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FIGURE 22.6 A native perennial grass buffer strip between strawberry fields and a wetland estuary, Elkhorn Slough,
California. When strawberries are planted to the edge of the estuary (top), the estuary is impacted by erosion and leaching. The
perennial grass buffer (bottom) mitigates these impacts while restoring native species diversity to the region.