Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
{{Short description|Nature reserve in the US}}
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| location = San Francisco Bay Area, California
| nearest_city = Oakland, California
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| area = {{convert|241|acre|km2}}
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File:Chrysolepis chrysophylla Huckleberry BRP 1.jpg (Chrysolepis chrysophylla), at the Preserve]]
File:Papilio eurymedon 000.jpg butterfly (Papilio eurymedon) at the Huckleberry Botanic Preserve]]
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve is a {{convert|241|acre|km2}} regional park and nature reserve in the Oakland Hills, in the eastern East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area) region of the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It is within Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.[http://www.ebparks.org/parks/huckleberry EBRPD-huckleberry "Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve." East Bay Regional Parks District] Accessed November 1, 2011 It is a park within the East Bay Regional Parks District system. The Preserve is named after the California Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) which grows abundantly within its habitat.
Geography
The Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve is on the crest of the Oakland Hills, located above Oakland and Orinda. It represents a relic plant association found only in certain areas along the coastal climate region of California, where specific soil and climatic conditions still exist. It is a very diverse botanical area for native plants of the mixed evergreen forest and montane chaparral and woodlands ecoregions and plant communities. Trails connect the preserve with Robert Sibley Volcanic Preserve on the north, and Redwood Regional Park on the south.[https://oaklandwiki.org/Huckleberry_Botanic_Regional_Preserve "Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve." Oakland Wiki.] Accessed September 1, 2017.
The Huckleberry Trail is a {{convert|1.7|mile|km}} self-guided nature path that loops through the Preserve. Besides the California Huckleberry, other plants include the Golden chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla), western leatherwood, Douglas iris, wood fern and western sword fern. Trees include California Bay (Umbellularia californica), Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), pallid manzanita, brittleleaf manzanita, and California hazelnut.{{Cite web|url=https://baynature.org/article/discover-the-rare-blooms-of-huckleberry-preserve-in-the-east-bay-hills/|title=Find Rare Plants Flowering at Huckleberry Preserve in the East Bay Hills|last=Penn|first=Stephanie|website=Bay Nature|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-29}}
Visitation
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.ebparks.org/parks/huckleberry Official Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve website]
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Category:East Bay Regional Park District
Category:Parks in Alameda County, California
Category:Parks in Contra Costa County, California
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Botanical gardens in California
Category:Parks in the San Francisco Bay Area
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