UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA
BOTANICAL GARDEN NEWSLETTER
Vol. 38 Numbers 1 & 2 | Published by the UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL GARDEN at BERKELEY | Winter/ Spring 2014
The New World Desert Collection
The hot south-facing exposure and rocky hardscape of the New World Desert provide a dramatic experience in the Garden. Photo by Janet Williams
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stablished early on in the Garden’s history in Strawberry Canyon, the New World Desert (NWD) is an iconic display of arid land plants from North and South America. It really started to take shape in the 1930s with the addition of plants collected during the Garden’s expeditions to the Andes. These expeditions focused on Peru and Chile, with forays into Bolivia. Botanical and personal highlights of these expeditions are documented in Garden Director T. Harper Goodspeed’s book, Plant Hunters of the Andes, published in 1961. The most recent desert expedition was to Baja California in 1986, led by then curator Dr. James Affolter and included Horticulturists Kurt Zadnik and Roger Raiche and current volunteer Fred Dortort. Most of the plants collected in 1986 are in the Arid House, with a few exceptions in the Baja Beds (171A, 171B). Perhaps the showiest of these is Baja fairy duster (Calliandra californica)—it is planted on the bed margin near the URDGDQGGLVSOD\VGR]HQVRIUHGVWDPHQVZKHQLQÀRZHU
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The crowded columnar stems of Echinopsis lamprochlora (New World Desert) and Euphorbia caerulescens (Southern African Collection) are examples of convergent evolution of form. Photos by Janet Williams
The current low rainfall year provides a strong incentive for choosing drought-tolerant plants for our gardens, and has EHQH¿WHGWKH1HZ:RUOG'HVHUWSODQWLQJV7KHUHLVLQIRUPDWLRQ on how to choose these kinds of plants for your home garden and IRUPDNLQJWKHPRVWHI¿FLHQWXVHRIZDWHULQ\RXUKRPHODQGVFDSH in this issue of the newsletter. Many of the drought-tolerant native
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plants of the American desert southwest and northern Mexico can’t tolerate our environmental conditions, and must be grown in doors. The South American desert species, by comparison, perform much better in our local conditions, and hence are more prominent in the outdoor collection.
The New World Desert displays 348 taxa (337 species) in 485 accessions. The largest species representation is in the cactus genus Echinopsis with 43 taxa in 123 accessions, in the genus Agave with 36 taxa in 85 accessions and in the cactus genus Opuntia with 17 taxa in 28 accessions. Approximately 45% of the current accessions are from the 1930s – 1960s, mostly from Garden expeditions to South America. The high survivorship of these older accessions demonstrate the Garden’s suitability for growing these plants outdoors in Berkeley. Severe freezes in 1972 and 1991 were weathered relatively well by this collection. Even so, some of these accessions are also housed in greenhouses for more controlled care. The Arid House is conveniently adjacent to the New World Desert, where visitors can observe specimens that need warmer and drier conditions than can be found out of doors. While the cacti visually dominate this collection, there is diversity in other plant groups too. Over 30 kinds of terrestrial bromeliads, especially Puya, Deuterocohnia, and Hechtia, are found throughout the collection. Relatives of Agave on display include Beaucarnea, Dasylirion, Furcraea, Manfreda, Nolina and Yucca. These, along with dry-growing ferns, are planted with the cacti to show how desert plant communities can be complex and not just assemblages of cacti. In relation to the other Garden collections, the New World Desert has a high proportion of rare species--56 species in 75 accessions. Succulents, especially cacti, have become rare LQKDELWDWIRUPDQ\UHDVRQVEXWFKLHÀ\GXHWRKDELWDWORVVDQGWR over-collecting or poaching. The Garden has received many cacti WKDWZHUHLOOHJDOO\LPSRUWHGLQWRWKH86DQGWKHUHIRUHFRQ¿VFDWHG at the border. As a Plant Rescue Center for the US Fish & Wildlife 6HUYLFHWKH*DUGHQFDUHVIRUWKHVHFRQ¿VFDWHGSODQWVLQSHUSHWXLW\
