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Yearly transect work on the reserve

Apr 25, 2018 | Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Blog, Conservation, Education, Plants, Research, Research Center, Sustainability, Weeds

Annual Transect plant counts and soil samples on the reserve by UCI faculty, staff, and grad student last week. 2 transects on the ground, one on a south slope, and one a north slope. With the lack of rain, plant counting went a lot faster than last year (Photos:...

Making a vegetation map of the Sentenac Cienega site

Apr 24, 2018 | ABF, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Blog, Conservation, Education, Plants, Weeds

UCI’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty and students went out defining the existing plant associations to make a vegetation map of the Sentenac Cienega site in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The map will be used to develop a restoration...
Ecosystems of California class field trip to study desert plants

Ecosystems of California class field trip to study desert plants

Nov 18, 2016 | Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Blog, Conservation, Education, Events, Plants, Research Center

Dr. Paul Fine, Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley, and his Ecosystems of California class spent 3 nights at the Research Center and 2 days in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park over Veterans Day weekend. They stopped for this group...
Desert lily (Hesperocallis undulata) and desert sand verbena (Abronia villosa) now starting to bloom!

Desert lily (Hesperocallis undulata) and desert sand verbena (Abronia villosa) now starting to bloom!

Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, General, Plants

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Recent Posts

  • Botany Society presents: The genetics of the rare Wolf’s Cholla (Cylindropuntia wolfii) November 11, 2022
  • Yaqui Pass to Yaqui Ridge to Pinyon Ridge Traverse October 7, 2020
  • Santa Ana Dust Event January 30, 2020
  • Protected: Borrego Palm Grove Fire January 18, 2020 Regeneration Timeline January 27, 2020
  • Evaluating Particulate Matter Air Quality in Borrego Springs and Air Quality Salton Sea presentations 1-12-2020 January 14, 2020

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Jim Dice, Reserve Manager

University of California, Irvine
Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Ctr.
P.O. Box 2098
401 Tilting T. Drive
Borrego Springs, CA 92004-2098
Email: dicej@uci.edu
Phone: (760) 767-1010

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