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Utah Botanists in the News (4/24/08)
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- The legacy of legendary Utah botanist Walter Cottam (1894-1988) lives on.
SL Tribune 4/23/08 article entitled Tremendous Legacy
UNPS honored Dr. Cottam on May 4, 1979 (photo credit: Duane Atwood).
- Remembering USU botanist Dr. Richard J. Shaw (1923-2008)
Dr. Shaw died on April 21, 2008. His wife Ida Marion Shaw died on February 23, 2008.
Dr. Shaw wrote a number of plant guides (both technical and general) including Utah Wildflowers: A Field Guide To Northern And Central Mountains And Valleys, Wildflowers of the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains, Vascular Plants of Northern Utah, Plants of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and Plants of Waterton-Glacier National Parks, and the Northern Rockies. He was an accomplished photographer, filling his books with excellent photos and leaving a large collection of slides at the Intermountain Herbarium. He was Professor Emeritus, Emeritus Director of the Intermountain Herbarium and sponsor of the Richard J. and Marion A. Shaw Endowed Scholarship at Utah State University. See also Utah Tributes.
UNPS Cache members enjoyed Dr. Shaw's evening "wildflower walks" near Green Canyon
(click here for photo) and he was the featured speaker at the 2003 UNPS Annual Meeting of the Members held in Logan, Utah.
May-June 2008 Sego Lily published (4/21/08)
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The May-June 2008 newsletter has been published and is now available for public access.
Click here to access the latest and prior issues.
UNPS recognizes Duane Atwood with Lifetime Achievement Award (4/21/08)
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Dr. N. Duane Atwood receives lifetime achievement awards
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On March 4, 2008 at the annual rare plant task force meeting in Salt Lake City, the Utah Native Plant Society presented
Dr. N. Duane Atwood with a lifetime achievement award. The presentation was made following Duane's keynote
speech relating to the early history of UNPS and the future of systemic botany in Utah.
In September of 1978 Duane was part of a small group of botanists that led to the founding of UNPS later that
year and became the first president of UNPS serving in that capacity for several years (and continuing on as a board member for many years). But his contributions only begin there.
Read more.
(UNPS Honors Duane Atwood, May-June 2008 Sego Lily, p.6)
December 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of UNPS.
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Woad Runner Pulls in May 2008 (4/23/08)
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- Help rid Utah of this noxious weed. One of the May 17, 2008 pulls is specifically sponsored by UNPS.
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What's blooming in Zion National Park 2008? (4/12/08)
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- For the eighth consecutive year, UNPS is sponsoring ZNP blooming reports written by Margaret
Malm. As in the past updates will be posted more or less weekly throughout April and May.
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- Zion National Park What's Up and Blooming
PURGE YOUR SPURGE! MYRTLE SPURGE/NATIVE PLANT EXCHANGE on April 26, 2008 (3/31/08)
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- Salt Lake County Weed Program Press Release (3/21/08):
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This April, don’t miss out on a great opportunity to purge your spurge
and rid your garden of myrtle spurge (or as some call it donkey tail spurge)
and receive free Utah native plants in exchange! Myrtle spurge
(Euphorbia myrsinites) is a highly invasive garden plant that is rapidly spreading
in our foothills and canyons. Recently listed as a noxious weed in Salt Lake
County, this non-native species out-competes native vegetation by forming large
dense infestations that decrease plant diversity and wildlife habitat. Join the
Bonneville CWMA and its partners at REI in Salt Lake City as we work to protect
our canyons by preventing the spread of myrtle spurge in our foothills. On
April 26th, 2008 bring your bagged myrtle spurge to REI at 3285 East 3300 South,
where volunteers will be on hand to take your plants and in exchange give you
1 of 3 plant mixes containing 5 Utah native plants. Choose from 3 plant communities:
Full sun/ buckwheat mix, full sun/ penstemon mix, and part shade/ columbine mix.
Each mix contains a variety of outstanding Utah natives, carefully selected for
similar water, soil, and exposure needs. In addition, receive a planting guide
and learn about noxious and invasive species in Salt Lake and what you can do to
help prevent their spread. For more information contact Salt Lake County Weed Program
staff at 801-468-2861 or on the web at www.weeds.slco.org.
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- More information: Purge Your Spurge! flyer
New What's Up Wildflower Hotline Site (3/26/08)
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A new web site dedicated dedicated to helping you find things in bloom in Utah (and particularly along the Wasatch Front) is now available. It will contain notes, photos and maps of what's happening with our native plants and is authored by UNPS co-president and Cyberflora CD creator, Dr. William Gray.
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- What's Up
Updated Digital Atlas of Utah Plants (3/4/08)
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- The updated Digital Atlas of Utah Plants is available at http://earth.gis.usu.edu/plants/index.html.
The atlas is an invaluable reference work spearheaded by Dr. Leila Shultz and represents an update to the printed volume (and prior on-line electronic equivalent of the printed volume).
Checklists are available by ecoregion. Since the 1988 atlas, some 500 name changes have occurred. The common name, growth habit, duration
and nativity has been provided for each species. Also included are some 400 rare and newly described taxa based on over 6,000 new collection sites. Synonyms are
in brown italics and rare plants are shown in red letters.
At the foundation of life: native plants
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