| Floristics |
9 and 10 Sep
08 |
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| Littoral
Zone |
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| Salcornia
bigelovii |
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| Spartina
alterniflora |
cord grass |
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come
in tall form (4 to 6 feet) or short form (6 to 12 inches), |
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the
tall form produces an inflorescense in August but short
form does not; |
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found
in low salt marshes on the atlantic coast |
| Typha
angustofolia |
narrow
leaved cattail |
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this was found in the depression behind the
supralittoral zone |
| Scirpus
olyneii |
3 square |
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this was found in the depression behind the
supralittoral zone |
| Spartina
Cynosuroides |
big cord
grass |
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| Supralittoral
Zone |
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| Atriplex
arenaria |
orach |
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| Aster
tenuifolius |
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have long
narrow leaves and later in the season, magenta/white
blooms appear; found sometime in salt or brackish marshes
along mid-atlantic coast |
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| Baccharus
halmifolia |
marsh
elder, silverling |
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tall
shrub that can grow over 10 feet; found between marsh and
uplands in salt and brackish |
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found
between marsh and uplands in salt and brackish, leaves
alternate |
| Borrichia
frutescens |
sea oxeye daisy |
yellow, hard petals, flower |
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a
low, shrub like plant that grows 8 to 24 inches tall;
found growing with salt grass and sea |
| Distichlis
spicata |
salt grass |
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short
wirey grass, leaves all in one plane |
| Hibiscus
moschuetos |
marsh
hibiscus |
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a
leafy perennial up to 6 feet tall; found often in
freshwater marshes or along upland margin of |
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| Iva
frutescens |
marsh elder |
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a
shrub that seldom grows over 8 feet; found at higher
levels in salt and brackish marshes |
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opposite leaves |
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| Myrica
cerifera |
Wax Myrtle |
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tall
evergreen shrub with leathery dark green leaves; found in
marshes, wetlands, and uplands |
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leaves when crushed have a bayberry odor,
leaves alternate |
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| Phragmites
australis |
phrag |
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tall
grass with a feathery seed head; found in low or marshy
areas |
| Polygonum
sp. |
smartweed |
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| Setaria
geniculata |
foxgrass |
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| Spartina
patens |
salt marsh
hay |
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