The California bay laurel is an emblem of the Bay Area.
The study and science of plants.
How to Forage For and Prepare Bay Nuts
Bay nuts are in season. Here are some tips for finding and preparing them.
A Ribwort Plantain Grows, Four Stories High, in San Francisco
A muralist highlights overlooked nature in San Francisco.
What’s Next for the Redwoods?
A bold new design for the redwood forests of the 21st century is forged in the Santa Cruz Mountains
An Emissary of the Bay’s Forgotten Beaches
Hardly anyone knew about the plant called sea-blite when it lived on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. No one noticed when it disappeared. Now, thirty years after it went locally extinct, a freelance coastal ecologist sets out on an unlikely mission to bring it back.
Into the Realm of Awe
There’s something about old-growth redwoods. But there’s something about second-growth, too.
John Muir Laws and the Art of Slowing Down, Sitting Still, and Paying Attention
“As a naturalist, educator, and artist, I have found that my journal is the most necessary tool I carry into the field with me; it is even more necessary than my binoculars.”
In the Third Spring After the Morgan Fire, Just Add Water to Mount Diablo for Flowers
With 38 inches of rain at the top of the mountain since last summer, the bloom has been great all over Mount Diablo.
Ask the Naturalist: Where are the Flowers on Mount Diablo?
Where to go for spring 2016.
The Native Plants of the Quiroste Valley
Better know some of the common plants of the Amah Mutsun world.