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May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) - Plant Charisma Honoring Dr. Karl E. Holte with a Lifetime Achievement Award ByWendyVelman Every one ofus has beenfaced with that situation ofsomeone we care about leaving this worldbefore we getthe chance to tell themhow much theyhave influenced ourlives. The opportunity to honorDr. Karl E. Holte was presentedto the Native FloraWorkshop Committee and itremindedme that Karl has always said we shouldmake sure to tell those in ourlives how much we carebefore the eulogy! We hadthe opportunityto tell Karljusthow we fell abouthim andhis accomplishments. Forthose who have nothadthe opportunityto experience Karl’s plant charisma, uniquebrand ofhumor, stick-with- you teaching style andpuns, puns, and more puns, thenhereis a quick glance athis amazing contributions to Idaho’s native flora andthose he has taughtto love it. Enjoy! Dr. Karl E. Holte startedhis highereducation atWaldorfJr. College, Forest City, IAin 1950. Hereceivedhis B.A. in History fromAugustanaCollege, Sioux Falls, SD in 1954. KarlthenjoinedtheU.S. Army serving inArkansas and Germany as a Specialist 3rd class, ChiefofSection, Fire Direction Control until 1956. Karl credits theArmy withteaching himthatthe human derriere can onlyhandle 50 minutes ofsittingbefore needing abreak, an attribute all ofhis students are grateful for! Before getting his M.S. in Biology fromthe University ofNorthernIowa, Cedar Falls, in 1961 he taughtfouryears ofLanguage Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies atPatrickHenry Jr. High School, Sioux Falls, SD. Karl earnedhis Ph.D. inBotany atthe University ofIowa, Iowa City, in 1965 and spent many summers (1961-1967) conducting field workin Iowa, Colorado, and at the NASA Summer Institute inVirginia. In this Issue INPSLifetimeAchievementAward 1 In 1965, Dr. Holte movedto Pocatello, Idaho, to take thepositions of Letterfrom thePresident 2 Professor ofBotany and Curator ofthe now RayJ. Davis Herbarium, following the retirement ofRay J. Davis himself. These two positions The VacciniumMystique 3 maturedinto a 34 yearcareer followedby 11 years as Emeritus INPSStateMeetingAnnouncement 4 Curator andvolunteerbotany instructor. Karl can stillbe found teaching a special topics course on Friday mornings atthe RayJ. ERIGProjectReport 7 Davis Herbariumto ahandful ofdedicatedkeying students (and IdahoRarePlant Observation Form..12 anyone else who might show up). Overthe years Dr. Holte has advised six Doctor ofArts students, one Doctor ofPhilosophy INPSElection Ballot 15 student, and sixteenMasterofScience Degree students. He has also INPSNews 17 mentorednumerous undergraduate students who have gone on to state and federal governmentnatural resource careers andprivate sector ChapterNews 17 consultation Continuedonpage5 SageNotes is incolorontheINPS website: http://www.idahonativeplants org/ . {ArticlescontributedtoSageNotesreflecttheviewsoftheauthorsandarenotanofficialpositionoftheIdahoNativePlantSociety} May 2010 1 May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) Letter from the President Native Plant Enthusiasts, and have the option ofprinting a copy for themselves. Pastissues are always available and Happy Native Plant Appreciation Week! Check will not disappear from the website. out the chapter news sections to see what each chapterhas planned for activities in your local I would like to thankPaul Shaffer (INPS Website area. Editor) for all the behind-the-scenes workthathe does to keep the website up and running. He is Congratulations to the Saw-Wah-Be Chapter for a great to workwith and promptlyhelps get ‘Blooming Success’ information posted in hosting the Native to our site. Ifyou Flora Workshop. have not visited our Thank You to all the website in a while, wonderful speakers please take alook at thattraveled to share http://www.idahonat theirknowledge and iveplants.org/ We . to all who are always in need participated and ofcurrent made the event such information and a success. suggestions to make Congratulations to ourpublic view Dr. Karl E. Holte for stand outto those his INPS Lifetime who are looking. Membership award Paul ran a quick for all his dedication statistic for views on to education and the our site and I was conservation of surprised to see we Idaho’s native flora. had around 60,000 hits with about 26,000 being unique visitors. People are looking; let’s give them Field trip season is upon us, try tojoin