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In a similar vein, does anyone in the Bay Area know why the Santa Cruz mountains on the west side of the valley have a bunch of trees, but the mountains on the
by Xcelerate 7y ago
In a similar vein, does anyone in the Bay Area know why the Santa Cruz mountains on the west side of the valley have a bunch of trees, but the mountains on the east side (near Fremont) have no trees and are mostly just grass? I would think the climate and elevation are similar.
- lisper 7y agoThe mountains on the west cause a lot of moisture in the air to precipitate out as the prevailing winds blow from the west, so they get a lot more rain than the eastern ranges.
- AlotOfReading 7y agoNot only is it drier, but the Diablo range is heavily overgrazed. If it weren't, it'd be the same chaparral woodland you can still see around calaveras dam.
- dredmorbius 7y agoMuch of the Bay Area (and Northern California) was exceedingly heavily lumbered. I don't know for certain that the East Bay hills were heavily timbered though I suspect they were. There's at least one history of the EBH which might answer your question: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467137256 https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467137256