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

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workshop in Rocklin. Click on species to see photos on the CalPhotos website.

  1. Helminthotheca echioides [Picris echioides]
  2. Abronia latifolia
  3. Zeltnera muehlenbergii [Centaurium muehlenbergii]
  4. Solidago spathulata

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Plants keyed out during our workhop at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity (UCD Herbarium). Click on species to see photos on CalPhotos website.

  1. Collinsia parviflora
  2. Grindelia camporum var. camporum
  3. Elytrigia pontica ssp. pontica
  4. Damasonium californicum
  5. Asclepias speciosa
  6. Asclepias eriocarpa
  7. Trifolium vesiculosum (species not in The Jepson Manual; keyed out with help from Ellen Dean. Thanks Ellen!)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Plant ID workshop at the CNPS Sacramento Valley Chapter meeting:

  1. Eriophyllum lanatum var. arachnoideum
  2. Triteleia bridgesii
  3. Hypericum concinnum
  4. Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa
  5. Lupinus arboreus
  6. Lupinus latifolius

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