General Info Location Size Change Plant Community Soils Location Stabilization Contact Contact info Code Reserve name Source Notes 1a: latitude 1b: UTM 1c: Township 1d: USGS quad 2: size 3: ownership 3: specify 4a: Change to non-native grass species. Explain. 4b: Change to non-native brush species. Explain. 4c: Change to non-native broad-leafed plants. Explain. 4d: Other - Describe the change. 5a: open grassland 5b: shrub-scrub 5c: savannah 5d: closed tree canopy 5e: wetland margin 5f: riparian 5g: other (explain) 6a: rocky-gravelly 6b: sandy 6c: loam 6d: clay 7: Soil series name 8a: ridge top 8b: mid-slope 8c: bottom of slope 8d: alluvial plain 9a: level 9b: moderate slope 9c: steep slope 10a: N 10b: NE 10c: E 10d: SE 10e: S 10f: SW 10g: W 10h: NW 11a: Data available? Y or N 11b: Photos available? Y or N 11: other 12: Reasons for change 13: When did change occur? 14a: Has change stabilized? Y or N 14b: From 1931 to 1950 14c: From 1951 to 1975 14d: From 1976 to 1995 14e: From 1995 to 2000 Notes 15a: Quantitative measures? Y or N 15b: Photos? Y or N 15c: Other? 16: Location Mark Albert Presidio 11 San Francisco Presidio GGNRA (NPS) Perhaps adjacent to current grassland - no historic documentation [survey section blank] Sarah Chaney "Restoration Ecologist, Channel Islands National Park, ph.(805) 658-5778, sarah_chaney@nps.gov" 221 Channel Islands National Park "Do not know of such a site documented on the islands. The major change on the islands came with intensive sheep grazing 1840s-1900s when dominant shrub cover was stripped and annual grasses replaced. Native perennial grasses remained but in very low cover/number values. Now with sheep and cattle gone, native perennial grasses are rebounding dramatically on all islands. Shrub species are re-colonizing also, so we expect the 1990 80% grassland/ 20% shrub proportion typical for SRI, for example, to revert to 20% grassland (native perennial-dominated) and 80% shrubland." Peter Conners Bodega Marine Lab 251 "approx. 38 dg. 25' N, 123 dg. 05' W" Duncaus Mills Quad. 2.5 State Overgrown by Carpobrotus edulis x x x x N N Growth of Carpobrotus edulis. From 1976 to 2000 N N N Dot on map [Bodega Bay area]. Sandy DeSimone 291 Starr Ranch All information describes 100-200 acres exotic annual grassland distributed in 10-40 acre patches. 33 dg. 37' N 117 dg. 33' W 100-200 acres Other National Audubon Society Agricultural practices for cattle grazing (ended in 1963) x x Gabino gravelley clay loam - phase name x x x x Y Y agricultural practices for cattle grazing 1963 Y x Y N Dot on map (SoCal) Dr. Steve Edwards "Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley" 341 "Wildcat Canyon Rd., between Inspiration Point and El Toyonal, below Wildcat Canyon Rd." 100? Acres East Bay Municipal Utility District Now ripgut mostly. Formerly Danthonia californica. "Circium, Silybum, Brassica, Conium invasion" x x x x x x Y, possible if I do an extended search through hundreds of boxes and carousels" "The site was grazed by cattle since Spanish times. Two years of cattle exclusion by EBMUD (1998-99?) caused crash of area from native to exotic. Dense lawns of Danthonia californica entirely eliminated, replaced by ripgut, exotic forbs; Leymus triticoides also increased." From 1995-2000 N "EBMUD is experimenting with cattle reintroduction as of 2000, hoping there is a Danthonia seedbank present." N N Map enclosed. John Gerlach 431 Lake Hennesey "555529, 4261208" 4.9 Other City of Napa "Nasella pulchra grassland threatened by medusahead & other exotic annual grasses. Starthistle nearby (<100 m), but infestation is isolated & can be eradicated." x x x x x Y N "Past cattle/ stock grazing, É" ? Ongoing (a nearby site just overtaken by starthistle this past year) N Y N Dot at Lake Hennesey John Kelly 691 Unknown. Jennifer Malcolm Dept. of Transportation Headquarters 791 All of the central valley - I haven't been around for 50 years so I can't answer this section. Joe McBride 821 Jack London State Park 2.5 State x x originally x currently x x x x N N Natural succession to baccharis following removal of grazing livestock. e. From 1951 to 1975 N N N Dot on Jack London State Park Andrea Pickart "TNC/ Arcata, CA" 1001 "Location is north and south of location in part 1, 20 miles" 120 acres "Private, Federal (BLM), County" Replaced by European beachgrass & annual exotic grasses #NAME? x x (lesser) x x (dunes) x x (predominately) Y Y Introduction of European beachgrass From 1871 to present N Y Y Dot on map (N. CA coast) Richard Riddle "Land Management Branch Head, AC/S Environmental Security, Camp Pendleton MCB" 1051 Camp Pendelton "Survey + The Plant Communities of Camp Pendelton Marine Corp Base, California" Federal US Marine Corps "Arrival of Erodium spp. by 1880s due to ""arrival of European culture"", now a mix of annual grasses" x x x x x x x x x x x 1942 - present N Hugh Safford 1072 I have no specific knowledge of this. Dr. Paula M. Schiffman "818-677-3350, paula.schiffman@csun.edu" 1121 Carrizo Plain Natural Area T32S / Range R20E / Sections 4 & 5 "Painted Rock, CA" 1280 federal BLM This site was cultivated (dryland farming of wheat & barley) for a few decades (ending in the late 1980s). This old field is now a giant alien weed patch. Prior to cultivation it almost certainly supported numerous native forbs and grasses (plus the usual alien annual grasses). x x x Wasioja and Polonio x x x Y N % cover & species composition data available "This site probably started out as a wonderful grassland. It has been grazed by livestock (cattle & sheep) for at least 100 years and this has degraded the site. The biggest negative impact, however, was caused by cultivation. After cultivation was halted this site became habitat for every nasty alien annual species available: Lactuca serriola, Avena spp., Hordeum murinum, Salsola tragus, ..." "Grazing by livestock: From 1871 to 1930, Cultivation ended in the late 1980's, Grazing by cattle 1980s to present" Y x x Y """Selby Pasture"" within the Carrizo Plain Natural Area, San Luis Obispo County CA" Gregg Mangan & Pardee Bardwell "BLM, Ukaih field office" 1382 & 1392 "T13N, R5W, S1, 9, 19, 12, 14, 15" "Glascock Mtn, Salt Canyon, Wilson Valley" 750 acres in 3 main meadows Federal BLM Livestock overgrazing which has been unregulated until BLM recently purchased this property. "See ""a"" above." blue oak savannah x x x x x Y N Unregulated livestock grazing. From 1951 to 1995 Y x Y N Dot on map