Welcome to Ceanothus ~ See, I Know This!

We are an association of professional, hobby, and student field botanists interested in educating each other to KEEP BOTANY ALIVE! Our desire is to create a supportive environment to learn botany identification skills from one another and to share our knowledge of plants and plant communities.

We meet regularly in the Sierra foothills, Sacramento, and (*new*) Chico, California, regions to practice keying out plants using The Jepson Manual and other plant identification resoures.

Our goals:
* To practice identifying plants;
* To use The Jepson Manual (and other identification resources) and become more familiar with plant terminology;
* To share our knowledge and educate each other about plant taxonomy;
* To discuss and learn about our California plant communities; and
* To have fun!


If you are interested in attending our regular plant identification workshops, please send an email to Ceanothusfieldbot [at] gmail [dot] com and we will respond quickly!

Calendar (click on event for more information)

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Cal-IPC News

Check out Ceanothus in the Winter 2010 Cal-IPC newsletter - page 9!

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 3/04/2010

Saturday, February 27, 2010

The following are plants we keyed out at our workshop at the Center for Plant Diversity, UC Davis. We had an excellent turnout & a great time!

1. Isomeris arborea (Capparaceae, soon to be Brassicaceae)
2. Arctostaphylos sp. (Ericaceae)
3. Salix lasiolepis (Salicaceae)
4. Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa (Malvaceae)
5. Cardamine californica (possibly C. var. sinuata out of range) (Brassicaceae)
6. Garrya sp. (maybe G. fremontii) (Garryaceae)

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 2/27/2010

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Plants keyed out at the UCD Center for Plant Diversity:

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 12/06/2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workshop in Rocklin:

1. Spergularia rubra (Caryophyllaceae)
2. Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum (Polygonaceae)
3. Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum (Dryopteridaceae)
4. Polypodium californicum (Polypodiaceae)
5. Polystichum imbricans or P. munitum (Dryopteridaceae)

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 11/10/2009

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workshop at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity. Click on links for photos on the CalPhotos website.

  1. Epilobium canum ssp. canum (Onagraceae)
  2. Eryngium articulatum (Apiaceae)
  3. Ambrosia psilostachya (Asteraceae)
  4. Atriplex subspicata [Atriplex dioica] (Chenopodiaceae)

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 10/24/2009

Friday, October 23, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workshop at the Chico State Herbarium:

  1. Lessingia nemaclada
  2. Juncus occidentalis
  3. Juncus tenuis
  4. Juncus balticus

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 10/23/2009

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workshop in Rocklin:

  1. Hemizonia congesta ssp. luzulifolia (Asteraceae)
  2. Madia elegans ssp. densifolia (Asteraceae)
  3. Ammannia coccinea (Lythraceae)
  4. Glinus lotoides (Molluginaceae)
  5. Crypsis schoenoides (Poaceae)
  6. Cyperus difformis (Cyperaceae)

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 10/06/2009

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