as many a great resource to utilize. field trips as you can and remembertojoin us at Heyburn State parkfor the annual meeting hosted Congratulations to JonaleaTonn ofthe White Pine by the White Pine Chapter. Registration and Chapter for finding the ‘stamen’ in the last issue. information is detailedin this issue. They have put The bookbeing given this time is reflective ofthe a lot ofhard workinto the planning and it wouldbe keying workshops that were held atthe Native nice to have record attendance! I am looking Flora Workshop. Manypeople attending the forward to the field trips and fellowship. workshops had not seen orused the following reference Plant Identification Terminologyby The chapters will be performing a survey oftheir James G. Harris. This has been a wonderful membership to askthe members what they think reference for anyone learning to key plants or for aboutmoving to an electronic version ofSage those ofus who need arefresher. So look forthe Notes. The board feels this couldbe one way of reducing expenses for the printing while still ‘stamen’ f and you mightbe the winner. providing our quarterly newsletter. Members who I choose to continue receiving ahard copy will have the opportunity to requestthis service. Forthose Here’s to a great spring botanizing, members who preferthe color version offered on Wendy Velman the INPS website, they will help save a few trees INPS President May 2010 2 May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) The Vaccinium Mystique ByEmilyPoor (This article appearedpreviouslyintheUniversityofIdaho StillingerHerbariumnewsletter) Vacciniummembranaceum(thin-leafedhuckleberry), is reveredmore often (andmore lovingly, it seems) than almost any other state symbol in Idaho. The state berry eludes bothhuckleberry gatherers and commercialplantpropagators because ofits taxonomic and ecological complexity. Genetic studies andpropagationtrials overthe last century have yieldedimportantinformation forhuckleberryharvesters ofall kinds. Huckleberrypickers in ourregion mayhave noticedvariation within huckleberrypatches; heightdifferences, taste, andcolorto name a few. “Those ofus thatpickhuckleberries notice there are two distinct phenotypes withinthe species; one thathas reddishberries and onethat has blue glaucous berries, sometimes growing side by side,” says Pam Brunsfeld, Herbariummanager and Vacciniummembranaceum enthusiast. These two “variations” were once consideredtwo separate species, Vacciniummembranaceum(reddish-purpleberries) and Vacciniumglobulare (bluish-purpleberries). However, recent molecular studies show thatthis splitis unnecessary. The original split was basedupon extremely variable morphological features; now upon Thin- leafedhuckleberry (USDA-NRCS PLANTSDatabase/Britton, N.L., andA. molecularexamination, it turns outthereis no differencebetweenthe Brown. 1913. Anillustrated floraofthe two, afact thatcouldbe areliefto some fieldbotanists who struggled northernUnited States, Canada andtheBritish with identifying the two “species” andmaynow callthe whole mish- Possessions. Vol. 2: 699) mash Vacciniummembranaceum. As ifthe species itselfwas not complicated enough, those who hope to make Vacciniummembranaceumacrop find that its ecologyis similarly complex. Because these hopeful huckleberrypropagators have notyetrecreatedthe specific conditions thattheplantrequires, such as ericoidmycorrhizal fungi andfire disturbance, few havebeen successful. To this day, wildcraftedhuckleberries dominate the culinary market as theyhave longbefore Europeans enteredNorthAmerica, when theberries were traded andbarteredby Native Americans. This is notto say thatcommercial farming is offthetable. Growers have successfullypropagatedhuckleberry “crops”, but only in coastalplots andnotyeton alarge scale. Dr. DanBarneyofthe University ofIdaho is amajor proponent ofgrowing the plant commercially. He cites recent studies thattouttheberries’ anthocyanins and antioxidants for cancerprevention, as well as the demand forhuckleberries that far out-weighs the current supply. The resources are now available forthose who wishto testtheirownhuckleberry growing operation. “Seedlings are commercially available to prospective growers andthe University ofIdaho can provide guidelines onpropagating and growing these crops,” says Barney inhis article onhuckleberrypropagation for www.wildhuckleberry.com . Some express concernthat commercialhuckleberrypropagationwill not only destroytheplant’s mystique as awild