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, November 20, 2008

Plants keyed out during our workshop in Rocklin (links take you to photographs on the CalPhotos website):

  1. Eleusine tristachya
  2. Chamaesyce nutans
  3. Linaria pinifolia

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Plants keyed out during our workshop in Auburn (links take you to photographs on the CalPhotos website):

  1. Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides
  2. Dysphania ambrosioides [Chenopodium ambrosioides]
  3. Heterotheca oregona
  4. Pluchea odorata