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Arkansas River 1


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  08/08/2013
South West
Colorado
USA
141
Location: 1.5 miles east of Cotopaxi
 
Author(s): Larry Handley
Association: Scientist
       Latitude: 38.381237
Longitude: -105.665919
         
Wetland Category: Wetland Scrub-shrub
Description: Sand and Gravel flat within floodplain of the Arkansas River is vegetated with a scrub-shrub of young willow. Some emergent herbaceous fresh marsh of Carex spp. also is present. Young willow growth is supported by successive years of low water flow in the river and limited intense higher water flooding.
 
Additional Site Dates:

08/08/2013
 
07/27/2014