If you visit the park grounds of the CA State Indian Museum and Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, you’ll see a variety of oak trees. There are some at the park that keep a majority of their leaves year round and that is the coast live oak! The coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) is a large, evergreen oak tree that is native to California’s coast. It is known for its gray bark, huge canopy, gnarled branches, and convex leaves with spiny margins. It is a keystone species, providing essential habitat and food for numerous insects and wildlife, in addition to being a staple food source for California Native people for thousands of years since time immemorial. You can learn more about coast live oaks and other types of oak trees on Saturday, October 18th, at our annual Acorn Day! This is a fun day of demonstrations, arts & crafts, educational booths, guided tours of the park, and to learn all about the process of turning acorns into food. This is a FREE public event that takes place outside...