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Above: A longhorn moth takes a break on a blossom of Tidy Tips, one of many small wildflowers native to Edgewood Park, where volunteers toil year-round in a rear-guard battle against the invasion of non-native grasses. Right: Volunteers assisting in 2011 in repopulating Edgewood Park with the Bay Checkerspot butterfly are led by Stewart Weiss, right, the co-founder and chief scientist of the Creekside Center for Earth Observation in Menlo Park.
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Mateo County Parks Department mows the grasses down before they go to seed. “If we didn’t do that, we wouldn’t have a habitat. It really breaks my heart to see so many grasses here,� Mr. Korbholz says. “Their nutrients are being stolen from them. ... I frankly feel we’re losing the battle. ... I watch these grasses come in and multiply and take over. It’s a sad, sad story, but we keep trying.� The invasive grasses employ windblown pollination and the county can’t mow it all, so in every week of the year, volunteer “weed warriors� are out there trying to assist the survival of dwarf plantain, owl’s clover and the rest, Mr. Korbholz says. The areas of the meadows that are still mostly flowers are fenced off. Well before the volunteers cross that boundary, they brush the soles of their shoes to remove foreign seeds. Within the protected areas there are occasional patches of grass, but that is
native bunch grass, Mr. Korbholz says. The flowers, though small, are plentiful and make a vibrant living carpet, mostly in shades of yellow unless you look closely. Like their larger cousins, these flowers’ common names reflect the enchantment of observers unencumbered by modernity: Ithuriel’s Spear, Farewell to Spring, Tidy Tips, Blue-eyed Grass, Cream Cups and — perhaps exemplifying an emphasis on the truth in the name rather than its beauty — Hog Fennel. The soil in the protected areas is rich in a mineral that the invasive grasses can’t tolerate, but the flowers can, and it shows in the fields of flowers. “This, to me, I mean it doesn’t get any better than this,� Mr. Korbholz says surrounded by flowers. “It’s spectacular. If I were a butterfly, this is where I’d hang out. Unfortunately, I don’t see any.� Will enough caterpillars find enough plantain and owl’s clover leaves to carry them through hibernation this year? We won’t know until next spring.
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