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High Desert Wetlands

Ecoregion in Great Basin in OR, ID, NV

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The High Desert Wetlands ecoregion is critical habitat for nesting and migratory birds. Sedges, meadow barley, creeping wildrye, and Nevada bluegrass are found in wetter areas. Water levels in its lakes and wetlands fluctuate seasonally and annually. The Owyhee Uplands and Canyons ecoregion contains deep, precipitous river canyons, barren lava fields, badlands, and tuffaceous outcrops that are riddled by caves. Lithology is more varied, stream density is higher, and water availability is greater than in Ecoregion 80a. Ecoregion 80f is important wildlife habitat. Sagebrush grassland occurs; it is unlike the saltbush – greasewood of Ecoregion 12j.

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