Join local botanist and author, Toni Corelli, as she explores our local wetland plants. The wetlands west of Highway 1 include seasonal freshwater wetlands, saltwater and brackish marshes, riparian (creek, stream, and river) wetlands, wet gullies, ditches and ponds. The watersheds that surround us drain down from the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Much of our coastline sits on a mostly flat coastal bluff, where freshwater settles- replenishing the groundwater and draining to the ocean. This leads to a diverse wetland habitat that supports many plants and animals that live along the San Mateo Coast.

Toni Corelli, is a botanist and author of several books on the local flora of San Mateo and Santa Clara County. The San Mateo coast runs along the Pacific Ocean for over 60 miles and has acres of public land with over 25 parks and state beaches. For the last 20 years Toni and two State Park volunteers have surveyed these public lands and have identified over 700 different species of plants that occur along the San Mateo coast.

To make a donation to support the Coastside Land Trust free webinar programs and the protection and stewardship of our shared open spaces go to: www.coastsidelandtrust.org/donate

Thumbnail Photo credit: Toni Corelli

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