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Map Satellite Most of the land in this field station is grazed; however, there are three separate parcels, totaling approximately 200 hectares (500 acres) that have not been grazed since 1956 and are designated biological areas. The main cover in these areas is a grassland, grading through an oak savannah, to an oak woodland.
The endemic grasses include Nassella pulchra, Elymus multisetus, Elymus glaucus and Festuca idahoensis; among the exotics are Bromus hordeaceus, Taeniatherum caput-medusae and Avena barbata.
Blue oak, Quercus douglasii, and interior live oak, Quercus wislizenii, are the main components of the woodland, though on the north-facing slopes some black oak, Quercus kelloggii, and madrone, Arbutus menziesii, are found. There is some chaparral, with chamise, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arctostaphylos spp. and Ceanothus spp. the dominant species.
Animals are typical of the region.
Integrity: There are numerous buildings on the station, though not in the biological areas.
Use: Research, educational, observational.
July 1982
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
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