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David Amme collecting Festuca rubra seed at Richmond's Pt. Molate, May 2002. Photo by Jim Hanson
David Amme discovered and developed the cultivar Molate Blue Red Fescue, a drought-tolerant, fine-textured native Festuca rubra grass ecotype that originated from Point Molate's coastal prairie. This grass not only stabilizes slopes but also serves as a lawn alternative, highlighting the ecological and practical value of Point Molate’s native flora.
This page recognizes just some of what David Amme has contributed to the mission of the California Native Grasslands Association. He was a founding member, Past-President, taught the Grass Identification class across California, and has written many articles on California’s coastal native grasses, as well as native grasslands in general. Many in the Bay Area have been introduced to the beauty and resilience of coastal prairie bunchgrasses and wildflowers thanks to grassland hikes he's led at Richmond's Pt. Molate. Below are several important reference articles contributed to CNGA by David. Thank you David!
| Year | Issue | Title |
| 2013 | 3 | The Grasslands of the Potrero, San Pablo, and Point Molate Shore |
| 2011 | 1 | Grass is the forgiveness of nature |
| 2011 | 1 | REPRINT: from the Grasslands archives--from first issue: Working with native perennial grasses |
| 2010 | 1 | Field Notes: Research and Development of Perennial Creeping Muhlenbergias |
| 2010 | 1 | Rare Hoover Semaphore Grass Threatened |
| 2009 | 1 | President's Keyboard |
| 2009 | 2 | President's Keyboard |
| 2009 | 3 | President's Keyboard |
| 2009 | 4 | President's Keyboard |
| 2008 | 1 | The Grasses and Grasslands of Marin and Sonoma Counties |
| 2008 | 3 | Dual CNGA Awards of Recognition in 2008: Founding Members Everett Butts and Scott Stewart honored |
| 2008 | 3 | The Ecology and Development of California Oatgrass: the Champagne of Grasses (Second Author: Micallef, Sean) |
| 2008 | 4 | Carex pansa (Pacific Dune Sedge) The sedge with the other name |
| 2007 | 1 | Notes on the Common Grasses of California: from A to V, part 3 Agrostis (Bentgrass) I |
| 2007 | 1 | Sonoma/Marin Coastal Prairie Workshop |
| 2007 | 2 | Notes on the Common Grasses of California: from A to V, part 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | Santa Barbara Grass ID Workshop and Field Trip |
| 2007 | 4 | Highland Lakes Retreat |
| 2006 | 2 | Berkeley Sedge (aka Carex tumulicola) Is not a native sedge |
| 2006 | 2 | Slender False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) Spreading into California |
| 2006 | 3 | CNGA's Spring 2006 Workshops |
| 2006 | 3 | Update: Fort Baker Ranch--a Half-Century Later |
| 2006 | 4 | Drill Seeding Wild Grass Seed: Innovation in the Field |
| 2005 | 1 | CNGA/CNPS Field Trip: Point Molate, also note on Point Molate |
| 2005 | 2 | A Unique Fescue Bunchgrass in California: Festuca X |
| 2005 | 2 | UC Richmond Field Station's Remnant Coastal Terrace Grassland |
| 2005 | 3 | Catalina Grass: An Introduction |
| 2004 | 1 | A Look Back |
| 2004 | 1 | Notes on the Common Grasses of California: from A to V |
| 2004 | 1 | Seeding after Wildflowers (Second Author: Francis, Ann) |
| 2004 | 2 | Achnatherum Needlegrass |
| 2004 | 3 | An Outstanding New Book: Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses |
| 2004 | 3 | Notes on the Common Grasses of California: from A to V, Part 2 |
| 2004 | Notes on Common California Native Meadow Grasses A to V (complete, published in Grasslands in parts) | |
| 2004 | Grasslands Heritage: Stewardship of a Changed Grassland (published in Bay Nature) | |
| c 2003 | Historical Works of California Native Grasses and Grassland Management - Assembled bibliography of grassland papers published from 1908 to 2003 | |
| 2003 | 2 | The Native Grass Sierra Seed Zone Program: A Progress Report |
| 2003 | 3 | Creating a Native Meadow (with Native Meadow Grasses box) |
| 2003 | 4 | Nassella Notes |
| 2003 | 4 | Northern California 2003 Field Trip Reports |
| 2003 | Identifying and Appreciating the Native and Naturalized Grasses of California (CNGA Workshop Booklet) | |
| 2001 | 3 | Mountain Meadow Field Trip |
| 1999 | 3 | New genetic information may reduce gridlock on the question of using non-local native grass ecotypes in post-wildfire seeding |
| 1998 | 4 | Letter to Editor: more on Muhlenbergia rigens |
| 1994 | 1 | Letter to Editor |
| 1993 | 1 | Letter to the Editor |
| 1992 | 1 | CNGA Technology Committee Report |
| 1992 | 2 | Seeding after wildfires in California (Second Author: Adams, Ted) |
| 1992 | 4 | Grassland Restoration in California |
| 1992 | 1992 CNGA Research and Development Program Final Report (not published in Grasslands) | |
| 1991 | 1 | Working with Native Perennial Grasses |
| 1991 | 3 | Brome alert! (Second Author: Camel, Susan) |
| 1991 | 3 | CNGA Technology Committee Report |
| 1989 | Restoration and Management of California's Grassland Habitats (co-authored by Barbara M Pitschel) (Presented at SERCAL Conference) | |
| 1985 | Nursery Production of Western Native Perennial Grasses (Proceedings of International Erosion Control Assoc. Conference) | |
| California Agrostis (Bentgrass) (not published in Grasslands) | ||
| Grasses of California (not published in Grasslands) | ||
| An Introduction to California's Native Grasses (not published in Grasslands) | ||
| Historical Works of California Native Grasses and Grassland Management (not published in Grasslands) | ||
| Native California Meadow Grasses (pamphlet, updated August 2020) | ||
| Ornamental California Native Grasses, Sedges and Rushes for the Landscape (CNGA Workshop Booklet) | ||
| See 1992 Grasslands Article | Seeding After Wildfires in California: Seed with natives | |
| Native Perennial Grass Establishment and Management, Paul Kephart and David Amme |
About John Anderson USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2010 Feb. Newsroom. Success Stories: Landowner Profile John Anderson. |
BibliographyThe below articles are excerpted from: Bringing Farm Edges Back to Life! Landowner Conservation Handbook. 2001 (reprinted 2002). Eds. Robins, P, RB Hoomes, K Laddish. Yolo County RCD. Woodland, CA. 101 pages.
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Establishing Hedgerows on Farms in California. Long and Anderson. 2010. UCANR Publication 8390 Bugg, RL, CS Brown, JH Anderson. 1997. Restoring native perennial grasses to rural roadsides in the Sacramento Valley of California: Establishment and Evaluation. Restoration Ecology 5(3): 214-228 Articles published in CNGA's quarterly journal, Grasslands.
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