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Coastside Land Trust Presents ~ Wetland Plants Along the San Mateo County Coast with Local Botanist and Author Toni Corelli
August 6th, 2022 @ 10:00am - 11:00am
From the Coastside Land Trust for Saturday, August 6, 2022 @ 10:00 am
Join local botanist and author, Toni Corelli, as she explores our local wetland plants. The wetlands west of Highway 1 include seasonal freshwater wetlands, saltwater and brackish marshes, riparian (creek, stream, and river) wetlands, wet gullies, ditches and ponds.
The watersheds that surround us drain down from the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
Much of our coastline sits on a mostly flat coastal bluff, where freshwater settles- replenishing the groundwater and draining to the ocean.
This leads to a diverse wetland habitat that supports many plants and animals that live along the San Mateo Coast.
Photographs from upper left: Pond surrounded by small-fruited bulrush (Scirpus microcarpus); riparian (Pilarcitos Creek) with arroyo willow (Salix lasiolepis); ditch with tall cyperus (Cyperus eragrostis); seasonal wetland with Western blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
