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Not far from the UC Santa Cruz campus is a 40 acre forest plot. Students have been counting seeds and measuring trees on this plot for more than a decade. That data has been used in a new study that aims to understand what our forests will look like in generations to come. And the findings suggest that change is on the horizon.
A short walk away from the roadway and into the UCSC Campus Natural Reserve; along a slim and recently rain soaked dirt path; passing Redwoods, Douglas Firs and Pacific Madrones; Gregory Gilbert finds what he’s been looking for… a seed trap.