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NATIVE NURSERIES AND
LOCAL BOTANIC GARDENS

PLANTING TIPS

URBAN GARDENS

PLANNING YOUR NATIVE GARDEN

ANNUAL PLANT SALE

UC DAVIS ARBORETUM ALL STARS

NEW SCHOOL & URBAN GARDEN
INFORMATION AVAILABLE

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A Survival Guide

Grant Applications Advice

LOCAL POLLINATOR GUIDES
Click HERE for web site.

Los Angeles Native Tree Ordinance

Check out the website for the
Los Angeles Urban Forestry Division

NEW LICHEN REFERENCE
AVAILABLE AS PDF

Lichens, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Santa Monica Mountains, Part 5: Additions and Corrections to the Annotated Checklist

by KERRY KNUDSEN & JANA KOCOURKOVÁ

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See the References page for all Knudson's articles and a new article about American lichenologist
H.E. Hasse (1836-1915).



Recycled Water Forum Proceedings

The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation has released digital proceedings from their "Recycled Water/Plant/Soil Compatibility Conservation Forum". Anyone with an interest in water conservation and sustainable landscapes will find the design and maintenance implications within these proceedings invaluable. Click here to download: http://tinyurl.com/recycledwaterforum
(Adobe Reader required)

FOR MORE INFO CLICK HERE

Emily Green's Native Plant Presentation
"A Decade of Change"
available HERE

Click Here to See Photos of our Recent Plant Sale

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BOOKS AND REFERENCES

WILDFLOWER VIEWING AREAS

ABOUT THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

DETAILED SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTIONS

Stunt Ranch
Santa Monica Mountains Reserve

INVASIVE WEEDS AND ESCAPED EXOTICS

LATIN 101

Why Native Grasslands?

Click HERE to download article about native grasses
written by California State Parks Foundation (2mb .pdf)

LA TIMES BLOG ON
NATIVE GRASSES


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STATEMENT ON NATIVE PLANTS AND
FIRE SAFETY FOR 2009


(Los Angeles / Santa Monica Mountains Chapter Area)

The California Native Plant Society is very concerned about the unnecessary destruction of thousands of acres of California’s native plant heritage for the purpose of wildfire fuel management. CNPS recognizes that our state contains large areas that are among the most fire-prone environments on Earth due to the convergence of climatic and topographic conditions. As the human population has increased, more residences have been sited in the highest wildfire danger areas, increasing the number of ignition and fire-carrying sources. In some areas, shortened fire-return cycles have converted native plant communities to invasive non-native grasslands, which in turn provide faster burning fuels and contain very little habitat value.

The California Native Plant Society supports:

* Fuel management plans that minimize the risk to human life and property while maximizing protection of native plants and their habitats. These plans should be locally-adapted, scientifically-supported, and account for all combustible materials, including building materials, ornamental vegetation, and adjacent plant communities.
* Building codes and ordinances that require structures in high fire risk areas to be constructed, retrofitted, and maintained using materials and practices that minimize the ignition and spread of fire.
* The creation of laws, regulations and land use policies that discourage new development in areas of highest fire danger.

Protocols for Surveying and
Evaluating Impacts

New plant survey protocols from
California Dept. of Fish and Game as of 2009.
(Click on title above)