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Pine Hill Preserve
Located in western El Dorado County, Pine Hill Preserve is home to a collection of eight rare plant species.These plants grow in a roughly oval area centering on Green Valley Road and stretching from Folsom Lake in the north to Highway 50 in the south. The entire preserve encompasses 4,122 acres under Federal, State and County ownership, and 3,276 of these acres are included in an area designated for the recovery of five federally listed plants. Three of the plant species that grow in the Pine Hill Preserve are endemic, which means they grow nowhere else in the world. Two more species are nearly endemic, with only a few plants found elsewhere. This assemblage of rare plants is part of a unique community confined to soils known as the Rescue soils, named after the nearby community of Rescue, CA. Rescue soils have unusual properties derived from the underlying gabbro rock. They are generally red, mildly acidic, rich in iron and magnesium, and often contain other heavy metals. Seven hundred distinct plant species have been recorded in the Rescue soil areas and the adjoining serpentine and metamorphic rocks. This means that 10% of the native plant species in California can be found in this tiny fraction of the state!
Final Pine Hill Preserve Management Plan (pdf 904 kb) Pine Hill Preserve Boundary Location Map (pdf 261 kb) Pine Hill Preserve's Rare Plants The Pine Hill Preserve is operated under a cooperative management agreement between the following agencies and organizations:
The Preserve needs, and appreciates our dedicated Volunteers!! For more information contact: Barb Williams, Volunteer Coordinator Graciela Hinshaw, Preserve Manager Bureau of Land Management Additional information go to: www.pinehillpreserve.org
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