The City of Oakland is about to make a major decision on the future of one of the Bay Area’s last remaining maritime chaparral communities.
Tag: California Native Plant Society – East Bay Chapter
Fungi
Looking for Lichens in Knowland Park
Oakland’s Knowland Park boasts unparalleled views of the San Leandro Bay, gnarled coast live oak trees and stands of rare, maritime chaparral. But within this large landscape, one of nature’s smallest communities is flourishing—lichen.
Botany
The Subtleties of Knowland Park
Knowland Park might be the City of Oakland’s largest park–about 500 acres–but it’s mostly known as the home of the Oakland Zoo. We visit the park with some native plant advocates who have their own fine-tuned sense of Knowland’s beauty.
Botany
Lech Naumovich Speaks Up for Plants
Lech Naumovich, conservation analyst for the California Native Plant Society’s East Bay chapter and founding director of Golden Hour Restoration Institute, says if he’s not outdoors half the year, then he’s not doing his job as a botanist. He says you can’t have a long-distance relationship with nature.
Spring Issue 2010
Gambling on Grass at Point Molate
Native plant advocates charge that the studies done for the proposed casino at Richmond’s Point Molate ignore the site’s rare collection of native grasses.
Botany
New Species Discovered on Lime Ridge
Though surrounded by houses, Lime Ridge in Walnut Creek is rich in rare plants, including two new species discovered by an amateur botanist.
