Coastal Terrace Prairie Restoration

Project Basics

Project Sponsor: Environmental Science, Policy & Management (ESPM)

Awarded: $16,000

Grant Awarded: Spring 2018

Project Status: Complete

Project Description 

UC Berkeley’s Richmond Field Station (RFS) contains the last intact, undisturbed native coastal terrace prairie adjacent to the San Francisco Bay shoreline. This prairie contains native bunchgrasses, “the old growth at our feet,” which are possibly thousands of years old. These seventeen acres of ancient, biodiverse prairie contain a rich community of native grasses and forbs (wildflowers), including a rare stand of slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus). UC Berkeley recognizes the value of the prairie, with portions protected for teaching and research.

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