From aceska@cue.bc.ca Tue Nov 30 12:07:32 1993 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 93 07:02:33 -0800 From: Adolf Ceska To: ben@cue.bc.ca Subject: BEN # 65 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. 65 November 30, 1993 Address: aceska@cue.bc.ca Victoria, B.C. ---------------------------------------------------- BIODIVERSITY SEMINAR SERIES # 1 From: Trudy Chatwin FOREST INVERTEBRATE BIODIVERSITY Monday, December 6, 1993 from 8:30 am - 12:00 noon Maritime Museum, Bastion Square, Victoria, B.C. This Forest Invertebrate Biodiversity Seminar is the first in a series of biodiversity related seminars sponsored by the Inter- Ministry Biodiversity Group. The objective of the series is to facilitate communication within the biodiversity research com- munity and others interested in this field. Join us for an interesting and stimulating morning! Contact: Trudy Chatwin, Wildlife Branch 387-9756 or Carol Rosskam, Research Branch 356-6813 for further details OOPS - A WRONG NUMBER FOR THE VICTORIA MYCOLOGY [BEN #64] I gave you a wrong number of Hannah Nadel in BEN #64. Her cor- rect phone number is 721-1386. NEW RECORDS OF VASCULAR PLANTS FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA From: Frank Lomer c/o Over the last couple of years I have found a few specimens of interests in the UBC Herbarium: Atriplex nuttallii Wats. - Collected at Clayhurst crossing on the North bank of Peace by Al Rose, s.n., June 29, 197. K. Beamish determined it correctly March 12, 1981 and I'm not sure if it has ever been collected before in B.C., al- though this species and Atriplex canescens both approach B.C. in northwest Alberta. [A single specimen of A. nut- tallii in the Royal British Columbia Museum (V) was col- lected in Clayhurst Ecological Reserve #8, Peace River District, by R.D. Kabzems, #16, August 1989 and identified by R.T. Ogilvie, November 1989.] Senecio squalidus L. - Collected in ballast at the foot of Nanaimo St., Vancouver by W. Taylor, s.n., July 1950. Not known since. Labelled as S. erucifolius L. Native to Canada and S. Europe but now a common weed in England since its introduction 200 years ago. Polygonum minus Hudson - Collected at Hatzic Lake by V.J. Krajina, Aug. 2, 1949, and labelled as P. persicaria L. Now fairly common on mud shore of Fraser in the Lower Fraser Valley. Also abundant around a pond at Tranquille. Introduced from Europe. Polygonum sawatchense Small - Collected on the road up to Windy Joe, Manning Park by K. Beamish, # 7856, Aug. 4, 1957 and identified as P. minumum. Native in the North Central Cascades South to California. Hypericum boreale (Britt.) Bickn. - Collected at Pitt Polder by K. Beamish, s.n., Sept. 25, 1961, and now known from numerous locations in the lower mainland. Probably intro- duced in B.C. in cranberry bogs where it is sometimes abundant. Also naturalized on mud banks of the Fraser River. Chenopodium foliosum (Moench) Asch. - Collected from Redstone, Chilcotin by J.W. Eastham, s.n., July 24, 1944. Cryptantha watsonii (Gray) Greene - Collected from Osoyoos by J.W. Eastham, 71V6, May 11, 1940. Since collected by myself 6 June 1993 by Ashnola River near Lakeview campsite, Cathedral Park area. MOSSES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ON THE LIST [BEN # 50] From: Tara Steigenberger , We were recently informed that our book, Some Common Mosses of B.C., was selected for the School Library Book Purchase plan. What that means is that Mosses will be on a list of books that has been given a "stamp of approval" by a committee of teachers. This list will be given to school boards, and the librarians will read through the list to decide which titles they wish to purchase. Being on the Library Purchase Plan list brings our title to the attention of the librarians, who may not have considered our book without the list. We repeat the ordering information from BEN # 50: Schofield: Some common mosses of British Columbia - 2nd Edition The second (revised and expanded) edition of the popular Museum Handbook no. 28 was published by the Royal B.C. Museum in Vic- toria and costs $12.95 Canadian. Individuals order from The Royal Museum Shop at 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 1X4, Tel (604) 356-0505, Fax (604) 356-8197. The Shop charges $1.50 shipping and handling per book. Please add 7% GST to total order. Major credit cards, purchase orders, personal cheques, money orders accepted. Resale outlets and institutions order from CROWN Publications, Inc. at 546 Yates Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 1K8, Tel (604) 386- 4636, Fax (604) 386-0221. Major credit cards, purchase orders, personal cheques, money orders accepted.