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APPENDICES APPENDIX I Selected Marsh Plants (freshwater and salt water) Indigenous to Hidalgo and/or Cameron Counties Suitable for Wetland Creation and Restoration Projects Selected Freshwater (salinity
APPENDICES Mid-Depths – 15 to 50 cm water depths Eleocharis acicularis (spikerush) Eleocharis albida (spikerush) Eleocharis austrotexana (spikerush) Eleocharis cellulose (spikerush) Eleocharis interstincta (spikerush) Eleocharis montevidensis (spikerush) Eleocharis palustris (syn. E. macrostachya; large spikerush) Phragmites australis (common reed) Sagittaria longiloba (fl echa de agua) Schoenoplectus americanus (=Scirpus olneyi; Olney bulrush) Schoenoplectus californicus (=Scirpus californicus; giant bulrush, tule) Schoenoplectus pungens (=Scirpus americanus; cronquist, American bulrush) Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (=Scirpus validis; softstem bulrush) Typha domingensis (narrow-leaf cattail) Deep – 50 to 100 cm water depths ROOTED FLOATING Eichornia crassipes (water hyacinth) Nelumbo lutea (yellow lotus) Nymphaea elegans (blue water lilly) Nymphaea mexicana (yellow water lilly) SUBMERGENT Ceratophyllum demersum (coontail) Najas guadalupensis (southern naiad) Najas marina (naiad) Potamogeton nodosus (pondweed) Utricularia bifl ora (bladderwort) Free-Floating Azolla caroliniana (water fern) Azolla mexicana (water fern) Lemna valdiviana (small duckweed) Spirodela polyrhiza (giant duckweed) Wolffi a columbiana (water meal) Wolffi ella fl oridana (mud midget) Wolffi ella gladiata (mud midget) Selected Salt and Brackish Marsh Plants Salinity key: S – tolerates salinity > 17.0 ppt; B – tolerates salinity between 0.5 and 17.0 ppt; and E – tolerates either saline or brackish waters Transitional – seasonally flooded GRASSES Andropogon glomeratus (bushy bluestem) B Distichlis spicata (coastal saltgrass) E Eriochloa punctata (Louisiana cupgrass) E Leptochloa fusca B Leptochloa uninervia (Mexican sprangletop) S Monanthochloë littoralis (shoregrass) E Panicum hirsutum (hairy panicum) B Paspalum denticulatum B Paspalum vaginatum (seashore paspalum) E Setaria parvifolia (knotroot bristlegrass) S Spartina alternifl ora (smooth cordgrass) E Spartina patens (wiregrass) S Spartina spartinae (Gulf cordgrass) E Sporobolus virginicus (seashore dropseed) E Sporobolus wrightii E FORBS Amaranthus australis (Gulf Coast water hemp) B Aster subulatus (saltmarsh aster) B Echinodorus berteroi (= E. rostratus; burhead) B Eclipta prostrata (hierba de tago) B Eustoma evaltatum (bluebell gentian) B Hydrocotyle bonariensis (water pennywort; sombrerillo) E Rumex chrysocarpus (= R. berlandieri; dock) B Shallow – seasonally flooded to permanently flooded to 15 cm Bacopa monnieri (water hyssop) B Bacopa rotundifolia (disc water hyssop) B Cyperus articulatus (joint-stem umbrella sedge) E Cyperus ochraceus (umbrellasedge) B Heteranthera dubia (mud plantain) B Marsilea vestita (water clover) B Pluchea purpurascens (salt marsh fl eabane) E January 2007 189 Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Plan
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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .........
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CONTENTS - FIGURES Habitat Restorat
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TABLES LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Tabl
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Arroyo Colora
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Habitat Approxima
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INTRODUCTION In its most pristine c
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INTRODUCTION Colorado, where physic
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THE ARROYO COLORADO WATERSHED PARTN
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THE ARROYO COLORADO WATERSHED The A
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THE ARROYO COLORADO WATERSHED the D
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THE ARROYO COLORADO WATERSHED Figur
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THE ARROYO COLORADO WATERSHED Table
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THE ARROYO COLORADO WATERSHED Resac
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STATE OF THE WATERSHED From a natur
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STATE OF THE WATERSHED Water Qualit
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STATE OF THE WATERSHED controlled.
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POLLUTION IN THE ARROYO COLORADO
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POLLUTION IN THE ARROYO COLORADO 1)
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INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Successful
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INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK the water r
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH Fostering lo
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ESTIMATED WATERSHED LOADINGS AND LO
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TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
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Page 196 and 197: APPENDICES APPENDIX H List of Feder
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Page 204 and 205: REFERENCES Arnold, J.G., P.M. Allen
Page 206 and 207: REFERENCES IBWC, 2003. Hydraulic Mo
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