Comments on: Scars http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/scars/ focused on, near and under Oakland, California Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:59:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan L http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/scars/#comment-525 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:03:06 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=353#comment-525 I think you are talking about this location. It’s a south-facing slope, and what grazers remain are relatively few in numbers compared to what “used” to run wild on those slopes. Eucalyptus will continue to dominate,
unless it is attached by geophiles bearing glyphosate :-)

The “wedge” you talk about appears to be here, showing an Oak grassland.

Without more grazers, I suspect that the wedge will get brushy over
the coming years, with coyote bush making up most of it. I don’t think it can be maintained in its current state without significant human effort
(which is fine, as it is in an urban area).

I very much enjoy your writing, combining as it does walking and geology.

[Thanks. I mis-edited this post and wiped out your first link, but now it definitely points to the location of this photo. --Andrew]

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