California is just gorgeous especially its oak-dominant landscapes, yes, I’m biased, oaks are my weakness! From oak savannas to dense woodlands and oak-conifer forests, it’s breathtaking. My favorite? Those golden pastures with iconic live oaks. 🌳🌾#Dendrophile #OakSavanna

One of my favorite project sites. Slowly but surely restoring sections of this wildlife area back to oak savannah, prairie, and open oak woodland. #habitat #habitatrestoration #oaksavanna #nature #iowa #midwest

The Karner blue butterfly (Plebejus samuelis) is a federally endangered species of the Great Lakes region; depending on oak savanna & Lupinus perennis as a host plant. Photos taken at Manistee National Forest and Indiana Dunes NP. #karnerbluebutterfly #karnerblue #endangered #greatlakes #oaksavanna

A wide prairie in fall with tall, brown grass and small oak trees with green and brown leaves, with a larger oak tree in the background, and a line of oaks and hickories far in the distance.

There are few things I enjoy more than getting to participate in habitat restoration. I write about my most recent volunteer adventures at rebeccalexa.com/prairie-days/

#habitatrestoration #ecology #restorationecology #prairie #tallgrassprairie #oaksavanna #environmen #conservation