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The Utah Native Plant Society i s a newly-formed or ga ni za ti
on ofpeople who have i n common an i n t e r e s t i n Utah 's na t
i ve p la nt s . Meetingsd u r in g t h e p a s t s eve r a l
months have r e su l t e d i n t he s e l ec t i o n o f a boa rdof
d i r e c t o r s , formulat ion of by-laws and incor por at io n
as a non-profi torg ani zat ion . Members of t h e board a r e:
Dick Page El iz ab et h NeeseArt Holmgren Dick H il dr et hW a l
t M il le r Mike AlderDuane Atwood Ed S c h l a t t e r e rS tan
Welsh Bob ThompsonThe f i r s t meeting held by the Soci ty
featured Stan Welsh of BYU
who gave a short history of Utah botany and some thoughts on
present dayen da ng ere d p l a n t s r e l a t i v e t o a t e c h
n ol o g i c al s o c i e t y.
Art Holmgren o f USU gave an i l l u s t r a t e d p r e se n t
a t i on o f r a r e Utahpla n t s and some of th e su ccess f u l
a t tem pts t o propaga te them.
El izabe th Neese presen ted se lec ted s l ides of Utah wi ld f
lowers andgave comments on t h e i r s t a tu s .
ADDRESS ALL QUESTIONSTO :
Walter T Mi Her, "Measurer1448 N. 50 0 Centerville, Utah
84014
dp NoTiec An Endangered Species Symposium w i l l b e h e l d a
t BYU onDecember 7-8, 1978 , a t t h e M. L. Bean Museum. The cost
i s $40 for re-gistrat ion and includes a banquet and one copy of
the proceedings. Checkssho uld be mailedby November 7 t o : Center
for Health and EnvironmentalS tudies , 786 WIDE, Brigham Young
University, Provo, UT 84602.
ANNOUNCEMENT 0 0
The second meeting of the Utah Native Plant Society w i l l b e
h e l d i nS a l t Lake Ci ty, Univ ers i ty of Utah , Chemistry
Buil ding 101, a t 7:30 p.m.,Thursday, November 30, 1978. Keynote
speaker w i l l be D r . Kimball Harper.
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Two of Utah's na ti ve pla nts have been o f f i c i a l l y
placed on t h eEndangered g-& Threatened L i s t by the Federal
Government. They are Phaceliaa rg il la c ea Atwood, and Astra
galus pe ria nu s Barneby. Following i s a shor t ,i l lu s t ra te
d repor t on these unique plants .
Astragalus perianus: THREATENEDT his b e au t i fu l l i t t l e
high alti-tude plant i s known from only 2 loca-t i on s above
10,000 i n th e Sevier-Pansaugunt Plateau and Tushar M t .
areas. Possibly a survivor of anancient f l o r a which occupied
Utah i nthe distant past , the Rydberg milk-vetch c l i ng s t o t
h e rocky s o i l o fi t s very re s t r i c t ed habi ta t .
Lowgrowing with purplish mottledin fl at ed pods, wh it ish f
lowers andfolded hair covered leaves, it wasf i r s t d iscovered
by Per Axel Rydbergin 1905 but he assumed it was A.serpen s. I n
1964 Rupert Barneby re-cognized it a s a new species andnamed it
after Per Axel Rydberg.
Phacel ia argi l lacea: ENDANGEREDThis su rpri sing ly love ly
annual wasf i r s t d iscovered by M. E. Jones in1883 but he fa i l
ed t o designate itas a new species. D r . Atwood wasworking on
Phacelia when he found itagain in 1971 and named it the c
layphacelia because it i s narrowlyadapted t o th e c lay s o i l
on s lopesof th e Green ~ i v e r hale or mat ion.A single
population i s a l l t h a tremains of th i s endemic pl an t.
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M e m b e r s h i p
he interest in native p h t s hasPr m p t e d formcation o f the
Utah (MotivePi& society. T h i s orgoyni tft/m s
open to o / ~ u ) o i i e who shares tho* interest. A S ayou
will hove th e opportu*ulXy to learn
wore about Utah's w i i d p l d s , their u/yuquehabit& o*uJ
their ecologicoi. relations hips. 1-fYou wish, you yncutf share
your Knowledqe m dthereby increase t h e awareness o f others.
Fieldt n ' ~ s , seminars prog rams are being plmndt o encourage
appreciatic'n a n d enjoyme
