California Native Plant Society

The authors of Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change, Nita Winter and Roger Badger will discuss their book. Rob and Nita have lugged their gear all 85 pounds of their portable photo studio through rattle-snake-infested deserts, high mountain passes, and post-wildfire territory to share these photos with you. As the essays in the book attest, the climate is changing. Habitat disappears in the face of development. The changes to the landscape play ...out before our eyes. And what we protect becomes a testament to what we value. Beauty and the Beast is Rob and Nita’s hopeful, passionate response that the transformational power of beauty can be an inspirational call to action. We will meet by Zoom at 7:30. Look to your email for further instruction.

Plants teach us to be rooted even when it’s hard to #StayAtHome. What native plants are you most excited to see again? #RootedinResilience #NativePlantWeek #permaculture

Native plants make our world more resilient, providing food, habitat, and beauty for other living creatures. How are native plants helping you right now? Algodones sunflower (Helianthus niveus ssp. tephrodes) grows in a dune system, where sand is constantly moving. The species has survived millennia of being alternately buried and exposed. Today, it... faces its first true threat, as off-highway vehicle recreation threatens to destroy its Algodones Dunes habitat. #RootedinResilience #NativePlantWeek See more

Its Native Plant Week. How are you celebrating? California’s teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) can survive in the harshest of desert conditions while storing water and producing beautiful, large flowers. #RootedinResilience #NativePlantWeek

Did you know that it is Native Plant Week? What are you doing to celebrate? Bristlecone pine (Pinus Longavae) | The bristlecone pine is one of the world’s oldest living species. The oldest bristlecone resides in California’s White Mountains and is more than 5,000 years old! Subjected to mountaintop extremes of weather, the bristlecone pine can survive with just a narrow strip of living wood growing on the protected side, with the rest of the tree's dead wood sheltering the narrow life line. #RootedinResilience #NativePlantWeek