The Knoll Habitat Restoration Project

The Knoll Habitat Restoration Project

Association of Environmental ProfessionalsUCSD Student Chapter

Restoration Plot

Removal and Treatment of Invasive Tree Tobacco         (Nicotiana

glauca)

Germination of Natives at the UCSD Greenhouse

Coast Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus

Viridescens)

• Native Shrub• Coastal Sage Scrub• Endemic• Rare

Chalk Dudleya

(Dudleya

pulverulenta)

• Native perennial• Coastal Sage Scrub• Coastal Bluff Scrub• Leaves powdery

forming “chalk”

Reintroduced Bee Plant (Scrophularia

californica)

• Native Perennial• Coastal Sage Scrub• Chaparral • Habitat for Chalcedon

Checkerspot Butterfly

Bladderpod

(Isomeris

arborea)

• Native Shrub• Coastal Sage Scrub• Endemic to California• Provides Habitat for

Harlequin Bug

Reintroduced California Buckwheat         (Eriogonum

fasciculatum) 

• Native shrub• Coastal sage scrub• Chaparral• Provides habitat for

native rodents

Habitat Restoration in Action