October 22, 2025

The Trifolium Diversity of Nevada and Placer Counties

Wednesday, October 22 at 6 p.m.
Location: Seaman’s Lodge, 423 Nimrod St, Nevada City

Join local plant expert Shane Hanofee for an evening profiling one of the most diverse groups of wildflowers found in our area, the bountiful clovers in the genus Trifolium. These delightful plants come in a staggering variety of sizes, shapes and colors. This program, sponsored by the California Native Plant Society’s local Redbud Chapter, will take place Wednesday, October 22, at 6 p.m. in Nevada City.

See Local Clovers in a New Light

Enjoy a presentation that will take you on a photographic journey through every species found in the region, both native and non-native. You’ll learn how to tell them apart, where they like to grow, and what makes them so interesting! Whether wild, waifs or weeds, they are all wonderful!

This program, sponsored by the California Native Plant Society’s local Redbud Chapter, will take place at the Seaman’s Lodge, 423 Nimrod St, Nevada City.

Please register here. We’re taking  donations at event registration. Thank you for supporting our wide-ranging environmental endeavors!

About the Presenter

Shane Hanofee is a self-taught certified field botanist who became enamored with native plants shortly after moving to California from New York almost two decades ago. Since then, he has traveled throughout California exploring and documenting California’s fascinating flora.

In that time, Shane has developed a keen understanding of the floristics of the northern Sierra in particular, while cultivating a love for plant taxonomy and science communication. Shane is the author of the forthcoming Flora of Nevada County and former president of the Redbud Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. He lives in Nevada City with his wife Ashley and their son, Milo.

Image: Field of dusky purple Beckwith’s clover (Trifolium beckwithii), by Shane Hanofee