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Volume 04 (1990 – 1991)

July 5, 2018 By

V04-1, Fall 1990 – “Kelseya uniflora the MNSP ‘Mascot’” recaps information published in earlier editions; “Research Natural Areas – Natural Yardsticks” announces the establishment of some new RNAs and describes the program; and field trip reports included “Centennial Valley – Aspen Groves to Sandhills,” “Botanizing on Horseback” (on the Boulder River near Big Timber), “Fire Recovery: The Second Year” (Grayling Creek Drainage in YNP), and “Statewide Field Trip: Pine Butte Preserve to Gibson Reservoir”.

V04-2, Winter 1991 – “Sulphur Cinquefoil – An Introduced Weed to Equal Knapweed and Spurge by 2020?” by Peter M. Rice includes a thorough description of the plant and tips to distinguish it from P. gracilis; Peter Lesica discusses the “Form of Leaves” with observations about the ecological factors that may be involved and references for further reading; field trip reports include “Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge,” “Fire Lookout on Stark Mountain,” and an error is corrected related to the Gibson Reservoir trip reported in the previous issue; and a report on Nature Conservancy Awards to Peter Lesica, Elly Jones, Bob Anderson, and Anne Morely.

V04-3, Spring 1991 – “Algae in Montana’s Waters: There’s More to a Stream than Water and Fish” by Loren Bahls offers an overview of the composition and importance of the lower plant populations of Montana’s waterways, with references for further reading; Dee Strickler describes Aquilegia variations in, “A Native Columbine Hybrid: Aquilegia x Eliator with references; and editor Jan Nixon includes, “The Earlybirds: Montana’s Earliest Spring Wildflowers.”

V04-4, Summer 1991 – “Has Salt Tolerance Pre-Adapted Inland Saltgrass for Metal Tolerance?” by R. A. Prodgers discusses ecological and physiological characteristics of Distichlis spicata var stricta that allow it to occur on metal-contaminated sites along Silver Bow Creek, with references; Carol J. Morris offers “Tips for Wildflower Cultivation”; B. John Losensky offers tips to reduce spotted knapweed spread in “Roadside Vegetation Cover Affects Spotted Knapweed Density”; field trip reports for “Miller Creek Shooting Stars,” “Columbia Mountain Trail,” and “Mount Jumbo – Over the Top”; and  as an insert an identification sheet comparing the invasive Potentilla recta with the native Potentilla gracilis.

KELSEYA, the MNPS newsletter,

is published four times a year and is included with your membership.
 Kelseya contains timely articles about Montana plants and their communities, listings of chapter and state meetings and field trips, and updates on native plant issues.

For questions about MNPS,

including becoming a member or chapter policies or programs, contact our Vice-President, Robert Pal.




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For information about activities in your area, or to seek information about plants or resources in your area, please contact the chapter closest to you (click on Activities Drop Down Menu at the top of this page): Calypso (Dillon, Butte, Southwest Montana; Clark Fork, (Missoula, West Central Montana); Kelsey (Greater Helena and Great Falls areas,  and regions associated with the Rocky Mountain Front and central and north central Montana.); Flathead (Northwest Montana, Glacier Park); Maka Flora (Eastern Montana); Valley of Flowers (greater Bozeman area), or check out the Eastern- or Western-at-Large Areas on the same menu.

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