Elmer’s blue eyes and tinker’s penny: Lassen’s diversity is a scientist’s playground by Trina Kleist January 24, 2025 Plant Sciences Students and education For two weeks last July, UC Davis students roamed the meadows and forests of Lassen Volcanic National Park in far northeastern California. As they listened to the calls of flickers and watched for rare snowshoe hares, the students picked up wildflowers such as marsh marigold, grasses such as southern beaked sedge and edible plants such as miner’s lettuce.
