A founding member of the local Milo Baker Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will share insights from her years of experience with natives during a talk in Santa Rosa.

Biodiversity creates a healthy ecosystem, he said, adding, “A keystone plant to consider are oaks, especially the California live oak (quercus agrifolia), which supports hundreds of species of ...

Quercus managing director Jon Butler is stepping down after 10 years in the role. His last day will be 6th June 2025.

They have a sparser crown, smoother leaves and a lighter-green foliage than the more common coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia). Early this year, Crouch had more than 2,500 tube-shaped pots, each with ...

Inspecting the oaks, she said, “These are Quercus agrifolia – their common name is coast live oak or California live oak – and they grow locally, are endemic to our area as well as ...

Some plants, however, including certain manzanitas (Arctostaphylos spp.), coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), and toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) will often resprout from their crowns (where trunk ...

Recently, a Los Angeles Times article suggested planting coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia) as fire-resistant trees for landscaping after the Southern California wildfires.

The champion keystone tree is the evergreen Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia), it’s a California native that will become a major tree in your landscape since it grows from 25 to 80 feet tall ...

In Colleen Fisher’s 2017 master’s thesis at the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona, “Interception of Particulate Matter by Street Tree Leaves,” she selected trees from Claremont ...

A large native live oak (Quercus agrifolia) frames the property, inviting further exploration. Century-old Tasmanian blue gums stand majestically behind the home.

The Tipton Trail, a new trail at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden officially opens Sunday, Nov. 17, coinciding with the celebration of National Hiking Day.