Author Event: Saturday, September 14 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, September 14, 2019 from 11am to 2pm for Field Guide to Grasses of Oregon and Washington, with Cindy Roché and Bob Korfhage. This is an essential reference to grasses of our region, which combines attributes of a flora and a field guide. Like a flora, it includes all 376 taxa of grasses in Oregon and Washington (not including ornamentals found only in gardens). But in addition to identification keys, full descriptions, and distribution maps, the book is fully illustrated with color photos of habit, habitat, inflorescences and details of spikelets, florets, and ligules. Whether you are a botanist, soil scientist, master gardener, rancher or farmer, or are working to restore native plant habitats, control weedy grasses, manage wetlands, or just curious about the natural world around us, this book is for you.

Books will be available for purchase and you can get your copy signed by the authors, both of whom have roots in Walla Walla. Bob graduated from Wa-Hi in 1964 and members of his mother’s side of the family have lived in Walla Walla since the 1850s. Cindy’s Talbott ancestors came to Walla Walla in the late 1870s.