Join us for a presentation by Emily Steel, an Ecologist in the Parks & Natural Resources Planning section of the City of Eugene's Parks and Open Space, when she explains how oak habitats in the Willamette Valley Ecoregion have become quite rare and are now among the most imperiled in the Pacific Northwest. Eugene’s 2,500-acre […]
Join Vice-President Karl Anderson on a ramble through Wild Iris Ridge Park. Rambles are casual walks where participants identify and share their knowledge of plants they encounter as a group. All levels of experience are welcome. All we ask is that you are interested in plants! We'll be walking 1-2 miles along a trail. Bring appropriate […]
Join Sarah Erskine, Emerald Chapter Board member and PhD Candidate in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon, as she shares results of her research along with some beautiful plant photos! You may have seen some of her lab's research plots along the river path near the UO bridge to Autzen […]
Set your alarms to get tickets to the Mount Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Show- the biggest mushroom display on the west coast. Come to the Arboretum for a day of music, food, guided walks, a kids craft area, and, of course, mushroom displays, mushroom soup, and mushroom-themed gifts! Emerald Chapter will have our booth set up […]
Welcome to the ID-a-thon for Oregon native plants! During November 9-17, we are asking you to add identifications to as many “Needs ID” plant observations posted in Observations Needs ID · iNaturalist as possible, with a goal of reaching 20,000 identifications. The event will run from 12:00 AM Saturday, November 9 to 11:59 PM Sunday, […]
The Fern Ridge Library in Veneta is planting 4 trees as a visual screen (Cascara and vine maple), as well as native shrubs in a bioswale. We spent the last two seasons knocking back reed canarygrass in the swale with plastic mulch, and it's ready to plant with shrubs to suppress future reed canarygrass growth. […]
Dr. Sarah Jacobs, a specialist in our western flora and assistant curator of botany and Howell Chair of Western North American Botany California Academy of Sciences will present this topic from California via zoom. Click here to join the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81509150792?pwd=oqhBehLzfzPaM5mPtzbiHy9nX2seew.1 The genus Castilleja, also known as "the paintbrushes," is an iconic group of western […]
Emerald Chapter celebrates our members and their wildflower discoveries as they share photos and stories of their wildflower destinations from the past year. Bring 10-15 slides of plants on a flash drive and share an adventure you had this year. Bring a snack to share. This is an opportunity to get to know your fellow […]
