BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231110T100000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:782d90ae447dfa53cbf51194703c626c CATEGORIES:Habitat CREATED:20241029T093809 SUMMARY:Fountain Thistle Work Party LOCATION:end of Lessingia Court in San Mateo DESCRIPTION:Join Don Thomas of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter and members of the Yerba Buena Chapter for our fall fountain thistle habitat restoration work party near the intersection of I-280 and Hwy. 92. We’ll meet on Sunday, November 10 and work from 10am to noon.\nFountain thistle (Cirsium fontinale var. fo ntinale) is a federally endangered plant species that grows in an unusual s pecialized habitat, serpentine seeps, and is only found at our work locatio n and in a few other nearby locations on the Peninsula.\nFountain thistle’s recovery here is a restoration success story. Once almost completely displ aced by jubatagrass (Andean pampas grass), it has largely recovered here, a s a resultoftheworkdonebyCNPSvolunteers. TheCNPS\nproject is a cooperative of our Santa Clara Valley and Yerba Buena Chapters. However, fountain thist le is still under threat from invasion by new jubatagrass seedlings and by other non-native plants such as bristly ox-tongue (Helminthotheca echioides ). It’s also threatened by native woody plants such as coyote brush, which threaten to convert the area to shrubland or woodland.\nDuring our work, we expect to see some end-of-season wildflowers, such as Western goldenrod (E uthamia occidentalis). \nSturdy gloves are recommended; you might also want to wear long sleeves/pants and bring sunscreen, water, a hat and layered c lothing. If you have them, bring tools, such as trowels, spades and shovels . Some tools will also be provided.\nWe’ll meet at the end of Lessingia Cou rt in San Mateo. For more information, contact Don at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak181db581410995d8e9256e90c703f67e').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = '&#109;a' + 'i&#108;' + '&#116;o'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy181db581410995d8e9256e90c703f67e = 'd&#111;n&#101;th&#111;m&#97;sd' + '&#64;'; addy1 81db581410995d8e9256e90c703f67e = addy181db581410995d8e9256e90c703f67e + 'g m&#97;&#105;l' + '&#46;' + 'c&#111;m'; var addy_text181 db581410995d8e9256e90c703f67e = 'd&#111;n&#101;th&#111;m&#9 7;sd' + '&#64;' + 'gm&#97;&#105;l' + '&#46;' + 'c&#111; m';document.getElementById('cloak181db581410995d8e9256e90c703f67e').innerHT ML += '<a ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addy181db581410995d8e9256e90c 703f67e + '\'>'+addy_text181db581410995d8e9256e90c703f67e+'<\/a>'; . (mailto:donethomasd@gmail.com.)\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join Don Thomas of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter and members of the Y erba Buena Chapter for our fall fountain thistle habitat restoration work p arty near the intersection of I-280 and Hwy. 92. We’ll mee t on Sunday, November 10 and work from 10am to noon.

Fountain thistle (Cirsium fontinale var. fontinale) is a federally endangered plant species that grows in an unusual specialized ha bitat, serpentine seeps, and is only found at our work location and in a fe w other nearby locations on the Peninsula.

Fountain thistle’s recover y here is a restoration success story. Once almost completely displaced by jubatagrass (Andean pampas grass), it has largely recovered here, as a resu ltoftheworkdonebyCNPSvolunteers. TheCNPS

project is a cooperative of our Santa Clara Valley and Yerba Buena Chapters. However, fountain thistle is still under threat from invasion by new jubatagrass seedlings and by oth er non-native plants such as bristly ox-tongue (Helminthotheca echioide s). It’s also threatened by native woody plants such as coyote brush, which threaten to convert the area to shrubland or woodland.

During o ur work, we expect to see some end-of-season wildflowers, such as Western g oldenrod (Euthamia occidentalis). 

Sturdy gloves are recommended; you might also want to wear long sleeves/pants and bring sunsc reen, water, a hat and layered clothing. If you have them, bring tools, suc h as trowels, spades and shovels. Some tools will also be provided.

W e’ll meet at the end of Lessingia Court in San Mateo. For more information, contact Don at This email address is being protected from sp ambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.