| SALT MARSH PLANTS |
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| - Marsh plants are adapted to a harsh, semi-aquatic enviroment and saline soils. |
| - Stout stems, small leaves and physiological adaptions for salt excretion and gas characterize the inhabitants of the salt marsh (mostly grasses and low perennial herbs.) |
| - Salt Marsh are twice as photo-synthetically productive as corn fields and provide critical morsery grounds for numerous organisms. |
| - Plants live in the High Marsh. The most common plants are glasswort and spartina |
| - Glasswort, or also known as "sea pickles" can be eaten but are very salty. |
| - The Hammock is the part of the marsh where land plants grow. There you would find trees, racoons, and birds. The hammock is the driest part of the marsh. |