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!
 

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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!!

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. :-)

Plants keyed-out using TJM2 during our collaborative workshop at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity (Herbarium):

1. Aristolochia californica (Aristolochiaceae)
2. Encelia californica (Asteraceae)
3. Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crustacea (Ericaceae)
4. Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum (Grossulariaceae)

Plants keyed-out during our workshop at UC Davis:

1. Cercocarpus betuloides var. blancheae (Rosaceae)
2. Ribes viburnifolium (Grossulariaceae)
3. Dendromecon harfordii (Papaveraceae)
4. Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae)
5. Senecio vulgaris (Asteraceae)
6. Matricaria discoidea (Asteraceae)
7. Erigeron sp. (Asteraceae)

During our workshop at the UC Davis herbarium/Center for Plant Diversity, we identified the following plants using the 2nd edition of The Jepson Manual:
1. Malva nicaensis (Malvaceae)
2. Trifolium incarnatum (Fabaceae)
3. Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)
4. Erigeron bonariensis (Asteraceae)

Someone moved Conyza into Erigeron, which threw us for a loop!

Plants identified during our workshop at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity. Thanks to all who attended!

1. Salix geyeriana (Salicaceae)

2. Salix ligulifolia (Salicaceae)

3. Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra (Salicaceae)

4. Aster chilensis (Asteraceae)

5. Lepidium campestre (Brassicaceae)

Plants identified during our workshop at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity.

1. Sedum laxum (Crassulaceae)

2. Xanthium spinosum (Asteraceae)

3. Hemizonia congesta ssp. luzulifolia (Asteraceae)

4. Holocarpha virgata ssp. virgata (Asteraceae)

5. Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Chenopodiaceae)

6. Polycarpon tetraphyllum (Caryophyllaceae)

Plants keyed out during our very productive workshop at the UCD Center for Plant Diversity:

1. Chamaesyce serpens

2. Chamaesyce ocellata ssp. ocellata

3. Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. hirtula

4. Senecio triangularis

5. Lessingia nana

6. Platyanthera leucostachys

7. Hypericum formosum var. scouleri

8. Apocynum androsaemifolium

Some cool plants we keyed out during our workshop at the CNPS State Office in Sacramento:

1. Hoita macrostachya (Fabaceae)
2. Salix exigua (Salicaceae)
3. Quercus berberidifolia (Fagaceae)
4. Acroptilon repens (Asteraceae)

Plants identified during our workshop at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity:

1. Brodiaea terrestris ssp. terrestris (Liliaceae)

2. Solidago canadensis ssp. elongata (Asteraceae)

3. Eryngium armatum (Apiaceae)

4. Lotus stipularis var. stipularis (Fabaceae)

Plants we keyed-out during our workshop at the UCD Center for Plant Diversity:

1. Lupinus sp. (Fabaceae)

2. Aster sp. (Asteraceae)

3. Navarretia leucocephala ssp. leucocephala (Polemoniaceae)

4. Oenothera californica ssp. avita (Onagraceae)

Plants identified during our workshop at the CNPS State Office in Sacramento:

1. Aster chilensis

2. Aster lentus

3. Lomatium sp.

4. Lomatium sp.

(Lomatium are difficult to key out!!!)