BBBBB EEEEEE NN N ISSN 1188-603X BB B EE NNN N BBBBB EEEEE NN N N BOTANICAL BB B EE NN NN ELECTRONIC BBBBB EEEEEE NN N NEWS No. 31 May 13, 1992 Address: aceska@cue.bc.ca ------------------------------------------------- DR. SINSKE HATTORI (1915 - 1992) Dr. Hattori passed away on May 12, 1992. He was a prominent Japanese bryologist, specialist on the liverwort genus Frullania, and a significant supporter and promoter of bryology. Shortly after the war he established the Hattori Botanical Laboratory and in 1947 he started to publish The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory, "devoted to bryology and lichenology." (Elva Lawton's 1971 "Moss Flora of the Pacific Northwest" was published as a Supplement of the "Journal.") He was a good friend of many bryologists all around the world and he will be missed. BOTANY B.C. - LAST CALL From: Trish Hoffs (THOFFS on All-In-One) or phone (604) 356-6813 Botany B.C. is just over 2 weeks away. Anyone interested, who hasn't already sent in their registration form, should contact me before the end of Thursday, May 14th, 1992 to book any accommodation and meals you require at Lac Le Jeune Resort. Lac Le Jeune requires this information so they can start ordering the food, etc. After Thursday the resort will charge a cancellation fee for any over bookings. THE CARIBOO MOUNTAINS SLIDE SHOW From: Ocean Hellman - phone (604) 685-8269 Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Newcombe Theater in Victoria, B.C. The Cariboo Mountains Wilderness Coalition has been fighting for the heartland between Bowron Lake Park and Wells Gray Park of British Columbia. This remarkable area supports high populations of grizzly bear, sockeye salmon, woodland caribou and migratory waterfowl. This is a critical land-use issue. The NDP government recently deferred industrial development on 175,000 [out of 210,000 proposed] hectares of Cariboo Mountains Wilderness. [Note: There was no logging planned in the deferred area for the next few years, but the controversial non-deferred area of the Blue Lead Creek is being logged now slightly faster than before. - AC] STUDENT FROM GERMANY INTERESTED IN OLD GROWTH BRYOPHYTES From: Jan-Peter Frahm Recently it turned out that a student of mine will make her thesis for her teachers exam on Vancouver Island. It may sound somewhat strange, but she is very enthusiastic for Canada and its nature, is studying geography also and will be on a field trip next September in Western Canada. Then she asked me for a subject for her thesis and I proposed to make a comparative study of the bryofloras of natural forest with planted forest of different kind and age. It should be interesting to know which species continue to grow after cutting and new plantation, which come later and which will never come back. This shall be also discussed concerning life strategy, propagation methods of the species involved, etc. I guess it should be possible to confine such comparison to hectare plots or smaller, and thought about Cape Scott Provincial Park and the reforestations in the northern part of the island. I will contact the provincial park office for the necessary permits, and have also informed Dale Vitt in Edmonton (where I have spent a sabbatical). Are they any permanent plots in the UBC research forest? NEW REFERENCE BOOK FOR BOTANISTS From: "William R Burk" Although we have not yet received our copy yet, you might be interested in knowing about a new botany reference book: B-P-H/S; Botanico-Huntianum Supplementum. Edited by Gavin Bridson. Pittsburgh, PA: Hunt Institute, 1992. $95.00(U.S.). This is a supplement to the standard B-P-H which is an important tool in providing abbreviations (and full titles) for botanical journals. COMMON NAMES OF PLANTS From: Jim Pojar Adolf, there is a useful reference for connoisseurs of common names: Kartesz, J.T., and J.W. Thieret. 1991. Common names for vascular plants: Guidelines for use and application. Sida Contrib. Bot. 14: 421-434. Good advice, especially about "fanciful" names, which I fancy. It also refers to a forthcoming Timber Press book of common names by Kartesz. This will no doubt be invaluable, but we must strive to protect the folk poetry of some regional common names against the Amerikan [sic!] monolith and melting pot. [P.S. For those of you who don't know, Jim Pojar is an American-Canadian from Minnesota, living in Smithers, B.C. and having his roots in South Bohemia. - AC] ETHNOBOTANICAL DEMONSTRATION GARDEN From: Brian D. Compton Does anyone have easy access to seeds or vegetative starts of hemlock-parsley (Conioselinum pacificum) or other unusual, little-known or otherwise interesting ethnic plants of coastal or interior British Columbia? Or does anyone have knowledge of the edibility of hemlock-parsley? If so, please contact me. The gardener at the City Farmer compost demonstration garden in Vancouver wishes to bring some of these plants into cultivation in a small ethnobotanical demonstration garden for education uses. OLDEST TREE IN CANADA From: Tom Keays in BIOSPH-L /* Written 11:21 am May 9, 1992 by mlewis in cdp:en.forestplan */ /* ---------- "Oldest Canadian Tree" ---------- */ This paragraph was published in the latest issue of the Earth Island Journal (vol.7(2):3): Vancouver - Last winter two dendrochronologists exploring a logging clearcut in Caren Range [Sechelt Peninsula, SE of Sakinaw Lake] discovered to their horror that Canada's oldest known living tree had been cut down and left on the ground as wastewood. The 1636-year-old Yellow Cedar - the oldest verified tree in Canada - had been felled by the Macmillan Bloedel Corp. The scientists discovered four other ancient trees (the youngest of which was 1350 years old) that had also been cut down and left to rot. RE: ABIES LASIOCARPA AS A CHRISTMAS TREE (BEN #28) From: DNORRIS (B.C. Ministry of Forests) Christmas tree harvesting is done under permit, with stumpage payable to the crown. Some Abies lasiocarpa may be raised but a check of the several Christmas tree Grower Associations in BC may be in order. Within Rights-of-way,(or such like land tenures) permits may be granted for commercial or private harvesting of trees, which could include A. lasiocarpa. Russ Cozens at 387-8308 can provide further details. DAVID DOUGLAS SOCIETY OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA From: Bill Young The 1992 Annual Meeting and Banquet of the David Douglas Society of Western North America will be held on December 7, 1992 in Portland, Oregon. Guests welcome. For information phone Bill Young (604) 652-3002. NEW BOOK MacKinnon, A., J. Pojar & R. Coupe [eds.] 1992. Plants of northern British Columbia. - B.C. Ministry of Forests, Victoria & Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 352 p. ISBN 1-55105-015-3 [paperback] CDN$ 19.95 [Ten writers co-operated on this excellent guide to lichens, mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants of northern British Columbia. The publisher, Lone Pine Publishing Ltd. (206, 10426 - 81 Ave., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6E 1X5) did a marvelous production job. I especially like the format used in the book. Pictures and descriptions are intermixed with keys and comparison tables. There are no strict rules, silhouettes of Geranium leaves are given under the Buttercup family, because they can be confused with buttercups. Everything is user-friendly and a lot of fun. - AC]