2007-2008 Boulder/Denver Area Workshops
Registration Information
Registration is mail-in only and requires payment at the time of registration. The fee for attending a workshop is $20/session for members. Non-members must join CoNPS to register for a workshop. We hope you will join us and enjoy these workshops with us. Click for membership details.
The registration fee is non-refundable.
Participation is often limited and registration is processed in the order received. If the workshop has already been filled, you will be notified, your check will not be deposited, and you will be added to the waiting list if that is what you desire.
If you are interested in registering for a workshop, please email Ann Henson to make sure there is room available before you mail in your registration form and check.
Click here for the Boulder/Denver Area Workshop Registration Form
To register, please mail your check payable to CoNPS for $20 per workshop along with the following information: title and date of the workshop(s) you would like to attend, your name, address, telephone number, and email address. Registration can only be processed with all of this information. Please use the registration form.
Mail completed application to: Ann Henson, 926 Yucca Court, Longmont, Colorado 80501.
For those who need to cancel at the last minute, we would appreciate your $20 contribution to CoNPS and ask that you call or email Ann Henson (303-772-8962 or email) so she has the opportunity to fill your spot.
Future Workshop Planning
So many of our members are very knowledgeable and could provide wonderful learning experiences for other members wishing to expand their plant horizons. Please consider leading a CoNPS workshop in the 2008-2009 season. Contact Ann Henson (303-772-8962 or email) or the president of your local CoNPS chapter if you are interested.
Microscope Fund
Our purchase of new microscopes for CoNPS workshops was successful! Keith Anderson facilitated our purchase. We collected approximately 25% of the purchase price during the 2006-2007 workshop season and we hope to continue this payment rate for the next three years.
You can contribute directly to the Microscope Fund by mailing contributions made payable to CoNPS to Ann Henson, 926 Yucca Court, Longmont, Colorado 80501. $8 of the $20 registration fee for the workshops goes directly to the Microscope Fund.
General Workshop and Registration Information
Colorado Native Plant Society Workshops are designed for plant enthusiasts of all levels, from novices to experts. Boulder/Denver area workshops usually begin at 9 a.m. and end sometime between 2 and 3 p.m. Where applicable, choose between identical Sessions I or II.
Please consult individual chapter web pages for their workshop schedule. The Southwest Chapter has two workshops on plant identification; one workshop was in Delta, April 19-20, and one will be in Durango June 21-22.
We hope you will join us for a workshop. Plan to learn, discuss, socialize, eat, and learn some more.
PLEASE NOTE: Some workshop presentations will be put on this CoNPS web site after the workshop has taken place. Click for those presently available.
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Schedule of 2007-2008
Boulder/Denver Area Workshops
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If you are interested in registering for a workshop, please contact Ann Henson (303-772-8962 or email) to make sure there is room available before you mail in your registration form and check.
POTENTILLAS OF COLORADO
Leader: Rich Scully
Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder
One Session: Saturday, October 13, 2007
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All of the Potentilla species that are native or naturalized in Colorado will be covered. Tips will be provided on which species are most commonly confused and how best to separate them. An annotated key listing all of the distinguishing characteristics will be provided. Photographs of the distinguishing characteristics, from macroscopic to microscopic, will be shown. Pressed specimens will be available for practicing your identification skills. Participants are encouraged to bring pressed or live examples of their own troublesome specimens for the group to work on.
This workshop was provided in the 2006-2007 workshop season and filled immediately after it was announced. We are offering it again to provide everyone with another opportunity to benefit from Rich’s amazing knowledge of Potentillas.
Potentilla photos by Rich Scully
Click for Rich Scully's new "Key to the Potentilla of Colorado".
TOUR OF FLOWERING PLANTS
Leader: Priscilla Spears
Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder
FULL. This session: Saturday, November 10, 2007 is FULL.
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Participants will be provided with an overview of plant families and evolutionary relationships using
the modern system of angiosperm classification. This classification system is based
on the work of a group of scientists organized as the Angiosperm Phylogeny
Group. It considers relationships among plants in light of molecular, morphological, and other scientific evidence. Using her book, A Tour of the Flowering Plants, Dr. Spears will make this 
classification
system accessible
to all participants.
Priscilla Spears has generously made available the material from her workshop.
Click for her notes for the presentation. Click here for enlarged tree diagram.
Open both, reduce the size of the open documents, place them side by side on your screen, and enjoy your studies.
The material in the above presentation may not be copied in part or in whole for any purpose without the consent of Priscilla Spears.
(Click here to visit the CoNPS Bookstore
where you can buy A Tour of the Flowering Plants.
You will find the book in the sixth row.)
