The Tejon Ranch, straddling the Tehachapi Mountains from the San Joaquin Valley to the Mojave Desert, occupies more than 400 square miles of varied landscapes with elevations ranging from about 500’ along the southern rim of the San Joaquin Valley to more than 6800’ along the Tehachapi crest. For the past seven years Neal has had the privilege of working with the Tejon Ranch Conservancy documenting botanical resources on Tejon Ranch. Neal will discuss some of the elements that make the Tejon Ranch a hotspot of botanical diversity, along with other interesting aspects of the Ranch flora. He will also share photos of some of the more than 40 different special status plant species currently known to occur on the Ranch.
Neal Kramer is an Independent Consulting Botanist with work focusing on rare plant surveys, plant inventories, and vegetation mapping. He received his BA in Botany from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MS in Forest Ecology from the University of Idaho. Neal enjoys plant photography and has contributed more than 16,000 images to the CalPhotos database.
Sat Sep 28 @ 8:00AM - 10:00AM Lake Cunningham Native Garden |
Sat Sep 28 @ 9:00AM - 11:00AM Community Work Day at the Native Plant Garden in Kirk Park |
Sat Oct 05 @ 8:00AM - 10:00AM Lake Cunningham Native Garden |
Sat Oct 05 @ 9:00AM - 11:00AM Community Work Day at the Native Plant Garden in Kirk Park |
Tue Oct 08 @ 7:00PM - 08:30PM Conservation Committee |
Thu Oct 10 @ 7:00PM - 08:30PM The Diversity of Mariposa Lilies Explained Through a Genetics Lens a talk by Dr. Adriana Hernandez |
Sat Oct 12 @ 8:00AM - 10:00AM Lake Cunningham Native Garden |
Sat Oct 12 @ 9:00AM - 11:00AM Community Work Day at the Native Plant Garden in Kirk Park |
Thu Oct 17 @ 7:00PM - 09:00PM CNPS SCV Board Meeting |
Sat Oct 19 @ 8:00AM - 10:00AM Lake Cunningham Native Garden |