SEED PILE PROJECT
citizen science
sacramento + Yolo Counties | 2021 - ongoing
The Seed Pile Project is a community science initiative by Miridae Living Labs and UC Davis Landscape Architecture faculty to better understand the dynamics of native plant seed dispersal in human-dominated landscapes. It invites community participants to drop small piles of local, California native seeds in urban areas where they live or work, then monitor the results through repeated observations.
Using data from participants on the conditions under which certain species of these locally adapted seeds spread, survive, or die, we can gain a better understanding of which native species to incorporate into the built environment and where to put them for the greatest ecological benefit and resilience.
For 2023-24, we are focusing on Sacramento’s River District neighborhood! Interested in participating? Sign up here!
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