The Del Mar Mesa Preserve is located just to the south of State Route 56. It is part of the larger Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve which stretches seven miles from the I-5/I-805 merge on its western ...

Grand Forks' first Christmas tree was not a lofty pine. No, indeed. The first Christmas tree was a scrub oak propped up in the little Methodist Church in 1877, according to Herald files. The tree was ...

For the first time, a plant specimen has been cryopreserved and placed into the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo, a step scientists believe could help the endangered scrub oak species ...

If you live in the foothills, you probably have Gambel oak, aka scrub oak (Quercus gambelii), in your landscape. This native tree has some great attributes and some big management challenges. Good ...

The scrub oaks were leafed out and blooming. The black locusts were not only sprouting leaves, but also starting to bloom! Had I taken my own advice, and waited to bring out the tomatoes until after ...