Plants that support American Coot
7 plants
American Glasswort
Salicornia pacifica
perennial herb
Grazes on Salicornia shoots during migration and overwintering in coastal marshes
Creeping Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
grass
grazes on Eleocharis shoots in shallow water; important winter food resource in California wetlands
Hairy Water Clover
Marsilea vestita
perennial herb
primary aquatic vegetation forager in marshes and shallow ponds statewide
Inland Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
grass
Year-round resident and winter visitor to California wetlands
Sacramento Valley Buttercup
Ranunculus canus var. canus
perennial herb
Wetland herb consumption during winter staging in California marshes
Slender Club-rush
Isolepis cernua
grass
Grazes on shoots in shallow water habitats; year-round in California wetlands
Small-fruited bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
perennial herb
resident and migratory populations harvesting seeds and shoots in freshwater wetlands