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Photographer: Thomas Chris English
Taken: April 5, 2010
Caption: Willis Linn Jepson Native Plants Memorial Garden
Additional Description: This 2009 Eagle Scout project by Mr. Kohlsmith of Vacaville Troop 180 keeps alive the memory of W.L Jepson. He was born in the Vaca Valley in 1867 and was the internationally known botanist whose Flora of California lifetime work was the first scientific description of most of California's native and introduced plants. He was a lover of nature and co-founder of the Sierra Club with John Muir. Mr. Jepson's Flora, the Jepson Herbarium at his Alma Mater the University of California-Berkeley, and his affect on his many influential students have shaped the outdoor ethic of California to this day. Some of the plants in the ranch pond area are old enough to have been planted by Jepson.
Submitted: April 12, 2010, by Chris English of Phoenix, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p104752
File Size: 3.673 Megabytes

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