California Native Plant Society-- San Gabriel Mountains Chapter

Members Meeting Thursday the 22nd.

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Eaton Canyon Plant Walk

California Native Plant Society Please join us on Sunday, August 18 for a plant walk in Eaton Canyon led by William Hallstrom. We will meet at 10 a.m. by the Plant Walk sign near the front entrance of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center. The walk should last 1 to 1.5 hours. Sturdy shoes, water, and a sunhat are recommended. Come see...

What do you do with your native grapes? Excited to try frozen push pops.

The countdown to California Biodiversity Day has begun!

California Biodiversity Day takes place on September 7 of each year. This annual event celebrates the nature of California, while also encouraging actions to steward and protect it.

Check out the California Biodiversity Day website for over 100 exciting local events happening through California Biodiversity Week: September 7 – 15. Events include biodiversity-blitzes, nature and cultural walks, art exhibits, restoration activities and more. You can also find great resources including regional pollinator factsheets and toolkits for using nature-mapping apps such as iNaturalist and eBird.

Learn more and locate an event near you: bit.ly/CaliforniaBiodiversityDay

PROTECT THE JURUPA OAK: JURUPA VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, JULY 10, 2024

What: The 13,000 year-old Jurupa Oak is situated within 400 feet of a proposed development including industrial warehouses. At it’s hearing on June 26, 2024, the Jurupa Valley Planning Commission postponed its vote and will continue deliberations on July 10.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: To oppose this proposal:
- Sign the petition. https://chng.it/8CmSznvzDJ
- Attend the postponed Planning Commission hearing and/or subsequent hearings.
When (Jurupa Valley Planning Comission meeting): Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
Beyond that, to stay up to date on project status and subsequent Planning Commission hearings, follow on Instagram by clicking here.
Where: Jurupa Valley City Hall Council Chambers, 8930 Limonite Avenue, Jurupa Valley, CA 92509
Further information (keep up to date!):
- Click here for the special web site. https://www.friendsofthejurupaoak.org/ Includes additional links.
- Media coverage: See the LA Times Article of June 29, 2024. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-06-29/development-fight-centers-on-californias-oldest-plant

One of Earth's oldest known plants takes center stage in California development battle The Jurupa Valley City Planning Commission has requested further study on a development that potentially threatens one of the oldest plants in the world.

Eaton Canyon Plant Walk
Sunday July 21, 2024, 10 a.m.

Eaton Canyon Nature Center
1750 N Altadena Dr., Pasadena, CA

Please join us on Sunday, July 21 for a plant walk in Eaton Canyon led by Helena Bowman. We will meet at 10 a.m. by the Plant Walk sign near the front entrance of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center. The walk should last 1 to 1.5 hours. Sturdy shoes, water, and a sunhat are recommended. Come see what's in in bloom and learn about our local ecology.

Natural Dyeing with Native Plants
with Erin Berkowitz
Saturday July 20, 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.
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Field Trip: Vegetation Mapping Eaton Canyon
Date: Wednesday July 17th, 8AM - 11AM
Location: Eaton Canyon (Meet at Nature Center)
Requirements: All skill levels are welcome, previous vegetation mapping experience is not required, but having plant identification knowledge will be a big help.
Questions: Email Max [email protected]
Description: Help create a community science led vegetation alliance map of the Eaton Canyon Natural Area. Max Yasuda (CNPS member) and Cristhian Mace (LA County Natural Areas Biologist) will lead a mapping expedition into lower Eaton Canyon to identify vegetation alliances and stands that make up the plant communities in the canyon. Using a combination of aerial imagery, GIS analysis and field work we are hoping to create an up to date map of vegetation alliances, using CDFW's California WIldlife-Habitat Relationship habitat names as well as the CNPS Alliance names from the Manual of California Vegetation. We will also try completing a Rapid Assessment if there is time.
What To Bring: Be ready to hike, we will try to visit some of the eastern canyons past the crossing. Maps, clipboards and pencils will be provided. Bring binoculars if you have them, for viewing remote stands.

