Welcome to the Arizona Native Plant Society!

The Arizona Native Plant Society is a statewide nonprofit organization devoted to Arizona's native plants. Its mission is to promote knowledge, appreciation, conservation, and restoration of Arizona native plants and their habitats.

SAVE THE DATE!

Arizona Botany Meeting

February 18-19

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Click here for program information.

Click here for Registration

The Fall 2011 edition of PLANT PRESS is now available.

Happenings, the Quarterly Newsletter of the Arizona Native Plant Society - December 2011-February 2012- is now available online

State Board Positions open: President and Treasurer. Please contact a current Board member for more information.

You can now join AZNPS or renew your membership online. Click on the Join button to the left or go to the Membership page.

       

Workplace Giving to Support AZ Native Plant Society

Does your workplace have an EFAZ campaign? Don’t forget about workplace giving for making contributions to Arizona Native Plant Society through the Environmental Fund for Arizona which supports many of our state’s conservation and environmental organizations. Employees of the federal government, Arizona state government, some counties, city programs, and a growing number of private companies can participate. If you don’t have a workplace giving program, see the EFAZ website to find out how we can help get one started. The EFAZ website lists businesses with campaigns supporting EFAZ organizations, but that list needs to be expanded in communities throughout the state. Feel free to contact Laine Seaton, EFAZ Executive Director with ideas or suggestions! Help us spread the word.

Government employees.... If you work for a government entity or corporation, you can also make contributions through your workplace to support Arizona Native Plant Society as part of the Combined Federal Campaign (AZNPS #38438), and the State Employees Charitable Campaign.

Southern Arizona Nature Almanac Floristic almanac: This month-to-month guide to some of the main floristic events in southern Arizona is excerpted or summarized, with permission, from Southern Arizona Nature Almanac, by Roseann Beggy Hanson and Jonathan Hanson (University of Arizona Press, 1996). This charming natural history guide is chock-full of insights, observations, stories, and suggestions for outings into the never-ending wonder of the Sonoran Desert. In Tucson, look for the book at the Audubon Nature Shop, Blue Raven Gallery, Tohono Chul Park, or other booksellers. JANUARY AT A GLANCE Print January Almanac... DESERTSCRUB •        Desert succulents are busy sucking up as much moisture from winter rainfall as their roots and stems can hold. •        Woody plants are extending their roots and preparing to set new leaves. •        In lower desert riparian areas, Frémont cottonwoods (Populus frémontii) may be budding new leaves by mid-month, as well as blooming. •        Annual wildflowers and grasses are sprouting. •        Desert seeds, such as those of the blue palo verde (Cercidium floridum), ride the torrents of winter floods in the sandy washes, dependent on the scouring action of the sand and gravel to score tough outer shells for successful germination. •        Along flowing desert streams, look for mountain birds such as ruby-crowned kinglets, dark-eyed juncos, yellow-rumped warblers and lark sparrows foraging in the rich habitat, waiting out the snow in their summer haunts. •        Packrats (white-throated woodrats) begin their breeding seasons. •        Curve-billed thrashers and northern mockingbirds sing their glorious territory songs and begin nesting later in the month. •        Harris' hawks begin laying eggs. GRASSLANDS..... OAK WOODLANDS..... PINE-OAK WOODLAND...... CONIFEROUS FORESTS..... SPECIAL EVENTS...... IN THE SKY.....