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Landowner's Guide to Native Grass Enhancement and Restoration, Coastal California
by Mark Stromberg,
Ph.D. Hastings Natural History Reserve, UC-Berkeley
and Paul Kephart, Rana Creek Habitat Restoration, Inc.
People in California have very few guidelines for finding if they already have native grasses in patches remaining on their private property, or guidelines to encourage and preserve such relict patches. Here, we present information on the native grasslands and a set of photographs of native grasses to allow a landowner or land manager to identify some of the important native and non-native grasses. We will also provide a list of additional reading that include some of the more acessable information on California grasslands. We hope you find some native grasses, can manage them with understanding, and if you don't have any, then find a source of nearby native seed and plant a patch of wild California. Don't forget to just stare straight down at the beauty under your feet.
1. Introduction and Background
2.The
Choice: Manage a Relict or Start Again?
Managing
a Native Stand: Fire, Mowing, Grazing
(Enhance
What You Have)
3.
Selected Invasive Weeds: Their
Management In Native Grasslands
(Widespread
Weeds)
4.
Native Grassland Reestablishment
(Start from Scratch)
When
and How to Plant
5. Selected Non-Native Grasses (Recognizing the Problem Plants)
6. Selected Native Perennial Grasses (Recognizing the Beneficial, Natives)
7.
References (Further Reading, Sources of
More Detailed Information)
(Stromberg, Kephart, Yadon
2002. Madrono article: Coastal Grassland
Prairies PDF-168K)
(Kephart, 2001. Restoration
Demonstration at Russian Ridge, Grasslands
article: Resource Demonstration PDF (500K) and see the wonderful
"Bringing Back the Native
Grasses" published by CalFed discussing the
native grass restoration efforts in the Central Valley of California.
(PDF, 2.3Mb..)
8. Appendix: (Contacts, Consultants, Seed Sources, Tools, etc.)