Lake Cuyamaca Information
| Wetland Category: |
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Forested Wetlands |
| NWI Classification: |
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PFO5/SS1B |
| Latitude: |
32.979202 |
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Longitude: |
-116.580863 |
Image Data |
| Date: |
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04/24/2010 |
| Direction: |
East |
| State: |
California |
| Country: |
USA |
| Location: |
South end of Lake Cuyamaca; east of San Diego in the El Cajon Mountains |
| Author(s): |
Larry Handley |
| Affiliation: |
USGS, Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center |
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04/24/2010 | | |
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Description:
Upper vegetation structure is dead trees 30 to 40 feet tall, with an understory of live scrub-shrub.
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Conditions: Soil saturated to the surface, some ponded standing water (no flow). Evidence of snow fall within the past few days, and melt water flowing into the wetland and lake.
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| Dominant Plants: |
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Scientific Name: |
| Cottonwood |
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Populus fremontii |
| Willow |
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Salix spp |
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Disturbances: Evidence of fire within last few years. Cottonwood trees dead from fire. Scrub-shrub of willow growing post fire. Lake Cuyamaca has a managed water level. |
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