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Coal Oil Point Vicinity Included in this area are four discrete units,
immediately adjacent to the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve. The first is the inner portion of the lagoon and slough
which is used by a variety of waterfowl and shorebirds for both feeding and
resting. Vegetation includes
cattails, Typha sp., as well as some exotics. The dune area abutting to the northwest is also
included. Vegetation is similar to
that in the Reserve. On the bluff top to the east is a highly disturbed
vernal pool. The rare plant
Scrophularia atrata has been collected in this area. Seaward, the ocean portion extends beyond the present
Reserve boundaries some 275 meters (900 feet) offshore.
Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, is present. Offshore there are several natural oil seeps. Integrity: Much
of the land and lagoon area is disturbed, heavily in the vernal pool locale. Use: Research,
educational, observational, in public portions.
Some private. March 1981
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