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NWD (ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚĨƌŽŵƉĂŐĞϮ) The placement of the New World Desert on a south-facing slope provides the best growing conditions for these warmth-seeking plants. The Southern African Collection, above the road, also requires these conditions, and is logically placed in juxtaposition to show the concept of convergent evolution (put simply, this is a description of how unrelated plants evolve similar structures in adapting to similar but geographically distant environmental conditions). Our docents regularly point out the similarity of the columnar cacti of the New World Desert to the columnar Euphorbia specimens from southern Africa. Late spring and early summer are the WLPHV WR VHH WKH PRVW ÀRZHUV LQ WKLV FROOHFWLRQ The tallest columnar cacti usually have white ÀRZHUVWKDWODVWMXVWDGD\HDFKWKRXJKWKHUHDUH many in succession. The color range for the cactus ÀRZHUV LV IURP ZKLWH WR \HOORZ RUDQJH SLQN RU red. The agaves bloom most typically in summer over a long period of weeks to months, depending on the weather. We hope you will come often to see the changes throughout the Garden. — Holly Forbes Echinopsis hertrichiana is an endangered species restricted to two populations in Peru. Photo by James Gaither
Some of these rare species include iconic specimens, such as the giant cactus Echinopsis terscheckii in Bed 156. The common name is Argentine saguaro or cardón, because of its close resemblance to the giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) of the American southwest. The giant saguaro doesn’t succeed outdoors in Berkeley, requiring much hotter and drier conditions than the Argentine saguaro. Both species are bat pollinated. The Argentine VDJXDURZKLFKKDVODUJHZKLWHÀRZHUVLQODWHVSULQJGRHVQ¶WVHW fruit in the Garden because we don’t have the type of bat that would pollinate it. It is native to northwest Argentina and was planted in 1956 by staff member Myron Kimnach. Mr. Kimnach went on to become the director of the Huntington Botanical Gardens near Pasadena and periodically returned to visit the Garden. He always remarked on the height of this specimen, likely taller than any in habitat due to our more benign conditions. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List includes the cactus Echinopsis hertrichiana as endangered. Only two populations occur its natural range of 20 square kilometers in Peru. One of these populations is in an Inca ruins heavily visited by tourists, who disturb the habitat and collect this species as an ornamental. There are 21 synonyms for this species, just one example of how frequent name changes can be in the cactus family.
Cactus Naming We are using The Cactus Family by Ted Anderson, Timber Press, 2001, for our cactus names. There are a ůŽƚŽĨĚŝƐƐĞŶƟŶŐŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ about what is related to what in the cactus family and what they should be called. By using a single reference we are able to ƌĞĨĞƌƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐƚŽŝƚĨŽƌ ƐLJŶŽŶLJŵƐ͘dŚĞ'ĂƌĚĞŶ͛ƐŶĞǁĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ͕ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ^ƉĂĐĞ͕ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚŝŶƉƌŝůϮϬϭϯ͕ǁŝůůƌĞƚƌŝĞǀĞĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŶĂŵĞƐĞǀĞŶǁŚĞŶƐLJŶŽŶLJŵƐĂƌĞƵƐĞĚŝŶĂƐĞĂƌĐŚ window.
