BOTANICAL RESOURCES OF
HOLLISTER RANCH
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
PREPARED BY
BETH HENDRICKSON
WAYNE R. FERREN JR.
TAMARA KLUG
MUSEUM OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND MARINE BIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
PREPARED FOR
HOLLISTER RANCH CONSERVANCY
Box 1000, BULITO CANYON
Gaviota, CA 93117
MUSEUM OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND MARINE BIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106
Foreword
Introduction
Background
Purpose and Scope
Methods
Environmental Setting
Climate
Geomorphology and Structural Geology
Bed Rock and Soil Types
Land Use History
The Pre Euro-American Landscape and Land Uses
Euro-American Exploration and Land Uses
Hollister Ranch
Botanical Resources
The Flora
Vegetation
Biogeographic Analysis
References
Appendices - contact HRC for info
Annotated Catalogue of Vascular Plants
Geographic Database
VII. Acknowledgments and Commentary
List of Tables
Table 1. Plant Species of Special Interest
Table 2. Representative Botanical Areas of Note
List of Figures
Figure 1. Hollister Ranch: General Location Map
Figure 2. Hollister Ranch: a. Roads; b. Parcels
Figure 3. Hollister Ranch, Santa Barbara County,
California
Figure 4. Geology of Hollister Ranch
Figure 5. Soils of Hollister Ranch
Figure 6. Vegetation of Hollister Ranch
Figure 7. Representative Botanical Areas of Note
Botanical Resources of Hollister Ranch, Santa Barbara County, California represents a cooperative effort between the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Museum of Systematics and Ecology (MSE) and the Hollister Ranch Conservancy. Funding provided by the Conservancy helped support two students who conducted much of the fieldwork, and contributed toward the publication of the report. University contributions included MSE funding for the figures produced through development of a Geographic Information System, which was constructed by the UCSB Biogeography Laboratory. Hollister Ranch has a long history of collaboration with the University of California, as exemplified by the compilation of an earlier work for a senior thesis entitled A Flora of Hollister Ranch, by Martin Fletcher. We are pleased to provide this new document, which catalogues and describes the botanical resources of a biologically rich and unique portion of the California coast.
Botanical Resource of Hollister Ranch, Santa Barbara County, California is printed as Environmental Report No.10 of the: MSE, which is managed through the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology (EEMB) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This report series is produced on an occasional basis and includes products of various contracts and grants awarded to MSE. The Museum of Systematics and Ecology is a program-oriented facility that includes the following: (1) traditional roles of natural history museums such as biotic inventories, systematics and biogeographic studies, voucher specimen curation, exhibits, and public service; as well as (2) extended roles such as organismal-level and ecological studies, ecosystem evaluations, habitat management, and environmental planning and impact analysis. The academic mission of MSE is to provide research and educational services for EEMB and to initiate and support research and educational programs at university-wide, community-based, and professional levels. The public service mission includes a wide range of biological services, thereby assuring the availability of knowledge and services at many levels. The Museum's professional and public service missions are fulfilled in part through the MSE Environmental Report Series.
Wayne R. Ferren Jr
Executive Director
Museum of Systematics and Ecology