Salt Marsh Shrubs
Shrubs are common in the high marsh where the tides rarely reach.
Marsh Elder is a common shrub of the high marsh.
Marsh Elder in winter.
Marsh Elder flowers.
Marsh Elder shrub in bloom.
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy colors the edge of the marsh, but beware!
Poison Ivy berries are eaten by Yellow-rumped Warblers and other birds.
Grounsel tree is actually a bush that grows in the high marsh - the part of the marsh that is only occassionally flooded by the tides.
Salt Marsh Grasses
Salt Marsh Flowers
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