Butterfly Gardening in the Willamette Valley: the Ecological Approach

Free and Open to the Public!
Tuesday, April 2, 2002
7:00 PM Eugene Garden Club
1645 High Street, Eugene

Anise Swallowtail, photo by Bruce Newhouse

A Preview of The Presentation

Eric Wold (President, Eugene-Springfield Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association) and Bruce Newhouse (President, Native Plant Society of Oregon) DESCRIPTION: Successful butterfly gardening requires much more than planting a few nectar plants. In this presentation, you will learn about the ecology of the 25 most common butterfly species in the Willamette Valley, including their specific host plant needs and favorite native nectar plants. In addition to host and nectar plants, good butterfly gardening includes providing other elements such as water, basking areas, and mineral salts that can be used to attract butterflies. Each participant will be given a handout that summarizes the Willamette Valley native plants that are used by the butterflies most likely to visit their garden.

Gray Hairstreak, photo by Bruce Newhouse

About the Presentors

Eric Wold has a B.S. and M.S. in ecology and evolutionary biology. His main interestes are in the interactions between insect herbivores and their host plants. He currently works as a natural resources planner for the City of Eugene. In this position, he helps identify and protect wetlands, stream corridors, oak woodlands, and other habitat types native to the Willamette Valley. Eric is the founding president of the Eugene-Springfield Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association, and a former Board Member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. Bruce Newhouse is a botanist, naturalist and environmental planner specializing in botany, wetlands, forest lands and wildlife habitat inventory and analysis. He has a B.S. from OSU in environmental science, and worked for 10 years as a county and city land use planner in Oregon, specializing in natural resources. As a private consultant since 1989, he has contracted with numerous federal, state and local public and private agencies and land owners for botanical surveys, wetland delineations, comprehensive natural resource inventories and environmental planning. He also is a botany and environmental science field and classroom instructor (University of Oregon, Portland State University, Lane Community College, et al.) specializing in the identification of sedges, rushes, grasses, wetland species, native species, and invasive species, and is a volunteer ecological advisor to several groups and committees in the greater Eugene area. Bruce is the President of the Native Plant Society of Oregon and a professional botanist. -- Eric Wold President, NABA Eugene-Springfield

Suggested Sites to Visit

Eugene-Springfield Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association