SD - SD Herbarium, San Diego Natural History Museum (SD)
AD4C4421-0C89-40E7-A3F4-2074D9804D49
SD171237
Polypogon viridis (Gouan) Breistr.
Poaceae
Joe Barth
499
2005-05-17
05/17/2005
United States, California, San Diego, Chula Vista Wildlife Reserve in southeast San Diego Bay: sandy area south of west basin. (CVWR is accessed via electrical power plant and is a human made site constructed as mitigation for the adjacent J St. marina construction).
32.6138 -117.1105 WGS84
n/a
1 meters (3ft)
Imported sand above littoral zone. CVWR is a series of roads, dikes, and interior fill surrounding 2 tidal marsh basins. Some of the fill sand (for Least Tern nesting areas) is from bay dredging, but some is from more distant sources (ie: Mexico).
Melilotus indica, Camissonia cheiranthifolia, C. californica, Cakile maritima, Lotus nuttallianus, Medicago polymorpha, Erodium cicutarium, Raphanus sativus. Vegetation from this site is periodically removed by mechanical and chemical means.