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Plate 13.— Classification: system Estuarine. SUBSYSTEM Intertidal, class Scrub-Shrub Wetland, SUBCLASS Broad-leaved 

 Deciduous, WATER regime Irregularly Flooded, water chemistry Mixohaline, soil Mineral. The dominant plant is marsh 

 elder [Iva fruteseens). Subordinate species are black grass (Juncus gerardii), salt grass {Distichlis spicata), and saltmeadow 

 cordgrass [Spartina patens). This wetland lies toward the landward edge of an estuarine irregularly flooded persistent- 

 emergent wetland dominated by Spartina alterniflora, Spartina patens, and Distichlis spicata visible at the left and in the 

 background. (Washington County, Rhode Island; July 1977) 



