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The Borrego Badlands as a Savannah Brushland

The Borrego Badlands as a Savannah Brushland. Between 2 and 1 million years ago (Ma), much of the Borrego Badlands area was covered by savannah grasses and shrubs. Riparian forests surrounded streams while alluvial fans stretched out from the base of granitic mountains.

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The Borrego Badlands as a Savannah Brushland

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  1. The Borrego Badlands as a Savannah Brushland Between 2 and 1 million years ago (Ma), much of the Borrego Badlands area was covered by savannah grasses and shrubs. Riparian forests surrounded streams while alluvial fans stretched out from the base of granitic mountains.

  2. The Borrego Badlands as a Savannah Brushland Environment The video clip you will watch will identify many of the inhabitants of this savannah brushland. The genus and species of each dominant organism will appear as you are touring the savannah brushland environment.

  3. The Borrego Badlands as a Riparian Forest The inhabitants include: • Buteo lineatus, red-shouldered hawk • Callipepla californica, California quail • Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip snake • Crotalus sp., rattlesnake • Gambelia corona, crowned leopard lizard • Washingtonia sp., palm trees • Yucca schidigera, Mojave yucca • Mammanthus meridionalis, southern mammoth • Mammanthus imperator, Imperial mammoth • Equus scotti, North American horse • Camelops hesternus, western or yesterday’s camel • Canis edwardii, Edward’s wolf / coyote • Spermophilus sp., ground squirrel

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