Park Ecology
Water Resources
Several dry “ephemeral” drainages were mapped, most at the northernmost park border and one at the southernmost border near a wetland feature (see map).
Ephemeral drainages are created by brief surface flows during and after heavy rainfall. Most of the park’s drainages have human impacts, such as cement-lined channels. Some were less impacted and contained low, dense vegetation made up primarily of grasses and annuals, plus some shrubs.
One small wetland was found along the side of the paved entrance road near the park’s southern boundary. It contains grasses, sedges, and riparian willows.
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