The Spectacular Plant Diversity of San Pedro Valley Park – Morgan Stickrod

On Saturday, January 13th, 2024 at 7 pm, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Morgan Stickrod, a botanist and plant ecologist with over 10 years of experience doing research and field work. He presented a lecture via Zoom entitled “The Spectacular Plant Diversity of San Pedro Valley Park.” Home to over 350 species of vascular plants, the ~1,052 acres of San Pedro Valley Park host an impressive diversity of plants and habitats, many of which are quite rare and have distributions barely exceeding the boundaries of the park. Morgan described the maritime chaparral, coastal scrub, riparian, and coastal grassland habitats of the park, with emphasis on the fascinating flora and plant communities associated with them.