Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
| Blue Oak Ranch Reserve | |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Clara County, California |
| Coordinates | 37°22′53″N 121°44′14″W / 37.38139°N 121.73722°WCoordinates: 37°22′53″N 121°44′14″W / 37.38139°N 121.73722°W |
| Area | 3,260 acres (5.09 sq mi) |
| Governing body | University of California, Berkeley |
| Website | http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org |
The Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, is a ecological reserve and biological field station in Santa Clara County, California. It is located on 3,260 acres (13.2 km2) in the Diablo Range, northwest of Mount Hamilton, at 1,500 ft (460 m) elevation.
The land, part of the 19th century Mexican land grant of Rancho Cañada de Pala, was donated to the University of California on December 1, 2007 by the Blue Oak Ranch Trust, an anonymous benefactor.
The Director of the Reserve is Dr. Michael Hamilton, who was previously the director of the James Reserve for 26 years.
Overnight accommodations for academic researchers and educational groups may be made by permission only.
See also
- Quercus douglasii — Blue oak
- California oak woodlands — a plant community within the ranch
- California interior chaparral and woodlands — the plant community that the ranch is within
- California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion — ecoregion of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome, that the ranch is within
- List of California native plants
- Restoration ecology
External links
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve official site
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve environmental observatory
- Blue Oak Reserve: University of California Natural Reserve System
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