deserve a closer look. The lecture can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmNtUbfTGpg If you have trouble accessing the Zoom link, please email phoenixaznps@gmail.com
Anderson Mesa: Search for Arizona sunflower (Helianthus arizonensis) Arizona sunflower. Photo: Debra Crisp Tentative date: Saturday, August 15. Arizona sunflower (Helianthus arizonensis) is critically imperiled in Arizona. Debra Crisp found a population in 2020 that had not been documented since 1945. We’ll go back to that population and make a collection Please contact the […]
Join us in this hybrid event as we work together to build presentation material and educational pamphlets. We are meeting in the Foothills Library Study Room B. This session will be hybrid, please email phoenixaznps@gmail.com if you have trouble accessing the zoom meeting.
Join us for our monthly members meeting where we talk about chapter news and discuss ongoing projects! This month, Mary Chisholm, the CAZCA Engagement Coordinator from the Desert Botanical Garden will be joining us to discuss a new project between the garden and the Arizona Native Plant Society! The garden is starting it's Budding Botanists […]
Thursday, October 8, 7:00 PM. Dan Beckman: Flora of the Rincon Mountains Dan is a botanist and field technician with Saguaro National Park. Dan has explored and collected in these mountains since 2017 and plans to publish an updated flora of the region. Monthly chapter meetings featuring local speakers are held the second Thursday […]
Registration Opens for the Native Plant Society of New Mexico Annual Conference The Native Plant Society of New Mexico’s annual conference will be held in Silver City this year, hosted by the Gila Chapter. Headquarters will be at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center at 3031 US-180. The conference, with the theme […]
Fall Kickoff! On September 10, the Tucson Chapter will inaugurate its fall season at Molino Basin, a lovely woodland on the slopes of the lower Santa Catalina Mountains. At 3:30 Lyn Loveless and John Schering will lead a plant ramble. At 5:00 we will break for a picnic. The board will provide the sandwiches; attendees […]
Tuesday, September 15, 7:00 PM. Shannon Lencioni, Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife: Status Report on Two Rare Cacti on the Navajo Nation Shannon will provide a report on two tiny, rare cacti that grow on the Navajo Nation: Brady’s Pincushion Cactus (Pediocactus bradyi) and Fickeisen Plains Cactus (Pediocactus peeblesianus var. fickeiseniae), a northern […]
Join us for a nature hike around Shadow Mountain! We will start with a short talk on plants then start the hike (2.6m). We will provide a wildflower field guide and magnifying glass. Be sure to bring plenty of water! Trail can be seen here: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/shadow-mountain-trail Please call 480-734-0180 if you have a hard time […]
