Figure 3.15. Brackish marsh habitats support large emergents, including bulrushes (Scirpus 

 californicus) and cattails (Typha domingensis), as well as the submerged aquatic, ditch grass 

 (Ruppia maritima). Dragonfly nymphs (on the bulrush stem) are adults, such as the green darner 

 (Anax Junius; Odonata: Aeschnidae) are common. Red-winged blackbirds are characteristic 

 residents of the emergent brackish marsh. Mclntire collection, © 1986 by Zedler. 



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