plant, butmay even cause the plantto disappear altogetherfromthe wild. Barney says althoughhuckleberry production will certainly change the accessibility oftheplant, commercialproductionwouldnotruinthe plant’s mystique. Blueberries, for example, were also exclusively wilduntil horticulturists unraveledits ecological requirements and successfullymimicked itin field trials. Althoughthe plantis widely available in grocery stores throughoutthe country, it still remains apopularly collected wild species in its native range. Perhaps one day (for better orforworse), Vacciniummembranaceumwillhave a similar status. May 2010 3 May 2010 > SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) Please see the announcement on the INPS website www.idahonativeplants.org for the complete details of the Annual Meeting weekend. Only partial details are included here. Also on the website are a number of links to informative maps, history, etc. 2010 IDAHO NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY ANNUAL STATE MEETING JUNE 11-13, 2010 HEYBURN STATE PARK, near PLUMMER, IDAHO You are invited to this summer's 2010 INPS Annual State Gathering / Meeting at Heyburn State Park, at the southern tip of Coeur d’Alene Lake on Highway 5 (5 miles east of Hwy 95). There will be field trips to important floristic, geologic and historic sites; the State Annual Meeting; a catered dinner followed by a keynote speaker; and an opportunity to socialize with native plant enthusiasts from throughout the state. This event will be hosted by the White Pine chapter of Idaho Native Plant Society. If you have questions, please phone Janet Campbell (208-882-6409) or Nancy Miller (208-301-0560). Heyburn State Park is approximately 40 miles south of Coeur d’Alene. If you prefer not to camp, motels are available in St. Maries, Idaho, a few cabins may be for rent at the park, and the Coeur d’Alene Casino/Hotel is located 12 miles north of Heyburn State Park on Hwy 95. When: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 11, 12 and 13, 2010. Where: Heyburn State Park, Hawley’s Landing Campground, 5 miles east of Plummer, Idaho. Friday and Saturday campsite fees will be paid by INPS for members. Some campsites will be reserved for Thursday and Sunday night for those who wish to stay longer and pay those nights’ reservation. FRIDAY, JUNE 11: Friday afternoon there will be a tour of a local native plant grower operation, Plants of the Wild in Tekoa Washington (or relax and enjoy the park). Dinner Friday is on your own but we will socialize in the evening at the campground. SATURDAY, JUNE 12, FIELD TRIPS: There are two full-day field trip options. Pam Brunsfeld curator of the Ul Stillinger Herbarium will lead some on a field trip to Mary Minerva McCroskey Memorial State Park with its ridgeline views of the Palouse, its deep forests and its Palouse Prairie grasslands. The second field trip option will visit the property of Dr. Bill Rember near Clarkia, Idaho, about 25 miles southeast of Heyburn State Park, to discover the 15 million-year-old Miocene plant fossils found here in the sediment of an ancient lake bed. From Clarkia we will proceed to Hobo Creek Grove for an afternoon walk through the grove. SATURDAY, JUNE 12, EVENING EVENTS: Dinner will be in the CCC-built stone shelters at the park. The cost of dinner is $20 per person. The State Annual Meeting will follow dinner. This meeting will include the election of 2010-2011 state officers as well as considering other issues important to INPS. Our keynote speaker will be Todd Ott, an ethnobotanist and Ul graduate student. SUNDAY, JUNE 13: Again two field trip options: A shorter trip to Dr. Bill Rember’s fossil beds near Clarkia, Idaho. See details above under Saturday field trips. And the second field trip option led by Pam Brunsfeld will take us to Big Creek on the St. Joe River to see a community of coastal disjunct plants. For those interested in biking part of the 72-mile Trail of the Coeur d’Alene biking trail which passes through the park, please indicate this on the reservation form. Bikers must provide their own bikes and helmets. The paved trail goes through many different habitats and often is along the lake front or through wetlands. Individuals may bike or hike the trail at any time if they wish. May 2010 4 May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) Pleasefill outthe reservationformandmailitin assoonas possibleifyouplanto attendthe annualmeeting. 