High Desert Chapter Projects & Programs
Projects
From adopting scablands to monitoring sensitive or invasive species to pulling noxious weeds and planting native gardens and monarch butterfly waystations, the chapter keeps busy throughout the spring and summer months on various projects.
If you can spare some time we are always in need of volunteers! Go to Contact Us to email your interest.
If you can spare some time we are always in need of volunteers! Go to Contact Us to email your interest.
You can also read about our projects and programs in our chapter newsletters!
Video Recordings of Virtual Programs
Didn't make it to one of our virtual presentations? Below are the recordings, if available.
Native Plants to Save our Insects & Birds
Douglas Tallamy, the author of “Bringing Nature Home and Nature's Best Hope,” gave a presentation at the High Desert Museum in June 2021. An entomologist by training, Dr. Tallamy preaches the gospel of gardening with native plants to save our birds, insects and all manner of wildlife from extinction. The High Desert Chapter and the High Desert Museum partnered with the Bend Pollinator Pathway to bring this talk to Central Oregon.
Douglas Tallamy, the author of “Bringing Nature Home and Nature's Best Hope,” gave a presentation at the High Desert Museum in June 2021. An entomologist by training, Dr. Tallamy preaches the gospel of gardening with native plants to save our birds, insects and all manner of wildlife from extinction. The High Desert Chapter and the High Desert Museum partnered with the Bend Pollinator Pathway to bring this talk to Central Oregon.
WHAT'S IN A (SCIENTIFIC) NAME?
Dr. Christine Ott-Hopkins, Professor Emerita at Central Oregon Community College, explains the meanings of Latin and Greek roots of scientific plant names. You'll be surprised by how much you can learn about a plant from just its name: a distinctive feature of the species or perhaps the sites where it grows. Accompanying documents can be viewed HERE and HERE.
Dr. Christine Ott-Hopkins, Professor Emerita at Central Oregon Community College, explains the meanings of Latin and Greek roots of scientific plant names. You'll be surprised by how much you can learn about a plant from just its name: a distinctive feature of the species or perhaps the sites where it grows. Accompanying documents can be viewed HERE and HERE.
LOMATIUM LORE
Oregon is a center of diversity for Lomatium (desert parsley or biscuitroots). We have undescribed species, cryptic species, highly variable species and even a few easy-to-recognize species. Why so much variation? Barbara Wilson explains this and more as we explore the intricate beauty of this lovely and confusing group of plants.
Oregon is a center of diversity for Lomatium (desert parsley or biscuitroots). We have undescribed species, cryptic species, highly variable species and even a few easy-to-recognize species. Why so much variation? Barbara Wilson explains this and more as we explore the intricate beauty of this lovely and confusing group of plants.
OREGON FLORA PROJECT WEBSITE
Join Linda Hardison and she explains how you can identify plants, discover species distributions, and find native plants for your garden using oregonflora.org. The website reflects the taxonomy of the OregonFlora research efforts, making it an authoritative source for the latest information about the vascular plants of the state.
Join Linda Hardison and she explains how you can identify plants, discover species distributions, and find native plants for your garden using oregonflora.org. The website reflects the taxonomy of the OregonFlora research efforts, making it an authoritative source for the latest information about the vascular plants of the state.
