Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration

During the 2019-20 hydrologic year several projects were initiated which are designed to evaluate questions resulting from the long-term Black Lake Ecological Area (BLEA) Nipomo Lupine (Lupinus nipomensis) outplanting experiment. These include an assessment of soil conditions at various sites, an assessment of soil moisture at multiple sites and two additional experimental outplanting trials to evaluate the extent to which fog collection by cages could be more of a factor than herbivory-protection and to evaluate whether there are any benefits to lupine survival from growing with versus without other plants nearby.