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Prunus maritima, the beach plum, [3] is a species of plum native to the East Coast of the United States. It is a choice wild edible and its few pests and salt tolerance make it a resilient fruit crop for degraded lands and urban soils.
Hiking, jogging and cycling along Plum Island Drive only is permitted any time the refuge is open. Photography is permitted from any location open to the public. Beach locations may be visited over boardwalks out of nesting season. Trailers and licensed fishing are permitted on the beach in the autumn. Access is via roads through the dunes.
Wild beach plums are foraged and used to make fruit preserves like jams and jellies. Beach plums were cultivated and used for the commercial manufacture of beach plum jelly in the 1930s, but beach plum products are no longer widely available in commercial markets. [31] The local purple concord grapes are a cross between native and European ...
Atlantic Beach (contiguous with Easton's Beach across a small creek) Easton's Beach (First Beach) Belmont Beach (small, rocky) Rejects' Beach or People's Beach (contiguous with Bailey's Beach, at the end of the Newport Cliff Walk) Bailey's Beach (private) Gooseberry Beach (privately owned but open to public) Hazard's Beach (privately owned)
Plum Island is a barrier beach sheltering the Plum Island River, Plum Island Sound, and the mouths of the Parker, Rowley, Eagle Hill and Ipswich rivers. The entire area between the islands and the mainland is grassland laced with tidal creeks. At high tide the grassland is entirely submerged, in some places by only a few inches of water.
The county contains all of New Hampshire's Atlantic coast, which, at approximately 18 miles (29 km), is the shortest ocean coastline of any state in the U.S. [6] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 795 square miles (2,060 km 2), of which 695 square miles (1,800 km 2) are land and 100 square miles (260 km 2) (13%) are ...
Dec. 20—SALEM, N.H. — David Demers said he was petrified the first time his mother brought him to the Salem Boys Club. It was 1976 and Demers was 9. His family had just moved from Andover to ...
Ipswich is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 13,785 at the 2020 census. [1] Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island.