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)

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workshop in Rocklin:

  1. Luzula comosa [Luzula subsessilis]
  2. Crassula tillaea
  3. Poa annua
  4. Lamium amplexicaule
  5. Medicago polymorpha
  6. Oxalis pes-caprae
  7. Oxalis corniculata

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 3/17/2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workshop in Grass Valley. Thanks to Jennifer Buck for hosting!

1. Ericameria sp.

Photograph of what we believe is an Ericameria (photo taken by Karen Callahan at Bridgeport in Nevada County). Anyone know what species this is?

2. Prunus cerasifera

3. Draba verna

4. Arctostaphylos viscida ssp. viscida

5. Arctostaphylos mewukka ssp. mewukka

6. Salix lasiolepis

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 3/10/2009

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workshop in Rocklin:

  1. Aristolochia californica
  2. Fritillaria sp. - likely F. affinis
  3. Draba verna
  4. Marah sp.
  5. Raphanus raphanistrum
  6. Cercis occidentalis
  7. Cynoglossum grande
  8. Saxifraga sp. - likely S. californica

Posted by Ceanothus - California Field Botanists Association at 3/03/2009

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