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Plate 10.— Classification: system Estuarine, subsystem Intertidal, class Unconsolidated Shore, subclass Mud, water regime 

 Regularly Flooded, water CHEMISTRY Polyhaline, SOIL Mineral. The dominant animal is the eastern oyster (Crassostrea 

 virginica). An emergent wetland dominated by saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) is shown in the background. 

 (Accomac County, Virginia; June 1972) 



