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Volume 13 (1999 – 2000)

July 5, 2018 By

V 13, No. 1, Fall 1999 -Note: this edition is labeled as “Summer/Autumn 1999. In a small grants report, Kathryn Warner describes the, “Native Plant Museum and Educational Collection: A Joint Project of the University of Montana and the Montana Natural History Center”; Dennis Nichols and Kathy Lloyd report, “Flora of Mount Helena Dedication”; field trip reports cover trips to the Melrose area and Bull River area where both a wildflower newly reported in Montana and a possible record Red Alder were seen; Kathy Lloyd highlighted the annual meeting; Hal Vosen presented a summary of information on, “Echinacea: The Real Flower Power,” based on a presentation by Ryan Meccage at Range Days in Carter County; and Bonnie Heidel describes the place of annuals in, “Masters of Change”.

V 13, No. 2, Winter 2000 -Problems with Tamarisk, Russian Olive, Lehmann Lovegrass and other invasive species are covered by Peter Lesica in, “Weeds We Invited”; pieces by Kathy Lloyd and Lisa Bay describe problems with the policy review then underway regarding use of off-highway vehicles; Robyn Klein describes the “Conservation of Medicinal Plants” and “How to make a Tincture”; and a memoriam for Warren H. “Herb” Wagner.

V 13, No. 3, Spring 2000 -Loren Bahls pays tribute to a favorite Professor in, “Jack Rumely: Wit, good humor & botanical insights”; in “Those Days on Pioneer Ridge,” Terry Divoky describes the potential perils of being a hike leader; “Hawkweeds in Montana,” first of a two-parts by Peter Rice and Sarah Wilhelm; in a Big Sky Sketch, Bonnie Heidel answers, “Cryptantha WHO?”; Dennis Nichols celebrates “Early Bloomers” in the Heron area; andn Hal Vosen reviews, Roadside Use of Native Plants, Bonnie L. Harper-Lore, editor, published by USDOT.

V 13, No. 4, Summer 2000 -In, “Are There Carnivorous Plants All Around Us?” Peter Lesica describes research into the possibility that a number of sticky species may be “protocarnivorous” plants as postulated by Charles Darwin to exist; Dennis Nichols describes Wayne Phillips’s alter-ego, Meriwether Lewis in, “The Man with the Dual Personality”; “Knapweed: What Kind of Threat,” by David C. Atkins talks about possible toxins in various species and the wisdom of wearing gloves when pulling weeds; the second of two pieces on, “Hawkweeds in Montana,” by Peter Rice and Sarah Wilhelm; field trip reports cover various trips in and around the Flathead, a “Botany ‘Blowout’ and the Matador; the Gardner Lake Trail; and a trip to the slopes of Berray Mountain in the Cabinets; a Big Sky Sketch by Lisa Larsen covers, “Spike-Moss: Plants older than them thar hills?”; and a Small Grants Report by Jan Metzmaker on, “A Community Project: Transforming an industrial site into a native plants paradise,” in Whitefish

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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