Table 5-13, Inundation Patterns as a Function of Height Above Mean Low 

 Water (MLW) in a New England Salt Marsh^ 



Species and 

 vertical range 



Feet Number of 



Above Submergen- 



MLVJ cies/yr. 

 Level 



Number of Av. hours 



S ibmergen- Sub aerged 

 cLes/growing /d/y 

 season 

 (Mav-Oct,) 



Av. hours ' 

 exposed 

 /d/y 



Black rush 



Approximate 



MHW in the Maine 



Coastal Zone 



Salt hay 



Cordgrass 



■12 



12 



12.0 

 11.6 



11 

 11 



10.84 

 10.74 

 10,60 















7 



31 



59 



72 



82 



101 















5 



18 



33 



39 



43 



55 





 

 



0,01 

 0.06 

 0.16 

 0.22 

 0.27 

 0.37 



24 



24 



24 



23.99 



23.94 



23.84 



23.76 



23.73 



23.63 



^Vertical ranges from Linthurst (1977); inundation patterns from 

 Chapman (1940a). 



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