Resident families introduced roses to Alcatraz during the military era, between 1850 and 1934. Surprisingly, roses thrived under these conditions and soon filled Alcatraz’s first gardens.

After three decades of consistently and meticulously tallying the daily fall raptor migration at the Golden Gate, we have a lot of great data, and we have an amazing ability to see a kind of baseline raptor migration story for the 19 species that are seen here annually.

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Learn more about the "Leave No Trace Seven Principles" to help minimize our actions may have on plants, animals, other people, and even entire ecosystems.

Aesculus californica, commonly known as the California buckeye or California horse-chestnut, is a species of buckeye native to California and southwestern Oregon.

The pearly everlasting, is an Asian and North American species of flowering perennial plant in the sunflower family.

Armeria maritima, commonly known as the pink sea thrift, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.

 The crimson columbine or western columbine, is a common and attractive wildflower native to western North America.

The wavy-leafed soap plant or California soaproot, is the most common and most widely distributed of the soap plants or soaproots, which make up the genus Chlorogalum of flowering plants.

The American dogwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico.

Live forever is a succulent that occurs in rocky areas and trail cuts. For example, you can find this plant in the Marin Headlands along the coastal trail above Rodeo Beach.