ORGANISM OF THE SPRING!
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorous
Belongs to the Woodpecker Family
This bird species stores acorns in the family's granaries (storage trees and wood lightpoles). We have documented one family (made up of 3-4 individuals) holding a permanent residence on our campus for at least 6 consecutive years. Recently the family has modified the size of their territory given the recent construction near the botanical gardens.
Located
southeast of the Health & Life Science (HLS) building and northwest of the Gym building.
Our Herbarium
We also house a natural history collection for plants. The herbarium houses a diverse and impressive collection of native plant specimens from our region, which are fully catalogued and ready for study. Many of the specimens have been ethically collected by faculty and students since the 1920s. We offer the resources necessary for educational purposes and research studies. Our students enjoy plant studies in the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, Mojave and Colorado deserts.
Explore the wonders of a botanical garden where plants, birds, lizards, and an array of insects and other invertebrates thrive. Our garden offers a unique teaching and learning experience for students, faculty, and staff. It provides a beautiful outdoor space for our local community to enjoy.
This Botanical Garden is home to over 40 species of plants, each with unique vegetative and flowering characteristics, biological adaptations of fascinating evolutionary and ecological histories. The garden showcases different regions of our local plant biodiversity and it presents a sight of plant evolution with living fossils that evolved millions of years ago! Many of the species also have valuable sociocultural significance.