Feb. 20, 2025 — Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern ...

They pretty much concurred. The coastal live oak, Quercus virginiana, led everyone’s list because it supports the most species and has a terrific evergreen canopy for nesting. “Even ground ...

To make sure coastal martens never slip out of human awareness again, in 2010 the Center for Biological Diversity and the Environmental Protection and Information Center (EPIC) filed a scientific ...

Year-round: oak woodlands and mixed oak-conifer or oak-riparian woodlands. Most abundant where several species of oaks co ... along the immediate Pacific coast and in western deserts; accidental ...

Since the gnatcatcher was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1993 — soon after future Center staffer David Hogan filed a listing petition — the Center has been challenging ...