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Contact Information
Virginia L. (“Shorty”) Boucher
Reserve Manager, UCD NRS
DESP / Wickson Hall
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-752-6949
Fax: 530-752-3350
vlboucher@ucdavis.edu |
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Location
Napa County, on a southern peninsula
of Lake Berryessa; half-hour drive from
the Davis campus. Map Quest |
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Facilities
Field station includes one bedroom, a
laboratory/ workspace, full kitchen, and
bath. Camping areas are available for
class use. |
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Databases
Natural History Handbook with species
lists; meteorological, air quality, water
quality, and aquatic ecology databases
available in various formats. |
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Personnel
Roving staff reserve manager;
no on-site personnel. |
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Size
784 ha (1,937 acres) |
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Elevation
134 to 462 m (440 to 1,516 ft) |
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Average Precipitation
62 cm (24 in) per year |
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Average Temperatures
January: 8°C (46°F)
July: 28°C (82°F) |
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 Transect
Articles
specific to Quail Ridge |
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 Mathias
Grant Research
specific to Quail Ridge |
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Site Spec Sheet (PDF) |
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Ridge Reserve |
Established in 1991 |
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| Quail Ridge Website |
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 Located on a precipitous peninsula in one of the driest parts of the northern
Coast Ranges, the Quail Ridge Reserve projects into Lake Berryessa and holds
outstanding remnants of extremely rare native grassland, savanna, and oak woodland
habitats. The near-pristine understory is relatively free of introduced annuals
and includes remaining strongholds of native grasses, including purple needlegrass,
junegrass, California oniongrass, and California fescue that once covered an area the
size of Nevada. The woodlands harbor a diverse mix of oak species, such as valley,
interior live, blue, black, and scrub oak along with numerous hybrids, including
oracle oak. High and rugged Quail Ridge (formerly Wragg Ridge) first became a
peninsula in 1958 with the flooding of Lake Berryessa after construction of the
Monticello Dam. The consequent isolation of the ridge, now a peninsula, is in large
part what has kept the habitat relatively uninvaded by weeds. The Quail Ridge
Reserve, along with two other NRS sites — McLaughlin Natural Reserve and
Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve — and UC Davis’s Putah Creek Campus Reserve,
represent an important link in a series of protected lands in the Putah Creek
watershed. |
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 Field courses
Site visits by university courses in wildlife field techniques, California insect diversity, geology field studies, botany, and others.
Public outreach
Volunteers from Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy offer interpretive walks and environmental education programs for local elementary and secondary schools. |
| Photo Gallery |
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 Selected Research
• Floral studies include effects of grazing
on the evolution of plant life history;
pollen loads in Clarkia unguiculata; and
spatial segregation of coyote brush.
• Biological surveys of butterflies, rodents,
reptiles, and amphibians.
• Ringtail home range, territory size, and
density in foothill woodlands.
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Studies of wild turkey populations.
• Lyme disease studies.
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