Saltmarsh
Saltmarsh can refer both to the individual plants and the environment.
Saltmarshes occupy the high tide zone and include plants such as sedges, rushes, reeds, grasses, herbs and shrubs.
- The main plant of a salt marsh is salt-tolerant sedges (a type of grass or rush).
- They tolerate high levels of salinity and inundation by water.
- Low vegetation and some bare patches.
- Occur behind, upslope of mangroves.
Saltmarshes occupy the high tide zone and include plants such as sedges, rushes, reeds, grasses, herbs and shrubs.
- The main plant of a salt marsh is salt-tolerant sedges (a type of grass or rush).
- They tolerate high levels of salinity and inundation by water.
- Low vegetation and some bare patches.
- Occur behind, upslope of mangroves.
Beaded Glasswort
Thi plant of the salt marsh accumulates salt in its tissues. When the salt concentration becomes too high the cells will die and the leaves will turn red. The plant will eventually drop the red leaves (it is seen in the photo below and left in the red leafs in the lower left photo).
Thi plant of the salt marsh accumulates salt in its tissues. When the salt concentration becomes too high the cells will die and the leaves will turn red. The plant will eventually drop the red leaves (it is seen in the photo below and left in the red leafs in the lower left photo).
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Sea blite
Sea blite is another intertidal wetland plant which accumulates salt (it is the green plant in the photo on the left and below).
Sea blite is another intertidal wetland plant which accumulates salt (it is the green plant in the photo on the left and below).
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