2010 INPS ANNUAL MEETING RESERVATION FORM Please mail this form with your check for the dinner ($20 per person) made out to White Pine Chapter, INPS Mail to: White Pine Chapter, INPS, PO Box 8481, Moscow ID 83843 PLEASEPRINT Name(s) Address Phone Cell Phone Email Address Chapter affiliation Non-member Please check what you will need: Space to park an RV Length Tent site for one tent For 2 tents or more How many? For which nights Friday Saturday Sunday (if you plan to camp Thursday night please contact Nancy Miller at nmiller at moscow dot com) Will you attend the event on Friday afternoon (a tour of Plants of the Wild in Tekoa)? Are you interested in attending a Sunday field trip? Are you interested in going on a Sunday bike trip? @ Number of Saturday dinner reservations $20.00 Total enclosed Cut Line Continuedfrompage 1 In the past45 years, Dr. Holtehas published or co-authored 36 publications andhas given countless talks, statements, andpresentations onplants and environmental issues to schools, clubs, organizations, businesses, and governmental and academic entities, meetings, andhearings. Dr. Holtehas also supportedmany other organizations thathave similar goals as the Idaho Native Plant Society. He served onthe Board ofDirectors or as PastPresidentforthe Friends ofthe Idaho MuseumofNatural History, Idaho Academy ofScience, Idaho Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy, Idaho Orchid Society, Citizens Environmental Council, Idaho Conservation League, andthe Great Basin Society Consortiumwhich supports MalheurField Station. Duringhis 37 years offieldbotany courses andElderhostel classes atMalheurField Stationin Oregon, he was very active in conservation efforts forthe Steens Mountainin eliminating livestockgrazing in that unique and biologicallyrich area. Dr. Holte’s passion forIdaho’s native florais infectious. Itis hardto estimatehow manypeople have come in contact withhimoverthe years and gone onto do greatthings to conserve, educate, and spreadthe passion. His “plant charisma” makes people wantto learn and do more forIdaho’s native flora. We were pleasedto recognize Karl for all ofhis achievements atthe eveningbanquetheld during the NativeFlora Workshop bypresentinghimwith a lifetime membership to Idaho Native Plant Society. Manypeople shared photos, stories andjokes atKarl’s expense. Karl stated atthe banquet “...1was originally goingto thankthe ‘SuperiorKingdom’ forall thejoythat my life has had, butthis makes me realize, it is all ofyouwho have made the oumeyworthwhile ” j ! Thankyou, Karl, for all the friendship,jokes, love forbotany andthe hugs! May 2010 5 May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) May 2010 6 May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) Native Plant Riparian Buffer Demonstration Site: Dover City Park, Dover, ID Education, Research, and Inventory Grant Report By GailBolin Introduction In response to the increasing development andconcern over declining water quality the Bonner CountyPlanning Commissionbeganthe process to update its landuse codes in 2006. Though the scope ofthe code reformwas broad, the proposednativeplantriparianbufferfornew waterfront developmentwas controversial. Some praisedit as awayto reduce non-point source pollution, and others calledit aninfringement ontheirpersonal propertyrights. Aftertwo andhalfyears ofpublic debate acompromise was reached. New development will nothave to retain existing native vegetationwithinthe forty foot set-back, butthey can’tjustplant anything thatthey want. Instead, they will have to useplants that are considered environmental friendly. The acceptableplants consist ofmostly native species and afew non-native species that are considerednaturalized andnon-invasive. As a way to increasepublic awareness ofnative species a demonstrationnative plantriparianbuffer was established along the Pend Oreille River, near Sandpoint, ID. Riparianbuffers, or vegetated areas adjacentto streams orlakes, can significantlyimprove waterqualitybytrappingpollutants before theyreachthe water. Additionally, native plantbuffers provide food and shelterformany species ofwildlife. The objective ofthis projectis to provide a visual display to enhance the appreciation, knowledge, and conservation ofnorthern Idaho’s native plants, andto encourage landowners to utilize native plants intheirlandscapes. The list ofacceptable landscape plants that waterfrontproperty owners may choose fromcanbe found in Appendix B ofTitle 12: LandUse Regulations and canbe viewed and downloadedfromthe