Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Medium dabbling duck with gray body and black breast. Winter visitor to Bay Area marshes; grazes aquatic plants, dispersing seeds throughout wetlands.
Plants that support Gadwall
3 plants
Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata
perennial herb
Winter waterfowl utilizing wetland smartweed stands
Bay Area native
Inland Saltgrass
Distichlis spicata
grass
Winter waterfowl utilizing coastal and inland saline marshes
Bay Area native
Sea-coast Tuber-bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus
grass
Year-round grazer in California freshwater marshes; significant dietary component
Bay Area native