Mediterranean climates, but occur in many other ecosystems. During most years, a vernal pool basin will experience inundation from rain/precipitation, followed by...

The vernal pool fairy shrimp, Branchinecta lynchi, is a species of freshwater crustacean in the family Branchinectidae. It is endemic to the U.S. states...

or they can simply be isolated depressions (such as a kettle hole, vernal pool, prairie pothole, or simply natural undulations in undrained land) filled...

R. (eds.). Vernal pool-soil-landform relationships in the Central Valley, California. Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Vernal Pool Ecosystems...

African cricketer Vernal point, the point on the celestial sphere where the Sun is located during the northern spring equinox Vernal pool, temporary pools...

Lepidurus packardi, the vernal pool tadpole shrimp, is a small, rare species of tadpole shrimp (Notostraca) found in temporary ponds of the western United...

ecosystems, where they may have local names. However, vernal pool can be applied to all such temporary pool ecosystems. Playa lakes are a form of shallow freshwater...

fill and dry up) near the middle of California's Central Valley. These vernal pool ecosystems are home to other unique organisms adapted to the ephemeral...

family known by the common names prostrate pincushionplant and prostrate vernal pool navarretia. It is endemic to the U.S. state of California. The plant...

2011. Thorp, Robbin W. (5 March 2013). "Vernal pool flowers and their specialist bee pollinators". California Vernal Pools. Archived from the original on...

family known by the common names annual checkerbloom, checker mallow, and vernal pool checkerbloom. The plant is endemic to California, along the North Coast...

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rods from a nuclear reactor Vernal pools, seasonal pools of water that provide habitat for distinctive plants and animals. Pool (cards), the common pot for...

name vernal pool Indian paintbrush. It is native to California and southern Oregon, where it grows in seasonally moist habitat, especially vernal pools...

the shrimp are gone long before the pool finally dries up. The fairy shrimp have been spotted and collected in vernal pools from early November to early...

season (summer and autumn), their offspring stay inside the eggs. As the pool fills with rainwater during the winter and spring, they hatch and feed on...

Management of Vernal Pool Ecosystems. California Native Plant Society. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-943460-37-6. Green, Scott. "Fairy shrimp". The Vernal Pool Association...

Vernal Fall is a 317-foot (96.6 m) waterfall on the Merced River just downstream of Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, California. Like its upstream...

have been known to live up to 32 years, and normally return to the same vernal pool every year. These pools are seasonal and will usually dry up during the...

Oregon and northern Baja California. This plant is a resident of the vernal pool plant community. C.Michael Hogan, ed. 2010. Micropus californicus. Encyclopedia...

the common name vernal pool mousetail. It is native to southern Oregon and the Central Valley of California, where it grows in vernal pools and other...

Reserve has the only protected, reproducing Engelmanns in the states. A vernal pool is a shallow depression in the soil which fills up with water during...

female salamanders meet in the vernal pools it is called a congress. When a female salamander arrives at a vernal pool she participates in a congress...

appropriate pool habitat. Each pool "complex" consists of several vernal pools supported by a collective watershed, a critical component of the vernal pool system...

Santa Rosa (outside the floodplain), south to Santa Barbara County, in vernal pool complexes and isolated ponds along the Central Valley from Colusa County...

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Merced River, starting at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley, past Vernal Fall and Emerald Pool, to Nevada Fall. Along the trail, the Merced River is a tumultuous...

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to protect sensitive vernal pool habitats but later expanded it to 6,428 acres (2,601 ha) with the creation of the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve...

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