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DIRECTOR’S COLUMN While the drought concerns us, it has not prevented us from continuing to care for our precious wards: the plants from around the world. We are doing our best to preserve water in this time of drought. In fact, I’m excited to announce that the long Photo by Muinat Kemi Amin awaited, and desperately needed, upgrade WRWKH*DUGHQLUULJDWLRQV\VWHPLVQRZZHOOXQGHUZD\7KH¿UVW phase of the project which was focused on the upper slopes of the
Center’s Ornduff Room. The deplorable condition of the roof has long prevented us from fully utilizing the facility. I recall some both desperate and embarrassing moments when attendees at key programs had to continually move to avoid the drips and we often suffered damage to our winter exhibits like Fiber & Dye. A rush was put on replacing the roof, which ironically was not tested for months because of the lack of rain this winter; fortunately, it ZRUNHGZKHQLW¿QDOO\UDLQHG One of the most visible ongoing projects, which started in December, involved the acquisition of a spectacular Julia
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Asian Collection (above the main road) have now been completed and are in use. This project was certainly not without some inconvenience to both our operation and visitors, especially when the main road was torn up to install new main lines, but it was well worth the it. Funds for the second phase of the work, which will extend further into the water-dependent Asian Collection, is currently in the bidding phase and will hopefully start this summer. Another project related to the expected rainy seasons was the replacement of the continually leaking roof of the Conference
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Morgan building from campus. The translocation of the building, about the size of our Conference Center, which was cut into four large sections for the trip up Centennial Drive, was an adventure in itself. The subsequent ongoing work to put it back together has been fascinating and distracting as well as also rather disruptive to activities in the front of the Garden. The work site has been closed, causing detours into the California Area and to the Conference Center. You will be able to enjoy this new adventure if you come for the Spring Plant Sale in April; the building site will be readied for this event. Please note that the traditional times of the last Friday night (member preview and reception) and Saturday of April has been moved ơǤ to Saturday night and Photo by Paul Licht Sunday because of
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DIRECTOR’S COLUMN FRQÀLFWVZLWKRWKHUDFWLYLWLHVLQWKH area. You will no doubt be hearing ^WZ/E'W>Ed a lot more about this project but ^> ϮϬϭϰ EĞǁĂƚĞƐΘdŝŵĞƐ͊ I’m including an image to highlight ͲͲͲ progress to date; by the time of D D Z^͛^> the plant sale, the deck should be ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ͕ƉƌŝůϮϲ ϰƉŵͲϳƉŵ in place. ͲͲͲ The 5th annual Botanical Plants Wh>/^> Illustrated exhibit in January ^ƵŶĚĂLJ͕ƉƌŝůϮϳ ϵĂŵͲϮƉŵ February was once again a great success. This show has obviously been gaining momentum, and next year promises to be even more spectacular. The ‘local’ exhibition will be combined with a unique exhibit from the National Botanical Illustrator’s Society entitled Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps. Both exhibits planned for
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We are now part of the national museum consortiums (NARM & ROAM), and a Family Plus membership will entitle you to free reciprocal admission to most of the major botanical gardens in the country as well as over 700 museums.
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the new Julia Morgan facility. The availability of this the historical Julia Morgan building, combined with our eastern Eastern North American Collection (which is unique on the West Coast), were important in the decision to make this the Garden the only West Coast showing of Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps.
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Finally, I want to call your attention to our newest membership category, Family Plus, which has proven to be the fastest growing segment of our membership program.
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I hope to see you all at the upcoming Spring Plant Sale at the end of April. — Paul Licht
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EDUCATION
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return to their parents with a new area of the Garden discovered, a new concept learned, and something they have made to take home each day. By the end of the week, Green Stuff campers have developed an understanding of the importance of plants in the world and in their own lives.
