Lecture from California Native Plant Society

Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter (http://lasmmcnps.org/)
Program Meeting: Restoring Los Angeles Coastal Dunes Habitat
Tuesday, February 10, 7:30 - 9:30 PM

The Los Angeles International Airport Dunes are well known for its endangered inhabitant, the El Segundo Blue Butterfly, but it is also home for over 900 other species, 151 of them arthropod species, and at least 10 species which appear restricted to the El Segundo sand dunes and an additional 25 found only on southern California coastal dunes systems. The plant communities found in the coastal dunes are specialized coastal sage scrub: foredune and backdune, and a highly disturbed coastal sage scrub/coastal prairie/meadow ecotone that is currently being restored. 19 plants of special interest that occur in small numbers in the dunes include Chorizanthe californica var. Sukdorfii, the El Segundo dunes spineflower. Peggy Nguyen, Preserve Manager for the Coastal Dunes and El Segundo Blue Butterfly Preserve, will share the successes of past restoration efforts, and discuss current restoration methods, and the important role of community and active environmental citizenship in the long-term sustainability of those efforts. First United Methodist Church, 1008 11th Street, Santa Monica.