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 northern California 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 (Second Edition) 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 learning more about our collaborative plant identification workshops, please send an email to Ceanothusfieldbot [at] gmail [dot] com.

Calendar (click on event for more information)

Workshop Plant Lists

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

SPRING 2015 UPDATE: Workshops are still alive and well at UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity! Check out our calendar above with the dates for 2015 listed below! All are 9am to 12 noon. 
21 March
25 April
16 May
20 June
18 July
15 August
19 September
17 October
We are also working to update our workshop plant ID lists. Hope to see you at our upcoming workshops!
 

Saturday, April 13, 2013

It's spring! Plants keyed out during our workshop at the UC Davis herbarium...

Themidaceae
Triteleia laxa
Ithuriel's spear, common triteleia
Themidaceae
Dichelostemma multiflorum
Wild hyacinth
Themidaceae
Triteleia hyacinthina
White brodiaea, fool's onion
Boraginaceae
Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia
Cryptantha
Asteraceae
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. heterocarpha
Inner Coast Range pincushion

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Plants keyed out during our workshop at UC Davis!

Asteraceae
Ericameria linearifolia
Interior goldenbush
Fabaceae
Lupinus bicolor
Miniature lupine
Boraginaceae
Phacelia distans or P. tanacetifolia
Phacelia

Saturday, February 16, 2013

We're back from the holiday break! The following are the plants we keyed out at the UC Davis herbarium:

Grossulariaceae
Ribes malvaceum var. malvaceum
Chapparal currant
Cucurbitaceae
Marah c.f. fabacea
California man-root
Ericaceae
Arctostaphylos sp.
Manzanita
Poaceae
Avena fatua
Wild oat

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Plants keyed out during our workshop at the UC Davis herbarium.  What a fun day!

Asteraceae
Bidens laevis
Bur-marigold
Asteraceae
Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila
Great Basin rabbitbrush
Asteraceae
Ericameria sp.
Rabbitbrush
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum nudum var. nudum
Naked wild buckwheat

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Plants keyed out during our workshop at the UC Davis herbarium:

Theophrastaceae
Samolus parviflorus
Seaside brookweed
Plantaginaceae
Plantago major
Common plantain
Lythraceae
Lythrum californicum
California loosestrife
Gentianaceae
Zeltnera muehlenbergii
Monterey centaury

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Plants keyed-out during our collaborative workshop at the UCD Herbarium.  Thanks to all who attended!

1. Artemisia douglasiana (Asteraceae)
2. Madia elegans (Asteraceae)
3. Eriogonum grande var. rubescens (Polygonaceae)
4. Crypsis schoenoides (Poaceae)

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Plants keyed-out during our workshop at the UCD Herbarium:

1. Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae)
2. Clinopodium douglasii (Lamiaceae)
3. Hoita macrostachya (Fabaceae)
4. Sparganium emersum (Typhaceae)
5. Stachys chamissonis (Lamiaceae)
6. Typha c.f. domingensis (Typhaceae)

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Plants keyed-out using TJM2 during our workshop at the UC Davis Herbarium.  Thank you to Michael Bower for leading the Davis workshops!!!

1. Philadelphus lewisii (Hydrangeaceae)

2. Delphinium gracilentum (Ranunculaceae)

3. Phacelia cf. hastata/mutabilis (Boraginaceae)  -- not an easy one!!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Plants keyed-out during our meeting at UC Davis:

1. Microsteris gracilis (Polemoniaceae)

2. ..and others.... We were having too much fun and forgot to write them down. :-)