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Coastal Grasslands Management
“How to Cheat at Land Management”
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Coastal Grasslands Management
Land management Did not begin with the Europeans The historic extent of California’s grasslands, in
particular, may be fairly anthropogenic May also have impacted species composition
(fire-tolerant species) Humans have been in relationship with this land
for a long time
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Coastal Grasslands Management
Land management
Has a goaloCan be aligned with protecting
biodiversity, maintaining or re-establishing ecological processes, maintaining rare ecosystems, etc.
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Coastal Grasslands Management
How to “Cheat”
• Have a goal
• Know what your land looks like now
• Know what success looks like
• Know how to measure it
• Ongoing monitoring/management
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Coastal Grasslands Management
Figuring out what’s on your land
Problematic species you need to address Native species you want to preserve “The best and the worst”
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How to figure it out• Looking from a high point
• Changes in color, structure, “look” of vegetation• Utilizing other people on the property (e.g.
researchers, stewards, hikers)• Using aerial imagery (esp. for cover type
conversion)• Historic information• Mapping
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How to tell if something might be invasive:
• It’s establishing a monoculture
• You never noticed it before (caveat: it could be something rare; it could be responding to unusual weather or other conditions)
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• It’s lining trails or roads, but you don’t see nearly as much of it if you step off the beaten path
• You know from neighbors, local RCD, or state lists that a particular species is a problem (caveat: for highly invasive species only)
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How to identify your best and worst • Find narrowest (comprehensive) species list for your
area• Taxonomic sufficiency: identify to coarsest useful
taxonomic level• Visual identification (GISS and field marks) • But look at whole plant. Know family characterstics!• Vegetative characteristics• Practice (weekly refreshers)
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Mapping with Volunteers• 10 – 15 species• Invasive perennial grasses• Any other invasives of special
concern• Native perennial grasses• “Other Native Perennial
Grass” category• Caveat: unusual rushes,
sedges• Caveat: “new” perennial
invasive (e.g. Festuca arundinacea on SSU’s Fairfield Osborn Preserve)
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Coastal Grasslands Management
Land Management
• Have a goal
• Know what your land looks like now
• Know what success looks like
• Know how to measure it
• Ongoing monitoring/management
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Coastal Grasslands Management
Management Information• Fire Effects Information System: fs.fed.us/database/feis/
• USDA Plant Fact Sheets and Guides: plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet (DO NOT use for Phalaris aquatica)
• Calflora plant profiles and Calflora Observer app: calflora.org
• Local Resource Conservation District office