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2 unusual facts about coastal prairie


Coastal prairie

The California coastal prairie, a plant community found along the coasts of California and Oregon

Veld

The veld definition may encompass different natural environments, both humid and dry, such as Coastal plain, Coastal prairie, Flooded grasslands and savannas, Grassland, Prairie, Savanna, Steppe, Meadow, Water-meadow, Flood-meadow, Wet meadow, as well as agricultural fields.


Claudia Luke

She has previously served as a preserve director field stations and her career accomplishments include the development of multi-organizational research management collaborations in the areas of coastal prairie conservation, habitat connectivity, environmental sensor networks and wildlife monitoring.

Evan Siemann

The focus of his research has been investigating how local environmental factors (e.g. enemies, resources, disturbance regime and recruitment limitation) interact with post-invasion adaptation to determine the likelihood and severity of Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) invasions into East Texas coastal prairie, mesic forests, and floodplain forests.


see also

Katy Prairie Conservancy

The Texas coastal prairie/marsh ecosystem originally supported large populations of alligators, bullfrogs, white-tailed deer, American bison, Pronghorn, American Black Bear, Eastern wild turkey, red wolf, Eastern Gray Squirrel, fox squirrel, and muskrat.

Sonoma Coast State Park

The Russians are thought to have begun logging the old-growth forests directly above the coastal prairie in the early 19th century.