Invasive species removal is a long game. If you see the entire job before you, you may despair. But if you keep your head down and only look at what’s right in front of you, then you have a chance of really making a difference in the long term.
Tag: invasive plants
Botany, The Bay, Water
Water Hyacinth Thrives in Drought Stricken Delta
Drought brings ideal conditions for rapid spread of water hyacinth in the Delta.
Botany, Stewardship, Urban Nature
In San Francisco, A Dying Forest Waits for Action
Mount Sutro’s once-thriving blue gum eucalyptus trees are dying. At the moment, though, there’s no approved environmental impact report for maintenance, and in the absence of major work conditions are deteriorating fast.
Ask the Naturalist, Botany
Should I kill invasive trees with herbicides?
An Oakland resident wants to know how to kill off invasive trees from her garden.
Botany
Bay Area native plants play it safe, biologically speaking
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.
Winter Issue 2012
Containing an Invasive Weed at Thornewood Preserve
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.
Winter Issue 2011
The Crazy Broom Lady of the Oakland Hills
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.
Fall Issue 2008
Book Review: California’s Fading Wildflowers
by Richard A Minnich, University of California Press, 2008, 344 pages, $49.95. This scholarly book by a UC professor of earth sciences surveys historical observations of California flora and compares theories about the original pre-European vegetation and how it has … Read more
Fall Issue 2006
The Invasive Yellow Star Thistle
When yellow star thistle hitched a ride to California on alfalfa seed in the mid-1800s, it found fertile soil, a temperate climate, and no natural enemies. In its native Mediterranean home, yellow star thistle is kept in check by a … Read more
Summer Issue 2005
Invasive Weeds Awareness Week
One of the challenges faced by rare native plants like the buckwheat is the spread of invasive nonnative plants. July 18 to 24 is Invasive Weeds Awareness Week, and weed groups across the state will be spreading the word on … Read more
