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Field Trip Reports – July, 2026
California Native Plant Society Marin Chapter Field Trip Reports – July, 2026
A New Plant Species for Marin
by Kristin Jakob. Eva Buxton, botanist and longtime CNPS Marin chapter board member, has recently described and published a new species of Leptosiphon in Madroño, the journal of the California Botanical Society.
Introduction to Grasses: Grass Structures
by Caleb Hute, Consulting Botanist
Learn about some vegetative characteristics which are used for grass species identification.
Introduction to Grasses
by Caleb Hute, Consulting Botanist
You might not believe it, but grasses are actually part of the larger evolutionary clade of plants referred to as angiosperms, or flowering plants. This family is immensely successful with grasslands, which are assemblages of plants where grasses are most prevalent, being found on every continent except Antarctica.
Comments on County of Marin’s proposed Trail Changes in Bowman Canyon
Board members Carolyn Longstreth, Eva Buxton, and Stacey Pogorzelski commented on Marin County Open Space District’s Initial study/Mitigated negative declaration (IS/MND) to analyze the environmental impacts of the proposed Bowman Canyon Habitat Protection and Public Access Project. Parts of the project will impact rare serpentine grassland that is remarkably intact at Bowman Canyon.