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Vernal pools in these areas exhibit distinct flora and fauna unique to their regions. Habitat Values. Important food source Although most vernal pool critters are very small, they are an important food source for shore birds and waterfowl. Other birds, like the Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias , feed on amphibians that are attracted to the pools for breeding; geese eat vegetation that grows around the pools; and birds, like Cliff Swallows Petrochelidon pyrrhonota , use the mud found around the edges of drying pools to build their nests.
As the pools begin to dry down, tadpoles and salamander larvae begin to metamorphose, sprouting legs that will carry them away from the pools into soil cracks or burrows. Pollinators Vernal pool plants burst into flower, attracting specialized bees and other insects, some of which collect pollen from only a single type of flower, to carry out the important business of pollination.
Places to Visit. Collin Conservation Preserve at Mather Field. Walking Tour 2 will take you to an area of vernal pool complex. In this phase vernal pools are really "banks" full of resting seeds, cysts, and eggs that can survive through summer, and even extended droughts, until the onset of the rains begin the cycle anew.
Mima Mounds The small hills interspersed between the pools are called Mima Mounds. Most of the plants found on the mima mounds are introduced weedy plants not originally found in California. Plants grow readily on the mounds because the soil is well cultivated by??????? There are many hypotheses of how the mima mounds form. Some scientists believe that??????? The Soil The nature of the soil is instrumental in determining whether vernal pools will develop. The soil at Phoenix Park belongs to a type called the Redding Series, and is formed from the gravel and cobble filling the eastern Sacramento Valley.
These materials have washed down from the weathered Sierra rocks by the American and similar rivers. The surfice soil and upper subsoil are reddish, granular, and pourus.
Underlying the upper subsoil is hardpan, which is clay cemented together by siliceous silicone containing chemicals. Because the subsoils and hardpan are impervious to water, rainwater will stand in depressions in the soil and cannot percolate down to ground water. Instead, the water evaporates slowly. These water-filled depressions are the vernal pools. All info except 4 is located on the kiosk at the posted coords. Send me an E-Mail and tell me the name of 2 species of Birds, 1 Invertibrate, and 3 Plants that inhabit the vernal pools.
Also include the size of the Invertibrate that you choose. What do some scientists believe are important in the formation of Mima Mounds?
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