Geography
Oxnard is located at 34°11′29″N 119°10′57″W / 34.19139°N 119.1825°W / 34.19139; -119.1825 (34.191292, −119.182497). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 39.2 square miles (102 km2). 26.9 square miles (70 km2) of it is land and 12.3 square miles (32 km2) of it (31.41%) is water.
Oxnard is located on the Oxnard Plain, an area with fertile soil. With its beaches, dunes, wetlands, creeks and the Santa Clara River, the area contains a number of important biological communities. Native plant communities include: coastal sage scrub, California Annual Grassland, and Coastal Dune Scrub species; however, most native plants have been eliminated from within the city limits to make way for agriculture and urban and industrial development. Also native to the region is the endangered Ventura Marsh Milkvetch, and the last self-sustaining population is in Oxnard in the center of a recently approved high-end housing development.
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