About us
The California Native Plant Society is a statewide non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals. Our goals are to increase understanding of California’s native flora and to preserve this rich natural heritage for future generations. The Yerba Buena Chapter encompasses San Francisco and northern San Mateo Counties and is named for the tiny fragrant mint Satureja douglasii found in this area.
Chapter Activities are as diverse as our membership and range from conservation and habitat restoration to native plant gardening, hiking and photography.
Upcoming events
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HAbitat restoration at McLaren Park- Mansell-Vistacion Lookout
McLaren Park, Mansell/Visitacion Overlook, 1227 Mansell St., San Francisco, CA, USIt's May for McLaren (Park)! McLaren Park is San Francisco's second largest park and is treasured for the biodiversity that remains intact here. Our May habitat restoration workdays with SF Rec & Park will all focus on this amazing place where we'll contribute to conserving this biodiversity!
As usual. please wear closed-toed shoes and dress in appropriate clothing for physical work. Everyone 14 years old and older is invited; anyone under 14 yo must be accompanied by a guardian. Tools and gloves will be provided. Please be punctual.
This week's location is: McLaren Park: Mansell-Vistacion Overlook
Map:, Meet the parking lot at the corner of Mansell St & Visitacion Ave. San Francisco, CA 94134Please sign up here with SF Rec & Park.
Meet at the parking lot at the intersection of Visitacion Ave & Mansell St.For more information, Contact Cathy Lewis at (415) 297-5170 or cathyYerbaBuena@gmail.com
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Invasive Limonium: what is it and what is being done about it?
·OnlineOnline## Speaker: Drew Kerr from Cal-IPC
This program is ONLY ON-LINE, (Zoom): Register here
First discovered in 2006 near the San Francisco Airport, invasive Limonium or Algerian Sea Lavender has been a problem around San Francisco Bay. There is a native Limonium, California Sea Lavender. The invasive species can dominate wetland areas. Learn about both the native and non-native sea lavenders, the research, and on the ground work that has been done here in San Francisco Bay.
Drew Kerr began his career as a wetland ecologist in Seattle, working with Pacific Northwest amphibian conservation and research and as the Aquatic Noxious Weed Specialist for King County DNR. Since 2005 he has been focused on the invasive plants of the tidal marshes and mudflats of the San Francisco Estuary.7 attendees
Sunset Blvd Biodiversity Corridor Sunset & Taraval
Sunset & Taraval, San Francisco, CA, USJoin us in weeding and mulching and more at the Sunset Boulevard Biodiversity Corridor. See or hear the birds that depend on the local native plants we have been planting. Watch this area be transformed to a wildlife corridor.
Wear sturdy shoes and clothes you don't mind getting a bit dirty.
Bring a water bottle and if you have favorite gardening gloves. Tools and instruction provided.Please let us know you are coming https://www.mobilize.us/sanfrancisco/event/554627/
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Explore Edgewood with Kipp
Edgewood County Park (Edgewood Trailhead), Edgewood Road and Cañada Road., Redwood City, CA, USHike the Serpentine hillside in search of wildflowers including possible Calochortus at Edgewood Park in Redwood City. Enjoy the views, the grasslands, oaks, and chaparral and the many native plants in this San Mateo’s only nature preserve.
There are butterflies, lizards and birds, and mammals that we may also see.
Meet in the parking lot at 10 Old Stagecoach Road, Redwood City
Please note: Field trips participants must submit an online waiver11 attendees
Past events
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