Volunteer Day at McLaughlin Reserve
Volunteer day: Third Annual Goat Grass Grab
Serpentine areas in California provide some of the few remaining examples of truly native California grasslands. Over most of California, our native grassland species have been replaced by invasive annual grasses from Europe and Asia. Most of these invasive species are unable to tolerate the harsh soil conditions on serpentine, and so serpentine meadows have become a refuge for our native grassland flora. Barbed goatgrass is a noxious weed from the Mediterranean and Asia that shows unusual tolerance to serpentine and it is rapidly invading serpentine meadows and other grasslands throughout California.
Our mission during the goat grass grab will be to comb some of the best native serpentine meadows at the McLaughlin Reserve, and selectively remove goatgrass before it has a chance to spread. Bring work gloves. Lunch and refreshments will be provided, and we will cook a group dinner at the reserve field station at the end of the day.
For more information, contact:
Cathy Koehler or Paul Aigner
Resident Co-Directors
UC Davis - McLaughlin Reserve
mclaughlin@ucdavis.edu
(707)995 9005
Serpentine areas in California provide some of the few remaining examples of truly native California grasslands. Over most of California, our native grassland species have been replaced by invasive annual grasses from Europe and Asia. Most of these invasive species are unable to tolerate the harsh soil conditions on serpentine, and so serpentine meadows have become a refuge for our native grassland flora. Barbed goatgrass is a noxious weed from the Mediterranean and Asia that shows unusual tolerance to serpentine and it is rapidly invading serpentine meadows and other grasslands throughout California.
Our mission during the goat grass grab will be to comb some of the best native serpentine meadows at the McLaughlin Reserve, and selectively remove goatgrass before it has a chance to spread. Bring work gloves. Lunch and refreshments will be provided, and we will cook a group dinner at the reserve field station at the end of the day.
For more information, contact:
Cathy Koehler or Paul Aigner
Resident Co-Directors
UC Davis - McLaughlin Reserve
mclaughlin@ucdavis.edu
(707)995 9005