Comments on: At home with serpentine http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/at-home-with-serpentine/ focused on, near and under Oakland, California Sat, 25 May 2013 02:13:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Linda L http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/at-home-with-serpentine/#comment-1975 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:58:27 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=799#comment-1975 There is a serpentine section at the UC Botanical Garden on Centennial Drive in Berkeley (between the football stadium and Lawrence Hall of Science). They brought in serpentine rocks, soil, and plants. Nice. This is part of the California section of the garden, which displays a number of different California ecosystems. Good family outing.

]]> By: pete veilleux http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/at-home-with-serpentine/#comment-1520 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:52:42 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=799#comment-1520 right here in oakland, we have an amazing view of serpentine on redwood rd. most of what you see from redwood rd has been colonized by invasives like pampas grass, but if you swing over to crestmont, you can glimpse the largest living populations of a couple of very rare and endangered native species – presidio clarkia, most beautiful jewelflower, along w/ locally unusual plants like squirreltail grass, yerba santa, lotus species, etc… unfortunately, despite this, development still is going on there.

]]> By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/at-home-with-serpentine/#comment-1519 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:25:26 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=799#comment-1519 That’s a great area–actually, there’s plenty of serpentinite north of 92 too. Look over the area in Google Maps satellite view and you’ll see lots of blue rock. The best roadcut I’ve found so far is north of Crystal Springs Road on 35, that first straight stretch. Park on the west side, clamber all over the east side.

]]> By: Kevin http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/at-home-with-serpentine/#comment-1514 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:34:29 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=799#comment-1514 I don’t have any pictures of it right now, but a good place to see serpentine in its natural setting is along I-280 and Cañada Road in San Mateo county, in the area from around Farm Hill boulevard up to around the junction with CA-92.

There’s a space near 92 where, in the spring, it is covered with Goldfields flowers, which I understand are one of the few things that like growing in serpentinite soil.

]]> By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/at-home-with-serpentine/#comment-1502 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:51:12 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=799#comment-1502 Handsome!

]]> By: pete veilleux http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/at-home-with-serpentine/#comment-1501 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:11:46 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=799#comment-1501 here’s a pic i took of a serpentinite wall in big sur – near Salmon Creek.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eastbaywilds/2947466594/

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