Alice Eastwood made her reputation and found botanical immortality on Mount Tam.
The study and science of plants.
Presumed Extinct, a Wildflower Reappears on Mount Diablo
The Mount Diablo Buckwheat disappeared in the 1930s. It was thought to be extinct. A single population was rediscovered in 2005. And then last year botanists found a new population numbering in the millions. How has this rarest of rare plants survived?
Two Almost Identical Lupines Live in the Same Place. One is Rare, One Not. Why?
A new journal article tries to answer an ecological mystery at Point Reyes.
What Leads to Great Wildflowers? The Formula’s Not Always So Easy.
A lot of rain isn’t always the magic formula for flowers.
As Rainy Winter Spreads Sudden Oak Death Pathogen, a Scientist Races to Build Resistance
A Berkeley researcher studies trees that survive what for most is a death sentence
Letter to the Editor: Protecting Diversity Is the Opposite of Xenophobia
Some non-native species are okay. But not all of them.
A Story About Once and Future California, Written in the Rings of Redwoods
Why would a scientist count a quarter of a million redwood tree rings?
Naturalist’s Notebook: Good Algae Gone Bad
Blue-green algae has made some Bay Area ponds dangerous
Brightly Colored Parrot Mushrooms Love the Damp Dark Days of Winter
Parrot mushrooms love the dark days of winter.
New Science Helps Understand Redwood Ghosts
Albino redwood trees, first documented in 1866, have been a mystery for as long as we’ve known they were out there.