Natural History Wanderings

from Channel Islands and Los Angeles/Santa Monica CNPS Chapters

Tuesday, October 10th (2nd Tuesday instead of 3rd) at 7pm on Zoom

Guest Speaker Jordan Collins will discuss Botanical Resources of the Santa Clara (Utom) River Watershed

Jordan’s talk will provide a detailed summary of the botanical resources (both vascular and non-vascular plants) of the watershed of the Santa Clara River (called Utom by the Chumash). The Utom Watershed botanical study provides a description of the biogeography of the watershed and its flora with over 2,300 plant taxa reported for the region. The study’s findings
will support the conservation of these resources, as well as appropriate land use decisions made within and adjacent to the watershed.