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Alkali Sink


Alkali Sink habitats are seasonally flooded areas that have saline soils and support plants that are adapted to survive in these conditions (halophytes).  Many of the species found in this habitat are rare as a result of the scarcity of their habitat.

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Characteristic species include Sarcobatus vermiculatus (greasewood), Atriplex parryi, Atriplex confertifolia (shadscale), Chrysothamnus nauseosus (rabbitbtush), Sporobolus arioides (sacaton), and Distichlis spicata (saltgrass) (Manning 1997). Like Alkali Meadow and Scrub communities they occur areas of saline soil and shallow groundwater, frequently on old lake bed deposits (Sawyer and Keeler Wolf 1995).