Natural Vegetation -- Riparian Woodland


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Only a tiny fraction of the original extensive riparian forests of the Central Valley remain today.
Caswell Memorial SP, near Manteca, CA (1985).


Some stretches of the Sacramento River are still lined with tall riparian forest.
Ball's Ferry, near Cottonwood, CA (1977).


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