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)

Workshop Plant Lists

Thursday, February 28, 2008

The list of plants we keyed out during our February 28th workshop in Auburn... (links will take you to corresponding photos on the CalPhotos website)

  1. Draba verna

  2. Veronica persica

  3. Juncus sp. (leaning towards Juncus patens)

  4. Triphysaria eriantha ssp. eriantha

  5. Marah fabaceus

  6. Vicia sativa ssp. sativa

Thursday, February 21, 2008

The following plants we keyed out during our February 21st workshop in Rocklin. The links will take you to corresponding photos on the CalPhotos website.

  1. Viola odorata
  2. Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
  3. Cardamine oligosperma
  4. Poa annua
  5. Spergula arvensis subsp. arvensis

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Here is a list of plants we keyed out during our February 7th workshop in Rocklin. The links will take you to corresponding photos on the CalPhotos website.

  1. Blennosperma nanum var. nanum - our first vernal pool species of the season :)
  2. Brassica rapa - we're getting pretty good with these mustards
  3. Unknown grass - we were trying to push it towards Leymus triticoides - but alas
  4. Stellaria media - never looked at this flower under a microscope until today!
  5. Lamium amplexicaule