County web site: http://www.co.bonner.id.us/planning/index.html . Bonner County Grows Native Volunteers fromthe KinnikinnickChapter ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society (KCNPS) wereinstrumental in preparing the list ofsuitable native plants forthe Bonner County Planning Department, and Greg Becker ofthe Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) compiledthe list ofnon-nativeplants. Since the new codes do not apply to existing waterfrontproperty owners, acampaignbegan to encourage theuse ofnative plants inhome landscapes. The GrowNative movement was a collective effortby the KCNPS, the countyplanning department, state agencies, environmental groups, andconcernedcitizens. In keeping with the GrowNative promotion, inNovember 2008, 1teamedup with the Bonner Soil & Water ConservationDistrict and KCNPS to establish anative plantriparianbuffer as avisual means to encourage property owners to utilize native plants in theirlandscapes. The Dover CityParkwas chosenbecause itis easily accessible to the public, andits close proximity to hiking trails, amarina, andnumerous homes. The accessibility ofthe site provides an excellent opportunity for stimulating interest in native plants through interpretive signage, brochures and on-site tours. Methods and Materials The planning process involvednumerous meetings, site visits, phone calls, andemails. Moreover, theprocess required collaboration among several organizations andindividuals before putting the plants into the ground. During the spring and summerwe inventoriedthe existing vegetation, investigatedthe condition ofthe soil, and made a list ofplants to addto the site. By the end ofAugust we selectedtheplants andrecruitedvolunteers to assistwiththe planting. Additionally, we solicited andreceived donations fromlocal businesses forcompost, mulch, andtheuse ofequipment such as shovels, wheelbarrows, handtools, waterhoses, buckets, motorizedcarts, an ATV, and adump truck. Site Description: The site chosen forthe demonstrationbufferin Dover, Idaho, is on thenorth side ofthe Pend A Oreille River approximatelythree miles west ofSandpoint. timbermill once operated atthe site, butitwas destroyedby fire in 1990. TheDover City Hall andPublic Parknow occupythe mill site andthe land adjoining the May 2010 7 May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) oldmill site is anupscale housing development. Priorto the construction ofAlbeni Falls Dam, this area experiencedperiodic flooding, butnow the waterlevels are controlledbythe dam. Overthe years a good deal of the native vegetationhas been replaced withturfgrass. Along this section ofthe river, very littleriparian vegetation remains, and the riverbankhas been stabilizedto prevent erosion. Because oflimitedfunding, we chose to enhance the existing strip ofnativeriparianplants with additional nativeplants, ratherthanripping outthe grass and starting anew (Figure 1). Figure 1. Existingvegetationinthe demonstrationsite, lookingfromeasttowest,April2009.Photo: GailBolin Forplanning ease, andto allow forpathways, we dividedthe demonstration site into sections; the east, middle, and west, and delineatedtwo pathways to allow easy access to the water as well as viewing oftheplants. The east sectionis approximately 88 by 20 feet; the middle measures 43 by 20 feet; andthe west sectionis 53 by 30 feet. The eastportion ofthe bufferis the wettest andhas the greatest quantity ofnativeplants. To the west, the land gently slopes upward, is drier, and supports fewernative species. Common tansy (Tanacetumvulgare) is growing throughoutthe site, butis more abundant onthe westend. Lodgepole pines (Pinus contorta) are scattered along the entire length ofthe site creating anaturalboundarybetween the riparian area andthe DoverPublic Park (Figure 2). The list ofexisting native plants atthe site included Scouler willow (Salixscouleriana), waterbirch (Betula occidentalis), serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), lodgepole pine, wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), lupine (Lupinus sp.), cattail (Typha latifolia), horsetail (Equisetumsp.), sedge (Carexsp.), bulrush (Scirpus sp.), blackHawthorne (Crataegus douglasii), and common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus). Choosing the Plants: In developing the plantlist we selectedplants appropriate for growing conditions within the site. Forexample, Douglas spiraea (Spiraea douglasii) and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) were