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California coastal salt marsh information


Mission Bay Wetlands in San Diego, California, taken by Joanna Gilkeson and the USFWS. Public Domain Mark 1.0 (PDM 1.0).

California's coastal salt marsh is a wetland plant community that occurs sporadically along the Pacific Coast from Humboldt Bay to San Diego. This salt marsh type is found in bays, harbors, inlets, and other protected areas subject to tidal flooding.

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California coastal salt marsh

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California's coastal salt marsh is a wetland plant community that occurs sporadically along the Pacific Coast from Humboldt Bay to San Diego. This salt...

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Salt marsh

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A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between...

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Brackish marsh

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This commonly happens upstream from salt marshes by estuaries of coastal rivers or near the mouths of coastal rivers with heavy freshwater discharges...

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Marsh

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that marshes contain 0.1% of global sequestered terrestrial carbon. Moreover, they have an outsized influence on climate resilience of coastal areas...

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Chloropyron molle

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the family Orobanchaceae. It is endemic to California, where it is known in coastal and inland salt marshes in the Central Valley, particularly the Sacramento-San...

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Parasitism

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(parasite increased trophic transmission). For example, in the California coastal salt marsh, the fluke Euhaplorchis californiensis reduces the ability of...

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Eureka Marsh

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Eureka Marsh is located entirely within the City of Eureka, California, and contains over 100 acres (0.40 km2) of both salt and freshwater marshes, wetlands...

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San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds

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opportunities. Restored tidal marshes will provide critical habitat for the endangered California clapper rail and the salt marsh harvest mouse. The restoration...

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Ballona Wetlands

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the wetlands include coastal prairie, coastal willow woodland, coastal shrubland, salt pannes and pools, vernal pools, and coastal urban forests. In addition...

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Cuscuta salina

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English name salt marsh dodder and is a native plant of western North America. The habitat includes coastal tidal wetlands in California, as well as saline...

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Jaumea carnosa

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names marsh jaumea, fleshy jaumea, or simply jaumea, is a halophytic salt marsh plant native to the wetlands, coastal sea cliffs and salt marshes of the...

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Western Gulf coastal grasslands

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Floodplain; Texas–Louisiana Coastal Marshes; Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes; Laguna Madre Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes; and Lafayette Loess...

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Marine coastal ecosystem

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and birds. Salt marshes are coastal wetlands which thrive on low-energy shorelines in temperate and high-latitude areas, populated with salt-tolerant plants...

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Eastern Desert

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coastal region of the Eastern Desert: littoral salt marsh, coastal desert and coastal mountains. The presence of sea spray, tidal movements and salt water...

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Salt evaporation pond

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response to early tidal salt marsh restoration at former commercial salt evaporation ponds in San Francisco Bay, California, USA, Natural Resources and...

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California Floristic Province

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of these ranges, typically desert. Coastal strand (same in Munz) Coastal prairie (same in Munz) Coastal salt marsh (same in Munz) Chaparral (hard chaparral)...

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Coastal engineering

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harsh environment of salt seawater are typical challenges for the coastal engineer – as are the morphodynamic changes of the coastal topography, caused...

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Marine ecosystem

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include mudflats, seagrass meadows, mangroves, rocky intertidal systems, salt marshes, coral reefs, lagoons. In the deep water, hydrothermal vents may occur...

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California coastal sage and chaparral

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sage scrub, California coastal prairie, chamise chaparral, southern oak woodland, pine forests, riparian woodland, and salt marshes. Prominent coast adjacent...

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Managed retreat

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erosion. This erosion may involve coastal squeeze, where protective sea walls prevent the landward migration of salt marsh in response to sea level rise when...

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Suaeda esteroa

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leaves. It is native to the estuaries and salt marshes of coastal southern California and Baja California. Jepson Manual Treatment Calflora.org San Diego...

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Chloropyron maritimum

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to Baja California. This is a halophyte which grows in areas of high salt concentrations, including coastal salt marshes and the inland salt flats of...

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Napa Sonoma Marsh

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Marsh is a wetland at the northern edge of San Pablo Bay, which is a northern arm of the San Francisco Bay in California, United States. This marsh has...

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Lycium californicum

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County south into Baja California, below 150 m. It is most plentiful in the ecotone between salt marshes-estuaries and the coastal sage scrub plant community...

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California Coastal Conservancy

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The California State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC, SCC) is a non-regulatory state agency in California established in 1976 to enhance coastal resources and...

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Pluchea odorata

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(September) : Sweetscent (Salt-marsh Fleabane) - Pluchea odorata". Mother Nature's Back Yard. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2015-09-16. "Marsh Fleabane". Natural History...

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Coastal erosion in Louisiana

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Coastal erosion in Louisiana is the process of steady depletion of wetlands along the state's coastline in marshes, swamps, and barrier islands, particularly...

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