Red Car Property: Native & Non-Native Landscape

Photo: Jonathan Vandiveer, February 28, 2016.  Protected California Black Walnut Trees helps hold the steep slopes together in the rain. This one south grows south of the Silver Lake Ave Public Staircase. Native trees provide habitat for wildlife.

Jade succulents and opuntia cactus are non-natives with shallow roots that do not hold the hillside together, but the plants store water for dry