Scientists decode mysteries of California’s rich flora ecologies with Tejon Conservancy

  • [Mike White photo]

    [Mike White photo]

Mountain residents are invited to take a front-row center seat to the exciting discoveries being made at the Tejon Ranch Conservancy by true-life Indiana Jones scientists.

This Friday, Feb. 27, come be part of the excitement as Nick Jensen speaks about the natural mysteries of this region’s plant life at the Frazier Park Library, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free.

Jensen and his colleagues wonder if they have discovered a new species as they study the “Blue Ridge Lomatium.” They have come upon curious gaps in the flora habitat that raise many questions they are trying to solve.

“I am elated and filled with anticipation, because in under-explored regions like Tejon Ranch, you truly never know what you are going to find. This Lomatium and the other potentially new species…are evidence of this. For me, being involved in the process of scientific discovery is one of the things that make me passionate about conducting botanical research,” Jensen said in his notes as he prepared for this Friday’s presentation.

Come meet the scientists in person and hear more about the excitement of exploring 270,000 acres of Tejon Ranch at the intersection of the San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert, Sierra Nevada and Western Transverse Ranges.

—Patric Hedlund

This is part of the February 27, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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