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- Portuguese_Bend abstract "The Portuguese Bend region is the largest area of natural vegetation remaining on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles County, California.Though once slated for development (and in fact the projected route of Crenshaw Boulevard through the area still shows on many maps), the area is geologically unstable and is unsuitable for building.The geographical location and geological history of the peninsula make the remaining habitat extremely valuable for ecological and other scientific reasons. The peninsula, which was an island with the Palos Verdes Hills in recent geological time, has close floral and faunal similarities to the Channel Islands. This feature makes the Portuguese Bend Landslide area a natural research laboratory for the study of island biogeography and evolutionary ecology.The vegetation found in the area is coastal sage scrub. This plant community supports a surprising number and variety of species. There are at least three races of birds resident on the peninsula that are found nowhere else except the Channel Islands. These are the insular forms of the orange-crowned warbler, Pacific-slope flycatcher, and Allen's hummingbird. The same phenomena has been documented for plant species. A species of live-forever, Dudleya virens, which is endemic to the Channel Islands and the Palos Verdes Peninsula, is found near Point Vicente Lighthouse, which was built in 1926.The area also serves as habitat to many migrating birds moving through the region in fall and spring. The Peninsula is a headland that juts into the Pacific Ocean several miles further than the surrounding coastline. Migrating terrestrial and shore birds, flying over the open ocean on their north-south migration along the Pacific Flyway, spot this headland and stop to rest and feed. Many of these birds will stay and spend the winter in the area. Thus, the geographic position makes this habitat much more important than might otherwise be expected.In general, the area has been lightly disturbed, and much natural vegetation remains. Intense disturbances, in the form of heavy off-road vehicle and pedestrian use, have been limited. Grazing also took place at one time.Source(s): Survey/Interview, Literature, ERC/UCLA, CNACC/CNPS.".
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geography_of_Los_Angeles_County,_California.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geology_of_California.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Category:Landslides_in_the_United_States.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Category:Palos_Verdes_Peninsula.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Category:Portuguese-American_culture_in_California.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Chadwick_School.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Channel_Islands.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Channel_Islands_of_California.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Chert.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Chowigna,_California.
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Ecology.
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Frank_Lloyd_Wright.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Geology.
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Holocene.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Its_a_Mad,_Mad,_Mad,_Mad_World.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Juan_Rodríguez_Cabrillo.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Governors_of_California_before_admission.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Lloyd_Wright.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Los_Angeles_Basin.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Los_Angeles_County,_California.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Manuel_Dominguez.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Marineland_of_the_Pacific.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Marymount_California_University.
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Palos_Verdes_Hills.
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Pigeon_Point_Lighthouse.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Pleistocene.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Point_Vicente_Light.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Portuguese_people.
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Pío_Pico.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Quaternary.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Rancho_Los_Cerritos.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Rancho_San_Pedro.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Rancho_de_los_Palos_Verdes.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Ranchos_of_California.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink San_Pedro_Bay_(California).
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Spanish_Empire.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Suangna,_California.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Tongva_people.
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Topography.
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLink Vegetation.
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- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLinkText "Portuguese Bend Landslide".
- Portuguese_Bend wikiPageWikiLinkText "Portuguese Bend".
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- Portuguese_Bend subject Category:Geography_of_Los_Angeles_County,_California.
- Portuguese_Bend subject Category:Geology_of_California.
- Portuguese_Bend subject Category:Landslides_in_the_United_States.
- Portuguese_Bend subject Category:Palos_Verdes_Peninsula.
- Portuguese_Bend subject Category:Portuguese-American_culture_in_California.
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