Sedgwick Ranch

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click for enlargement April 7, 2001, Sedgwick Ranch from Anderson View, where one can first see the ranch from the road entering the property. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, sage beginning to bloom, from Anderson View. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, on the road entering the ranch, where various buildings of the ranch can be seen. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, old barn at ranch. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, old feeding trough. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, ranch building. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, Sedgwick Ranch is now one of the UC Reserves, an area where much research is conducted. In this photo, undergraduates are participating in a plant study. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, one of the study areas on the Sedgwick. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, flowering bluedicks. Susanna Baumgart.
click for enlargement April 7, 2001, tidytips. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, blue-eyed grass. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, Mariposa lily. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, yellow violets. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger imagev April 5, 2004, field near weather station. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, acorn storage. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, miners' lettuce growing in oak tree. (It had already dried up on the ground.) Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, oak with lace lichen and other lichens on it. Susanna Baumgart. Lace lichen is an air plant, taking nothing from the tree, and only grows where the air is excellent quality. It no longer grows in Santa Barbara! Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, "magical forest" of oaks with lace lichen. Lace lichen is an air plant, taking nothing from the tree, and only grows where the air is excellent quality. It no longer grows in Santa Barbara! Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, two oaks growing together: a valley oak (with the lighter, larger leaves) and a live oak. The trunk on the right is the valley oak; the trunk on the left is the live oak. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, this spring's new oak leaves and old lichens on branch. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, view southwards from the ridge just east of the ranch buildings. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, view through some oaks of pastureland on the east side of Sedgwick Ranch. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, cattle-trimmed pasture and oak tree on ridge just east of ranch buildings. Susanna Baumgart.
click for larger image April 5, 2004, Figueroa Creek valley, just north of the ranch buildings and looking northeastward at the end of the day. Susanna Baumgart.
   
 

The Pedology website, generated by Prof. Oliver Chadwick and his students, has photos of the Sedgewick Ranch, too.

 

 

April 13, 2004
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