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Threatened seasonal brackish marsh habitats

  • Endangered intermittent brackish pools
  • Threatened seasonally inundated alkaline marshland
  • Threatened occasionally inundated grasslands
  • Threatened semi-permanent emergent saline marshes

Background

This habitat has soil waterlogged during growing season. It is often covered with 2 to 3 feet of water and containing shallow lake basins and provides valuable waterfowl areas. The predominant vegetation is alkali hard-stemmed bulrush, widgeon grass and sago pondweed.

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Value

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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #13: Climate ActionSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Climatology » Climatology
  • Fundamental sciences » Chemicals
  • Geography » Land type/use
  • Geography » Wild
  • Societal problems » Endangered species » Endangered species
  • Societal problems » Vulnerability
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J0433
    DOCID
    12004330
    D7NID
    149984
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020