Conservation of Washington’s Rare Plants and Ecosystems Table of Contents
Proceedings from a Conference of the Rare Plant Care & Conservation Program of the University of Washington. Editors: Sarah H. Reichard, Peter Dunwiddie, John Gamon, Art Kruckeberg, Debra Salstrom.
Washington Native Plant Society, 2000, Seattle. 223 pages.
Forward
Joan Frazee
Introduction
Sarah Reichard
I. STATUS AND HISTORY OF RARE PLANT CONSERVATION IN WASHINGTON
History of rare plant conservation in the Pacific Northwest and some ideas on rarity
A. R. Kruckeberg
Current and future status of rare plant protection in Washington
John C. Gamon
Genetic considerations in rare plant conservation
Shelia Martinson
Importance of herbarium specimens in rare plant conservation
Sarah Gage
The current status of Pteridophyte conservation in Washington
Edward R. Alverson
Phytogeographic patterns of rare mosses in Washington State
Judith A. S. Harpel
Rare lichens of Washington State
Katherine A. Glew
Interactive identification systems for the new millennium: A demonstration of compute plant keys for the Pacific Northwest
Bruce S. Barnes
II. SYSTEMATICS, DEMOGRAHICS AND HABITAT
The demography & population dynamics of Castilleja levisecta, a federally threatened perennial of Puget Sound Grasslands
Jane B. Wentworth
Assessing the viability of golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta)
John Gamon, Peter W. Dunwiddie, Ted Thomas and Tracy Rush
Demographic studies of Eriogonum codium Reveal, Caplow & Beck (Polygonaceae) in Washington
Peter W. Dunwiddie, Kathryn A. Beck and Florence E. Caplow
Effects of river level on population dynamics of Rorippa columbiae on Pierce Island, Washington
Eliza Habegger, Peter W. Dunwiddie, and Janet Gehring
Population characteristics and demographics of obscure buttercup (Ranunculus reconditus Nels. & Macbr.)
David Wilderman
Genetic variation and the conservation of Polemonium pectinatum (Polemoniaceae)
Cynthia Gilbert
Initail conservation assessment and effects of rock climbing on Silene sellyi, a Washington endemic
Devin R. Malkin
Habitat characteristics and associated difficulties with inventorying and monitoring an annual aquatic plant, Howellia aquatilis Gray
Tracy E. Rush and John Gamon
Distribution and decline of native grasslands and oak woodlands in the Puget Lowland and Willamette Valley Ecoregions, Washington
Christopher B. Chappell, Mary Sue Mohn Gee, Betty Stephens, Rex Crawford and Steven Farone
The rare flora of Lake Isabel, Washington
Clayton J. Antieau and Laura L. Potash
Eastern Washington vernal pools: Ecology and conservation
Wendy L. Brown
III. MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF NATIVE PLANTS AND COMMUNITIES
Sustaining the land, sustaining the people: Traditional plant management in British Columbia
Nancy J. Turner
Effects of burning on Castilleja levisecta at Rocky Prairie Natural Area Preserve, Washington: A summary of three long-term studies
Peter W. Dunwiddie, R. Davenport and P. Speaks
The effects of fire on selected rare plants of the Wenatchee Mountains
Richy J. Harrod, Dottie Knecht, David Wilderman and Lauri Malmquist
Cattle grazing and the rare pale blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium sarmentosum
Andrea N. Raven
Management plan for rare plants adjacent to a major highway in Central Washington
William Null
Experimental reintroduction of the endangered western lily (Lilium occidentale)
Edward O. Guerrant Jr.
Germination and propagation techniques for restoring rare Pacific Northwest prairie plants
Thomas N. Kaye and Keli Kuykendall