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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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 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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 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. • Studies of wild turkey populations. • Lyme disease studies. |
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