Salton Sea NWR Information
| Wetland Category: |
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Salt Marsh |
| NWI Classification: |
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PEM1C7 |
| Latitude: |
33.09020 |
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Longitude: |
-115.69810 |
Image Data |
| Date: |
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03/23/2009 |
| Direction: |
North East |
| State: |
California |
| Country: |
USA |
| Location: |
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge; located in California's Imperial Valley, 40 miles north of the Mexican border at the southern end of the Salton Sea. |
| Author(s): |
Catherine M. Lockwood |
| Affiliation: |
CNL World |
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03/23/2009 | | |
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Description:
Hypersaline (over 48,000 ppt) emergent herbaceous wetland seasonally flooded as lake level rises during winter and spring local rainfall and mountain snow melt. Wetland type is classified as Salt Marsh and is in the Palustrine classification because the inland salinity is not ocean derived.
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Conditions: Wetland is wet this time of year from spring runoff.
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| Dominant Plants: |
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Scientific Name: |
| Swamp Timothy |
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Heleochloa schoenoides |
| Alkali Bulrush |
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Scirpus robustus |
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Disturbances: Agricultural run off and change in lake level. Over several years Salton Sea lake level has continued to fall as additional withdrawal of runoff into Salton Sea is captured for agricultural production. |
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