PLANTS OF THE FOUR CORNERS: CANYON DE CHELLY AND MESA VERDE
Leaders: Jan and Charlie Turner
Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder
One Session: Saturday, December 1, 2007
Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Escape to the warm and sunny Four Corners region for the morning. Come enjoy a slide presentation on the plants of Canyon de Chelly and Mesa Verde. Learn about the parks and the plants that grow there. Forget about the cold and think sun! Jan and Charlie Turner are the authors/ photographers of Wildflowers of Canyon de Chelly and Wildflowers of Mesa Verde. (Click here to visit the CoNPS Bookstore where you can purchase both of these books. You will find the two books in a large green box in the third row of books on the page.) Photo by Jan & Charlie Turner
INTRODUCTION TO ASTERACEAE WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SUNFLOWER TRIBE (HELIANTHEAE)
Leader: David Buckner
Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder
Both Sessions Are FULL.
FULL. First Session: Saturday, January 12, 2008
FULL. Second Session: Sunday, January 13, 2008
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This basic introduction to the Sunflower Family will explain and illustrate nomenclature and structures. The emphasis will be on helping participants past the initial family confusion and becoming more familiar with this ubiquitous group of plants. Participants will have available mounted specimens for review as well as collected materials for dissection.
MINTS OF COLORADO
Leader: Rich Scully
Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder
Both Sessions Are FULL.
FULL. Saturday, February 9, 2008
FULL. Second Session: Sunday, February 10, 2008
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The various genera of Mints (Lamiaceae) that are native or naturalized in Colorado will be covered. Photographs will illustrate the plants and their distinguishing characteristics, both large and small. Pressed specimens will be available to examine and sniff.
Lamiaceae photos by Rich Scully
PENSTEMONS
Leaders: Andi Wolfe and Carol English
Location: UCDHSC Downtown Denver Campus
Both Sessions Are FULL.
FULL: The first Session: Saturday, April 12, 2008
FULL: Second Session: Sunday, April 13, 2008
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Penstemon, which is restricted in distribution to the new world, comprises approximately 270 species, most of which occur in western North America. The flora of Colorado contains over 55 species, many of which are endemic to the state.
Dr. Andi Wolfe (Ohio State University) will lead the Saturday workshop during which she will provide an overview of Penstemon and discuss the recent break-up of the Scrophulariaceae Family. On Sunday, Carol English will lead a workshop covering the more commonly encountered Front Range Penstemon species.
We suggest purchasing the book, Penstemons, by Robert Nold for this class. Click here to go to the CoNPS Bookstore and scroll down to the third from the bottom row of books.
PLANT TERMINOLOGY
Leader: Mary Ellen Ford
Location: University of Colorado Greenhouses, 1380 30th Street, Boulder
FULL. Both sessions, Saturday May 3 and Sunday May 4 are FULL.
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
In this workshop participants will gain a working knowledge of the terminology used in plant identification. Using the text, Plant Identification Terminology, by James G. Harris and Melinda Woolf Harris, 2nd edition (2001), and the amazing plant collection at the 30th Street greenhouses,we will learn the terminology by category. The focus will be on stems, surfaces, and leaves (particularly leaf shapes, leaf bases, leaf apices, leaf division, leaf margins, leaf attachment, leaf arrangement, etc.). Participants will not identify plants – just plant parts!
(Click here to visit the CoNPS Bookstore where you can buy Plant Identification Terminology.
You will find the yellow-covered book in the
third from the bottom row.) Aspen leaf photo by Mary Ellen Ford
CAREX FULL. Both sessions are FULL.
Leader: Tony Reznicek
Location: UCDHSC Downtown Denver Campus Summer
First Session: Friday, June 27, 2008
Tentative Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Field Trip -- Sunday, June 29, 2008 The field trip is FULL.
With nearly 2000 species worldwide, Carex (Sedge) is one of the more complex genera taxonomically. Tony Reznicek, an expert on the genus, has been invited to lead a workshop and field trip emphasizing Carex identification. 
Participants will be given the opportunity to develop skills in the identification of Carex species through a combination of short presentations and use of paper and computer-based keys. Participants are encouraged to bring their own specimens for identification but for those unable to do so, specimens will be provided.
Carex field trip participants must also be registered for one of the two Carex workshop sessions. The Carex field trip requires an additional $20 fee and a separate registration.
Some Colorado Native Plant Society workshops will be made available on this web site after they have been presented. Please remember that all material in these presentations is the property of the workshop presenter and may not be copied in whole or in part by anyone for any purpose without the written consent of the author.
We thank the authors for their generosity in making these materials available.
The "Tour of Flowering Plants" workshop presented by Priscilla Spears, November, 2007.
Click for her notes for the presentation.
Open both, reduce the size of the open documents, place them side by side on your screen, and enjoy your studies.
"Penstemon" workshop presented by Carol English and Andi Wolf, presented April 12 and 13, 2008.