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Volume 05 (1991 – 1992)

July 5, 2018 By

V 5, No. 1, Fall 1991 – “The Rattlesnake Experience,” by John Pierce describes his method of documenting the flora of the proposed Rattlesnake Wilderness and the mounting technique he used to make a publicly accessible collection of the plants for the public library; Society President, Angela Evenden discussed the interagency process for development of a natural areas network emphasizing approximately 9 different sorts of natural areas; “Yew Bark Collection Position Appealed,” discusses many issues related to the collection of Yew bark for taxol purposes and appeal of a categorical exclusion decision related to allowing such collection; a “Bits and Pieces” collection of small notices includes inter alia information on the demise of David Douglas while doing fieldwork in Hawaii and the finding of a still green 17-million-year-old magnolia leaf in Idaho; field trip reports include recounts of trips to Kirk Hill, gardens around Polson and Ronan, explorations in the Big Timber area, Packer Meadows, St. Mary’s Peak, Shoo-Fly Meadows, and Mt. Siyeh; and Judy Hoy updates earlier observations on the occurrence of vagrant lichens in Western Montana.

V 5, No. 2, Winter 1992 – In a “Profile of Montana’s Uncommon Plants,” Jan Nixon describes, “Jove’s Buttercup… Giant of the Plant World”; a reprinted newspaper article reports, “Howellia aquatilis Proposed for Listing as and Endangered Species; “Conservation Bullets,” from the Conservation Committee discuss wetlands protection, endangered species act renewal, toll-free pesticide info, Montana Wilderness Bill, recycling hotline, and Audubon Saves Ancient Cedar Grove; Ruth Unger offers, “Successful seed Collecting Tips for Natives”; “Knapweed as a Cash Crop,” is an interesting little reprint on what would seem an unlikely problem; and Richard Prodgers reports on, “Unusual Species Found on Reclaimed Coal Mine Sites.”

V 5, No. 3, Spring 1992 – “Montana’s Most Diminutive Alpine Plants,” by Douglas N. Reynolds gives adaptive and ecological accounts of several alpine annuals including Koenigia islandica, Polygonum minimum, and Gentiana tenella – with references for further reading; while not a native plant, St. John’s Wort is considered by Kim Erica Schleicher in a “Montana Medicinals” article; “Yellow is the Color of Spring,” by Peter Lesica documents his observations on the relative abundance of yellow flowers in early spring and offers a pollinator related hypothesis for the phenomenon; and the Hoskins Lake and Wolf-Weigel Research Natural Areas in the Kootenai National Forest are described.

V 5, No. 4, Summer 1992 – Loren Bahls advances our knowledge of some small cogs and wheels in: “A Bouquet of Algae: Plant Diversity and Water Quality in Montana’s Streams”; “In Memoriam: Arthur Cronquist, 1919 – 1992”includes two compelling biographical sketches of the great botanist; Robyn Klein helps answer: “Astragalus americanus, A Healing Plant?”; and in “Big Trees under the Big Sky,” Steve Chadde and Steve Arno document the revitalization of Montana’s Big Tree Register and include a list of the champions and also species with no records.

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.

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including becoming a member or chapter policies or programs, contact our Vice-President, Ryan Quire.




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