Bay Area native plants play it safe, biologically speaking
March 14, 2013 by Jacoba Charles
Bay Area plant species bloom to their own tune. Our plants are always sending something out, but they’ve also learned to play it safe.
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Wildlands Restoration Team
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
An all-volunteer organization devoted to restoration work in the Santa Cruz Mountains, especially focused on removal of invasive plants.
USDA – Invasive Weeds Research Unit
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Develops new methods for managing invasive plant species in rangeland, riparian, and aquatic ecosystems. Headquartered in Albany in the East Bay, with offices in Davis and Reno.
San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
The Invasive Spartina Project is a coordinated regional effort among local, state and federal organizations dedicated to preserving California’s extraordinary coastal biological resources through the elimination of introduced species of Spartina (cordgrass).
Bay Area Early Detection Network
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
The Bay Area Early Detection Network (BAEDN) is a collaborative partnership that coordinates Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) to infestations of invasive plants, proactively dealing with new outbreaks before they can grow into large and costly environmental threats. Join the effort!
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Containing an Invasive Weed at Thornewood Preserve
January 01, 2012 by Aleta George
Thornewood Open Space Preserve above the town of Woodside isn’t easy to find–unless you’re a weed. This area is the only site in California where the plant has been found, but this invasive perennial bunchgrass native to Eurasia and North Africa has infested 10,000 acres in Oregon. A project from the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District aims to make sure that doesn’t happen here.
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The Crazy Broom Lady of the Oakland Hills
January 01, 2011 by Wendy Tokuda
Longtime television anchorwoman Wendy Tokuda now spends many days in the East Bay hills, finding endangered manzanitas and communing with pileated woodpeckers. All because of her obsession with an invasive weed called French broom. And her years of effort are paying off.
Book Review: California’s Fading Wildflowers
October 01, 2008 by Cathleen Caffrey
by Richard A Minnich, University of California Press, 2008, 344 pages, $49.95.
This scholarly book by a UC professor of …
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The Invasive Yellow Star Thistle
October 01, 2006 by Aleta George
When yellow star thistle hitched a ride to California on alfalfa seed in the mid-1800s, it found fertile soil, a …
Invasive Weeds Awareness Week
July 01, 2006 by Christine Sculati
One of the challenges faced by rare native plants like the buckwheat is the spread of invasive nonnative plants. July …
