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Welcome to the Test Plot log. Please check back for seasonal updates and research findings from our volunteers and stewards. 
BY PLOT
Elysian | RIo de Los Angeles | Baldwin Hills | USC Campus | Debs | Elephant Hill | San Bruno (Eucalyptus) | Catalina Island | Starr King | Burn Scar | LHS Ohlone Hillside | Rainbow Canyon | Puente Hills | La Esquinita | Interesting topics

AUTHORS


2025
10/4 SITE SENSORY EVENT AT RAINBOW CANYON
(An Oral History)

9/10 UNDER PRESSURE
by Alex Robinson

7/27 HEAVY HITTERS
by Tom Hurst

6/13 SEED COLLECTION
by Will Macfarlane

5/23 GETTING AHEAD OF BRUSH CLEARANCE
by Jen Toy

5/01 GARDENING IN THE GERMAN SPEAKING WORLD
by Max Kanter

4/04 VINEGAR SPRAY TRIALS
by Jen Toy

3/31 “PLANT MVPS” UNDER THE EUCALYPTUS 
by Jen Toy

3/30 PHASE 2 AT STARR KING
by Théa Ryan

2/28 FERRY BOATS, VANS, & A BIT OF MAINTENANCE
by Scott Applebaum and Berit Cummings

2/27 BURN SCAR SEEDLINGS
by Hannah Pae 


2024

11/21 STARR KING TEST PLOT PHASE 2 BEGINS
by Elena Fox

10/24 RAINBOW CANYON KICKOFF 
by Tatianna Velicer 

10/22 GREEN RAVINE  @ CATALINA ISLAND TURNS 1!
by Alex Robinson

7/14 JULY AT THE BURN SCAR
by Hannah Pae

7/08 DISTURBANCE, ELYSIAN
by Jenny Jones

6/20 SUMMER SOLSTICE CHECK-IN
by Anthony Martin

6/08 BALDWIN HILLS TURNS 3!
 by Jen Toy

6/07 DEBS FIRST FRIDAYS
by Cody Porter

5/25  EUCALYPTUS UNDERSTORY 
1 YEAR EVALUATION
 by Jen Toy

5/17 MAY AT THE BURN SCAR
by Hannah Pae

1/15 EUCALYPTUS 2nd PLANTING
 by Jen Toy


2023

11/13 UNDER THE EUCALYPTUS
by Victoria Bevington

11/06 STARR KING INTRO
by Terremoto SF

10/16 WATCHING WEATHER
Q&A with Joey Farewell

9/18 CATALINA SOIL TEST #1
Q&A with Alia Harris and Emersyn Klick

7/10 DEBS FIELD SKETCHES
by Hannah Pae

6/08 IT’S RAINING OAKS 
by Joey Farewell

5/25 SECRET SUPERBLOOM
by Jenny Jones

3/29 RAINBOW RIVER
by Dani Vonlehe, Jenny Jones, Dante Inguinez

3/23 VERTICAL MULCH
by Nina Weithorn

3/10 SPRING AT DEBS
by Adrian Tenney

3/07 WHAT’S IN BLOOM AT BALDWIN
by Arely Media Perez

2/15 USC NEW PLANTS
by Nina Weithorn

VALENTINE’S DAY AT RIO
by Daniela Velazco

1/30 ELEPHANT HILL RAINS
by Joey Farewell

2022

FIELD DRAWINGS FROM SAN BRUNO MOUNTAIN
by Lian Mae Tualla, Tera Johnson

10/22 RIO FIELD NOTES
by Daniela Velazco

STARTING THE USC CAMPUS PLOTS
by Alex Robinson

10/13 ELYSIAN AFTER 3 YEARS
 Q&A with Jenny Jones

10/06 RIO AFTER 2 YEARS
Q&A with Jen Toy

2021

STARTING BALDWIN HILLS
by Daniela Velazco


MEET THE SUPER STEWARDS
All interviews by Daniela Velazco + Hannah Flynn

TANIA ROMERO

DANTE INIGUEZ + ANTHONY MARTIN

LUIS RINCON

BURN SCAR COMMUNITY WORKDAY
Burn Scar Test Plot 
By Hannah Pae
Burn Scar volunteer, Terremoto designer
DATE: April 19 2024
TIME: 8:00-11:30am
 ︎ WEATHER: Overcast
SOIL MOISTURE: dry
︎PLANT SIGHTINGS: First wave of CA native wildflowers are coming up in full force (see pics below)
WEED SIGHTINGS: Black Mustard (Brassica nigra), Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana),  Brome (Bromus diandrus?)
︎WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS: Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) and Spider (species unknown)
︎HUMAN ACTIVITY:  Good number of trail users

SPECIES ADDED (new species*)
  • Big Berry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca)*
  • Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)
  • California Brittlebush (Encelia californica)
  • Climbing Penstemon (Keckiella cordifolia)*
  • Lemonade Berry (Rhus integrifolia)*
  • Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla)
  • White Sage (Salvia apiana)

Coastal Tidytips (Layia platyglossa) California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) First of the Clarkia Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) California Bluebells (Phacelia campanularia) Goldfields (Lasthenia californica) We had a great turnout of superstar volunteers come through today Together we got (70) 1-gallon plants in the ground

mulched... and watered (by linking (6) 100’ hoses together)

Tim watering the new plantas
Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) Spider, unknown species