Sentences with phrase «sage scrub»

The Preserve consists of restored coastal sage scrub habitat filled with hiking trails overlooking the ocean and Catalina Island.

The developers wouldn't listen, so he got mad and began a research project in the chaparral, also called coastal sage scrub habitat.

Photo: Meredith Schulte, Ph.D. student in evolutionary anthropology at WSU, is shown conducting research on spider populations inhabiting coastal sage scrub in Catalina Island, CA.

Sage, known for its purifying and detoxifying properties, is used in The Spa's signature treatment, a Coastal Sage Scrub which is performed in the Vichy shower.

Habitat: Frequent member of coastal chaparral and sage scrub community.

Currently, the most extensive vegetation communities on the islands are grassland and coastal sage scrub with significant areas of chaparral on Santa Cruz Island, and to a lesser degree, on Santa Rosa Island.

When the boy became a biologist, he recognized that the chaparral was a unique ecosystem, with its own suite of interdependent plants and animals, the coastal sage scrub home to fox and bobcats, wrentits and spotted towhees, cactus mouse and California quail.

The Gabrielinos, an indigenous community in Southern California, use coastal sage scrub just as the Anishnaabe use cedar — a cleansing, purifying plant for smudging and sweat lodge ceremonies.

Alexandria earned in 2015 her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California Riverside, where as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, she studied chaparral and coastal sage scrub responses to environmental change using hydraulics.

This moderate to strenuous 3.5 - mile hike from Prisoners Harbor travels through island oak woodlands and coastal sage scrub plant communities.

The area has two marine refuges and 45 acres of environmentally sensitive coastal sage scrub providing habitat for the endangered Pacific pocket mouse and the gnatcatcher, a rare songbird that is threatened but not on the endangered species list.

The team examined biodiversity databases for three regions of varying scales: the United States except Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest's Columbia Plateau, and coastal sage scrub in southern California.

Coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and pine forest are all present, and are the plant associations most likely to be utilized by P. c. pumilus.

The White Point Nature Preserve features 102 acres of restored coastal sage scrub habitat, hiking and handicap accessible trails overlooking the ocean and Catalina Island.

The Coronado Butterfly Preserve is home to native coastal sage scrub habitat, eucalyptus groves and numerous birds and wildlife that thrive in this urban community treasure.

The 8,300 - acre Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve protects unique ecosystems like rare oak savannah and woodlands, riparian wetlands, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and bunchgrass prairie.

A haven for hikers and nature enthusiasts, the nearly 9,000 - acre / 3,642 - hectare Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve harbors some of California's rarest landscapes - Englemann oak woodlands, riparian wetlands, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, bunchgrass prairie and more.

Experienced and novice hikers alike can explore the Reserve and its local flora and fauna (including over 200 species of birds) throughout Engelmann oak woodlands, riparian wetlands, coastal sage scrub, bunchgrass prairie, and vernal pools.

California officials estimate 70 to 90 percent of coastal sage scrub has been destroyed and that nearly 100 species of plants and animals that inhabit it are classified as rare, sensitive, threatened or endangered.

Wildomar is home to many plants like chaparral, coastal sage scrub, the California Poppy and California sycamore.

The predominant types of vegetation are coastal sage scrub, island chaparral, and grassland (Knapp 2005).

The most common native plant communities of Catalina Island are chaparral, coastal sage scrub, island oak - ironwood woodland and grassland.

The species is locally abundant on all of these islands (San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, West Anacapa, Middle Anacapa, East Anacapa), and is found in diverse habitats, including oak woodland, grassland, chaparral and coastal sage scrub.

Skunks on Santa Rosa mainly being found in rocky canyon slopes, cactus patches, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, open woodland areas, and riparian habitats along streams.

Grasslands are among the most widespread plant communities on the Channel Islands, along with coastal sage scrub.

Coastal bluff, island grassland and coastal sage scrub are found on all three islets.

On Santa Rosa Island, spotted skunks were found to be associated with rocky canyon slopes, cactus patches, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, open woodland, other scrub - grassland communities, and riparian habitat along streams.

Coastal bluff, coastal sage scrub, grassland and coastal salt marsh communities occur here as well.

The major vegetative community types on the islands include coastal dune, coastal bluff, coastal sage scrub, grasslands, chaparral, island oak woodlands, mixed hardwood woodlands, pine stands, and riparian areas.

Habitat Channel Islands slender salamanders occur in grassland, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, riparian, oak woodlands, and pine forest communities.

Channel Islands slender salamanders occur in grassland, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, riparian, oak woodlands, and pine forest communities.

Coastal strand, coastal bluffs, valley and foothill grasses, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, island and oak woodlands, pine forests, southern riparian woodlands, and marsh communities are all present.

The native plant communities of Santa Cruz Island include chaparral, oak woodland, Bishop pine (Pinus muriacata) forest, grassland and coastal sage scrub.

Habitats used include beaches, sand dunes, bluffs, grasslands, sage scrub, cactus scrub, chaparral, oak woodlands, riparian woodlands, pine forests, marshes, and developed areas (e.g., towns, campgrounds).

The foxes occur in all habitats on the islands, including valley and foothill grasslands, coastal sage scrub, sand dunes, island chaparral, coastal oak and pine forests, and marshes.

Take Father's Day out on the trail this year with a two mile hike through oak woodlands and sage scrub.

Four different plant communities filled with a wide variety of plant species can be found on Point Loma: southern coastal bluff scrub, maritime succulent scrub, Diegan coastal sage scrub, and southern maritime chaparral.

She has a keen interest in the wildlife of Southern California and plant communities like coastal sage scrub.

Even out here by the coast, where you see the big sage (a distinct thing from coastal sage scrub) you usually find sandstone underneath.

Living in Southern California, it's painful to watch track homes and big box stores taking over every remaining inch of natural coastal sage scrub and chaparral.