Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
The Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, is an ecological reserve and biological field station in Santa Clara County, California. It is located on in the Diablo Range, northwest of Mount Hamilton, at elevation.
The land, part of the 19th century Mexican land grant of Rancho Cañada de Pala, was donated to the University of California on December 1, 2007, by the Blue Oak Ranch Trust, an anonymous benefactor.
Overnight accommodations for academic researchers and educational groups may be made by permission only.
Flora
Flora of Blue Oak Ranch Reserve includes:;Invasive introduced species
;Plant communities
- valley oak woodland
- black oak woodland
- coast live oak woodland
- riparian forest
- chamise chaparral
- Diablan sage scrub
- non-native annual grassland
- wildflower field
- native perennial grassland
Fauna
Fauna of Blue Oak Ranch Reserve includes:- Western toad
- Pacific tree frog
- Pacific chorus frog
- red-legged frog
- California newt
- California tiger salamander
- Western pond turtle
- red-winged blackbird
- pied-billed grebe
- Canada goose
- American coot
- wood duck