Re: Was Dragonflies, now Sea Fig
- To: K*@aol.com
- Subject: Re: Was Dragonflies, now Sea Fig
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:59:15 -0700
K1MIZE@aol.com writes:
>There is an interesting (at least, I think it's interesting) bit of
>botanical
>trivia associated with this particular body of water. I believe the pond
>Barry is referring to is known as Dune Lake.
Actually i was referring to Locke Paddon park :). But i do know where Dune
lake is. I didnt even think it was that old! Amazing as you said since the
dunes tower above it.
The state beach people have cleaned up some of the non "native" ice plant
(in quote since it seems to be under debate if it is native or not). You
can see many of the native species, and they have quite a few succulents
there too (dudleyas). A lot of Marina state beach has been cleared of
weeds and it is wonderful now. They built a boardwalk so you can go out
among the dune habitat and see all the various dune species. I remember a
couple of summers ago, when my Tagalog class and I went down there, my
teacher was remarking how similar the beach looked to the beaches in Italy
(According to him :)).
Theres also a fairly new pond that fills when the winter rains come. It
wasnt really there before (its along beach road). But it's starting to
grow cattails and willows. They even built a deck for observation that
over looks the pond.
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