What Parents and Campers Say About Green Stuff )HHGEDFNIURPSDUHQWVLVRYHUZKHOPLQJSUDLVHRI³*UHHQ6WXII´IRU providing their children with a beautiful and caring environment, but more than that, they are amazed by how much their children learn in one short week - and want to share. Campers become QRWRQO\³EXGGLQJERWDQLVWV´EXWEXGGLQJGRFHQWVVKRZLQJWKHLU family members all they know about plants in the Garden. Through their discoveries, children create a strong personal connection to WKH*DUGHQGXULQJFDPS2QHFKLOGVDLG³,IHHOPRUHDWKRPHKHUH WKDQ DQ\ SODFH RQ HDUWK´$ SDUHQW RIIHUV ³$OO RI WKLV EHDXW\ LV DOVRDIDEXORXVVFLHQFHHGXFDWLRQ":HOOLW¶VDOPRVWWRRJRRGWR EHWUXH+HDUWIHOWWKDQNV´ — Christine Manoux
A Day at Green Stuff Camp Each day of camp has its own theme, which can change from year WR \HDU /DVW \HDU IRU LQVWDQFH 0RQGD\ ZDV ³:KDW LV D 3ODQW" %DVLF%RWDQ\´7XHVGD\³3ODQW$GDSWDWLRQV´:HGQHVGD\³*DUGHQ $QLPDOV´ 7KXUVGD\ ³*DUGHQLQJ (GLEOH 3ODQWV´ DQG )ULGD\ ³&DOLIRUQLD1DWLYHV 3HRSOH8VLQJ3ODQWV´ A fun activity in the Entrance Plaza greets the campers as they arrive in the morning, and then all proceed to the Conference Center (camp home-base) for an introduction to the day’s theme. $IWHU D KHDOWK\ VQDFN WKH JURXS KHDGV RXW RQ WKHLU ¿UVW WRXU adventure of the day, sometimes led by Garden docents. A Ponds & Creeks tour has children dipping for water creatures on Animal Day, and a tour of the plants in the three glasshouse collections reveals amazing diversity on Plant Adaptation day. After the walk, campers return to the Conference Center to capture what they learned in their journals before lunch, which is enjoyed in a different location each day. The Redwood Grove is a perfect cool spot for lunch on a hot day, and the Oak Knoll provides bird watching opportunities. Ecology games or story time can be a part of the afternoon break. Then it’s time for some hands-on science, special hunts, arts and crafts, or gardening in the Crops of the World Garden. Flowers are looked at under microscopes; plants are used to make natural dyes; and campers try to tell the difference between apple mint and chocolate mint in a blind-folded test. The day ends with group UHÀHFWLRQDQGVKDULQJWLPHRQZKDWWKH\OLNHGOHDUQHGDQGVDZ ³DQGGRQ¶WIRUJHWWRZDWHU\RXUJURZLQJVHHGOLQJ´7KHFKLOGUHQ
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The Garden is searching for a donor(s) willing to underwrite the purchase of two concrete planters to house these wonderful Dypsis ambositrae palms. Not only will the new planters provide a more hospitable environment in which these lovely specimens can grow and thrive, they will provide a more pleasing aesthetic to the conference center patio effectively extending useful terrace space. This would be a wonderful way to memorialize someone special in your life.
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GARDEN NOTES ,ŽƌƟĐƵůƚƵƌŝƐƚ ŽƌŝŶĂ ZŝĞĚĞƌ joined the Garden staff in the Spring of 2013 and maintains the Tropical House and Orchid Fern & Carnivorous Plant House Collections. She has a Nursery 0DQDJHPHQW &HUWL¿FDWH IURP Merritt College, a Bachelor of Arts in German Language & Literature from San Francisco State University and attended the sculpture program at the Kunstgewerbeschüle in Photo by Holly Forbes Basel, Switzerland. Some of the horticultural positions Corina has held include Gardener for the 6DQ)UDQFLVFR8QL¿HG6FKRRO'LVWULFW1XUVHU\6SHFLDOLVWDWWKH S.F. Conservatory of Flowers, Production Assistant at Annie’s Annuals, and even some years here at the Garden as a Volunteer Propagator. ,ŽƌƟĐƵůƚƵƌŝƐƚ ƌĂŶĚŝ ŝĚĞ joined the staff in August 2013. After graduating from The Evergreen State College with a focus in chemistry, she worked for 8 years at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ as the propagator, conservation collections manager and collections manager of Agavaceae, Aloaceae and NonCactus Succulents. Prior to that, she managed a hardware store and Photo by Holly Forbes nursery in Washington state. Her love of plants and the environment has led her down a rewarding path working at botanical gardens alongside passionate individuals and has enabled her to teach and share her appreciation of nature while enjoying the outdoors each day.
