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.

Arizona Botany 2010 Meeting

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

February 20-22

Registration and Schedule

for presentations on Saturday-8:30am-5:00pm

Field Trips on Friday and Sunday

40th Annual Institute for Desert Ecology

Learn more about the Sonoran Desert

Outdoor classes for four days-April 15-18, 2010

Download brochure.

Wildflower Posters in the classrooms! For more information, click here.

The Fall 2009 edition of PLANT PRESS  is now available!

Happenings, the Quarterly Newsletter of AZNPS of the Arizona Native Plant Society - December-February 2010 is now available on-line.

Want to Volunteer? Click here for opportunities throughout the state.

Landscaping for Wildlife and Sustainability offered in February by Tucson Audubon Society. Click here for flyer.

NEW! Visit a new website, Tucson Urban Wildlife Walk, to encourage planting native habitats for the native animals.

NEW! Guide to Creating Backyard Habitat for Tucson's Urban-Adapted Lizards

 

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. For a copy of their book, click here. JANUARY AT A GLANCE               Perhaps the biggest event of this month is silent. All across the desertscrub, millions of vibrant green annual wildflower and grass seedlings, which germinated in November and December and have been “idling” until now, are thrusting their cotyledons skyward and gulping as much sun and water as they can. In about a month they will begin splashing the landscape with shades of crimson, gold, violet, white, and azure. 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 fremontii) may be budding new leaves by mid-month, as well as blooming. Print January Almanac...

Support AZNPS through workplace giving

AZNPS has recently joined the Environmental Fund for Arizona (EFAZ), a coalition of non-profit organizations working to keep Arizona healthy and maintain our special quality of environment. This organization was founded to provide funding and bring attention to our vital state environmental non-profit organizations through workplace giving.

Is there a charity giving program in your workplace? If not, why not contact EFAZ to begin the process? Just email or call 480.510.5511. Check the website to learn about EFAZ and all the partner organizations.