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=== General Wildlife === | === General Wildlife === | ||
| − | *Approximately '''355 Bird''', '''89 mammal''', '''47 reptile''', '''9 amphibian''', and thousands of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate species can be found in GCNP and GCNRA's Glen Canyon reach. | + | *Approximately '''355 Bird''', '''89 mammal''', '''47 reptile''', '''9 amphibian''', and thousands of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate species can be found in GCNP and GCNRA's Glen Canyon reach. (NPS CFMP-EA_pg 19) |
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| + | === General Plant Species === | ||
| + | *Approximately '''129 vegetation communities''', Over '''850 species have been reported from GCNRA, and over '''1,750 vascular plant species''' from GCNP (NPS CFMP-EA_pg 19) | ||
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| − | + | #'''Riparian communities''' are dominated by species such as coyote and seep willows, arrowweed, western honey mesquite, catclaw acacia, and exotic tamarisk with many other species present. | |
| − | + | #'''Desert Scrub communities''' are dominated by species such as creosote, white bursage, brittle bush, ocotillo, four-wing saltbush, big sagebrush, ephedra, dropseed, brome grasses, and many other species. | |
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Ecosystem An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a system.
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