chosen for the wettest areas because both can tolerate wet soils. For drier areas withinthebuffer, we selectedplants thatwere droughttolerant, such as creeping Oregon grape (Mahonia repens), kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), and May 2010 8 May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) Wood’s Rose (Rosa woodsii). We purchasedthe plants and seeds fromPlants ofthe WildinTekoa, WA. The native species and seeds usedinthe project are listedin Table 1. Figure 2. LodgepolePineforming a naturalboundarybetweenthepicnicareaandthe demonstrationsite,April2009. Photo: GailBolin Planting the Buffer: Afterelevenmonths ofplanning andtwo days oflabor the nativeplantriparianbuffer demonstration site became areality in September, 2009, withthehelp ofvolunteers from KCNPS, NRCS, Bonner & Soil Water ConservationDistrict andfifteen Sandpoint High School horticulture students andtheirinstructor (Figure 3). The following day, the same volunteers put downtwenty sevenyards ofthirty-year old cedarmulch donatedby alocalbusiness. Another local business donatedthe use ofhis dump truckto deliverthe mulchto the site. Because the mulch is old and decomposed (soil like), we decidedto sowthe seeds ontop ofthe mulch; thus, allowing the grasses andwildflowers to have an advantage overthe weeds. MollyMcCahonfromthe Bonner Soil & WaterConservation District volunteeredto broadcastthe seedsjustbefore the first snow. She didthatin November, 2009. RockyMountain maple (USDA- NRCSPLANTSDatabase/Britton, N.L., andA. Brown. 1913. An illustratedfloraofthenorthern United States, Canada andthe BritishPossessions. Vol. 2: 497) May 2010 9 May 2010 SAGE NOTES A Publication ofthe Idaho Native Plant Society Vol. 32 (2) Conclusion This projectwas made possible throughthe IdahoNative Plant Society’s ERIG grantthatwe receivedinthe amount of$400.00. The cost ofthe plants and seeds came to $390.61. The mulch, compost, labor, tools and equipment were graciously donatedby localbusinesses andresidents making this a community effort. It was laborious, but also veryrewarding, forme, it was indeed a “labor oflove.” It couldnothavebeen accomplishedwithoutthe help ofthe manypeople who so kindheartedly volunteeredmaterials and time. Apositive outcome ofso many volunteers is the increased awareness ofnative plants by those who worked atthe site. We will continue to monitor andmaintain the site; additionally, we are planning to putin plantidentification markers, interpretative signage, and distribute educational literature as fundingbecomes available. It is ourhope thatthe native plantdemonstration site willprovide an opportunity forlocal residents as well as visitors to the areato gain abetterunderstanding ofthe importance ofnative plants andthe vital role theyplayin maintaining ecosystemhealth. Itis ourgoal thattheriparianbufferwill serve as amodel forwaterfrontproperty owners as away to improve water qualitybyreducing the potential fornutrients and otherpollutants to enterwaterways, and to provide food and shelterfornumerous species ofwildlife. The final product PLANTSDatabase/Britton, N.L., will visually demonstrate the beauty and value ofnative plants, andwill serve andA. Brown. 1913. Anillustrated as a continuing outreach and educational site to enhance the appreciation, floraofthenorthernUnited States, knowledge, and conservation ofnorthern Idaho’s native flora. Canada andtheBritishPossessions. Vol. 2: 693) Table 1. List ofspecies planted atthe Dover site. Common Name Scientific Name Quantity Planted Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor 1 Lewis’ mockorange Philadelphus lewisii 3 Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides 3 Golden current Ribes aureum 1 Wood’s rose Rosa woodsii 3 Shinyleafspiraea Spiraea betulifolia 3 i Douglas’ spiraea Spiraea douglasii 6 Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 40 1 Creeping Oregon grape Mahonia repens 40 RockyMtn. maple Acer glabrum 2 1 Mallow ninebark Physocarpus malvaceus 1 1 Mountain ash Sorbus scopulina 1 1 Heritage wetland seedmix Blue wildrye, tuftedhairgrass, meadow barley, 1 pound northwestmannagrass, American sloughgrass Lewis & ClarkWildflowermix RockyMtn. beeplant, RockyMtn. iris, blanket 0.5 pound flower, balsamroot, purple coneflower, annual sunflower, Lewis blue flax, clarkia, nineleaf biscuitroot, camas, silverlupine, gayfeather, plains coreopsis Red fescue Festuca rubra 1 pound Streambankwheatgrass Elymus lanceolatus 0.5 pound May 2010 10