Enjoy the recording of our free community webinar, in which local botanist and author, Toni Corelli, 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.
Please check out these resources provided by Toni Corelli:
Wetland Indicator Species List
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Photographs by Toni Corelli
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