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California Vernal Pool Vernal pools are seasonal, present in the spring then drying up in late spring or summer. Due to urban development the vast majority of Vernal Pools in Southern California have been lost. There are only fourteen undisturbed sites known that remain in Riverside County, thirteen of which are located within the Santa Rosa Plateau Reserve. photo-id: ING-017 request pricing	California Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp can lay dormant as cysts in completely sun baked soil for years if needed but spring to life once a pool again forms. In little more than fifty days they hatch, mature and complete their lifecycle, depositing the next generation in the soil to wait for a future rainy season. photo-id: ING-018 request pricing	California Vernal Pool photo-id: ING-019 request pricing	California Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp can lay dormant as cysts in completely sun baked soil for years if needed but spring to life once a pool again forms. In little more than fifty days they hatch, mature and complete their lifecycle, depositing the next generation in the soil to wait for a future rainy season. photo-id: ING-020 request pricing
California Vernal Pool Vernal pools are seasonal, present in the spring then drying up in late spring or summer. Due to urban development the vast majority of Vernal Pools in Southern California have been lost. There are only fourteen undisturbed sites known that remain in Riverside County, thirteen of which are located within the Santa Rosa Plateau Reserve. photo-id: ING-021 request pricing	California Vernal Pool photo-id: ING-022 request pricing	California Vernal Pool Vernal pools are seasonal, present in the spring then drying up in late spring or summer. Due to urban development the vast majority of Vernal Pools in Southern California have been lost. There are only fourteen undisturbed sites known that remain in Riverside County, thirteen of which are located within the Santa Rosa Plateau Reserve. photo-id: ING-023 request pricing	California Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp can lay dormant as cysts in completely sun baked soil for years if needed but spring to life once a pool again forms. In little more than fifty days they hatch, mature and complete their lifecycle, depositing the next generation in the soil to wait for a future rainy season. photo-id: ING-024 request pricing
California Vernal Pool photo-id: ING-025 request pricing	California Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp can lay dormant as cysts in completely sun baked soil for years if needed but spring to life once a pool again forms. In little more than fifty days they hatch, mature and complete their lifecycle, depositing the next generation in the soil to wait for a future rainy season. photo-id: ING-026 request pricing	California Vernal Pool Vernal pools are seasonal, present in the spring then drying up in late spring or summer. Due to urban development the vast majority of Vernal Pools in Southern California have been lost. There are only fourteen undisturbed sites known that remain in Riverside County, thirteen of which are located within the Santa Rosa Plateau Reserve. photo-id: ING-027 request pricing	Two Striped Garter Snake in Vernal Pool Often seen in or around water, streams, ponds, lakes. Very common around Vernal Pools as this individual was. species: Thamnophis hammondii photo-id: REP-039 request pricing
Two Striped Garter Snake in Vernal Pool Often seen in or around water, streams, ponds, lakes. Very common around Vernal Pools as this individual was. species: Thamnophis hammondii photo-id: REP-040 request pricing
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