Table 3. Measurements o£ California cor 



dgrass st 



ands in 





San Franc 



isco Bay. 











Site 



Aer 



ial biomass^ 



Mean 



height 



Mean number^ 







(g/m^) 



of stems (cm) 



of stems/m^ 



Alameda Creek 





549 





5S 





420 



Bay Bridge Toll Plaza 





771 





65 





400 



Bolinas Lagoon 





1,040 





86 





285 



Burlingame 





2,030 





82 



1 



,460 



China Camp 





1,060 





92 





862 



Corte Madera Creek 





802 





80 





958 



Coyote Point 





1,300 





86 





526 



Creekside Park 





1,120 





81 





403 



Drakes Estero 





1,040 





96 





224 



Golden Gate Fields 





518 





71 





495 



Limatour 





367 





58 





377 



Marin Day School 





1,100 





91 





657 



Novato Creek 





1,050 





81 





442 



Oro Loma 





1,160 





95 



1 



,170 



Palo Alto Audubon 















Preserve 





554 





71 





495 



Petaluma Creek 





1,050 





74 





377 



Pinole Creek 





1,470 





97 





737 



Pinole Creek (Mouth) 





663 





69 





443 



Richardson Bay 





632 





70 





566 



San Francisco Airport 





1,670 





62 





765 



Seal Slough 





1,590 





78 





614 



Shoreline Drive Alameda 





1,170 





73 





960 



South Hampton Bay 





1,730 





100 



1 



,310 



Average 





1,062 





79 





650 



•^Four replicates at each site. 



^Aerial biomass - dry weight of all living and dead plant material 



more than 2.5 centimeters above the ground surface. 

 ^Sterns - includes (a) dry, dead stems, (b) living green stems, and 



(c) emerging, new shoots. 



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