North Coast CNPS

North Coast Chapter - CNPS
Places to Visit
last complete review, 1-26-05

Featured Links

Other CNPS Chapters and our parent organization in Sacramento
CalFlora a huge resource for California species
A Manual of California Vegetation
John O.Sawyer & Todd Keeler-Wolf, the electronic version
Jepson Flora Project Links to the online version of the Jepson Manual, and to other publications.
Corrections to the Jepson Manual first and second printings
California Coastline Photos Photo server with 12,700 aerial photos. Near comprehensive coverage from Oregon to Mexico. Spot your friend's house.

Categories

Other Native Plant Societies

Arizona Native Plant Society
Idaho Native Plant Society
Native Plant Society of Oregon Also try the OSU Herbarium. Plenty of activity there.
Native Plant Societies of the U.S. and Canada - at the Michigan Botanical Club.
California Native Grass Association

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other Botany

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
Society for the Pacific Coast Native Iris
Astradero Preserve Stewardship Project, Palo Alto foothills
Botanical Society of America
CalPhoto.com , tips for photographers
Vernal pools vs. the proposed U.C. Merced
Ceanothus Web Page by Dr. Clifford Schmidt, Oregon State University
Center For Plant Conservation
Hortus West - A Western North America native plant directory and journal , No link.
Garden Web, much horticultural info, incl. natives
Mediterranean Climate Gardening, ... throughout the world
Western Wetland Flora
University of Oklahoma botany web links
Native Plants of Montara Mountain, the coastal massif south of Pacifica
Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden
US Fish and Wildlife Service Species Information , Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants
Plant Systematics Image Collection, U. Wisc., Madison
Washington Botanical Society (D.C.)
Google-listed botany directory

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Herbaria

Humboldt Vascular Plant Herbarium

Jepson Herbaria, UC Berkeley, CA

Oregon State University Herbarium

UC Davis Herbarium Homepage

California Academy of Sciences, Sixth biggest herbarium in the U.S.

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Local Area Botany and Environment

"Conifer Country" hiking guide and background information to the conifers of northwestern California

Geology Dept. Earthquake Information Includes extensive section on "How to Survive Earthquakes and Tsunamis on the North Coast"

Institute for Ecological Tourism
"Welcome to the ecosystems of California's north coast."

Humboldt Vascular Plant Herbarium

"Let's Explore Trinidad, California" Jim Popenoe

Arcata Marsh, a wastewater facility beloved by birders

Freshwater Farms and The Northcoast Native Seedbank

Friends of the Dunes (Lanphere Dunes Unit, HBNWR) "... dedicated to conserving the beauty and biodiversity of coastal dune environments in Humboldt County, CA, through community supported education and stewardship programs" (T.LaBanca)

Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, herbicide and pesticide information

EPIC - Environmental Protection Information Center, Garberville a regional action organization

NEC - North Coast Environmental Center, Arcata a regional action organization. NC-CNPS is a "member group" of the NEC.

Humboldt Watershed Council an activist organization focusing on local siltation issues and on the Headwaters Forest

Redwood Chapter Sierra Club, and the Needles newsletter

Redwood Region Audubon Society

Save the Redwoods League

Siskiyou Regional Education Project including the Siskiyou Field Institute

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other Environment

California PEER Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

USGS latest earthquakes Research that tremor.

Tidepool.org Daily "News for the Salmon Nation"

Information Center for the Environment, at UC Davis

CERES - California Environmental Resources Evaluation System

Society for Conservation Biology, many resources

Watershed Management Council

Environmental Protection Agency

Greenpeace International

Earthday.org , the original "Earth Day" people?

Mendocino Environmental Center

Native Habitats includes listings of native plant sources and organizations specializing in ecosystem restoration

Northwest Forest Plan - Regional Ecosystem Office ,
"Providing Interagency Support"

Rare Wildlife, Fish and Plants - U.S. Forest Service

National Audubon Society

Sierra Club

The Nature Conservancy

USDA Forest Service - National Headquarters

USDA Forest Service - Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system

US Fish and Wildlife Service

California State Parks

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Herbs and Ethnobotany

California Indian Basketweavers Association

Botanical Medicine -- Michael Moore, images, references, links

Botanical.com, a local herbal site with high visitation. Features an HTML version of Mrs. Grieve's Herbal.

Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases Agricultural Research Service

Native American Ethnobotany database of foods, drugs, dyes, fibers at U Michigan, Dearborn.

Threatened Wild Plants used as Chinese Medicinal Herbs
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Local Parks and Government

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Redwood National and State Parks, CA

Six Rivers National Forest - Eureka

National Weather Service - Eureka

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Lichens and Fungi

Fungi of California, "400 species, 1780 photos"

Lichen database containing ~20,000 literature citations searchable by key word, authors, subject, title or journal -- by Dr. Einar Timdal (Oslo)

North American Lichen Project

"Fun With Lichens" - O.S.U. "Learn how to identify these mysterious organisms. Our web-to-database technology will guide you."

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Rarity Status, misc. Database and GIS

Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants
  ... the online version of the popular CNPS book, enhanced for the Web, developed and maintained right here on the North Coast.

Web Index of California Plants
  ... based on the CalFlora and Inventory lists, generates direct links to CalFlora, CalPhotos, Jepson Online, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants, and Google.

California Dept. of Fish & Game Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB)
source of info on the current official rarity status of species statewide

USFWS Species Information on Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants

International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI)

Bailey's Ecoregions of the United States - Clickable Maps

NASA Global Change Master Directory

National Biological Information Infrastructure

PLANTS Database

U.S. Bureau of Census TIGER Mapping Service

USDA Forest Service - Databases and Software

CalFlora   a huge resource for California species

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California Native Plant Society - North Coast Chapter
P.O. Box 1067 Arcata, CA 95518-1067