Jonathan Goodrich Photo by Holly Forbes
ƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ sŝƐŝƚŽƌ džƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ 'ŽŽĚƌŝĐŚ joined the staff in September 2013. He was most recently Associate Head of Education for the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UCB for 7 years. There he oversaw the public face of the museum, which included the store, tours, docents and volunteers, social media, as well as the educational offerings. Prior to that, he worked as an archaeologist
for ten years specializing in California. He has a master’s degree in museum studies from John F. Kennedy University, and a BA in anthropology from UCB. Jonathan enjoys understanding more about the natural world, working with the public, and invites suggestions on ways to improve the visitor experience overall at the Garden.
Copiapoa haseltoniana is one of thousands of accessions Ǥ Photo by Holly Forbes
ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƵƌĂƚŽƌ ĂƌďĂƌĂ ddKhZ^ WĂĐŬĂůƵŶĐŚ͗ Enjoy your lunch on one of the many Garden benches or tables located throughout the Garden. Bring a camera or binoculars to see the dozens of ELUGVWKDWFDOOWKH*DUGHQKRPHHYHQLIRQO\EULHÀ\ Take a class or workshop, meet fellow enthusiasts. Attend the plant sales, everyday and on special occasions, next up ^ƉƌŝŶŐWůĂŶƚ^ĂůĞ (Note: New times and dates!): DĞŵďĞƌƐ͛^ĂůĞ | Saturday, April 26 | 4 pm - 7 pm WƵďůŝĐ^ĂůĞ | Sunday, April 27 | 9 am - 2 pm If you haven’t already, become a member and enjoy free admission all year.
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'Z E^d&& Dr. Paul Licht, Director ADMINISTRATION Muinat Kemi Amin, Marketing & Design Manager Nadean Lindberg, Development Director Emily Dennis, Visitor Services Coordinator Jonathan Goodrich, Associate Director, Visitor Experience Deepa Natarajan, Program Coordinator Grace Weltner, Volunteer & Tours Coordinator Margaret Richardson, Rental Coordinator Nancy Rosenlund, Shop Manager COLLECTIONS and HORTICULTURE Dr. Christopher Carmichael, Associate Director of Collections & Horticulture Holly Forbes, Curator Barbara Keller, Assistant Curator Anthony Garza, Supervisor of Horticulture & Grounds Ben Anderson, Horticulturist Ken Bates, Horticulturist Colin Baxter, Horticulturist Brandi Eide, Horticulturist Bryan Gim, Horticulturist & Volunteer Propagation Program Coordinator Peter Klement, Horticulturist Susan Malisch, Propagator Basil Medeiros, Horticulturist Meghan Ray, Horticulturist Corina Rieder, Horticulturist Eric Schulz, Horticulturist Elaine Sedlack, Horticulturist Rick Boyer, Building & Grounds Maintenance Thomas Bridgman, Facilities Maintenance EDUCATION Christine Manoux, Education Program Manager FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. David Ackerly, Integrative Biology Dr. Tom Carlson, Integrative Biology Dr. Lewis Feldman, Chair, Plant and Microbial Biology Dr. Bruce Baldwin, Integrative Biology Dr. Todd Dawson, Integrative Biology Dr. Chelsea Specht, Plant and Microbial Biology Dr. John Taylor, Plant and Microbial Biology RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Dr. Tim Gregory, Stemcentrics Dr. Chelsea Specht, Plant & Microbial Biology UC BOTANICAL GARDEN ADVISORY BOARD Tim Gregory (Chair) Dr. Robert Arathoon James W. Bruner, Jr. Julia Burke Dr. Beth Burnside Ramona Davis Dr. Lewis J. Feldman Robert Ferber Katherine Greenberg Pamela Grossman Jon Hartung Curtis R. Hoffman Suanne Inman Daniel W. Johnson Ken Kuchman Jim Landau Warwick May Judith Moorad Norman Pease Cynthia Plambeck Mary Porter Ann Reynolds Pat Rudebusch John Scharffenberger Jill Wilson NEWSLETTER Holly Forbes, Editor Muinat Kemi Amin, Graphic Design Garden contact information is available on our website. Call 510-643-2755 for more information. E-mail:
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