Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, Southern Californians have been encouraged, for years, to rip ...

Here are plants and flowers to enjoy, one for every month of the year, from lilacs, camellias and poinsettias to native buckwheat, wildflowers and toyon.

The native landscape is chaparral, not forest—and clearing out the brush could make fires even worse. When the Palisades Fire ...

Grasses and trees brought to California for agriculture, landscaping, or by accident, have transformed the state’s fire dynamics. “Many non-native species can propagate fire faster than native ...

Native wildlife tends to really like native trees and shrubs, so if you’re looking to bring more California butterflies into your yard, you know what to do. Certain tree species tend to do best ...

Among the supporters of listing were U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein and state Assemblymember James Ramos, the chair of the California Native American Legislative Caucus. So far all Tribal input has ...

“This mining withdrawal is a key step in protecting these highly restricted rare and endangered plants, whose habitat has already been significantly reduced by mining,” said Aaron Sims, rare plant ...