Our work in progress map is below, we will be visiting some of the undescribed stands and checking the accuracy of the described stands.

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All year long Native Plants help feed birds. Different plants bloom at different times. This Scarlet Monkeyflower-Erythranthe cardinalis that was purchased at last years plant sale is thriving. If you have not had luck with other Monkeyflower species, give this verity a try. I saw it growing in riparian habitat, so I planted it by my bird bath that I sq**rt out every day. Under my Blood Orange tree, so gets some part shade. Anna's Hummingbird here enjoying the nectar, and entertaining me!

Summer Educator Conference: Planting Seeds, Growing Stewards Planting Seeds, Growing Stewards is an Educator Summer Conference presented by the California Native Plant Society and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

June 27th meeting information.

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Wonder no more what they taste like! We will be serving tea from 5 different native plants. There will be tasting cups available to be used for tasting.
*Taste and smell not available on Zoom 😋
Wooly Bluecurls and, it is blue! Yerba Santa, Mugwort, Coyote Mint, and Lemonade Berry.

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 7;30 p.m.: Native food plants and Tongva food sovereignty.
With Samantha Morales Johnson (she/her) is an Afro-indigenous (Gabrielino/Tongva)
Those who attend the meeting in person at Eaton Canyon Nature Center will see the presentation on a large screen. Remote attendees can as usual access Zoom on their home systems. — see Zoom instructions below.

The native plants of southern California have long held a reciprocal relationship with the Tongva people, the plants providing food, medicine, shelter, and ceremonial substance, and, in turn, the Tongva people caring for the land and plants. Colonization of the Los Angeles area disrupted the access to traditional foods for tribal people, thereby denying the Tongva people food sovereignty, historically, one of the many methods of native erasure. Food sovereignty is a part of the culture that the Tongva people are working to get back. Our speaker will discuss native food plants, including elderberry and wild currants, as well as share aspects of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and some background on the Gabrielino/Tongva tribe.
She is a multidisciplinary artist, environmental scientist, and learning ethnobotanist. She received her B.S. in Marine Biology before attending graduate school for her Certificate in Science Illustration. Samantha has worked with institutions like Pitzer college creating illustrated educational material for 4th and 5th grade environmental science curriculum aligning with California science standards and traditional Indigenous environmental knowledge. She has also created material around and speaks often on the campaign Protect White Sage, a social media initiative hoping to bring awareness to wild white sage poaching in the incense and spirituality movement. She focuses on educational artwork, traditional craft making like basket weaving, and environmental science. As a basket weaver, she's learning ethnobotany, land care, and restorative justice. She currently works as a Land Return Coordinator for the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy, which recently has received the first land back to her tribe since colonization. Samantha's work is inspired by resistance against climate change and the colonist roots underneath the environmental distresses we experience today.The native plants of southern California have long held a reciprocal relationship with the Tongva people, the plants providing food, medicine, shelter, and ceremonial substance, and, in turn, the Tongva people caring for the land and plants. Colonization of the Los Angeles area disrupted the access to traditional foods for tribal people, thereby denying the Tongva people food sovereignty, historically, one of the many methods of native erasure. Food sovereignty is a part of the culture that the Tongva people are working to get back. Our speaker will discuss native food plants, including elderberry and wild currants, as well as share aspects of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and some background on the Gabrielino/Tongva tribe.
She is an environmental scientist, and learning ethnobotanist. She received her B.S. in Marine Biology before attending graduate school for her Certificate in Science Illustration. Samantha has worked with institutions like Pitzer college creating illustrated educational material for 4th and 5th grade environmental science curriculum aligning with California science standards and traditional Indigenous environmental knowledge. She has also created material around and speaks often on the campaign Protect White Sage, a social media initiative hoping to bring awareness to wild white sage poaching in the incense and spirituality movement. She focuses on educational artwork, traditional craft making like basket weaving, and environmental science. As a basket weaver, she's learning ethnobotany, land care, and restorative justice. She currently works as a Land Return Coordinator for the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy, which recently has received the first land back to her tribe since colonization. Samantha's work is inspired by resistance against climate change and the colonist roots underneath the environmental distresses we experience today.
https://www.instagram.com/native.illustrator/?hl=en

