The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) was formed in 1965 in the East Bay region. Today it is a statewide organization with thirty-three chapters. The East Bay Chapter covers Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. The state organization and the local chapters work together to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve this rich resource for future generations.
The flower in the banner at top is that of Grindelia hirsutula. Photo by Janice Bray
Oenanthe sarmentosa (water parsley) Photo by Janice Bray
Click here for a slide show of beautiful photos from the April 29 East Bay CNPS field trip on Mt. Diablo from Devil’s Elbow to Prospector’s Gap.
The pictures were taken by EBCNPS member Phred Jackson.
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Did you know that you can renew your CNPS membership online using a credit card? You can set it up to renew automatically year after year. It is quick, easy, convenient, and reduces the cost of mailing renewal notices.
Go to www.cnps.org and click on the Join button
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The water parsley photo at the top of the page is taken from a CD that contains over 250 images of local trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and vines. It contains information about how and where each plant grows. The CD runs on both Macs and PCs.
You can purchase the CD for $25.00 from Native Here Nursery (open every Friday
and Saturday morning) or have it mailed to you. To order by mail, send
check for $27.50 to Native Here Nursery, 101 Golf Course Drive, Berkeley
CA 94708.
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Learn how you can participate in the the activities of the
East Bay Chapter of CNPS:
Message from outgoing Chapter President Charli Danielsen
Message from Board Member and Conservation Activist Peter Rauch
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Click here for a photo essay by botanist and photographer Bob Case on wildflowers of the genus Calochortus native to the San Francisco Bay Area
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Calflora
View locations for 16,000 East Bay rare and unusual plants plus
thousands of other East Bay plant records on the Calflora web site.
