Byron Hot Springs

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In this very flat area there are a number of scattered hot mineral springs. There are alkali mud flats and a salt marsh vegetation with Salicornia sp. dominant.

It is the type locality for the rare snail, Helminthoglypta contracostae.

Integrity: A once popular spa, there are various buildings on the site as well as a recently created lake. The springs and baths are suffering from desuetude.

Use: Private

Ref: Pilsbry, H. A., 1939. Land Mollusca of North America. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Monograph 3, Vol. 1, part 1, p. 101-103.

May 1975

Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman

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