Zoom instructions: This will be a hybrid meeting, both in person and on Zoom. It will be on Zoom from 7:30 p.m. To join the Zoom session, click the following link:
https://cnps-org.zoom.us/j/86854467070?pwd=UPcO4bABC5mlRCJS7vqBuqaFYT3415.1

Or go to https://zoom.us and enter Meeting ID 868 5446 7070
Passcode: 216326
Or by telephone: +1 720 707 2699 (Denver — long distance charges may apply)
Meeting ID: 868 5446 7070
Passcode 216326

FIELD TRIP: BIG TUJUNGA WASH PRESERVE

Saturday, May 18, 9:30 AM

This outing led by Roger Klemm will tour the xeric portion of Big Tujunga Wash where groundwater is deeper than tree roots, located between wetter, wooded areas about 4 miles apart, upstream and downstream. We will view dry wash vegetation in flood channels north of the Sunland-Tujunga community, managed since 2011 by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority. We hope to see vigorously blooming native shrubs after a wet winter. Meet near picnic tables in Oro Vista Park, at the corner of Oro Vista Avenue and Grove Street. From the I-210 freeway exit at Sunland Blvd., go 3/4 mile east to Oro Vista Ave., then 3/4 miles north to the park. Bring water, hat, walking shoes and appropriate clothing. Contact Bill Neill at [email protected] for more information.

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 7;30 p.m.: Native food plants and Tongva food sovereignty.
With Samantha Morales Johnson (she/her) is an Afro-indigenous (Gabrielino/Tongva)
Those who attend the meeting in person at Eaton Canyon Nature Center will see the presentation on a large screen. Remote attendees can as usual access Zoom on their home systems. — see Zoom instructions below.

The native plants of southern California have long held a reciprocal relationship with the Tongva people, the plants providing food, medicine, shelter, and ceremonial substance, and, in turn, the Tongva people caring for the land and plants. Colonization of the Los Angeles area disrupted the access to traditional foods for tribal people, thereby denying the Tongva people food sovereignty, historically, one of the many methods of native erasure. Food sovereignty is a part of the culture that the Tongva people are working to get back. Our speaker will discuss native food plants, including elderberry and wild currants, as well as share aspects of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and some background on the Gabrielino/Tongva tribe.
She is a multidisciplinary artist, environmental scientist, and learning ethnobotanist. She received her B.S. in Marine Biology before attending graduate school for her Certificate in Science Illustration. Samantha has worked with institutions like Pitzer college creating illustrated educational material for 4th and 5th grade environmental science curriculum aligning with California science standards and traditional Indigenous environmental knowledge. She has also created material around and speaks often on the campaign Protect White Sage, a social media initiative hoping to bring awareness to wild white sage poaching in the incense and spirituality movement. She focuses on educational artwork, traditional craft making like basket weaving, and environmental science. As a basket weaver, she's learning ethnobotany, land care, and restorative justice. She currently works as a Land Return Coordinator for the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy, which recently has received the first land back to her tribe since colonization. Samantha's work is inspired by resistance against climate change and the colonist roots underneath the environmental distresses we experience today.The native plants of southern California have long held a reciprocal relationship with the Tongva people, the plants providing food, medicine, shelter, and ceremonial substance, and, in turn, the Tongva people caring for the land and plants. Colonization of the Los Angeles area disrupted the access to traditional foods for tribal people, thereby denying the Tongva people food sovereignty, historically, one of the many methods of native erasure. Food sovereignty is a part of the culture that the Tongva people are working to get back. Our speaker will discuss native food plants, including elderberry and wild currants, as well as share aspects of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and some background on the Gabrielino/Tongva tribe.
She is an environmental scientist, and learning ethnobotanist. She received her B.S. in Marine Biology before attending graduate school for her Certificate in Science Illustration. Samantha has worked with institutions like Pitzer college creating illustrated educational material for 4th and 5th grade environmental science curriculum aligning with California science standards and traditional Indigenous environmental knowledge. She has also created material around and speaks often on the campaign Protect White Sage, a social media initiative hoping to bring awareness to wild white sage poaching in the incense and spirituality movement. She focuses on educational artwork, traditional craft making like basket weaving, and environmental science. As a basket weaver, she's learning ethnobotany, land care, and restorative justice. She currently works as a Land Return Coordinator for the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy, which recently has received the first land back to her tribe since colonization. Samantha's work is inspired by resistance against climate change and the colonist roots underneath the environmental distresses we experience today.
https://www.instagram.com/native.illustrator/?hl=en

