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Dr. Timothy Krantz
Published May 2023 in International Oaks No. 34: 65–70
Abstract
The Wildlands Conservancy’s Oak Glen Preserve in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California is home to the all-species-considered champion oak of the United States: Quercus chrysolepis. The Apple Fire in 2020 would probably have put an end to this majestic being had it not been for a crew of 27 inmates and 3 wardens from the nearby Vallecito Conservation Camp.
Two years after this fire – and the one that followed one month later – what were barren south-aspect chaparral slopes were already supporting a nearly 50% cover of perennial shrubs, with, in between, a diverse mix of annual and perennial herbaceous species including some that have not been seen or collected in nearly a century.
Keywords
Quercus chrysolepis, Apple Fire, El Dorado Fire