Meadows of California

E204024

Meadows of California are diverse grassland and wetland ecosystems found throughout the state’s valleys and mountains, supporting rich plant and wildlife communities and playing key roles in water storage and biodiversity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Meadows of California canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecosystem type ⓘ
grassland ecosystem ⓘ
wetland ecosystem ⓘ
characterizedBy grasses ⓘ
herbaceous vegetation dominance ⓘ
high water table in many sites ⓘ
rushes ⓘ
seasonal flooding in many sites ⓘ
sedges ⓘ
foundIn Cascade Range in California ⓘ
Central Valley of California ⓘ
linked to: Central Valley

Coast Ranges of California ⓘ
Klamath Mountains ⓘ
Peninsular Ranges ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (U.S.) ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada

Transverse Ranges ⓘ
hasEcosystemFunction biodiversity support ⓘ
carbon sequestration ⓘ
erosion control ⓘ
flood attenuation ⓘ
groundwater recharge ⓘ
nutrient cycling ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
hasEcosystemType alpine meadow ⓘ
dry meadow ⓘ
floodplain meadow ⓘ
montane meadow ⓘ
riparian meadow ⓘ
subalpine meadow ⓘ
valley meadow ⓘ
wet meadow ⓘ
importantFor downstream water quality ⓘ
drinking water supply in California ⓘ
habitat connectivity in California landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
United States ⓘ
managedBy conservation organizations in California ⓘ
federal land management agencies in the United States ⓘ
state agencies of California ⓘ
supports amphibians ⓘ
aquatic invertebrates ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
native plant species of California ⓘ
native wildlife of California ⓘ
pollinators ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
grazing impacts ⓘ
groundwater pumping ⓘ
invasive plant species ⓘ
land development ⓘ
water diversion ⓘ

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Zumwalt Meadow → category → Meadows of California ⓘ