Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens
White goose with black wing tips and pink bill, migratory through Bay Area. Grazes native marsh plants. Winter indicator of healthy wetland ecosystems.
Plants that support Snow Goose
2 plants
Inland Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
grass
Important winter staging food during migration through California Central Valley and coastal areas
Bay Area native
Sea-coast Tuber-bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
grass
Grazes rhizomes and shoots during winter staging in Central Valley wetlands
Bay Area native