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Article: A rare plant returns to San Francisco Bay.(Suaeda californica)
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Bulletin
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
- Author:
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Suaeda californica, or California sea-blite, is a rare perennial subshrub in the goosefoot family. The Fish and Wildlife Service listed this plant as an endangered species in 1994. The species historically grew along high tide lines in salt marshes of Morro Bay and central and south San Francisco Bay, often on salt marshes bordering sand or shell beach edges.
The species had been absent from San Francisco Bay since about 1960 when several years ago two failed attempts were made to reintroduce it to the San Francisco Bay's western shoreline. Seed dispersal from one of those failed reintroduction attempts resulted in successful ...