alkali flat

For roosting and resting needs, this bird selects alkali flats (even flooded ones), lake shores, and islands surrounded by shallow water.

It is endemic to the California Central Valley, where it grows in vernal pools and alkali flats.

The basin is a high desert dominated by sand dunes, bluffs and alkali flats.

There are also some alkali flats in the region.

This species occurs on alkali flats.

To the north of Lake Lucero there are extensive alkali flats, which produce additional gypsum for wind deposition on the dunes.

It thrives in salty soils, such as beach sand and alkali flats.

It thrives on alkali flats and other mineral-rich soils.

This is a plant of mineral-rich waterways such as intermittent streams and alkali flats.

Breeds in open sand, gravel, or shell-strewn beaches and alkali flats.