Tuesday May 13, 2025, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Volunteer Outreach: Survey for rare Lathyrus holochlorus at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Leader: Dr. Nora Dunkirk, ORBIC’s director of Citizen's Rare Plant Watch (CRPW) out of Portland State University Location: Buford Park, exact start location to be announced Citizen's Rare Plant Watch will be conducting a survey of the rare...
Thursday, May 15, 7:00 pm Presentation: Where David Douglas found the largest Pinus trees in the world Presenter: Erich Reeder Location: In-person presentation at the Siskiyou chapter meeting at Southern Oregon University Science Building, Room 161. Join us in-person or via Zoom from home. To register for Zoom, go to https://bit.ly/npsotalks. Based on a detailed analysis of Douglas' journal entries,...
May 16, 17, and 18 Event: Mount Pisgah Wildflower Show: Collection, Set up, and Show Booth Leader: Jenny Lippert Location: Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd, Eugene, Oregon 97405 If you’d like to volunteer, there are several opportunities. If you know your plants and have a special place in mind to collect, bring them...
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Saturday, May 17, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Field Trip: Scout Camp Trail Leader: Ben Snyder Location: Scout Camp Trailhead, 9505-9445 SW Scout Camp Trail, Terrebonne, OR The hike begins on bluffs above the river and winds through different ecological communities down into the canyon. About three miles round trip, we'll be walking at a...
Saturday, May 17, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Eight Dollar Mountain with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers Leader: Matt Dybala Meeting Location: Albertson’s parking lot,1690 Allen Creek Rd, Grants Pass This outing will explore plant identification on serpentine soils. We will make several stops along the T.J. Howell Botanical Drive to view a large diversity...
Saturday, May 17, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Meeting: In person chapter business meeting and elections Leader: Gail Perrotti gperrotti@earthlink.net Location: (tentative) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2000 Jackson Street, Port Orford, OR 97465 Speaker to be determined. Please contact Gail Perrotti to confirm location.
Sunday, May 18th, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Location: Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd, Eugene This Festival is a great, family-friendly event with activities including an expansive wildflower display in the White Oak Pavilion highlighting over 200 local species, live music featuring local bands, the Art in Nature Trail with ephemeral art installations, guided...
Monday, May 19, 7:30 pm- 8:30 pm Program: “Fritillaria gentneri: A Biography" Presenter: Alex Kurowski, Oregon State University Location: Cordley Hall Room 2602, Oregon State University, Corvallis or by Zoom Description: In southern Oregon and northern California, two species of Fritillaria overlap, F. affinis and F. recurva. In the northern part of their overlapping ranges, an endangered species known as Fritillaria gentneri was...
Thursday, May 22, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Field Trip: Saddle Mountain Hike Leader: Linda Moore Location: Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range The hike up Saddle Mountain isn’t easy, but the trip to this botanist’s Mecca in the Coast Range is worth it. We’ll leisurely ascend 1,700 feet over a challenging five-mile, out-and-back hike...
Thursday, May 22, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Finley Wildlife Refuge Leader: John Savage John Savage will lead a walk to view the wildflowers at the William L. Finley National Wildife Refuge near Corvallis. Golden paintbrush, Nelson’s checkermallow, peacock larkspur, and other rare and endemic species grow in the untouched Natural Resource Area....
Friday, May 23, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Field Trip: Cape Horn Trail Hike Leader: Ron Klump Location: Cape Horn Trail, Washington We will hike from Salmon Falls Road Park and Ride to Nancy Russell Overlook and back. This is a moderate hike of five miles round trip with 700’ elevation gain and some difficult...