Tidal Marsh-Tidal Marsh Edge and Buffer

(As per Accabonac Harbor, NW Creek)

Relative

Common Name

Species Name

Ever-

Deep

Edges

Mesic

Max

Abund

Availa-

Notes

Form

green

In

Openings

Areas

Ht

Freq

bility

Alkali-Blite

Chenopodium rubrum

WF

x

x

24"

R

SA

High marsh edge

Annual Saltmarsh Aster

Aster subulatus

WF

x

x

12"

R

SA

High marsh

Arrow-Grass

Triglochin maritima

G

x

x

18"

MC

UA

High marsh

Beach Orach

Atriplex prostrata

GC

x

x

8"

UC

MA

High marsh edge

Black Grass

Juncus gerardii

G

x

x

12"

C

SA

High marsh edge

Bristlegrass

Setaria parviflora

G

x

x

24"

R

SA

High marsh, buffer

Canadian Burnet

Sanguisorba canadensis

WF

x

x

30"

UC

SA

High marsh edge

Chairmaker's Rush

Schoenoplectus americanus

G

x

x

4'

UC

SA

High marsh edge

Chestnut-based Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis castanea

G

x

x

12"

VR

UA

High marsh, buffer

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

F

x

x

36"

UC

VA

Buffer

Ditch Reed

Phragmites australis

G

x

x

12'

VC

SA

Throughout

Dwarf Glasswort

Salicornia bigelovii

WF

x

x

6"

UC

SA

High marsh

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginianus

T

x

x

x

30'

C

VA

Buffer

Emmons' Sedge

Carex emmonsii

G

x

x

5"

R

SA

Buffer

Gama Grass

Tripsacum dactyloides

G

x

x

6'

VR

SA

High marsh edge

Greenbiar

Smilax rotundifolia

V

x

x

20'

C

SA

Buffer

Groundsel Bush

Baccharis halimifolia

S

x

x

7'

C

VA

High marsh edge

Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

T

x

x

40'

R

MA

Buffer

Littoral Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

G

x

x

5'

R

SA

High marsh buffer

var. littoralis

Marsh Elder

Iva frutescens

S

x

x

5'

C

MA

Intertidal edge

Marsh Fern

Thelypteris palustris

F

x

24"

UC

MA

Buffer

Marsh Hibiscus

Hibiscus palustris

WF

x

x

6'

MC

MA

High marsh, buffer

Marsh Pink

Sabatia stellaris

WF

x

x

8"

R

SA

High marsh

Meagre Sedge

Carex exilis

G

x

x

12"

R

UA

High marsh edge

Narrow-leaved Cat-tail

Typha angustifolia

G

x

x

6'

UC

SA

High marsh, buffer

New York Aster

Aster novi-belgii

WF

x

x

4.5'

UC

MA

Buffer

Northern Bayberry

Myrica pensylvanica

S

x

x

8'

C

VA

Buffer

Perennial Glasswort

Salicornia virginica

WF

x

x

12"

C

SA

High marsh

Perennial Saltmarsh Aster

Aster tenuifolius

WF

x

x

15"

UC

SA

High marsh

Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

S,V

x

x

10"

C

MA

Buffer

Prairie Cordgrass

Spartina pectinata

G

x

x

6'

UC

MA

High marsh edge

Saltmarsh Bulrush

Bolboschoenus robustus

G

x

x

5'

R

SA

High marsh edge

Saltmarsh Fleabane

Pluchea purpurascens

WF

x

x

18"

R

SA

High marsh

Saltmarsh Gerardia

Gerardia maritima

WF

x

x

6"

UC

SA

High marsh

Saltmarsh Hay

Spartina patens

G

x

x

15"

VC

MA

High marsh

Saltwater Cordgrass

Spartina alterniflora

G

x

x

4'

VC

MA

Intertidal

Saltwort

Salsola kali

WF

x

x

24"

MC

SA

High marsh edge

Sea Lavender

Limonium carolinianum

WF

x

x

20"

MC

SA

High marsh

Seaside Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

WF

x

x

30"

UC

VA

High marsh edge

Seaside Plantain

Plantago maritima v. juncoides

WF

x

x

12"

UC

SA

High marsh

Silverweed

Potentilla anserina

WF

x

x

8"

R

SA

High marsh edge

Slender Blue Flag

Iris prismatica

WF

x

x

18"

R

MA

High marsh edge

Slender Glasswort

Salicornia maritima

WF

x

x

12"

C

SA

High marsh

Slender Marsh Pink

Sabatia campanulata

WF

x

x

20"

R

SA

Fresh Buffer

Small-beaked Spikerush

Eleocharis rostellata

G

x

x

24"

MC

UA

High marsh

Soft-stem Bullrush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

G

x

5'

UC

SA

High marsh

Southern Sea-Blite

Suaeda linearis

WF

x

x

18"

UC

SA

High marsh edge

Spike Grass

Distichlis spicata

G

x

x

12"

C

SA

High marsh

Sweet Grass

Hierochloe odorata

G

x

x

18"

UC

SA

High marsh edge

Three-square Bulrush

Scoenoplectus pungens

G

x

x

4'

MC

MA

High marsh edge

Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

T

x

x

75'

C

MA

High marsh edge

Twig-Rush

Cladium mariscoides

G

x

x

3'

C

SA

High marsh, buffer

Velvet Panic-Grass

Panicum scoparium

G

x

x

24"

R

SA

High marsh, buffer

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

V

x

x

25'

UC

VA

Buffer

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

G

x

4'

UC

SA

Buffer

Water-Pimpernel

Samolus floribundus

WF

x

x

12"

R

SA

Seepy edges

White Sea-Blite

Suaeda maritima

WF

x

x

18"

MC

SA

High marsh edge

Widgeon-Grass

Ruppia maritima

A

UC

SA

Salt pools

T = Tree

VC = Very Common

VA = Very Available

ST = Small Tree

C = Common

MA = Moderately Available

S = Shrub

MC = Moderately Common

SA = Somewhat Available

GC = Ground Cover

UC = Uncommon

UA = Unavailable

WF = Wildflower

R = Rare

F = Fern

VR = Very Rare

H = Horsetail

G = Grass (Includes sedeges, rushes, spike rushes and other grass like plants)

A = Aquatic