BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20200113T193000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 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:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT 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:f8be61483a56af75a81964a7c254c67b CATEGORIES:Native Plant Talks CREATED:20201230T212820 SUMMARY:The Amazing Manzanita and All Her Relations LOCATION:Zoom and YouTube DESCRIPTION:Manzanita! The word conjures visions of curvy reddish limbs reaching upward and outward into the sky, a feast for the fingers as well as the eyes. But there is much more to this plant than its striking beauty, including its t alent for thriving in tough conditions. Have you ever wondered how 193 spec ies and subspecies have managed to emerge since manzanita first appeared on the central California coast 37 million years ago?\nIn January, when manza nitas of all shapes and sizes will be glowing with small white or pink flow ers, author and naturalist Kate Marianchild will explain some of manzanita’ s “mojo” ̶ its profound partnerships with fungi and bumblebees; its super-t hin skin that both helps and hinders it; and its waxy leaves that follow th e sun from dawn to dusk. She’ll tell stories about pollination in middle C; unscrupulous “nectar thieves,” and bark that peels around summer solstice. She’ll also emphasize manzanita’s vital role in the lives of animals ̶ fro m ants and silk moths to birds and bears.\nKate Marianchild is the author o f Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals among California’s Oaks. This award-winning bestseller is an engaging and beautifully illustrated r omp through California’s most widespread habitat. With humor, affection, an d scientific accuracy, Marianchild profiles the behaviors, social structure s, anatomical marvels and co-evolutionary relationships of 22 plants and an imals found in California’s oak woodlands.\nMarianchild lives in a yurt nea r Ukiah surrounded by acorn woodpeckers, woodrats, newts and five kinds of oaks. When she is not giving talks, guiding walks or observing nature, she swims, sings and advocates for the preservation of native plants and the fo od webs that depend on them. More information, as well as the opportunity t o purchase signed copies of her book, close-focus binoculars and oak identi fication guides may be found at www.katemarianchild.com (https://www.katema rianchild.com).\nHow to attend: via Zoom (preregistration required) (https: //us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodeCurjssHd1GCImtX-3I3tO0wUUJpohu) Or watch live or later on our YouTube channel at:\n www.youtube.com/c/CNPSSan taClaraValley (https://www.youtube.com/c/CNPSSantaClaraValley).\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Manzanita! The word conjures visions of curvy reddish limbs reaching u pward and outward into the sky, a feast for the fingers as well as the eyes . But there is much more to this plant than its striking beauty, including its talent for thriving in tough conditions. Have you ever wondered how 193 species and subspecies have managed to emerge since manzanita first appear ed on the central California coast 37 million years ago?

In January , when manzanitas of all shapes and sizes will be glowing with small white or pink flowers, author and naturalist Kate Marianchild will explain some o f manzanita’s “mojo” ̶ its profound partnerships with fungi and bumblebees; its super-thin skin that both helps and hinders it; and its waxy leaves th at follow the sun from dawn to dusk. She’ll tell stories about pollination in middle C; unscrupulous “nectar thieves,” and bark that peels around summ er solstice. She’ll also emphasize manzanita’s vital role in the lives of animals ̶ from ants and silk moths to birds and bears.

Kate Marianchild is the author of Secrets of the&nb sp;Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals among California’s Oaks . This award-winning bestseller is an engaging and beau tifully illustrated romp through California’s most widesprea d habitat. With humor, affection, and scientific accuracy, M arianchild profiles the behaviors, social structures, anatomical& nbsp;marvels and co-evolutionary relationships of 22 plants and a nimals found in California’s oak woodlands.

Marianchild lives in a yu rt near Ukiah surrounded by acorn woodpeckers, woodrats, newts and five kin ds of oaks. When she is not giving talks, guiding walks or observing nature , she swims, sings and advocates for the preservation of native plants and the food webs that depend on them. More information, as well as the opportu nity to purchase signed copies of her book, close-focus binoculars and oak identification guides may be found at www.katemarianchild.com.

How to attend: via Zoo m (preregistration required) Or watch live or later on our YouTube chan nel at:

 

www.youtube.com/c/CNPSSantaC laraValley.

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