From aceska@cue.bc.caFri Feb 24 11:52:52 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 21:09:03 -0800 From: Adolf Ceska To: ben@cue.bc.ca Subject: BEN # 93 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. 93 February 23, 1995 aceska@freenet.victoria.bc.ca Victoria, B.C. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr. A. Ceska, P.O.Box 8546, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 3S2 ----------------------------------------------------------- NATIVE VEGETATION WORKSHOP - VICTORIA - MARCH 11, 1995 The Native Vegetation Committee of the Vancouver Island Public Interest Group (VIPIRG) presents their Second Native Vegetation Workshop, Saturday March 11, 1995, 9:00 am. to 4:00 pm. at the University of Victoria, Elliot Lecture Wing. There will be information booths, displays, guest speakers, native plant sales and I.D. tables. Mini workshops on propagat- ing native plants, enhancing Garry oak habitat, gardening with native plants, walks through the UVIC Native Plant Garden, and more will be held throughout the day. Bring your mug for mulled cider, Labrador tea and coffee. Tickets at the door: $10.00 adults, $8.00 seniors/students. Proceeds will go to the Native Plant Garden on the UVIC campus. For further information call Jenny Eastman (479-8382) or Hana Masata (744-4315). CALL FOR PAPERS: CONSERVATION & MANAGEMENT OF OREGON'S FLORA From: Thomas Kaye The Native Plant Society of Oregon will sponsor A Symposium on the Conservation and Management of Oregon's Native Flora LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, November 15-17, 1995. The symposium will cover research and current work concerning the conservation and management of Oregon's diverse native plant species and communities. Symposium presentations and posters will be organized under the following themes: "Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Oregon's Rare Plant Species" Keynote Speaker: Reed Noss (tentative) "Bringing Back the Natives: Restoration of Oregon's Native Plants and Communities" Keynote Speaker: Linda McMahan (tentative) "Plant Systematics, Ecology and Biogeography of Oregon's Native Plants and Communities" Keynote Speaker: Ken Chambers (tentative) "The 'Lower' World of Oregon's Floral Diversity - Bryophytes, Lichens, and Fungi" Keynote Speaker: Dave Wagner (tenta- tive) Persons interested in participating in the symposium should submit an abstract and preferred session to the address below no later than May 1, 1995. Speakers will be notified by June 1, 1995. Anyone is encouraged to submit abstracts for papers and posters related to the four themes listed above. Abstracts should be submitted on a 3.5" computer disk, in Wordperfect 5.0 or higher, along with three paper copies. Abstracts should be 200 words or less using 1.5 inch margins. Please provide a short biography. Contributors will be asked to bring manuscripts of their presentations for inclusion in a proceedings volume to be published later. Indicate whether you prefer to present a con- tributed paper or poster and if you need any equipment other than a slide or overhead projector. Submit abstracts to: Tom Kaye, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU, Cordley Hall 2082, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902. Phone 503-737-2346, Fax 503-737- 3573, email: kayet@bcc.orst.edu. A registration fee of $40 for NPSO members and $50 for non- members is due prior to October 1, 1995. Registration fees after this date will be $50 for NPSO members and $60 for non-members. Direct inquiries regarding the symposium and registration to Bruce Rittenhouse, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, OR 97459-2000, 503-756-0100 (phone), 503-756-9303 (Fax). NATIVE WILDFLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA ON CD-ROM [Re: BEN # 86] From: Brother Eric Vogel This CD is for the MacIntosh base (one for the IBM base is in the process) and contains 2,000 pictures of 665 species of wildflowers of California, indexed and classified. ["This is from a collection of 20,000 slides collected by Brother Alfred Brousseau over his lifetime. It takes the form of super-card stacks, a stack for each alphabetical (latin name) group of flowers." - BEN # 86] Contact Brother Eric Vogel (evogel@stmarys-ca.edu) (Snail mail: St. Mary's College, 1928 St. Mary's Road, Moraga, Ca. 94575) A donation of $35.00 is requested for this non-profit project. Make checks payable to: Brothers Community. GIANT HOGWEED - HERACLEUM MANTEGAZZIANUM - BANNED IN US From: Elisabeth Harmon, North American Rock Garden Society, 1994-1995 Seed List. Important Notes. "In the next few years, we shall see increasingly stricter legislation enacted to control the importation of plants of all kinds. The federal government and several states already have compiled a list of banned plants. For example, giant hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum [Apiaceae - Umbeliferae], a favourite of some gardeners, is now listed under the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1992. It is illegal to import or distribute it in inter- state commerce, and in Washington State, those who are caught growing it can be fined $750 for the first offense." [See also BEN # 67.]