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California's natural grasslands originally consisted largely of perennial bunchgrasses.
Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve, near Murietta, CA (1993).
Miles of spring wildflowers can still be seen in some grassland areas.
Highway 68 between Laguna Seca and Spreckels, CA (1985).
The fabulous displays of California Poppies in Antelope Valley have been partly preserved in a state park.
California Poppy SR, Antelope Valley, near Lancaster, CA (1988).
Some of the least disturbed pieces of grassland and vernal pools have been preserved in fenced railroad rights-of-way.
Interstate 5 near Arbuckle, CA (1978).
Here and there patches of near-natural grassland give one a glimpse of what the San Joaquin Valley was once like.
near Tracy, CA (1978).
Vernal pools provide a unique environment as they gradually dry up from winter to summer.
Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve, near Murietta, CA (1993).