Zoom instructions: This will be a hybrid meeting, both in person and on Zoom. It will be on Zoom from 7:30 p.m. To join the Zoom session, click the following link:
https://cnps-org.zoom.us/j/86854467070?pwd=UPcO4bABC5mlRCJS7vqBuqaFYT3415.1

Or go to https://zoom.us and enter Meeting ID 868 5446 7070
Passcode: 216326
Or by telephone: +1 720 707 2699 (Denver — long distance charges may apply)
Meeting ID: 868 5446 7070
Passcode 216326

Take a plant walk at Eaton Canyon Nature Center Associates this coming Sunday, May 19, 10 AM, led by experts from California Native Plant Society-- San Gabriel Mountains Chapter. Meet by the Plant Walk sign at the main building entry door. This will be a leisurely walk, about 1.5 hours, through the native plant garden that surrounds the Center and into the nearby wild areas. The walk is different each time — what's leafing out, flowering, in seed, etc., determines what your leader will talk about.

https://www.cnps.org/news-releases/biden-national-monument-expansion-molok-luyuk-san-gabriel-38368

California Native Plant Society Applauds President Biden’s National Monument Expansions President Biden's expansion of Berryessa Snow Mountain and San Gabriel Mountains National Monuments secures over 122,000 acres of biodiverse native plant habitat in California, including Molok Luyuk. Learn more about this historic move for conservation.

Field Trip May 4th info here:

California Native Plant Society Elsemere Canyon is a natural riparian area that contains vital links between the Angeles National Forest, Placerita Canyon Nature Center, and Whitney Canyon as a wildlife corridor, connecting the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica Mountains. This beautiful canyon contains waterfalls, rollin...

Hope to see you tonight!
Pollinators, Birds, and Backyard Wildlife
with Chris MacDonald
TONIGHT, Thursday, April 25, 2024

Coffee, informal plant conversation,
and sale of 4" plants and our beautiful chapter T-shirts at 7:00 p.m.
Program at 7:30 p.m.

In person at Eaton Canyon Nature Center and on Zoom.

1750 N Altadena Dr., Pasadena, CA 91107
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April 25th Program information. One not to miss!
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Celebrating Earth Day at Eaton Canyon.

Celebrating Earth Day with the City of Monrovia - Government and CNPS-SGM.org photos by Martha Rund and Eugene Suk.

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Hope to see you Sat. 4/20 9pm-1pm. Eaton Canyon Earth Day event.
We will be selling:
4” pot of flowering plants
T-shirts
Garden Native Plant sign (Spanish and English)
Seeds.
(Cash, checks, credit cards)
Information about what we do, becoming a member and knowledgeable people to answer gardening questions.
A section for kids to plant seeds in a plantable pot
And hand outs to take home.
Here is a list of the 4" plants for sale:
CA Fuchsia 'Everett's Choice'
CA Poppies
Common Yarrow
Coral Bells 'Canyon Duet'
Coral Bells 'Palace Purple'
Pitcher Sage
Seaside Daisy WR
Silver Carpet (Asters)
Strawberries

Thank you South Pasadena for hosting us at the South Pasadena Nature Park Sustainability Fair today! A lot of people came, and were very interested in our group and learning about Native Plants.