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Salt Marsh Plants

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Salt Marsh Grasses

Grasses dominate most salt marshes.

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Salt Marsh Cord Grass is the dominant grass in most E. U.S. salt marshes.

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Salt Hay is a common grass of the high marsh
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Salt Grass is the other common grass of the high marsh

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Satl Grass in winter
Read more about ribbed mussels here
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Common reed - Phragmites australis
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