Marin Chapter - California Native Plant Society on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Marin Chapter - California Native Plant Society
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last updated: December 2020

Marin Chapter - California Native Plant Society

The California Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals united by an interest in the plants of California. Its principal aims are to preserve the native flora and to add to the knowledge of members and the public at large. It seeks to accomplish these goals in a number of ways, including:

monitoring rare plants;
acting to save endangered areas through publicity
and on occasion, legal action;
setting policies and guidelines on conservation issues;
providing expert testimony to government bodies;
supporting financially and otherwise the establishment of native plant preserves.

The work of the Society is carried out primarily by the volunteer efforts of the members of CNPS chapters throughout the state. Money at the State level is provided by the dues of members. Local chapters raise money through plant sales and poster and book sales. The California Native Plant Society has 9,000 members statewide. The Marin Chapter, which was founded in 1973, has approximately 500 members.

Our logo is the Tiburon Mariposa Lily (Calochortus tiburonensis). This extremely rare lily can be seen blooming from the end of May through mid-June among the serpentine rocks of Ring Mountain in Marin County, California. In fact, this is the only place in the world it has ever been found growing in the wild. It was first noticed by botanists in 1971 when the small patch of land on which it lives passed from private into public hands. The plant is now in cultivation and can be seen in botanic gardens.

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