Coastal Splendor

Can you feel the breeze at Jenner? This stretch of Highway 1 along the Sonoma coast is a popular route for bicyclists and motorcyclists alike. Coastal Splendor features golden poppies and California needle grasses along with a stunning coastal view. California needle grass is a 2-3 foot tall native bunchgrass with 2-6 feet deep roots. It is drought and heat tolerant, grows in poor soil, and burns slowly. This makes it a valuable plant for habitat restoration, erosion control and stabilizing levees and hillsides. The indigenous peoples of California used this grass for food and making baskets and benefited from the animals that fed on it. Later immigrants depended on this grass to feed livestock and wildlife.