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Revisiting a Rare Plant Population Just in Time
After conducting a rare plant survey near Santa Ynez in June of 2016, I took the opportunity to revisit several of the occurrences of Refugio Manzanita. -
Exploration of Fens in Carpenter Valley
Soon, in Carpenter Valley, more than 1,000 acres of lush meadow and forest will be protected by the Truckee Donner Land Trust and an easement held by The Nature Conservancy. -
Saving the Lassics Lupine
Lassics lupine (Lupinus constancei) is a species endemic to just four acres in the the Lassics Mountains in eastern Humboldt County that is on the brink of extinction. -
Carnivorous plants in Meadows and Fens
The most striking and intriguing plants we found during our watershed assessment project in the Plumas National Forest were two carnivorous species: roundleaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and California pitcherplant (Darlingtonia californica). -
Vegetation Sampling & Mapping in Castle Mountains National Monument
In the far northeast corner of the Mojave National Preserve, the Castle Mountains appear more modest than their neighbors. However... -
Cypress – A Rare Natural Community
For the past year, the CNPS Vegetation Program has been working with volunteers to produce a fine-scale map of cypress stands throughout the state. -
Celebrating the Bigcone Douglas-fir of the San Gabriel Mountains
Within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, vast wilderness areas like the Sheep Mountain Wilderness, the San Gabriel Wilderness, and Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness exist very close to the urban sprawl of Los Angeles. -
Suisun Marsh – Vegetation Mapping and Long-term Conservation and Management
Suisun Marsh contains rich wildlife, endemic and unique species, and ongoing natural and human-caused changes occurring in the marsh. For all these reasons and more, Suisun Marsh is a very loved and distinctive place that many people and agencies are striving to protect. -
Southern Sierra Nevada Foothills – Vegetation Sampling Redux
The CNPS Vegetation Program was back in the southern Sierra Nevada Foothills this past spring for three months of vegetation sampling. -
Northern Channel Islands Vegetation Inventory
The CNPS Vegetation Program has been collaborating with the National Park Service since 2012 to categorize and describe the vegetation of the northern Channel Islands. -
In Pursuit of Defining and Protecting the Mendocino Pygmy Forest
Members of the Dorothy King Young (DKY) chapter have a 40-year history of investigating the ecology of the Mendocino pygmy forest and promoting its conservation. -
Inner Central Coast Ranges – Drought Effects on Native Plants
As this long dry summer comes to an end, we’re all reeling from four years of drought, but how are our Californian native plants affected by this extended dry cycle?
