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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
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Pond at Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa

There are 12 communities derived from 26 vegetation associations identified by the California Natural Diversity Database classification system (Holland 1986). These include coastal salt marsh, coastal strand, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, coast live oak woodland, riparian woodland, valley oak savanna, freshwater ponds/lakes, rock outcrops, and suburban development.

Click here to download a checklist of the plants of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Sue Nelson, Jill Swift, and Margo Feurer were instrumental in the movement to create a national recreation area near Los Angeles.  

Did You Know?
Four state parks were the triumph of a grassroots movement to protect open spaces minutes from Los Angeles in the 1950s & 60s. Three women, Sue Nelson, Jill Swift, and Margo Feuer further galvenized the movement that helped make Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area a reality in 1978.

Last Updated: May 09, 2008 at 14:17 EST