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Salt marsh during low tide, mean low tide, high tide and very high tide (spring tide). A coastal salt marsh in Perry, Florida, USA.. A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.
Saltmarsh ribbonwood is a dicotyledonous plant, meaning they produce two seed leaves upon germination. [9] They produce several flowers, or a cluster named an inflorescence, on a specific branch. The flowers are produced in early spring from September to October. [8] Flowers are often arranged in a solitary pattern or cyme. [9]
Saltmarsh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ian Saltmarsh (1901–1970), English cricketer; John Saltmarsh (clergyman) (died 1647), radical clergyman of the English Civil War; John Saltmarsh (historian) (1908–1974), historian and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; Ron Saltmarsh (born 1962), American composer
Tidal salt marsh at Ella Nore in Chichester, England. A tidal marsh (also known as a type of "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean. [1]
Salt marsh showing salt pannes and ponds, spartina alternifolia and invasive phragmites communis in foreground. Brackish marsh panne variants occur in brackish marshes (short graminoid variant), one of the native dominant species is spike grass (Distichlis spicata), some brackish marsh pannes are dominated by the narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) an invasive exotic species.
Low marsh is a tidal marsh zone located below the Mean Highwater Mark (MHM). Based on elevation, frequency of submersion, soil characteristics, vegetation, microbial community, and other metrics, salt marshes can be divided to into three distinct areas: low marsh, middle marsh/high marsh, and the upland zone. [1]
An inland salt marsh is a saltwater marsh located away from the coast. It is formed and maintained in areas when evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation and/or when sodium - and chloride -laden groundwater is released from natural brine aquifers .
John Saltmarsh (born East Riding, Yorkshire, died 1647) was an English religious radical, "One of the most gentle tongued of controversialists", [1] writer and preacher. He supported the Covenant and was chaplain in Thomas Fairfax 's army.